# Help me pick a voice for my puppeting assignment **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283 "2011-07-25T17:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/1 "2011-07-25T17:33:58Z")
Our church has VBS next week and I’ve been given the assignment of working the puppet. His name is Scraps the Raccoon. You can see a picture of him [here.](http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductLargeImage.aspx?pid=920079&op=image) Apparently he works in a cafe. That’s all that I know about him. I’m usually pretty good with voices but I’m having a hard time coming up with how Scraps should sound. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I’m a guy with a fairly deep voice so anything like Shari Lewis’ Lambchop won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/2 "2011-07-25T18:12:29Z")
Can he sound like [Barth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F44bLc6t7-I&feature=related)? He works in a cafe and has a fairly deep voice. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/3 "2011-07-25T18:57:22Z")
I’d go with something close to Foghorn Leghorn…or maybe Yosemite Sam if Scraps has rabies… ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/4 "2011-07-25T19:11:22Z")
For general wildlife I’m sort of partial to Joey’s Mr. Woodchuck voice from [Full House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkX-ZOB5Hg&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/5 "2011-07-25T19:14:45Z")
A.L.F. Hmmm, or maybe the Aardvark from that old cartoon. The one who sounded like Jackie Mason. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/6 "2011-07-26T03:17:19Z")
Barth would be pretty easy to do but I think he would scare the kids. I could do a passable Foghorn Leghorn. I like the Mr. Woodchuck voice but I don’t know if I can do it. I’ll work on it. Since I’m in rural Oklahoma, I don’t think any of the kids would pick up on the humor of the Aardvark. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/7 "2011-07-26T04:26:00Z")
Make him sound like Pee Wee Herman! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/8 "2011-07-26T15:31:31Z")
Punch. Anjudy. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/9 "2011-07-26T15:36:23Z")
I suggest James Mason or Sean Connery. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-voice-for-my-puppeting-assignment/590283/10 "2011-07-26T16:15:26Z")
If he works in a cafe and wears a chef’s hat, I don’t think Foghorn Leghorn would do. What kind of cafe is it? Is he slinging hash or is he sauteing Gratinée de Coquille St Jacques. Put the character in context. That will help.