This January, fans who braved pouring rain to travel to the Theatre Of Living Arts in Philadelphia to see Archer Live! were greeted by Sterling Archer, not H. Jon Benjamin, who famously looks nothing like the dashing super-spy he voices on FX’s animated comedy. Instead of Benjamin’s beer gut and thinning hair, the audience got a muscular, black-haired Adonis who roamed the floor of the TLA in a tight black turtleneck sweater. As Benjamin played the part of the man behind the curtain, “Archer” mouthed his lines, acting as a false hypeman for the crowd. The joke is that the diehard Archer fans who paid for the privilege of seeing a cartoon come to life know what Benjamin actually looks like. Everyone who’s followed his career from Dr. Katz through Home Movies through Jon Benjamin Has A Van is aware of the humor derived from the canyon ...
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