Two items of interest for fans of "Family Guy"

For those who've been reading Voice Actors in the News, you know that the main cast of "Family Guy" (Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mike Henry and Seth Green) were recently interviewed on "Inside the Actor's Studio" this past Monday. As host James Lipton put it:

“I recommend seatbelts in your armchairs as the creator and cast of “Family Guy” assemble on our stage for a hilarious, irreverent look at themselves, each other, their characters and their spectacularly successful show. This is, quite simply, unlike any Inside the Actors Studio you’ve ever seen.”

Since I'm currently bombarded with a GSSP certification, I was unable to see Monday's broadcast of the interview. However there's going to be re-broadcast on the 20th, which I definitely plan on watching.

That's the first item of interest for all things "Family Guy" related. The second is this... Karl Rove is making a cameo appearance on the show. Details are a bit scant at the present, but that's the thing which makes this show such a hit with the audience; not only does the show go out of its way to be equal opportunity offender of pretty much everyone at some point (much like "South Park"), but they actually get the very people they're lampooning to take part in the comedy.

I can only imagine what MacFarlane and the rest of the writing staff have up their sleeve for Rove, but I'm sure that it'll be completely irreverent and enjoyable.

Hat tip to Voice Actors in the News for the first article.

Robert Englund on "The Spectacular Spider-Man"

There must be something in the air this week... this is the third or fourth interview for "The Spectacular Spider-Man" that I've seen. Whomever is doing the marketing for the show needs to be given a raise for all the hard work they've done as of late.

What makes this all the better is that it's a quality show. It's one thing to see a lot of marketing for something that's sub-par, and it happens often. So I'm more than a little pleased to see so much information about a quality show like this one.

The folks over at Comic Book Resources have a really nice interview with Robert Englund. Now most folks are going to remember Robert for his best known (and disturbingly, most loved) role as Freddy Krueger. What a lot of folks don't know is that he's also done more than a bit of voice acting throughout his career. In the current Spider-Man series he plays the role of Arian Toomes, aka. the "Vulture", and does so (in my opinion) exactly how you'd want to see him, brillant with some things and clueless about the rest, but totally remorseless about it all. It's what makes him a good villian.

Link to the interview can be found here.

...and for those who are interested, Robert Englund's website can be found here.

Interview with"the Spectacular Spider-Man"

Blast magazine has an interview with Josh Keaton, who is currently playing the role of Peter Parker (and of course, his alter-ego Spider-Man) in "The SpectacularSpider-Man"animated series currently airing on CW.

Whether you're a fan of the show or not, it's an interesting interview than ranges from the series and Josh's start in show business to his love of comics and gaming.

A link to the interview can be found here, and a link to Josh Keaton's website can be found here.