When Mel Blanc was doing the voice, yes he was.
Then again, Mel Blanc was a genius who could make ANYTHING funny.
What if Ron Moore did Buck Rogers in the twenty-fifth century?
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When Mel Blanc was doing the voice, yes he was.
Then again, Mel Blanc was a genius who could make ANYTHING funny.
Beddie-beddie-beddie...Quiver ladies, quiver
Maybe there is a way to redeem Twiki -- instead of a phallic-headed boy robot, have him be an intelligent online software agent who compiles the world's knowledge and presents it to Buck, Wilma, et al. on request.
That's right -- he'd be Twikipedia!
That's right -- he'd be Twikipedia!
No, Ardala and Kane come right from the original comic. Only the ways they were presented in the series were unique.
Maybe there is a way to redeem Twiki -- instead of a phallic-headed boy robot, have him be an intelligent online software agent who compiles the world's knowledge and presents it to Buck, Wilma, et al. on request.
That's right -- he'd be Twikipedia!
Eav'oq jokes are funnier than that. 
Okay, I knew about Killer Kane, but I wasn't sure about Ardala. Apparently she was Kane's sidekick/partner in the comics, not his boss, and not a princess. The most specific description I can find for her role is "evil adventuress."
What about Twiki as voiced by Mel Gibson? Who wouldn't love a robot who makes anti-semitic slurs and callls Wilma 'Sugar tits'?
True.
I don't know who did the annoying squeaky voice in the early second season episodes for a while, but I was glad when they got Blanc back.
Maybe there is a way to redeem Twiki -- instead of a phallic-headed boy robot, have him be an intelligent online software agent who compiles the world's knowledge and presents it to Buck, Wilma, et al. on request.
That's right -- he'd be Twikipedia!
That was sorta my idea for Theopolis. All the solar system's computers networked together created (every planet, station& spaceship) an artificial consciousness. This consciousness is literally greater than the sum of it's parts and, once consciousness is achieved, it would take a massive amount of computer destruction to kill him. Nobody at first knows of the existence of Theopolis. Clues would be given throughout the first season with the AI finally revealing himself (itself?) to Buck at the end of the season finale.
I liked Twiki and imagined him being inserted completely as is. Of course, I really wouldn't want to without Mel Blanc's voice.
Maybe Mr. Blanc was simply unavailable for a few weeks?
I'm sure somebody somewhere will come up with the answer.
^No, I meant why Elyea in particular was chosen as the replacement was unclear -- though I guess why Blanc was dropped is also unclear. But I don't think it was meant to be a temporary departure. For one thing, voices are recorded in post-production weeks after the episodes are shot, and it doesn't take very long at all to record a voice part, so they could've easily had Blanc record half a season's worth of episodes all at once after his schedule cleared. For another thing, I've read that the reason Blanc was brought back was due to popular demand -- audiences reacted badly to the replacement voice. Which means that the intent was for Blanc to be gone for good.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the reason they dropped Blanc was to save money. An obscure, uncredited performer would've been far cheaper to use than the most famous and accomplished voice actor in the world. But the replacement went over so badly that I guess eventually they scraped together enough money to hire Blanc back.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the reason they dropped Blanc was to save money. An obscure, uncredited performer would've been far cheaper to use than the most famous and accomplished voice actor in the world. But the replacement went over so badly that I guess eventually they scraped together enough money to hire Blanc back.
Which is obviously not as dramatic as "Evil Space Princess." It fits. In the comics Wilma was Buck's sidekick. So both characters got an upgrade.
Of course, they'll probably end up gay men in an RDM reboot...
Mel Blanc was also doing voice work for Captain Caveman so there might've scheduling problems.
^ How can you have scheduling problems with voiceover work? You sit in a studio and record a bunch of lines. You could do three or four shows at once!
It was towards the end of his career and his voice wasn't the best and he did the voice of Heathcliff the following year. And seeing as how the second season of Buck Rogers only had 13 eps. it's surprising that they brought him at all.
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^Was that Jeffrey Hunter?
That doesn't make sense. It's not like a voice actor can only do one show at a time. There are plenty of voice actors who are working on half a dozen shows or more at the same time, because recording a voice part hardly takes any time at all. You can do a whole episode's worth in a few hours, tops (since you don't have to worry about wardrobe or makeup or cameras or lighting or any of that). Blanc was working on multiple Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera projects at the same time he worked on both seasons of Buck Rogers, so it's not like adding just one more gig would've been too much for him.
Also, Blanc was still working steadily until his death in 1989, so it's totally untrue that his voice was failing him in 1980-81. According to a speech therapist who studied his throat and larynx late in life, Blanc had the most incredibly robust vocal apparatus the man had ever seen and he didn't expect it would ever give out.
That doesn't make sense. It's not like a voice actor can only do one show at a time. There are plenty of voice actors who are working on half a dozen shows or more at the same time, because recording a voice part hardly takes any time at all. You can do a whole episode's worth in a few hours, tops (since you don't have to worry about wardrobe or makeup or cameras or lighting or any of that). Blanc was working on multiple Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera projects at the same time he worked on both seasons of Buck Rogers, so it's not like adding just one more gig would've been too much for him.
Also, Blanc was still working steadily until his death in 1989, so it's totally untrue that his voice was failing him in 1980-81. According to a speech therapist who studied his throat and larynx late in life, Blanc had the most incredibly robust vocal apparatus the man had ever seen and he didn't expect it would ever give out.
I believe so, yes.
