“With great
power comes great responsibility.”
Nero*
#quote
Yo hey, this is
da Langdonman. I was super extra busy hangin' with da CJ-man so I
didn't get enough time to write y'all a story. So 'ere's a goodie
from the archives that'll entertain ya with good gusto am I 'rite?
My Childhood
Actors
I was a poor
boy growing up with only three toys: A teddy bear, a soccer ball, and
an old doll passed down through the family longer than anyone could
remember. No older or younger siblings to play with, but Dad or Mom
would play catch or kick the soccer ball back and forth with me when
they could. I had friends I hung out with but that was both later in
life and only on occasion. In the times between it was me, the teddy
bear, the soccer ball and the old doll. My parents had to work often
to support the medical bills of my ailing grandmother.
I couldn't
think of many games to do alone with a soccer ball, doll and teddy
bear. But one day we saw a play and I decided to make that my game. I
decided that I would make my toys my actors in the play and each day
would bring a different play.
The soccer ball
could be the fat king getting disgusted with the falling in love of
his daughter, the doll and the peasant off the street, the teddy
bear. Or perhaps the teddy bear archeologist would have to flee the
soccer ball boulder as it retrieved the golden artifact idol. The
toys would play multiple parts in more complicated plays. The
cardboard box they came in could be a house, castle, mountain,
dungeon or an actor itself. The toys would be whatever they needed to
be whether or not it would make sense to my parents as they watched.
I made voices for them and over time I practiced.
And now I work
in the cartoon industry providing voices for many characters over the
many shows I worked on over the years. All voices I honed and started
with from my plays with those three toys. I doubt the audience could
ever guess that the voice of their favorite superhero once belonged
to a soccer ball.
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