There are many ways to do a great celebrity impression — Will Ferrell is great as George W. Bush because his facial ticks, body language and general talents as a quick comedian are spot-on; the late Phil Hartman and Kevin Spacey have been great with their voices as well as their subject material; and then there’s this kid, whose vocal impressions are so uncannily good, he could provide voice-over work for just about anything. Seriously, anything.
His name is Jake Foushee, and whether you’ve heard of him or not, do yourself a favor and pop open a can of comic relief in the middle of your busy work week. In this this video, the wunderkind impressionist digs deep — like, bass deep — to set up a brief story about a screwdriver in the voices of the Disney Channel promo person and the late ‘movie trailer’ guy Don LaFontaine. He goes into a series of Seth MacFarlane characters (Joe Swanson and Peter Griffin from “Family Guy,” and Ted from the movie of same name), a frighteningly accurate Optimus Prime, and even Morgan Freeman to carry the tale along.
“Well, what is life, really? It’s just a screw waiting to be driven, slowly turning, just like waves of time … and on and on and on,” Foushee says in Freeman’s voice. Pretty much lifted right from “Shawshank Redemption,” right?
Watch the video below.
