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**Obscure Chatter**

That Anime Show creator Terri Doty is back with Obscure Chatter! It’s a show made with the movie-lover within all of us in mind! She’s minimizing the inevitable groans associated with personal film bias. In the style of normal audio commentary tracks, Terri edits out mentions of key factors while talking about a plethora of topics during a film’s run time. You don’t want to miss out!

Latest Episodes:

**Episode 16 – For Doom The Bell Tolls** Oct 12, 2020
Show notes

Its October and that means a plethora of media outlets are gonna say it’s “SpOoKy sEaSoN,” too many things are “spiced” like a fake-ass pumpkin and **Terri** is watching even more horror movies than usual—**dangerous**, we know.

**BE WARNED:** Terri was trapped in a booth with **[CENSORED]** & a very tall beer stein.

**Here are a few things you’ll hear about:**

Introducing Willow

Remembering Grandma

Tales from the Crypt

**Terri’s Top 5 Shows for Halloween**

*Lovecraft Country*

*Penny Dreadful*

*BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural*

*Parasyte the Maxim*

*Crazyhead*

**Terri’s Top 5 Films for Halloween**

*Trick ‘r Treat*

*Night of the Demons*

*Earnest Scared Stupid*

*Halloween 3: Season of the Witch*

*Ginger Snaps*

**Terri’s Top 5 Books for Halloween**

*The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman*

*The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks*

*Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell*

*The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White*

*My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix*

**“*It’s okay not to be okay.*”**

If you would like to be a part of a future episode, please submit a question via perpetuallyoffbeat@gmail.com (*you can even remain anonymous*) OR through **@ObscureChatter** via Twitter.

Big thanks to our **Ko-Fi** contributors and listeners! Hope you all are staying safe, healthy and talking over a movie.

**Episode 15 – Cute Monster Girl** Sep 04, 2020
Show notes

Terri doesn’t shy away from recent tragedies in Episode 15 as she watches [CENSORED]. The topics of COVID-19, estrangement, loss and more will be discussed at the beginning.

**In addition to the aforementioned, here are a few other things Terri will talk about:**

You’re just bored.

“*What are some common pratfalls that you find in beginners when it comes to VO? Are there any tricks that a newcomer could use to kind of find their legs?*“

“*What are your favorite themes/musical pieces/soundtracks of these films, and do you ever utilize them to help spark your personal creativity?*“

“*How do you feel representation in movies and mainstream media has progressed over the last decade or so? How do you think they could improve upon it?*“

The outside world has to fall away.

Pockets of Happy

Understandable Hesitance

Sandman audiobook

Turning lemons into lemon tart.

Ass Class

***We couldn’t have asked for a better mascot than you, Zoey. We love and miss you always.***

**Episode 14 – Birds of a Feather featuring Erica Lindbeck** Jul 05, 2020
Show notes

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND: This episode is another remote interview (i.e. Terri records in TX, Erica records in CA, Hoff streams the movie for both of them and engineers the overall session). There were two moments when the connection was lost, but the audio didn’t suffer as a result.

Terri Doty got to virtually hang out with the all-around badass known as Erica Lindbeck on June 20th, 2020 while watching **[CENSORED]**.

**Here are a few things Terri and Erica chat about:**

“*Well the world’s on fire, but I’m hanging in there*.”

Reticence In Reaching Out

“*I really just wanted the accolades and none of the responsibility*.”

“*Right is right and wrong is wrong*.”

Deprogramming

“*It’s showtime, motherfuckers!*”

J.K. Rowling is an absolute wilting head of lettuce

Source Connect Craps Itself (*we sped up the audio just a tad for a few seconds*)

Starting the day with nothing in the tank

Genre VS Medium

Being prepared to rise to the occasion

“*I like what you do.*”

Source Connect Craps Itself Part II: The Reckoning

Manifesting what you want

Ghost High-Five

Big thanks to our Ko-Fi contributors and listeners! Hope you all are staying safe, healthy and watching things that make you feel good.

**Episode 13 – Mundane Made Awesome featuring Felecia Angelle** Jun 07, 2020
Show notes

**Couple Things to Keep In Mind: Ep13 was recorded on May 16th, 2020. This is also a remote interview (***i.e. Terri recorded in Texas, Felecia recorded in California and Hoff streamed the movie as well as engineered*).

*ONTO THE SHOW!*

Terri sits down to talk with the wonderful Felecia Angelle to watch **[CENSORED]**.

Here are a few things Felecia and Terri talked about:

Life in California

Forgetting How To People

Magic from the Mundane

Existing on Social Media

Tia Ballard

“I’ll *show* you” rather than “**I’ll show you**.”

Replacing “**Have to**” with “**Choose To**”

“*I don’t know why I’m here.*”

“*Wait, wait… W-Work life and personal value are separate metrics…? Oh, no.*”

“… ***ON MARS***.”

Big thanks to our Ko-Fi contributors and listeners! Hope you all are staying safe, healthy and watching things that make you feel good.

Episode 11 – Big “NO!” Apr 01, 2020

Show notes

HEADS UP: April’s episode was always meant to be solo, BUT—for the foreseeable future— solo episodes may be the name of the game. Stephen & Terri are looking into options but will need some time to play around.

NOW TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM

Episode 11 is catching up with Terri as she watches [CENSORED]!

Here are a few things you’ll hear her talk about:

Social Distancing / Self-Isolation
In-Laws living in China
Judy Hoff
VO vs COVID19
Fucking right the fuck off.

Big thanks to our Ko-Fi contributors and listeners! Hope you are all safe, healthy and watching good movies to tide you over.

Episode 10 – Comically Missing the Point featuring Ben Phillips Mar 08, 2020

Show notes

Obscure Chatter’s second guest of 2020 is here and he brought snacks! No, really he brought noms. Consider this your warning—it’s gonna get noisy here and there.

Starting his VO career doing walla and subtitles, stage actor and voice-over artist Ben Phillips joins Terri in the booth.

Here are few things that are discussed while watching [CENSORED]:

Snacks
How Terri & Ben met
Golden Kamuy
Returning to a show YEARS LATER
Tales from Behind the Mic
Giving the fans what they THINK they want
Serving the narrative
Selling something you like to someone that doesn’t.
“Why didn’t you just do this?”
The wisdom of Bob Odenkirk
The subtly of Laraine Newman
Counterculture
Using the Internet for Good

Big thanks to Okratron 5000 for continuing to host Obscure Chatter!

Episode 9 – Adaptation Dye Job featuring Daman Mills Feb 02, 2020

Show notes

The first Obscure Chatter guest of 2020 is a voice-over artist that often makes people say something along the lines of, “Holy shit, that’s Daman?!”

Ep 9 find Terri talking over [CENSORED] with the wonderful Daman Mills. The two only occasionally point to the featured Top 5 film to ask hard-hitting questions like, “Is [CENSORED] hot?”

Their conversations stem from their personal experiences in the industry. They also talk about getting robbed, (insert really bad Al Pacino impression here) BIG ASSES, scream-and-dye sessions and oh-so-much more!

Episode 8 – Sad Clown Jan 05, 2020

Show notes

WARNING: This episode looks back at times of tragedy and loss that some may find overwhelming. If you wish to avoid this content (which really picks up around the 37 minute mark), you’ll hear a distinct sound around 33. Jump from there to 1.03.42.

Episode 8 finds Terri reflecting on 2019 (this was recorded on New Year’s Eve). There was good and, yeah, there was a fair amount of bad. She answers questions from those that submitted.

Here’s just a little bit of what’s covered:

Personal Growth
Underrated Properties
Imitators
Relationships
Being raised Mexican
Tamales have lard, y’all.
Clowns
Springtime in the ER *Sensitive Content*
Lightning Round
Fan submitted questions in future shows — Yay or Nay?
Signing off on 2019

Big thanks to our Ko-Fi contributors and all those that sent stuff in!

Episode 7 – The World Is Just Awesome featuring Natalie Hoover Dec 02, 2019

Show notes

During Recovery of an MMO Junkie’s simuldub recordings in the fall of 2017, Terri finally had a chance to get to know the lovely and talented voice over artist Natalie Hoover.

In Ep7 of OC, the two discuss vocal expectations, good food, their “wild” hair colors and oh-so-much more!

Join Terri and Natalie as they watch [CENSORED] with “cake filter” and the most minimal of beeps—we promise.

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HEADS UP: April’s episode was always meant to be solo, BUT—for the foreseeable future— solo episodes may be the name of the game. Stephen & Terri are looking into options but will need some time to play around.

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