WEBVTT 00:00:07.699 --> 00:00:10.419 Hello and welcome to All Things Transformers. 00:00:25.289 --> 00:00:28.789 things transformers i'm your host steve megatron 00:00:28.789 --> 00:00:32.770 and joining me on this retrospective episode 00:00:32.770 --> 00:00:39.030 is tfg1 mike oh boy folks it's been a friggin 00:00:39.030 --> 00:00:50.250 week it's been wow we here at the gcrn at least 00:00:50.250 --> 00:00:57.469 i have over our Network inception for the last 00:00:57.469 --> 00:01:03.070 17 years. Every once in a while, we will talk 00:01:03.070 --> 00:01:08.750 about when celebrities pass away. Part of our 00:01:08.750 --> 00:01:12.390 year end year in review episodes that we do, 00:01:12.469 --> 00:01:15.709 we get a list of the celebrities that have passed 00:01:15.709 --> 00:01:20.019 away from that year. And we will. bundle that 00:01:20.019 --> 00:01:23.379 together and talk about each one of them in that 00:01:23.379 --> 00:01:27.560 year end episode kind of thing. Sometimes we 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:32.980 will do episode tributes like this one. And for 00:01:32.980 --> 00:01:36.719 me, and I've talked about this expressing grief 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:40.500 about celebrities and things like that. For me, 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:45.819 it's about what that particular celebrity has 00:01:45.819 --> 00:01:50.329 put out into the world. whether it's music or 00:01:50.329 --> 00:01:55.469 film or television show or cartoon or video game 00:01:55.469 --> 00:01:57.950 or whatever it is. However, they've impacted 00:01:57.950 --> 00:02:03.890 me depending on that level of impact is how emotional 00:02:03.890 --> 00:02:08.729 I get at hearing the news that they have left 00:02:08.729 --> 00:02:18.199 this mortal coil. And the news that we got. August, 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:22.379 late in the evening, August 26th, but more so 00:02:22.379 --> 00:02:30.159 the morning of August 27th, 2026. Peter Cullen, 00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:34.159 the voice of Optimus Prime, the voice of Eeyore, 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:38.219 the voice of the narrator on Voltron, the original 00:02:38.219 --> 00:02:42.710 Voltron animated series from 1984. He was the 00:02:42.710 --> 00:02:45.610 voice of the Knight Automated Roving Robot for 00:02:45.610 --> 00:02:48.069 one episode in Knight Rider, the original Knight 00:02:48.069 --> 00:02:51.710 Rider series in 1982. He would then come back 00:02:51.710 --> 00:02:57.409 to reprise Carr in the 2008 reboot series, continuation 00:02:57.409 --> 00:03:00.069 series. Actually, the interesting thing about 00:03:00.069 --> 00:03:05.199 that is Carr in that series. actually was the 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:08.699 Knight automated roving robot. Because in that 00:03:08.699 --> 00:03:13.759 series, in the NBC 2008 series, both kit and 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:18.819 car had transformation capabilities. So car actually 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:23.699 transformed into a robot. And I'm sure I've probably 00:03:23.699 --> 00:03:27.810 sent Steve a clip and I'm sure. Because now I'm 00:03:27.810 --> 00:03:30.030 going to make him do it. Insert that clip right 00:03:30.030 --> 00:03:40.889 here. And Peter Cullen, I mean, Optimus Prime. 00:03:41.189 --> 00:03:44.270 I always make the joke because I'm a Rodimus 00:03:44.270 --> 00:03:47.889 Prime fan. I was, oh, Optimus. All he ever did 00:03:47.889 --> 00:03:52.159 was play basketball or throw snowballs or. Blah, 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:54.639 blah, blah. Sherman, damn this or blah, blah, 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:57.780 blah. Energy disc that whatever. But when it 00:03:57.780 --> 00:04:01.979 comes right down to it, Peter Cullen. Best robot 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:07.180 dad ever. If you didn't. And I, my dad was around. 00:04:07.539 --> 00:04:10.139 I didn't, I haven't lost. My dad is still here 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:14.139 to this day. My dad, he was an awesome, hardworking 00:04:14.139 --> 00:04:16.959 father. Did everything he possibly could. Does 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.819 everything he possibly can. I'm not sitting here. 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:23.420 I would never, ever do this. I'm not sitting 00:04:23.420 --> 00:04:27.060 here disparaging my father. I'm just saying Peter 00:04:27.060 --> 00:04:30.579 Cullen and the voice of Optimus Prime, the voice 00:04:30.579 --> 00:04:34.920 that came out of that man's mouth, inspired and 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:38.779 attached to so many millions of people that might 00:04:38.779 --> 00:04:42.319 not have had a father figure in their life. He 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:47.779 changed people's lives with. The voice that came 00:04:47.779 --> 00:04:52.560 out of his mouth as Optimus Prime. And for me, 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:56.819 as I went through the grieving stages after the 00:04:56.819 --> 00:05:01.310 news broke, I went through two stages. every 00:05:01.310 --> 00:05:05.290 clip and every scroll reel i went through whether 00:05:05.290 --> 00:05:08.389 it was people now i did i did two things so i 00:05:08.389 --> 00:05:10.970 was either doom scrolling facebook reels or instagram 00:05:10.970 --> 00:05:13.889 reels and seeing creators and people i'd never 00:05:13.889 --> 00:05:18.290 knew talk about him or i was going to the creators 00:05:18.290 --> 00:05:22.009 and people i did know and hearing them tell stories 00:05:22.009 --> 00:05:24.769 about him now when i was doing the instagram 00:05:24.769 --> 00:05:28.579 scrolling I had the feeling of, oh, my God, you 00:05:28.579 --> 00:05:31.300 know, it's usually people like replaying classic 00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:35.339 clips of G1 or more recently. And I say more 00:05:35.339 --> 00:05:38.560 recently, even though it's been almost 20 next 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:42.759 year is the 20th anniversary of the 2007 film. 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.379 How the hell did that happen? I don't even know. 00:05:46.740 --> 00:05:49.740 But it's one of those things where. Most of the 00:05:49.740 --> 00:05:53.540 stuff on Instagram is everybody like the 20th 00:05:53.540 --> 00:05:56.180 anniversary or almost the 20th anniversary. They're 00:05:56.180 --> 00:05:59.160 all doing movie clips. Nobody's really doing 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:01.939 generation one clips unless they're somebody 00:06:01.939 --> 00:06:04.579 our age in forties or, you know, late thirties, 00:06:04.579 --> 00:06:07.139 early forties is almost 50, whatever kind of 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:12.300 thing. And I got to the point where unless it 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:16.399 was a creator, I knew like, uh, Proto Man Daniel 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:20.560 or the guys over at Transmissions Podcast or 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:25.279 Rodimus Primal or Patriot Prime or Mike Seibert 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:28.040 from Mike Seibert Radio Podcast or whomever it 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.740 is. All the strangers that I watched, I'm just 00:06:31.740 --> 00:06:37.959 like, OK, I am so like I'm kind of over the fact 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.959 that he passed away. So, again, it was two very 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:42.860 different things for me when I was consuming 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:47.370 the content of of. Dealing with, oh, my God, 00:06:47.389 --> 00:06:50.569 we no longer have Peter Cullen, this amazing 00:06:50.569 --> 00:06:56.029 man who did everything he possibly could for 00:06:56.029 --> 00:06:58.930 everyone that he came into contact with. And 00:06:58.930 --> 00:07:04.990 just wow. And me, all as I did was it's funny 00:07:04.990 --> 00:07:09.519 because I did two things. I went through and 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:13.000 I watched maybe the first, I watched the first 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.680 part of more than meets the eye and I watched 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:19.339 like half of the second part of it. And then 00:07:19.339 --> 00:07:23.439 I went through all my 17 years of podcast audio 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.759 clips that I, like I showed somebody, I pulled 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:30.350 up my podcast audio file folder. I forget who 00:07:30.350 --> 00:07:32.290 it was that I showed, but I showed them that 00:07:32.290 --> 00:07:34.149 I took a screenshot and showed them that folder. 00:07:34.189 --> 00:07:37.110 I said, this is just the Transformers audio I 00:07:37.110 --> 00:07:43.170 have out of the 17 years. I took 21 clips of 00:07:43.170 --> 00:07:46.509 Optimus Prime from the Generation 1 cartoon. 00:07:46.629 --> 00:07:49.790 I took those 21 clips and I put them all together 00:07:49.790 --> 00:07:53.709 in a multi -track file thing. Ends up being like 00:07:53.709 --> 00:07:57.560 a three minute long montage. of various things 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:02.180 that optimus prime said in the cartoon series 00:08:02.180 --> 00:08:06.779 along with uh you know one shall stand one shall 00:08:06.779 --> 00:08:12.779 fall uh i you know i'll rip you into with my 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:15.360 bare hands and blah blah blah all the stuff from 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:19.600 the movie i think there's one line and i'll have 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:21.980 to go back and get it but i'll have to i'll have 00:08:21.980 --> 00:08:25.660 to figure out what it is but There's one, that 00:08:25.660 --> 00:08:30.899 cartoon, Transformers Generation 1, everyone 00:08:30.899 --> 00:08:33.860 kind of like, oh, it's just a toy. It's just 00:08:33.860 --> 00:08:40.220 a toy commercial. It's just this. Hell no. I'm 00:08:40.220 --> 00:08:43.220 being very cautious with my words here, folks, 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:51.679 because there was a point where I got so mad 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:55.259 at something the other day. where I was ready 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:58.919 to just like literally somebody on their podcast, 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:01.299 they would just, you know how the beep goes. 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:05.200 Like every time you say an F bomb, beep, beep, 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:11.179 beep, my beeps were going to be literally, I 00:09:11.179 --> 00:09:15.460 was like, I was holding my, my anger in so much 00:09:15.460 --> 00:09:20.279 from something, but, uh, there, there's a lot 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:25.200 like, I, There's a line in one of the episodes. 00:09:25.299 --> 00:09:28.779 I got it. It's one of the clips where he said 00:09:28.779 --> 00:09:30.980 Peter Cullen is Optimus Prime says something 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:35.000 about we don't. It's something very inspirational. 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.539 And I can't believe I'm frigging blanking on 00:09:37.539 --> 00:09:39.519 it now. I wish I had it written down somewhere. 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:45.720 But I had never read like I've watched Generation 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.779 One so many times. I've watched those 98 episodes 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:54.279 so many times. I've never watched it looking 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:59.799 for the subtlety in the script of some of those 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:02.840 episodes. I've watched it for the funny bits. 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:05.120 I've watched it for the stupid bits. I've watched 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.299 it to analyze it, but I've never watched it to 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:16.860 look for specifically Optimus Prime's wisdom 00:10:16.860 --> 00:10:24.039 of the ages. because it's not lost it's in there 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:29.700 and it's awesome and i don't know i i i didn't 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:31.980 even really add you're gonna get to tell your 00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:35.779 story obviously but i didn't even ask you the 00:10:35.779 --> 00:10:40.139 the like the 27th like how you found out and 00:10:40.139 --> 00:10:41.860 whatever else and i know you're gonna tell us 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:46.539 here in a second but like man that whole weekend 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:51.100 was like oh, Peter Cullen is no longer here. 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:54.559 What are we going to do? And I know the man was 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:58.679 85. I don't care. And I don't say that I don't 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:04.000 care to be it as a negative way. But this was 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:11.240 our guy. This was the man that inspired many 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:15.299 with one character. And yes, he's played other 00:11:15.299 --> 00:11:20.830 characters, but... Not many people get to affect 00:11:20.830 --> 00:11:32.190 the entire world for 42 years with one voice. 00:11:34.710 --> 00:11:38.090 So yeah, that's, that's where that, that, that, 00:11:38.090 --> 00:11:43.950 yeah, I don't know anymore. Uh, you know, right 00:11:43.950 --> 00:11:46.929 now I'm. I mean, other than the fact that we're 00:11:46.929 --> 00:11:51.970 talking about it now, generally, the last couple 00:11:51.970 --> 00:11:54.909 of days, I've been okay. Because I've been listening 00:11:54.909 --> 00:11:56.649 to everybody else. I've been watching everybody 00:11:56.649 --> 00:12:00.490 else and hearing their stories. And I told, you 00:12:00.490 --> 00:12:06.549 know, I got together with Mike Seibert and Anthony 00:12:06.549 --> 00:12:11.330 Bercali. Anthony Bercali does TFU. Transformers 00:12:11.330 --> 00:12:15.100 University, TFU .info. And we did an episode 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:19.200 of Mike's show. So this is like my second therapy 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:22.980 session to talk about this. Because podcasting 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:28.100 is therapy, folks. But what's your Peter Cullen 00:12:28.100 --> 00:12:34.059 grief story, sir? So when I heard about it, I 00:12:34.059 --> 00:12:42.799 was at work. And my coworker. leans over to me 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:47.639 and he goes hey dude Optimus Prime died and I 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:54.639 was like what I was like really shocked to hear 00:12:54.639 --> 00:13:01.360 it which I was like okay like we've lost you 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:08.259 know because I paid attention to like the you 00:13:08.259 --> 00:13:12.100 know there was the Hayden Panettiere that had 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:15.980 passed away. Then there was Dolly Parton. Then 00:13:15.980 --> 00:13:20.460 there was Tim Curry. And I was like, these people 00:13:20.460 --> 00:13:23.019 have been, you know, in some form of entertainment, 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:27.879 like our entire time growing up. Yep. And then, 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:35.200 and then we get to, we get to, you know, this 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:45.539 news. And I was like, What the heck? It was just, 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:49.460 yeah, I was quite surprised to be honest. And 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:54.899 I still don't know what to think about it. I 00:13:54.899 --> 00:13:58.440 mean, I'm glad that he lived a nice long life. 00:13:58.580 --> 00:14:04.019 However, you know, it still sucks. I don't know. 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:08.720 It's, it's just, yeah. And the funny thing for 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:13.580 me was how I found out it wasn't that I was surfing 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:17.039 the web. It wasn't that I was on Twitter or Facebook 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:20.919 or Instagram. I mean, I was on like everything 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:23.240 I've already said. I did all that. But how I 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:27.299 initially first found out I was on discord talking 00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:30.799 to chaos. We were typing away at each other and 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.919 dragon Lord Kai from Kai dragon media messages 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:39.480 me on discord. Optimus Prime has died. And I 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:44.399 just looked at his message and I'm like, bullshit. 00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:48.320 I didn't type that back to him. I didn't type 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.820 anything to him. I immediately went to TFW2005 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:57.059 .com to check and see. And then I went to Tformers 00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:59.200 and then I went to AllSpark and then I went to 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:04.509 every Transformers website. and tfw 2005 was 00:15:04.509 --> 00:15:10.590 grayed out and i'm like oh oh oh shnikes oh no 00:15:10.590 --> 00:15:16.549 and then i went back to kai and i'm like oh shit 00:15:16.549 --> 00:15:26.029 what are we gonna do now what but yeah and it 00:15:26.029 --> 00:15:28.750 was kind of and i was seeing like the stuff going 00:15:28.750 --> 00:15:30.389 around the rounds, you know, all over the internet, 00:15:30.470 --> 00:15:33.629 everybody was like, Oh crap, man. And then quotes 00:15:33.629 --> 00:15:35.850 of Peter Cullen were coming up everywhere. And 00:15:35.850 --> 00:15:40.250 I was, I was, I was happy to see that. Yeah. 00:15:41.250 --> 00:15:43.590 And then, you know, there were individuals that 00:15:43.590 --> 00:15:46.970 were like, you know, this new, it's like a truck, 00:15:47.009 --> 00:15:52.169 uh, artwork is pretty tasteless now. Yeah. And 00:15:52.169 --> 00:15:54.629 I was looking at them and I was going, you know, 00:15:54.649 --> 00:15:58.789 you could look at it that way. Mm hmm. Or you 00:15:58.789 --> 00:16:02.730 could flip it. Yeah, that's the way it said. 00:16:02.970 --> 00:16:06.669 Yeah, I was like, you could look at as, you know, 00:16:06.669 --> 00:16:11.070 the joke that it was intended as. Yep. Or you 00:16:11.070 --> 00:16:12.549 could look at it from the other perspective. 00:16:13.350 --> 00:16:16.649 It hits like a truck because we lost Optimus 00:16:16.649 --> 00:16:19.850 Prime. Yeah, that's like we lost Peter Cullen. 00:16:19.950 --> 00:16:22.830 And so it still hits like a truck is like, yes, 00:16:22.830 --> 00:16:25.909 we lost Optimus Prime, you know, 40 years ago. 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:30.639 But we've just lost the man himself who voiced 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:39.960 it. And I don't know if it's... It hits at the 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:44.200 right time for the hits like a truck. I did like 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:47.399 the fact that with all of that, they changed 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:54.279 directions with the artwork from that to something 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:58.450 brighter. you know, on Optimus Prime to honor 00:16:58.450 --> 00:17:04.069 the man who played him. And I feel like I feel 00:17:04.069 --> 00:17:07.710 like Prime and Peter Cullen, although I didn't 00:17:07.710 --> 00:17:10.130 meet the man, seemed very genuine from everything 00:17:10.130 --> 00:17:14.309 I saw. It seemed very personable, very down to 00:17:14.309 --> 00:17:20.390 earth, loved his fans and was just grateful for 00:17:20.390 --> 00:17:22.950 where he'd landed having played Prime and G1. 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:26.480 as well as the live -action films, and then Transformers 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:30.180 Prime, and then the Machinima series for a short 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:36.480 stint. Rescue Bots. Yeah, and he was Optimus 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:40.920 Prime. And I'm grateful that I was able to meet 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:48.779 Frank Walker years ago at BotCon. And I'm glad 00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:50.599 that he's still around too, but it's going to 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:54.190 be just as painful watching him go. just because 00:17:54.190 --> 00:17:58.190 he's also unseen voices on countless other animated 00:17:58.190 --> 00:18:00.990 series. Yeah, Frank is everything. Frank is not 00:18:00.990 --> 00:18:04.430 just Megatron. Frank is Scooby -Doo. Frank is 00:18:04.430 --> 00:18:07.250 this. Frank is that. Yeah, Frank is everything. 00:18:07.650 --> 00:18:12.490 Yeah, so it's going to be rough when that day 00:18:12.490 --> 00:18:15.269 comes. And we're hitting, and it's really weird, 00:18:15.309 --> 00:18:18.309 too, because we're hitting this age where we're 00:18:18.309 --> 00:18:22.700 the old people. Yep. And... we still think of 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:24.779 ourselves of like, oh, 20 years ago, it was the 00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:29.420 80s. It's like, no. No, 20 years ago was 2007. 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:35.220 40 years ago was the 80s. So it's really weird, 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:37.380 especially for me, because I'm sitting here going, 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:44.599 I'm 40. The movie's 40. You know, in a few more 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:49.910 years, the 80s are gone. Yep. long gone like 00:18:49.910 --> 00:18:52.150 it's it's going to be over 45 years you know 00:18:52.150 --> 00:18:57.250 and it's so it's i'm on the one hand i'm i'm 00:18:57.250 --> 00:19:00.710 very thankful for the you know the life and all 00:19:00.710 --> 00:19:03.849 the people that have gotten to be in it uh you 00:19:03.849 --> 00:19:05.609 know through all of these different series that 00:19:05.609 --> 00:19:12.450 got me through uh all of the the the discomfort 00:19:12.450 --> 00:19:16.029 of my childhood my parents divorced the you know 00:19:16.029 --> 00:19:20.220 the crap of just growing up and, you know, prime 00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:23.599 was a staple primal was a staple, you know, they 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:26.099 both seemed like, you know, the surrogate parent, 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:28.380 you know, I looked at captain Kirk and captain 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:32.299 Picard the same way. So, I mean, these, these 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:34.599 legends that have, you know, more or less raised 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:36.599 us through these animated series and these television 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:42.619 series are, are great and they'll be missed. 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:45.119 And as we get older, we're going to see more 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:50.319 of. Our heroes from, you know, the 80s, 90s and 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:54.880 early 2000s pass away and it's going to get much 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:58.180 more difficult to watch the things. I mean, I 00:19:58.180 --> 00:20:00.660 even going back and watching Robin Williams films, 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:03.619 I've had the same thought of, you know, man, 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:08.839 this guy got taken way too soon. And. I know 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:16.309 Colin was 85, but. Just. The amount of stuff 00:20:16.309 --> 00:20:21.069 that I didn't realize he was in. Yeah. I mean, 00:20:21.130 --> 00:20:24.410 I listened to, you know, I watched E1. He did 00:20:24.410 --> 00:20:28.130 the Voltron, Defenders of the Universe, you know. 00:20:28.390 --> 00:20:31.450 Plus he was two different voices in that show. 00:20:31.549 --> 00:20:35.430 He was the voice of Coran, the old guy that helped 00:20:35.430 --> 00:20:38.089 the princess and the pilots, and he was the voice 00:20:38.089 --> 00:20:41.720 of something else as well in the show. He was 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:44.700 in GI Joe is, you know, wild bill among others. 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:50.200 Yeah. He, I mean, he's been in all kinds of stuff 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:52.660 that you just don't realize he was your, yeah. 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:54.759 He was the, or if you grew up with Winnie the 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:58.700 Pooh, I mean, you got your, he also was the voice 00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:01.640 of tsunami. Yeah. The announcer when we didn't 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:04.240 have Steve bloom doing the, you know, the Tom 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:07.019 bits or the, it's like when you were doing the 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:11.779 promos in between, he was Peter Allen. and oh 00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:15.380 my god i've i've re -watched that batman beyond 00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:20.059 promo like seven times well and he did that for 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:22.559 like yeah dragon ball z he did that for beast 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:25.440 wars when it was on on toonami he did it you 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:27.660 know so i've got all these clips of him over 00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:29.779 the years of of doing these things and i'm just 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:35.220 like man that's awesome yeah yeah he was such 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:39.180 a great Great voice actor. Such a great actor 00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:47.240 in general. Just simply amazing. Just wow. And 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:50.680 he did the video games. He did Transformer video 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:55.000 games. He did War for Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron, 00:21:55.039 --> 00:22:01.220 and Devastation. He was in the Robots in Disguise 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:03.440 series. He was in Titans Return and Power of 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:06.539 the Primes. He was in Rise of the Teenage Mutant 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:11.819 Ninja Turtles. Yep. He did Prime's voice in Fortnite. 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:19.119 Yep. He was in Invincible. He was in just the 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:23.220 amount of stuff. It's just mind boggling. He 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:26.059 also was the voice of the Predator. Yep. Those 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:29.059 Predator clicks. I remember watching that TFCon 00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:31.819 video that they took when they first. Oh, my 00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:37.619 God. That 2015. Yeah. But I think one of the 00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:44.000 best things that I ever saw was when Frank Welker 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:48.059 gave him that Lifetime Achievement Award. Holy 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:56.759 crap. That was so good. I mean, he was Monterey 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:02.839 Jack in Chippendale. Yep. The dude's been... 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:05.960 He's literally been a legend in everything that 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:11.720 we've seen over the years. And yeah, he'll 100 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:18.099 % be missed. Yep. He just absolutely will be. 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:25.000 You know, like, it just... And it's just one 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:30.519 of those things where you think of... When I 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:34.420 think of... Optimus Prime, the first thing I 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:38.880 think of is that voice and him and what he did. 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:46.779 We've said this for the last... Was it September 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:51.680 9th, 2008? No, it was August 9th, 2008 that you 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:55.819 started. Obviously, I wasn't there with you August 00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:59.150 9th, 2008, but... When you started all things 00:23:59.150 --> 00:24:01.549 Transformers, we've said this from the beginning, 00:24:01.589 --> 00:24:05.309 or at least since I've been on here. Oh, to be 00:24:05.309 --> 00:24:09.930 a fly on the wall of a Transformers, Sunbow Productions, 00:24:10.029 --> 00:24:14.529 Transformers Generation One voice session. Look 00:24:14.529 --> 00:24:17.470 at everybody we no longer have. Peter Cullen, 00:24:17.690 --> 00:24:21.390 Scatman Crothers, the voice director, Wally Burr. 00:24:21.430 --> 00:24:23.710 Wally Burr passed away a number of years ago. 00:24:23.869 --> 00:24:27.029 Lady Wreck mentioned that to me yesterday. I 00:24:27.029 --> 00:24:30.930 remember seeing him at TFCon in 2012. Yeah. Chris 00:24:30.930 --> 00:24:34.650 Lotta is no longer with us. Jack Angel, voice 00:24:34.650 --> 00:24:38.170 of Astrotrain, is no longer with us. There's 00:24:38.170 --> 00:24:41.450 so many people that are no longer with us. Peter 00:24:41.450 --> 00:24:44.309 Cullen, sadly, now is one of them. But you have 00:24:44.309 --> 00:24:47.450 all these amazing characters and voices and everything 00:24:47.450 --> 00:24:52.150 else up there doing their own voice session and 00:24:52.150 --> 00:24:55.140 doing whatever they're doing up there. And all 00:24:55.140 --> 00:25:03.259 that. And it just is just crazy. But man. Just 00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:10.240 the works that he has done. I just absolutely. 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:19.640 He was just amazing. Just an amazing person. 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:24.109 And you look at the filmography. Yes, he's done 00:25:24.109 --> 00:25:27.509 other things besides Transformers, but this man 00:25:27.509 --> 00:25:32.690 built a career. Even if it took years, like from 00:25:32.690 --> 00:25:37.869 1984, because I remember a clip of him where 00:25:37.869 --> 00:25:40.349 he said, oh, I hadn't been on it in a while. 00:25:40.690 --> 00:25:44.890 It's been years or whatever. And it kind of was, 00:25:45.369 --> 00:25:51.650 but I mean, I don't find a besides the film. 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:55.799 yeah it kind of was so yeah i guess the film 00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:59.680 was whatever but still like it just it's just 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:03.579 one of those things where you anytime he would 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:08.240 show up as optimus prime is just amazing and 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:15.759 he was an amazing man and uh turns out according 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:22.190 to I'm trying to get the source on this to make 00:26:22.190 --> 00:26:28.250 sure the source is right. At least until this 00:26:28.250 --> 00:26:33.250 link pops up, Wikipedia says he died of cardiac 00:26:33.250 --> 00:26:38.829 arrest. Who said that? Wikipedia. About Colin? 00:26:39.190 --> 00:26:44.630 Yes. There was something that came out. I just 00:26:44.630 --> 00:26:47.890 saw it. that his agent said he died of natural 00:26:47.890 --> 00:26:51.950 causes in his sleep. So. Okay. Well, we need 00:26:51.950 --> 00:27:02.930 to update that then. But, but yeah, the man will 00:27:02.930 --> 00:27:11.430 be missed and it's going to be so weird in the 00:27:11.430 --> 00:27:16.450 Transformers fandom. Because I think I said this 00:27:16.450 --> 00:27:21.589 to you off air. I don't think Hemsworth is going 00:27:21.589 --> 00:27:33.910 to be a good voice to pick up the mantle. He 00:27:33.910 --> 00:27:37.349 was a fine Orion Pax for that character, I guess, 00:27:37.390 --> 00:27:42.710 for me. I don't see Chris Hemsworth as the next 00:27:42.710 --> 00:27:49.190 Optimus Prime, in my personal opinion. Yeah, 00:27:49.250 --> 00:27:55.470 I mean, I can kind of see that. I don't know 00:27:55.470 --> 00:27:57.150 who they're going to get. I don't know what they're 00:27:57.150 --> 00:28:02.250 going to do. I don't know how much of a rush 00:28:02.250 --> 00:28:04.990 they're in to do anything, honestly, right now. 00:28:10.730 --> 00:28:13.269 I will say, since we are talking about this, 00:28:13.369 --> 00:28:16.569 I guess I did get it from Dan Gilvezan himself 00:28:16.569 --> 00:28:20.569 because he published it on his Instagram and 00:28:20.569 --> 00:28:24.009 Facebook. But TFW does have an article about 00:28:24.009 --> 00:28:26.289 unpublished interview with Peter Cullen from 00:28:26.289 --> 00:28:30.390 2017 available online. I read that interview. 00:28:30.569 --> 00:28:33.349 Oh, it's so good. I think Dan was originally 00:28:33.349 --> 00:28:36.950 going to put this in his book, but I'll have 00:28:36.950 --> 00:28:40.099 to send that to you. It was such a good read. 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:48.279 Absolutely amazing read. But yeah, Peter Cullen. 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:58.839 Just he will be missed. I agree. The apology 00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:03.539 tour is still going on. As you said earlier. 00:29:04.430 --> 00:29:07.210 It is a great piece of marketing. It just hits 00:29:07.210 --> 00:29:09.609 a little different now since Peter has passed 00:29:09.609 --> 00:29:14.450 away. But we do have a actual reveal of what 00:29:14.450 --> 00:29:18.789 is after the movie. And no, it is not just a 00:29:18.789 --> 00:29:22.190 Robosen reveal of whatever the next Robosen. 00:29:23.130 --> 00:29:26.930 automatic robot toy is the transformers the movie 00:29:26.930 --> 00:29:30.390 40th anniversary reveals peter cullen's final 00:29:30.390 --> 00:29:34.069 optimus prime performance so this is kind of 00:29:34.069 --> 00:29:40.529 like i'm gonna go out by being batman that's 00:29:40.529 --> 00:29:43.650 the first thing i thought of was the the jlu 00:29:43.650 --> 00:29:49.220 or the crisis on whatever blah blah blah So, 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:52.900 courtesy of Fathom and Hasbro, we have new information 00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:56.039 about the Transformers the movie 40th anniversary, 00:29:56.339 --> 00:30:01.019 revealing Peter Cullen's final Optimus Prime 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:04.400 performance. Following the credits of Transformers 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:06.819 the movie, audiences will get an exclusive look 00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:12.200 at Optimus Prime Awakening, a brand new 12 -minute... 00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:15.759 animated short that expands the story and gives 00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:18.420 the iconic Autobot leader one final adventure. 00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:24.900 This says, the short isn't simply being presented 00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:28.720 as a traditional post -credit scene either. Optimus 00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:31.460 Prime Awakening is described as a fully realized 00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:34.980 12 -minute cinematic event created as a love 00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:38.099 letter to the Transformers community and to Coen. 00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:40.859 The project also reunites Cullen with another 00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:43.880 legendary voice actor from the franchise. Frank 00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:47.440 Welker returns as Megatron and Soundwave, giving 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:50.240 the short one final story featuring two of the 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:53.400 most important characters in Transformers history. 00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:57.140 To our surprise, we finally have Frank Welker's 00:30:57.140 --> 00:31:00.559 statement about working with Cullen one final 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:04.180 time. Optimus Prime and Megatron were made for 00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:07.910 each other. After all, one needs the... Perfect 00:31:07.910 --> 00:31:12.769 hero against the epitome of evil to create great 00:31:12.769 --> 00:31:16.150 drama. Peter's portrayal of Prime was born of 00:31:16.150 --> 00:31:19.569 his own personal beliefs, honesty, loyalty, and 00:31:19.569 --> 00:31:22.529 always insisting on doing the right thing. This 00:31:22.529 --> 00:31:26.150 made it easy to be friends. Returning as Megatron 00:31:26.150 --> 00:31:29.369 and Soundwave for one final story opposite Peter's 00:31:29.369 --> 00:31:32.569 Optimus and Optimus Prime awakening was a real 00:31:32.569 --> 00:31:35.930 gift. I will miss my friend, but that voice and 00:31:35.930 --> 00:31:39.490 his heart. and values will always be part of 00:31:39.490 --> 00:31:43.789 Optimus Prime. This is sure a great surprise 00:31:43.789 --> 00:31:46.809 for all fans. The upcoming re -screening of the 00:31:46.809 --> 00:31:49.930 classic G1 Transformers movie will feel so different 00:31:49.930 --> 00:31:55.089 now till all are one. Let's see what else it 00:31:55.089 --> 00:31:57.970 says. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Transformers, 00:31:57.970 --> 00:32:02.150 the movie has Rojas crew. As a special animated 00:32:02.150 --> 00:32:06.059 short, as part of its broader... By the late 00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:08.980 Peter Cullen, Frank Welker. Animated short delivers 00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:11.980 emotional storytelling. Peter shared returning 00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:14.400 for Optimus Prime Awakening meant a great deal 00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:18.200 to him as he felt that the project was a homecoming 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:20.640 to the character he had shaped for more than 00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:24.500 four decades. Peter's performance reveals a deeper 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:28.000 vulnerability while retaining the unmistakable 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:31.000 strength and authenticity that made his portrayal 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:38.140 iconic. okay so that's already yeah so that's 00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:40.460 that's what's gonna be at the end of the movie 00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:44.319 so that's what all that was about the um the 00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:46.980 special performance or the special this or the 00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:51.019 this this this this this so that's what all that 00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:54.420 was so that's what's at the end of the movie 00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:57.559 here's i'm assuming this is what's going to happen 00:32:57.559 --> 00:33:03.049 uh is that going to be at The end of the movie 00:33:03.049 --> 00:33:06.710 on the physical media releases. That's my question. 00:33:07.170 --> 00:33:09.789 I don't know if it will or not, but I'm assuming 00:33:09.789 --> 00:33:11.589 so because they haven't released any information. 00:33:12.910 --> 00:33:19.730 Yeah, because I did go to... Why does Amazon 00:33:19.730 --> 00:33:26.009 always change their web color thing? Because 00:33:26.009 --> 00:33:29.259 I did go to Amazon. Hopefully this will be the 00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:33.099 last time I have to order a Transformers the 00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:39.140 movie physical media copy 40th anniversary. I 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:43.980 did preorder it. It is arriving November 20th. 00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:50.119 According to Amazon, it does say on it that the 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:57.809 art is not final. So it does have the. So let's 00:33:57.809 --> 00:34:01.650 see on Discord so you can see it. It has the 00:34:01.650 --> 00:34:04.210 one that we were trying to figure out where the 00:34:04.210 --> 00:34:09.150 art came from thing. If Discord will paste it. 00:34:09.210 --> 00:34:16.349 Come on, Discord. Really? Really, Discord? There 00:34:16.349 --> 00:34:20.429 we go. So it has that. But it does say art is 00:34:20.429 --> 00:34:22.989 not final. So I don't know what they're going 00:34:22.989 --> 00:34:27.300 to do. When I was taught when Mike Seibert and 00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:31.179 I were talking about this, honestly, at this 00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:35.639 point, you already leaned into 40 years later, 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:38.199 still hits like a truck, the Marcelo Matera art. 00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:42.199 Just leave it at this point. I know it kind of 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:45.500 feels yucky to still have that. But honestly, 00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:50.059 it's kind of an homage, even though Peter is 00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:56.079 no longer with us. But I'm trying to see. It 00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:59.699 does not directly say on Amazon what the features 00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:09.719 are, but I don't know. But yeah, that's coming 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:18.019 out in November. So yeah, Transformers the movie, 00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:26.190 40th anniversary, 4K. It's on DVD. It's everywhere. 00:35:27.750 --> 00:35:32.510 Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen. I hope you are resting 00:35:32.510 --> 00:35:38.889 in peace, sir, because we sure do miss you. Yeah, 00:35:38.929 --> 00:35:50.050 it's. Yeah. It sucks. It sucks. Yeah, I'm I'm 00:35:50.050 --> 00:35:51.590 looking forward to the movie and then seeing 00:35:51.590 --> 00:35:59.010 the the new 12 minute clip. Yep. It'd be nice 00:35:59.010 --> 00:36:03.250 if Hasbro or Hasbro Pulse or whatever would just 00:36:03.250 --> 00:36:05.570 put the 12 minute clip on their YouTube channel. 00:36:06.590 --> 00:36:14.349 And maybe they will. Maybe. Maybe they will. 00:36:14.469 --> 00:36:23.699 You never know. We'll see. You never know. Anyways, 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:26.599 I think that's I think that's everything, right? 00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:29.480 Yeah, I think that's everything for now. I don't 00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.699 think there's anything else like majorly going 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:33.920 on. Of course, I say that now. And of course, 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:37.780 as soon as we hit stop, some sort of major news 00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:42.219 is going to. Oh, my God, they did this or oh, 00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:46.739 my God, they did that or oh, my God. You know, 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:49.099 that's what's going to happen as soon as it always 00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:59.360 happens that way. I think that about rounds this 00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:01.739 episode out. Let us know on the comment section 00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:07.159 what you guys think. Also, let us know what your 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:11.179 memories are or what your connection is to Peter 00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:13.739 Cullen if you got a chance to meet the man or 00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:22.360 how you feel about all that stuff. 100%. Yep. 00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:29.980 So until next time, transform and transcend. 00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:44.260 Yes. Got some big news, but let's get the big 00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:48.639 guy to help me out. In the distant future, mankind 00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:54.420 has reached the stars. A mechanized army of circuitry 00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:57.960 and metal, cold and emotionless, to carry out 00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:02.000 tasks without conscience. Cartoon Network is 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:05.679 proud to present... Four hours of action like 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:11.579 you've never seen before. IGPX. All -new Dragon 00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:17.900 Ball Z. The Spirit Detective Yu Yu Hakusho. Baroni 00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:25.030 Kitchen. 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Together, 00:40:17.889 --> 00:40:23.550 stay back. Did I miss anything? Batman. Superman. 00:40:23.849 --> 00:40:27.730 A special one -hour video you're learning. World's 00:40:27.730 --> 00:40:36.190 finest. Next Friday at 5. Only to Ami. For centuries 00:40:36.190 --> 00:40:39.780 untold. The Transformers have waged war across 00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:44.420 the universe. Move out! On one side, Autobots, 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:48.840 peaceful defenders of Cybertron. On the other, 00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:52.659 Decepticons, destructive scourge of the galaxy. 00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:57.260 You have no way to stop us. The prize? Medicons, 00:40:57.500 --> 00:41:00.719 an ancient race of power -enhancing Transformers. 00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:04.960 Inadvertently... Two teams have activated a signal. 00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:08.400 Bringing the chaos of this war to planet Earth. 00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:12.360 You have something in mind. 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