# Jon Benjamin! I forgot all about him! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077 "2025-06-01T18:24:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/1 "2025-06-01T18:24:38Z")
Remember him, and his _…has a van_ show? His downbeat, often hapless style always resonated with me. IMDB seems to show him to still be relatively busy, I suppose. Wish he’d find a vehicle to make him more prominent these days. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/2 "2025-06-01T19:03:17Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > …vehicle… Ha! Maybe another van? 😉 ---
**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:** [June 1, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/3 "2025-06-01T22:39:27Z")
You speak of H.? If so: his voice is all over American animation. (I never saw his Van show but would probably like it; good guest stars.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/4 "2025-06-02T02:49:09Z")
I’ve only ever seen him on the Aziz Ansari show _Master of None_. And I couldn’t reconcile his look with his voice. He’s supposed to look like Bob Belcher, or Sterling Archer, or the Coach from _Home Movies_. I have the same reaction when I see Dan Castellenata. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/5 "2025-06-02T04:01:36Z")
Wow…he popped up in the most recent episode of _Last Week Tonight_. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/6 "2025-06-02T11:39:11Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > You speak of H.? > > If so: his voice is all over American animation. That’s my guess. H Jon Benjamin does quite a few voices on Bob’s Burgers and Archer. Including Bob and Archer. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/7 "2025-06-02T13:56:32Z")
About the silly ‘H’ (after his grandfather Harry) - it seemed to stick after Sarah Silverman, without Jon’s consent, included it in the credits of the awesome animated show “Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist”, apparently “just to make fun of me”. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/8 "2025-06-02T23:10:04Z")
I can’t take him seriously in anything- he’ll always be Ben Katz. That was a great character. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/9 "2025-06-02T23:15:20Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > That was a great character. In that show I think the deadbeat son was my favourite. DK’s befuddled exchanges with his bored secretary were pretty good too. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/10 "2025-06-02T23:19:04Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Wow…he popped up in the most recent episode of _Last Week Tonight_. Huh, yeah! Saw that recently! (pvr’d) Air traffic controller shenanigans! ---
**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:** [June 3, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/11 "2025-06-03T22:22:29Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > About the silly ‘H’ (after his grandfather Harry) - it seemed to stick after Sarah Silverman, without Jon’s consent, included it in the credits of the awesome animated show “Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist”, apparently “just to make fun of me”. 😀 That is AWESOME. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077/12 "2025-06-04T05:54:41Z")
I mostly remember how _Jon Benjamin Has a Van_ had this irritating promo. It was filmed from the perspective that you were inside a vehicle and he was knocking on your window, if memory serves. It positively drove me up the wall.