You're thinking of Frank Welker, who did the voice of Nibbler. On one commentary they asked him to do the voice of a man-eating anteater, and he just instantly came up with the sound that's on the episode.
Then again, he seems to be working less and less... the guy's been doing voices since the 70s or so, he must be getting old.
And I'll see you Maurice's Egon Spangler and raise you his Brain (from Pinky and the).
You're thinking of Frank Welker, who did the voice of Nibbler. On one commentary they asked him to do the voice of a man-eating anteater, and he just instantly came up with the sound that's on the episode.
Then again, he seems to be working less and less... the guy's been doing voices since the 70s or so, he must be getting old.
And I'll see you Maurice's Egon Spangler and raise you his Brain (from Pinky and the).
Oh I only mentioned Egon because I've been working my way through Time Life's Box Set for the Real Ghostbusters and after about 100 episodes, his voice is deeply embedded in my brain. Though this occasional episode intro by him is nice if only to put a face to the voice.
edit: Bwahahaha, Phil LaMarr is the token black voice artist, playing every black cartoon character you might be able to think of.
Not quite. He also does Samurai Jack, the soft-spoken Earth King from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Vamp from Metal Gear Solid 2, and loads and loads and LOADS of others.
edit: Bwahahaha, Phil LaMarr is the token black voice artist, playing every black cartoon character you might be able to think of.
Not quite. He also does Samurai Jack, the soft-spoken Earth King from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Vamp from Metal Gear Solid 2, and loads and loads and LOADS of others.
The female version of Phil LaMarr would be Cree Summer. Noteable roles include Susie from the Rugrats, Elmyra Duff from Tiny Toons and Foxxy Love from Drawn Together.
The female version of Phil LaMarr would be Cree Summer. Noteable roles include Susie from the Rugrats, Elmyra Duff from Tiny Toons and Foxxy Love from Drawn Together.
And most importantly she started out as Penny in Inspector Gadget.
The female version of Phil LaMarr would be Cree Summer. Noteable roles include Susie from the Rugrats, Elmyra Duff from Tiny Toons and Foxxy Love from Drawn Together.
Her range isn't all that impressive though. She is in everything ever though so it's excusable
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But going from Luke fucking Skywalker to a VA for a Batman cartoon over a decade is a massive down step in your career. It'd be like if Pacino went from Michael Corleone to Cheerios commercials.
But going from Luke fucking Skywalker to a VA for a Batman cartoon over a decade is a massive down step in your career. It'd be like if Pacino went from Michael Corleone to Cheerios commercials.
Yea, he should have stuck to it like the guy who plays Chewbaka did.
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But going from Luke fucking Skywalker to a VA for a Batman cartoon over a decade is a massive down step in your career. It'd be like if Pacino went from Michael Corleone to Cheerios commercials.
I don't know going from being typecast as a whiny angst ridden hero that had no future as an actor to having a legitimate career seems like a step up to me.
Besides he didn't only do the Joker.
He was the Trickster too
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The female version of Phil LaMarr would be Cree Summer. Noteable roles include Susie from the Rugrats, Elmyra Duff from Tiny Toons and Foxxy Love from Drawn Together.
Her range isn't all that impressive though. She is in everything ever though so it's excusable
Argh, I'm only now making the connection between Cree as Penny in Inspector Gadget and as Foxxy Love in Drawn Together. Quite the mental image, I must say.
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Besides the typecasting, the whole scar on his face thing kinda hurt his acting potential as well.
I still love his role in Jay & Silent Bob Strike back.
Ha, I didn't know what happened to the Star Wars cast after the trilogy. So, of all the actors involved in the project, only Harrison Ford hit it big?
Harrison Ford , the dude who played Obi-Wan (god, it's escaping my mind at the moment), and the dude who played Tarkin all had careers before Star Wars. Ford was only working as a carpenter for a few years; that part of the Star Wars mythos gets blown out of proportion.
Carrie Fisher fell into drug abuse.
Billy Dee Williams always was a character actor. He was in Batman, after all.
Warwick Davis (I think that's his name) is probably the most famous midget/dwarf in Hollywood.
Mark Hamill did a few live action shoots (Seaquest comes to mind), but I love his work in Full Throttle, Batman TAS and AA, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
To be quite frank, I -REALLY- hope they manage to pull off an episode like the Star Trek one, only with Star Wars actors. It'd be a fuckton harder, especially with Harrison Ford's asking price and his dislike of the Solo character... But if Family Guy and Robot Chicken can both do multiple Star Wars homages, then Futurama should be able to get away with it too.
Isn't Mark Hamill's Joker VA the definitive version? Cause I could swear I heard Ledger channeling it a bit during DK.
Mark Hamill will always be Luke Skywalker to me and for that he will always BE AWSOME.
Go ahead and say that about Hayden Christensen. I dare ya.
While I doubt Ledger was channeling Hamill in the least, Hamill does seem to be WB's go-to guy for the Joker, just like Kevin Conroy is for Batman. He's done video games, VA for a Batman-themed Australian ride, etc. And if Ledger didn't play the role Hamill would be unarguably the best Joker ever.
There's been some talk (during an interview for the next Batman: Arkham Asylum game) that he's "retiring" his role as the Joker, though it could be he was just referring to his role in the AA games.
Good lord. This show has continuity, but it isn't BSG or anything. The joke was more important, and I love seeing people throw out their cell phones flippantly.
Also, this might explain why Hermes hasn't been in many of the episodes so far, in a big role.
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My favorite piece from a commentary is when they talk about Billy West fucking with the Engineers by making it sound like their equipment was broken.
You're thinking of Frank Welker, who did the voice of Nibbler. On one commentary they asked him to do the voice of a man-eating anteater, and he just instantly came up with the sound that's on the episode.
Then again, he seems to be working less and less... the guy's been doing voices since the 70s or so, he must be getting old.
And I'll see you Maurice's Egon Spangler and raise you his Brain (from Pinky and the).
edit: Bwahahaha, Phil LaMarr is the token black voice artist, playing every black cartoon character you might be able to think of.
Oh I only mentioned Egon because I've been working my way through Time Life's Box Set for the Real Ghostbusters and after about 100 episodes, his voice is deeply embedded in my brain. Though this occasional episode intro by him is nice if only to put a face to the voice.
Not quite. He also does Samurai Jack, the soft-spoken Earth King from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Vamp from Metal Gear Solid 2, and loads and loads and LOADS of others.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482851/
The guy's range is incredible.
If anyone's typecast it's Lauren Tom, whose acting history consists almost entirely of voicing Asian characters.
I totally forgot he was Aamurai Jack!
And most importantly she started out as Penny in Inspector Gadget.
Her range isn't all that impressive though. She is in everything ever though so it's excusable
She adds a bit of an accent to Suzy but it's the same basic voice as Elmyra. The pitch maybe higher
For the most part I can usually pick out a VA just by their voice. It's not a bad thing actually I find it makes a fun little drinking game.
Mark Hamil's VA career is actually pretty impressive he's one of the go to guys int he industry.
And he was on this one episode of Outer limits that I'm convinced was written just so he would scream at the end .
But going from Luke fucking Skywalker to a VA for a Batman cartoon over a decade is a massive down step in your career. It'd be like if Pacino went from Michael Corleone to Cheerios commercials.
You're letting nostalgia color your perceptions.
*Waves hand again*
Luke Skywalker was the ultimate Mary Sue Self-Insertion Fantasy.
*Waves hand a third time*
Move along, then.
Yea, he should have stuck to it like the guy who plays Chewbaka did.
I don't know going from being typecast as a whiny angst ridden hero that had no future as an actor to having a legitimate career seems like a step up to me.
Besides he didn't only do the Joker.
He was the Trickster too
Yes, III. One of the first games to use full motion video!
Not everyone can be Harrison Ford.
And really, considering the post Star Wars careers of some of the other actors in Star Wars, maybe being a well known VA isn't so bad.
I'm looking at you Carrie Fisher, You too Mr. Prowse...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pK5HmuCMBM
Argh, I'm only now making the connection between Cree as Penny in Inspector Gadget and as Foxxy Love in Drawn Together. Quite the mental image, I must say.
I still love his role in Jay & Silent Bob Strike back.
Harrison Ford , the dude who played Obi-Wan (god, it's escaping my mind at the moment), and the dude who played Tarkin all had careers before Star Wars. Ford was only working as a carpenter for a few years; that part of the Star Wars mythos gets blown out of proportion.
Carrie Fisher fell into drug abuse.
Billy Dee Williams always was a character actor. He was in Batman, after all.
Warwick Davis (I think that's his name) is probably the most famous midget/dwarf in Hollywood.
Mark Hamill did a few live action shoots (Seaquest comes to mind), but I love his work in Full Throttle, Batman TAS and AA, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
To be quite frank, I -REALLY- hope they manage to pull off an episode like the Star Trek one, only with Star Wars actors. It'd be a fuckton harder, especially with Harrison Ford's asking price and his dislike of the Solo character... But if Family Guy and Robot Chicken can both do multiple Star Wars homages, then Futurama should be able to get away with it too.
Mark Hamill will always be Luke Skywalker to me and for that he will always BE AWSOME.
Go ahead and say that about Hayden Christensen. I dare ya.
While I doubt Ledger was channeling Hamill in the least, Hamill does seem to be WB's go-to guy for the Joker, just like Kevin Conroy is for Batman. He's done video games, VA for a Batman-themed Australian ride, etc. And if Ledger didn't play the role Hamill would be unarguably the best Joker ever.
There's been some talk (during an interview for the next Batman: Arkham Asylum game) that he's "retiring" his role as the Joker, though it could be he was just referring to his role in the AA games.
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What, the eyephone?
Good lord. This show has continuity, but it isn't BSG or anything. The joke was more important, and I love seeing people throw out their cell phones flippantly.
Also, this might explain why Hermes hasn't been in many of the episodes so far, in a big role.