Show how much of her show I can stomach.
Melanie Griffith
She’s been on Letterman several times (even hosted once) and she seems to have a perfectly normal voice, so why the high decibel assualt on her own show?
Another vote for Rosie Perez.
And Celine Dion. When she sings.
Regis’ time has come
Now that Kathy’s gone
Audience fears the Ripa
And her grating nasally whine (It’s just daytime TV)
Come on baby (don’t fear the Ripa)
Baby take my hand (don’t fear the Ripa)
We’ll be able to fly (don’t fear the Ripa)
On weekdays at noon
La-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la-la
One more vote for Rosie Perez. And it’s not just her voice. Her accent is so heavy that I couldn’t make out anything she was saying in Fearless.
(This was in no way intended to be an offensive comment.)
And when she talks. And when she doesn’t talk. And when she exists.
Another vote for Gottfried. Even Al Bundy couldn’t stand him.
Callie Thorne. Not only did her terrible acting help ruin the last season or so of Homicide, but the Burns brothers have been using her as a voice in some of their later documentaries. I was trying to listen to her reading Jane Jacobs in the New York series and her breathy, painfully This! Is! Significant!! delivery made me turn on the closed captioning.
Whoever played Finchy in the UK Office, although I guess the character was supposed to be annoying.
Any of the Monty Python guys trying to do an American accent. Except, obviously, Terry G., which is a shame because he was usually behind the camera.
Man, that was freakin’ BRILLIANT
Because it’s part of the character.
Cope/Kope I always mess that one up. Damn!
Pamela Anderson Lee, that annoying little girly voice…yuck.
I came in here just to defend Gilbert Gottfried. He’s brilliantly hilarious.
And his name is NOT Godfrey! (Although, funnily, they mean the same thing. Godfrey is just an Anglicized version of the German Gottfried. Still annoys the piss out of me when people call him Godfrey though.)
I haven’t seen much of his standup, but his performance at the Friars’ Club Roast of Hugh Hefner was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Ice T (for reasons even he didn’t understand) had gone earlier; he did some self-mocking stuff. Then Gottfied took his turn, yelled that Ice T had stolen his bit, and repeated a good chunk of it.
“First I’m gonna rob all you white motherfuckers. Then I’m gonna fuck all you white bitches…”
How about that lady who pushes Glad Plastic Wrap on numerous commercials? Don’t know her name, but the baby-ish squeek of her voice drives me batty. I believe there was even a commercial that had both her AND Gilbert Godfrey for a sonic torture session.
And may I add the fingernail-on-a-blackboard grate of Roseanne?
Harvey Fierstein, anyone?
Let’s not forget Jon Lovitz or Joan Rivers.
She’s #1 on my list. I agree it’s the combination of her voice and her accent. I refuse to watch any show she’s on. I’d much rather hang out with Fran Dreschler or the woman from Will and Grace, at least they’re hot.
I also agree that Rosanne should be on the list. I have never seen what made her so popular for awhile.
Susan Sarandon.
How anyone can find her attractive with that horrid whinnnne is simply beyond me.
Yeardley Smith- as Lisa she is fine, but otherwise my ears bleed.
The problem I have with Jennifer Tilley’s annoying squeaky voice is that its 100% fake. In real life she doesn’t talk like that. But she is such a bad actress she uses that voice for every character she plays.
What about Drew Barrymore and that lisping Valley Girl voice?
I can’t believe I’m the first person to list Kathy Griffin from Suddenly Susan. She sounds like Harvey Fierstein’s sister.
Jack Nicholson, cannot stand him, hate his acting (he only has two emotions p*ssed and bored), his voice grates like fingernails on a chalkboard.