“ Nixon, President of Earth. Because I hated him. I could not stand this guy. I remember watching the debates on television when he was running against Kennedy and Kennedy had the buttered-toast game-show-host face and hair and Nixon looked like he was turning into a werewolf before your eyes. He was getting five o’clock shadow and he’d be sweating. He was almost like the guy that locks himself behind a door and says, “Whatever you do, whatever you hear don’t let me out of this room.” Like a wolfman. That’s why I started doing that [AAAOOOOWW — wolfman howl]. He always reminded me of a guy that was about to turn into a werewolf. There’s something very feral about Nixon’s head in the jar. You know, he was a rich character. I couldn’t stand him. I was drafted in 1970 and, you know, I was like, ‘Ohhhhh, that Nixon!!’
Billy West on his favorite role on Futurama, which returns Thursday night on Comedy Central.
1 year ago
