F**ked Snooze Video: John "Cliff Claven, haven't worked a day since" Ratzenberger "joins tea party"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=4397415&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/

[bbinacan]

1. I find this interesting because

Ratzenberger is a good friend of my cousin who is an actor, writer, and an avowed socialist.

[Bucky]

4. Which means he gets along with people regardless of their politics

He's not a red-faced screamer. He's a rich guy & he doesn't want to pay more in taxes. He's just another one of bunches of Hollywood conservatives disproving the bullshit about "Hollywood liberalism".

[Merlot]

2. I think Cliffy Claven should be the tea baggers mascot. Very fitting.

[rufus dog]

3. You ever notice some guys are one hit wonders

They play a role and then never get a decent gig after that. Seems like the role they play is probably not much acting, just being themselves. So in John's case, maybe he really is a Cliffie!

[Canuckistanian]

5. He got tons of parts- as voiceovers in Pixar movies

He was the pig in "Toy Story", the truck in "Cars", the "Abominal Snowman" in "Monsters, Inc.".

There was even a gag about him voicing all those characters in "Cars" -"it's all the same guy! What a ripoff!"

[mitchum]

7. Well, he does have the face for voiceovers

[Canuckistanian]

9. Now, now, that's not nice

But I can't fault you for accuracy.

[Bucky]

6. Actually he's done a lot of voice work for Pixar

A quick Google shows he's been in all the Pixar films.

# Hamm the Piggy Bank in Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010)
# P.T. Flea, the Circus Ring Leader in A Bug's Life (1998)
# The Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc. (2001)
# School of Silver Fish in Finding Nemo (2003)
# The Underminer in The Incredibles (2004)
# Mack the tractor-trailer and the Hamm Centercut car in Cars (2006) and Cars 2 (2011)
# Mustafa the Waiter in Ratatouille (2007)
# John in WALL-E (2008)

His Wiki page mentions a lot of other work, in and out of show business he's done (including owning a green business). I seriously doubt success just fell into his lap, W-style. It's possible for grown ups to disagree about politics without getting all pissy.

[RexDart]

8. Not a fan of his politics, but he does't seem to have trouble

finding work. A quick peek at IMDB shows about 50 gigs since Cheers, including basically every Pixar release.

[azmouse]

10. He's done a long running show called "Made in America".