# If Warner Bros cartoons were voiced by celebrities **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-warner-bros-cartoons-were-voiced-by-celebrities/290707 "2005-02-18T14:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-warner-bros-cartoons-were-voiced-by-celebrities/290707/1 "2005-02-18T14:15:09Z")
Inspired by my own reply in the thread about the new gawd-awful Loonatics cartoon… There have been a few Wile E. Coyote cartoons where he spoke to Bugs Bunny or the audience in explaining the different cuts of Road Runner. It dawned on me that Kelsey Grammer would be a great modern choice for the voice of him. Now I’m wondering, what other modern day actors/celebrities would make good voices for the Warner Bros. cartoons? Not necessarily because of the way the person acts in real life, but just judging on voice alone. They don’t have to sound like the Mel Blanc version but must capture the essence of the character. (and dont’ anyone say Mel Blanc should be the only one to have ever done the voices, because he tried doing them till his death and you KNOW that the voices sucked the last 20 years) ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-warner-bros-cartoons-were-voiced-by-celebrities/290707/2 "2005-02-18T18:36:43Z")
Agreed on Kelsey Grammer as Wile E. Coyote (He is kinda Sideshow Bob-esque, isn’t he?). A _James Bond_ type would work well, too… maybe Roger Moore? Joe Pesci would make a great Daffy Duck. He has the right aggravated, angry, high-pitched voice. Besides, he’s played characters that fit the part; the “Duck season, rabbit season, rabbit season, duck season, _BLAM_” would have fit right in with the _Home Alone_ movies. For Porky Pig, I’d like to see Billy West, the voice actor who played Fry on _Futurama_ and Stimpy on _Ren and Stimpy_. Granted, Porky’s a bit smarter than those characters, but it fits with their heart-is-in-the-right-place nature. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-warner-bros-cartoons-were-voiced-by-celebrities/290707/3 "2005-02-18T20:47:16Z")
Mel Blanc. What? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-warner-bros-cartoons-were-voiced-by-celebrities/290707/4 "2005-02-19T03:44:58Z")
> [@KeithT](#): > > For Porky Pig, I’d like to see Billy West, the voice actor who played Fry on _Futurama_ and Stimpy on _Ren and Stimpy_. Granted, Porky’s a bit smarter than those characters, but it fits with their heart-is-in-the-right-place nature. B-b-b-b-Billy d-d-d-did do the voice of P-p-p-p-Porky in the film _Space Jam_. (Ever since Mel died, the voices of the characters have been done by a number of p-p-peo-p-p-p-pe-p-folks.) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-warner-bros-cartoons-were-voiced-by-celebrities/290707/5 "2005-02-19T04:02:44Z")
Well, Larry Storch did do the voice of Warner Brothers’ _Kool Kat_. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-warner-bros-cartoons-were-voiced-by-celebrities/290707/6 "2005-02-19T14:57:01Z")
Peter Cushing as Yosemite Sam. Really, according to Christopher Lee, he was dead-on! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-warner-bros-cartoons-were-voiced-by-celebrities/290707/7 "2005-02-19T19:12:13Z")
Wasn’t Lyndon Johnson the voice of Yosemite Sam? I heard that on _Rock Bottom_ just the other night, after a story about some crazy guy lusting over a woman’s sweet can.