Obscure Audio 2: Orson Welles Outtakes - Frozen Peas
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2012
- Orson Welles, American actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in theater, radio and film, creator of the epic "Citizen Kane", which is often touted as the greatest movie ever made, heard here getting frustrated with some studio personnel as he attempts to narrate some badly written commercials that he clearly finds quite annoying.
Notes: (from Wikipedia): Frozen Peas is the colloquial term for a blooper audio clip wherein American filmmaker Orson Welles performs narration for a series of British television advertisements for Findus. The clip is known informally as In July, or Yes, Always, based on several of Welles' complaints during the recording.
The British Film Institute database lists the titles "Findus: Lincolnshire (Peas)",[1] "Findus: Sweden"[2] and "Findus: Far West",[3] all dated 1970, and attributed to the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. It can thus be presumed that the session took place in 1970, at a British recording studio (likely in or near London).
BFI also lists four more 1970 Findus advertisements with place names: "France",[4] "Highlands",[5] "Normandy[6] and "Shetland".[7] These may be part of the same series, and possibly also voiced by Welles.
It is not known whether a complete recording of the session exists (since, for example, the "multiple takes" Welles alludes to are not exact on the recording as circulated, and the recording transitions between different commercials). It is also not known whether film copies of the final advertisements exist in the BFI National Archive.
Pinky and the Brain used this as a skit!
ruclips.net/video/7uWW--w4SRs/видео.html
Pinky and the Brain, a very underrated comedy.
interestingly Welles was the main inspiration for the voice of Brain!
That's actually The Critic, but the voice actor is the same as Brain from Pinky and the Brain.
I'll MAKE CHEESE for you. 😏😏😏
@@SDoesNotKnow you didn't watch the clip
Having been considered for the voice of Darth Vader, had that come to pass, the audio of George directing him and Orson re-writing dialogue would be pure gold.
"What the hell is a Darth?"
At 0:45 it sounds like he's auditioning for Han Solo.
AAAH, THE FRENCH!!!
Aahh, the Sith.
Celebrated everywhere for their malevolence
Orson managed to turn a peas commercial into a nefarious plot to over-direct him.
That's a funny comment but they really WERE doing that to him. It's total bullshit. They hired the guy for his talent, let him do it and just hit record.
can you imagine being his poor wife or worse having him as a father in law
Lol
@@squatch570 No. He was just a bit of an asshole and a drunk, everyone knows this. It is completely normal to do multiple takes, sometimes for no reason other than more options.
He was too intelligent to do pea adverts
“What is it you want, in the DEPTHS of your ignorance?” that is magical and I pray I have a chance to use it one day.
Me too!
"I take directions from one person under protest, but from two, I won't sit still for it"
That's gold, Jerry. Gold!
That is literally the best line. Loved that bit.
“One more word out of you and you go!” LoL This is just great. :)
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I love that you reference Seinfeld. 😁
A strong 2nd is: "what do you need? From the depths of your ignorance".
“A rich full bodied wine that’s sensibly priced at a dollar a jug. And now for a little magic, I shall make this wine disappear”
"...this dime-store swill !"
Ahhh the French
@@mattomite9097 AAAAaaaHHHHHHHhhhhhh The French Cham *hiccup* pagne.
A place FILLED with Mrs Pelles Fish Sticks!
"Full of country goodness and green peaness."
Notice how he goes from his basic voice and then goes into his great radio voice, it's fascinating.
1:18 pouring himself a tall flute of Paul Masson and downing it in one go.
Mawuahhhh
'We will record no finished take..before it's time..'
I lived in Japan in the 70s and he was plugging Japanese whiskey on their TV. He could read an instruction manual for installing a toilet and he can make it sound like a literary classic
Was that Nikka Whiskey, perennial victim of extremely awkward romanization?
Exactly. Like AC/DC could turn the Hokey Pokey into a hard rock classic.
MWAAAAAH THE PEAS
+frenchfry01 ....AHHHHHHHHHHH! T-TheFrozenPeas hasalwaysbeenceleberatedbythatsamePeaexcellence...
pootis spencer oh my god thank you
Aaaaaah, Mrs. Buckley.... has always been celebrated for her green pea-ness...
Does he do anything?
Full of green peaness! Oh no, that sounds awful! LOL
"You underestimate me, Mrs. Buckley. For a time, I considered sparing your wretched little farm in Lincolnshire. But now, you shall witness its DISMEMBERMENT!"
"Each bowl is chock full of delicious pea-ness."
Damian 2000 oh what luck, there’s a French-FRY stuck in my beard!
Rosebud frozen peas! Full of country goodness and green pea-ness!
@@drinkinginspanish "What follows is a terrifying journey into the world of probate, beneficiaries, and goblins! **mister WELLES** Fine, fine, no Goblins!"
Fish sticks! Oh Yes! They're even better when you're dead!
@@sozaj and raw
“Here, under protest, is ‘Beef Burgers.’” This never gets old.
It's unbelievable! 🤣
I love how he said “your FRIEND!” With such contempt 🤣
I think this must be one of the most wonderful insults I've ever heard: "In the DEPTHS of your ignorance what is it you want?" xD
= dull life
iconoclast vituperations No MONEY is worth this!
Chris Buchanan i
Yes, it's perfection.
@Max William Lauf LOL
As a recording engineer, this is a true nightmare. I greatly respect Welles but having a famous client get in your ass is always scarier than hell.
I feel like theres something to be said for the fact that even though he was doing ads for frozen peas and whatever, he still maintained that it should be read like someone was reading Shakespeare.
he has a really brilliant type of grasp on presentation factor, the way he wanted to nitpick the sell of the ad by how palatable the script's wordplay is. it really is just overblown and silly and probably mostly orson drunk-petty but i feel like theres something of a point there to how fundamental pleasure is in communication, which hed probably always had a really strong/career informed stance on
The scripts they gave him are also pretty terrible.
"The right reading for this is the one I'm giving it!"
He was correct, too.
'One more word out of you and you go!'
Yes sir.
"well, I'm the engineer" is the best thing I've ever heard.
"Crumb crisp coating" is my new ringtone
I love how the tape gets deeper near the end when he says "now what is it you want, in your DEPTHS of your IGNORANCE, what is it you want?" lol
Sounds like a demon lol
That line was checkmate.
The tape's giving out at the end there
@@DellDuckfan313Yeah it was.
A classic case of being over qualified for the job.
I dunno why, but I love the way he says "Crumb Crisp Coating".
It's as if he actually tasting the cod as he attempts to say it and his mind is telling him "Not entirely sure that is correct"
But it’s tough on the ears
I love how he says "JEsus!"
I think “crisp crumb coating” is more grammatically correct.
Like you would say “big green balloons” but never say “green big balloons”. There is an order to adjectives.
@@sabatino1977 I think I see. So, "green" and "crumb" are a fundamental category of balloon / coating, whereas "big" and "crisp" are relative, vague, less essential descriptors that are comparatively just a notch more vestigial than a more defining objective category. Something is only big or crisp in comparison to something less so. But something either factually is or is not green or comprised of crumbs, hence getting closer grammatical placement to the noun.
Big gulp o' Paul Masson @1:26
+mph1ish m'wah the french champagne
More like Jim Beam, such a tire fire was this studio session...
...HEdohsinDoehnythin?
Ferrrmennntedinabottle...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHhhhhhhh...the FRENCH - ( cut!!!!)
"We're talking about them growing, and she's picked 'em."
Bwaaaaah... the Frensh Champange, has alwayz bin celebreted for its excelenze..
*sexelenze
wheeezehhhhhhh
Maaahaaa
She doesn't do anything?
Could you imagine getting old Orson Welles and Marlon Brando together on a commercial? It would take an hour for every 5 minutes of actual material produced. Does anyone else hear the giant glass of probably alcohol he pours.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that
Yep, he’s pouring a glass 🥃 of “something” 😂🤣
more like 5 seconds of material lol
The problem here is they likely engaged the gentleman while he was still sober
All they would do is argue over who is fatter.
"There's too much directing around here."
-the world-famous award-winning director
How Orson became a sick old fart....
So many great lines in this clip, like "The right reading is the one I am giving it at the moment" 5:25 🤣
"One more word from you, and you go!" Lol, Orson Welles is such a boss that he doesn't need to be behind the camera to direct.
Yet another Animaniacs skit that went completely over my head as a kid and only makes sense decades later.
The following transcript is from Jonathan Lynn, who talked with Welles about the background behind the directors getting him for the recording:
One night he told us about his voice over for Findus frozen peas. “An ad agency called and asked me to do a voice over. I said I would. Then they said would I please come in and audition. 'Audition?' I said. 'Surely to God there’s someone in your little agency who knows what my voice sounds like?' Well, they said they knew my voice but it was for the client. So I went in. I wanted the money, I was trying to finish Chimes at Midnight. I auditioned and they offered me the part! Well, they asked me to go to some little basement studio in Wardour Street to record it. I demanded payment in advance. After I'd gotten the cheque I told them 'I can’t come to Wardour Street next week, I have to be in Paris.' I told them to bring their little tape-recorder and meet me at the Georges Cinq Hotel next Wednesday at eleven am. So they flew over to Paris, came to the hotel at eleven - and were told that I had checked out the day before." He chortled happily. "I left them a message telling them to call me at the Gritti Palace in Venice. They did, and I told them to meet me there on Friday. When they got there I was gone - they found a message telling them to come to Vienna." Now he was laughing uproariously. "I made them chase me all around Europe with their shitty little tape recorder for ten days. They were sorry they made me audition."
😂
Sounds like a very pleasant man
That states everything you need to know about Orson Welles.
@@schmeltingaccidentadvertising types aren't people.
@@pthithicbut you have to remember it wasn’t the executives chasing him around. It was probably some poor interns or engineers who had to chase him everywhere.
What is it that you want, in the depths of your ignorance? Absolute gold, Orson.
_IN_ July I am watching this video
From the Wikipedia Article about this recording:
Jonathan Lynn, who acted in Welles's film of The Merchant of Venice made between 1969 and 1970, recalled being told about the recording session by Welles:
One night [Welles] told us about his voice over for Findus frozen peas. “An ad agency called and asked me to do a voice over. I said I would. Then they said would I please come in and audition. 'Audition?' I said. 'Surely to God there’s someone in your little agency who knows what my voice sounds like?' Well, they said they knew my voice but it was for the client. So I went in. I wanted the money, I was trying to finish Chimes at Midnight. I auditioned and they offered me the part! Well, they asked me to go to some little basement studio in Wardour Street to record it. I demanded payment in advance. After I'd gotten the cheque I told them 'I can’t come to Wardour Street next week, I have to be in Paris.' I told them to bring their little tape-recorder and meet me at the Georges Cinq Hotel next Wednesday at eleven am. So they flew over to Paris, came to the hotel at eleven - and were told that I had checked out the day before." He chortled happily. "I left them a message telling them to call me at the Gritti Palace in Venice. They did, and I told them to meet me there on Friday. When they got there I was gone - they found a message telling them to come to Vienna." Now he was laughing uproariously. "I made them chase me all around Europe with their shitty little tape recorder for ten days. They were sorry they made me audition."
Damn I hope he rots in hell
What follows is a terrifying journey full of probate, beneficiaries, and goblins!
"It's just idiotic if you'll forgive me for saying so."
Ahahahahaha
“Orson Welles Annihilates a Bowl of Frozen Peas”
Hearing this makes me want to see the finished commercials.
This doesn't include these commercials but it'll keep you going until you find them (if they're out there) - ruclips.net/video/TpHfVjOeCc0/видео.html
look online for Orson Welles actually finished those Findus frozen food commercials
"This is a lot of shit, you know that?"
2:37 When he says "Yes," he sounds exactly like the Brain. LaMarche really got his impression right.
"Can I see Mrs Rodgers for a minute please?" "Under protest!" Guy was hilarious 😂
Still wondering who Mrs. Rodgers is
@@mattm3729 Fred Rodger's wife
@@mattm3729 You don’t want to know.
Hilarious ending, with him storming out. "No money is worth this!"
but he did come back just to get a handful of frozen peas for the road
@@professorpenne9962 Mrs. Buckley will sell no pea before its time.
Hahaha! I love that! LEGEND!
@@frankdiscussion2069 John Candy did a nice reenactment of this.
ruclips.net/video/J6N8ADDDs0k/видео.html
@@professorpenne9962 And also found a French fry in his beard. What luck.
Surely, Orson must be thinking . . . My goodness, how did I get to this point where I'm drunkenly pedaling ads--Christ--I MADE CITIZEN KANE IN MY 20s!!
Matt M you
Hollywood wants money guys over talented artists.
So sad.
That's why actually. Citizen Kane lampooned the wrong member of the Hearst media dynasty and it cost him his entire career.
@@justcody4615 he didn't have good work after that movie?
Whenever I need a good laugh, this is perfect. Thanks Orson for your endurance.
I've faced having to read crap written for print for an audio commercial, and this is exactly the stuff I say to myself as I read it.
Mwaaaaaah the peas. Celebrated everywhere for it's frozenness.
"What?! I don't have time for this, I got a fish stick commercial in an hour...ah, what the hell. I need the money".
"This is a bunch of shit, you know that." Sums up my experience at work every day.
What can you say? The man was a master storyteller and as his work was representative of his talent he wanted every word to be perfect. It's part of what made him such a great artist.
Wonderful. I could listen to this for hours. Everything he says is true and makes sense.
This is frickin hilarious lmao. 'Get me a jury to show me you can say that and I'll go down on you.'
Paul Hunt played this audio for me about 1985. He told me he was the audio engineer. Orson always used his own audio engineer and Paul was that guy. This recording came from Paul's personal collection. He also showed me footage from a lost, last film by Orson.
Paul told me many stories over a bottle of whiskey.
So when "The Other Side of the Wind" came out I had to see it. There was Paul's name with sound credit.
So I guess Paul told me the truth. Thanks Paul Hunt.
Lucky
It's a good thing he recorded this and kept the recordings because no one would believe this if he would venture to tell them that this is what Orson Welles did.
Uh..thats weird because Orson asks him "who the hell are you?" And the man replies, "Im the engineer." So it seems as if Orson does not know the engineer.
Looks like you might be more familiar with Paul's brother, Mike.
@@punishedsnake6141 Yeah, I don't think they were the usual guys he dealt with because he insults both of them (calling them pests).
The directors sound like complete welcome mats, and Orson Welles walks all over them. It's as hilarious as it is brutal.
Even the best had a hard time dealing with Welles.
The GOAT Welles could do as he damn well pleased
jw870206 does he sound like someone you want to say 'no' to?
Dude, its Orson Welles and they're directors for a commercial about frozen peas. Of course they're intimidated!
@@king_big_pp They were intimidated but still pests. They should have STFU and let him read the copy the way he wanted to. It was like a couple of high school drama coaches telling Marlon Brando how to act.
Mr. Welles has a very impressive voice. I love listening to this as well. It's just...weird in a way.
4:54 is gold, you can hear the incredulity in his voice 😂
You can really see where Maurice LaMarche got the inspiration for The Brain here. YES!
Mr. Welles pioneering the ASMR with the liquor bottle.
"Who the hell are you anyway?" XD
"ah well I'm the engineer."
'Doesn't he do anything?'.
@@GyitMulhaneski-GloriousYears "Eh..sorry, cut!"
'Mwahaaaaaaaa...'
I just love it when that set of actors with the "voice of God" curse and insult. Welles, Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, let them curse up a storm and say the meanest shit they can think of, and I'll sit here and watch and laugh my ass off all day.
That's a wearying one ... UNREWARDING.
You should add John Facenda and Don LaFontaine to that list.
Shatner is my favorite, check his out too
Speaking of James Earl Jones, Orson Welles was almost the voice of Darth Vader.
@@fuzzyotterpaws4395
'We'll laserize no planet, before it's time...'
4:40 - “Here under protest is Beefburgers...'We know a little place in the american far west where charlie briggs chops up the finest prairie fed beef and tastes…’ thisssisalotof shitt you know that…”
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
John Candy did him so well. A perfect imitation.
Yes. ALWAYS! move your camera!
PRICELESSLY hilarious audio clip! Thanks a million, for uploading this...! ;-)
Such a kind and patient man.
4:55 "This is a lot of shit, you know that." Caption for the photo.
"Mrs. Pell's frozen peas. Mmm... Oh, YES! They're even better when you're dead!"
-Orson Wells, _The Critic_
By the end of this recording, the Paul Mason wine we hear him pouring and chugging at 1:18 has kicked in hard!
Thank you for posting this so long ago. Honestly thought I would never here it.
I'd have sat down with Mr. Welles, found him a drink and allowed all the editing he wanted; what fun that would have been.
I think Orsons got himself a drink already lol
"You don't know what i'm up against". LOLOLOLOL! Geez, Orson, it's a frozen peas commercial.
Know then, they couldn't even get such a simple thing right.
Slay em with the tongue I say!
Crumb Crisp Coating
Orson's right. It was bad copy.
Howard Stern played this for years and years beginning in the late '80's, as well as the Shatner and Kasem outtakes. They never get old.
Sometimes we're influenced by people not just to do certain things, but also to _not_ do certain other things as well. Case in point, this tape of Orson Welles influenced me to _not_ be difficult to work with directors when I voice act (like arguing and not complying with certain directions). He's still one of my favorites though.
and not working drunk.
sirkowski Oh yeah, that too.
He’s inspired me to trust my instincts and retain my artistic integrity.
@@athecheat good luck with that
@@athecheat what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul
"in the _depths_ of your ignorance, what is it you want?"
shit i'm gonna have to use that one later
What is a Gonk?
Ben Lane "Can I see Mrs. Rodgers"
Ben Lane It's kind of like a narf but from outside.
Ragonk!!!
+Ben Lane I'm surprised the director used the term "gonk". It's SO 60s.
+Ben Lane A bang from outside.
Hearing him pouring the booze between frustrated outbursts is flooring me.
"What is it you want, in the depths of your ignorance, what is it you want?"
"Get me a jury and show me how you can say 'in July' and I'll go down on you." WTF?
+Randy Bailin It's sarcasm.
Few, if any, have known the unbelievable pleasure of Orson's oral services. Most don't even qualify for the sounds of "slurp...slurp....I love this penis...yes!....Always!" They can only hope to hear these erotically zealous statements in their drunken dreams...we true orson-knights know that his repulsiveness will be far outwieghed by his cuddliness....we hope....
Orson Welles proposed a court trial in which he must suck dick if he loses.
Spiritgumm Is that just a theory, or did your friend actually figure out the names of those two people and research them?
It's a possibility. Though personally, I think it's more likely he was just pissed off and putting emphasis on that word for no particular reason.
Mr. Welles is a legend.
Oh this was So Rewarding. Thank you.
This simply is true classic audio as it states. I just don’t see this anymore at all. brilliant
LOL!!! This man is a LEGEND!!!!!
THE best roaster!!
I'll admit it, Pinky and the Brain brought me here.
Echoboomer1987 Nostalgia Critic, or just coincidence?
Both, I've been here before the NC reading how the voice actor got into character but I came back to revisit after his review.
Echoboomer1987 Same because I didn't understand what was going on haha 😂
Imagine my shock to learn that Orson Welles was, in fact, a genetically altered lab mouse! Egad!
Or do you mean The Critic?
Omg, I needed this today. 😂
"I take direction from just one person, and under protest..." Is one of the great quotes of all-time
*YES, ALWAYS!*
Man, Orson should've lived longer. Imagine a 95 year old cranky Welles cracking on the Internet and trying to make sense of social media and RUclips.
Oh my God, I love this so much!!!
Well, he actually WAS a genius!
Had no idea when Animaniacs did this skit with Pinky & the Brain that it was a legit thing.
This dudes voice was just fucking amazing!!!!
The original ending to The Magnificient Ambersons is lost forever, but hey, at least we have this.
"give me a jury and show me ow your can say in july and ill go down on you"
lol 2:50
LMAO!
@Sammy Reed I'm taking it but I'm turning into..... "and I'll let you go down me" still gay but less gay
@Sammy Reed - ha, whatever you want to believe. It was already a "dirty phrase" when he made the commercial. You show me where anyone used "go down on you" to mean "defeat soundly," and I'll let you flog me with a wet noodle.
I'll...make cheese for you
@Sammy Reed Bullshit. It meant just what it means now.
What is a gonk, do you mind telling me?
"... a bang from outside"
Like A Narf but from the Outside
He's our lord and savior, with mighty talons and jaws of power. We follow the raptor loa no matter the enemy we face. Unless it's a hunter. Or a paladin. Or another druid. Or basically any other class, BUT STILL, we shall praise our lord Gonk, the raptor god.
@@mattm3729 " 'A bang from outside.' Hmph."
@@JBSauce Orson Welles: *proceeds to pour a glass of what can only be assumed to be French champagne*
4:08 This is a very wearying one, it's unpleasant to read. Unrewarding.
I'm from Lincolnshire. We don't get much snow.
In a better place now.... A place filled with Mrs. Pell's fish sticks!
Happy Birthday Orson Welles.
Lmao... and to think at 47 years old this is the first time I’ve heard this. It’s gold.
I'm reminded of the commercial for Rosebud Frozen Peas shown in The Critic. He was voiced by Maurice Lamarche.