Acting! On the web!

Posted 5 February 2007 by PZ Myers

Are you a voice talent? Want to participate in an online drama? Sign up for a part in a podcast recreation of parts of the Dover trial. It should be fun, if you're into that kind of thing.

I'm not volunteering, I'm afraid. I can't act, and I'm also afraid that the closest match to my voice would be Michael Behe, and I'd die of mortification.

15 Comments

steve s · 5 February 2007

Bill Buckingham should be voiced by Dan Castellaneta, and Michael Behe should be voiced by Dana Snyder.

Pigwidgeon · 5 February 2007

Were any of the people in the trial English and posh-sounding? That's my voice.

arensb · 5 February 2007

Were any of the people in the trial English and posh-sounding?
— Pigwidgeon

I don't know. I wasn't there. So don't let that stop you. Pick a role and a session and have at it.

Pigwidgeon · 5 February 2007

You may also need a pronounciation guide for difficult words and names: for example, I don't know how to pronounce Muise.

arensb · 5 February 2007

Were any of the people in the trial English and posh-sounding?
— Pigwidgeon

How'd you like to be the narrator? You could give a brief introduction, read the parenthesized bits, and give the credits at the end.

Karen · 5 February 2007

I supposed anyone who has laryngitis can play Bill Dembski?

Lamuella · 5 February 2007

I'm very happy to sign up. I may be a little too English though

Julie Stahlhut · 5 February 2007

Wow, thanks for the heads-up, or the larynx-up, or whatever! I'd love to participate, and will try to make a recording tonight.

Peter · 5 February 2007

I am so going for Buckingham. It's like Sling Blade but with Pennsylvania all over it.
This is one of the best ideas I've ever read. Sweet.

GuyJ · 5 February 2007

If there were any pirates at Dover, I'll audition.

improvius · 5 February 2007

As a tip for anyone else, you should be speaking over the top of your microphone. You should be facing forward with the microphone in front of but lower than your lips. If you speak directly into it, the stop consonants will be a huge mess.

Inoculated Mind · 6 February 2007

P-Z! Be-he! P-Z! Be-he!

KP · 6 February 2007

I do a dead-on impression of Bullwinkle, but I don't think you need him in your cast. Unless you really want to do an ad hominem attack job on someone like Behe.

Pastor Bentonit, FCD · 7 February 2007

Oh, I misread that heading: "Achtung! On the web!"... Maybe IÂ´d qualify for the German (or, more likely, Swedish) voiceover?

arensb · 8 February 2007

Unless you really want to do an ad hominem attack job on someone like Behe.
— KP

The thing about the panda trial is that the IDists got a fair break every step of the way, and still managed to make themselves look like fools. So I see no reason to inject additional snark or nastiness. Just portray them as they would themselves, and they'll trip themselves up on their own.