Today (being 6/29/2012) I totally nereded it up on twitter...yes, i tweet now. The reason for that is the first person to respond...was none other than the infamous John Wesley Shipp!!!!!!! If you don't know who that is, than you are not a true nerd!!!!!!!!!!!!
Among other roles, John Wesley Shipp played Barry Allen (aka The Flash) in the live action tv series "The Flash". But he has also voiced Eboard Thawne (aka The Reverse Flash, Professor Zoom) in the "batman the brave and the bold" cartoon, the episode is title "requiem for a scarlet speedster" if you wanna check that that out. The episode is surprisingly well written and does have that classic reverse flash vs the flash feel to it, my only gripe with that episode is that a few of the villains are voiced by dr. girlfriend/dr. mrs. the monarch.
Now, back to me talking about "The Flash" tv series. The series itself ran from September 20, 1990 – May 18, 1991, having a total of 22 episodes between it's only 2 seasons. This series may have been the first (american) super hero anything I ever remember seeing, such as before tim burton batman movie. Thus the series, and Barry Allen as The Flash will always hold specials places in my heart.
If you haven't seen the series, you can buy the whole series on dvd for around $20-$40 on amazon. Or you can buy/rent the episodes at 1.99 per via amazon video, either way the prices for the dvd set and the episodes are well worth it in my opinion.
John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen may have been the first super hero I ever saw, and a chance to talk with the guy who played your favorite hero was just pure awesome. Mr. Shipp will always be a personal hero of mine and his barry allen is the best flash in my opinion. What's more is he voiced my fave flash villain of all time too, which is equally as awesome. Sort of coming full circle as it were, how many people do you know played or voiced your fave comic hero...then played or voiced the role of their greatest nemesis?
So here is to you Mr. Shipp, the best scarlet speedster there ever was. Cheers
here is a link to the first response I got from him:
Twitter response
Among other roles, John Wesley Shipp played Barry Allen (aka The Flash) in the live action tv series "The Flash". But he has also voiced Eboard Thawne (aka The Reverse Flash, Professor Zoom) in the "batman the brave and the bold" cartoon, the episode is title "requiem for a scarlet speedster" if you wanna check that that out. The episode is surprisingly well written and does have that classic reverse flash vs the flash feel to it, my only gripe with that episode is that a few of the villains are voiced by dr. girlfriend/dr. mrs. the monarch.
Now, back to me talking about "The Flash" tv series. The series itself ran from September 20, 1990 – May 18, 1991, having a total of 22 episodes between it's only 2 seasons. This series may have been the first (american) super hero anything I ever remember seeing, such as before tim burton batman movie. Thus the series, and Barry Allen as The Flash will always hold specials places in my heart.
If you haven't seen the series, you can buy the whole series on dvd for around $20-$40 on amazon. Or you can buy/rent the episodes at 1.99 per via amazon video, either way the prices for the dvd set and the episodes are well worth it in my opinion.
John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen may have been the first super hero I ever saw, and a chance to talk with the guy who played your favorite hero was just pure awesome. Mr. Shipp will always be a personal hero of mine and his barry allen is the best flash in my opinion. What's more is he voiced my fave flash villain of all time too, which is equally as awesome. Sort of coming full circle as it were, how many people do you know played or voiced your fave comic hero...then played or voiced the role of their greatest nemesis?
So here is to you Mr. Shipp, the best scarlet speedster there ever was. Cheers
here is a link to the first response I got from him:
Twitter response
