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Monkeyman
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From: Vista, CA
|  Posted: 2004-11-30 4:55 pm Permalink
Call me crazy but the little robot that drives the Star Tours simulator at Disneyland sounds exactly like Paul Rubens. It even had a little "Pee Wee" laugh during the monolog. Of course the voice sounds a little different because they recorded the sound using "robot" effects.
Can anyone confirm if this is true?
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dangergirl299
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Joined: Feb 18, 2003
Posts: 893
From: Bay Area
| Posted: 2004-11-30 5:04 pm Permalink
by jove you're right!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000607/
http://www.lucasfan.com/swtv/tours3.html
http://www.epinions.com/trvl-review-62FB-AD6E08A-3946A3C5-prod3
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MachTiki
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From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2004-11-30 5:39 pm Permalink
Kinda makes you concerned about what exactly that robot's doing with his robot hands don't it?!
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stuff-o-rama
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Joined: Nov 20, 2003
Posts: 751
From: Central Coast of California
| Posted: 2004-11-30 8:06 pm Permalink
...so funny I forgot to laugh!
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thebaxdog
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Posts: 775
From: Santa Ana, CA.
| Posted: 2004-12-01 07:19 am Permalink
Don't forget to wipe up the hydrolic fluid when your done !
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Gigantalope
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From: Shinola, California
| Posted: 2004-12-01 08:08 am Permalink
Yikes, double post
[ This Message was edited by: Gigantalope on 2004-12-01 14:14 ]
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Gigantalope
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From: Shinola, California
| Posted: 2004-12-01 08:09 am Permalink
I was just there and thought (C3pO) sounded like Tony Blair.
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Johnny Dollar
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From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2004-12-01 08:39 am Permalink
an even lesser known fact is that darth vader's voice is by dr. ruth and han solo's voice is by morton downey jr.
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Tiki-bot
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Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 1345 | Posted: 2004-12-01 11:31 am Permalink
I'm just stunned that there's a website called "lucasfan". Oy.
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hanford_lemoore
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Joined: Mar 23, 2002
Posts: 1864
From: Tiki Central
| Posted: 2004-12-01 4:26 pm Permalink
To me this is a perfect example of Imagineering spending money on the wrong resources. With the exception of movie tie-ins, why do any WDI attractions need celebrity actors? I noticed the Dinosaur ride at Animal Kindgom had Claire from the Cosby Show and a guy from Veronica's Closet in the intro video. Why?! How does Star Tours benefit from a celebrity voice? I think it only detracts.
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BarkerBird
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Joined: Jul 20, 2004
Posts: 168 | Posted: 2004-12-01 5:58 pm Permalink
To be fair, they used Paul Rubens when he was a virtually unknown actor in Hollywood.
When Star Tours opened it was more of an inside joke than anything else. He was uncredited.
There's a lot of famous people in Disney attractions, and it goes all the way back in Disney history, starting with Walt's supervision.
The very first Audio Animatronic figure was based on Buddy Ebsen's tap-dancing.
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