I know Baron is an old hand at this by now, and no Tom Servo would ever need the adulation of the crowds to buoy his ego… but he might want it. We have been through Appreciation threads for Emily, Rebecca, Connor, Kelsey, and Hampton… seriously, where’s the Baron? Here is his place!
I really love how Baron’s Tom combines Josh’s very deep-voiced, bombastic Tom with Kevin’s mellow singing, and then he added in just a touch more of the scampiness we all love from the bots. His was the first of the new voices I got used to and could pick out (I have some kind of issue…), and it really became the voice of Seasons 11 and 12 for me. Baron had better have an in with voice-over work, because his voice would be so good in animation!
Ok, folks, let’s hit the ground running; what do you like about Baron?
I didn’t think Baron was all that great in Season 11, he really rushed his lines as if getting them out was more important than being funny. He was a little better in Season 12, but I didn’t love his work then, but he has been killing it in Season 13. I don’t know what changed, but he has been amazing.
I think Baron’s great, he was the first to gel for me in the Netflix seasons as well. It seemed to take Hampton and even Jonah a bit longer to hit their stride, whereas Baron delivered pretty much out of the gate. Of course, he was already doing TV by that point, with for example several seasons of Grace & Frankie on his resume by then.
I’ve become a fan of Baron’s take in Servo. His voice is smooth jazz… Tom has long edged Crow for my 'Bot of choice and Baron has kept the erudite take rolling.
I am also digging Baron’s turn in front of the camera as Dr. Kabahl. I hope we’ll see more of him with the Mads!
Now that my inexplicable desire to serenade him (badly) is out of my system, I can say that Baron had the combination of childish and pretentious down from the beginning. He’s got the Servo voice and his Concepts song was an instant classic. Like the others have said, Dr. Kabahl, the strange financier from the future, looks like he’s going to be a fun new character.
