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Todd is an excellent Carla.

lol, beef's laugh is the best. Even at his most amused, a simple 'hee hee' is all that comes out

his eyes look like one Pacman chasing another. Cute.

The one on the left is burping.

Because he has just eaten the wife of the pacman on the right.

THE PLOT THICKENS

The right pacman's wife was a ghost, and even in our supposedly enlightened age interracial relationships are still frowned upon by some

He's so tickled that he gets some punctuation in his laugh.

Mr. Bear is Frasier.

Totally. His is the only voice I can imagine, because I am imagining it as Frasier's.

I have slightly revised my opinion, in that I can't decide between Kelsey Grammer and Stephen Fry for Cornelius' voice. So difficult.

Kelsey Grammer. If he dies, then Fry. Also, although Frasier is the classiest fictional character on television, Mr. Bear has him outclassed.

Stephen Fry is considerably more English than Kelsey Grammer, whose characters are pretty pompous but whose actual life is like a coked-up trainwreck, and the train was filled with Playboy Bunnies.

As Stephen Fry played Jeeves himself from Wodehouse, and Cornelius seems to be largely inspired by Wodehouse, the match is already made. I mean, Fry himself said his fucking vocal chords are practically made of tweed.

Damn man, way to lay the logic down. I like Wodehouse aswell. I must capitulate to your point of view.

I am late but I feel it must be said: David McCallum. He is the true voice of Cornelius Bear.

Anthony Stewart Head should be Mr. Bear. Read the October 2008 strips and watch Buffy Season 4.

Stephen Fry is not a Republican so he wins the tiebreak.

Ugh, no. The Frasier character is way too full of himself, and I would hate to see any of that bleed into Mr. Bear through Kelsey Grammer's voice. James Earl Jones all the way.

It is weird that you would go from Kelsey Grammer to James Earl Jones. I can't even imagine James Earl (awesome though he may be) speaking in a British accent. But wouldn't it be great, if in this fictional animated series James Earl Jones came on as a bunch of small-part characters? Imagine the voice of, say, Robert Johnson, or the guy on the phone that buys Ray's soul for a piano.

[quote=ford]the guy on the phone that buys Ray's soul for a piano.[/quote]

You mean, THE DEVIL?

RACIST.

I always thought Darth Vader had something of a British accent underneath all the synth and wheezing.

Complaining about some lames is the best way to add to the pile.

Kelsey to this day studies old Achewoods in the hopes of being half as classy as Cornelius. I think David Bowie should get the honors.

I think David Bowie would do a good job as RLS AKA TMWTBOHH*. Imagine this strip, with David Bowie's voice, all totally not being able to do the southern accent, but the amazing synth music in the background makes it amazing. Possibly.

*Is this an officially sanctioned acronym?

man before I realized that was supposed to be an acronym I thought it was Lovecraftian

I thought he was mocking the debate by filling in gibberish in place of a reference. It was pretty hilarious when I read it, and then when I finished it it got even funnier.

I bet Willem Dafoe would make a good Ramses/Rodney.

No. The only man who can do justice to Ramses Luther is Powers Boothe.

"Little girl, I'm going to fill your mouth with spiders."

GOD yes.

Neither of you have seen Boondock Saints, have you?

Michael Caine maybe. Not Bowie. Much as I love Bowie, his speaking voice is a little too effete for Ramses.

I can't imagine Cornelius from London.

"Ere. Just a momentary diversion. on the road. to the grave, my young china."

No I think not.

Naw, I'm thinking, like, Secondhand Lions Michael Caine. Trying admirably but ultimately failing at a Southern US accent, you know?

For Ramses, not Cornelius, fyi.

Those Pac-Man eyes squick me out something fierce.

I think that's a reference to the really old-school Mickey Mouse drawings.

I was going to talk about how Beef in this strip should be called "Steamboat Beefy," but that opens up a whole new can of worms.

Compare/contrast the "Stoned Lightning" eyes?

Almost the best Achewood ever.

Well it comes damn close. An obvious favourite, you might notice.

haha, this one's gotta be in my top 3

The Woody hair is amazing. Harrelson should be notified, if he doesn't read already.

Oh, hee hee hee!

I think this last panel should replace the current graphic for rating a comic a 5.

yeah actually

and replace 4 with the current 5

ideally you would get like 20 of these
[IMGS OFF]

oh my goodness!

Now i finally know what to use that set of Mii eyes for.

Oh, hee hee.

Beef's eyes in the last panel are henceforth to be known as "Davide" eyes (see 04/23/2007). Or vice-versa, you know, whatever.

Yeah! Glazed with glee.

This is the other moment that takes Roast Beef from being one-note to being a more rounded character - his friends pull him out of an awesome depression and into being a part of the group. It's also the first time that we see Ray using his money - or, in this case, connections - to cheer up Roast Beef.

Also, Phillipe makes an awesome Woody.

dude. really. oh man. that totally reads like a wrong-end-of-a-three-coffee-day post.

I don't think Beef has ever been so happy.

5'd for the last panel alone.

Todd owns this version of Carla - he freakin owns it.

Oh, hee hee hee!
Oh, Hee hee!

is this both the nicest Todd's ever been and the happiest Beef's ever been??

if Todd was a woman, he would actually be Carla

That last panel is actually LMAO funny. He seems to go completely hysterical. Definitely 5/5.

wakka wakka wakka

The fact that Cornelius, Todd and Phillipe are assigned so perfectly to Cheers characters is almost kind of creepy... (not so sure about Teodore, but he's a complicated character).

ideally, ray would be sam, but then ray couldn't give the tour

The final panel is a horrifying rictus when viewed in isolation (i.e. out of context).

You mean a horrifying rictus that I... ...Boned?

I mean yeah sure if you are into eyeballs that have cleaved from the intense pressure of joy being felt. Go to town with that.

You mean the town that I... ...Boned?

I see what you did there...

i never liked cheers 'til i liked this strip

This is the funniest strip i've read so far

Is this the first time we see Cornelius out of his robe and in one of his delightful suits?

I got a "The Dude Is From Circumstances" tee this Christmas and reacted exactly like Beef in the last panel.

In the almost seven years this strip has been running, you will never see a happier Beef than a Beef with Cheers on the brain. So what if he's experienced heaven? So what if he's marrying his dream girl? Cheers is his true love.