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It's Bullseye.

It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorn. The magic of H. John Benjamin. It's kind of a one-two

punch. First, his voice. Deep baritone that is unmistakable when you hear it. Then his

timing. Slightly stilted, usually deadpan. He catches you off guard and it makes him one

of the funniest voice actors alive today. He can play lovable slackers like Ben from

Dr. Katz, professional therapist, or of course Bob from Bob's Burgers.

Oh God. Listen, your mother and I have to go downstairs and grind the meat. But you kids

know where he's supposed to be while we're gone, right? Tina, you're on the grill. My

crotch is itchy. Oh! Okay. Are you telling me as my daughter or as my grill cook? Um, as...

Because my grill cook would never tell me that. Oh. Also, my daughter should probably

not say anything like that to me. Tell her. Tell your mom. My crotch is itchy? Come

me, let me see. Linda, not now. No, look, I'll see it. No. I'm just not sure if all

being a good on the grill just one free hand. Okay, I'm just going to keep moving here.

But he can also play macho windbags who are similarly lovable like Coach McGurk on home movies

or my favorite among favorites, Sterling Archer from the TV show Archer.

With lead roles in some of the most popular comedies of our time, it's hard to call

H. John Benjamin a failure, but he doesn't really mind the label. When we chatted in 2018, he just

written a book called Failure is an option, an attempted memoir. In it, he recounts his short

comings in excruciating detail. And how wouldn't you know it? A lot of those failures opened the door

for success. Failures in family, in work, in serving fajitas. It's a self-deprecating and self-aware

memoir. And since it's written by H. John Benjamin, it is also very funny. Anyway, let's take a

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