What is going on, guys? Welcome back to the Chew
New Podcast. I am U. I am your main host. And
today, as you can see, Quest is not in town,
nor Chew. But we got Lalo Cortez in the podcast
with us. You know who Lalo is, man. You better
drive out to Edinburgh and go check out his game
shop, man. Great, great place for gaming. 521
South Clausner Boulevard. There's the plug right
there. There's the plug. There's the plug. But
it's not all about Lado today, guys. It's not
all about Lado today. It's all about me. No,
I'm just joking. We have a special guest with
us today. If you guys are familiar with the Sonic
Hedgehog series, you know, there is one character
that I kind of liked quite a bit when it first
came out. Only reason, because he was different.
and unique. And if you don't know who this is,
man, it's Silver Sonic and the guest person with
this Pete Capella! Pete Capella on the True New
Podcast, the voice of Silver Sonic! Oh my gosh!
What's up, guys? What's up? What's going on,
man? How you been, man? You doing okay over there?
Doing so good. I mean, come on, man. I'm in Southern
California. It was like 75 degrees out today
and perfect. Doing great. There you go. There
you go guys. If you are watching the podcast,
there's a little bit of a lag, but it's okay.
It'll clean up later on tonight when I release
it on YouTube. But first, first foremost, I want
to say thank you to all our sponsors. So sponsoring
the show, we're having great co -host guests
with us and great guests on the show. Like Pete
here, man, I can't, I don't even know where to
start with Mr. Capella, but let's start with
you telling us where you from and your journey
to becoming the voice of silver. Sonic man, go
ahead. The mic is yours. Cool, man. Now, thank
you. Born and raised in central New Jersey, Middletown,
Red Bank area. So if you've ever seen a Kevin
Smith movie, him and I grew up in the same town
in Leonardo, New Jersey. Yeah, so, you know,
I came from good stock and I was, you know, I
may look like a handsome, handsome young man,
but I'm old. And so I grew up when radio was
a viable or what I thought was a viable option
for a career. So I went to school for theater,
film and radio and got a job immediately after
graduating college in New York at a big New York
radio station and realized that money that they
were offered to pay me wasn't even enough to
commute from New Jersey to New York and still
make a profit. So. I leaned into some other job
while I was pursuing acting full -time. And because
I had this radio experience, I immediately did
a voiceover reel. And I was lucky enough that
that was when the internet was coming into its
own as a casting tool. And so I put my voiceover
reel up on the internet, on New York Casting
at the time, and got in with Four Kids Productions,
who was doing Pokemon, Yu -Gi -Oh, Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles. They were doing all the big ones.
And so I would go in there and they would bring
me in weekly and I would audition for the best
stuff and I would never get it because they had
me. Yeah, it was very, you know, and that's what
being an actor is. You know, you go in for all
these auditions and he, I was... I think I was
auditioning for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
bad guy one day. And they always had me coming
in for these big, big, big voices. And on my
way out the door, and I'm not even joking, I
was out the door. And they were like, hey, Pete,
you want to try this 14 -year -old hedgehog?
And I was like, well, yeah, of course I do. And
that's the one I got, which is like, you know.
all these other guys were down here and then
all of a sudden this is the guy I got who's like
way up here wow and that's yeah and so and the
rest is history that was like 2005 I think that
happened yeah that's awesome man I mean consider
I mean when they did offer you the part I mean
did you at first how what was your Guess initial
reaction to that. I mean like okay 14 14 year
old hedgehog How am I gonna come up with this
vocal? What am I how am I right without? Yeah,
you know what's funny is like, you know I Now
I've continued to train my voice like I take
voice lessons. I do the right things but at the
time I'm 20 something years old man. I'm a kid.
I'm not taking care of my voice. I'm doing all
the things that wreck your voice, including,
you know, drinking and whatever else. And and
so, yeah, well, I remember exactly where I was.
I was in my apartment at the time. I had this
I was living with my then girlfriend and my sister
lived in the same apartment. And I got this phone
call. I was upstairs and I was just stunned that
I got it. And they didn't fathom. how big of
a thing it was yet. You know what I mean? Like,
I just didn't grasp, like, this is going to change
your career trajectory. Because, you know, it
was just the most, it's such a huge deal to be
part of this franchise, which is internationally
loved by millions and millions of people. And
then we were recording, we were recording in,
I believe it was winter. If not, I just remember
I was really sick. And so... Another challenge
to do this Higher Voice was that I was deathly
ill. And I was like, I can't not show up. I'm
going to be there. So I was living on tea and
honey, tea and honey the entire time. And there
was a Starbucks below the 4Kids Studios offices.
And so I would religiously just be down there
before my recordings, just chugging hot tea.
Wow. So you were constantly trying to keep keep
your voice nice and healthy for all the what
you had. So although I don't want to say it out
loud, but the drinking. Yeah, understandable.
But so when When your voice actually came on
the first of the first game they were released
on that. I mean, what was your reaction? Did
anybody commend you for like, oh my God, did
people recognize you automatically or did you
have to show like who you really were? Yeah,
so I actually I think you guys will dig this.
So the first of all, the recording was so surreal
because it was the first story based Sonic game,
right? It was Sonic 06. So first story -based
game, and it was a phone book full of script.
It was so much stuff. And we didn't get the script
ahead of time. It was top secret, so we wouldn't
get it until we got into the recording studio.
And there was an American director and an engineer
and then a translator and then three huge guys
from Sega Japan who spoke no English. Wow. So
every note that I got had to go from the American
guy, to the translator, to the Japanese guy,
to the Japanese guys, to the translator, back
to the director, back to me. So it was like a
really crazy, long, complicated process to record
it all. And then yeah, man, when that game came
out, I don't think it's until recently that I
comprehend how big of an impact it had on people.
Right. I mean consider the fact that uh Well,
we we met you my son and I met you. I think it
was back in February while we were out there
my son Marcus, uh He was uh, he you and Jason
were in town here in the RGB. Uh, shout out to
the what was that a gamer expo? Yeah, I didn't
get to meet you Yeah, so we we we got to meet
you personally It's it's amazing how wholesome
how holds a wholesome a person can be humble
how person a person can be when they meet their
fans and You were one of them and you were very
humble to all the everybody that was coming and
getting stuff signed Yeah, I gotta tell you man.
I've never felt so blessed You know you do this
thing I did it 20 almost 20 years ago and continued
I did eight different games but like you do this
and Look, I'm out in LA. I'm a film and TV actor
along with voiceover actor. So and I've done
over 3000 theater shows, 3000 live shows. And
so to me, like I'm pursuing this art and there's
such an art in it all. So the last thing you
think as an artist is like you as an artist,
you want to affect someone in some way, right?
That's all any artist ever wants a good one.
And I would never comprehend in a million years
that it would be voicing this 14 -year -old hedgehog
that's had the most impact on people. Like, I've
done Shakespeare. I've done, you know, films
about suicide. And the thing that affects people
the most is this young hero character. And it's
just such an amazing blessing. How can I not
be humble? I am just, every time I see a line
in front of me with people that want to meet
me, there's been multiple times, you can ask
my wife, where I've had to turn around because
I'm crying. I go, oh man, I'm tearing up here
because what a blessing it is to be in that position.
The impact that you have on kids and kids becoming
adults. Going into the future. That's right.
I'm going to tell you this funny little story.
So we were just at Pensacon in Pensacola, Florida.
And we got in the night before. And so my agent
and I both like to play poker. And there's a
poker room in Pensacola. So we went to the poker
room and we were taking an Uber back. And the
Uber driver is this gigantic linebacker of a
man. And so I'm just sat in the back, just quiet,
because this guy doesn't give a crap who I am.
You know what I mean? And so quiet in the back,
and he said, hey, what are you guys doing in
Pensacola? And my agent is one of those guys
who he has no filter, so his mouth just goes,
oh, yeah, we're here for the convention. And
he's the best. He's so nice. It's like his best
quality. So he's like, oh, yeah, I'm an agent,
and this is one of my actors. And he's a voice
actor. And I watch it. You know, again, we're
in the backseat. And he's like, oh, well, what
did you voice? And my agent said, oh, one of
the characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
And I watched him go like this. And he's shaking.
And he's like, well, what character? And I was
like, well, I was Silver the Hedgehog. And he
just almost collapsed. Wow. Wow. And you don't
think about this. And we were talking back and
forth. But he messaged me the next day on Instagram.
And he said, hey, man, I was abandoned as a child.
And your character is what got me through all
of it. And he wrote me this beautiful long letter.
And you just never know what the work you do,
how it's going to affect people. Yes. Right.
And it's funny that you say the same conversation
we had on Tuesday, my brother and I, we got to
interview, uh, Anthony Tyler Quinn. Big shout
out to Mr. Turner from avoidance world. He said
similar to what you're saying. Also, there's
a lot of fans that they meet that I guess it's
an impact in their lives at one moment. And you
don't realize as an actor, as a voice actor or,
or anything like that, it's, it's something I
guess you can say it's, it's like, Kind of like,
not like, well, I would say like maybe like an
accomplishment or something you did that you
didn't know that you did, I guess, if that's
the best way to explain it. That's a perfect
way to explain. Not only that, and I will readily
admit to this, there were years where I tried
to push this away. I was, I'm in LA, you know,
I was young, 30 something. I was like trying
to pursue this serious acting career. And so
when people brought it up, I was like, yeah,
yeah, yeah, fine. Yeah, whatever. I just stopped
what I want to be associated with. Right. Not
knowing that you could be associated with all
the things and embrace all the work that you've
done. I was just so stupid about it or cocky
about it or ignorant about it, whatever it may
be. But now I feel so lucky that people really
connected with that character. And then it was
written so well. It starts with the writers,
you know? Right. Yeah, that commercial I pulled
out. Everybody was pretty impressed with the
little commercial I pulled out. By the way, let
you guys know, I do not own the rights to that.
Please Sega, do not come back and sue me and
reopen Sega all over again with my money. By
the way, you're welcome, Pete. But yeah, I mean,
the character itself, when I first saw Silver,
I believe it was on the I think it was in the
Mario Olympics, where it was Sonic versus Mario.
And when I saw it, I was like, who's this guy?
And I go, you know what? I go, son, you can take
silver. I'm going to take silver. He seems pretty
cool, man. None of that. He floats. He's awesome,
bro. But yeah, it was like. there's so many characters
in the, in the, in the, in that little Sonic
series in the video games. I mean, it's hard
to believe that I'm knowing you only boy, you're
the only voice, uh, silver, correct? In the Sonic
series. Yes. Yeah. So I mean, not only do you
do that, you also do a little bit of anime also,
correct? Yeah. Yeah, I was uh, I was dexter and
yugioh for a couple episodes. Yeah I went right
into that when we were there while my son and
I were waiting to get and get get get uh get
him uh his picture signed from you and we I saw
that like oh wow this guy did more stuff this
is awesome yeah yeah yeah you know wait so and
even so that's you know when I look back on it
that's why I can say like I was stupid about
this stuff because of the 13 years younger than
me. Who cares, you know? Meanwhile, it's like
the biggest... Does he have a charge rider? That's
all I want to know. Does he have a charge rider
or any of the 50s? I just went back home recently
and I was like, uh, he's not, obviously not home
anymore either. Uh, and I was like, Hey dude,
where are all your Pokemon cards? I want to go
through them. He's like, I idiotically, he's
like, I remember trading them away when I was
a kid. What did you do? I know, right? But it
wouldn't be worth money if everybody had them.
So that's, you know, that's what helped raise
that value. I hear you, I hear you. Going back
to the Sonic, um, when you auditioned for the
part, did you, did you know about the character
in general? Me as a video, right? So so that
was the franchise as far as like I knew Sonic
of course like so I'm one of the lucky people
who It's all I thought about when I was a kid
was video games So I had an Atari 2600 and then
I had a Nintendo and you know I worked my way
up the you know I played Coleco vision like all
of the things in between so I had every version
so I went from you know Atari 2600 8 -bit to
then the 16 bit and the 32 bit and then so I
was I loved video games We would I'm from the
Jersey Shore So there were arcades and my uncles
would bring me down to the arcade all the time
So, you know, I never dreamed that I would be
involved in it in any way But yeah, of course
we had Sega and I played I played Sonic all the
time and then going in It's funny that you say
the thing about knowing the character. I know
you were referring to Sonic, but I went into
that audition and they didn't know what the character
was gonna be. So they were like, hey, here's
this 14 year old hedgehog. He's kind of got a
chip on his shoulder. He's coming from the future
into the past to save his bleak future. And so
I kind of channeled, at the time I had like a
younger brother. who had a chip on his shoulder,
he went and joined the military. And so I used
him a lot in thinking about, oh, what was he
like as a kid? And what would this guy sound
like? And yeah, so that's where that character
came from. Wow. Dang. So I mean, so you're saying
also that you not only do voiceovers for anime
and silver, you also do them acting also. Oh,
yeah. Yeah, a lot. I've been, you know, there's
been multiple times where it was this close to
like, oh, that's, oh my God, that guy in that
big movie right there, that's the voice of Silver
the Hedgehog. But you know, the pursuit of acting
in Los Angeles is... You think that you're like,
oh my goodness, I've never seen this actor before.
He broke so quickly, but that's never the case.
It's people putting in years and years and years
of work until they get their opportunity. I got
a fan here, my little brother's watching right
now. He says, tell him to do Donatello for me
so I can scratch it off my bucket list. That's
what he said. Dude, I wish I would ever have
done Donatello. Mirage Donatello. Mirage Donatello.
There you go. That's what he's saying. Yeah.
Oh, man. Yeah, but I can't tell you how many
times I auditioned for the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles and didn't get it. And I loved the turtles.
Really now man, that's that's I mean being that
it's it's already evolved so many years in the
making It's crazy. And now the whole thing it
go into was there the enemy The actual comic
book comic book row rowing I think the yeah the
Ronin books. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, that's that's crazy,
man. And I'm not gonna support it for anybody.
You got to read into it to the last turtle is
but it's crazy. You know how you say how we talk
about that is that just like Sonic, I mean years
and years of it being in the market and people
still talk about it, man. And that's what's so
awesome. That's good writing. It's good. It comes
from good writing. That's and you know, that's
what any good actor will tell you we're just
trying to do the work to bring the writing alive.
Right. Well, that's cool, man. And I know when
I reached out to you, I had to talk to you there
at the con and I said, hey, man, I got a podcast.
I would love to have you on so we could talk
to you and really get to know who you are, where
you're from and how it all started. And I said,
you know what? I'm not going to sound like a
con geek. I'm going to wait a couple of days
and then I'll reach out to him and find out if
he wants to do it or not. but you know i'm glad
you did because you gave me a piece of paper
i remember this specifically you gave me a piece
of paper with your phone number and information
on it yes and i looked for it when i got home
and i could not find it for the life of me and
i was like damn i really hope he reaches out
because he was cool this is the this was meant
to be there this was thank you so much thank
you so much you heard him say to himself suicide
city you're here i got it on video that's cool
so when you go on the cons are you always because
i know it looks like you and jason are a tag
team uh every single time so do you all go together
for every in other words do you come in a combo
package we we don't necessarily but we like to
so i've known jason since we recorded that first
game uh we went to a con back in 2010 and really
became good friends uh but had an awful, awful
experience and swore off cons. And he is the
reason why I'm touring again, because he got
the same agent that I have now, that he got in
touch with Jason. And Jason was like, hey, man,
I got this. I was doing like a local thing. And
Jason was like, hey, I have this convention agent.
He really wants to talk to you. And I was like,
dude, I'll do it if you're doing it. Uh, he's
one of my best friends. We saw our text chain
back and forth. It's non -stop all day, every
day. My wife calls him my boyfriend. I know this
doesn't go over well in Texas, but we're both
vegan or mostly vegan. So I'll do it like I'll
do that great way. It's okay. I make you lamb.
Don't worry about it That's good, that's good
man, that's that's a cool time having your workplace
friend like that man You all do the same the
same series together. You still hang out. That's
beautiful man. It's a cool relationship Travel
the world. Yeah travel the world out of all the
con I'm not putting on spot here Pete not putting
a spot here. But about all the cons. Where have
you seen the most love man? I mean, I mean literally
the most love that you've seen That's a really
good question. Well, I will say it the the answer
is gonna be Tilted in one way because it was
it's an unfair answer in that we did we did Sonic
Expo in Dallas in November It was Sonic themed
and so that means everyone was there to see us
and only us. And so, you know, we had, it wasn't
as big as the con that I met you at, the Gamer
Expo, which was awesome by the way. I was blown
away with how good that con was. I will go back
any time. The people are so kind and lovely there,
honestly. But this con was about half the amount
of people. And I mean, they, I watched them I
recorded it on my phone like they were holding
them up top and there was a stairwell for them
to come down and I watched 1500 people run down
these stairs to meet us all and it was really
cool. Yeah. Yeah, it's awesome, man. That's awesome.
So and as far as I mean, as far as memorabilia
goes, the people that a lot of these uh, I have
some sonic sonic sonic fan fanatics. I mean,
is there anything in particular that you've signed
you're like, wow, I've never seen one of these
or something they Can I disappear off this for
one second to show you the coolest gift? Go ahead.
Go ahead. Give me one second. I'll be back in
literally 10 seconds. Go for it. Go for it. Well,
that's great I mean that's great knowing that
he's gonna bring us something so we can look
at But in the meantime, and like I said, I want
to thank all everybody's tuning in I know the
beginning of the podcast was kind of sketchy
But it's fine thinning out a little bit. I think
there was just too many people trying to watch
What was going on and trying to see Pete for
the first time? So we got flooded we got flooded
a little bit, but it's a more small podcast Wait
until we get those big towers out there where
we can stream a bunch of stuff then we're gonna
it's gonna look even better Oh He turned it back.
He turned it back. Hold on. He's right back.
There you go. All right, Pete. Go ahead. I'll
put you on the camera. It's got to be a big reveal.
So I met this guy at Y2Con in Dallas and he brought
me this thing to sign and I was so blown away
by how cool it was. I was like, dude, what does
it take to make this? And he's like, I'll be
at Sonic Expo and I'll bring you one. It is a
3D printed. that is that is awesome bro how dope
is that wow i mean it took up half of my suitcase
to get home but it was worth it wow dude the
time and effort to actually make that thing man
wow and yeah yeah really cool did you show it
off to jason look what i got And then he printed,
I think, a Shadow one and a Sonic one for Jason
to sign. But he didn't get the gift. He didn't
get one. He didn't get one. So we'll give you
one point for Pete right there. One point for
Pete for that awesome gift from a fan. Oh, my
gosh. Some of your fans, when they come up to
you, do they? I mean, like you just told us about
that one gentleman on that Uber vehicle, Heather.
You almost crashed. Almost crashed, and we might
not have had this interview. But I mean, is there
any other fans that actually, that touch your
heart, that have given you stories, that you
know, wow, I mean, it's amazing? Yeah, I mean,
too many. They're really... from from people
just breaking down and crying and talking about
how you know mom and dad weren't there or or
whatever to to even just like so there's one
there's one dude who I've now become friends
with and he He yeah, he does he does like silver
the hedgehog stuff on YouTube, right? He's a
youtuber and and he's on Twitter or whatever
And so I was like, well what there's he's not
the the wearing the exact Hawaiian shirt that
I was wearing when we met. And so it was just
lovely gestures where people are like, you see
you're making an impact on their life. They don't
realize how much they impact mine as well. You
know what I mean? Right, right exactly. Well,
I mean that's a beautiful man to know that you
know you reaching out to these people in odd
weird ways that you don't know that you're You're
affecting their lives, you know, and that that's
that's a that's beautiful. I think that comes
a lot from the gaming I mean me being a gamer
Most my whole entire life kept me out of trouble.
I mean kept me off drug kept me off drinking
kept me off of I mean you name it And my mom
was totally opposite. Totally, totally opposite.
But growing up and I see it every day in my shop.
I mean, we have kids that are like, oh, man,
I've been looking for this game since I was a
kid. And finally you have it again. And this
is what kept me out of trouble. And this is when
my mom and my dad got divorced. And this is what
got me through this and got me through that.
And it's beautiful to hear that man. And then
they're passing that on to their kids. I mean,
it's full circle. full circle. And I mean, and
then their heroes, I mean, that voice, their,
their favorite characters is like, it's amazing.
It's a beautiful thing. Yeah. Yeah. As far as
being a voice actor itself, I mean, if somebody
was wanting to become a voice actor themselves,
what would be the steps or what advice would
you give, uh, for them to, you know, follow that
dream to maybe one day being a video game or
in an anime cartoon, you know, what Cause that's
up and everybody wants to do that now. And now
with the new technology that you have and stuff
you can do on your own. My son, the great example,
he does voice servers on his little cartoons
and stuff, you know, the future on entrepreneurs,
man, as far as voice acting, what advice can
you give them? Uh, two things. One, learn how
to take care of your voice. Uh, you know, how
to maintain it, how to correctly use it, how
to speak from your diaphragm, how to not blow
out your vocal cords. That's one. Two, and this
is the most important thing, in my opinion, is
take acting classes. Because everybody can do
a funny voice of some sort. Everyone I know can
do a funny voice. And when I say I'm a voice
actor, they're like, oh, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah. And I'm like, yeah, great. That's great.
You can make that voice. But can you do that
voice? and bring it to life with the camera never
being on you. So you're attempting to, you know,
an actor can use his eyes, can use his body,
can use, you know, everything, you know, his
wardrobe, everything about the character. Voice
over, I'm in a closet talking into a microphone,
trying to bring this character to life. It's
acting classes that taught me how to do that.
Right. Now, have you been offered besides besides,
like I said, the anime that you've done before
and the voiceover and the video games? Have there
ever been any offers for other like big companies
like I don't want to use the word, say the word,
but like Disney or or DreamWorks or Nintendo
or yeah, any other? Have you reached out? So
I've done a lot of commercials, a lot of voiceover
and commercials. So I was the voice of VISA for
a little while. I've done other stuff like that.
And then I have definitely auditioned for almost,
not the movies, because they usually use a lot
of celebrities, but as far as cartoons go, probably
every big cartoon that you could possibly think
of. I have auditioned for a lot of stuff. But
you gotta remember, so did hundreds of other
people. And there's just so many factors involved.
There was a time, and I will not name the cartoon,
but I auditioned for a cartoon. I thought I turned
in a great audition. It was for the lead of the
cartoon. It was, I think, a Nickelodeon -based
cartoon. And a year later, I got a notice from
my agent or an email from my agent. She said,
hey, I have a voice match audition for you. Don't
be mad. And I was like, what are you talking
about? Don't be mad. And I listened to it. And
it was the one that I had auditioned for a year
earlier. And the creator of the show essentially
just took my voice and copied it to the character
that I came up with. And then was fired from
the show. And so they wanted me to possibly take
over and then in the end they didn't even hire
me to do that so yeah it's a brutal world out
there sometimes but it is what it is and that's
what you that's what you sign up for when you
when you're doing this and it just takes one
big break like I got to like the second round
of replacing Rick and Rick and Morty And like
that was something I never even thought of. My
agent reached out to me and said, can you do
this? And I was like, I don't think so. And I
went into my booth and I tried it and I was like,
wait, do I sound like Rick? And there was a point
where I was editing the audition together and
my wife was like, I thought you were working.
And I was like, what are you talking about? I
am working. And she's like, no, you're watching
Rick and Morty. And I was like, hey, that's me.
That was my voice. As research. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah. That's awesome, man. That's crazy. You
have another question there. I know. I have a
thousand questions. Ask away. Ask away. Don't
talk now. Don't be scared. I'm thinking about
it. Games growing up, I mean, like that you played
besides the 26 or you still play to this day.
And when you get we have a downtime I Don't have
a system anymore because it was taking up too
much of my time so when my Xbox one got a red
ring of death. I was like, okay. Just just yeah,
just let it go. We can become best friends right
now Pete. Did we just become best friends? Oh
my gosh. Get out here PS4. Yeah, I was an Xbox
guy though. I mean the PS5 is so unbelievable
now. Okay, you lost me Pete. You lost me. Sorry,
I want one really badly. PS5 does not have red
ring of death. You know what man, we can argue
about this some other time. but I will so like
even just from the beginning I was always a Super
Mario fan like a Mario Brothers fan I love all
those games specifically Super Mario Brothers
two and three I love them all so much I could
always replay them I think Mario Kart is awesome
actually I guess let me restate that I did buy
my wife a switch so we do have in the house I
forget that that is even here. And yeah, I don't
know. You know, I was a big Call of Duty player
for a while. I loved Call of Duty. I loved Call
of Duty for a couple of reasons. Like I said,
my brother joined the military and he served
in Iraq and Afghanistan. And you can't talk to
them on the phone. Right. But they had Xboxes.
and I had an xbox so we would get on and we would
play either fifa or call of duty and that's how
I stayed in touch with my brother when he served
served overseas so uh that's I I just have a
soft spot in my heart which sounds so funny to
have a soft spot in your heart for call of duty
like killing other people but um it's all good
man whatever yeah I'm a big I'm a big red red
dead redemption fan oh shoot hello you still
there Oh shoot, what happened? Or my computer
just went kapui right now. What the hell? Wow,
it's the podcast guys. They're doing something
to my stuff. Anyways, we can still hear you.
We can still hear you. I hear you too, but yeah,
you're frozen on my screen. Yeah, I don't know
what the hell happened on my end. There we go.
Here we come back. We're back. Let's see. Hopefully
my camera's up and running. Let's see here. Give
me one second. Give me one second. Jesus, man.
What is up with my internet today? There we go,
we'll use that one. That was a little bit closer.
There you go, we'll do that one right now. So,
man, we almost lost you there Pete, sorry. So,
I was gonna say, a big Red Dead Redemption battle.
Really into Rockstar and the Rockstar game, man.
Grand Theft Auto and all that good stuff. I really
got into that. But that's cool. I'm glad that
we... We're getting to talk with you man, because
I know I know you have a busy schedule or knows
you were busy today I know we had scheduled it
at for 730 and until hey man. Can we push it
back? Oh, you know what anything for you, man?
You're doing us the favor to come on here and
talk to us And I got I got no problem even even
if it was like to be a change of a day I would
have done it for you. Not a not a big deal. I
mean appreciate that but I appreciate I appreciate
you having me on man like you When you came up
to my booth, you and your son were just so kind
and so, so lovely. And I would view and that
was a constant at that, at that convention of
just like nonstop friendly, lovely people. And
I, you know, I've never been to a border town
in Texas. Like I've never been anywhere near.
Yeah. I've just, just not in my wheelhouse. You
know what I mean? Like I'm from New Jersey. So
I'm from the Northeast. I live in Los Angeles,
so I even have family in Dallas, but like that's
nowhere even close. I didn't know what to expect
and what a just lovely group of people who just
embraced us the entire time is really cool. What
are you gonna ask them? We're gonna ask the same
question. Maybe, maybe. Food. Food, yeah. Where
did you go eat when you came down? Was it a Mexican
restaurant or was it just a random restaurant?
Trying to remember what we did for we had tacos
for lunch and they were awesome I don't remember
what they gave us but they were really really
good and then Jason and I went to a Japanese
place That was really fantastic actually, I don't
know I don't remember what it was called, but
we okay had really good food There you go sort
of noodles and like, yeah, there was really good.
You don't have to mention the restaurant and
then not sponsored the podcast. So that's a whole
different story. They pay my bills, Pete. But
that's awesome, man, because I mean, a lot of
the. voice actors or celebrities that come down.
That's the first thing we ask. I go, what did
you have when you were here? A lot of people
say, well, they brought me a taco from the convenience
store down the street or they brought us tamales
or somebody, some gentleman brought me a small
bowl of menudo. I'm like, wow, that's crazy.
We're going for our food down here. Yes. As you
can tell. So, but yeah, man, home fitting food.
Loving food men's food for the soul. Yes, but
uh So on your time is besides now what you were
saying about no game time that you have on your
time off What do you what are your hobbies? What
do you like to do? Uh, that's a good question.
Well, you can see there is my quiver of surfboards.
So I Love surfing, uh, I play guitar, uh, I sing
a little bit. So, you know, yeah just Anything
that makes me I'm big in my wife is a meditation
teacher. I've become big into meditation It's
changed everything for me. Just learning to slow
down. I'm Italian from Jersey, dude So it was
always like hustle hustle hustle hustle learning
to just stop and breathe for a little while is
nice Yeah, and you know, just just spending time
with the family nice quick question another one
i wanted to ask you i know the sonic series of
the movies is the hollywood how they've turned
around bass and everything and uh they have i
don't think they've released yet who is going
to be the voice of shadow i don't know if they've
on the next one but if asked for i know there's
got to be a sonic 4 if asked hopefully crossing
my fingers here if asked would you do the silver
part Cross everything, dude, of course I would.
I mean, in a heartbeat. And like, here's the
thing, if they did it, that's a whole movie because
the plot of Silver's story, it's served up on
a platter as a film. A hedgehog coming back to
the past that kills Sonic and then learning that
he was duped and teaming up with Sonic to beat
the bad guys. Like, the movie's built in right
there. So it would... I don't know if they would
come to me because it would be a major, major
role, but man would I take it right away. Hell
yeah, I think you should aim for that. I think
you should start writing it right now. I agree,
I agree. What's your opinion when you first saw
the first Sonic movie with the CGI? I loved it.
Well, obviously the bad Sonic CGI that came out.
I'm starting to believe. Here's my theory. I'm
starting to believe that they did it on purpose.
To create buzz about the movie, and then went
to the fans and said, help us redesign, but they
already knew what they were gonna do. I don't
know if that's true, but I would be really sorry
if they did that. Yeah, that said, I love them.
I think they're great. And I think it welcomes
in a brand new age group of Sonic fans. Yes,
and anybody talking about sonic is help even
just on a selfish level is helpful to us Because
it just keeps us in the spotlight, but they're
really well done. I mean jim carrey, you don't
get better than that. So Dr. Robot daughter and
body man. He plays one hell of a villain man.
Yeah Yeah, it's awesome man. So as far as uh
venues coming up We're working the fans reach
out to you so they can go see you in person anything
big coming up for you guys So I'm gonna be in
Texas three times and then in the next month
Wow Yeah, so I'm gonna be in Dallas next weekend
the last weekend of March for we've con Which
is a big one. I think there's some like 30 thousand
people at we've gone and then I'm gonna be in
New Braunfels between Austin and San Antonio,
I think. The first weekend of April for convention
there. And then the following weekend, I'm going
to be in Midland, Texas. So a lot of Texas coming
up. That's good. All over Texas. That's perfect.
That's good. I don't think people know how big
Texas is. We were going to be there three times
and none of them are close to each other. No,
right, right. You don't know what it feels like
to live down here in the rgb and trying to drive
out of texas, you don't know Like a six -hour
drive it's like almost to get out texas about
at least six maybe like 10 hour drive Yeah, it's
uh i've driven from here to uh, south dakota
and it took me 24 hours just to get to south
dakota straight so Man, i'm driving. It's a drive
pete. It's a drive So Pete, first thing I want
to say is thank you. I don't want to take too
much of your time. I know we're 42 minutes into
the podcast already. Time flies when you're having
fun and having a great conversation. First and
foremost, I always believe first impressions
are the best impressions. you speaking to my
son the way you did that day, uh, walking them
in, I mean, humble. It was awesome. He was very
comfortable. I had never seen my son so comfortable
in some place like that, especially with the
Sonic characters there. He, he was like in lot
of land the for the next, I think we're like
there for like about four hours, five hours.
And he loved it every minute. I want to say thank
you for taking the time and the patience to,
to, uh, with all of us that go and see you guys
come down and, and sign autographs for us, man.
I really do. we do appreciate that sure don't
cry i appreciate it more than i know i but i
appreciate it more than you do believe me like
i mean you this fandom changed my life man i
was you know as an artist in los angeles someone
pursuing acting you're gonna be a bartender or
a server at some point and i did that i did that
grind for so long and then all of a sudden This
is now my job. My job is I get to meet people
whose lives I've affected and it doesn't get
any better than that. It's the coolest thing
ever. I know Lalo is working on something at
the end of the month. You got somebody coming
down, correct? In two weeks we have Stephanie
Nadal, which is a voice actor for Teen Gohan.
She's always hustling and trying to, I mean,
all over the United States, getting gigs, so.
And she tells me the stories, I mean, same stories
as yourself. I mean, being humble by, I mean,
Dragon Ball Z is one of the biggest franchises,
I mean, in the world. Even more huge now that
the actual - Yeah, the creator. The creator is
no longer with us. I mean, God rest his soul.
But, yeah, I know you wanted to reach out to
Pete also, maybe one day. One day, probably have
you come down. Send you a retro console up there,
Sega console. There you go. There you go, absolutely.
You let me know. If you have my contact, dude,
you can hit me up anytime. Yes, sure. I say a
bigger shoe. Send him a bigger shoe. Think that
if you take him a big shoe. I don't know, dude.
This is pretty big. It's the size of my head.
I don't have to compete with that. The console,
maybe the console might work. Oh my gosh, Mr.
Capella, I appreciate you, man. I appreciate
everything you do for the fans and for all of
us here in the RGB. You came down to visit everybody
in the US and over the world. Hopefully we can
bring you down again. Yeah, pretty soon. I can't
honestly anytime. I can't wait. I did. I came
home and told my wife. I was like. This place
was awesome. I've never been there. What a great
part of the country. You guys are really, you
know how to treat people, and that I appreciate.
Thank you. I appreciate that. You say that. That's
coming straight from peak. I love that. I'm saying
it correct, right? Capella? Yeah, that's right.
Can you imagine? One, if he wouldn't have been
a voice actor, you'd probably have been somebody
like in the family. He goes, you're in trouble.
We're going to talk to the dog. Who's that? If
you trace my family history back, you're not
far off. I remember I'm Italian from New Jersey,
man. That's what Lalo was saying right now. I
was like, that's New Jersey. Yeah, man. So people
would be scared, be very scared. Pete, I appreciate
you, man, for everything you do for us. And like
I said, your voice will linger in our ears for
the years to come. And it's only an imprint in
every person who plays the Sonic series, man,
and we appreciate everything you do. Thank you
very much. Thank you. Any last words for your
fans that you want to reach out to them and say
anything in particular, something to connect
with them? Go ahead. The mic is yours. Hey, guys.
Thank you. That's all I can say from the bottom
of my heart. Thank you and I love you. We got
to normalize everyone telling each other that
we they love them because we're in we you know
we've been through some dark times so uh just
know that the Pete Capella voice of silver day
chug loves you. There you go. There you go man.
Hey put you back there we go. All right. I lost
my thing here man. I'm my i'm going crazy right
here trying to control I feel like i'm command
controlling everything here, man I don't have
anything my hands are free Okay Oh my guys, ladies
and gentlemen, that is the end of our podcast
night. I want to say thank you to Pete Capella
coming on with us, man. I know we had a little
bit of hiccups here and there with the audio
video, but it came out perfect. I'm going to
work on it, do my best. Trust me, Pete, I will
send you the copy as soon as it's done up and
ready on YouTube, man. Lalo, thank you for coming
out. At last minute, bro. Last minute. I rushed
over here. He flew out here, man. He was his
own sonic on his truck. I don't know. At least
the cameras didn't catch it. But anyways, I appreciate
you coming out and guys. Don't forget. Look forward
to April. What was it again? April 6th. April
6th. Be out there. Get some autographs. press
start gaming in Annabert, Texas guys. Look them
up on Facebook, Instagram and all that good stuff.
And who knows the man right here might be in
the neighborhood also in a couple of months down
the line might work something out and see if
we can get them out here also one more time.
Yes sir. Pete, thank you very much. Don't go
anywhere. Let me close out the show. Pete gave
me one second. All right. Sounds good. Yeah.
Ladies gentlemen, thank you once again for tuning
in. We will see you next week. We got Hugo Gambino,
a local who won a cook -off. On a live television
that he represented the RGB bro. He made a good
dish We're gonna have him come in next week on
the plug. I hope he can bring us something bring
a skillet. Oh By the way, oh forgot to chew the
only reason choose not here. Supposedly there's
a gentleman who won the lotto a million dollars
here in the RGB and It was to chew on it to chew.
Yeah. He said he's going to cut off the other
leg and become half cyborg. But that's a whole
different story than a podcast. So, guys, like
always, I know. Thank you very much again, man.
That's against you. I will see you out there.
Yes. And ladies, I mean, like always, guys, we
turn out every day, every time we finish the
podcast.