Greg Jbara Discussion - ONLY — Page 3

And I missed this?! heh. That's very interesting!

I was talking about this in the love thread and wondered if anybody else knew. This may sound kinda weird but, I wonder if Greg played any sports in high schoool? Also, I was just thinkin' about this, does anybody know the origin of the name Jbara? I don't know if I'm like, crossing some line asking but I was just a bit curious.

Lebenese and Irish! I think I remember you telling us that a while ago, Barb. What a great combination.

Liz, HE DID MARCHING BAND!

lol, i LOVE that about him, because I am in marching band, and so far, it's been one of the best experiences in my life. I heard that he was drum major! (or, band leader) Am I right?

Now, about Mr. Jbara; he is one of the most talented people on earth. I've heard his commercials on the website, and, he is an amazing voice actor. It's basically something you're born with (the right voice, not the acting), I guess, and when I listened to those commercials, I was doubting that it was him I was hearing! And what's even cooler is that I LOVED "As Told By Ginger!" growing up, and, again, when I saw a video of him speaking in that show, I was surprised, to see that HE was the one speaking in one of my favorite childhood shows!

I have yet to watch all of his other works. So far, all I've seen him in is DRS.

Lebanese? That is so cool! I didn't know that!

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Updated On: 8/28/05 at 11:37 PM

Speaking of which, I took out my Family Guy dvds the other day and watched his episode. Couldn't even tell it was him! Very impressive. And he earns more points for voicing a character on one of my favorite shows!

EDIT: I've also listened to all the sound clips. I LOVE him singing 'You've Got a Friend in Me'. He has such a great voice.

Updated On: 8/28/05 at 11:58 PM

"One time I saw that thread go for over 4 pages, praising everything and everyone under the sun EXCEPT Greg Jbara. It gradually became less and less about him and more and more about everything else."

Anyone else read the last sentence and think Sunday in the Park with George (second Act)? Cause I did! I mean...has Greg Jbara ever been in a Sondheim show? *cough*

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I just listened to the montages on the VOX site. Wow! Greg is just, Wow. He's more wow than ever! lol. I can't even recognize him! I've probably heard his commercials before or his tv episodes before and not even realized it was him! lol.

Liz...the team was not great, but Greg was pretty decent at softball. Was a good hitter, went 4-4 on occasion...played third, sometimes made nice plays, sometimes made errors. As an MLB fan, sometimes watching broadway softball errors are hard to take...gotta keep reminding myself differences in players.

And on another note, last night I watched act 1 of Victor/Victoria. Greg really hasn't done much yet, though I've heard him talk with the Andre french accent, I've heard him talk normally, completely adjusted to both, but was totally thrown for a loop when he talked with an Italian accent. Wow, like was previously said really a master of all dialects. Great to see Julie Andrews on the stage and well I've seen Rachel York in Dessa Rose and Ragtime and she was great in the motherly, older roles but to see her as Norma in this was a hoot! She was great and soo different, it was 10 years ago but still, she's certainly climbing the charts as one of my favorite broadway actresses.

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Was Greg really drum major? That would be amazing. Every night at band camp I'm so tempted to just run up on the podium and start conducting. If Greg had actually been drum major that would just be....all the more reason. Follow in his footsteps! I must know! If he was, that could be my reason if people ask me why I want to be drum major.

"Well, Greg Jbara was one."

There's news / links on Greg's main page about him doing the audio book version of "Dean & Me" by Jerry Lewis. Comes out in late October -- be sure to check it out! :)