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[Petra Pan]

Petra:
> Has Dale's Uncle Vernon struck
> anyone else as sounding a bit
> like Marvin The Martian at certain
> points on the recording? It took me
> ages to figure out why that voice
> sounds familiar...

Brian:
>   Personally, I think he sounds a little like
> Paul Lynne;-).

Do you mean Paul Lynde (Uncle Arthur from
Bewitched, voice of Templeton from 
Charlotte's Web, Center Square on Hollywood
Squares in the 60's)?

If you do...I must admit that the thought never
occurred to me!  Well, Lynde playing Vernon in
any capacity would surely bring new nuances to
our perception of the couple dynamics of the
Dursleys...that is, if the man is still with us
in this world.

Brian:
>   I only have the Dale version (of which I
> enjoy immensely!).  One 
> thing I noticed while reading along with the CD
> last night in GOF, 
> during the sorting hat ceremony, the book
> describes the stool the hat 
> sat upon as being "four legged" while Dale's
> reading described it 
> a "three legged stool".  Does anyone know what
> the difference may be 
> about, or was it a simply mis-reading (twice). 
> I went back and 
> checked the first book and the reading says
> "four legged" on both.

Which edition are you reading in print?

Ever heard of a magazine called AudioFile?  It's
"The Listener's Guide to Audiobooks."  In its
December 2002/January 2003 issue, page 18,
there's a picture of a narrator (not Jim Dale) at
a microphone.  Semi-framing his face are various
annotated manuscript pages.

One of which is a page from the chapter entitled
"The Dark Mark."  Nothing earth shattering here -
just a funny tidbit: at the top is what look to
be a reminder "Winky - not too Dobby!"  The page
layout pegs Dale's 'script' for his vocal
performance as being the US hardback.

The picture at the website is waaay smaller than
(and the article not the same as) the hard copy
of the magazine so it would behoove anyone
interested to get the actual magazine. 
Nevertheless, here's the link:

http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/
features/fea1202_2.cfm

One nit-pick - the text is reflected in the
glasses of the narrator in the picture. 
Obviously a PhotoShop job since the text is not
mirror-wise.

Petra
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