# Mushmouth Actors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194 "2007-09-23T14:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bad\_Samaritan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/21 "2007-09-24T02:44:02Z")
[QUOTE=bluethree] Don Francisco on _Sábado Gigante_. It’s terrible for people trying to learn Spanish to tune into this three-hour program and not be able to understand a damn word that man it saying. Of course, that’s not \*his \* problem. [/QUOTE] I barely know any Spanish, but I tune in to Sabado Gigante every once in a while for the ever present jiggly T & A. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/22 "2007-09-24T02:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] …Nick Nolte. [/QUOTE] ITA. That was the name I was going to mention. When I saw _The Thin Red Line_, I was amazed at his ability to yell and mumble all at the same time. His was the only character I had any feelings about and I kept wishing someone would hurry up and kill him. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/23 "2007-09-24T13:19:02Z")
Brando. Didn’t need to put anything in his mouth for _Godfather._ ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/24 "2007-09-24T13:47:30Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Boomhauer 😃 [/QUOTE] Gotta-be-quick, I-tell-you-what, man, cite-Boomhauer-ina-mushmouth-thread-wanna-get-there-first-see-dang-ol’- **Argent** - **Towers** -beat-y’all, man. Too slow. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Samaritan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/25 "2007-09-24T14:01:19Z")
David Caruso on CSI:Miami. His mumbling/low talking, squinty eyes, and trademark head cock aren’t character traits, they’re friggin annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/26 "2007-09-24T14:04:33Z")
Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase in House. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/27 "2007-09-24T14:49:03Z")
Stallone anyone? ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/28 "2007-09-24T16:55:18Z")
27 posts and no mention of Sean Connery? I can understand him, but I always wish he’d shut the hell up. He was capable enough of human speech when he did James Bond. Apparently, becoming a some sort of legend messed up his jaw muscles. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/29 "2007-09-24T17:03:41Z")
[QUOTE=kelly5078] 27 posts and no mention of Sean Connery? I can understand him, but I always wish he’d shut the hell up. He was capable enough of human speech when he did James Bond. Apparently, becoming a some sort of legend messed up his jaw muscles. [/QUOTE] That reminds me… **Bert Reynolds** ---
**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:** [September 24, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/30 "2007-09-24T19:00:26Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] Brando. Didn’t need to put anything in his mouth for _Godfather._ [/QUOTE] Post #18 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/31 "2007-09-24T19:31:10Z")
[QUOTE=Abby\_Emma\_Sasha] I love the TV show “Without A Trace”. It’s had some less than stellar seasons but bounced back nicely. The latest cast addition was [Roselyn Sanchez](http://imdb.com/name/nm0761052/), and the woman is sex on wheels. However, I can’t understand a damn thing she says. She’s a mushmouth. She doesn’t enunciate and she strings all her words together. It’s annoying. [/QUOTE] Roselyn Sanchez was pretty much universally loathed by _As the World Turns_ fans, which is where she got her start, primarily for this very reason, which made her “acting” very bad. I haven’t seen her on anything since her stint there (I actually haven’t even watched _that_ show in 6 or 7 years), until I picked up _Without a Trace_ in reruns this Summer, and I’m stunned to see that she’s actually been a working actress all these years. I guess looks must really be her selling point, because I still think she stinks as an actress. May I add a complaint about actors who freaking whisper their lines? With the possible exception of the courtroom scenes, I could never even _hear_ Dylan McDermott in his role on _The Practice_. I was constantly having to turn the volume up during his scenes. And though I couldn’t tell you about his acting roles, I can barely even hear Richard Dawson during his hosting on _Family Feud_. SPEAK UP, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/32 "2007-09-24T22:40:16Z")
I saw the thread title and immediately thought of Dustin Hoffman before even reading the OP. The man simply cannot speak clearly to save his life. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/33 "2007-09-24T22:42:39Z")
[QUOTE=Shayna] May I add a complaint about actors who freaking whisper their lines? With the possible exception of the courtroom scenes, I could never even _hear_ Dylan McDermott in his role on _The Practice_. I was constantly having to turn the volume up during his scenes. [/QUOTE] Although Meryl Streep is nowhere near a mushmouth actress, I had that complaint with her in “The Devil Wears Prada.” I’d have to jack up the volume whenever she was speaking, only to have music/dialog blasting whenever Anne Hathaway or anyone else was talking. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/34 "2007-09-24T22:44:23Z")
In relation to the mention of The Godfather, what was the name of that parody where there was a mob godfather and a croc/alligator, and someone who I want to say was Matthew Broderick? Part of the godfather’s parody schtick was that he also had that mumbly thing going on. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/35 "2007-09-24T22:47:23Z")
[QUOTE=lizardling] In relation to the mention of The Godfather, what was the name of that parody where there was a mob godfather and a croc/alligator, and someone who I want to say was Matthew Broderick? Part of the godfather’s parody schtick was that he also had that mumbly thing going on. [/QUOTE] The Freshman? It’s the only spoof I know of that included Brando doing his Godfather shtick and Matthew Broderick. I haven’t seen it all, so I don’t know if it included an alligator. But wiki says there was a Komodo Dragon. ---
**Author:** ![Obsidian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/51bf81/32.png) [@Obsidian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obsidian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/36 "2007-09-24T23:19:29Z")
I know there’s a scene in _Robin Hood Men in Tights_ where they have a faux-Brando (played by Dom DeLuise) who has some sort of pet lizard. They even quote from _The Godfather_, and he has to take cotton balls out of his mouth so he can speak more clearly. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/37 "2007-09-24T23:38:04Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] The Freshman? It’s the only spoof I know of that included Brando doing his Godfather shtick and Matthew Broderick. I haven’t seen it all, so I don’t know if it included an alligator. But wiki says there was a Komodo Dragon. [/QUOTE] Ooooh. That probably was it! I’ll have to rent it and check it out. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/38 "2007-09-24T23:58:35Z")
Can I add a singer? Good. Rickie Lee Jones. I don’t know if it’s a speech impediment or an affectation. Or maybe she’s just got to be somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/39 "2007-09-25T00:32:09Z")
Yaphet Kotto (Giardello from Homicide Life on the Street). ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194/40 "2007-09-25T00:44:07Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] Rickie Lee Jones . . . . Or maybe she’s just got to be somewhere. [/QUOTE] The druh sto’? The poo’ haw? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushmouth-actors/420194.md?page=3)