Yeah, I just want people to listen to Orson Welles rant about peas.

http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/03-1.html

Rosebud.... Rosebud frozen peas. Full of nature's goodness and green peaness... wait a minute, that's terrible. I'm out of here... *grabs some peas* Some for the road... Oh, what luck, I found a french fry in my beard!

Rycona wrote:

I can't listen to the audio yet because of the computer I'm on, but that concept is familar. They had a characterization of Orson Welles do some commercials for peas and fishsticks on The Critic. I can't remember any lines specifically, but I know the guy that voiced him also voiced Brain from Animaniacs. I remember them being quite hilarious. I wonder if it was based on these recordings.

Yes. The story goes that he found the above bootleg audio and an old tape of Welles doing a fishstick commercial. He memorized both to memory and would just imitate him until he got the voice he has today.

Sorry to revive an old thread, but this is kind of related...

It's a fact: I love bootleg audio recordings of celebrities yelling at people.

The above Orson Welles tape is an example.

But also:

Buddy Rich
and
Bob Knight (can't find the link right now)

However, the latest celebrity shouting bootleg I've encountered is from Javier Grillo-Marxuach who was a writer on "Lost". As part of a Lost related podcast, he acts as a character named "DJ Dan". They had a live episode a couple of weeks ago, but they had a rehearsal the day before. This rehearsal was NOT supposed to air, but ABC messed up and some "Lost" fan was there to record it.

At about 7 minutes into it, Javi is made aware that the rehearsal is being broadcasted and listened to... BUT he doesn't know that he can be heard while a song is playing in the background. He takes the time to cuss out the situation and ABC (calling them bastards).

I love it and maybe one other person who found this thread through a search engine will to.

first file here
or
here.