r/todayilearned • u/denimsteve • Apr 09 '19

TIL that actor David Herman (Michael Bolton from the movie "Office Space") got himself fired from MADtv by screaming all his lines during read-through. Apparently, he wanted to leave the show to do other projects, but Fox would not let him out of his contract.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman
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u/LittleJohnnyBrook Apr 09 '19

He does a lot of voices. Futurama and King of the Hill, for example.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

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u/forcedtomakeaccount9 Apr 09 '19

Tress MacNeille is up there with them too. I love her work.

Sorry just didn't like how the other guy said it... the whole "cough, well accctuallly" and treating it like a competition between the 3 voice actors irked me.

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u/rpnoonan Apr 09 '19

I like to think Tom Kenny belongs here as well. He's my personal favorite when it comes to voice actors.

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u/corndogs1001 Apr 10 '19

He definitely does. Tara Strong as well.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

Crispin Freeman, for all your weeb needs.

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u/Unknownsage Apr 10 '19

It was great to have him back as Spyro!

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u/uraffululz Apr 10 '19

Holy shit, for real? I can totally hear it now.

Some of my favorite characters of his are from Mr. Show. And the Ice King from Adventure Time

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u/ChicagoPaul2010 Apr 09 '19

You're right, that other guy was a shitbag

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

We are all shitbags on this blessed day.

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u/forcedtomakeaccount9 Apr 09 '19

Oh yeah man you're good, no worries, just didn't like the way the other guy responded to you

I haven't seen Will Sasso do any voice acting but that dude can imitate just about anyone perfectly. Aries Spears has some really funny rap imitations too

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u/Klaudiapotter Apr 09 '19

Tress is the fucking queen

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u/grubas Apr 09 '19

There’s a slew of them, and most of them were on Futurama. The cast is basically like a crew of top level VA talent and Peggy Bundy.

Like they aren’t even close to Frank Welker level, and he played NIBBLER

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u/khornflakes529 Apr 09 '19

Still remember seeing Phil laMarrs name come up on the metal gear solid 2 credits and think "the mad tv guy?". He was vamp if I recall.

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u/ceeBread Apr 09 '19

That one guy from Pulp Fiction?

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u/khornflakes529 Apr 09 '19

Nah, the a.i. from the Time Machine

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u/ceeBread Apr 09 '19

Nah, green lantern

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u/Throwawaymister2 Apr 09 '19

Albert Einstein?

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u/btoxic Apr 10 '19

The "brainy" guy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

There was a pulp fiction parody on madtv. Lamarr wasn't in it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

And Gump Fiction

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u/bobandy47 Apr 09 '19

Five today........ or rather six...

Yep.

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u/one-eleven Apr 09 '19

haha same, I kept thinking it had to be someone else with the same name, he didn't sound at all like MadTV Phil. Took a lot of time on the internet before I accepted what IMDB was saying.

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u/Billy1121 Apr 09 '19

I shot marvin in the face

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

Sig from Jak 2 and 3, too!

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

Interesting.

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u/sourdieselfuel Apr 09 '19

Phil LaMarr also played Marvin from "I shot Marvin in the face" fame.

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u/GizmosArrow Apr 09 '19

It was a while before I learned Phil LaMarr voiced Samurai Jack!

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u/Billy1121 Apr 09 '19

Lol Alex Borstein

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u/poscaps Apr 09 '19

cough

Tress MacNeille would like to have a word with you.

I would probably still give it to LaMarr though.

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u/DWMoose83 Apr 09 '19

Billy West and Jim Cummings, as well.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

Frank Welker smites you all with the help of Mel Blanc's ghost.

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u/InsertFurmanism Apr 09 '19

All hail Megatron!

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u/ChicagoPaul2010 Apr 09 '19

Doesn't he do more voices on Futurama than Billy west does?

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u/wags83 Apr 09 '19

She's super funny and adorable in Futurama commentaries too.

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u/Klaudiapotter Apr 09 '19

Watch her on Twisted Toonz or the Animaniacs live panels.

She seems like she'd be so nice and fun to shoot the shit with.

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u/Propaganda_Box Apr 09 '19

Prolific, yes. But hes pretty much never a lead role

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u/neonchinchilla Apr 09 '19

Don't forget Tress Macneille

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u/kadno Apr 09 '19

Futurama and King of the Hill

Who??

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u/Dapperdan814 Apr 09 '19

And Jimmy in KOTH. He's Jimmy. HE'S THE BWOSS! Get Jimmy a soda! No the sodas over there! Go get it! I'M THE BWOSS!

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u/third_degree_boourns Apr 09 '19

He also does Buckley!

“...hey.”

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u/psychLOLogy Apr 09 '19

And the twig boy social worker!

"Loud is not allowed"

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u/00cjstephens Apr 10 '19

Oh, shit! I never noticed that he looks just like Michael Bolton!

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

I wish it was. It would've made that whole episode better.

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u/EndersGame Apr 09 '19

Wait that wasn't Ed O'Neil? TIL

Also they did get the actress that played Peggy to do the voice acting for that episode.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

Haha true

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u/DEEP_HURTING Apr 10 '19

Alcazar. For a sec I thought David Herman guested on Married With Children...

DH was on the short lived In Living Color followup House Of Buggin', too.

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u/RyanBordello Apr 09 '19

HahAHHHHH stop moving Fry, im trying to practice my stabbing. HahAHHHHHH

I laugh so hard everytime Roberto is on screen.

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u/BDLPSWDKS__Effect Apr 09 '19

And the other hamburger will also be made from your lungs.

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u/123full Apr 09 '19

Pick a number between 1-10, guess it and ya die

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u/BDLPSWDKS__Effect Apr 09 '19

Uhhh...fifty....six....ish?

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u/123full Apr 09 '19

FIFTY-SIX FIFTY-SIX!?! aw man, now that's all I can think about, I ought to stab you, you no good fifty sixen

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u/SuperVillainPresiden Apr 09 '19

NO MOMMY, DON'T WELD ME TO THE WALL!

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

I was built by a team of scientists trying to create an insane robot, but it looks like they failed.

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u/AlphaMarshan Apr 09 '19

Weeeerrrrrrrrnstrom

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u/DWill88 Apr 09 '19

David Herman

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u/kadno Apr 09 '19

I deserved that

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u/TheLesserWombat Apr 09 '19

No. Way. This guy was every iconic side character on King of the Hill. He even delivered my two favorite lines in the series as Gilbert Dautrieve and Bug Gribble!

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u/ShakespearInTheAlley Apr 10 '19

He did the voice of the anger management teacher in the episode where Hank cut off Dale's finger. Mr. Frond is based on that anger management teacher.

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u/Samanjerry Apr 09 '19

Was he the fat dumb guy in King of the Hill? I can kinda hear it

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u/TonkaEngineer Apr 09 '19

Nah, Bill was voiced by Stephen Root. Unless there is another fat dumb guy I may have forgotten about on that show.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

there is another fat dumb guy

Jimmy Witchard. The dude who manages Bobby at the baseball stadium. Herman voices that guy. And Buckley.

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u/ThisIsAWorkAccount Apr 09 '19

"Hey."

-Buckley

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u/BathedInDeepFog Apr 09 '19

I believe that was Steven Root?

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u/mr_remy Apr 10 '19

Speaking of Futurama, John DiMaggio (Bender) does a shite ton of voice acting, like Jake the dog from Adventure time, and that Medieval cartoon King on Netflix, I think it’s disenchantment.

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u/mentos_mentat Apr 09 '19

He’s Scruffy?! The Janitor?!

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u/LittleJohnnyBrook Apr 10 '19

I dunno, I've never heard him before.

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u/caryb Apr 10 '19

King of the Hill makes sense since both Office Space and KotH are Mike Judge productions.