Ralph Garman
{{short description|American journalist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ralph Joseph Garman Jr.
| image =
Ralph Garman (5740979999).jpg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|17}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
| death_date =
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| nationality = American
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|musician|radio host}}
| years_active = 1987–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Kari Watson|2005|2020|reason=divorced}} {{marriage|Jennifer Stewart|2024}}
| children = 2 (son deceased)
}}
Ralph Garman (born November 17, 1964){{cite web |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ralph-Garman/ |title=Ralph Garman |publisher=BehindTheVoiceActors.com |access-date=November 9, 2015}} is an American actor, comedian, musician and radio host best known as the host of The Joe Schmo Show, for his voice work on the Fox animated series Family Guy, former entertainment reporter and impressionist for the Kevin and Bean morning show on Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM,{{cite web |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/travel/230966/will-i-see-you-weds-at-the-improv-for-imakealiving/ |title=Will I see you WEDS at the IMPROV for #IMakeALiving?|date=18 February 2018}} and his podcast with co-host Kevin Smith Hollywood Babble-On. Garman can currently be heard on his daily podcast, "The Ralph Report" on the Patreon platform.
Early life
Garman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School and then La Salle University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication arts.{{cite web |url=http://smodcast.com/episodes/105-2/ |title=SModcast | 105 |access-date=2014-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118053944/http://smodcast.com/episodes/105-2/ |archive-date=2014-01-18}}
Career
He was a contestant on the game show Scrabble in 1993. Garman was a regular reporter on the long-running Playboy TV series Sexcetera, which explored avant-garde sexuality in a lighthearted manner. He hosted The Joe Schmo Show,{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA707 |access-date=March 20, 2012 |date=October 16, 2007 |publisher=Random House Digital, Inc. |isbn=9780345497734 |pages=707–}} and was an entertainment reporter and impressionist for the Kevin and Bean morning show on Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM. Garman was hired to work on the show through Jimmy Kimmel, at the time the sports reporter on the show, who had received a recommendation to hire him through former roommate Adam Carolla.Loveline, 1999-05-20 (Guest - Ralph Garman) His voice was heard over the radio by a Family Guy casting director, who requested him to audition for a part on Fox animated series.{{Cite web |url=http://www.soapboxoffice.com/2016/02/episode-5-scarcrow.html |title=The Soapbox Office Podcast: Episode 5: Scar-crow |website=www.soapboxoffice.com |access-date=2016-06-25 |archive-date=2016-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812153038/http://www.soapboxoffice.com/2016/02/episode-5-scarcrow.html |url-status=dead}} He also hosts the Hollywood Babble-On podcast with Kevin Smith on SModcast.com where he utilizes various impressions in a series of ongoing segments that deliver news and satire centered around Hollywood, celebrities, and pop culture.
Garman's last Kevin and Bean show was suddenly announced on November 30, 2017.{{Cite Twitter profile|kevinandbean}}{{Cite Twitter profile|thatkevinsmith}} He was let go from his long-time position at KROQ due to downsizing by new management.[https://variety.com/2017/music/news/ralph-garman-kroq-kevin-bean-show-1202627518/ Ralph Garman Leaves KROQ 'Kevin & Bean Show' After 18 Years] On a wave of support from local, national, and international fans (accumulated from his work on both KROQ & Hollywood Babble-On) Garman has since launched his own new daily podcast called The Ralph Report with his 'vice' host Eddie Pence (named vice host since his last name is the same as the then US Vice President Mike Pence at the time the podcast was created.) The Ralph Report also featured Steve Ashton as the U.K. Correspondent on Wednesdays and Fridays. Ashton died in early 2023. This endeavor is made through Patreon.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ralph-garman-his-new-daily-podcast-leaving-kevin-bean-terrestrial-radios-future-1077576 Ralph Garman on His New Daily Podcast, Leaving 'Kevin & Bean' and Terrestrial Radio's Future] He now hosts this podcast full-time, as well as co-hosting Hollywood Babble-On. With Garman no longer tied to KROQ, Hollywood Babble-On has been freed up to tour more than it was able to in earlier years.[http://www.smodcast.com/events/ SmodCo Live Shows]
=Comics=
In 2014, Kevin Smith and Garman wrote a Batman '66 crossover featuring Batman and Green Hornet titled Batman 66 Meets the Green Hornet.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igRaLciDl1I Kevin Smith & Ralph Garman Announce New Batman/Green Hornet Project - (DCAA 206)]
Personal life
Garman married Kari Watson in April 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.laradio.com/april2013.htm |title=April Articles and Emails |date=April 2013 |publisher=LAradio.com |access-date=October 9, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/news/story/203953-KROQ_morning_personality_buys_in_Studio_City, |title=KROQ morning personality buys in Studio City |last=Fey |first=Dan |date=October 15, 2008 |publisher=BlockShopper |access-date=October 9, 2013}} Watson gave birth to the couple's premature twins, Lincoln and Olivia, on March 26, 2010. Lincoln acquired an illness shortly after birth and died.{{cite web |url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2010/04/05/a-sad-day-for-the-kevin-and-bean-family/ |title=A Sad Day For The Kevin And Bean Family |date=April 5, 2010 |work=KROQ-FM |publisher=CBS Radio |access-date=October 9, 2013 |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021211503/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2010/04/05/a-sad-day-for-the-kevin-and-bean-family/ |url-status=dead }} Olivia remained in the neonatal intensive care unit for two months before coming home.{{cite web |url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2010/06/01/olivia-garman-finally-at-home-where-she-belongs/ |title=Olivia Garman Finally At Home Where She Belongs |date=June 1, 2010 |work=KROQ-FM |publisher=CBS Radio |access-date=October 9, 2013 |archive-date=July 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731023708/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2010/06/01/olivia-garman-finally-at-home-where-she-belongs/ |url-status=dead }} Garman's mother died on November 13, 2012, from a sudden heart attack and kidney failure.{{cite web |url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2012/11/15/a-personal-message-from-ralph-garman/ |title=A Personal Message From Ralph Garman |date=November 15, 2012 |work=KROQ-FM |publisher=CBS Radio |access-date=October 9, 2013 |archive-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730070224/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2012/11/15/a-personal-message-from-ralph-garman/ |url-status=dead }} On January 2, 2020, Garman announced on Twitter that his father had died of brain cancer earlier that morning.{{cite tweet |number=1212452470657409024 |user=RalphGarman |title=This morning, we lost my dad, Ralph Garman Sr., after a brief battle with brain cancer at the age of 89. I think it… |date=1 January 2020}} In March of that year, both on Twitter and during an episode #356 of the Hollywood Babble-On podcast (which Garman hosts with filmmaker Kevin Smith), he announced that he and his wife Kari were in the midst of a divorce, but that they were still on good terms.{{cite web |url=https://www.smodcast.com/channel/hollywoodbabbleon?audio=356 |title=Hollywood Babble-On 356: New Year's Babble-Eve 2020 |date=January 3, 2020 |publisher=Smodcast.com |access-date=January 3, 2020}}{{cite tweet |number=1239573610534035456 |user=RalphGarman |title=Chatting with my soon-to-be-ex wife this morning: Me: This is terrible. They're closing the bars. Her: The bars?… |access-date=2021-03-02 |language=en |date=16 March 2020}} Their divorce was finalized later that year.
On September 14, 2024, Garman married Jennifer Stewart, at a wedding officiated by Kevin Smith.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1988
| What Price Victory | | |
| 1997
| Chimp Lips Theater | | Voice |
| 1998
| Gotcha | | Voice |
| 2000
| Newsman |
| 2004
| Plumber | |
| 2005
| Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | | Voice |
| 2005
| Reggie | |
| 2006
| The Other Mall | Bil Travis | |
| 2006
| Deceit | Police Sargeant | |
| 2008
| Newscaster | |
| 2009
| This Monday | Steve | |
| 2010
| Captain Jack | |
| 2011
| Caleb | |
| 2012
| Ted | Steve Bennett | |
| 2013
|Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie | Dick Head | Voice |
| 2014
|Tusk | Detective Frank Garmin | |
| 2014
|A Million Ways to Die in the West | Dan | |
| 2015
| Ted 2 | Stormtrooper | |
| 2016
| Andronicus Arcane | |
| 2017
| Reporter #2 |
| 2017
| Bum | Scene cut from film |
| 2019
| Lego DC Batman: Family Matters | Wizard |
| 2019
| Ted Underhill | |
| 2020
| Lego DC Shazam! Magic and Monsters | Wizard |
| 2022
| Priest |
| 2022
| Auditioner | Cameo |
| 2022
| Detective Charles Dobson | 1st lead role in film |
| 2024
| Mad Brad Woodland | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1999
| Charmed | DJ | Episode: "She's a Man, Baby, a Man!; The Devil's Music" |
| 2001–present
| Various | Voice, 235 episodes |
| 2003
| Himself/host | 10 episodes |
| 2004
| Derek Newcastle/Host | 9 episodes |
| 2005–present
| Hazmat Guy, Police Officer, additional voices | 5 episodes |
| 2006
| 20 to 1 | Himself | Episode: "Hoaxes, Cheats and Liars" |
| 2008–2009
| Charles Kliphouse | 3 episodes |
| 2008–2009
| Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2009
| Chandler, Child Service Representative | Voice, episode: "The One About Friends" |
| 2009
| Born Hye: The Armenian Comedian Story | Himself | |
| 2009
| Episode: "One Billion Dead Grandparents" |
| 2011
| Bobby | Episode: "Transplant" |
| 2011–2012
| Mad | Caesar, Donald Chimp, Al Pacino, Elongated Man | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2012
| Bones | Morgan Donnelly (dead guy) | Episode: "The But in the Joke" |
| 2013
| The Joe Schmo Show: The Full Bounty | Jake Montrose "The Bounty Hunter"/Host | 10 episodes |
| 2014
| Mojo{{cite episode |title=Mojo World |series=Avengers Assemble |network=Disney XD |season=1 |number=18 |airdate=March 9, 2014}} | Voice, episode: "Mojo World" |
| 2014
| Maron | Pete | Voice, episode: "Mouth Cancer Gig" |
| 2015
| Radio announcer | 2 episodes |
| 2015
| Pirate Jack | Television film |
| 2016–2019
| Roger Radcliffe, Liam Neeson, Donald Trump, Chip Gaines | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2017
| Kanoot | Episode: "Cupid's Dagger" |
| 2018
| Voice, episode: "The Tides of Change" |
| 2020-2021
| Shipmate, Uptight Announcer, Conductor | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2021; 2024
| Masters of the Universe: Revelation | Voice, 2 episodes |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|id=0307621}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130308002224/http://smodcast.com/channels/hollywood-babble-on/ SModcast Hollywood Babble-On Podcast Site]
- [https://www.TheRalphReport.com 'The Ralph Report']
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