# Favorite Cartoon Voices **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751 "2014-05-19T17:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/21 "2014-05-19T20:59:32Z")
Mel did lots of work with Spike Jones. [The first one seen in a bowler is him.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijnfdLFhn2o) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/22 "2014-05-19T21:28:37Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > that character was based on a character in adult old time radio comedy, so it was an adult appealing element in the cartoon. > > Mel started in radio and his radio and cartoon voice work overlapped for a bit over a decade. That was Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, a character he played on Fred Allen’s radio show from 1945 onwards. Not only did Foghorn Leghord use the name, he used his distinctive speaking style and his catchphrases: > [@](#): > > Claghorn would typically answer the door with, “Somebody, ah say, somebody knocked! Claghorn’s the name, Senator Claghorn, that is. I’m from the South. Suh.” > … > After a quip, the senator would laugh uproariously, and utter one of his two catchphrases: “That’s a joke, son!” or “Pay attention now, boy!” > **[Senator Claghorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_Claghorn)** > > Senator Beauregard Claghorn was a popular fictional radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show, beginning in 1945. Succeeding the vaguely similar but much less popular Senator Bloat from the earliest "Allen's Alley" routines, Senator Claghorn, portrayed by Allen's announcer Kenny Delmar, was a blustery Southern politician whose home was usually the first at which Allen would knock. Claghorn would typically answer the door with, "Somebody, ah say, somebody knocked! Cl Cl... It’s a pretty direct “steal” of Delmar’s act. Parody (which Wikipedia calls this) is one thing, but I always felt that Foghorn Leghorn, whose character continued for quite a while in the Warner Brothers cartoons, was essentially an entire character and series taking its essence from somebody else’s act. There are lots of other such cases in cartoon history. > **[Senator Claghorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_Claghorn)** > > Senator Beauregard Claghorn was a popular fictional radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show, beginning in 1945. Succeeding the vaguely similar but much less popular Senator Bloat from the earliest "Allen's Alley" routines, Senator Claghorn, portrayed by Allen's announcer Kenny Delmar, was a blustery Southern politician whose home was usually the first at which Allen would knock. Claghorn would typically answer the door with, "Somebody, ah say, somebody knocked! Cl Cl... It’s true, though, as Wikipedia notes, that the cartoon has outlasted its inspiration – without the cartoon, how many folks would remember Senator Claghorn, or Delmar\> It’s like those ancient nursery rhymes that are only remembered today because Lewis Carroll parodied them in his Alice in Wonderland stories. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/23 "2014-05-19T22:02:40Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > I’ve worked with her! (She’s also the princess in the game _Fat Princess_.) Lucky bastard. I would so penis her if I could. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/24 "2014-05-19T22:19:43Z")
The whole Bob’s Burgers crew is great. Here’s a live script read at some con. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/olyGYjVVESA/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob's Burgers Live Script Read at the Irenic") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olyGYjVVESA) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/25 "2014-05-19T22:34:32Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > You say that like it’s a bad thing. > > For very favorite I have to put the incredible Mr. Blanc in a four-way tie dead tie with: > Popeye, Olive, and Bluto (the 1930’s Fleischer series). > > Honorable Mention: > Don Adams as Tennessee Tuxedo Olive Oyl and Swee’ Pea were voiced by Mae Questel, who also voiced Betty Boop, Casper the Ghost and others. She was also Aunt Bethany in Christmas Vacation. She was a very talented mimic in her day. I’d also mention Jim Backus for Mr. Magoo. I think it was his only voice over, but it was perfect. ---
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> [@Chefguy](#): > > Olive Oyl and Swee’ Pea were voiced by Mae Questel, who also voiced Betty Boop, Casper the Ghost and others. She was also Aunt Bethany in Christmas Vacation. She was a very talented mimic in her day. > > I’d also mention Jim Backus for Mr. Magoo. I think it was his only voice over, but it was perfect. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vKq_xTUdUw) is the quintessential Backus, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/27 "2014-05-19T23:11:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > That was Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, a character he played on Fred Allen’s radio show from 1945 onwards. Not only did Foghorn Leghord use the name, he used his distinctive speaking style and his catchphrases . . . FWIW, I never liked The Great Gildersleeve, either. “Blowhard” humor eludes me. I can recognize the geniuses in the sub-genre, certainly. Toss in “The Kingfish” from the Amos and Andy show. Brilliant realization of the character…but…ugh! What a hideous character! Give me Yosemite Sam: he isn’t so much a “blowhard” as a “loudmouth.” A very loud one! And…another great accomplishment of Mel Blanc’s! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/28 "2014-05-19T23:25:09Z")
sometimes you get a whole show that is over the top. George of the Jungle Bill Scott, Paul Frees, June Foray, Daws Butler did voices. the humor was sophisticated. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/29 "2014-05-19T23:30:46Z")
All the voices on “Archer,” particularly Aisha Tyler, with Judy Greer a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/30 "2014-05-19T23:42:56Z")
Paul Frees; classic. Always evocative. From _The Simpsons_, Dan Castellaneta–amazingly versatile (and love his singing). From _Futurama_, Billy West is another amazingly versatile performer. Love Maurice LaMarche, too. From _Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law_: Gary Cole (not traditionally thought of as a voice-over guy) is hilariousl; likewise Paget Brewster. That’s a great show for voices–LaMarche, again, plus Stephen Colbert and Peter MacNicol. Adult Swim shows in general have a great record for good voices, many of them not ‘the usual suspects’: _The Venture Bros_. has James Urbaniak, Patrick Warburton, and Stephen Rattazzi; _Sealab 2021_ had Harry Goz and Ellis Henican; \*The Brak Show \*had C. Martin Croker and Andy Merrill; and George Lowe, Dana Snyder, and H. Jon Benjamin show up all over the place. ---
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[quote=“Drunky\_Smurf, post:24, topic:688751”] The whole Bob’s Burgers crew is great. Here’s a live script read at some con. [/QUOTE] Awesome! I love Eugene Mirman…I wonder if I would get sick of his voice I had to listen to it all day? When I hear him a half hour every week, I can’t not laugh. lol That guy, John Roberts, doing Linda can’t stop smiling while doing the voice and just seeing him do it is making the audience crack up. I saw an interview with Jeremy Shada (_Adventure Time_) and he said that Pendleton Ward likes to do the Lumpy Space Princess voice when he’s alone. Probably because it’s so [fucking silly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CSZcTHmH-o). Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/32 "2014-05-20T00:38:26Z")
Two I haven’t seen mentioned yet, and at rather opposite ends of the spectrum Carlos Alazraqui as Rocko on _Rocko’s Modern Life_ Townsend Coleman as The Tick on _The Tick_ (animated) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/33 "2014-05-20T00:56:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Mel Blanc was and ever shall be the king of cartoon voice overs. Foghorn may have been my favorite. He was the very best, no one else comes close. Tress Macneile, Daws Butler, June Foray, and Billy West are/were very talented as well. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/34 "2014-05-20T01:27:47Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > From _The Simpsons_, Dan Castellaneta–amazingly versatile (and love his singing). If you’re going to mention Dan Castellaneta, you have to mention Hank Azaria, too. He does just as many, if not more, voices on _The Simpsons_. ---
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> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Two I haven’t seen mentioned yet, and at rather opposite ends of the spectrum > > Carlos Alazraqui as Rocko on _Rocko’s Modern Life_ > Townsend Coleman as The Tick on _The Tick_ (animated) Trivia: Carlos Alazraqui was also the original Taco Bell chihuahua. ---
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> [@Superdude](#): > > If you’re going to mention Dan Castellaneta, you have to mention Hank Azaria, too. He does just as many, if not more, voices on _The Simpsons_. Well, technically, according to the [Simpsons wiki](http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta) Castellaneta “has the record for most characters by his voice.” **Arthur Q. Bryan** deserves cwedit for cweating the voice of Emer Fudd. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cartoon-voices/688751/37 "2014-05-20T05:27:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Olive Oyl and Swee’ Pea were voiced by Mae Questel, who also voiced Betty Boop, Casper the Ghost and others. She was also Aunt Bethany in Christmas Vacation. She also appeared in Woody Allen’s 1989 “Oedipus Wrecks” although I didn’t see it myself. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > That was Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, a character he played on Fred Allen’s radio show from 1945 onwards. Another cartoon character based on the Senator was “The Hunter” from the early 60’s “King Leonardo” cartoons. The Hunter’s voice was provided by none other than Delmar himself. For over 50 years I’ve been quoting an exchange from a Hunter cartoon: Hunter: …That’s a joke, Son. King Leonardo (irritated): Don’t call me “Son”! Don’t you know I’m the King? Hunter (unfazed): Why, I call _everybody_ “Son”, Sire. That’s a joke, Son. ---
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> [@randompattern](#): > > Patrick Warburton Oh, he’s hilarious! He just cracks me up, says the middle aged man who used to enjoy Warburton’s voice-acting as Principal Barkin on “Kim Possible.” :o ---
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Phil Hartman. His various voices on The Simpsons. Just loved his voice, may he RIP. ---
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