I wanted to give you a sneak peek at Jim Cummings’ two songs as Ray in the upcoming The Princess and The Frog.

I have been trying for a while to get my streaming audio player to work and I just can’t get it to cooperate so I am posting these on the honor system. These are meant for you to listen to as a preview so listen to them and enjoy but then, please, delete the file and support Jim Cummings’ career by purchasing the music yourself.

Gonna Take You There
performed by Jim Cummings featuring Terrance Simien on Accordion

Ma Belle Evangeline
performed by Jim Cummings featuring Terence Blanchard on Trumpet

If anyone knows of a good plugin or other tool for posting audio on Wordpress, please let me know. The search has been frustrating!

Here is a little trick or treat for Jim Cummings fans. The Halloween episode from the Disney Channel classic Dumbo’s Circus.

Look for Jim Cummings as Lionel the Lion (dressed like a skeleton for most of the episode).

Happy Halloween!

I’m sorry for getting “The Day the Spooky Circus Came to Town” stuck in your head.

There is a great, 15 minute interview with Jim Cummings available to listen to in full here.

Jim Cummings fans will love this new interview from ABC News.

There was another big feature on Jim Cummings this weekend in the Ventura County Star which is the same website that did the feature on JC when he was selling his house a while back.

Long time readers will recognize this video from the article about Jim Cummings selling his house a while back but since Ventura County Star repeated this video with their newest article I figured I would repeat it here in turn. If you didn’t get a chance to watch it the first time, it’s a great interview with Jim doing multiple voices.

“This year I’m going with either Vanessa or Amy,” Cummings said, summing up his competition. “I think folks go down the line and go: ‘Jim Cummings? I don’t really know who that is. Oh, Joan Rivers, Vanessa Williams, I love her; let’s vote for her.’ You can’t fight that. I understand why they do it.” [SOURCE]

While Smokey the Bear is currently voiced by actor Sam Elliott, Jim Cummings also voiced the famous bear for a time and before that, Jackson Weaver. No matter who is playing his voice, however, Smokey has been reminding everyone that “Only you can prevent forest fires” for 65 years. Smokey is the longest running Ad Council campaign in history.

Today, Smokey has his own website (where you can watch Smokey blow out his birthday candle), a Twitter account, a Facebook page and more.

For more information about Smokey and his anniversary, you can read this article.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, a vintage Smokey the Bear commercial featuring Jim Cummings as Smokey: