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Post by cahvaydweller on Mar 28, 2014 11:28:54 GMT -5
There have been discussions about Joel vs Mike, Josh vs Kevin, and Trace vs Bill, but I bring to you Jim Mallon vs Patrick Brantseg and I am speaking of course of their capacity of performing Gypsy. Gypsy is a lot like Miss Piggy in the sense that you're never going to get past the fact that a man is performing her. But I've gotta go with Patrick; his pitch was much lower and natural and I feel that Jim was whinier and always went for a level that strained his voice.
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Mar 28, 2014 12:22:09 GMT -5
Patrick's delivery was a little more "even" to me, and easier to understand, but Mallon had a bit more "character" -- performing in what's obviously an exaggerated comic falsetto, his voice cracking and ululating... though he was a bit hard to understand sometimes.
I didn't notice a really huge overall voice change, though, as when Murphy started voicing Servo, or when Corbett took over with Crow, or when Mary Jo started doing the Magic Voice.
If I had to pick one, I'd have to go with Patrick, as his delivery was a little "cleaner" and easier to understand.
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Mar 28, 2014 12:52:32 GMT -5
I thought there was more of a "feminine" tone when Jim played Gypsy, while when Patrick did her it sounded like she was suffering from laryngitis.
Different strokes, different folks.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Mar 28, 2014 19:09:42 GMT -5
I *will* say that while all the other puppet voice changes in the series were pretty obvious to me, Gypsy's took me a while to notice for whatever reason. Not sure what that amounts to.
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Post by Monophylos on Mar 29, 2014 6:24:38 GMT -5
Yeah, to be honest I didn't notice much difference. It's hard not to overlook however how badly Gypsy was handled for the first couple of seasons until they decided to start giving her a personality. My favorite Gypsy acts tend to be from Jim Mallon's era, though. But that might simply be because there were so many more seasons of material to choose from.
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Post by zombiewhacker on Apr 11, 2014 14:05:42 GMT -5
Jim. But Patrick did such an excellent impersonation that for a while I didn't realize there was somebody else doing Gypsy's voice. Patrick was certainly a worthy Gerry to Jim's Bea.
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Post by Who Let Servo Drive on May 28, 2014 13:34:42 GMT -5
I *will* say that while all the other puppet voice changes in the series were pretty obvious to me, Gypsy's took me a while to notice for whatever reason. Not sure what that amounts to. I never noticed until I read about it in some online retrospective. The voice is such a stretch that one man mangling it doesn't sound all that different from another man mangling it.  |
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Post by sidmelton on Dec 30, 2014 12:52:33 GMT -5
I preferred Jim mainly because I thought Gypsy was always at her funniest when she was interacting with Joel. Their relationship was hilarious and strangely poignant.
I also kind of preferred when Gypsy was less articulate. There was something very lovable about it. Like in Lost Continent: "oh, Joel! Oh, Joel!" Patrick never tapped into that - but, he was totally fine. And truth be told, the difference between Jim and Patrick in the Mike era (where Gypsy was always the more articulate version) is almost indistinguishable.
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Dec 31, 2014 11:55:55 GMT -5
Jim. I feel like Jim gave Gypsy a lot of character by late season 3 or early season 4. When Patrick voiced her, she just seemed kind of there - not like her seasons 1 through mid 3 self, but just there.
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Post by sol-survivor on Jan 2, 2015 10:39:41 GMT -5
Although both are good I prefer Jim's version. I agree with what brandonakaxerxes said above, she does seem more feminine, and I also think she has more of the "mother hen" quality in her personality, especially during the Mike years. It's hard for me to picture Kevin's Gypsy having a one woman show or working so hard to rescue Joel.
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Post by CrowTrobotfan92 on Jan 3, 2015 11:37:05 GMT -5
Kevin never did the voice of Gypsy at all.
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Post by Tor Johnson on Jan 5, 2015 10:15:10 GMT -5
Kevin never did the voice of Gypsy at all. You're correct, but now I wonder how that would have turned out. |
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Post by cahvaydweller on Jan 5, 2015 17:59:15 GMT -5
Kevin never did the voice of Gypsy at all. You're correct, but now I wonder how that would have turned out. I would imagine not very well. Kevin has a very limited falsetto. |
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Post by Tor Johnson on Jan 6, 2015 1:09:28 GMT -5
Why isn't Josh mentioned when it comes to Gypsy? Didn't he voice her during the KTMA days.
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Post by cahvaydweller on Jan 7, 2015 9:54:59 GMT -5
Why isn't Josh mentioned when it comes to Gypsy? Didn't he voice her during the KTMA days. Josh only voiced her by a technicality, which is different than leaving an impression, which he didn't. Also, his characterization was completely different. Josh's voice was just vocal inhalations, while both Jim and Patrick did a comic falsetto. |
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