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Scott Neely has been working in the industry for 30 years, working on Scooby-Doo for 26 of those years. Scott has also worked on Phineas and Ferb, Pokémon, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Strawberry Shortcake and more.
I have been talking to Scott through email for years. My first interview with him was an email interview that I did in June 2015. It was great to be able to catch up with Scott via Zoom and learn about what he’s been up to.
Dive into the world of Scooby-Doo books, comic books and sketch cards with Wendy and I as we interview Scott Neely. Available now on YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts.
This interview was 2 years in the making and Scott did not disappoint! Over the past 2 years, we have gotten to know Scott a bit.
Scott has had an extensive career in animation and I knew there were projects that he’s worked on that never saw the light of day. I was excited to talk to him about them, and incredibly excited when he offered pictures of those projects to go with the conversation.
One project was called Son of Scooby-Doo, which he first mentioned on The Unmasked History of Scooby-Doo Podcast. I have been obsessed with learning more about this project since that interview aired on August 21, 2020. I had to know what the son of Scooby-Doo looked like and who he hung out.
Scott talks about the Son of Scooby-Doo and some other projects that he worked on with Iwao Takamoto that didn’t get made. He shared some images from those projects, which you can see in the YouTube version of the interview.
In addition to these projects, Scott talks about his career and he tells us some great stories! You don’t want to miss this interview!
Dino Andradeis a voice actor who was married to Mary Kay Bergman. Dino has quite the career and his son, Connor, is following in his footsteps.
It’s so great to hear about their amazing voice acting projects and how Dino and his son bond over the work they do. We learned a lot about voice acting, including about the difference between voice acting for a show and voice acting for a video game, which was quite interesting.
Dino talks to us about his career, Connor’s career and Mary Kay. He tells us about Mary Kay as a person, her struggles and how her suicide affected him.
Jerry Eisenberg is a legend in the animation industry. His resume stems back to when he was 17 and working at MGM with Jack Nicholson. Jerry has an impressive resume! He created characters like Fangface and the Hair Bear Bunch, and he storyboarded the original Scooby-Doo series before it was officially Scooby Doo, Where Are You! . He also worked closely with other legends like Iwao Takamoto, Willie Ito, Jack Kirby and more.
Jerry had so many great stories to tell! We talked to Jerry for over 4 hours! The greatest thing is that he was just as excited to talk to us as we were to talk to him. He kept saying he was just getting warmed up and he wanted to talk more, also making a joke that he wanted his interview to be longer than Carlton’s haha. Raymonde had to come in and tell him to get off the call so he could eat dinner. Jerry even said he’d love to talk to us again and has since asked me when we are
going to do our next call. I cannot even express into words what an amazing feeling that is to us, having someone we admire actually want to keep the conversation going! I will eventually post the clip on Patreon from the episode that shows Wendy and my reactions after he leaves the call, so you’ll get more of an understanding of just how amazing it was for us.
Another highlight of this interview was Raymonde, Jerry’s wife, coming in and talking to us. She is amazing…and very funny! She gave Jerry some ideas of things to talk about, which turned out to be extremely funny stories! We are so thankful to her for giving us 4 hours with Jerry.
I’m so thankful to Wendy and Will for joining me on this interview. I feel like we make a great team!
I don’t want to give anything else away as it’s always better to hear it directly from our guests. We hope you enjoy the episode!
Interviewing Tristin Cole was so much fun! She had so many amazing stories to tell, her career is amazing, her work is amazing and she is such a fun and wonderful person. Tristin has worked on 15 different iterations of Scooby-Doo and countless other shows and movies! Her resume is impressive!
Tristin got to work with some of the greats! - Iwao Takamoto, Jerry Eisenberg, Scott Jeralds, Joe Sichta and her dad, Ron Roesch! She shares her experiences working with them and some fun stories!
Also be sure to check out Tristin's book, Into The Night, available now!
Join Wendy, Will and I as we talk to Tristin Cole about her career as a background painter!
A huge thank you to Scott Jeralds for connecting us with Tristin Cole.
Talking to John Dusenberry was amazing! He was so much fun to talk to, had amazing stories and he really knows a lot about movies and TV shows. He had some amazing things to say about the people he worked with, too!
John gave us some information about the original SCOOB! movie that we didn't know and he talked about how he felt about SCOOB! Holiday Haunt being cancelled. We had a 3 hour conversation with him, and we enjoyed every second of it! The initial interview was an hour and 20 minutes, but we were all enjoying the conversation so much, we talked for another hour and a half.
In addition to his animation work, John also teaches story writing at NarrativeFirst.com. You can book your time slot with him through the website.
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You can watch our interview with John Dusenberry on YouTube or check out the podcast version wherever you listen to podcasts.
John, we hope you make it back to the Academy Awards some day!
