Weakly EDitorial: Cartoons about real people

12/20/10 Update: Added ProStars and The Beatles, and we updated some images. Originally posted 7/18/10.
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I was talking to my uncle about all those cartoons that have been about actual celebrities. It made us wonder who voiced themselves and who didn't. That brings us to the latest Weakly EDitorial.


A lot of the celebs voiced their cartoon selves. Here are a few...

3 Stooges: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Three_Stooges



Gary Coleman Show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gary_Coleman_Show



New Kids on the Block (they started voicing themselves and later stopped): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124956/fullcredits#cast



MC Hammer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179572/



Chuck Norris: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165166/fullcredits#cast



Mr. T (lasted 3 years, which is quite impressive): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_T_(TV_series





And the ones who didn't voice themselves...

ProStars (Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, and Bo Jackson fought evil for about a month and a half):
target=_blankhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProStars



The Beatles (lasted two years from 1965-1967; the producer and director of this series also did the very-different Yellow Submarine animated Beatles film):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(TV_series



Jackson 5ive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5ive_(TV_series)



Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling (Hulk was played by Raymond's brother): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203265/



Harlem Globetrotters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters_(TV_series)#Production_credits



Super Globetrotters (they brought it back for more): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_Globetrotters#Super_Globetrotters



Jackie Chan Adventures (Jackie did the live action bits, but not the voice; lasted 5 years, which is probably the most successful): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jackie_Chan_Adventures_characters




And honorary mentions go to Bill Cosby's Fat Albert and Little Bill, characters loosely based on himself and his stand-up comedy.

Maybe we'll add more to this later. Leave a comment if you can think of any more. Thanks!

Enjoy!

- TAE