They have a new DW... her voice is pretty scratchy.
She's going through the exact same thing Arthur went through, now HER voice is too high too; and what's with the new Sue Ellen? I thought she was one of the few kids who was played by an adult?
Drtooth said:
The perils of working with actual child voice actors is that they always have to be replaced when they change too deeply. I wonder how many Arthurs they've gone through now....
Four I think, but it seems like more than that...
1. Michael Yarmush was the first Arthur for the first three seasons (five if you go by other sources), but his last season his voice got deeper before they recasted him, so he made Arthur sound like he was going through puberty.
2. For season four (six according to other sources) they got Justin Bradley, who also did voices for
The Little Lulu Show. I don't know what his Arthur sounded like because by the time that season aired on my PBS station, the third kid re-dubbed all of those episodes.
3. Mark Rendall was the current Arthur and his was pretty close to Michael's Arthur before he grew into his voice, just a LITTLE higher than the original, but still pretty close.
4. The guy who makes Arthur sound like D.W. is Cameron Ansell; not very good in my opinion, but I think once HE grows into his voice too, he might make Arthur sound like Arthur again.
I think they went through more D.W.'s than anyone else, but each D.W. sounded pretty much the same except for this one.
Brain's voice kept changing too, I think he had like five kids do his voice, three of which sounded the same, one who made Brain sound like he's in Grade 6, and one who made Brain sound like Baby Gonzo without the scratchiness.