He sounds like Cecil Baldwin (the actor), not like Cecil Palmer (the character). I know it’s crazy to try and separate the two now that we are so used to the character he plays!!!! I had never seen the actor before now!
Who else got mad when he said angels exist? You silly silly man. Dont you know angels dont exist? You're gonna get yourself arrested if you keep saying stuff like that
Came to the comments to say the same thing lol. Angels don't exist, and if they did, we would not be allowed to know about the hierarchical structure of the Angels. Obviously.
Nah, He looks like one of those teachers at the middle school dances who tries dancing with the kids and saying things like "Just because I'm a teacher doesn't mean I can't dance" and "Hey, Harry Potter book apart kids, and I mean Goblet of fire too"
Idk I figured that he was. I’d be kinda annoyed if he was straight because I think he would subconsciously be very stereotypical with that. I love that nightvale normalizes not only gay relationships but also biracial relationships. Example, Carlos has dark skin and Cecil is white, Tamika is black, etc.
I kinda figured he is, just by the way he speaks and acts, but when he voices Cecil his voice doesn’t have that same.... forwardness? It’s a little downplayed for Palmer, like it’s more classic straight guy radio host voice, who is non-problematically gay, and when he’s just talking it’s a lot more natural and there’s a lot more feeling into what he says
God he's so engaging and charming! He explains this so clearly and effortlessly it makes you at ease listening, unlike some speakers where you have to engage every part of your brain to stay with it. Such an amazing man and actor... and radio host!
Awesome topic. I was not a regular listener of the podcast, so this talk reminded me how great I always felt when I did tune in. I'll have to add it to my weekly schedule now. Thanks for sharing!
How I found Nightvale: My friend talking about Cecil and Carlos at Midnight during a choir camp. I then asked what it was called. The next day I started listening, Told my friend then she became hooked and her being hooked made me get hooked.
What he said about picturing people differently than who they are by only hearing their voices is so true. I thought for the longest time that Cecil Baldwin the actor was likely a straight black man playing a gay character. I have only listened to the first season and some of the voice acting sounded like genuine nerves. I figured it was the actor being nervous about the dialogue and “sounding gay.” Now I realize it was just terrific acting and the nervousness you would expect from someone gushing over a crush. Also, it took me forever to believe perfect Carlos and Cecil would be canon. I am thrilled. But the character Cecil in my mind is still gonna be a handsome black man. And perfect Carlos is always going to look suspiciously like Enrique Iglesias. And I have no idea where or what direction their relationship will go but let me say that episode 25 had me googling fan fiction for the couple!!! 😁
That’s funny. I never detected genuine nerves in the beginning so I never thought he was straight. Cecil Palmer always sounds so giddy and infatuated when talking about Carlos from the first episode :)
I'd just listened to the "phone call" episode where the joke is Cecil is probably delusional about his "relationship" with Carlos and there was an Ad about the two building a house together in a show and it spoiled it D: I kno I am very late to the party
What I appreciated about Cecil's crush on Carlos from the very first episode was how funny it struck me that this radio DJ in this bizarre world was being so incredibly personal with the audience about his crush on a near-perfect stranger. It just struck me as hilarious!
You should not eat wheat por its byproducts, it is real dangerous. Once a cousins of mine ate it and it turned into a snake and.... Yeah..... Lets just say it didn't end well....
I’ve been listening to this podcast for 2 years now… I had no idea that Cecil’s VA’s name was really Cecil Baldwin… I thought that was just the name of the character 😂
