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Rob Paulsen

Rob Paulsen is an American voice actor and singer, who has done many voice roles in various films, television shows, and video games, including Raphael and Donatello from the 1987 and 2012 cartoons respectively of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Yakko Warner, Dr. Otto Scratchansniff, and Pinky from Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain; Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its spin-off television show series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius; Peck the Rooster from Barnyard and its spin-off television show series Back at the Barnyard; and the title character in The Mask: Animated Series. In total, Paulsen has been the voice of over 250 different animated characters and performed in over 1000 commercials. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his role as Pinky, and three Annie Awards. Having grown up in Michigan, Rob has played for many years on a Celebrity team in Hollywood. They play the alumni of NHL teams around the US and Canada to raise money for children’s charities. His memoir “Voice Lessons” was released in October 2019 by Start Publishing.

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Blue-collar worker in The Dream Factory

As so many odd, musical, silly, joy-filled critters have been granted asylum in his head, Rob Paulsen is quite adept at creating and improvising on the fly. That skill has served him well in Hollywood recording studios for over forty years as a "blue-collar worker in The Dream Factory." Now, he’s REALLY excited to use his love of extemporaneous speaking and improv to work with you in creating a program which ticks every box for your needs. Entertaining, inspiring, motivating, fundraising or just plain fun-raising, Rob cannot help but bring the same joy and excitement which led to the creation of Raphael, Yakko, Donatello, Pinky, Carl Wheezer, Mighty Max and a bunch'a others to your audience. And yes, he can still name sing all the countries in the animated musical classic, “Yakko’s World” from Animaniacs. (Ask him. He'll do it.)

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Laughter is the best medicine; the cool thing is, you can’t OD and refills are free

It turns out that courage, empathy and joy, like love, often come from the most unexpected places...like Raphael, Yakko, Pinky, Donatello, etc. An inspirational discussion of the power of laughter provided by Rob Paulsen’s characters in his own battle with throat cancer and the ways in which that power’s available to us all. Joy is something we can all cultivate to inspire us in handling the most difficult moments in life and motivate us and others we encounter to find the joy; often in the darkest places. "The 'Butterfly Effect." It is real and since we truly are all "in this together," opportunities to help one another present themselves daily. A story of how your livelihood can save your own life: never take a vacation from your avocation.

Chatting with Your Childhood: A Saturday Morning Seminar

As the voice of over 250 animated characters, including Raphael, Yakko Warner, Pinky, Carl Wheezer and Donatello, Rob Paulsen’s voice was an integral part of your childhood and now your children’s. And having been 50% of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and reprising his roles as Yakko and Pinky in Hulu’s reboot of the iconic, “Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs,” Rob provides an authentically nostalgic, inside view of the creation and connection of culturally significant characters which span two generations. A celebration of the power of joy that connects us all from our earliest memories.

Script readings

Perfect for a corporate family event or a creative seminar. Often, Rob will find that kids, parents and even grandparents are quite familiar with his characters and when he has a few folks join him onstage to play with a couple Ninja Turtles reenacting a favorite episode from their childhood, well, let's just say, "COWABUNGA!"

Books

Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky and an Animaniac Saved My Life

Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky and an Animaniac Saved My Life

Rob Paulsen is one of Hollywood's busiest, most talented, and most passionate performers. If you don't know him by name, you will know him by the many characters he has brought to life: Pinky from Pinky and the Brain and Yakko from Animaniacs, the tough but loveable Raphael from the original animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and many more.

So, you can imagine how terrifying it must have been when Rob was diagnosed with throat cancer, putting his entire livelihood in jeopardy and threatening to rob the world of all his loveable characters that filled our youth and adulthood with humor and delight.

Voice Lessons tells the heartwarming and life-affirming story of Rob's experience with an aggressive cancer treatment and recovery regimen, which luckily led to a full recovery. Rob quickly returned to doing what he loves most, but with a much deeper appreciation of what he came so close to losing. His new lease on life inspired him to rededicate himself to his fans, particularly the new friends he made along the way: hundreds of sick children and their families. Rob said it best himself: "I can not only continue to make a living, but make a difference, and I can't wait to use that on the biggest scale that I can."

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Testimonials

The event was incredible! Rob was a complete joy to have!!

Rob Paulsen is an absolute treasure. … His wildly spectacular and emotional keynote address provided our artists on the autism spectrum no shortage of insight, wit and wisdom. Rob armed our grads with the kind of inspiration and confidence that will power their journey to gainful employment in the digital arts! We cannot thank him enough.

Rob embodies everything an organization can hope for in a spokesperson. His enthusiasm is unmatched! But more importantly, his ability to share his story in a way that is inspiring, hopeful, warm, and down-to-earth is priceless.

Rob embodies everything you want in a speaker – entertaining, insightful, passionate, and engaging. He made the packed theatre laugh, cry, and think. The audience leaped to their feet at the end of this performance for a standing ovation. Even more remarkable was working with Rob off-stage. Many celebrity speakers can be aloof or race for the exit after their talk. Not Rob. He stayed long after his session to sign books, take selfies, and “play the hits” – slipping into character after character to repeat everyone’s favorite catchphrases from his countless shows. The attendees were delighted as Rob helped them recapture their youth.

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