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TerrorK · 07-08-2007, 10:25 PM

Okay... it's a bit weird to say when somebody is not in a movie, I know... but this is somebody I really expected to be doing some part in it. As a fan of his work overall I sent him an email about whether he was in the movie at all, and why he hasn't appeared in OFF since Season 13. Here are his responses (non-OFF related questions not present):

A few years back Dan "C" did Santa's Little Helper in a rehearsal and unfortunately for me ... did it a little too good. The producers thought ... "Hmmm, Dan barks pretty good, and we are already paying him and he seems to like doing the dog thing ... why do we need to pay Welker who comes in here, spends less than an hour, eats all the doughnuts, refuses to come to rehearsals ... let's just give the damn dog to Dan!" Bingo ... I'm out. I did do lots of shows that needed sound effects and weird sounds, but Santa is without this little helper.

Oh, and no ... nothing in the movie.

I wanted a raise ... most of what they asked me to do was wild and wacky, but it also almost always hurt my throat. So, I asked for a raise ... that is why you haven't seen me. They are really great people over there, but they have a rule about "top of the show" for guest performers and I fell under that consideration.

07-08-2007, 10:25 PM	#1
TerrorK Not an Al Jean butt-kisser Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 816	Frank Welker NOT in the movie Okay... it's a bit weird to say when somebody is not in a movie, I know... but this is somebody I really expected to be doing some part in it. As a fan of his work overall I sent him an email about whether he was in the movie at all, and why he hasn't appeared in OFF since Season 13. Here are his responses (non-OFF related questions not present): A few years back Dan "C" did Santa's Little Helper in a rehearsal and unfortunately for me ... did it a little too good. The producers thought ... "Hmmm, Dan barks pretty good, and we are already paying him and he seems to like doing the dog thing ... why do we need to pay Welker who comes in here, spends less than an hour, eats all the doughnuts, refuses to come to rehearsals ... let's just give the damn dog to Dan!" Bingo ... I'm out. I did do lots of shows that needed sound effects and weird sounds, but Santa is without this little helper. Oh, and no ... nothing in the movie. I wanted a raise ... most of what they asked me to do was wild and wacky, but it also almost always hurt my throat. So, I asked for a raise ... that is why you haven't seen me. They are really great people over there, but they have a rule about "top of the show" for guest performers and I fell under that consideration. ______________________________________________________________ - Kenneth White "Even if The Simpsons is better than 95% of everything else on TV, that doesn't automatically make it good."