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[mikebarry]

Perhaps it wasn't the #1 funniest, but I loved Gary Owens (the voice of the Narrator) on Space Quest 4 and 6.
He just had the perfect voice for the sarcastic humor.

He was the announcer of Garfield and Friends, the voice of space ghost, and some other random voices and parts. And I just learned that he voiced Powdered Toast Man on Ren and Stimpy. Brilliant!

[Borodin]

Originally posted by mikebarry@Jan 8 2005, 12:14 PM
Perhaps it wasn't the #1 funniest, but I loved Gary Owens (the voice of the Narrator) on Space Quest 4 and 6.
He just had the perfect voice for the sarcastic humor.

He was the announcer of Garfield and Friends, the voice of space ghost, and some other random voices and parts. And I just learned that he voiced Powdered Toast Man on Ren and Stimpy. Brilliant!

You know that Gary Owens was also a mainstream tv quiz show announcer in the 1960s, one of the best known, who as a result was asked to do the surrealistic announcing voiceovers for all the Laugh-In shows? That's how he got his start, although he doesn't seem to have been used much until the last decade. I suspect his voice acting is a lot better than his on-stage, visual acting, which would explain why he's made such a hit with animated series and computer games.

And that's not meant as a diss at cartoons or games. Cartoon voice acting in particular is a very difficult field, and there have been some real giants in it.

[Daywalker]

Sam and Max would have to get my top spot. Monkey Island would be a second.

To me, Sam and Max was a game I could play over and over again to make sure I clicked on everything.

LL: Love for Sail was great as well, IMO. k:

[MasterGrazzt]

Originally posted by mikebarry@Jan 8 2005, 12:14 PM
Perhaps it wasn't the #1 funniest, but I loved Gary Owens (the voice of the Narrator) on Space Quest 4 and 6.*
He just had the perfect voice for the sarcastic humor.

"You see time and space unfold before you. And FINALLY, FINALLY... Nothing happens."


On the same topic, I thought John Rhys-Davies was really awesome in Quest for Glory 4. Anyone else agree?

[Fawfulhasfury]

Sam and Max not here
Monkey island 3 not here
Full Throttle not on the site
Space quest games here

[shleepy]

If I'm not mistaken, Monkey Island 2 was the one that I found funnier, but I could be wrong. Both of them are great, hilarious games

EDIT: Both meaning Monkey Island 1 and 2... I forgot that there's a 3rd one, hehe.

[WildZeppelin]

space quest 5 is by far the best. the dialogue, the throw-gags in graphics where you see his refuse spaceship, the "Eureka" actually looking like a large vacuum cleaner. Stuffing a banana in a killer android's tailpipe, and even the added game of playing a 3-sector battleship game against egomaniac Captain Quirk, it has it all. You'll be dying as you take your starcon aptitude test, and chuckle as space monkeys splatter your viewer. And yes, Elvis is alive and well in space quest 5!

[Mrop]

I think Monkey Island 3 is the funniest, mostly because it has voices, and a pirate barber named Haggis. But I'm quite stupid, so I don't play so much adventure games.

[OBMiT]

Most LucasArts and Sierra On-Line adventures have superb humor, but I must say I had the most pun with Callahan's Crosstime Saloon!

[nvrmre]

I can't help but get a kick out of the Leisure Suit Larry games, that gets my vote. Though the Monkey Island series ramnks high as well