Produced by: Albany Civic Theater, Albany, Oregon; directed by John Elliott: (541) 619-5013
Lois needs to be able to do a passable Yogi Bear impression. Her one Yogi line is "Hey there, Boo-boo. I’m gonna get me some pic-a-nic baskets."
Below are some sound clips to practice with.
Yogi Bear clip #1 (0:18):
"Don't let this pic-a-nic basket fool you. I am not Little Red Riding Hood on my way to granny's house. I am Yogi Bear, the bearfoot bear with cheek. And, uh, this is my hobby: collecting pic-a-nic baskets filled with yummy, eating-type goodies, frooooooooom the tourists in Jellystone Park!"
Yogi Bear clip #2 (0:02):
"Hey, hey, hey! Yeh-hey-hee-hee-heee!"
Yogi Bear clip #3 (0:06):
"Hey, Boo-Boo! Waaaana pay a visit to the...pic-a-nic grounds for some goodies?"
Yogi Bear clip #4 (0:05) [Homer Simpson as Yogi Bear]:
"Heeeeey, Bart-Bart! Looks like a beautiful day to swipe some pic-a-nic baskets!"
Yogi Bear clip #5 (0:04) [Homer Simpson as Yogi Bear]:
"After all, I'm smaarter than the av-er-age bear!"
Barbara is a bald woman who's seen in a yellow rain slicker and a huge wig. She's a tourist from Texas visiting Niagara Falls. During her entire scene, she (like everyone else in that scene) is shouting to be heard over the roar of The Falls.
The following sound clips are excerpts from David Alan Stern's Dialect Monologues tape and CD.
Texan clip #1 (0:17)
"So, I go into the studio and reeead for this here guy who noooods and...whispers to the other guy who's wearing director's clothes? You know, like chinos, uh, blue Oxford cloth button-down shirt, two hundred dollar tennis shoes, and one of them stoopid little rain hats?"
Texan clip #2 (0:11)
"I just arrived in this town ten days ago. To me it's y'aaaall who have ac-cents. Anyway, this agent sent me in here spe-ci-fic'ly be-caaause you asked fer Texan."
The character of the Waitress (or rather, Waitresses--though they are all played by the same woman in quick succession) requires her to use three different voices. The dialects and voices don't have to be perfect, but the actress does need to be able to switch from one to the other in quick succession.
Waitress #1 speaks with a Cockney dialect. Her first line is "'Ello folks. My name is Mary Pickerling, and I’ll be your scullery maid this evenin’. Can I get ye two a mug of mead?"
The following sound clips are excerpts from David Alan Stern's Dialect Monologues tape and CD.
Cockney clip #1 (0:09)
"I don't have much of an act. Just a few stale songs and a little dancin' frown in so they won't be able to hit a moving target!"
Cockney clip #2 (0:10)
"Yeah, I pick up whatever I can—around, uh, Birrrmingham, and the pubs and cabarets. But the days of the live entertainer are over."
Cockney clip #3 (0:11)
"But, I love it! I love it because it's in my bloood, and I...look at myself as a kind o' crusaader: keepin' the tradition aliiive."
Waitress #2 speaks as a very non-PC "injun." Her first line as this character is "How. Welcome to The Reservation. I’ll be your serving squaw. My name is Walks-with-a-Tray. Can I take your order?"
Tonto (television series) clip #1 (0:06):
"Me think you right, Kemosabe. Him use different names. But him always break law in same old way."
Tonto (television series) clip #2 (0:05):
"Plenty strange. Ranch never for sale 'til Red Devers become foreman."
Tonto (cartoon version) clip #3 (0:05):
"Now your chance to prove bravery, earn honor, or die as warrior."
Waitress #3 haunts the Maison de Macabre, a Gothic-themed restaurant. She speaks with a Transylvanian accent. Her first line as this character is "Carpe Noctem, and velcome to the Maison de Macabre. I am Gormina Gallows. May I refresh your Diet Pepsis?"
Transylvanian accent clip #1 (0:06):
Bela Lugosi as Dracula: "I am...Dracula. I bid you welcome."
Transylvanian accent clip #2 (0:06):
Bela Lugosi as Dracula: "To die...to be really dead...that must be glorious."