Questions about Clarence Nash... Options

[DroopyMan8605]

I have a few questions about Clarence "Ducky" Nash.

First of all, which store made his Donald ventriloquist dummy, and do they sell either the dolls or the pattern today?

Second, is doing the Duck voice REALLY just 95% knowing exactly what Donald would do in a certain situation and 5% the trick voice, as Tony Anselmo (who studied under Nash) claims?

Third, this has been bothering me for quite some time. I hear conflicting stories on how Nash got hired by Walt Disney. One story claims that Nash got the job, but he wasn't too thrilled with the idea of a talking duck for his famous voice. Another claims Walt heard Nash on a radio show doing this peculiar voice. Which is the truth? Will we never know?

Thanks in advance!

BJ

[Treadwell]

Second, is doing the Duck voice REALLY just 95% knowing exactly what Donald would do in a certain situation and 5% the trick voice, as Tony Anselmo (who studied under Nash) claims?

That's PR spin. We ALL know what Donald would do in ANY situation, and that is freak out with anger and frustration (he rarely does anything else). That doesn't mean we're all 5% away from doing a perfect Donald voice.

It was just something cute to say to the guys with the video camera (or whatever).

[bigshot]

Disney used more trick voices in the early days than any other studio. The
exception was Pinto Colvig, who was a fine voice actor.

See ya
Steve

[DroopyMan8605]

So Mickey was a trick voice, as well??

Interesting...

They should come out with a book that details trick voices in cartoons and how to do them...

BJ

[Bobby Bickert]

According to the Marcia Blitz "biography" of Donald (which I used to own but no longer have), Nash was working as either a milkman or an ice cream man, "Whistling Clarence, the Adhor Bird Man", who entertained children with his bird imitations. His route took him by the Disney studios, so he tried going in to audition. He recited "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in a voice that he considered to be the voice of a lamb, "Mary", a beloved childhood pet. Supposedly Walt was listening over an intercom, and after he heard "Mary", he burst into the room saying "That's it! That's our talking duck!". Nash was offended that what he considered to be the voice of his beloved "Mary" was interpreted as a duck's voice, but he got the job.