VARIOUS: The stars and fans of hit television show "Phineas and Ferb" celebrate the series upcoming original movie

Record ID: 219917

  • Title: VARIOUS: The stars and fans of hit television show "Phineas and Ferb" celebrate the series upcoming original movie
  • Date: 4th August 2011
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS ASHLEY TISDALE, WHO VOICES "CANDACE" ON THE SHOW, SAYING: "Every project that you do, you don't know what the reaction is going to be. I have been really lucky, "Phineas and Ferb" has taken on a Life. We have little kids, college students and parents and everybody. It is really fun." "PERRY THE PLATYPUS" CHARACTER TISDALE BEING INTERVIEWED ACTOR VINCENT MARTELLA BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR VINCENT MARTELLA SAYING: "Well, I play the voice of 'Phineas.' I have been working on the show for almost 6 years actually. It has been a crazy awesome experience. There has been so much great support behind the show. We are getting in to season three now and we are still loving it like the first day." ACTOR MAULIK PANCHOLY BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR MAULIK PANCHOLY SAYING: "They wanted the character to have this high pitched seven-year-old voice, and so he kept getting higher and higher, until we ended up with 'Balfeet.' WIDE SHOT OF CARPET ACTOR JOHN O'HURLEY AND FAMILY ACTRESS ALYSON STONER ON THE CARPET CREATORS DAN POVENMIRE AND SWAMPY MARSH CHARACTERS ON THE CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) CREATORS DAN POVENMIRE AND JEFF 'SWAMPY' MARSH SAYING: POVENMIRE: "We just tried to make the show funny as much as we can for us. So, we spend a lot of time re-working gags and stuff, trying to make each other laugh. Our senses of humor works with the rest of America." MARSH: "We are incredibly average." POVENMIRE: "We are as common place as it comes." ACTOR ERIK ESTRADA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ERIK ESTRADA SAYING: "I like the show, my kid watches the show. They remind me of a couple of characters that I used to enjoy when I was little, like 'Heckle and Jeckle' and 'Daffy Duck.' WIDE SHOT OF CARPET CREATORS BEING INTERVIEWED CHARACTERS WITH CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER (SOUNDBITE) (English) CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER SAYING: "They are just fun loving characters. They are mischievous and they get into a lot of stuff, alot of adventures and all this stuff is going on.
  • Embargoed: 19th August 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVAEQKMJEPKNWKG3IJI70YGTBO07
  • Story Text: Despite the searing temperatures that baked the "teal" blue carpet that stretched in front of the El Capitan Theater, it was a party-like atmosphere in Hollywood on Wednesday (August 03), as the stars and the fans of the upcoming television movie, "Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension" celebrated its premiere.
    Actress Ashley Tisdale, who voices the controlling sister Candace in the animated show, said she's continually surprised by all the success.
    "Every project that you do, you don't know what the reaction is going to be," said Tisdale. "I have been really lucky, 'Phineas and Ferb' has taken on a life. We have little kids, college students and parents and everybody. It is really fun."
    The upcoming original TV movie is another pinnacle for the Emmy Award-winning comedy series "Phineas and Ferb," as stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb go on their biggest journey yet, into another dimension! When the boys finally discover that their beloved pet platypus Perry is in fact a secret agent who battles the forces of evil daily, they join him on a grand adventure that blasts them to another dimension.
    Series creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh said the show's success is simple.
    "We just tried to make the show funny as much as we can for us," explained Povenmire. "So, we spend a lot of time re-working gags and stuff, trying to make each other laugh. Our senses of humor works with the rest of America."
    "We are incredibly average," joked Marsh.
    "Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension" premieres on August 5 on the Disney Channel.
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