Well, a lot of people ask me how I got to do voices for Jibjab. It's really a tale of luck. An old friend from Jr. High, who is now a successful entertainment lawyer, had worked with Gregg and Evan Spiridellis (founders of Jibjab Media) and introduced us with an email saying "You guys should know each other" addressed to each of us. He was really right about that. I had a lot of respect for their early work and we began meeting for lunch and talking about stuff we both admired. Since I'm a cartoonist and illustrator, Evan and I talked about artists we admired. Since I like great comedy writing, Gregg and I could bond. Since we all love Greek food, it wasn't too long until we were family. The brothers started coming to see my wife and I perform with The Really Spontaneous Theatre Company, our improv group, and we all saw that we had a similar passion for making audiences laugh. Then they approached me with an idea about a film about the election. Something with Bush and Kerry singing... Gregg asked me if I could do "W"'s singing voice. "No problemo, amigo". We recorded the tracks at a little booth down from their own room office in Santa Monica, and they spent the next month or so animating it and getting it online... The result was a totally unexpected hit. "This Land" was seen by tens of millions of people from all over the world and all over the political landscape. Suddenly everybody, it seemed, was singing along with Bush and Kerry, and Jibjab was a household word. And it didn't hurt my career at all. I continued to work with Jibjab on various things, and also began to be recognized as an impressionist for animated TV and commercials. After 12 years in L.A., I was an overnight success! The Tonight Show started using me to do the President's voice for gags, and I started getting unusual requests from all over the place, from The Boondocks, to ringtone companys and car navigation systems. We've now done several political cartoon shorts that have each one reached larger and larger audiences; This Land was followed by Good To Be in DC, Second Term and now 205. Now, to the most frequently asked question: what do I do to sound like George W. Bush singing? Well, since I used to do a lot of man on the street style commercials in Dallas, and my father was a Texan, the accent comes easy to me. That part is a no-brainer. I also learned to sing by harmonizing with my dad while he played guitar, and sang old railroad and cowboy songs. So the singing thing is pretty much a no-brainer. And I spent years listening to Bush on the radio, and since his vocal timbre falls in roughly the same zone as mine, that was a no-brainer. All that remained was to duplicate the viewpoint of the man himself. And that, was the final no-brainer. (Okay, I couldn't resist that. No, it isn't fair to say that Bush has no brain. He's no dummy, that is for sure. He believes what he believes, and that's more than I can say for some people. I have stopped looking at politicians to solve the real problems of the world anyway; I'm afraid it is up to thee and me.) So, when duty calls, I twist up my eyebrows, purse my lips, squint my eyes and sing the heck out of whatever hilarious lyrics Gregg and Evan have cooked up. And then, like you I sit back and enjoy the final animation, and send it along to my friends asking, "Have you seen the latest Jibjab?" I hope you enjoy them, and will enjoy what the future holds from Jibjab Media and of course, me and my Jimpressions! Wanna know more about me, hear more impressions, see funny shorts and have a look at my artwork? Just go to www.appliedsilliness.com.