Celebrity Toons: Difference between revisions

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[[File:~~celebritytoons_9131~~.jpg|frame|One more reason Muhammed Ali was the greatest: He did his own voice work!]]

[[File:celebritytoons 9131.jpg|frame|One more reason Muhammed Ali was the greatest: He did his own voice work!]]

Sometimes a celebrity is offered his or her own cartoon. They are made mostly to showcase the celebrity, and nothing more.

If they don't bother showing up to do the ~~voices -- which~~ is [[The Poor Mans Substitute|quite often the case]] ~~-- it~~ becomes [[Not Quite Starring]]. See also [[Band Toon]].

If they don't bother showing up to do the voices—which is [[The Poor Mans Substitute|quite often the case]]—it becomes [[Not Quite Starring]]. See also [[Band Toon]].

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* ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist|Dr. Katz Professional Therapist]]'' - comic Jonathan Katz and plenty of comic patient/guest stars.

* ''[[Bobby's World]]'' with Howie Mandel (who not only appeared as himself in liveaction against animated bookends but also voiced the title character and the title character's dad, [[The Danza|Howard]]).

* ''[[Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns|Click and Clacks As The Wrench Turns]]'' with Tom and Ray Magliozzi of ''[[Car Talk]]'' fame as [[Ink Suit Actor~~|Ink Suit Actors~~]].

* ''[[Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns|Click and Clacks As The Wrench Turns]]'' with Tom and Ray Magliozzi of ''[[Car Talk]]'' fame as [[Ink Suit Actor]]s.

* ''[[Hammerman]]'' with MC Hammer.

* ''[[Gravedale High|Rick Moranis in Gravedale High]]''. Another odd case as Ricki Lake (the star of ''Hairspray'' and later the host of her own talk show) was the voice of Cleofatra - but she wasn't the star of the show.

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* ''[[My Dad the Rock Star]]''. Though [[KISS|Gene Simmons]] didn't voice Rock Zilla, he was the executive producer and Rock Zilla shared a number of his signature traits.

=== Group Examples (sorted alphabetically by title) ===

== Group Examples (sorted alphabetically by title) ==

* [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] had [[The Beatles (animation)|a cartoon series]] in the 1960s at the height of their fame. The real lads from Liverpool greatly disliked this series because of cheap animation and terrible voices (provided by Paul Frees and Lance Percival, who later was the voice of Old Fred in ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'', which is a masterpiece compared to this series).

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* Rap stars Kid (Christopher Reid) and Play (Christopher Martin) voiced themselves in the NBC Saturday morning cartoon, Kid N' Play, or at least their alter egos did.

* In-universe example: ''Limozeen: But They're [[Recycled in Space|in Space!]]'' in the [[Homestar Runner]] universe.

* [[New Kids on the Block]] had an animated series which also suffered this fate, and is such [[Snark Bait]] that it can almost be taken as a [[Stealth Parody]] of [[Band Toon~~|Band Toons~~]]. One member of the group said, "California guys couldn't do [[Hahvahd Yahd in My Cah|Boston accents!]]"

* [[New Kids on the Block]] had an animated series which also suffered this fate, and is such [[Snark Bait]] that it can almost be taken as a [[Stealth Parody]] of [[Band Toon]]s. One member of the group said, "California guys couldn't do [[Hahvahd Yahd in My Cah|Boston accents!]]"

** Their manager Dick Scott claimed the group couldn't voice their animated alter egos because "it's too complicated." (Ironically, Donnie Wahlberg is now making quite a good living as an actor.)

* ''[[Pro Stars]]'', where Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, and Wayne Gretzky use sports-themed gadgets to fight evil. No, seriously.