Jim Cummings turns 56 years young today!

From all your fans, Mr. Cummings, we wish you a wonderful birthday and thank you for the joy you have brought us over the years!

Fans, leave your birthday message for JC below!

For more information about the event, however, please visit this great article from MovieVine.

For pictures of everyone else at the star studded event, see here. (You will, like me, find yourself outraged at every random scrub that somehow got their picture taken in place of JC who is actually IN the movie.)

A very special thanks goes to Griffelkin who took some screen captures of Jim Cummings in his pivotal role as a drunken party guest.

Also included to help you set the stage for these photos are what IMDB deems to be his memorable quotes from this scene.

Quote #1

Drunken Party Guest (JC): He’s retranslating the Code of Hammurabi from the ancient Persian to the ancient Greek to the ancient Roman to the ancient Gaelic right to English.
Leo Matuzik (Billy West): Wow.
Drunken Party Guest: He wants to know…”the know”.
Leo Matuzik: [nodding] “The know.”

Quote #2:

[the party guest is extolling the virtues of his hallucinogenic drink]
Drunken Party Guest: You know you’re there when you’ve seen the green fairy.
Ricky (Jess Harnell): The Hulk? What, is the green fairy the Hulk? Dude, I’m way into the Hulk. Is that him?
Drunken Party Guest: [rubbing his temples] Give me strength. No, no.
Ricky: I’m curious, because if drinking that would get me hooked up with the Hulk, I’d be into it.
Drunken Party Guest: That is when you know that you are in touch with your inner brain stem.
Ricky: When the Hulk is hanging with you?
Drunken Party Guest: That is when you know that you are in the place occupied by Poe.
Ricky: And Bill Bixby.

I am trying to get my hands on a video clip of this appearance but, in the meantime, these stills should give you a taste of it.

Acting!

Seriously, though. . .is my tie really that ugly?

I think this one speaks for itself.

For more images of Jim Cummings, please visit the gallery.

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Some of the following links are busted. I will fix them soon so please bear with me in the meantime and bookmark this page to revisit soon. Thanks!

It’s true! That man of man vocal talents is also a fantastic singer! And while you have most likely heard these songs before, I’ll bet in many of them you never realized that it was Jim Cummings! So, hear (hee hee) for your enjoyment are selections from and full songs from different spots in Jim’s Career.

Disclaimer: Several of these files are in MP3 or WAV format for the sake of space so that I could fit them on my website. They are intended for you to listen to and then delete. Please purchase the actual CD’s to support Jim’s career!

As Singing Voice:

• Be Prepared (from The Lion King)- Jeremy Irons did sing some of this song but Jim Cummings takes over after the phrase “You won’t get a sniff without me!” which is where this clip begins.

• In the Dark of the Night (from Anastasia)- Christopher Loyd may have played the voice of Rasputan, but check Jim out as the villain’s singing voice. His chilling best!

• Savages (from Pocahontas)- Russell Means may have been there to represent ethnic diversity, but when it came time to do some singing, Jim Cummings sang for both of his two characters. You can hear them both in this clip.

• Steady As the Beating Drum (reprise) (from Pocahontas)- Here is Jim’s big solo from the Disney classic.

Singing As His Own Characters:

• Birthday (from Bugs and Friends Sing the Beatles)- After Mel Blanc died, Jim Cummings took over most of the projects which involved the Tazmanian Devil (though oddly, not Space Jam). This CD Features Jim on many different tracks and is a very worth while and amusing addition to your collection.

• The King (from Darkwing Duck)- Darkwing Rocks! Check out this great number from the days of the old school Disney Afternoon. Full song!

• Little Girl Blue (from Darkwing Duck)- This is one of my all time favorite parts from the pilot episode when DW and Goslyn first meet. Really sweet!

• Theme (from Bump in the Night)- This is Jim flexing his vocals in his Annie Nominated performance as Mr. Bumpy.

• Rough Tough Burly Sailor Song (from Gummi Bears)- This song is from the very hard to find Disney Afternoon Soundtrack and features Jim singing as Zummi Gummi.

• Friends For Life (from Tale Spin)- This selection is also from the elusive Disney Afternoon Soundtrack and is a duet between Baloo (Ed Gilbert) and Louie (our boy Jim).

• Theme (from Bonkers)- OK, so Jim himself doesn’t sing this one, but since he played both main characters and he makes funny screaming in the background of this song, I just had to add it.

Jim Speaks!

For those of you that still doubt Mr. Cummings’ amazing vocal range, we have included wavs of many of his most quotable quotes form his most memorable characters.

We tried to represent as many voices as possible but any wavs of that you find of characters that are not represented here would be greatly appreciated! Just send them to us. . .