H. Jon Benjamin has been the voice of Bob Belcher in Bob’s Burgers for over a decade, and he says that playing the cartoon character has changed the way he speaks.
“I didn’t sound like this at all 15 years ago,” the 59-year-old voice actor told Variety in an article published on Monday, June 16. The star went on to note, “Now I talk like Bob,” before he admitted, “I’ve become him.”
The outlet asked the voice actor about Bob’s Burgers and the show’s legacy. He responded, “Whenever you start doing a television show, you feel like it’s gonna get canceled after a season,” before going on to explain, “You do one, and you’re happy to get two, then three — then, oh my God, four — then holy s**t, five. And then, no way, six. And then — f**k — seven!” He then noted, “You don’t know whether people are gonna respond to it, but people started loving the show.”
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Benjamin made his debut as the voice of Bob Belcher on January 9, 2011 — when the first episode premiered — and has portrayed the character for 15 seasons (so far). He was brought on to play the character by the show’s creator and long-time collaborator Loren Bouchard. Bouchard, 55, reportedly met Benjamin when he was living in Boston.
“This comedian, Jonathan Katz, started doing the show Dr. Katz, and I auditioned for that,” Benjamin told Variety. Bouchard was an editor on Dr. Katz and later developed shows of his own and continued to call on Benjamin for voiceover work. The two previously collaborated on projects including Home Movies and Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil.
“I just kept working with him. So, he gave me the part [of Bob], I said yes, and it hasn’t stopped in 30 years,” Benjamin told the outlet.
A new episode of Bob's Burgers is set to premiere on FOX on Thursday, June 19. Fans can stream the episode on Hulu the day after.
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