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|image text=''[[Earth|Erth]] News Bulletin'' with Orson Welles' head.
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|image text2=Orson Welles' head in the [[Head Museum]] talking to [[Lrrr]], [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]].
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|birth date=6 May, 1915
|birth date=6 May, [[1915]]
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In the [[20th century]], '''Orson Welles' head''' was an American filmmaker, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer. He is most famous for directing and narrating a [[1938]] radio adaptation of {{w|H. G. Wells}}' novel ''{{w|The War of the Worlds}}'', and recreating it in August of [[3010]] merely to deceive and impress [[Ndnd]], the wife of a skinny [[Omicronian|reptile]] named [[Lrrr]], also known as the ruler of [[Omicron Persei 8]]. He currently lives in the [[Head Museum]] as a [[Head Jars|head in a jar]].
In the [[20th century]], '''Orson Welles' head''' was an American filmmaker, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer. He is most famous for directing and narrating a [[1938]] radio adaptation of {{w|H. G. Wells}}' novel ''{{w|The War of the Worlds}}'', and recreating it in [[3010]] merely to deceive and impress [[Ndnd]], the wife of a skinny [[Omicronian|reptile]] named [[Lrrr]], also known as the ruler of [[Omicron Persei 8]]. He currently lives in the [[Head Museum]] as a [[Head Jars|head in a jar]].
 
== Image Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Well heads.png|In the [[Head Museum]] talking to [[Lrrr]], [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]].
</gallery>


== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
*Not only is his ''{{w|War of the Worlds}}'' broadcast parodied, but his infamous ''{{w|Frozen Peas}}'' recording session is parodied. [[Maurice LaMarche]] often likes to parody this session as a warmup before doing voiceovers. He even got to use it in the ''{{w|Animaniacs}}'' episode, "{{w|Yes, Always}}", as the Brain, whose voice is also an impression of Welles.
*Not only is his ''{{w|War of the Worlds}}'' broadcast parodied, but his infamous ''{{w|Frozen Peas}}'' recording session is parodied. [[Maurice LaMarche]] often likes to parody this session as a warmup before doing voiceovers. He even got to use it in the ''{{w|Animaniacs}}'' episode, "{{w|Yes, Always}}", as the {{w|Pinky and the Brain|Brain}}, whose voice is also an impression of Welles. He later did his impression of Welles in {{commentary|7ACV11}} and in a [[list of deleted scenes|deleted scene]] from "[[Calculon 2.0]]".
*Maurice LaMarche's performance as Welles in "[[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences]]", as well as his performance as [[Lrrr]], won him the [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in [[2011]].


=== Quotes ===
=== Quotes ===
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Latest revision as of 01:43, 13 December 2013

Tertiary character
Orson Welles' head
Orson Welles.jpg
Erth News Bulletin with Orson Welles' head.
Age1108
Date of birth6 May, 1915
SpeciesHuman
First appearance"Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" (6ACV11)
Episode
Voiced byMaurice LaMarche
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In the 20th century, Orson Welles' head was an American filmmaker, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer. He is most famous for directing and narrating a 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds, and recreating it in 3010 merely to deceive and impress Ndnd, the wife of a skinny reptile named Lrrr, also known as the ruler of Omicron Persei 8. He currently lives in the Head Museum as a head in a jar.

Additional Info

Trivia

Quotes

    Orson Welles' head: Damn, I'm good! Now, may I please have that cheese log?

Appearances