Voice actor extraordinaire Jon Benjamin has been one of the most prominent talents in his field for years now, voicing major characters on Bob's Burgers, Archer, Home Movies, and more. Now, we finally get to see how he manages to achieve such a high level of voiceover perfection: torturing his engineers.
In the above video, Jon Benjamin explains that he has been speaking to his son only in a British accent since he was four months old. His son is now nine and has no idea his dad is not British. This is probably a bit. Yet, maybe it isn't. When you watch it, it's hard not to think, "Only a crazy person would do this." But doesn't Jon Benjamin seem like a crazy person? Yes, yes he does. Have you ever seen The Prestige? It's just like that but comedic and with fake British accents. Wait, The Prestige had fake British accents – it is EXACTLY like The Prestige.
It's going to be hard to watch Comedy Central's Jon Benjamin Has a Van, without imagining it's Sterling Archer traveling across the United States reporting on fake human interest stories. Which he would definitely not do, seeing as how it might involve interacting with ugly, stupid people. Says the his new show's site, "Jon Benjamin takes you for a ride in this new inventive, irreverent and hilarious narrative/fake news magazine comedy show, Jon Benjamin Has a Van. Every week Jon brings you fresh and unique takes on stories from all across America. Each show is a new adventure where Jon unwittingly becomes part of a story he's investigating." [...]
“I am legitimately annoyed by the other [Bob's Burgers] actors a huge part of the time… Recording sessions for [creator] Loren [Bouchard]’s shows can run six, seven hours, which doesn’t sound like a huge deal — everybody works that long — but when you’re in a recording booth it’s suffocating. So in a weird way he has created this family dynamic, which is like, ‘God, I wish Kristen Schaal would stop eating that fucking rice cake thing she’s always eating. It’s so annoying. And Eugene Mirman, I wish he would get off his iPad and stop tweeting for five minutes so he can do his fucking lines. And John Roberts is [...]
Every year, TV networks horde up pilots for potential new shows and then whittle this group down to a few programs that actually make it to air. While it's often the case that these passed-over pilots are rejected for good reasons, there have been tons of high-profile projects from respected comedy auteurs to get shot down by trigger-happy network brass (especially at Fox!). Let's take a look at some of the comedy series that almost were, and how they could have changed the careers of those involved and the face of television as we know it.
We didn’t know it at the time, but the 90s have turned out to be a critical formative era for many of today’s most popular comedians. The short-lived Dana Carvey Show featured a murder's row of then-unknowns who have since gone on to great success, including Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and Louis CK. Before that, MTV brought us The State, whose members have gone onto populate projects like Reno 911, Stella, Wet Hot American Summer and Role Models. And before that, the critically adored but commercially ignored The Ben Stiller Show provided the first big break for young comedians like Janeane Garofalo, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk. But there [...]
What a great trend it has been for music festivals to include comedians. Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest, which this year runs from November 2-4, is one such example. This year's festival will include performances from Hannibal Buress, Wyatt Cenac, Tig Notaro, Eugene Mirman and more. It's perfect for that certain person who wants to pregame for Refused's Swedish Socialist hardcore by listening to David Cross crack some jokes. Check out the full comedy stage line-up below. Yes, it includes a Weird Al Tribute Band:
You know someone’s having a great run when you ask them about their new television show and they don’t know which show you’re talking about.
Writer, performer and producer Jon Benjamin is a long-time fixture on the New York comedy scene, and if you’ve watched an animated sitcom in the last 12 years, chances are you’ve seen his work there as well. He provides the voice of the titular characters in the FX spy spoof, Archer, for which we was nominated for an Emmy, as well as the Fox sitcom, Bob’s Burgers. You’ll also recognize his rasp as the voice of Ben Katz in Dr. Katz and Jason and [...]
