Ben Schwartz: An Empire Podcast Interview Special

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ben Schwartz isn't just a terrifically funny actor (he's Jean-Ralphio in Parks & Rec, for the love of Pete!), insanely gifted VoiceOver artist (he's the voice of Sonic, for the love of Knuckles!), writer (he helped write dialogue for C-3PO in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars movies, for the love of Babu Frik!) and all-round geek. He's also one of the greatest improvisational comedians on the planet, and he's bringing his incredible improv show, Ben Schwartz And Friends, to the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday May 19, for the love of Queen Victoria! And so our Chris Hewitt felt it was a simply capital time to fire up the old Zoom and head straight into an extended, epic, and very funny conversation with Schwartz about improv, about what people can expect from Ben Schwartz And Friends when they buy tickets via rejectedjokes.com or royalalberthall.com, about his IMDb trivia and mini bio, about voicing Sonic, and his time spent working on Star Wars. Oh, and much more, obviously. Enjoy.

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0:00.0	How exciting is it to play the British Heart Foundation's weekly flutter?
0:03.7	Kachin! Exciting enough to get your heart racing, just a little bit.
0:09.5	Like texting a mate, the same time they text you.
0:13.0	Like flipping pancakes with majestic grace,
0:16.0	or spotting that last parking space.
0:19.0	Yes!
0:20.0	With the added joy of knowing the money you donate
0:22.0	helps to fund life-saving research.
0:25.0	One pound to play, a thousand pounds to win every week.
0:28.0	Search British Heart Foundation weekly lottery.
0:31.0	See, it's a little bit exciting.
0:33.0	Gamble responsibly, over 18s only, Tease and See Supply,
0:36.0	please see our website for more details.
0:38.0	British Heart Foundation is a registered charity. You're going to be. Hello Pod I'm Chris Hewitt and welcome to a very special Empire Podcast interview
1:00.4	Special Benchworts? You know him. Either you've seen him being
1:06.0	hilarious in the likes of parks and recreation where he played the anarchic
1:10.0	one-man comedy bomb that was John Ralphio or you've seen him in the after party, or Renfield, or standing up, falling down, or space force?
1:20.0	Or you've heard him because he's one of the most in-demand voice actors around.
1:24.2	He's the voice of Sonic in the Sonic The Hedgehog movies for goodness sake,
1:27.6	and if that weren't enough, he's also the voice of BB-8 in Star Wars.
1:32.0	Kind of.
1:34.0	But that's not all.
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