8/13/2019 Newsday "Fast Chat" - Patrick Warburton

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ctor PatrickWarbwtonperformsvolcesonI )a?Proimate-atery animatedever releqse&no,butit seems,andhisdeep,recognizablealmost al-twaysoneof thebest;things inwhateverlwtoonhe's in-Hewasydre pre-Colombian'Kro*in"TheEmper-idsNew Groove";(2OO0), an olien cop ini Thicken Little" Q005),rBlagthewildebeestin.-TheWild Q006),IanP,thebuckin"Open*oson" (2006),PrinceHumperdinkin"Happi-,$l{EverAfter" (2007),Trtanthe gori/dq.inthe:lprcoming"Spqce,Chimps," ondlet'snot$rgethis Wtoons,,whichincludeloe,Slvcnsonon "Family1igty" andMr.Barkin'gr "I(im Possible." DidVlpemention Superrnangilr-AmericanExpress',':ammercials.,, Andthst'sqdeliber-;,ate thing of playirg to,rote's strmgtfu sinceFWarburton's actorlyitademarkishis deod-''D avid. Puddy, on- snd-ffiboyfrizndof Eloinet: Bmes (lulia Louis-Dr ey -;-fus) onnins episodes of'Seinfeld." (He also hadtfu title role in Fox'sshort-Iived"2001-02anlt-hit superher o s qtir e*fheTick")Currentlyplaying fTCadLackey,henchman I . .'#;#n"Yffi:,y: wtionmovie"tlnderdogi' WWarburtory42,was WbominPatersoqNJ"andraisedinSouthern' Collfumia. His retiredfather,fohrywas an orthopedic wrgeonand his mother, B arb qr a Lor 4an actr ess. W arburton met hishomemaker wife, C athy, whenhewas acollege sophomore and

she ahigh school junior;msrriedin 1991, they hav e four children-, He forthrightly tells you hedid not, despite some publici-* puffery early on" studymarine biology at college or'work cs a Bugle Boy fashionmodel (though he did act in aW commercial for the com-pany, he scys). Ile'll next beseen in "Bee Movie," reunit-ing him with lerry Seinfeld.Warburton spoke at amid-town-Manhatt on hotel w ithfrequent contributor Frank 'Lovece.Y'know, I use this some-times when I cook (pullingout a promotional oven

.mother was an ac- 'itresi I ihe must ;have been thrilled atyour success? 'My mother really is'the conservative onelof my parentsJ. Shehas been involved inthe pro-life movementfor the better part of20 years. AnytimeI've ever done any-thing, really, thatdidn't have real val-ues as a program, orthere was a question-able character Iplayed, she alwaysseems to have a littlesomething critical tosay about it. She can'thelp herself. She grewup schooled by thenuns. I went to Catho-lic grade school andto an all-boys Catho-lic high school fortrro years, at whichpoint I couldn't han-dle it anymore.Tell me about gettingthe "Seinfeld" gig.Y'know, even when Iwas shooting myeighth or ninth epi-sode, I was still juststunned to be there,'cause my wife and Iwere such fans of theshow before I everdid it. I remembersitting on the couchwatching TV, ivhichwe did every Thurs-day night in our littleapartment in thePalms area [of LosAngelesJ, and onenight I looked at herand said, "Why can'tI get on a show likethis? That would beso great." And twoweeks later I had anaudition. It was aproducer call, soferry was in thereand Larry David was

feature "Kronk's NewGroove").(Taking it.) Oh, right on Oh,my gosh, let's see. (Sniffs it.)Good Italian sSff on there.Hmmm. ldidn't know itwas possible to use toomuch garlic. So the wholemarine-biologist thing . . .?I don't know where that cameabout. I guess some of that'smy fault - y'know, yourpublicist has a sheet and theysend it out. Some of thewrong stuffhas been circulat-ing for the better part of adecade. I only did ayearand-a-half of junior collegeand then dropped out to doacting.There was a nice marine-science course at NewportHarbor High School, where Iwent, and early on in my lifeI was very inspired by the

. NEWSDAY PHOTO,/ BRUCEWe weren;t allowed towatch much TV; it was arather strict household Igrew up in. I had threeyounger sisters, and myfather was a stern man and adisciplinarian. "Little Houseon the Prairie" was the onlyshow we were.allowed tohave on during the week.And Sunday nights, "TheWonderful World of Dis-ney." But I don't think I evertook a marine-biology class. in junior college.Wow, this is like GeorgeCostanza on "Seinfeld,"when he pretended to be amarine biologist to impressa dateOh, I'm George. In manyways.So you didn't followin yourfather's science and medi-

in there, and I wentin, and they laughed - thatwas a good thing. I walkedout, and it's like, "]erry andLarry were laughing "What do you think mighthave happened with Elaineand Puddy after the end of"Seinfeld"?I've never thought about it.(Takes a few moments)Elaine, she's sharp, and Fuddywas a bit of a dolt, so I alwaysfelt there must be some phe-nomenal sex or something likethat going on. What else iskeeping those two together?Their conversations were iustso odd. One of them wasabout [chuckles], he's askin'her why cin't chips and dipsbe a meal.I don't think they'd everreally last. But I think thSopgh-out the years afterward theywould have hookups every

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