The actor who was the voice behind animal spirit Pigsy in cult Japanese
children's TV show Monkey has died.
Peter Woodthorpe died on Thursday, less than a month after finishing
recording the voice of Pigsy for 13 Monkey episodes not yet broadcast in the
UK.
The 72-year-old also did the voice of Gollum in the 1978 animated film of
Tolkien's book, The Lord of the Rings.
Monkey told the surreal story of the boy priest Tripitaka's quest to
retrieve ancient Buddhist texts.
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Further info at Monkey Heaven
http://www.monkeyheaven.com/dubbing_peterw.html
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MHW
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MHW
"MHW" <pabl...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I love Monkey, I do. and Pigsy was my fave too.
"Oh Pigsy - you are so extra ordinarily dim." - Monkey
RIP :(
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> I love Monkey, I do. and Pigsy was my fave too.
Monkey for me. Y'know, I can do the whole "In the worlds before Monkey,
primal chaos reigned" preamble from memory. And used to, frequently, before
being asked to stop.
BTW, I'm back near a machine that has sound.
You remind me of Willow, you do.
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MHW
PS: In my quest to spread the word about TV Cream, the theme to Monkey, sans
narrator: http://tv.cream.org/specialassignments/themes/mmagic.mp3 (305 Kb
MP3 file 56kHz : 16 bit mono). You don't get tv nostalgia better than this.*
*Except for Button Moon:
http://tv.cream.org/specialassignments/themes/button.mp3 (148 Kb MP3 file
mono). I used to follow Mr Spoon. Then he took out a court order.
"MHW" <pabl...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Deb" <NoS...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2ogldkF...@uni-berlin.de...
>
> > I love Monkey, I do. and Pigsy was my fave too.
>
> Monkey for me. Y'know, I can do the whole "In the worlds before Monkey,
> primal chaos reigned" preamble from memory. And used to, frequently,
before
> being asked to stop.
>
> BTW, I'm back near a machine that has sound.
>
> You remind me of Willow, you do.
>
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> MHW
That witch off of Buffy, I hope. Not the film about the little people. ;)
Thanks to Aaron, I now have a great site which I can update myself - he
rocks - and I put some new recordings on too...
addendum - I'm playing Crewe tonight if anyone is nearby
another addendum - I have loads o monkey DVD's - they rock.
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It works then!? ;) :D
Aaron
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>>>
>>>Thanks to Aaron, I now have a great site which I can update myself -
>>>he rocks - and I put some new recordings on too...
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>>It works then!? ;) :D
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>>Aaron
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>>http://sffh.co.uk
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> Like a dream!! Thanks Aaron, you darling...
>
Wow! Excellent work Aaron! Clean and stylish layout there :-)
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Mike
http://tripleb.co.uk - Author of Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered
http://www.estratosphere.com - DJ for 'The Open Mic Session',
Estratosphere Radio
> > You remind me of Willow, you do.
>
> That witch off of Buffy, I hope. Not the film about the little people.
;)
Ah, yes -- the scarlet tresses, the perky, elfin features, the indefinable,
mystic aura...
... so, how are things in Hobbiton?
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MHW
'Even a starving camel is still bigger than a horse.'
'The eunuch should not take pride in his chastity.'
'The wicked go to hells, the good go to heavens and the pure neither live
nor even die, but those hit on the head tend to fall unconscious.'
'The Great Chinese Sage Lao Tzu said that words that are beautiful are
seldom true.'
'It is the beginning of wisdom to say I don't know.'
'You can't convince a deaf man by talking'
Tripitaka: 'You should live without fear. There's as much chance of good
things as bad things.' Sandy: 'It's a cheerful philosophy and I've heard it
from people before. They're all dead now though.' (1:4)
Derek
> Tripitaka: 'You should live without fear. There's as much chance of good
> things as bad things.' Sandy: 'It's a cheerful philosophy and I've heard
it
> from people before. They're all dead now though.' (1:4)
"Sandy, using all the powers of his intellect, guessed something was wrong.
He acted decisively and at once: he told Monkey to take care of it." --
Narrator (1:5)
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MHW