Wed 9 Feb 2005 @17:05
Herman’s Head was a sitcom that ran for three seasons (’91-’94) on the FOX TV network. Four actors played parts of Herman’s psyche (sensitivity, lust, anxiety, intellect) that observed, commented, and argued about how he should respond to the events in his life. The voices in his head were much more clearly defined, and funnier, than mine are. But I remembered this show when I began working on something I expect to post soon. I was surprised to find there are several websites with info and I’ll post a couple links below. Many people found it as innovative and funny as I did but, apparently, not enough of us for FOX to continue production. They sited poor ratings as the reason for cancellation.
Featured on the show were:
William Ragsdale as Herman, several other TV series and TV movies on his bio.
Hank Azaria as Herman’s best friend Jay, does several voices for The Simsons and, in my opinion, one of the best comic voice and character actors ever.
Jane Sibbett as the gorgeous (knows it and uses it) coworker Heddy, tons of acting, producing, and TV guest appearance credits including as one of the actresses to play Ross’ ex-wife on Friends.
Yeardley Smith as the sweet and innocent coworker Louise, probably best known now as the voice of Lisa Simpson.
Jason Bernard as the know-it-all boss, Mr. Bracken, passed away in 1996 so anything you might have seen him in was probably before this show.
Molly Hagan as Angel (sensitivity), lots of movie rolls and TV guest appearances.
Ken Hudson Campbell as Animal (lust), lots of acting and voice credits.
Rick Lawless as Wimp (anxiety), only a couple other credits listed.
Peter Mackenzie as Genius (intellect), lots of movie and TV credits.
http://www.eyrie.org/~thad/hhead/hhead.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101115/
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/program-guides/hermans-head/
February 9th, 2005 at 22:18
Okay. . .how’s this for odd. . .approximately 14 minutes after I read this post, tonight’s episode of “The Simpsons” on FOX had a “Herman’s Head” allusion.
I thought the show was a terrific idea, particularly the odd assortment of co-workers Herman had to tolerate. And I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Jason Barnard, especially his role in the Steve Martin film “All of Me” in which he plays a blind jazzman.
Oh, and thanks for the mention in your blog, but I haven’t written anything spectacular of late. I like Janet’s blog, whomever she is, and I love the colorful setup.
Happy days. Back to this script now.