Had a voiceover audition to be the voice of a parrot on a TV commercial and the producer notes said "we need to intuitively believe this voice is a parrot" and that the parrot should have an "optimistic tone." An optimistic parrot. I did my best.

April 11, 2026 - 03:02 UTC

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Polly want a callback
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Hey now
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But did you ask for the cracker?
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Polly gonna get that cracker!
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That was the name of my garage band back in the summer of 1984 - Optimistic Parrot
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I am so stuck on "intuitively believe." Ad for Miracle Word Salad Spinner?
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We always knew you’d end up playing Toucan Sam.
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producer had written "must deal well with insane notes" and underlined it twice
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“Polly doesn’t just WANT a cracker … Polly is bloody well GETTING a cracker …
Pieces of TEN … I’M A PRETTY BOY THEN
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Rawwwk, I can do that! Rawwk!
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“Sure you can talk the talk, but can you squawk the squawk?”
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Chat-GPT wrote the producer's notes, didn't it?

(by the way, unrelated, but the big speech at the climax of The Magic Circle still haunts me to this day, truly sublime bit of voice work from you)
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Reminded of the old Jack Benny story about giving Mel Blanc a stage direction that they needed the whinney of an English horse
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“Polly believes he will get a cracker.”
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Polly *believes* she can be a parrot, it’s crucial to get that across.
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Quite sure you rocked it.
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Toucan do it!
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You write like an optimistic parrot so you probably nailed it 😊👍🏻
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So they wanted Polly to be all Pollyanna.

I guess it tracks.
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Optimistic? Are you AWARE of the situation with my habitat?
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Did you channel your inner Tico? bsky.app/profile/thefighterbird.bsky.social/post/3lmrvvcleys2y
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Wish I'd seen that before the audition
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When will the world realize you should played 90s-00s period Bowie?
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an optimistic parrot?
must be a questionable product like an insurance company,
unless you get the job. then insurance companies are wonderful
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That parrot is dead!
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I designed sound for a play once that opened, without context & in a blackout, with a car crash. The director asked for the car crash to be "funnier"
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I get it, he wanted it to end with a sound like a hubcap rolling away and spinning to a stop or suchlike
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Iygkitxerawsxcvvbbvrrkkrrrrrr
Honk honk
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aren't you already the voice of the tootsie roll owl
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channeling your inner @effinbirds.com
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oh, and while i have your attention, thank you for The Venture Brothers.
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You are *perfect* for that role, though
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Polly wanna future
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I've always gotten more of a "circumspect marmot" vibe from you
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hey I go where the money is
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Polly believes in the possibility of the cracker
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Did his best caw did his best!
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i feel like that's really on the person you were parroting
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This is basically just a scene from Toast of London with a slightly different accent.
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Had one where they were looking for an Adam Devine / Brian Cox type. You know the type
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This is absolutely killing me, what the SHIT is that
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I will only buy this product if I believe a real parrot is selling it to me
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*squawk*change is possible!*squawk*
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What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?

A carrot!
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I'm imagining a parrot squawking "Mikey likes it!"
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If you believed you were a toucan would they know the difference?
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