I like the implication that when a fish dies and becomes a fish stick, there is no afterlife for them. They are fated to forever be eaten by Orson Welles' ghost.
"A rich, full-bodied wine sensibly priced at a dollar a jug" is the most underrated joke here. Some people might not even consider a one dollar wine good enough for cooking, yet he's guzzling it down like there's no tomorrow.
Me and my friends all grew these big dirty beards for Movember once. It was rare that you wouldn't hear "What luck! There's a french fry stuck in my beard!" whenever anyone rounded a corner or walked out a door lol
A few years ago, one of my professors at School of Visual Arts showed us Citizen Kane to discuss scene composition, and beforehand I whispered the "Rosebud Frozen Peas" bit to myself. The TA started cracking up and said he was so happy that someone else remembered that.
I only found out in my 20s that these were based on actual commercials Orson Welles did in the 70s and 80s. My dad actually told me about the Paul Masson Wine commercials, and how he was drunk during them. I've seen the outtakes, they're hilarious. But for me, when I was 11-12 years old, this was sooo funny, even if I didn't understand the reference!
Interesting to note, but Maurice LaMarche also dubbed Vincent D'Onofrio in Ed Wood. D'Onofrio played the physical role of Welles, while LaMarche provided the voice. It's really convincing onscreen and does not use comp trickery.
"Geez Brain, what are we going to do tonight?" *"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Advertize Mrs Pell's Fishsticks!"* *"Yes... Oh, YES! They're even better when you're a lab mouse!"* "...Brain, are you alright mate?"
If only the head of Orson Welles in Futurama was based off this version. Orson Welles: You're asking me, the renowned spokesman for Blotto Bros. Wine, to recreate my brilliant 1938 radio broadcast. Merely to impress and deceive the wife of this scaly reptile? Fry: Sorry nevermind. Orson Welles: I'll do it on one condition. You bring me ten cases of Mrs. Pell's Fishsticks. Leela: Don't worry I got that covered. *gives Orson Welles a Fishstick* Orson Welles: Oh yes! They're even better when your a head!
The students writing and droning 'Be an independent thinker' always cracked my shit up, before the Rosebud part. I should also mention, 'Wait that's terrible. I quit.' Has been an inside joke between my brother and myself for years.
Interestingly enough, Orson Welles' last role was the Transformers: the Movie. A role he probably knew anything about... yet still delivered A+ performance.
Welles: "You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy. Some terrible robot toys from Japan that changed from one thing to another. The Japanese have funded a full-length animated cartoon about the doings of these toys, which is all bad outer-space stuff. I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I'm destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen."
"At 25, he wrote and directed Citizen Kane, still considered by countless snobs the best movie ever made. After that, there's apparently not a lot left to do with your life other than pit obesity and alcoholism against each other in a race to stop your heart."
Pretty crazy how he showed he was so brilliant it was like… you have nothing left to prove at all… at age 25.. imagine someone now making a movie so overwhelmingly loved and adored at the age of 25, written produced and directed by them, that everyone was in agreement you can’t go higher. You’ve won the game of Hollywood already. Like what would that even look like???
Oddly enough, Maurice LaMarche, the voice impersonator of Orsen Wells, once did a skit as The Brain in Animaniacs where he did a bunch of Orsen Wells reads.
***** The reads are from a single infamous outtakes tape. LaMarche always does the whole thing, line by line, before recording a Welles impression in order to get in the groove, which is what inspired the Animaniacs writers to come up with the sketch.
Maurice LaMarche is a freakin' genius! One of my favorite cartoon voice over actors! The Brain, Egon from The Real Ghostbusters, his Orson Welles impersontations from the Critic...and many more! He one of my faves along with Frank Welker, Peter Cullin, and the cast of The Simpsons.
Hahaha, I remember being a child when this came on, I didn’t understand it much at all, but watching this as an adult is sooo much better! Lmao. This is absolute gold! Well written and funny, Why this show was canceled is beyond me! 😂😂😂 Addendum: After watching real life OW’s outtakes I found this segment to be even more hilarious, they have his mannerisms really well written in. 🤣
Maurice LaMarche is a great Orson Welles Impersonator and voice actor. He can even do "War of the Worlds" as Orson Welles, it is remarkable. Long live Maurice LaMarche!
"What follows is a terrifying journey into the world of probate, beneficiaries, and GOBLINS!" I am going to have to remember to include this line in my living will.
OMG, i finally get the joke. "Full of country Goodness and Green Peaness". I was just laughing at this clip for the last month cause it sounded like he said penis for no reason and I have the maturity of a 5 year old.
This show is so underappreciated. I think it only lasted 2 seasons. Meanwhile the freaking Kardashians is probably in it's 20th season. People, they're the worst.
Live action is a lot cheaper to produce and makes a lot more money. It's not like The Critic wasted it's time on the air. It had a lot of good episodes and lasted longer than a few other shows born from the Simpsons gold rush.
Maurice LaMarche really oughta put that voice in sequences of noir flick narration. It exemplifies how he'll sound if he were to voice a character who's an on-going detective that knows everything in the deep N.Y. state of mind.
Maurice LaMarche did the greatest Welles impression. He also voiced Welles in the Ed Wood movie (overdubbing Vincent D'Onofrio, who looked perfect in the role).
although the Brain is a caricature of Orson Welles, his voice sounds more like Vincent Price. Orson Welles had a deep, raspy voice. I guess matching Vincent Price's voice to Orson Welles sounds much funnier.
I mean when you're a baritone doing an impression of a bass, you kinda have to just do your best. The neat thing is everyone instantly recognizes whom he's impersonating, when it's really hard to hear orson welles recordings and think "oh yeah I can mimic that" Mo is great at picking out the fine subtle details
It must’ve been extremely difficult to be likely the greatest director ever and have to keep doing commercials for money and be banished from Hollywood despite having such a profound influence.
he could have taught at a university, formed his own productions company, or consult. instead he chose silly commercials for fast cash. so, it's his own fault here. he became a drunken fool and a joke. just take a look at his "disco talk show" pilot )))
He was "banished" because he was impossible to work with and more often than not would just show up drunk and not give a fuck, he had no sense of professionalism because "fuck you im orson welles" you cant deny what hes accomplished but he brought everything on himself
@@CoolGobyFish Teaching at film school is choice to say the least, and in his era and this one capital to fund a production company is extremely hard to come by. Hey, he succeeded in being as an artist, he never diminished his talent, and came at it from an honest place. Even during the commercials he would do, he was doing it seriously and well.
@@leplus1 instead of using his ad money for food and booze, he could have funneled it into a small production company. He would have made a ton of money shooting his own commercials, educational film and other stuff. But that requieres effort. He always wanted easy money
