“At Home with Olaf” Releases Another New Short
Josh Gad continues to entertain us from home voicing another Olaf short. This one called “Ice”.
“Ice” #AtHomeWithOlaf created at home by Hyrum Osmond. Voiced from home by me, in a Parka. #DisneyMagicMoments pic.twitter.com/ZNNIauwEwV
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) May 1, 2020
The “At Home With Olaf” series of shorts in April with the first short, “Fun With Snow“. Gad brings life to Olaf by voicing the Frozen character from his home. “Fun With Snow” shows Olaf making his own snowballs and tossing them around:
Another short called “Brush” shows everyone the unique way Olaf brushes his teeth. And Gad claims he voiced this one at home in “a standard leather jumpsuit”.
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Another favorite is “Sleep”. Voiced by Gad “in a turquoise onsie”.
“Sleep” #AtHomeWithOlaf created at home by Hyrum Osmond. Voiced from home by me in a turquoise onesie. #DisneyMagicMoments pic.twitter.com/9Pd9PI193d
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) April 10, 2020
Gad himself is not only behind a few Disney characters who are quickly becoming iconic (Olaf and LaFou), but also has a lengthy Broadway resume. Broadway.com provides a list of accomplishments: Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. His other Broadway credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other theatre: All in the Timing, The Skin of Our Teeth, A One Man Show With Other People. Josh also served as a correspondent on “The Daily Show.” Film: 21, The Rocker and Love and Other Drugs. TV: “Back to You,” “Californication,” “Bored to Death,” “Numb3rs” and “Party Down.”
The creator of Olaf’s shorts is animator Hyrum Osmond. Osmond was the animation supervisor on the first Frozen film. He also served as the co-head of animation on Moana. When Osmond pitched the short series he said, “Olaf is so full of wonder, I wanted to show him seeing the world with that wonder”. He was in the early stages of the series when COVID-19 hit. All of a sudden, a little Disney magic and wonder was needed. So, Olaf and his shorts could not have debuted at a better time.
And just for one more fun experience. Here is Olaf in “Fishin”.
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