As a sound engineer, I've worked with Tom a fair few times on ads and whatnot. He's having a laugh, that's how he is. I actually have better outtakes of him than this. They'll be on RU-vid when I retire...
Tom is a fucking genius. The man is so great he could even make an American sitcom watchable by appearing in it. Tom is an underestimated and underused talent, give him his own show.
If you've ever worked with actors doing voice work this is pretty normal. I bet the guys in the booth (that you can't hear) are laughing. He's entertaining himself and the other people who are there.
Actually Tom at 15 decided he wanted to be a monk after he heard one speaking at school. When he left the monkhood at 21 he was so afraid to tell his Mom he was crying. Tom talks about it in an interview on RU-vid.
Oh.... I absolutely LOVE this. I could listen to this all day....Though I do feel a bit sorry for the person he is tearing apart. Though I don't think I could have kept a straight face had he said this to me.
Usually, what happens is that the recording studio keeps a backup copy of the voice session until such time as the client confirms that it's not needed any more. When that happens, the tape/file is usually recycled/trashed, but the amusing ones sometimes get copied for personal use before that happens ;)
although , thanks to youtube, we all love our bloopers etc but i do think, something like this should be deleted unless Tom gives permission, and makes some money from it. I also have a strong take on youtubers thinking they have the 'right' when vloging to film people in the background.
His schtick arguing about "repairability" reminds me of a famous sound outtake of William Shatner arguing with a producer while recording a TV spot: "No, YOU say Sabotaage, I say Sabotayge."
Tom Baker being pre-Christian Bale in this take. It's fucking awesome. It doesn't fucking surprise me. And it doesn't fucking bother me one bit because Baker has an awesome voice no matter what he says.
@grant24678 Oh, Tom is a regular potty mouth. Check out some of his informal interviews. He's one of the only people I know of that can use that language and still come off charming.
I check things in the dictionary before I come here...... Welcome to the House of Symphony. Come in, dear! A can of soup! We'll read the Bible together! And you can put your satchel in t' cupboard! And the funny thing is as a younger man Tom really did work on a buiding site.
I think tom baker would make a great university professor on teaaching the english language & literacy as he does have a great commad of the english language. Or better still becoming pm for the uk :p
