He is best known for his roles in all seven Police Academy films as Larvell Jones. Michael Winslow is billed as The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects for his ability to make realistic sounds using only his voice. 26-28, 2021 at the Boxboro Regency Hotel for autographs, photo ops and making noises with his mouth. It is with sincere pleasure, along with tongue-in-cheek sound-effects galore, that NorthEast ComicCon welcomes comedian and actor Michael Winslow to our event Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov. West has collaborated with Los Lobos, as well as Penn Jillette, Kramer and Deborah Harry of Blondie on Tattoo of Blood, played live with Brian Wilson, including the guitar solo on the Beach Boys tune "Do it Again" on Late Show with David Letterman, in the mid 1990s. In 1982, West sang lead, doing an impersonation of Mike Love, on a Beach Boys-inspired tune, "Another Cape Cod Summer This Year," by studio band ROUTE 28, written and produced by Erik Lindgren on his Arf! Arf! Records label. When Aerosmith separated in the 80's, my old Fender Telecaster and I were honored to play live with the inimitable Steven Tyler on a couple of occasions." "I played a a little bit of guitar with the great Pete Wolf, frontman vocalist for the Mighty J.Geils band. His band, The Shutdowns (playing Oldies from 1980 to 1984) opened for Roy Orbison, The Shutdowns also opened for: The Association, The 4 Seasons, and Jan and Dean. In addition he is also the voice of the iconic Red M&M.Īs guitarist and singer-songwriter for his band Billy West and The Grief Counselors, he released their first album, Me-Pod in 2004. Fry on the cartoon Futurama, which began in 1999 and has continued on through a number of changes through 2012 and currently airs on Comedy Central. He is also known for his portrayal of Philip J. Featuring Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan and the cast of Looney Tunes, West voiced Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, two characters whom he has sporadically voiced throughout the next decade. hiring him for the film Space Jam in 1996. Portraying the title characters on both shows, Billy West saw his voiceover work reach an even larger, yet younger audience. From there, West became involved with the Nickelodeon shows Doug and Ren & Stimpy. By the mid-90s, he had moved to doing impersonations of Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott on The Howard Stern Show, giving him greater exposure. So I would have liked to somehow address that more.Billy West is best known for his work on Ren & Stimpy, Doug and Futurama, West has a career in radio and television that began in the 1980's when he did comedic impersonations for Charles Laquidara's Big Mattress morning show on Boston's WBNC FM radio network. It was beginning to radically change in the United States. We were just emerging from the ‘50s, the cute little housewife with her apron and high heels. I think it could have been more important within the small family. I was excited about "Macbeth." So I wanted to build on that.Īlso, I felt like my character’s relationship with Major West could have been more than what it was. I don’t know where it came from, but I was reading Shakespeare as a child. Kristen: I think I would have had the wonderful Judy Robinson walking around and quoting Shakespeare, which is what I did as a young child actually *laughs*. If you were allowed to rewrite your character, what would you have done differently? (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic/Getty Images)įox News: It’s been reported that you felt your character Judy Robinson was underused at times. Marta Kristen arrives to the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's ‘Lost In Space’ Season 1 held at The Cinerama Dome on Apin Los Angeles, California.
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