Orson Welles - Frozen Peas

[WanderLink]

Orson Welles was a famous dolphin right?

[walrusguyjr]

lol Orson Welles is the Christian Bale of the 1940's

[AlessandraW19]

He is too talented to be doing a frozen pea commercial.

[Kohntarkosz]

I love the bit where he says "I wouldn't direct any living actor like this in Shakespeare" and "You're such pests!".

[BakRU84]

Full of country goodness, and green pea-ness.

[Pijus1991]

I AM UNICRON!!!

[WhatsReallyGoingOn84]

You don't know what I'm up against.

[Kev95682]

For my next trick, I will make this jug of wine disappear.

[Larce89]

@zaelie: That's one of the best YouTube comments I've ever read. XD

[WhatsReallyGoingOn84]

@Larce89 Agreed:)

[evelsteev]

Orson dude, just stop with your bitching, and READ the copy. Holy crap.

[darcon81]

Can you imagine what will Michael Bay experienced if he worked in an Orson Welles movie?

[marlboroman1985]

"Mwaaahaaa...crumb crisp cosy"

[brambers]

Your friend

[zaelie]

I know a secluded video on Youtube where Orson Welles be tellin it like it is. His truth gushing forth like shoals of logic and th- This isn't conversationally written!

[irishtrash15]

You'd think a guy like Orson Welles would have enough money to not need to do commercials like this.

[crazidog4447]

I only put this on cuz Pinky And the Brain made fun of it

[Joesus44]

"This is a lot of shit, you know that"

[iMerkzZx2k]

lol, "what a load of shit".

[notpeterhansen]

The concept that a great man like Orson Welles had to do frozen pea commercials later in life to get by .. It's so disheartening ..

[Raiher]

@notpeterhansen Agreed.

[PMnews1]

They should listen to Wells. Few people had a better and more eloquent understanding of speaking English then he. He was a difficult person to deal with but he was a perfectionist and he would not compromise on what he thought was perfection. He was not going to have his name and and voice on something he thought was crap.

[CitizenLegg]

3:50-3:55 I thought he was gonna cry there.

[MrBuch169169]

Mm, that's tough, crumb crest coating.

[MrBuch169169]

You don't know what I'm up against!

[legunncat]

@MrBuch169169 I love saying this to people at random times.

[marlboroman1985]

Probably more educational than that Nostradamus documentary he made.

[masonkim7]

I wish I had the power/influence/reputation/tal­ent to act this ignorant.

[DTMENACE62]

LOL.WELL AS LONG AS HES DONE BY 6PM BECAUSE BY THEN HE AN PINKY MUST DO AS THEY DO EVRY NIGHT,AN THATS TO TRY AN TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!! NOW PLEASE PASS THE FISH STICKS AN FROZEN PEAS.

[MarkLipka]

Orson is ATTEMPTING to help them. They are not OPEN to help.

[EGarrett01]

He's being a douche, but Orson is right about everything he says in this clip. The text he's reading is awkward and poorly-written, and the directing he's receiving is also quite bad.

[Raquethands]

The guy he's talking to kind of sounds like Peter Lorre.

[zhinka]

alas, he was indeed a professinal. It is too bad he was the Only one who had any mental ability in this clip,the other man needs to go back to gradeschool and learn punctuation and how to write.

[KingKornholio]

Oh! What luck! There's a French Fry stuck in my peaness.

[mondaywar]

fellas, youre losing our heads

[george77772moons]

Oh yes... Yes! They're even better RAW!

[Mike7124]

I'll go down on ya?? 01:15

[purvicide]

How could artistic integrity be an issue for voicing an advertisement? To participate in an ad, all integrity is out the window.

[KingKornholio]

Full of country goodness and green peaness.

[Assimandelini]

@KingKornholio

Wait, that's terrible. I quit.

... just a handful for the road...

[mysterykcad]

y so srs Wells?

[Alistairville]

If only all actors were so conscientious in their reading of commercials!

[b1bIs1337]

He could do it with some Blotto Bros. Wine

[Andro7093]

No 720p? D:

[whendovescry2000]

It is ever so sad. One of the most brilliant actor, writer, director of the 20th century whose value diminished to copy reading. This is what the Hollywood machine does to talent and genius. And today we create stars from home porno movies, reality shows and one hit films.

[ckreuzb]

25 people are in the depths of ignorance. 

[woltz9999]

Its funny that he never did know how far he had fallen. still thinking he was an A list actor LOL, but it wouldnt have been as funny if he was. R.I.P. Unicron!

[Ebrainiac1]

There’s much pea-ness going on here.

[NeverDoubt1]

Oh the big director just didn't like having to do commercials...

[ElDuffeSanchez]

"There's too much directing going on here" lol

[horfhorse1]

I love his voice

[L3re7z]

Full of country goodness and green pea-ness

Wait, thats terrible

[mytube373]

He has had too much Mogen David..."we will sell no wine before its time".

[GrassValleyGreg]

That's just idiotic; if you'll forgive me for saying that.... That's just stupid.

LMAO

[dcavalli9]

Orson Welles is one of the greatest actors of all time, and he can't say "crumb-crisp coating"!

[mulletboater]

"what is it you want in the depths of your ignorance" whatever it is i can,t deliver it"

[J5MARLON]

If I was the director I would say "just say it how you would say it." and "here is your money good bye."

[mphello]

The 3-and-half-hour one-man show, "Frozen Peas", by author, playwright, and actor Orson Welles: now playing at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon.

"the DEPTHS of your ignorance!" ROFL!!

[mphello]

I have never met a man who hates the month of July so much.

[aaatomizer]

why is the way he says "crumbed crisp coating" so amusing?

[goobershniztel]

If you turn on the closed captioning, it's even more hilarious.

[DCTriv]

@goobershniztel That's awesome :D

[goobershniztel]

@DCTriv Inorite? The closed captioning beta for youtube is pretty damn hilarious.

[nachorrico]

it's even better when you're dead!

[miyonchees]

I love this man with all my heart.

[Bobzeaux]

Can you imagine the rage he'd experience if ever he worked in a Michael Bay movie? O_o

[cyberwing777]

@Bobzeaux lol...no way he would ever lower himself to that level.

[MrLunitunz]

@Bobzeaux He'd walk. No question.

Of course, the only reason a genius like Orson Welles would've had cause to work for a moron like Bay would be money. That's why Orson did things like this commercial.

[bkirch2011]

25 people emphasized the "IN" in "In July ..."

[drroxxo1]

oh what luck, theres a french fry stuck in my beard.

[migduh]

@drroxxo1 Ohhm...yes! they're even better when you're dead!!

[bloggaloggs]

@drroxxo1 It was a fish stick!

[TheCoolProfessor]

Orson was right. The copy was poorly written!

[CJPrime931]

Who found this recording?

[0428mar]

@CJPrime931 This is from the compilation""nick bougas celebrities at their worst"

[therealkraas]

The idiots should have just let him read it. It was Orson fucking Welles, he didn't need any directing to VO a damned frozen food commercial.

[ihatespam2]

Orson is the best!

[oohnumques]

-"I will provide you with a new body and new troops to command."

-The emphasis on new and not body, it makes no sense. Explain to me how this makes grammatical sense to a Cybertronian and I'll go down on you.

[upliftzippy]

loool

[AbsoluteMonarchist]

@upliftzippy - What is it you want? What is it you want in the depths of your ignorance?

[Captnspork]

@AbsoluteMonarchist Funny thing I saw your comment as he was saying it and it kinda blew my mind on the timing haha.

[moeskido]

Hilarious. The legend is incapable of doing a professional job on someone else's project.

[sinjyn66]

Oh man he's great - frozen "pea ness" bwaahahha...

[cyanidemaiden]

I reinstate some words from my last comment corrected, a handful for the road.

[cyanidemaiden]

Green penis......wait thats terrible I quit. I'll take a few peas for the road. *munch munch*

OH what luck, there's a french fry stuck in my beard.

[Aniihya]

peaness

[AbsoluteMonarchist]

@Aniihya - Crumbed, crisp coating...we know a little place in the American far-west where Charlie Briggs chops up the finest priary-fed beef and takes...this is a lot of shit.

[MiHiVidz]

Sure glad they didn't ask Orson to make a dedication to a little dog named "Snuggles".

[heashon2000]

"Impossible! Meaningless!"

"He said it. YOUR FRIEND."

[swami1]

"You are such PESTS!" Bahahahaha.

[Theburn77]

this guy made the single most well known radio broadcast ever and the single greatest American film and he's doing commercials for peas and hamburgers?

[thelastgreenelf]

@Theburn77 Oh yeah, and for one simple reason: he needed the cash. As I understand it, in his later years, the only way he could direct the movies he wanted to make was to finance them himself, hence the commercials and the acting parts, but unfortunately for Welles, there were several projects he was never able to finish, primarily because he never had enough cash to finish them.

[KairuHakubi]

Crumb Crisp Coating. He's like Uncle Phil there.

[JohnFordDanceTroupe]

And now for a little magic, I shall make this script disappear.

*consumes script*

[em23]

@JohnFordDanceTroupe wait that's terrible i quit!

[FidelCastro128]

Oh, Boy! Orson tears a new one to this producer. What did he expect? Writers

offering such tripe for a spot. Tape operators & audio leaks, bloody classic

material here!

[YourFaceWillDie468]

I lurve the way he says "July."

[DrThemoWorm]

I can't help but think about when they made fun of this on The Critic.

"Full of country goodness and green pea-ness" :P

[pixargod]

@DrThemoWorm

"Wait, that's terrible I quit!"

[Fightosaurus]

At no point did this pea commercial 'director' ever seem to realize that he was arguing the finer points of voice performance with possibly THE single most innovative and greatest radio and film writers, directors, and performers to have EVER LIVED; someone whose works seem destined to eternally merit the top spots of every serious critic's favorites list. It's like listening to some slob try to teach da Vinci to paint.

[sparta816]

green peaness

[shoegeezr]

"impossible. . .meaningless. . . .unrewarding." Orson is talking about the lowly pea script. Perhaps he argued and walked off because he needed to pee without a script. This must be where the writer of TOOTSIE got the idea for the difficult actor character Dustin Hoffman played. Incredibly funny. "No money is worth this." The indignity and despair at the realization he has fallen from CITIZEN KANE and MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS to mindless frozen pea commercials. Incredibly sad.

[matt543284732]

Crumb crisp coating. Crumb cisp croating. Cumb crisp croating... cumb cisp...

[DevoBassGirl]

I finally get "The Critic" references now!

[osharemind]

Someone should've gotten him a jury! Bless his soul.

[MartinPerssonDotName]

At least these peas were not full of green pea-ness.

[drugsnbeer]

"This is a lot of SHIT, you know that."

I can actually smell the hate in his voice when he says that. L O freakin' L.

[luckyjinxer]

The voice actor for 'The Brain' always said this audio word for word to warm up in prep for his role... awesome.

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[golddemona]

Every second I listen to this, I am further amazed by Maurice LeMarche's ability to imitate this.

[RDICKINSON08]

ThumbsUP if Pinky and theBrain led you to this Rant  lol

[droneforever]

@RDICKINSON08 I learned of this rant from the Negativland song that samples it.

[fardaypu]

it took Orson welles death for us to see what a brilliant life he led.he was only doing the ad s to make movie. his talk show would of been brilliant.please look for it. but he was a cranky bugger. bless him.

[wikiporno]

full of vitimans and green peaness.

[JOSKE123100]

Welles is right.

i don't care, he's Orson fucking Welles

[megamarsvin]

Imagine hiring the living legend Orson Welles for a commercial, basically getting free advice to improve your shoddy commercial and then getting annoyed at the fact.

[mustang6172]

We'll do it live. We'll do it fucking live!

[bashfulbrother]

Somebody give the baby his bottle. YEEEESSSS!!!!!

GREEN PEANESSS.

"Too much directing around here!" ??????

[bashfulbrother]

Somebody give the baby his bottle. YEEEESSSS!!!!!

GREEN PEANESSS.

[ccnea]

Rosebud..... Yes! rosebud frozen peas! full of country goodness and green pea-ness. wait, that's terrible! i QUIT! maybe just a handful for the road.. MMM oh what luck! there seems to be a french fry stuck in my beard!

[Uberskull]

@ccnea Om yum om nom, oh yeah, nom, om...

[InvisibleDiary]

"We know a little place in the American far west... where Charlie Briggs chops up the finest prairie said beef and takes...this is alot of shit you know that?" xD

[nickdrummer2004]

24 people couldn't emphasize "In" July

[TheTyrantDragon]

This video is full of green peaness.

(why couldn't I resist that urge?)

[budb78]

Orson Welles was a genius, I don't blame him for trying to direct a frozen peas commercial. It's what he did, and he did it better than anyone.

[Phobos15]

Oh god, Family Guy has got to make fun of this.

[Hammi4Real]

@Phobos15 The Critic already made fun of this yeeeeears ago.

[LibraHorse1]

@Hammi4Real and Animaniacs.

[Hammi4Real]

@LibraHorse1 yeah since maurice lamarche was in both cartoons, they seized chance to make orson welles jokes ;D

[TheJGoolsby]

@Phobos15 no....no they dont. Please God, no they dont.

[TetsuDeinonychus]

@Phobos15 NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Besides, The Critic and Pinky and the Brain already did it.

[Filmzie]

Muhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh the peas.

[Icix1]

Wait why is Orson Welles doing a peas commercial? What exactly did he expect?

[iamthemoneyj]

No wonder he started coming to commercials drunk

[Kev95682]

If I were on that jury, I would agree with Mr. Welles.

[DietSoap3]

I like how he's blowing a gasket over the script and directional quality of a goddamn frozen pea commercial.

[WeeklyTubeShow2]

"The way you do this is impossible!"

[xelnagahomie]

Fucking Peas.

[stabnshoot]

Full of country goodness and green peaness.

[Csp499]

@stabnshoot "...wait, that's terrible!"

[stabnshoot]

@Csp499 I quit!...just a handful for the road *mm mmm mm.*; Oh what luck, there's a french fry stuck in my beard!"

[tweepixie]

@stabnshoot at least orson knows what a green peaness is :) everyone says they are very hard to find,but, they feel g8 :)

[SanosukeTanaka]

"20 times more then any other commercial" "no money is worth this"

[obiwanobiwan13]

Yes, always, Orson--YOU ARE ALWAYS RIGHT!

How DARE they tell THE Orson Welles how to read that script!

You don't direct genius, genius directs everything and everyone else!

Orson Welles--one of the greatest talents ever to grace the stage and screen, acting, writing, and directing...and if you don't believe that, just ask him! ;)

[BlackScorpionSkull]

damn dawg. i gots ta get me some of those there frozen peas.

[pntm]

He gambled a blowjob on whether he was grammatically correct or not. In all seriousness, he is amazing.

[IAmTheEvilMonkey]

@gettavid Damn Skippy! He was the man!!

[Bobzeaux]

I'd love to hear the outtakes from Transformers: The Movie. *lol*

[sserpent21]

"This is a lot of shit!"  Orson Welles needs to be around today.

[lehighmark]

the guy rewrote most parts he played.. even if not used..... the producer should have had him rewrite it there and do it... would have been the best pea commercial ever. I can't imagine someone who can't respect a guy with his immense talent.

[MalchikBlue]

Here under protest is beef burgers.

[thefroh1]

MYAAAAHHHHHHH THE FRENCH.........

[Wookiestick]

Gotta say Orson Welles is over-reacting to a silly commercial about peas. You're getting paid. Read the lines, get over it.

[MrHalfAwake]

@gettavid

this isn't being treated like a slave. Really try working a real non acting job once in a while for minimum wage with no benefits. Just read the damn paper and go home we could have had this knocked out in one take and you'd never have to see them again.

I have every respect for the man but Ive worked some pretty shitty jobs for myself so he won't get any sympathy here when all he had to do was read the damn paper and go home.

[gjc82071]

@MrHalfAwake As great as Wells was, there is little doubt that we could be just a bit, arrogant at time, lol. "The right way to read it, is the way i'm reading it!", LOL. Talk about an ego! Granted the directors were incompetent imbeciles, & this type of work may have been beneath the talents of a man of such genius, I highly doubt Orson was dragged to the studio against his will & tied to a chair. He chose to be there & was being paid for it. Read the F&@^ing lines, they way your told.

[TreyRoque]

@MrHalfAwake I look forward to your equivalent of Citizen Cane or War of the Worlds.

[rotivevan]

@gettavid cmon, professionalism is professionalism, as you said he was hired, so shut up and say ur lines right, stop being a hollywood divaaaaa

[will8787]

Oh my god, i just heard orson welles make a felatio reference.

[spooned0]

lol, orson welles is such a child

[visaman]

@spooned0 I dare you say that to his face!

[BOSOX9004]

"This is a lot of shit, you know that?"

[codemonkeybrains]

On the one hand, the producers are obviously being disrespectful to a legend.  On the other, Welles doesn't seem to understand it's just a fucking pea commercial.

[reluctable]

@codemonkeybrains I think they were as respectful as he deserved on the day, he was a nightmare. And it has to be exhausting being accomodating to an actor on the slide all too aware of his own legendary status and making your job a misery because he's pissed off that he sold out his name and voice for a buck. It must be painful for a fan of his work to hear him in this situation, but there are bonafide geniuses who kept their modesty and this man comes across as a bit of an arrogant tool imo.

[robynsegg]

@codemonkeybrains: You are absolutely right! I couldn't agree w/ you more!

[airink64]

Orson Welles is so good and his story shows how corporate power can crush anyone. I'm glad to see all of the positive comments. If you don't dig Orson, then you are just as sad, stifled, and simple as his early contemporaries.

your negative comments are "tough on the ear, unpleasant to read, unrewarding..."

[jamasianman]

You gotta admit, the man was damn entertaining.

[peng1965a]

There will NEVER be another!

If anyone has not read his biography, you should.

A Genius!

Love him!

I wept the day he passed away!

[MrChristmas365]

You have a bunch of no-talent chumps treating a great actor like dirt. They're not worthy of licking his balls.

[monk864]

Orson wells FTW

[EdgarKritik]

Nah...this can be typical. The best VO artists I've worked with are the ones who come in, give it there all with what they're given, smile and move on to the next job. I respect Welles for the artist he was, but this was uncalled for by him.

[dalektaliban]

ahh daneh daneh like this in the background what the fuck is it with you?!