John DiMaggio (Futurama's Bender) Improvises 11 New Cartoon Voices | Vanity Fair

[@thetacoguyy]

His “normal” voice is like a mix between Bender and Jake.

[@bcoda]

He said in another one of these videos that Jake is his normal voice "wrapped in a hug"

[@thetacoguyy]

Billy Coda that’s makes so much sense. I can really see the Jake in his eyes, its so mesmerizing

[@TheCoolestGamer20]

It’s literally just Jake.

[@BigNaked]

Like how Seth McFarlane's "normal" voice sounds like a mix between Peter and Brian.

[@MAGWolf]

Almost sounds like George Carlin

[@datboi6358]

It’s so surreal to hear the voice of bender come out of a human, the voice is so distinct it’s crazy!

[@JustAGooseman]

I think its more surreal that voices as deep as he can do comes out of a human. I don't even know Oktavists (people who sing super deep octaves) who have that deep of a voice.

[@mrkalius1926]

its dat boi waddap

[@jokesterthemighty227]

He's 30% human

[@moistheathen148]

Remember the Anthology of Interest episode where Bender becomes a human?

[@donsal.t.1765]

Shut up baby I knowit!

[@nimay13]

"I'm 90% voice over, baby" - Bender, probably

[@justinbayless8284]

nimay13 you forgot the chassis knocks

[@saarjochum9349]

"I'm 40% voiceover!"

[@JimboDoomface]

I heard this.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Bite my shiny, mucous-covered vocal cords.

[@chrisdongwon]

BENDER IS 40%

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

It's criminal that John DiMaggio doesn't have a bunch of audiobooks out there that he's narrated. I'm sure he could do a better job than many of the narrators out today.

[@stephaniewheeler3331]

He would absolutely be amazing at audiobooks.

[@nicklasveva]

Imagine Jake the dog reading a good night story.

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

@@nicklasveva Imagine Bender reading a good night story

[@austinkersey2445]

Imagine Marcus Fenix reading you a bed-time story.

[@JebWhiskers]

An audiobook by John DiMaggio? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

[@donpatch42]

He has such a recognizable voice but his range is fantastic

[@bengrant2120]

the first one with the Viking is crazy it's like he's always been that Viking y'know

[@libertyentheogenic2145]

One of the most talented voice actors out there

[@austindorf83]

Liberty Entheogenic Yup. Him and Phil Lamarr are the best.

[@shadowproductions969]

To me, him, Tom Kenny, Phil Lamarr, Rob Paulsen, Jim Cummings, and Jess Harnell are some of the best male voice actors by far.. that's done a lot of cartoons anyway. Tara Strong and Ashley Burch are my fave female voice actors and if we get into more game actors then Troy Baker and Nolan North are both great with lots of range

[@shadowproductions969]

@TheJulianStephens he's definitely a great va too. And though he's only on one series I know of, sean schemmell is amazing too (english voice of goku). Then Troy Baker, nolan north and Ashley Burch are amazing in video games.

[@DioBrando-yk5up]

Patrick warburton

[@holyravioli5795]

Read the Simpsons credit's, half the characters are one guy.

[@doesthislookunsure894]

This man just brought clip art to life with nothing but a microphone.

[@elbownio5820]

I don’t know if I’m tired but I can see them talking

[@johndutkiewicz9401]

so did everyone else in the series

[@gentle6400]

The scandavian one was something I never wouldn’t even notice it was John, which is rare because I’d literally recognize his voice anywhere.

[@booty_hunter4207]

Good lord he can apply a filter to his voice in real time

[@fredarok579]

I can still hear a little bit of him in there.

[@killerluuk]

Apparently not literally then...

[@auto_toons_official2423]

Same with the alien

[@yonnfoolery7984]

I could still hear a bit of him in the Scandinavian, but where he truly flexed his voice acting talent was with the alien.

[@QuinnF97]

John DiMaggio's closed-curtain voice for "Purple Puss" is almost more fitting than his first vocal decision, oddly enough.

[@FrostmourneFK]

He sounded like George Carlin.

[@Voyd]

@@FrostmourneFK He switched to the voice as I read the name 'George Carlin' and I was flabbergasted, it's so true!

[@turkishjanitor3666]

That was pretty much Harvey Fierstein

[@diego_segura]

"A bad impression is a good voice, actually". This is pure gold!

[@DukeDamnChin]

a mosquito with a permanently stuffy nose. this amuses me.

[@alexhimm1576]

u mean his take on Jerry Lewis

He sounds Jewy lmao

[@AnimeAjay]

Seen so many of these before, but this really shows why DiMaggio's at the top of his game.

[@thepjup4507]

agreed. he outshined every one else who was on this by a long shot. made them seem like amateurs.

[@blackmetal4546]

@@thepjup4507 Ah man don't do Phil Lamarr like that.

[@pinkdogroslyn8832]

John DiMaggio, Tom Kenny, and Phil LaMarr are the holy trinity of voice-acting. They all perfect the characters they perform.

[@WG55]

And Billy West!

[@FistyClown]

And Hank Azaria. And Carlos Alazraui.

[@FistyClown]

And Tress MacNeille

[@manawearblack]

How you gonna have a holy trinity of voice actors without Nancy Cartwright?

[@ChristianBoesch]

And ... let’s just say all the others. 😂

[@matteo.franklin]

The tentacle creature voice was EXACTLY what imagined it to be, actually every voice was spot on, a real artist

[@squizzlor]

John DiMaggio has a great insight into characters its impressive. And definitely a method actor, on the mic. Guy is legendary, and capable of so many rolls, and different pitches. But known mostly for his actual voice, brought about by characters like bender, and Jake the dog.

[@browncoat697]

Bender isn't really his natural voice, it's not super far off, but it's definitely a deliberate character. Jake is his own voice pretty much, though.

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

And Marcus Phoenix, I always imagined that's what John would sound like if he was on an angry alien killing rampage.

[@marsneedstowels]

I mean if John spent most of his time out of the studio acting like a foul mouthed robot or a shapeshifting dog it'd be method, but we don't know that.

[@CoreyisBarackObama]

"rolls"

[@silverfilmsofficial]

There's some really impressive voices in there, the tentacle character really shows his range

[@basedbattledroid3507]

I love his analysis of the characters though, and how he plans out an entire backstory for each voice.

[@matthewjames7504]

That was the biggest tip I took away for voicing NPCs

[@DarkCartoon_music]

I'm trying to learn that skill too. But I don't have nearly enough confidence in my voice to audition for anything lol

[@andyzhang7890]

That Scandanavian voice is the best thing to grace my ears all week.

[@nicholasdruce5346]

Heavy Weapons Guy

[@turkishjanitor3666]

I nominate that fumbling smart-aleck voice at 2:22

[@YouHaxerr]

He's really good at funneling all his voices through a big burly gurgle

[@derick_d5344]

Oppie god bless berta

[@YBABTU]

The first tiger voice is basically Jim Gaffigan's imitation of an audience member's thoughts during his show.

[@maurrielivingston5679]

Incredibly talented. I was expecting to hear Bender’s voice with just different pitches and variations, but this dudes range, technique, and vocal capabilities are in a class of their own. Really cool.

[@landonhagan450]

The old man laugh absolutely killed me.

[@BlankRami]

It's also killed the old man

[@jhernandez7144]

John's purple cat version 2 is what I need in a show now.

[@illsaveus]

When I quit my teaching job, my resignation letter had this in all caps "TOO MANY BOOGERS!"

[@sunbuYT]

shoutouts to that time bender did his flexo impression, so John was doing bender doing flexo but since flexo and bender have the same exact voice, John just did bender but made him sound *just more exaggerated* lmao

[@VincentViewer]

Ya, Flexo was a good character!

[@TheHauntedDriveIn]

Please never stop doing these videos Vanity Fair. They're massively entertaining, and it's great to see hard-working VO actors get recognition like this. Keep 'em coming!

[@ComXDude]

John also did the voice of the Joker in Batman: Under the Red Hood, and did a really good job in portraying a much colder, more serious version of the Joker than is usually seen in animation.

[@WanderingPropeller]

Yes! Loved his take…”not these guys, they’re kinda…dead”. Probably the most underrated Joker actor. Did he ever reprise?

[@ComXDude]

@@WanderingPropeller I believe his only other time in the role was in the interactive _Death in the Family_ short film.

[@WanderingPropeller]

@@ComXDude that’s what I figured. Shame. I thought he was a great counterpart to Bruce Greenwood’s Batman too.

[@jakeshaffer9176]

Way under appreciated. These voices are spot on, I wouldn’t question any of them. Ive always loved Johns voices, very talented

[@slightdisrespect1113]

"I LOEV SMOKED FEESH"

[@tylerroach928]

He's one of the voice actors where his natural voice just screams cartoon character

[@MisterTingles]

He protecc He attacc But most of all He like de snow, his moustache, and his acc

[@Doons]

Touche

[@TheNameisMora]

I laughed out loud

[@mndfst9433]

Ok the alien scared the hell out of me. I had no idea he could change his voice THAT much.

[@yonnfoolery7984]

Right! I feel the same way. I've always been a fan but that gave me a whole new appreciation for his talent.

[@JebWhiskers]

I freakin adore John DiMaggio! Such a talented voice actor! Much respect to this man!

[@Tired_Boie]

I love the Vikings seconds voice. “I love the smoked fish” lol

[@purpleboy4949]

pov: you’re looking for people talking about him not being on the futurama reboot

[@BRAINSorBRAINS]

"The probing will continue on the ship, don't worry I have snacks"

[@NilRipamonti]

He might be one of the best voice actors in the world, his range is incredible, and so many variations within it. And his normal voice is super sexy.

[@AndreAndersonVA]

8:11 that character transition has me dying! it's so believeable lmao "I can't do it, I just can't do it!"

[@JustinFukinCole]

It’d be cool to see a mashup of different voice actors improvising the same cartoon characters. Just a thought

[@TheNameisMora]

"I went to the barbershop today and they cut out my nosehairs" hahaha

[@CMyBigHarryBLLS]

I think John was doing a dom deluise when he started the bird voice

[@vincentfichtler7758]

if there is a other a American tail John DiMaggio would be perfect as Tiger as a good replacement of Dom DeLuise.

[@CMyBigHarryBLLS]

@@vincentfichtler7758 you know that would be amazing to see

[@TSWSCI]

I really enjoyed this! Its really an art: Voice acting

[@lileinstein104]

Does John have a supply of Sulphur Hexafluoride stashed somewhere? he has such control of his voice in the lower ranges, holy moly.

[@ericwilson-musicandcovers8576]

I love how at 2:59 he's so used to getting that direction that he gives it to himself

[@samuelcosta985]

I now want to watch a whole series of John DiMaggio voicing Purple Puss as he quits his kids show and tries to get serious roles.

[@LunarcomplexMain]

8:47 omg this wasn't even in my imagination of what I thought he'd try and do, just amazing...

[@gendygoblin8391]

It would be awesome to have a show staring John DiMaggio and Mark Hamill.

[@outlaw2747]

Two Jokers in the same room? Epic!

[@Tralby19]

They could both imitate each other

[@adamlandry1786]

Banshee-44 is the most random voice I've heard John DiMaggio do but it's so nice to hear in Destiny.

[@Eostud]

I'm so impressed about the range some people have on their voice. Really cool! You can really hear the king Zog and Bender sometimes :D

[@liammccarthy9388]

Honestly voice acting like this is a severely underrated talent. I'm kind of amazed right now.

[@mashmachine4087]

You'd expect at least some of them to sound at least a bit similar, it's so cool, watching him do this!

[@yoda5436]

MASHMACHINE right? I always thought he had a small range cuz bender and jake aren’t that far off, but nope, I was wrong.

[@alphamoonman]

His range is so deep that I'm choking on my own fricking uvula!

[@andyspendlove1019]

That red alien one towards the end was incredible

[@SuperDachshund]

The biker dude sounded like James Hetfield and Randy Macho Man Savage had a baby.

[@bobble13345]

If he hasn't been on here yet, you guys should get Steve Blum on this show

[@TheExecutionator5]

The thing is you can tell that he's an extraordinary VA when after only making up voices for characters, you'd wanna see each of those characters come to life

[@shawshawshaw]

John DiMaggio is so good that he could improvise the voice of a Rorschach test!

[@joeofhells]

I think Purple Puss sounds like Baby Herman from Who Framed Roger Rabbit

[@guyincognito3530]

Definitely 😂

[@calebclunie4001]

Mouth shape of the characters, is somewhat influencing his volume, although, he's likely grown up, in a place where you have to speak above the din of jackhammer sounds, and car horns, and people yelling out their car windows. Even so, to keep a voice going, all day, sometimes most would find these start out, in one place, and drift into something more manageable, volume wise, over time. He's, obviously, shown phenomenal, top 'o' the world, voice talent, and he's creative, and funny without any scripting. I've always loved, his work, and the documentary he did about his craft, is exceptionally great.

[@SyntheticaYT]

Caleb Clunie Good, comment, but the amount, of commas in, it, drove me a little, crazy.

[@SyntheticaYT]

@SaintNomad Hey, great minds think alike!

[@PremiumCheeses]

You only need that many commas if you're doing a Christopher Walken impression

[@calebclunie4001]

Sorry for the overuse of commas I was making up for Toni Morrison s lack of punctuation in some parts of her book Beloved I heard her name the other day and I must be getting sleepy 😴👻😳👀

[@LarnelleChambers]

Caleb Clunie this is the deepest joke I’ve ever randomly found on KZbin

[@Geewunner4life]

His voices were all spot on. Exactly how I imagined the voices to sound like. Awesome talent!!

[@the_kovic]

I was blown away by how energy Mr. DiMaggio projects into his voices. This man goes all out into his craft and it shows in its quality!

[@Posirep]

He basically just did his Heidegger voice for the biker guy lol

[@dirtmcgirt8269]

The 1st attempt of giving the dog a voice sounded like Jerry Seinfeld trying to a do character.

[@Kj16V]

Imagine being in a room with John DiMaggio and Brian Blessed - and they've both had a bit to drink.

[@jessepitel2464]

That alien voice is unreal. It's incredible someone can make that sound without digitally altering the voice.

[@ChiefBaldingWinnebago]

2:50 sounds like Alex Jones lmao

[@jam5533]

I can hear that!

[@krispybananaz]

Nnnnnno

[@kimidanger1150]

you earned an updoot :D

[@UltraVibeProductions]

Chemicals. Water. Frogs. You do the math.

[@Jainn_]

The fish taste likes like charcoal there is charcoal in the fish and it going to poison me you're trying to poison me

[@cadjosrez7716]

“Oh I love his mole” -John Dimaggio

[@accident04prone]

Lol at the cat. "Thanks for coming down John, we got 2 characters we want to to try out for today. 1st one is Marcus Phoenix type and 2nd is a pretty purple kitty cat"

[@kjcorder]

His name is purple puss And he runs a burlesque out of the back of his daycare center (unrelated businesses, just rent isn't cheap And it's easier on taxes)

[@tiffanyandrade2705]

@@kjcorder that's great lmao

[@brianbauer3148]

His voice sounds amazing. Even talking into the back of the mic 😂.

[@TheJazzMan333]

9:02 his "I would like to take you" is oddly reminiscent of Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"

[@yoda5436]

The alien was quite frankly shocking to hear him do, has this guy ever played Martian man hunter cuz he definitely should.

[@jichaeljuicy4047]

Let me tell ya something here Vanity Fair, Rath is very happy to see voice actors show off their improvisation skills for everyone to see

[@nytrodioxide]

There's a quality of cannedness about his voice that's just silky smooth

[@EvilDragon666]

Old man's voice was hilariously well done. What a legend!

[@alexandrewsdrums8786]

This guy is the real deal - what a legend

[@nobod2567]

5:23 Can't believe John DiMaggio did an impression on Boris the Wolf!!!

[@tylerh231]

That sounded like some serious Macho Man Randy Savage stuff going on at the end there.

[@weem7]

It's insane how talented he is!

[@SciFactsYT118]

Random fact: If your cat headbutts you, it's a sign of marking something as safe, which means she trusts you.

[@DogofW0r]

They also have oil glands that they mark you as a piece of their property lol

[@IAMFISH92]

My cat does that constantly. Cool. I’m trusted.

[@kryptonitespider-bitedynam7305]

What does it mean when your cat binge watched matlock and does a really good jack nicholson impression?

[@discursion]

Maaan his voice goes so deep in the sub.

[@JD135]

The purple cat twist was hilarious 😂

[@randomcosplaydudesimpressi8509]

9:13 that Biker vpice was so cool and spot on.

[@SugarK]

Ahahahah, he’s just amazing to improvise all those characters.

[@mattyraddy5913]

I watched this high. I could see EVERYTHING he was seeing so this is 100% more awesome to me

[@mattyraddy5913]

Not bragging . Just really 🤯

[@L.i.am95]

"I hope I get the gig" yeah me too john, me too...

[@S.R.Crnt.]

I never knew he had such wide range. He's brilliant

[@milesclarke7085]

He also plays Zög in Disenchantment and I love how much it comes out of that

[@somosgenel]

Joe is one of the few dudes with whom I like to have a beer... He seems like a fun lay back mellow dude.A good drinking buddy...

[@kelvincruz9428]

please come back, you are the great and only Bender, a fan asks you who almost cries when he sees that Futurama returns, but without you it will not be the same

[@Creamy.Commander]

Man hearing these just bring up so much imagination of what a show could be, love this series

[@LauraLemurexASMR]

Let's not forget Wakka in FFX

[@Nymbyte]

And Kimahri.

[@ddogbritt95]

It's amazing just how much he brings them to life.

[@danielelkadi3499]

I would watch a complete series of this guy doing what he just did. Amazing!

[@alexanderthegrape5641]

The range of voices he has is insane

[@drfrozenfire]

I lost it at the "too many boogers, and... I'm not getting paid enough"

[@pr4_kp]

One of my favorite voice actors lets goooooo

[@rnichol22]

Professor frink meets mosquito, I laughed through all this, the things he notices for his voices is soooo clever

[@finnaberjanski4649]

The viking voice sounds like the TF2 Heavy

[@rigoarteaga1038]

I love his British accent that he used on Futurama where bender uses a voice modulator (“King” setting) to modify his voice when he, along the mafiolios rob the Planet Express ship

[@olutoyinonayemi1350]

So, having watched 3 of these, I'm becoming interested in who actually chooses which characters are given to each actor. Because whoever is doing it for this series is nailing it.