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Rob Paulsen (Animaniacs) Improvises 12 New Cartoon Voices | Vanity Fair

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6 years ago

May 11, 2020

Voice actor Rob Paulsen tries his hand at improvising the voices of 12 random cartoon characters that he has never seen before. Using a similar technique he used for Yakko Warner (Animaniacs), Raphael and Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), and Carl Wheezer (Jimmy Neutron), Rob brings these characters to life.

Rob Paulsen lends his voice to ‘Animaniacs’ coming to Hulu later this year, and his memoir Voice Lessons is currently on sale.

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25 Comments

CensorCipher

May 11, 2020 at 6:00 pm

Of all the voice actors who have improvised on here, I think this is easily the best. His characters are so diverse and sound so different from each other. He could do a whole show full of characters and you wouldn’t know they were all him.

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Dallas Rockwell

May 11, 2020 at 6:05 pm

This guy plays Snowball ????

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MysterySteve: The Pathetic Gamer

May 11, 2020 at 6:09 pm

As soon as he did Yacko, I got an unbreakable ear to ear grin on my face

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Runamuck

May 11, 2020 at 6:09 pm

His name was Robert Paulson

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Nur playsmusic

May 11, 2020 at 6:13 pm

I love him so much!!!

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Chill

May 11, 2020 at 6:14 pm

I wasnt aware of how hilarious this dude is.

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brandi jones

May 11, 2020 at 6:16 pm

Rob Paulson is a gd national treasure! I love this!!

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Michael S

May 11, 2020 at 6:19 pm

Rob’s riffs are so funny. It was a joy to see him work.

Please tell me y’all have Billy West’s turn stashed away and ready to go soon.

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Sky

May 11, 2020 at 6:19 pm

“I will beat you three ways: Up, down, and continuously.”

Okay, I need a whole show about this character.

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Laura Maue

May 11, 2020 at 6:22 pm

His improv’s so effortless omg

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Pretendship

May 11, 2020 at 6:35 pm

his name is Robert Paulsen

his name is Robert Paulsen

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4thDeadlySin

May 11, 2020 at 6:48 pm

I remember back when I first went through Rob Paulsen’s Wikipedia page and was blown away by how many characters had the same voice actor XP It was around that time that I started looking up all the different voices of characters I like and started remembering the names of voice actors. Now I’m one of those people who says, “I know that voice” several times whenever I watch a pilot for a new cartoon 😛

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Dylan Craig

May 11, 2020 at 6:54 pm

The lobster should have been THE POT GHOOOOOOOST! Beware!

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BrickWall Reviews

May 11, 2020 at 7:00 pm

One of the greatest

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TraumaCenter13

May 11, 2020 at 7:01 pm

You guys need to bring the Queen, Tara Strong.

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James Bevan

May 11, 2020 at 7:06 pm

Brilliant.

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Kristina

May 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

Amazing! I love this guy, what a legend ????

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Eric Lehman

May 11, 2020 at 7:13 pm

Vanity Fair should also feature Frank Welker and Tara Strong, too.

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Sassychicken

May 11, 2020 at 7:18 pm

This is delightful. <3

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Coffee Stain

May 11, 2020 at 7:21 pm

Ron Paulsen!

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CoolCatM

May 11, 2020 at 7:22 pm

Except i met Rob Paulson, so, it does mean something, to me.

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gio b.

May 11, 2020 at 7:24 pm

I love him

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2 Dudes Review

May 11, 2020 at 7:35 pm

Does this mean we are gonna hear Rob go over his career as well??

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Rikegile

May 11, 2020 at 7:46 pm

Carl Wheezer’s cursing

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Run 3rd

May 11, 2020 at 7:47 pm

This is an absolute delight, and perfectly highlights Rob’s tremendous talent and joie de vivre!

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