Damn though. Watching his interview here after watching the Howard Stern interview he did with John K, You can tell that the way Billy West phrases everything about Ren's voice is practically in 3rd person, never saying he created the voice, yet not denying it either. I love Billy West, but he should've at least mentioned the fact that John K did indeed create the voice for Ren (at at least, the concept)
John K did it to himself. Billy West had a choice between leaving with John, or doing both characters. Billy didn't tell John K to commit career suicide.
I'm sure many are comparing this to the howard stern show and after seeing it, I really have to take west's side. he never claimed to be the creator, he simply told how he did the voices and yes, he didn't originate the voice of ren but he didn't say anything that implied he did, he just further spoked about how the voice is done. Some say he should've at least said how john k came up with the concept, but lets be honest, if we were in his shoes and asked how we did the voices, john k wouldn't come to our mind and the only reason you are all bringing it up in the first place is because john k got butt-hurt after west returned when he got fired and viewed this in that way. I'm sure even if west did tell about john first doing the voice he would have felt, "yeah,and now you're getting interviewed and I'm no one"
Yeah. He's not taking credit for the voice of Ren. He's merely analyzing it. Because Billy West isn't the man with the humongous mancrush on Kirk Douglas.
I agree in this video; however, in an interview with Jay Leno, Jay says “how did you come up with the characters voices?” And billy answers the same way without correcting him
He's not taking credit for creating the voice, he's merely analyzing it. Because in case you didn't know, Billy West isn't the one with the humongous mancrush on Kirk Douglas. Also, you know how West said that Ren, being a Chihuahua, has an obligatory South-of-the-Border accent? Kricfalusi said how people think there's Mexican, but it's not supposed to be. And with snippets like this, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lk6IIEfKngA.html, it's not hard to believe.
Billy West is gold. The guy interviewing him has the charisma of a dead kitten. I’d have been laughing uncontrollably, this guy just sits there emotionless barely saying a peep…ay dios mio
While John did create the show, Billy was the original voice for Ren in the beginning when both he and John started together. After the first audition, John decided he would voice Ren and Billy would do Stimpy.
Oh, I'm sure he's well-aware of his crimes. So much so that as early as 2012, John has been sort of an off-limits topic for him, even if his fellow VA's were to bring it up.
