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The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 09:12 Following on from the Stanshall/Cleese debate i have had another idea.If Mike ever decided to do TB yet again (as if the 2003 wasn't perfect enough for the man)who would you like to hear as MC?Personally i'd love to hear the Swedish Chef from the Muppets (my hero).Just imagine for a moment that voice announcing those insruments.I can easily but my head is sometimes very odd (ask my bandmates).  Your suggestions can be anyone,living or dead,film characters,yoou name it. Yosamity Sam perhaps? -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 09:25 Stephen Fry is a great admirer of the great Vivian Stanshall.And of course has a marvelous tone and timbre to his voice himself so he would get my vote I guess. Failing that maybe somebody like Spongebob Squarepants or Stephen Hawking.Or Spongebob Squarepants impersonating Stephen Hawking would be quite unique. I`m not a big fan of his 2003 version.In my mind I would`ve thought someone like Clement Freud would have been much more suited to that album. Back to top

Bassman Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Feb. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 09:28 My five picks, in no particular order (why five?-because I'm a glutton): 1)  Stewie from "Family Guy" 2)  Regan/Pazuzu from "The Exorcist" 3)  Richard Burton 4)  Humphrey Bogart 5)  A tie:  HAL-2000 from "2001" or B-9 from "Lost In Space" Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 09:41 Stewie......Genius.And Spongebod Doing Stephen Hawkings.LMFAO!!!!! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Bassman Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Feb. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 09:45 OMG I just realized I typed HAL-2000 instead of 9000!  I'm not a genius, I'm an idiot!     Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 09:56 Janet Brown?   -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 09:56 HAL's lower spec older brother perhaps? -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Bassman Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Feb. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 10:00 Janet Brown  LOL. Stephen Hawking AWESOME. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 11:24 Checking back, there was a similar discussion prior to the 2003 release of Tubular bells, if I manage to link correctly you should find the discussion in this topic from tb2003. Interestingly some similar thoughts then including Stephen Hawking! -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 11:43 So it did.oops.But did they mention the Swedish Chef?Now Yoda would be good! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Bassman Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Feb. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2008, 13:45 .....Guitars-two slightly distorted, they are.  Hmm hmm hmm. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 10:21 Watched Star Wars over the weekend and i woulld be so cool to have Yoda.Threpio would be good.Or Chewbacca.I still think Spongebob/Stepphen Hawking win though.The fly in this ointment is that,as was widely reported,Mr Hawkins' 'voicebox' is apperently failing.The company (and i promise i am not making this up)that originally made it are no longer operating.The pracical upshot is that the voice we all know may have to change.It did put me in mind of the South Park episode where the Vietnam Vet lost his voicebox and had to use a replacement. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1868 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 12:49 On the field (live concert) you can't beat Jack Bauer (24 TV series) "right now, glockenspiel", "mandolin, god dammit" Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 13:01 Or maybe Gordon Ramsey (UK chef with a reptation for turning the air blue)? "What the f**k do you call that! I've heard better playing from a f**king 2 year old, Mandolin for f**ks sake, sounded like a man making a f**king din alright. Whats next? We need to finish in three f**king minutes. Tubular bells? F**k this up and I'll f**king be chewing your f**king balls!" -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

Bassman Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Feb. 2008 Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 13:05       Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1868 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 13:28 Woody Allen approximation "glockenspiel, the aural illustration that God is an underachiever" "visual too" (echoing) "hell is tubular, take the tube of listen to that if you don't believe me: tubular bells" Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 17:18 I'd like to have as the MC someone who's not English, or whose native language is not English. The "MC Otto" version of "The Bell" sounds great IMHO, so maybe an Italian actor - maybe an internationally-known one, like Raoul Bova? - would sound very nice. EDIT: Oops, I didn't read the thread-starting post too well. Living or dead? Film Characters? Well, then let the whole of Monty Python have it. Or Dr. Evil from Austin Powers. Or Gérard Depardieu as Obelix in the Asterix & Obelix films. Now that would be fun. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1868 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 18:04 Columbo "glockenspiel, my wife loves those" "how much did you pay for this mandolin?" "just one more thing, tubular bells" Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1868 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 18:07 Steve Jobs "grand piano, its back is nicer than the front of JM Jarre synths", "bass guitar, insanely great" "glockenspiel, pretty cool huh?", "boom", "mandolin, the best we've ever done" "double-speed guitar, $599, you'll hear it in 2 months" "one more thing, tubular bells" Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Mar. 25 2008, 18:49 How about our very own Inkanta, seeing as she is "MC" (actually M-C)? -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

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