Marty Goodman

1) I can do the following accents when speaking English: British English (Cockney, Liverpool, London), French (Coarse, Parisian Woman, Seductive), German, American Indian, Bombay-India, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Oriental (Laundryman, Samurai Warrior), Russian, Scandinavian, Scottish, United States (Bostonian, Brooklyn, New York Jewish, Southern Alabama, Southern Californian, Texan, and Yiddish). 2) I can also do impressions of many movie stars, including: Don Adams, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Stewart, Jim Backus/Mr. Magoo, Ed Sullivan, Mae West, Jack Benny, Marlon Brando, Walter Brennan, James Cagney, Truman Capote, Ronald Coleman, Hans Conreid, Kirk Douglas, The Elephant Man, WC Fields, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank Fontaine (as "Crazy Gugenheim"), Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Marty Feldman, Boris Karloff, Stan Laurel, Liberace, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, Paul Lynde, Groucho Marx, James Mason, Monty Python characters: Housewife/Mr. Gumby, and George C. Scott (as "General Patton"). 3) My cartoon voices include: Baba Louis, Bullwinkle the Moose, C3PO (robot in "Star Wars"), Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, Donald Duck (laughing, sneezing), Dudley Doright, Dumb Eagle (like Edgar Bergen's "Mortimer Snerd"), Elmer Fudd, ET The Extra-Terrestrial, Mr. Bill ("Saturday Night Live" clay clown), Mr. Ed the Horse, Mr. Jinx (like: Phil Silvers), Mr. Magoo (Jim Backus), Quick Draw McGraw, Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Felix the Cat, Snagglepuss (like Bert Lahr), Snydley Whiplash (Hans Conreid), Tennessee Tuxedo (Don Adams), Tweety Bird, Underdog (Wally Cox), Woody Woodpecker (laughing), Yogi Bear, Topogigio (mouse on the Ed Sullivan show), and Yoda (from "Star Wars") 4) My Own Characters include: Breathy (old, gasping, forced), Cheeky (lisp impediment), Fishy (underwater effect), Fussy (nervous, rapid, high-pitched), Gruffy (gravelly, macho working man), Mean Jaw (tough, villain), Nerdy (teenager, broken), Old Smiley (nasal, friendly, crotchety), and Slap Happy (overly cheerful, clown-like).

I have written and recorded many voicemail and on-hold messages for telephone systems (IVR/MOH), done television and radio commercial voiceovers, done some cartoon voice work, and was a radio station disc jockey and news reporter. I started doing vocal impressions on my own when I was a teenager by watching movies and cartoons. As an adult, I took voice over lessons and studied and practiced lip, tongue, throat, jaw, and mouth flexibility exercises, copy-marking styles, voice characterizations, voice placements, dialects, cartoon & "straight" characters, and "cold" reading techniques. I have a home recording studio that uses an iMac computer with Garageband software and a high-end microphone. I can record voiceovers quickly and professionally, save them in MP3 or AIF format, then upload them to an FTP site, email them, or burn them to a CD and US mail them. I enjoy using Garageband to compose multi-track music in many styles, including rock, classical, blues, and jazz. I have over 20 years experience in advertising and marketing, so I understand how to position and sell products and services using audio and printed words.