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.

Very special thanks go to Ashley Wool who was kind enough to send us the following little treat.

Since we just rolled into July, it’s pretty safe to say that everyone who is attending school is definitely out for the summer. Please enjoy this fantastic version of Jim Cummings singing School’s Out as Mr. Bumpy from Bump in the Night.

As Ashley says:

I was an avid fan of Bump in the Night back in the day (I recorded literally every episode on VHS), and today I unearthed Mr. Bumpy’s Karaoke Cafe cover version of “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper. It’s pretty awesome and, at eight years old, it was my introduction to rock ‘n’ roll. If anybody wants to hear Jim Cummings being a total rock star, I highly recommend this.

You can listen to the MP3 of this song in our Media Section soon when I fix it back up (it was lower on the list of priorities than, say, the homepage). In the meantime, enjoy the music video below:

I must confess that Rob Paulsen’s background singing raises this song to a whole new level of hilarity.

Woohoo!

Jim Cummings was announced today as a nominee for the daytime Emmy of Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his portrayal of Tigger in Disney’s My Friends Tigger and Pooh. See the full list of nominees here.

This is Jim Cummings’ first Emmy nomination so this is very exciting news for him and for us fans. He is up against some serious competition though so we’ll have to keep our fingers crossed.

It seems sort of crazy that of all the roles he’s had, he finally gets nominated for this one, especially since it is neither a role he originated nor Pooh which he has been playing longer. Either way, it is fantastic to see him get this recognition.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
Joan Rivers as Bubbe on “Arthur”
Jim Ward as Eyemore the Crusher on “Biker Mice from Mars”
Jim Cummings as Tigger on “Disney’s My Friends Tigger and Pooh”
Vanessa Williams as Mama on “Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies”
Amy Poehler as Bessie Higgenbottom on “The Mighty B!”

While you won’t hear JC in any of the animated films this summer, he does have a surprising connection to several of the films making big bucks at the theatres this summer.

• Hellboy II: The Golden Army – While you won’t see JC’s trademark beard in the new installment of the Hellboy franchise this summer, you will hear him as Tom Manning in Hellboy – Blood and Iron. This animated prequels (which even my mom enjoyed, a rarity!) sets the stage for the film currently in theaters and also feature nearly the entire cast of the feature film reprising their roles.
• The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor - While Rick O’Connell and family will not be getting any help from Jim Cummings against the undead armies of the Dragon Emperor in theaters this summer, they will go head to head with Jim Cummings when he stars as Imotep (the original Egyptian mummy from the first two films) in The Mummy – Quest for the Lost Scrolls. This short lived animated series is available on DVD and has a popular cult fan following.
• Batman: The Dark Knight – How can Heath Ledger’s performance of The Joker possibly be better than Jim Cummings as Jekko the Clown on the Batman animated series?

Save yourself the ten spot that most movies cost now a days and rent one of the movies above for the summer movie experience, Jim Cummings style.

The Cartoon Couch Potato has posted a great, comprehensive overview of Tale Spin. It’s a very well done piece on the history of this show and how fans can find it today so it’s definitely worth a read.

As any JC fan worth their salt knows, Jim Cummings was not only the lovable air pirate Don Karnage but also Louie as well as several other characters (including Louie’s aunt who fell in love with Don Karnage much to Louie’s dismay making for one high quality episode with triple the Jim Cummings punch).

Just for fun, I thought I would direct your attention to this little blog that named Jim Cumming’s Negaduck from Darkwing Duck as one of the top 50 animated villians of all time. Says the blog:

Last we come to Negaduck, the leader and most psycho of probably any villain Darkwing ever faced. Depending on which episode you watch, Negaduck is either Darkwing’s dark side manifested into an evil clone, or a parallel Darkwing from the Negaverse who rules Nega St. Canard. Either way, he is the exact opposite of Darkwing, as unlike DW, he’s a borderline psychopath who hates friends and anything Good. He also carries around a chainsaw as his main weapon. He usually dresses up as Darkwing to frame him for crime sprees and such, while his most infamous act was stealing the powers of the other four members of the Fearsome Five for himself to become an abomination that was defeated within a half hour.

I am not sure how you can even begin to compile a list like this and leave out Don Karnage, Fat Cat AND Pete but I guess he was trying not to give Jim a monopoly.

Who is your favorite Jim Cummings villain? Post your votes below and we will do a big list of all of them next week.

PS: I too had that Megavolt action figure and only just sold him on eBay a few weeks ago and would like to attest that the sparks that flew out of his chest were HUGE. You seriously could have burned your house down. It added that whole extra element of "Let’s Get Dangerous" to playing with your Darkwing Duck figures.

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