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Ep 39: The Voice of Silk, Marc Silk!

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 26 min listen
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(Insert dramatic movie trailer voice) In a world all about pinball, one man joins the Loserkids to talk about his sweet voice acting on the latest Stern game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. You won't...

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Highlights

  • Mark Silk provided six voice characters for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball machine, including Splinter and Casey Jones
  • Mark Silk first attended pinball Expo in Chicago in 2018 as a fan, before any professional involvement
  • Dwight Sullivan at Stern approached Mark Silk for voice work after hearing him mentioned on Ken Cromwell's podcast
  • Mark Silk has voiced 30-31 characters in the first season of the Danger Mouse reboot, with an additional 12 in season two
  • Mark Silk was the voice of Bob the Builder for approximately a decade in the United States and Canada

Notable quotes

“Loser kid, you have been chosen.”
Mark Silk (as Casey Jones)
“I'm a hobbyist but i love what you do so...I need to just like put a tent up in the middle and just hope that people will just come past and go do you need some voices for your machine i'll do it for you it's really i'm a bargain”
Mark Silk
“I bumped into a bunch of people, and we just kind of kept in touch. But I didn't really push for any work or anything. I was just happy to enjoy what they do.”
Mark Silk
“The thing that was great with [Don LaFontaine] is he also was a brilliant performer. He had a great voice, but it's more than just having a good voice...there's the acting ability, the ability to just bring that character to life.”
Mark Silk
“You get the the best of both worlds so you get to work with the the some of the you know the the most talented people in the in that field of their industry and yet you can walk down the street and not get bothered you know you can still have a regular life”
Mark Silk
“My heroes just as a kid my heroes were always the people behind the scenes so i loved the craftsman and the the artistry behind it all”
Mark Silk

Entities

  • Flipping Out Pinball· company
  • Flyland Designs· company
  • Lit Frames· company
  • Pinball Expo Chicago· event
  • Bob the Builder· game
  • Chicken Run· game
  • Danger Mouse· game
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball· game
  • Thunderbirds Are Go· game
  • This Week in Pinball· media
  • Don LaFontaine· person
  • Dwight Sullivan· person
  • Frank Oz· person
  • Greg Bone· person
  • Jim Henson· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Ken Cromwell· person
  • Mark Silk· person
  • Mel Blanc· person
  • Scott Larson· person

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