Maurice LaMarche Orson Welles Impression - "Frozen Peas"

Voice actor Maurice LaMarche performing the famous "Frozen Peas" outtake ( • Orson Welles - Findus ... ) in his best Orson Welles.
Transcribed interview with Maurice LaMarche with more video links here: www.comicmix.com/columns/2013/...
Interview with Rob Paulsen with links to video and photos here: www.comicmix.com/columns/2013/...

[@WesbirdlyO]

To be honest, I think Maurice sounds more like Vincent Price when doing his Orson Welles impression, and Kelsey Grammer sounds like Orson Welles just by speaking.

[@Felamine]

Rosebud Frozen Peas! Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Oh that's terrible! I quit!

[@Morgil27]

I remember when I first saw this on Animaniacs as a kid, I was so confused and had no idea why Brain was doing a commercial for frozen peas. It wasn't until I was an adult that I learned about the Orson Welles thing.

[@IronChuck]

"Yes, always" has got to be one of the best Pinky and the Brain shorts for this joke, alone. Maurice's Orson Wells is pretty spot on, too.

[@beardlessodin945]

I've studied the frozen peas audio backwards and forwards myself (without needing to rewind) and LaMarche is almost completely spot on. Some of the inflections are off and a word or two is out of place but it's an absolutely amazing amount of recall.

[@BaarBear]

Do we enjoy Maurice LaMarche as Orson Wells? YES ALWAYS! ;-D

[@Tmanaz480]

It wasn't a hissy fit. It WAS bad writing. If anything he was being generally patient with the clods.

[@maddestmike5791]

Look! I don't need this! I've got a fish stick commercial in an hour!

[@MrPjw5]

What’s even funnier than the Frozen Peas transcript is the background behind it. Long story short, Welles tricked the directors into paying him in advance and had them chase him all over Europe because he was pissed that they asked him to audition for the role.

[@tubian323]

Maaaaaw, the French peas!

[@kitblackford9056]

Maurice Lamarche is brilliant!

[@RARufus]

Maurice captures the sheer pomposity of Orsen, the inflections, the cadence. Brilliant!!

[@MrPjw5]

God I wish Maurice would do the Paul Masson commercial outtakes.

[@norad_clips]

Wow! He really does have it memorized.

[@kali3665]

Maurice LaMarche does the finest Welles impression ever.

[@tmamone83]

I remember that episode of Pinky and the Brain, but I only found out yesterday it was based on a real incident. All I need now is Maurice LaMarche reenacting Welles's drunken champagne commercial as the Brain. I'll...make cheese for him.

[@dreadfulspiller8766]

I never got that sctv bit about Orson Welles on the Librtache christmas special till I saw the video of what this guy is recreating.

[@spectorproductions_]

i love this guy. met him and did voice lines from Futurama for free at a signing

[@LoreEater]

Brilliant! It would be awesome if he did the Paul Masson outtakes too.

[@wickedfeylady]

I heard him do this live (not here) and it was so wonderful.