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        <title><![CDATA[Meet Carlos Alazraqui, the man behind hundreds of cartoon voices]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fans of &#8220;Reno 911&#8221; might not know that Deputy Garcia — aka Carlos Alazraqui — is also one of the industry&#8217;s busiest voiceover actors.</p><p>Alazraqui&#8217;s long resume dates back to the early &#8217;90s and includes Rocko in &#8220;Rocko&#8217;s Modern Life&#8221; (opposite Tom Kenny, the voice of &#8220;SpongeBob SquarePants&#8221;), &#8220;CatDog,&#8221; Lazlo the spider monkey in &#8220;Camp Lazlo!,&#8221; &#8220;Family Guy&#8221; (as Mr. Weed), &#8220;The Fairly Oddparents&#8221; and Disney Junior&#8217;s &#8220;Elena of Avalor,&#8221; to name just a few of his hundreds of credits.</p><p>In addition to the live-action series &#8220;Reno 911!,&#8221; which moved from Comedy Central <strong>to Quibi for Season 7</strong>, Alazraqui is currently starring on Nickelodeon&#8217;s &#8220;The Loud House&#8221; and its spinoff, &#8220;The Casagrandes&#8221; (he plays Carlos, Vito and Sergio on both shows), has a major role in next year&#8217;s &#8220;SpongeBob SquarePants&#8221; prequel, &#8220;Kamp Koral: SpongeBob&#8217;s Under Years&#8221; and is shopping his self-financed movie, &#8220;Witness Infection,&#8221; a horror-comedy starring Erinn Hayes (&#8220;Medical Police&#8221;).</p><p>Alazraqui, 58, whose parents were born in Argentina, spoke to The Post about his long voiceover/acting career — including voicing the Taco Bell Chihuahua from 1997-2000.</p><figure id="attachment_16016291"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Carlos-Alazraqui-04.jpeg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Carlos-Alazraqui-04.jpeg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Carlos-Alazraqui-04.jpeg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>&#8220;The Casagrandes.&#8221;</span><span class="credit">Courtesy Everett Collection</span></figcaption></figure><p><strong>What are you working on right now?</strong></p><p>I&#8217;m doing &#8220;Kamp Koral,&#8221; &#8220;The Casagrandes&#8221; — I just did four episodes last week and one this week — and &#8220;The Loud House,&#8221; and &#8220;Maya and the Three,&#8221; which will be on Netflix next year.&nbsp; I&#8217;m doing a few more episodes of &#8220;American Dad&#8221; and &#8220;Family Guy,&#8221; mostly utility roles, and I&#8217;m working on &#8220;Curious George&#8221; for PBS. I play Mr. Zoobel. I&#8217;m excited about a new Nickelodeon project but I can&#8217;t talk about it &#8212; though I can intimate that I&#8217;m working with a fellow &#8220;Reno 911!&#8221; castmate.</p><figure id="attachment_16016283"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Carlos-Alazraqui-03.jpeg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Carlos-Alazraqui-03.jpeg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Carlos-Alazraqui-03.jpeg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Carlos Alazraqui on &#8220;RENO 911!&#8221;</span><span class="credit">©Comedy Central/Courtesy Everet</span></figcaption></figure><p><strong>You&#8217;re known mostly for your voiceovers. Would you like to do more on-camera work?</strong></p><p>I think it&#8217;s relative from week-to-week. There at times when I feel, &#8220;Do I really want to do on-camera chases and be a super-celebrity and get recognized everywhere?&#8221; But it&#8217;s pretty cool when you do a red-carpet [premiere]. We did the &#8220;Reno 911!&#8221; premiere on Hollywood Boulevard walking down the red carpet at Mann&#8217;s Chinese Theater and it was pretty awesome. You love that attention. The biggest reason to do on-camera work, though, is &#8230; you&#8217;re more apt to get some better jobs. It&#8217;s just a fact. So, yeah, I would like to be on-camera little bit more.</p><p><strong>Is there any chance for a revival of &#8220;Rocko&#8217;s Modern Life&#8221;?</strong></p><p>Outside of &#8220;Status Cling,&#8221; the 2019 &#8220;Rocko&#8221; special which came out on Netflix, I&#8217;m not sure.&nbsp; There&#8217;s always been a demand [for a reboot] and we would love to do it again. People also revere &#8220;Camp Lazlo&#8221; and even &#8220;CatDog.&#8221; You never know what&#8217;s going to hit or be iconoclastic.</p><figure id="attachment_16016277"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Carlos-Alazraqui-02.jpeg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Carlos-Alazraqui-02.jpeg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Carlos-Alazraqui-02.jpeg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>&#8220;Rocko&#8217;s Modern Life&#8221;</span><span class="credit">Alamy Stock Photo</span></figcaption></figure><p><strong>Do you do voices for your daughters (ages 9 and 6)?</strong></p><p>My older daughter is also in voiceovers for Nickelodeon. She&#8217;s got the bug. My younger daughter loves me to read &#8220;Dogman&#8221; and &#8220;Captain Underpants.&#8221; I read those over and over again and do all the voices for her. You either have the voiceover gene or you don&#8217;t. I watched a lot of cartoons on TV growing up and got the vibe. I just wanted to imitate everybody. My brother is pretty good but he didn&#8217;t get the bug.</p><p><strong>In looking back, how do you feel about playing the Taco Bell Chihuahua?</strong></p><p>I don&#8217;t have regrets. I remember doing an ABC special and showing the poster at my old campus, Sacramento State, this is right after Columbine [in 2000], and student board members holding up a sign with the Chihuahua and Xs in it saying, &#8220;Kill the Chihuahua!&#8221; Other Latinos were going, &#8220;Forget about those people, we love the Chihuahua!&#8221; The League of United Latino Citizens was calling my house. As I look back, this wasn&#8217;t [adopts a heavy Mexican accent] &#8220;The Frito Bandito and I&#8217;m stealing your chips!&#8221; This was a dog that was really cool, with a voice that was not stereotypical &#8230; and it was not the biggest part of [the ad] campaign ending. [Taco Bell] had a lawsuit with a Michigan ad agency, which they lost. I never felt that it was offensive. As Tom Kenny said, &#8220;Nobody ever said that Count Chocula is offensive to all Romanians.&#8221; We now try honor more Latino roles with Latino actors. Right now I&#8217;m on a Filipino show, &#8220;Trese&#8221; &#8230; and I&#8217;m working with Filipino dialect coaches to make sure I&#8217;m doing it correctly.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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