No--he wasn't embarrassed with the Vivitar camera ad, he was being light and non-dramatic. Very fitting for a casual snapshot camera. A subtlety that shows he was adjusting his reading to the product. Contrast that with the more rich and weighty deluvery of the burgundy copy. The white wine readings were somewhere in between.
He didn’t sell out - Orson did this shit to survive and to finance his own projects. He was an incredible talent who was treated badly because he mocked those in power. The people in power have no sense of humor and can’t stand to be mocked because of the size of their egos and their inflated sense of their self importance. Orson kept on going, paying the price for daring to call out people in power for their contempt. This man is legendary.
People will comment how sad this is, but this is how he funded many of his plays and movies. He didn't some producer stopping by and telling him how to shoot a scene or who to cast. Guy was crowd funding before it existed.
Mel Brooks paid him $25,000 for five days work to do a voice over for the movie History of the World, Part One . Brooks said they started about 9am on a Monday and by 11am Mr. Wells had finished the narration and it was spot on perfect . What was supposed to of taken 5 days was done in 2 hours .
That's because most actors are spoiled prima donnas who intentionally take 5 days to do a 2 hour job, so producers set aside 5 days in the schedule. Welles wanted his money and fast, so he got it done right the first time
@@commanderkeen3787Pretty simplistic and pessimistic take. Sometimes the director wants many different interpretations that could stretch out several days too. Brooks happened to think everything Wells did in two hours was perfect.
Cocktail idea: the Citizen Kane. Perrier mixed with a hefty dose of Paul Masson, with a fucking ink cartridge dunked in the middle of it all. *Perfection*
He did radio commercials in the 80s for a restaurant chain called Reuben's. The entire commercial was him just reading items from their menu ("Readings from the Reuben's menu, by Mr. Orson Welles". It was fantastic. NOTE: They also did similar commercials with Vincent Price and James Earl Jones.
These make me respect orson even more. If i were the greatest artist of all time i would use my name to sell fishsticks and no one could tell me anything
@@KangarooMonkey you say it loses integrity, i say it takes passion. Being willing to look silly so that he has the funds to do what he loves, creating stories, theres nothing more intelligent than that i think.
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I like that he has a a sort of mini flashback every time he delivers his lines that what Paul Masson said a century ago is still true now. I wonder if they directed him to look bewildered or look around and act like you are remembering something profound. He makes it seem like he was there when Paul Masson said that infamous slogan
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Ahhhhhh.... The Vivitar from Lincolnshire where the peas grow in July and are picked by Paul Masson where he lives in a Dark Tower. He quiches his thirst with Perrier.
I'll take questionably intoxicated Orson Welles shilling for Paul Masson any day, over that obnoxious, emotionally unstable TextNow guy yelling about "side hustles" and all of that, who happens to incessantly appear before practically every video I want to watch on RU-vid - along with the twats pushing scammy solar panels, that irritating "4Patriots" survivalist guy... And all the AI British-sounding robovoiced scam ads for drones, monoculars, air coolers, phone chargers, ear flossers, etc.
The greatest board game commercial of all-time is Dark Tower featuring Orson Welles. Good find - it seems to be available elsewhere with sound. It will never be surpassed.
He wasn't drunk, his assistant director THOUGHT he was though. He had a late shoot the night before and ended up taking a sleeping pill that kicked in as soon as the commercial shoot started. Once it wore off, they did the commercial just fine.
@@ZyxthePest he also had a heart attack the next day, and anyone who has had a family member suffer that sort of event knows that people with cardiovascular blockages usually are 'off' in ways that are noticeable in hindsight, for a day or two before the event.
I just looked this up. The voice actor for Brain, (from the show, Pinky and the Brain) was influenced by Orsen Welles. They even made a joke about it when Pinky met Welles in a restaurant. They both shout "Things will be different when I take over the world!"
What a voice. I love Orson, guerrilla film making at its finest. The only ads I remember were the ones for Sandeman Sherry/Port, with his cloak and Fedora. Y'now, I really fancy some Paul Masson right about now.
Thanks for putting this together. (1:59 that's the theme from The Third Man (interestingly, The Beatles also played it at one point on the new Get Back documentary)
Welles complained to the Paul Masson people about over-the-top copy, talking up California ordìnaire as if it was a European vintage. They showed him more money and his objections ceased. He made large sums from ads: enough to sustain a very pleasant lifestyle, but not enough to get his films finished. For that he relied on dubious deals with shady characters, and so few did get finished.
Emerald Dry really sounds like a fine wine! Lol Orson would appreciate us watching these now. The Korean one is dubbed horribly, though. Thanks for these. :)
Now is the time for ghost stories and fantasy! Perhaps two radio play ghost stories I’ve produced AND a brand-new mystery listed on my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT. PLUS, a radio fantasy-comedy, “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners, which features Larry Robinson, who, as a child actor, actually worked with Orson Welles. Here’s the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hex2ltykNTM.html--Claud. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on RU-vid
What follows is a terrifying journey into the world of probate, beneficiaries, and GOBLINS! …Fine, fine, no goblins. I give you... THE LIVING WILL! *evil laugh*
A great iconic voice and actor. He was wanted and hired as a narrator/actor and talk show guest and people offered him jobs he found so easy and they paid him plenty. Everyone needs money. He found it difficult to get funding for his own movie and theatrical projects but was greatly wanted in other ways. E. G. Mel Brooks hired him to narrate his movie 'history of the world' and Mel booked the audio recording studio for a week to hopefully get most of the narration recorded in time with the shot scenes and agreed a price of 50,000 dollars to complete it as Mel guessed it would take at least a week. Orson did it to perfection exactly timed with every scene of the movie, it took him 2 hours on the first morning. He took his 50,000 dollars and Mel said 'I guess you'll be spending this all on champagne and beluga caviar?' and Orson replied 'No no not at all, I can get astaria caviar, it's half the price and. Every bit as good!'.
Now is the time for ghost stories and fantasy! Perhaps two radio play ghost stories I’ve produced AND a brand-new mystery listed on my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT. PLUS, a radio fantasy-comedy, “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners, which features Larry Robinson, who, as a child actor, actually worked with Orson Welles. Here’s the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hex2ltykNTM.html--Claud. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on RU-vid
there's actually some outtakes from the champagne one he did where he's clearly blasted but continues to commit to the bit of saying "aaaaahhhhhhh, the French" before the rest of his monologue lmao
"The making of a great XYZ is a process. Just like Paul Masson's ABC. It's great because it's made with such care. And it's vintage dated, muaaaahaa. What Paul Masson said nearly a century ago is still true today; we will sell no wine...before its time."
