Remembering Rodimus Prime Voice Actor Dick Gautier

to officially open these first Galactic Olympics,

Rotomus Prime! Let's do it! Didn't you want to

say something about Concorde and tranquility

in the galaxy? Ah, give me a break. Start the

games! This is Optimus Prime, and you are listening

to all these transformers. Looks like they either

got blown away or vanished. Well, what do you

think, Cup? Cup? Ultra Magnus? They're gone.

So Spike! They were kidnapped. Yeah, and I'll

lay odds on who did it. This planet is quarantined.

Nobody comes, nobody goes until we find Cup,

Spike and Magnus. If we don't, then we'll trash

every Decepticon in the galaxy. Hello and welcome

to All Things Transformers. I'm your host, Steve

Megatron Phillips, and joining me is... Dave,

you and Mike. Hello. Hello. Yes, it is the first

new All Things Transformers of the new year,

2017. This is gonna be a strange year, folks,

because this, I think it's, is it September?

Yeah, yeah, September. September 2017 will mark

30 years since the Transformers cartoon series

ended in the 80s. Somebody posted on Facebook

the other day, you know, in three years the 90s

are gonna be 30 years old. I said that means

in three years the 80s are gonna be 40 years

old. Oh lord. But we are here. All Things Transformers,

brand new. Episode 58 of version 3 .0. I am back

home in Kentucky. California was a nice place

to visit but I wouldn't want to live there and

that's all I have to say about that. I guess

Transformers, the first thing I noticed going

through some news clips and most people that

listen to this podcast know that we do not stick

with the current like News we gather news for

a month or two or whatever else and the most

interesting thing I found that was an actual

news item that wasn't a filming location or that

wasn't a trailer or that wasn't whatever I don't

consider to be Transformers news Was that over

at the Guardian? Bob Buddyansky and Bryce Malik

did an interview with with them and Most people

know Bob Buddyansky. I mean He's a comic writer,

editor. He pretty much created the Bible for

the Transformers thing. And in this interview,

what is most interesting to me really is hearing

from Bryce Malick and the story that he writes

or the answers that are given here. You know,

it's like... Part of his answer is when those

first 13 episodes were a huge hit Hasbro said

we want 49 more and we said, okay Yeah, I remember

seeing a lot of these story of What Bob Budiansky

had created in his concepts behind them Yeah

at TF con years ago and It's still interesting

to see how things turned out. Yeah, I mean, you

talk to all these guys. You talk to Bud, or not

Bud, Bob. You talk to Bob Budiansky. You talk

to Flint Dilley. You talk to Wally Burr. You

know, all these guys that were the behind the

scenes people at Sunbow, at Marvel Sunbow. And

no disrespect to them at all. I absolutely love

all these people. You know the story isn't gonna

change You know you could have six different

interviews with Flint Dilley over ten years And

the guy's story is still gonna be the same story

I mean, I'm sure there's certain things that

that you know he might have left out or certain

things He told a different way things like that

And that's all well fine and good, but history

is as history does. What's going to be interesting

to me coming up is he's got his 80s book that

he's working on, apparently writing. I'm friends

with Flint on Facebook, and I see these status

updates about the 80s book that he's working

on, and that's going to be a really interesting

read. I can't wait to actually read that. I'm

actually wondering, and I probably should just

ask the guy. if there's going to be an audiobook

version because I would love to be able to hear

flint dilly basically essentially read the book

I don't know if there's going to be an audiobook

version but who knows Especially because I'm

lazy and I don't want to read it Yeah, it's not

that I don't mind reading I just don't and I

love reading I love reading comics. I love reading

books I just don't have a lot of time to read

comics and books with all the podcasts and everything

else Anything else you can think of that's kind

of happened since our last episode which was

I think right before Thanksgiving or Christmas

last year anything major in the Transformers

fandom that we need to bring up other than other

than the Topic we're gonna bring up here in a

minute. Well, I mean we did talk about the the

masterpiece Optimus Primal at the time. Yep Which

is really cool. I I've gotten a chance to kind

of play around with it. I still haven't I'm still

like apprehensive of taking the the face off

of the front Because you know how he has the

four changing faces and and and like two or three

in beast mode I'm still like I Don't really want

to take them off because I don't want to risk

breaking it embrace your inner optimist prime.

Give me your face Yeah, I just I could not do

it it was it scared me Like no other I just I

couldn't do it So I just left it alone with the

generic one that came with it Already on the

character. I know there's a way to put batteries

in them to light him up And when you press his

head, he's supposed to light up and then it's

supposed to automatically fade out right and

I On the one hand like I really like that and

I want to do it but on the other hand like I'm

again I don't want to try and tear it apart because

is Well put together as that is I Just I don't

want to destroy it my masterpiece optimus prime

mp01 I know where the battery is for that I know

where like everything's at and that figure like

I've taken it apart numerous time and It's it's

a spectacular um Figure still like I just had

to watch the YouTube video how to transform it

the other day Because I'm I'm packing up to move

to Texas later this summer From Michigan So yeah,

it's it's a crazy gonna be a crazy um It's gonna

be a crazy year for you. Yeah, it's it's gonna

kind of suck in some degrees like of the whole

process I don't mind once things are already

set and done But like the process is what kills

me And so like I've been transforming some of

my figures trying to fit them back in a tote

I still have yet to transform combiner wars Megatron

with his add -ons mostly because he didn't Come

transformed, he came as the robot. And I've never

done anything with it. At least I, yeah, he came

as a robot. And just like Masterpiece Prime,

in Prime I only had to transform, which was kind

of a pain. So I've got that, I've got those figures,

my Transmetal 2, Megatron, Dragon. Those are

it. Like in my rat trap, my, you know, Waspeneer,

the Dinobot figure blows that came out a few

years ago. So I would not recommend opening that

ever. Yeah, you know, normally when I was doing

the whole toy thing a few years ago, if it came

prepackaged in robot mode, I never transformed

it because I always wanted the robot modes for

display. Which I did too, but the the unfortunate

part is the Dinobot figure is the the head the

dino head pops off Oh, yeah, and it doesn't stay

on It's just crappy construction now the rat

trap is a great design and it's it'll fit with

the the the mode of The masterpiece and I want

to say that there's this peg piece on the back

of primal that you can have rat trap hold on

to Like he does in Beast Wars when he's holding

on a primal and he's you know doing the prime

jets thing So I have not checked that out yet,

but I will but one of the interesting things

is they came up with a a MP 38 Masterpiece Optimus

primal supreme commander version Which is not

different in price. Oh, it's like $10 cheaper

than the other one, but The difference is is

they gave it the same color scheme as the original

1995 figure and the same like his beast mode

Now mind you it looks a lot better even with

the original paint scheme just because of the

the build of the figure But it looks funny because

of the the color palette But it does come with

like the blue swords and then like the chainmail

thing and then it comes with You know how they

had the mutant faces on the old Beast Wars figures?

Yeah, yeah. So it's got one of those for primal

as well as like the actual original primal face

with the mouthpiece covered and then the original

like goofy looking beast face that came with

it. So they made it look just like the original

figure so you could have that option if you wanted

but it's like a masterpiece version of that.

but i was like i wouldn't want it because i could

just obtain one of the other ones i mean don't

get me wrong that the the color palette i like

the the black on it and i like the um um the

blue head and everything but uh it still looks

a little funky when when you look at it now compared

to the actual masterpiece uh yeah um so i i in

it I mean, it's got the same color palette exactly

to the tee of the original figure that came out

95 But you know, I mean it's it's kind of neat

I wouldn't buy it myself, but I think it's pretty

interesting Yeah, I My goal this year is to get

back into the Transformers comics from IDW last

year and The last couple of years they just it

just kind of got away from me I've read certain

things and things like that. I read Dark Cybertron.

I read other things and I enjoyed it I very much

did but I just had so many other things going

on that that's kind of my one Kind of Transformers

goal for this year outside of seeing The Blasphemous

Knight, you know That's really the goal at this

point. I have kind of been keeping up with the

Robots in Disguise cartoon, but not really. They

actually sound that bad. I don't know, I'm sure

it isn't. Well, especially now that they have

Starscream in there and they have Steve Blum

back as the voice of Starscream. No, I'm sure

it's even cooler. It doesn't last long with Starscream,

just FYI. He's in it for a little bit, but Optimus

has to come. rescue But that's kind of like my

goal this year is to kind of get back into the

transformers comics from IDW and that's pretty

much my only real goal this year for transformers

I'm not really like I watch all the toy reviews

from off to bottom s and bolt matrix and all

those other guys and everything else and Just

I have not been into the toy collecting aspect.

I mean even just to buy one figure just I just

don't It's just not in my nature anymore I still

like watching you know all my buddies videos

and things like that and seeing oh, yeah Figure

looks really really cool. That's that's awesome,

so But yeah, we're gonna take a quick break because

we have some depressing news to bring to you

people sadly, and we'll be back after this. Why'd

I have to be the chosen one? And now, through

the magic of the Cybernet Space Cube, the computer

repents the race of the Transformers. Transformers

Generation 2. Wrong. This is not Generation 2.

This is Generation 1. Done right. The year will

be 2014, and from secret staging grounds on two

of Cybertron's moons, the valiant podcasters

prepare to reclaim their reputations. September

17th, 2014, the TFG2 Podcast premieres 45 podcast

episodes dedicated to all 98 episodes of the

Generation 1 cartoon, plus so much more than

meets the year. Join TFG1 Mike, Pecan Court Michael,

Optimus Solo, and sometimes Steve Megatron. as

they redo TFG1 and get it done right. You can

find the TFG2 podcast on www .keycastradio .com

and iTunes. Is it bad? I'm no doctor, but it

doesn't look good. Is he gonna make it? I'm no

psychic either. My time in the light is short.

That's what Optimus Prime said when he was dying.

Springer, my friend. He's preparing to pass the

Matrix of Leadership to you. His judgment is

obviously impaired. Forget it, Rodimus. You're

just gonna have to stay alive! You must... His

life force has slipped away! Hey folks, yes we

are back and we're here to bring you some sad

news. Rodimus has made his way to the AllSpark,

to the Matrix. His journey to the Matrix of leadership.

Yes. Voice actor Dick Gaudier has passed away.

He passed away Friday the 13th, 2017. January

13th, 2017, Friday the 13th. Everywhere I've

looked for what caused his death is it just...

Says a long time illness. It doesn't give a specific

anything For those that don't know Dick Gaudier

He was the voice of Rodimus in season 3 and season

4 and Transformers generation 1 taking over for

Judd Nelson from the movie He also did the voice

of Sir Pentor in GI Joe Your side come on He

debuted on a TV series called The Eleventh Hour

in an episode entitled I Feel Like a Rutabaga

in 1963. Where people might have also seen him,

he was Heime the Robot in Get Smart, the Don

Adams Get Smart series from 66 to 68. Where I

noticed him other than Rodimus and things like

that is I was when we were doing our when my

buddy Dion and I were doing our Knight Rider

podcast here on GCRN Beyond the night he was

in an episode of Knight Rider as Gordon Baxter

aka the chameleon Pretty much a hired kind of

gun guy, and I'm like I know I saw the name of

the credits. I'm like hey wait a second I know

that name. Oh my god. It's Rodimus. What's he

doing? It is a villain on Knight Rider, but that

kind of Kinda goes hand in hand because Optimus

is the original voice of Carr, the evil Knight

Rider Carr on Knight Rider. Mr. Gaudier is an

amazing, amazing actor. He was working pretty

much up until about seven years ago. Last thing

he did was he was on an episode of Nip Tuck in

2010. He did several voices for Cow and Chicken.

He was on oh my god, he was on he was on a couple

episodes of Captain plant and the planet tears

He did additional voices on the Adams family

TV series He was on one of your favorites more

so as additional voices, but Pirates of Darkwater

Hmm he was the spike the dog in the Tom and Jerry

kids show Love Tom and Jerry kids love that show

that's a long time since I've seen that yeah

the the Tom and Jerry kids shows gonna be an

episode of to cast beyond at some point and He

was also If you go back folks to 1992 and you

watch feet of clay parts 1 & 2 he's the voice

of Teddy Lupus in Batman the animated series

Hmm so May you rest in peace Rodimus. It's sad

to see him go. We know that all these people

are gonna be you know You know leaving us at

some point or another, but it just is just really

kind of sad That he is now gone Yeah Coming up

on all things transformers. We have got a lot

going on this year even with Steve moving We've

got a lot of stuff. That's gonna be happening

between this year and next year We still got

the origins coming up. We've got various origins

episodes last one. We did was up to bottom us

We've got the regular episodes and then I think

I announced this last episode and in the last

year Anyone that's ever subscribed to the TFG1

podcast, first of all, I'm sorry. Second of all,

TFG2 podcast is still going to be happening.

I've been promising people this for three years

now. I've been promising people this since the

30th anniversary of Transformers in 2014. The

TFG2 podcast where we redo basically G1 done

right, TFG1 done right. It is going to be sub...

Headlined under the all things transformers banner

so instead of having to create a separate Podcast

feed that is also going to be under a TTF at

some point, and that'll be sprinkled throughout

It's not gonna be a whole series run all at once

I don't think because I think with the new format

of TFG to podcast I think I have that show at

25 or more podcast episodes. I don't remember

I have to look at the schedule. I'm not looking

at it right now Also coming to all things transformers,

and I may alternate these I don't know you and

I haven't really had a chance to brainstorm with

TFG to Coming and also doing transformers prime

time which was gonna be our transformers prime

review show I was thinking of almost having them

alternate You know normally you do every two

weeks for you used to do every two weeks for

an HTCF episode yeah if we get enough backlog

to both tfg2 and tf primetime i was thinking

of having them alternate weeks so one thursday

you could have g2 next thursday you could have

primetime that kind of thing i'm not sure we'll

have to talk about that off air but that's kind

of the thought that i'm going with and like i

said we'll also still have the general discussion

episodes the news episodes that kind of thing

as well so That's kind of what's going on, and

I'm just waiting for something awesome to come

out of Transformers, honestly, at this point.

I've been pretty pleased with the animated series

and with my Masterpiece Primal. I, truthfully,

would love to get my hands on Masterpiece Cheetor,

but I just can't afford it. I mean it's like

60 bucks, but like I don't have 60 bucks to blow

anything and it's it's kind of a I Would rather

like hold out for masterpiece Megatron Yeah,

cuz like that's the only way I'm gonna like splurge

on another figure I've sold like a good portion

of my collectibles at this point. I've sold we

used to have like 1400 movies I don't have that

many more anymore. I've sold like a lot of my

comics like probably 80 % of my comics It's more

so like I mean it's two different things, but

it's it's one I'm not collecting as much anymore

to I'm getting rid of stuff that just sitting

around in three I need the cash because I'm moving

to Texas and I don't have the room to put it

because I'm trying to think Logically of what

can I afford to get rid of that? I don't need

to be hauling down there with me yeah and i've

gone through totes of stuff like i drew transformer

comics back in seventh grade i still had them

right and that was uh yeah that was a long time

ago that was it's almost it was almost like 18

years ago so there's no point even holding on

to that crap anymore so i i took pictures of

it and i was like garbage garbage Alright folks,

so I got a question for everybody. You know we

just kind of announced that we're gonna have

potentially TFG2 podcast and TF prime time So

that's two cartoon type -e episodes Would you

guys want me to syndicate the pull bag comic

episodes on all things transformers when we talk

about transformers comics now these episodes

Normally, it's myself litty wreck and Beatles

diva if you've ever listened to us in the past

We've talked about the wind blade series and

things like that is that something that people

would be interested in just to not necessarily

get ATTF content but to you know spread the love

because some people may listen to be listening

to this show but not listen to the pull bag and

vice versa so you guys will have to let me know

on that also it might be interesting to uh bring

up the the IDW Beast Wars series hmm has that

come out yet? uh that's been out for a long time

is it the old series? It's the Gathering and

the Ascending. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't

think we ever reviewed those. Not on Beast Unleashed,

I know we didn't. No, I know we didn't on Beast

Unleashed, but I don't think we ever did it here

either. Yeah, no, I don't think so. And while

just searching Beast Wars on Comixology pulls

up nothing. Well, it's Transformers Beast Wars,

but... Still, you'd think it would pop up something.

Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Yeah, it's like the ascending

and then it's the gathering first then the ascending

but it's it was Yeah, it was interesting to do

Yeah, I'm Cheetor is mp34, right? Yes. He looks

he looks damn good. Oh Yeah, he's he's that's

the best Spot -on figure I've ever seen of a

Transformer Beast Wars of Cheetor that's ever

been released because there's there's been like

multiples of that original first body, but they

all have been horrid. Yeah Like there's no way

I would I would ever have Because that's the

only thing that's really stopped me from ever

dumping money into another Cheetor since the

original one that I had Because I just can't

Can't justify it. I can't well did to me like

if I'm gonna waste the money on one They better

look show accurate. Yeah at this point because

like I'm older I don't want something that looks

like robo kibble and it doesn't do exactly what

it's supposed to do I have no patience for things

that look Nothing like the original right from

the animated version. So therefore I just don't

I don't want it if it's not gonna be legit. So

like the primal I was like, oh By the way, yeah,

I'll and I'll talk about this on Altered geek

as well, but The the Transformers Earth Wars

game on mobile still fun Yeah, I don't have any

of the combiners yet, but my I'm in a group a

clan Which oddly enough broke off of the there

was one for Transformers Network But everybody

weren't too happy with how management was running

the The the thing and they were complaining and

so they all got booted out and they all formed

their own group And then I was just like yeah,

there's nobody on this anymore Because without

numbers in in a clan on the game like you can't

earn anything on event weekends Because there

are goals like you can get certain crystals on

certain weekends and they you know, you can get

certain level star of you know, say like you

could get a Galvatron star or You know a two

-star Galvatron or a three -star Galvatron or

four -star or you could get like I mean basically

it's any like like I get Deathsaurus a few weeks

ago Two -star one, I believe I have like a two

-star Megatron a three -star Megatron a Deathsaurus

a three -star Nemesis Prime a two -star Galvatron

a three and a two -star Scourge a two -star Cyclonus

like I've got I've got like all the seekers.

I still have not gotten a sound wave which is

driving me nuts I want sound wave, but they won't

like release the sound wave Or Razor Claw like

he's like probably the strongest one and like

I can't get him either But it doesn't matter

like I like to get like all the three -star Constructicon

so I can get Devastator but It's a game of chance

of whatever pops up with with the crystal you

get free ones every day or twice a day and and

then like every You either gonna buy the crystals

and it's still a game of chance or of what you

get Or you you can wait until you earn enough

shards Which build you the crystal? Which you

do through the event weekends, so It's interesting

I've been playing it since June I think I've

racked up like 200 some odd hours in the game,

which is ridiculous for a phone game But dump

like 50 bucks into it too, but But it's it's

it's been fun I've been having a lot of fun because

I have four groups of seven that get to go into

battle So two groups have Megatron one group

has nemesis prime one group has Galvatron, so

I think that's going to do it for us. I know

it's been a short episode, but short and sweet.

May Rodimus rest in peace. Dick Gaudier. And

next time around, who knows? It might be in Origins.

It might be a regular episode. You just never

know here at All Things Transformers. There's

All Things Transformers everywhere around this

place. It might be Robots in Disguise, man. Yeah.

Wah -wah. Wah -wah -wah. This podcast is more

than meets the ears. Oh lord. Alright, you wanna

close it out there, Megadron? Until next time...

Transform and transcend. What, no yes? No. No.

Ah, yes. None of these devices except the TVs

are functioning. Wait a second. I've got a feeling

We didn't come on down we crashed here What's

he talking about we're gonna get killed regard

we need personalized service with friendly convenient

payment terms, let's all be there Scourge you,

but what did I do to deserve all this? Oh, shut

up. I don't know how you did it, but thanks,

Rekgar. Assembly required! Batteries not included!

But I believe in me! Rodimus! Look who's back!

Yeah, good to have you back, Springo. Well, don't

let your enthusiasm overwhelm you! Sorry. I've

been thinking about the Quintessons. Who they

are. Why they treat us as enemies. From what

I saw back on that asteroid, I think the answer

may be in the Matrix, in the memories of the

ancient Autobot leaders. So just get blasted

again and almost die, then you can enter the

Matrix and find out for sure. He's only kidding,

but tell him you're only kidding. He knows, R

.C. He's not as dumb as he looks. Come on, let

the boy cogitate if he wants. He won't do anything

rash, will you, Rod? Is this the Matrix? Rodimus

Prime, you have embarked on a journey into Cybertron's

distant past. Prepare to look into the face of

your creator! Eons ago, Cybertron was a factory...

built by the Quintessons to manufacture robots.

There were two product lines, military hardware

and consumer goods. These two product lines were

the lineal ancestors of the Decepticons and the

Autobots. In time, the Quintessons endowed their

products with a simulated intelligence. Now...

The machines could manufacture themselves. And

before long, they grew too lazy and greedy to

bother even with that. There were simpler ways

to wring performance out of their slaves. The

Quintessons simply recycled it on the spot. Quintessons

also used the robots to entertain them. Machine

was pitted against machine in gladiatorial combat.

Some of us, however, found this pointless combat

repellent and sought to put a stop to it. We

failed. But the seeds of revolt had been planted.

and would one day yield a terrible harvest. What

the Quintessons failed to grasp was that their

robots had developed emotions that knew and felt

the difference between freedom and slavery and

that oversight sealed their fate. For a time,

the robots lived in harmony. But this did not

last. The former consumer goods who called themselves

Autobots sought a peaceful existence, while the

military hardware wanted conquest. And they got

their way. For centuries they tyrannized the

Autobots, knowing we could never defeat the Decepticons

with firepower. We turned to stealth and invented

the art of transforming The Autobots rule for

many centuries, but in time the Decepticons also

learned how to transform Thus one fateful night

below the city. Megatron was born. The Matrix

was passed to Alpha Trion, the oldest of Autobots,

who kept it safely hidden for many years, until

the next Autobot leader appeared, a gentle robot

known as Orion Pax, who was fated to become Optimus

Prime. And so began the Third Cybertronian War,

which ranges to this day. And the Quintessons

are our creators. Through all these centuries,

they have waited for the proper moment to strike,

to reclaim the planet that we Transformers took

from them. And now they're going for the Gusto,

right? Do not forget what you've learned of our

past, Rodimus. From its lessons, the future is

forged. Are you crazy? Why'd you short -circuit

yourself? Wake up, you moron! It was the only

way into the Matrix. I was wrong. He is as dumb

as he looks. Springer! No more jokes, Springer.

Cybertron's in deadly danger. We're heading back

there, now. Yes, sir, Mr. Leader, sir. Say hello.

Hey, hello. Paul Eiding here. Actually, it's

Paul Eiding, Perceptor. Thank you so much. My

pleasure, man. Very nice to meet you. What's

your name? Michael Wilson. Hey, Michael. It's

a pleasure, man. Stan, as long as you're here

as a captive audience, could you say hello for

the Geekcast Radio Network? For the which network?

The Geekcast Radio Network. Okay. Hey, this is

Stan Bush on the Geekcast Radio Network, and

you got the touch. Thank you so much. You got

it. No, wait. Here it is. I thought it was a

smudge in the screen. That fits the description

of Cha. Good enough. Rodimus Prime over and out.