Mom Jeans
That woman who plays the cow is hilarious.
As long as I’m shamelessly promoting myself, I’m on Rob Paulsen’s Talking Toons podcast this week, talking about life as a cartoon voiceover actress, and cursing quite a bit. You may know Rob best from Pinky and the Brain, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Animaniacs, or any of the 950,000 cartoons he’s voiced in the last ten minutes.
You can also hear Rob on this audio track from Regretsy’s Big Book of Fabricated Folktales from Finland (all proceeds go to Rob’s favorite charity, The Wounded Warrior Project).
Rob’s podcast is free, and you can listen to it on Rob’s website, or on his iTunes feed.
We talk about everything from crying glitter eagles to the origin of Namaste, Bitches, and I manage to badmouth at least three celebrities who were totally asking for it.
It’s 90 minutes, but it goes by like an hour and a half.
February 17, 2012 at 6:34 pm
It still blows my mind that the guy who voiced Pinky also voiced Anomen in Baldur’s Gate 2. But I guess it shouldn’t be so surprising since they have about the same personality…
February 18, 2012 at 11:44 pm
I’m listening to the podcast and Rob refers to John as April’s HUSBAND?! I knew they were engaged, saw the brides.com articles and all…
Did I miss the official word on Regretsy? Did Petjia officiate so its only legal in Finland. Did it happen in the drunken stupor following Tokyo Delves?!!!
February 19, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Good point! We need a wedding post!
February 19, 2012 at 3:48 pm
They aren’t married yet. See Bronc’s reply below. But when they do…..WEDDING POST!
February 20, 2012 at 4:54 pm
I can believe it. Anomen’s character probably would have been improved vastly with a few narfs, and I’m not even an Animaniacs fan.
February 17, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Just had a gander at the comments on the mom jeans commercial campaign home page – some people don’t understand the ad! The hilarious cow was lost on those who could not understand the connection to milk and milk products….
February 17, 2012 at 9:08 pm
What? Cows have something to do with the dairy industry? In what way, exactly? I’m soooo confused.
February 17, 2012 at 11:23 pm
I think the commercial is kinda cheesy
February 18, 2012 at 12:00 am
I suppose it curd’ve been butter, but they’re gonna milk it for all it’s worth.
February 17, 2012 at 6:43 pm
He did Arthur? The Tick is my favorite superhero! (but don’t tell Arthur)
February 17, 2012 at 6:51 pm
He did seasons 2 and 3. Micky Dolenz did season 1.
February 18, 2012 at 2:21 am
Micky didn’t come back cause he was just monkeying around.
February 18, 2012 at 1:20 pm
I see what you did there
February 17, 2012 at 6:59 pm
SPOOOOOOOOOONNNNN!!!
February 17, 2012 at 7:05 pm
Someone PLEASE give KathrynMB a “Thumbs Up” vote for me, would you? I accidently clicked her Thumbs Down button and zeroed her out. Gawd I’m SUCH a klutz! I feel like The Human Ton. So sorry.
February 17, 2012 at 8:56 pm
I got this. Someone did the same for me once. Pay it forward and all.
February 18, 2012 at 10:12 am
Thanks much to ya’all! I feel so popular!
February 17, 2012 at 7:30 pm
I know! Mine, too! SPOON!
February 17, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Countdown to April getting a “Bless This Shitbox” sampler in the mail in 5…4…3…
February 18, 2012 at 6:06 am
I definitely want to make this for her. XD
February 17, 2012 at 6:44 pm
I love my bundt cake, too!
February 17, 2012 at 8:18 pm
mmmm…bundt cake….
February 18, 2012 at 2:22 am
De bun-cake, I FIX IT!
February 17, 2012 at 6:44 pm
I knew it!!! I knew it was you! I almost emailed you to ask, but then I stopped thought, “How fucking annoying is that?” and I wasn’t sure, so I didn’t.
February 17, 2012 at 6:58 pm
I did. She was very kind and asked where I saw it. It was when the commercial first began airing.
I fan girled.
February 17, 2012 at 9:15 pm
You’re such a geek.
February 18, 2012 at 8:23 pm
I was so excited, too. I called my husband into the room, but all I could get out was “Cow! April! She’s the cow!”. He had no idea what I was trying to say.
February 17, 2012 at 6:45 pm
The cow was udderly hilarious.
February 17, 2012 at 6:46 pm
I’m 10 minutes into the podcast and it is amazing. The chat about the glittery eagle tear slayed me, especially your impression of Dennis.
February 17, 2012 at 6:48 pm
Man, Hollywood is really convinced that you sound like a cow, huh?
I really love that the word “buncake” was used.
February 17, 2012 at 7:02 pm
SHHHHHHHHH! I’m trying to listen to the podcast!
February 17, 2012 at 7:20 pm
I am shocked and awed. I KNOW THAT COW!!! Well, in a sycophantic, stalkery kinda way…but also a repectful, wash-my-hands-before-touching kinda way…a Fat Jealous Moooooooooser kinda way…*pants pants pants*
(I have to download the podcast because the people I live with just will not STFU when shrieked at.)
February 17, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Well, that’s an hour and 23 minutes of my life I’ll never get back.
Thank GOD.
February 18, 2012 at 6:43 am
I know what you mean! EEEEEEEEE!!
(But I might be more like *mom-pants mom-pants mom-pants*)
February 17, 2012 at 7:07 pm
When I told my other half who Rob is and the voices he’s done over the years he’s all “OMFG! Im leaving you for him! How do I get him to make an answering machine message for me?” I think he’d lay in bed listening to it and fapping.
February 17, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Uh oh, Clarabelle and now this cow- you’re going to start getting typecast! But don’t stop with the Clarabelle thing. My son loves MM Clubhouse and every time I hear your voice I smile and think of a all the fun goatse images over the years.
February 17, 2012 at 7:11 pm
We watch MMClubhouse at least once or twice a day. Every time Clarabelle comes on talking about her MooMuffins, I laugh to myself and think about HK talking about…well…what we talk about in that voice.
February 17, 2012 at 8:22 pm
….cuntmuffins?
February 17, 2012 at 11:28 pm
Helen,
Are you still “Diane” in this commercial? or was Diane put out to pasture? (aka pasteurized !! BAZINGA!)
February 17, 2012 at 7:17 pm
You know, I can totally see Hank Azaria being an asshole in person. That doesn’t surprise me in the least. I’m sorry he was a dick to you, though.
(He was still hilarious in The Birdcage, I hope that doesn’t make me the asshole. :/)
February 17, 2012 at 7:20 pm
<3
/ fanboy
February 17, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Mighty Max was always my favorite.
February 17, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Admittedly, I never watched the cartoon… But you’d better believe I made my parents buy hundreds of dollars of that shit when I was little. I swear between me and my friend we had every set ever produced…
And then over the years we both promptly lost all of it.
February 17, 2012 at 7:26 pm
What a coincidence: I subscribe to the podcast and just downloaded the latest. Then I came here on my iDevice and got confused by seeing Rob’s picture (“Huh, he changed his podcast art. Wait, where am I?”).
I’ll note that the podcast producer added an audio “Explicit Content” at the beginning, which I’ve never heard him do before, so this should FUN.
February 17, 2012 at 7:44 pm
I can only picture him driving a very comical car. Something he would have purchased from Shriners.
February 17, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Oh, Goddammit, April! WHY? I live in Wisconsin! They can sense it when one of their residents likes one of the California Cow ads!
All I can say is thank fuck I’m not from Wisconsin. At least they can’t disown me for my loyalties.
February 17, 2012 at 7:52 pm
I think you make an awesome cow HK but everybody knows California Cows are not happy and live in big cement warehouses whereas Wisconsin cows are happy frolicking in the sunshine and produce wonderful squeaking cheese curds!
February 17, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Yup, the only thing better than Wisconsin dairy is Minnesota dairy. The midwest is kickass cow habitat!
February 17, 2012 at 8:23 pm
I live in California and have seen the cows. I don’t know of any “cement warehouses.” also we have sunshine most days and hardly ever go below 50 degrees. How could does Wisconsin get again? I think my Cali cows are happy.
February 17, 2012 at 8:23 pm
*cold not could! Ugh!
February 17, 2012 at 10:04 pm
your points are valid, although i do believe cows in Wisconsin do get more room to “roam” and we are better at making delicious cheese seeing how we’ve been doing it forever. Do your cheese curds squeak??
February 18, 2012 at 12:42 pm
The cheese curds squeak only if they’re good and fresh!
February 18, 2012 at 2:28 am
Fuck Wiscalifornon cows(not the talking ones, we love talking cows, where ever they are), Vermont cows fucking rock. Vermont cheese also hands wiscalifornon cheeses their cheesy asses. Perhaps cows need a cold cycle.
February 18, 2012 at 3:38 am
Wait… where do you think ice cream comes from?
Yeah, mid-winter Wisconsin cows.
What? They didn’t that in school? Chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
Please, if you don’t know that, next you’ll tell me you never got your cootie shot during recess.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH KIDS THESE DAYS!? DON’T THEY KNOW THE DANGERS OF NOT GETTING A COOTIES VACCINATION?!
February 18, 2012 at 3:39 am
*teach… They didn’t TEACH that in school?
See how upset I was? I left out an important word.
February 18, 2012 at 4:30 am
Everybody knows that the cootie-shot causes autism. So it’s obvious that the children who aren’t getting the cootie-shot know the REAL dangers. Better to get cooties than autism. And don’t argue with me about your “logic” and “evidence” and “experts”. I listen to the one, true voice when it comes to vaccines…Jenny McCarthy. Because nothing says expert quite like a former Playboy Playmate and all-around airhead.
February 18, 2012 at 1:17 pm
That explains so much. I wish you had been on the playground that day when I gave into the media hype and got my cooties shot.
February 17, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Au contraire, silly person. I see those damn happy California cows with my own eyes every time I get in the car and drive somewhere, for I, I live in Sonoma County, which is fucking overflowing with happy, happy cows who wander the wide green pastures and bucolic hillsides of my native land. Also, we have April. So SUCK IT, Wisconsin!
February 17, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Could you be referring to the Clover cows? Love their ads – more bad cow puns!
February 18, 2012 at 12:02 am
If Clo ever has a voice, they had BETTER fucking hire April to do it!
February 18, 2012 at 8:25 am
Ah, I remember those Clover Milk billboards: “TIP CLO THROUGH YOUR TWO LIPS”.
February 17, 2012 at 10:57 pm
Mmmmmmmm – cheeeese currrrrds
Wish there was a dairy selling cheese curds closer to the Cheddar Curtain. Buying them at the cheese stores off 94 just isn’t the same.
February 18, 2012 at 12:48 pm
I live in NYC and the first time I had cheese curds they were shipped from a Wisconsin dairy farm to my company. That was my first Christmas there and had to ask what the “THE CHEESE HAS ARRIVED” e-mail meant. Seems the printers (I worked for a book publisher) sent a Christmas gift every year of great cheese, crackers, fruit, and cheese curds. OH. MY. GOD. I’d never had such wonderfulness. I really have to order some through the mail. I’m kind of glad I don’t live in Wisconsin. I can’t swim and “Drowned After Diving into the Cheese Curd Vat” won’t fit on a death certificate.
February 17, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Can I do Mr. Mom Jeans’ taxes? If he thinks a Schedule C is for corporations, and he’s discussing it with his little daughter, I could probably make a mint straightening out his mess.
February 19, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Totes agreed.
February 17, 2012 at 8:15 pm
I recognize, & grew up with all of his characters! And April, you look super fierce in the pic here!
http://robpaulsenlive.com/episode-28-guest-april-winchell/
Looking forward to listening when my kiddo crashes out tonight.
February 17, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Thanks to your shameless self promotion, I will so to bed smiling tonight.
I need a boyfriend.
February 17, 2012 at 8:19 pm
(go)
February 17, 2012 at 8:54 pm
I didn’t even notice the typo until I saw your reply. If that’s not bad enough, I was sitting here for a full 60 seconds trying to figure out, “WTF does she mean by go? What am I not getting?”
February 17, 2012 at 9:21 pm
“so” “go” Both work.
February 18, 2012 at 12:51 pm
“I will so to bed smiling tonight” sounded so classy! You just left out some punctuation.
“I will. So, to bed—smiling—tonight!”
February 17, 2012 at 9:06 pm
His name is Robert Paulsen.
February 17, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Pizza, booze and April Winchell. What friday nights were made for.
February 17, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Gawd, this reminds me how MUCH I miss April’s radio show….
February 17, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Man, so that was a load of great life advice in disguised as a hilarious conversation. I might even have to feel inspired!
February 19, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Wasn’t it charming? And here I thought Hank Azaria was cool and Brad Garret was a dick. Nope! Makes me want to listen to more of his podcasts.
February 17, 2012 at 9:28 pm
I’m still squeeing over the fact I’ll be in the same room as Pepper Ann’s mom in May:)
February 17, 2012 at 9:29 pm
I love Mom Jeans Cow! I remember April mentioning that she’d done a California Cow ad or two, so I’ve been wondering if she was the voice of MJ Cow. Now I know! Nice work; that “Great!” makes me grin every time.
February 17, 2012 at 10:40 pm
Aww that was such a sweet/hilarious/insightful interview you did with Rob. Thank you for sharing the link and thanks again for all of the smiles and laughter you bring with this site, April (and John)! : )
February 17, 2012 at 11:41 pm
I am delighted to learn Rob Paulsen is so sassy. He’s throwing around a dazzlingly high ratio of “honey”s and “sweetie”s for a guy without a Southern accent.
February 18, 2012 at 12:25 am
I listened to the podcast and… I am so freaking jealous of everyone you know. Anyone else have that sense of “OMG I WANT TO BE HER FRIEND SOOOOOOOOO BAD”
I hope that someday I have cool friends like you
February 18, 2012 at 5:37 pm
LOL seriously! Move over Kevin Bacon, we need to do a round of Six Degrees of April Winchell:-D
February 18, 2012 at 1:51 am
I read this site like I’m Rick Santorum and it’s the Bible – how in the hell did I miss April and John getting married? That was supposed to be the wedding extravaganza of the century – when did it happen?
February 18, 2012 at 10:29 pm
We’re not married yet. It’s just easier to let people say it than to correct them.
February 18, 2012 at 2:18 am
If you like cows, I’m sure you will love this cow print dog snood:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/88679048/blue-cows-dog-snood-cavalier-and-cocker
From the description: “If you feed a raw diet to your pup this is a must have”.
February 18, 2012 at 2:07 pm
What? I thought we all loved snoods
February 19, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Raw what? Meat? Peanut butter? If your dog has to put his ears up to eat, ur probly doing it wrong.
February 18, 2012 at 2:32 am
There is no pick-me-up like a random cow in your living room complimenting your bundt cake.
February 18, 2012 at 5:21 am
I just wonder if Rob Paulson got the creeps while watching Fight Club.
February 18, 2012 at 10:25 am
April, I just listened to the podcast. That was thoroughly enjoyable and hilarious. The respect you two have for each other and your friendship is something I wish more people shared. I’ll also never think of Fred Flintstone the same way again.
February 18, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Great podcast! And, you’re right – Hank Azaria is a dick.
February 19, 2012 at 3:52 pm
How do you know? She only hinted that he was a snob. I’m curious! He’s Apu and shit. Seemed cool.
February 20, 2012 at 11:11 am
Mighty Max!
That show RULED. Too bad so few people seem to remember it.
-Cyg
February 20, 2012 at 11:50 am
Tim Curry was best in Gabriel Knight.
Him with a New Orleans accent = SEXY.
February 20, 2012 at 12:50 pm
I just listened to this today. You mention near the end that you were just being a jackass here (see? I was listening).
You are not just being a jackass. The Internet is full of jackasses, and, if that was all it took to be successful, we’d all be retired.
You are a jackass in a very funny way. That’s rare.
April 1, 2012 at 8:35 pm
I found this website because of that podcast.
And now I wonder what I ever did with my life before regretsy…
I think… I think I may have actually… gone outside
But that’s impossible D: