Biting The Hand That Feeds Him?
Phil Hendrie Gets Animated
Talk Radio Network syndicated personality and KFI/Los Angeles weekend host, Phil Hendrie, has joined the cast of 20th Century Fox Television’s new animated series, Napoleon Dynamite. Based on the 2004 hit film of the same name, Hendrie (pictured) will play a “Liger Farmer” — a guy who cross breeds lions and tigers — who’s voice is inspired by one of the talk host’s popular radio characters, Steve Bosell. Hendrie fans are also likely to recognize the voice of the school counselor in the television show, who sounds an awful lot like another of Hendrie’s most popular characters, Bobbie Dooley. As in the film, the animated television show follows the misadventures of an awkward high school teenager and his quirky friends as they struggle to navigate life in rural Idaho. “What great fortune to be working with another smart and funny show at Fox,” said Hendrie. “And the fact that I had the opportunity to work with many of the artists who created the film was also a first for me, and a great one.” Hendrie’s TRN syndicated radio show currently airs on a reported 100 stations nationwide.
From Al Peterson