I put this silly little video together weeks ago but never got around to posting it, and then, while listening to the entire one hour and forty minutes of the Tiara Talk Show with John and Reece, I found the perfect bit of audio to wrap up the video.
And it is like the cutest thing I have heard in forever.
(Note that I threw it together without working sound, so the editing is somewhat slapdash... still haven't taken my computer to the shop.)
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I almost fell for Reece, ugh. x33333 But I mean, in all seriousness, I didn't, it's just he has the cutest, most distinct man's voice - it's like he's a baritone with maple syrup in his throat - and he's so giggly and ughh he reminds me of Hare in purely superficial ways, is the thing. Of anybody in the whole world, he comes the closest aurally and by his looks (which are also quite unique), so that's probably why I feel the way I do despite knowing how different he is in actuality from the character. In fact, I ended up relating to him so often, in ways I can't relate to Hare. He was talking about how he has a hard time relaxing when he feels like things aren't orderly, and how John needed to "teach him" how to knock things over and be so loosy-goosy. Even that he didn't spend much time out and about between shooting, whereas the others liked to get drinks or visit the rest of Disney World (wherein they shot 40 episodes.)
He said one of his favorite all-time episodes was Vanity Hare, which I loooove, and that one of his all-time favorite songs was the one at the end of Welcome Back Hatter, which is my ultimate favorite episode. I just ughhhh felt like I was connecting to him despite never connecting to him? What it said to me was that he really did appreciate his character after all. And near the end he said "it was never just a kids show to any of us. It meant everything, we put our all into it and were proud of it."
My heart swells! It swells three whole sizes! ;D