When I was a kid, my little brother and I had this voice we did. It drove people crazy. Especially my step-dad. I don’t know who made it up first, my brother or me, but we could both do it and we sounded identical. We would walk around just saying, “Hi, how are you?” “I’m great.” And then we’d do this “heeheehee” that was particularly annoying to the auditory senses.
(I should add here that I thought about the possibility of making this post a video post, so you could hear the voice. But when I stood in front of the mirror and actually watched myself do the voice, I was embarrassed for myself. Really, Self. It wasn’t good.)
Instructions: In order to do the voice, you have to close off part of your throat. The only way I can instruct you to do this is to put your chin down almost into your chest and then try to talk like you’ve just sucked up a boat-load of helium. Once you kind of get the idea of how your throat needs to feel, you won’t have to put your chin into your chest anymore. As a grown-up, I can do the voice with my head almost completely upright. Almost. But not completely upright, which is why I look like a moron when I do it in the mirror.
Anyway, several years ago a Disney movie came out that shocked the crap out of me. (Not literally, but, you know. Whatever. I like to say “crap”. ) It was a little flick called “Lilo and Stitch”. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. The story centers around a little blue mutant alien who disguises himself as a crazy dog. Oh yeah, and he has a really annoying voice. MY annoying voice! Someone totally ripped off our voice! Are you telling me that one has to travel across thousands of alien galaxies to hear a voice that my brother and I were doing in Cow-Town, Maryland in 1985? If only I knew then that I could trademark it… well, I probably wouldn’t have actually trademarked it. Have I mentioned it’s a tad annoying?
But moving on, my daughter thinks that it is hilarious that I can say “Ohana means family” in a pretty dang good Stitch voice. Then, keeping in irritating character, I will continue: “Sleep means, get your butt in bed, Princess Freaky Toes”. (”Princess Freaky Toes” refers to the freakish dexterity of her toes… but that’s for another post.) And continuing on a la Stitch: “Dream means, drool all over your pillow so your face sticks to it”. She laughs so hard her freaky toes hurt.
Perhaps I will swallow my pride and do a video post. Maybe I’ll do it in a dark closet so you get all of the voice (and metal hangers clanging) and none of the goofy face.
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Gosh, you are hilarious. Ha ha! I’d love to hear your do your voice.
Comment by Leslie — September 14, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
i vote video post.
Comment by kate — September 14, 2007 @ 6:36 pm
What about a mp3? Can you also do the pre-talking part? You know, the part where stitch is licking his case and hes making growling sounds that sound like this…arghaklejrai;orugajbvjfnlskjkj? That would make me laugh.
Lilo and Stitch is my FAVORITE… I cry every time…still…I’m 25. I know, that can’t be a good thing.
Comment by Beverley Viljoen — September 15, 2007 @ 7:32 am
I think that it is a freaky family thing because I can do it too! I still have to have my head down pretty far though. You should totally post a video blog of it!
Comment by Sam — September 15, 2007 @ 8:32 am
I am standing by, waiting for your debut.
{I also make weird voices, but I keep mine private now. I only torture my kids.}
Comment by Mama Milton — September 15, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
is this the same voice you used during a rousing rendition of the Chronicles of Narnia Poetry reading we did in Ms. Soulis’ class in middle school?
I too, vote for the video blog!
Comment by nerak — September 17, 2007 @ 8:07 pm