HP audio versions

[Brian Cordova <blessedbrian@yahoo.com>]

  Yep, Paul Lynde (pardon my bad spelling!).  He actually passed in 
the early 80's.

  I'm reading the most recent version (where Harry's mother comes out 
of the wand first).  

  Brian:-)

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Petra Pan <ms_petra_pan at y...> 
wrote:
> 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
> a
> n  :)
> 
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