# Billy West performs 'Back To the Future " as Philip J. Fry and Professor Farnsworth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903 "2017-07-22T21:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/1 "2017-07-22T21:00:41Z")
Here’s a clip of Billy West reading from a script of _Back To the Future_, performing the voices of Fry as Marty McFly and Professor Farnsworth as Doc Brown on Rob Paulsen’s podcast _Talkin’ Toons_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gukBWYALuy4/maxresdefault.jpg "Billy West Mashes Up Futurama and Back to the Future! (Talkin' Toons w/ Rob Paulsen)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gukBWYALuy4) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/2 "2017-07-22T21:17:04Z")
Billy West is a National Treasure. If he doesn’t get an Olympic Nobel Prize Medal then humanity will have failed. As a species and a thought experiment. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/3 "2017-07-24T04:45:06Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Billy West is a National Treasure. If he doesn’t get an Olympic Nobel Prize Medal then humanity will have failed. As a species and a thought experiment. In such an event, the appropriate response will be “I Don’t Want to Live on this Planet Anymore.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/4 "2017-07-24T15:44:23Z")
My god is he talented. ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/5 "2017-07-24T19:06:43Z")
Oh thanks a lot, **cochrane** , you’ve just reminded me how much I love and miss that show. Now I’m sad. Looks like I’ll be drinking beer and binge watching Futurama DVDs tonight. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/6 "2017-07-24T19:18:28Z")
There are some streams of Futurama episodes on YouTube that run 24/7. There are also streams of shows like the Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, and King of the Hill. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/7 "2017-07-24T20:12:53Z")
That was brilliant. I like Billy West so much that I check out his work on imdb and track down the cartoons and commercials he voices. If I hadn’t checked, I wouldn’t know to unmute the TV when M&M commercials come on! He’s the voice of the red one. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/8 "2017-07-24T20:54:24Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > My god is he talented. And such an influence that I heard your post in the Professor’s voice! I’m amazed he can go back and forth so easily (though I think he slipped up a couple of times in Fry’s voice). ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/9 "2017-07-24T21:19:36Z")
The Twisted Toonz panels are literally the entire reason why I attend cons. If they have a panel I go. If not. I don’t. Friggin love those things. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/10 "2017-07-24T22:31:51Z")
He was great on the Howard Stern Show. Loved him in Larry Fine at Woodstock. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903/11 "2017-07-24T22:42:25Z")
Ha-ha, _Billy West_… What a stupid phony made-up name.