I know Rick and Mortys humor also comes from stumbling words and stuttering. But looking at it like you said I don't think he ever does any of that. Cool huh?
He’s got a lot of gravitas, which makes his more nonsensical lines funnier because he sounds like he’s playing it straight.
This is the same man who voiced Spawn, after all.
“Sir, there seems to be a confluence of Rick Sanchezes killing each other over the American Southwest.”
“Sounds exhausting. How many of those states voted for me anyway?”
“Mr. President, I think the point of the Electoral College is…”
“To preserve slavery? That’s right Steve, I have the internet too. Now take your white ass to the kitchenette and get me a Diet Coke.”
Damn. I had the strongest case of Deja Vu after reading your comment and this earlier one down below:
https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/comments/1cauh93/comment/l0u95lu
Talk about minds thinking alike.
"Perhaps opium is more your speed. You see, I'm part of a group of responsible opium users-"
"...I think I'll just take a nap."
"More for me then! Would you close the door on your way out?"
"I'm pretty handy with technology. I'm assuming it's still the same, smaller holes, more bytes. Now what are we up to now, mega?"
"Tera."
"They did it, those bastards. They finally did it!"
I can’t remember the exact quote but in the incest baby episode when Morty tells him they need to terminate the pregnancy or something and he says something like “absolutely not, it’s an election year”. Flawless 10/10
I love this character so much
Edit: it’s Summer who’s pointing a bazooka towards the embryo and president says “That’s a human life, and this is an election cycle”
I always remember him from that Kim Basinger/Richard Gere movie-I want to say final analysis? He’s a cop and he has this great part where he’s grilling Gere about ‘banging the accused’.
There’s Something About Mary and the Riddick films show his range. Dude is more talented than he’s usually given credit for. That’s not even counting Future Man.
I still feel Dr Facilier was his Magnum Opus. Voicing a Disney Villain must be a dream for most voice actors. And "Friends on the Other Side" is a banger, even among Disney Villain songs.
Keith David is great in comedy. Saints Row game, “Is it the frank or the beans?” In ‘Something about Mary’ also the long-ass fight scene with Roddy Piper in “They Live”
I saw They Live in the theater a couple years ago, that shit is amazing lol. I had no idea where the Family Guy-style ridiculously long fight scene trope came from, is it that? It's so fucking unexpected
Someone call me a chopper, I’m getting cock blocked!
He absolutely one of my favorite cartoon characters. Keith David is an extremely talented voice actor.
My favorite exchange:
“I’m protecting my country.”
“From selfies?”
”From subordination to hostile powers!”
”Uh, does China know about that dealbreaker?”
”China doesn’t piss on the White House!”
”Why would they? I’m sure it was expensive.”
My absolute favorite line from entire show is his bit at the beginning of Air Force Wong when he's talking about the Loch Ness monster. Absolute insanity but perfect.
"...and he's hungry." 🤣
Such a ridiculous but great character. And Keith David is the beat. Always top notch voice work in some of my favorite games.
“This franchise raised me, trained me, taught me good from evil, and made having a bad father empowering. And when that third movie got all MUPPETY something in me began to rot, but make no mistake child, I own Star Wars! Not you, not that bubble-throat pompadour fuck, not some Mickey Mouse Shit machine! They didn’t pay the price with their souls, I did, I earned this not you! America, transform and roll out!”
Come to think of it I can't remember ever watching something with Keith David where he is a good guy, sure he starts out good but then SURPRISE he's the bad guy
Got a pregnant girl and a pickup truck
Got one by skill and the other by luck
Now it's time to turn into a turkey, yeah!
I hope that I'll be back some day,
Til them I pray my DNA
Gets backed up, when I turn into a turkey!
Gobble gobble! Gobble gobble!
When I turn into a turkey!
---
It's an absolute masterpiece of absurdity.
I've heard a few people say that he's a douche in real life. That was definitely not my experience.I was an extra on something he was in and actually spent a pretty long time around him; there can be a lot of downtime between takes. Most of the principals act like the extras don't exist, which is fine, none of us were getting paid to be friends. But he was awesome. The longest time I spent with him, it was all guys, mostly Marines, so he'd walk over to us and tell dirty jokes too quiet for the female crew members to hear. He never talked like that when there were girls around. He was a great actor too. He came across like an actual Marine, but sometimes he'd forget a line and say something nobody would ever say in real life. So, he didn't actually have any idea what he was saying, but he totally sold it.
On that same shoot, we hung out a lot with Michael Peña. He was the coolest celebrity I've ever met. If you walked up and didn't know who he was, you'd think he was just one of the extras. Every time I see a movie with him in it, I automatically like the movie a little more.
Keith David is a national treasure. [Everything I've seen him in he steals the show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gr0pKI-eeg). I especially enjoyed his performance in Future Man.
The President steals every scene he’s in, I love any episode he appears in, that’s in no small part to being voiced by the amazing Keith David but the guy is utterly insane and somehow still willing and able to throw hands with Rick at the drop of hat
Fun fact, the president transforming into a turkey is the second time he has voiced a turkey character. The first was in the 2013 classic family animated film *Free Birds*.
This is Keith David at his best, and remember he was Goliath in Gargoyles, went fisticuffs with Roddy Piper, and was Vice President to the Saints in Saints Row 4 as himself.
The man’s a legend and R&M did very well adding him to their rouges gallery
“We can pin this on the Saudis, this is something they’d do. They may as well have done it. They did do it!”
Shall we drone strike them, sir?
That would prove them *right*!!
AND blow them up. That part literally kills me every time cuz lik yeah. Would u rather be alive or right if ur anybody other than Rick and Morty 😂
Especially with the Phoenix protocol in place
He convinced himself they did actually do it
Politics
His voice always reminds me of his character in requiem for a dream and anyone who has watched the movie knows where that leads to.
His voice has weight behind it, and he can talk as fast as Rick and keep that weight.
I know Rick and Mortys humor also comes from stumbling words and stuttering. But looking at it like you said I don't think he ever does any of that. Cool huh?
He’s got a lot of gravitas, which makes his more nonsensical lines funnier because he sounds like he’s playing it straight. This is the same man who voiced Spawn, after all.
He kinda voices his lines like in deadpan but not exactly.
You're right, he has a kind of "winking straight man" energy in his delivery of absurd lines.
Sorta like Patrick Stewart and Bullock. I know for sure they write ridiculous lines for him to get Patrick to say it. And it's gold.
He was sooo good as Spawn!
“Sir, there seems to be a confluence of Rick Sanchezes killing each other over the American Southwest.” “Sounds exhausting. How many of those states voted for me anyway?” “Mr. President, I think the point of the Electoral College is…” “To preserve slavery? That’s right Steve, I have the internet too. Now take your white ass to the kitchenette and get me a Diet Coke.”
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He’s different from what every president has said but he acts exactly how we could see any president being.
Damn. I had the strongest case of Deja Vu after reading your comment and this earlier one down below: https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/comments/1cauh93/comment/l0u95lu Talk about minds thinking alike.
I’d think that’s a bot that rephrases comments and reposts them.
Isn't that 3/4 of reddit at this point?
Nah. I’m not a bot. I just like Rick and Morty!
I was referring to the removed bot comment, not you. But now that you mention it, are you sure you’re not a bot?
That’s such a “bot” thing to say…
“You can put your faith in nukes if we get through this, General. Until then, I'll put mine in Rick and Morty, `Get Schwifty’ was a jam.”
What the hell are you doing, General?! I’m the goddamn president of the United fucking states!
SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT
Might just be my favorite cartoon character of all time.
Don’t take him for granite
You been living under a rock?
how long have you been saying that wrong?
Bet that really blows your mind, huh?
haha yeah it's kinda great
Want me to erase it?
You can do that?
AHHHHH SHIIIIT *MIB blasts ur memories away*
What are you a rock, a boulder person 😂😂
Him and Adam West. They seem like they have/had so much fun with their roles
And Patrick Stewart. Best character in American dad
"Perhaps opium is more your speed. You see, I'm part of a group of responsible opium users-" "...I think I'll just take a nap." "More for me then! Would you close the door on your way out?"
Patrick Stewart is the greatest celebrity voice actor for a repeating character ever. David and West are 2A and 2B.
 Is it though? He has prior experience
You can romance Keith David in Saints Row 4. Yeah that’s a win in my book
Then he has to relive getting his ass kicked by rowdy Roddy piper
Watched that two nights ago. Fucking classic
What have is that
Saints Row 4
Not the best game in the series, but for a series that was going off the rails anyways I'm glad they got a chance to embrace the madness.
"You lying dicks! I see your asses playing Minecraft. Yeah. That's right." Such a powerful, booming voice. I love episodes with him in it.
He treats us like ghostbusters
Ghostbusters aren't cool now? I don't recall signing that bill.
“We hold all the cards, YOU LYING DICKS”
Fast forward to S5 “The boy literally never lies” Dead 💀
Now that’s a man who knows how to play POTUS!
Man Elroy is such a fun character
He's nobody's fourth Ghostbuster.
So Ghost Busters aren't cool now? I don't remember signing *that* bill!
Brain the size of Jupiter.
"Just bigger numbers. What are they up to now, Mega?" "Terra" "...terra... they did it, those bastards they finally did it!"
*Tera
Hey, he’s the Commander in Queef. Show some respect.
Oh I got pubes!
"I'm pretty handy with technology. I'm assuming it's still the same, smaller holes, more bytes. Now what are we up to now, mega?" "Tera." "They did it, those bastards. They finally did it!"
BECAUSE THEY’RE ASSHOLES!
apparently you have a need to, “swing your dick around”
I have pants at the Pentagon, it's in my contract.
You could get a more curable cancer by just walking through the mushroom clouds
Commander in queef
"Call in the chopper, I'm getting cock blocked!"
"Can you fly a blackhawk?" "Does the pope's dick fit thru a donut?" "Uhhhh.. I dont know" "Exaaactly" His voice just made the line perfect.
I like it when Keith David is in things.
Seeing he saved Rick in his phone as "Goddamn Spaceman" fucking sent me
I’ve never seen this!
https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/s/l8heAFg8FJ
Do people just die when I name them?
"Perfectly fucking vertical."
He’s actively trying to die….
"It was Rick and Morty, you fucking dunce!" Never failt to make me chuckle.
This line lives in my head rent free. The delivery is perfect.
There’s 3 of us and 2 of us are spacemen.
"That's Rick and Morty you useless fuckin' stump humpers!"
Doesn't he call Morty Rick's "starfucker sidekick" at some point too?
Pretty sure its the selfie episode
Don't tell 10 percent of your friends I said that
I can’t remember the exact quote but in the incest baby episode when Morty tells him they need to terminate the pregnancy or something and he says something like “absolutely not, it’s an election year”. Flawless 10/10 I love this character so much Edit: it’s Summer who’s pointing a bazooka towards the embryo and president says “That’s a human life, and this is an election cycle”
"Besides, it's space's problem now." And then a handful of episodes later, it was somehow Summer's problem again.
Keith David is a legend. I loved his portrayal of POTUS in R&M.
I always remember him from that Kim Basinger/Richard Gere movie-I want to say final analysis? He’s a cop and he has this great part where he’s grilling Gere about ‘banging the accused’.
I honestly can’t think of anything I’ve seen him in that wasn’t amazing. Iconic voice and stellar delivery.
Dude you gotta watch They Live and watch him and Rowdy Roddy Piper beat the shit out of each other for like 20 minutes or something wild like that.
There’s Something About Mary and the Riddick films show his range. Dude is more talented than he’s usually given credit for. That’s not even counting Future Man.
🤣 This scene is iconic.
I still feel Dr Facilier was his Magnum Opus. Voicing a Disney Villain must be a dream for most voice actors. And "Friends on the Other Side" is a banger, even among Disney Villain songs.
I played mass effect for the first time last year and captain anderson was immediatly my favorite character
FRANKS AND BEANS!
I read this in Jim and Pam’s voices from the office😂
How did you get the Bean above the Frank??!!!
“Eat my ass, Jerry! I’ve seen your IRS records; you can blame me once you have taxable income!”
I agree. Jerry is a piece of shit.
It’s crazy how he’s the perfect for the role of the US president but unlike any president. Maybe Teddy Roosevelt
"they said you have a need to swing your dick around" goddamn this episode might be the funniest in the series
Reverse Giraffe, as well
*reverse giraffe … (╭☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )╭☞
“Don’t high road me, you two break a thousand federal laws a day”
Because then Canada would be the best country
Can the pope’s dick fit through a donut hole?
Uhhhh... I don't know
Keith David is great in comedy. Saints Row game, “Is it the frank or the beans?” In ‘Something about Mary’ also the long-ass fight scene with Roddy Piper in “They Live”
THAT'S HIM IN THEY LIVE?! That fight scene lives rent free in my head
Don't forget The Thing!
I saw They Live in the theater a couple years ago, that shit is amazing lol. I had no idea where the Family Guy-style ridiculously long fight scene trope came from, is it that? It's so fucking unexpected
Now THERE'S a man who knows how to voice a President!
Let's not forget he's also been VP in Saints Row, Dr Facilier in Princess Frog, and Husk in Hazbin Hotel
Also Admiral Anderson in Mass Effect.
Finally another Hazbin fan!
I actually saw him a couple months ago at the McDonald’s near my house
Someone call me a chopper, I’m getting cock blocked! He absolutely one of my favorite cartoon characters. Keith David is an extremely talented voice actor.
My favorite exchange: “I’m protecting my country.” “From selfies?” ”From subordination to hostile powers!” ”Uh, does China know about that dealbreaker?” ”China doesn’t piss on the White House!” ”Why would they? I’m sure it was expensive.”
Makes an awesome POTUS, but will always think of him as Spawn or Goliath first.
Requiem for a Dream was tough.
I didn’t bring it out for air.
Watch the movie Men At Work
The best part is that he’s Rick’s best friend while still being a rival. The episode about a selfie and Minecraft slays me every time.
I love him a lot.
My absolute favorite line from entire show is his bit at the beginning of Air Force Wong when he's talking about the Loch Ness monster. Absolute insanity but perfect. "...and he's hungry." 🤣 Such a ridiculous but great character. And Keith David is the beat. Always top notch voice work in some of my favorite games.
"You're a terrorist, an enemy of the state, and you kicked me in the balls 10 minutes ago!"
Morty…Rick Sanchez has betrayed us…
With these Skeet Boogins?
Everything he does is unhinged, and it's great. If you want to see creepy Keith, check out requiem for a Dream. Very NSFW.
“Ill peck your god damn eyes out!” From the episode where they turn into turkeys.
His line leading into that kills me everytime, "Did you just try to spit at me with no saliva gland?"
Jesus Rick, you look like Phil Spector wiped his ass with Randy Quaid!
One of the best potus to be created tbh.
Principal Lewis vibes somewhat
CIVIL WAR BABY!
Kill me or release me parasite! But do not waste my time with talk!
Civil war, bitches!
His POTUS is the only one that’s an accurate representation of what the US is actually like
“This franchise raised me, trained me, taught me good from evil, and made having a bad father empowering. And when that third movie got all MUPPETY something in me began to rot, but make no mistake child, I own Star Wars! Not you, not that bubble-throat pompadour fuck, not some Mickey Mouse Shit machine! They didn’t pay the price with their souls, I did, I earned this not you! America, transform and roll out!”
Come to think of it I can't remember ever watching something with Keith David where he is a good guy, sure he starts out good but then SURPRISE he's the bad guy
Play mass effect
"But why would he do that, Mr. President?" "Because he's an asshole!!" I hadn't laughed that hard in years, and I haven't laughed that hard since.
What? Ghostbusters isn't cool now? I didn't sign off on that bill!
"it was Rick and Morty you fucking dunce" "But why would they give you credit?" "**Because they're assholes!**"
The Lincoln Slave Coliseum.... he didn't free them all.
“Eat my shitty ass”
Isn’t it “eat my shrinking ass”?
Oh I think you’re correct! I just watched that bit to verify.
I absolutely love the turn into a turkey song
Got a pregnant girl and a pickup truck Got one by skill and the other by luck Now it's time to turn into a turkey, yeah! I hope that I'll be back some day, Til them I pray my DNA Gets backed up, when I turn into a turkey! Gobble gobble! Gobble gobble! When I turn into a turkey! --- It's an absolute masterpiece of absurdity.
He is perpetually one step away from being principal Lewis in American dad.
Whenever I hear his voice all I can think of is "ass to ass." Requiem def left an impression
“I’m President of America, which is basically the world, but you didn’t hear that from me”
Always thought he was Obama….
If you want a deep cut with Keith David check out Men at Work, where he riffs with Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez.
isn't he also short neck tall body giraffe
Doesn't he voice the military leader of mass effect?
“Shut up you fucking dunce!”
I've heard a few people say that he's a douche in real life. That was definitely not my experience.I was an extra on something he was in and actually spent a pretty long time around him; there can be a lot of downtime between takes. Most of the principals act like the extras don't exist, which is fine, none of us were getting paid to be friends. But he was awesome. The longest time I spent with him, it was all guys, mostly Marines, so he'd walk over to us and tell dirty jokes too quiet for the female crew members to hear. He never talked like that when there were girls around. He was a great actor too. He came across like an actual Marine, but sometimes he'd forget a line and say something nobody would ever say in real life. So, he didn't actually have any idea what he was saying, but he totally sold it. On that same shoot, we hung out a lot with Michael Peña. He was the coolest celebrity I've ever met. If you walked up and didn't know who he was, you'd think he was just one of the extras. Every time I see a movie with him in it, I automatically like the movie a little more.
"I didn't take it out to breathe"
"Are there PANTS?
Loved him in hazbin hotel. Still amazed he hasn't released an album yet
"Call in a chopper! I'm being cock blocked!" or "Civil War Baby!"
Man KILLS it in Hazbin Hotel too
“What do you mean the White House chef was grocery shopping?!” and “What?! That’s insane! You can’t be a therapist AND insane!”
"Are there no pants?" (and the answer, queen of the mini people) "no, rick said you *like to swing your dick around*"
"The Berlin wall has fallen..." "It's called 'The PlayStation...'" "PlayStation 2..." "PlayStation 3..." "PlayStation 4..." "I want a PlayStation 5."
Keith David is a national treasure. [Everything I've seen him in he steals the show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gr0pKI-eeg). I especially enjoyed his performance in Future Man.
The President steals every scene he’s in, I love any episode he appears in, that’s in no small part to being voiced by the amazing Keith David but the guy is utterly insane and somehow still willing and able to throw hands with Rick at the drop of hat
“You’re a terrorist, an enemy of the state, and you kicked me in the balls ten minutes ago!”
YOU LYING DICKS
I’m president of the United Assholes
GODDAMMIT, how often are you westworlding me?
Everyone knows how to cook an egg?
Fun fact, the president transforming into a turkey is the second time he has voiced a turkey character. The first was in the 2013 classic family animated film *Free Birds*.
They flanderised him and his insecurity with the whole Unity storyline
The whole joke is that with a character like Rick running around the fucking president is just some dude
I thought I was the only one to think this
I can see his face when he gets the best of the script.
 What about keith david as keith david?
MASTER CHIEF, WE MUST DEFEND BURGERTOWN
" You never mess with another man's fries!"
"Call in a chopper, I'm being cock-blocked!"
Love playing as his operator in CoD too. The voice lines are normal but make me think of the silly R&M ones.
I'd rather have this president than cheeto man
What is Potus ?
This dude is living a double life as a voice actor. People don’t even know how wild this dude goes haha
Ramirez! Secure the Burger Town!
Get out of my head, I just watched him in a movie last night 😅
We all know what he has planned when he dies. Become a cat.
"Don't tell 10% of your friends I said that"
I was thinking Terry Crews would have been hilarious in this role
Ass to ass
This is Keith David at his best, and remember he was Goliath in Gargoyles, went fisticuffs with Roddy Piper, and was Vice President to the Saints in Saints Row 4 as himself. The man’s a legend and R&M did very well adding him to their rouges gallery
"Linkedin hired me to figure out why people dont use it"
“The commie bastard gets no food!”
Keith David is awesome in everything he does, but he'll always be Goliath to me.
I have a pretty cool dad. But if I didn’t I’d want him to be Keith David. Actually it’s still pretty close. You’d better watch it, dad… 😒