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'''Narrator:''' Sometimes they agree... Ummm, usually they don't. But the struggle is going on inside all of us and it's all going on inside... [[Title Drop|Herman's Head]].}}
Originally broadcast on Fox (1991-1994), this half-hour [[Sitcom]] would have been just an ordinary [[Work Com|office-based comedy]] except for its use of one of the most imaginative devices ever tried on broadcast television: the viewers were allowed to see the inner workings of the title character's mind. The inside of Herman Brooks' head was presented as an attic in which dwelt four characters who represented the conflicting forces which drove his personality and his life: Angel (his Sensitivity), Animal (his Lust), Wimp (his Anxiety) and Genius (his Intellect).
Outside of the "attic", Herman is a young writer working as a fact-checker for a Manhattan magazine, with a typical assortment of supporting characters: His boss Mr. Bracken, a walking encyclopedia; Louise, a meek-but-sweet plain-jane (played by Yeardley Smith, best known as the voice of [[The Simpsons (animation)|Lisa Simpson]]); and Heddy, a man-hungry social-climbing beauty for whom Herman intermittently longs. Playing counterpoint to the office crew is his best friend Jay ([[Hank Azaria]], also better known for his many roles on ''The Simpsons''), a part-time Lothario whose success at writing drives Herman to match him.
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Jane Sibbett, who played Heddy, is probably better known these days as Carol Willick, Ross's lesbian ex-wife on ''[[Friends]]''; and Jennifer Aniston made a brief appearance.
** And the boss is played by Jason Bernard, who played Elias' father Caleb in ''[[V (TV series)|V]]''.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Yeardley Smith will always sound like [[The Simpsons (animation)|Lisa Simpson]].
** Parodied in one episode, where Louise (Smith's character) tells off an old friend ([[The Brady Bunch|Maureen McCormick]]) of the boss without realizing who it is. When the boss confronts the staff about it, not knowing who spoke to Maureen but knowing that she sounded "like a cartoon character", Louise gets an [[Oh Crap]] moment—only for the boss to turn and start yelling at another woman, who protests in a [[Betty Boop]] voice.
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