Hear from Jess Harnell how his character “Wooton” came to life!
May 2nd, 2007
In this exclusive interview, actor Jess Harnell tells how he started with ‘Odyssey’, performs a few of his other fun voices, and more — with clips from our ‘American Idol’ spoof “Odyssey Sings”.
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Podcast Links
- “Welcoming Wooton” introduces everyone’s favorite Odyssey mailman! Hear it in the 4-CD set Danger Signals (#36).
- Lost & Found (Audio Drama Series #45) features “Odyssey Sings,” a laugh-out-loud spoof of American Idol.
Tags: Actor Interview, Jess Harnell
kidron on May 1st, 2009 - 12:08pm
TOO COOL!
Grant on May 16th, 2009 - 11:19am
One of THE BEST PODCASTS! I love it!
Mercy on June 8th, 2009 - 5:11pm
sorry,but I don’t like wooton that much. harlow doyle was MUCH,MUCH BETTER!!
noah on June 19th, 2009 - 9:53am
Mercy, you don’t like wooton?!? Oh. Crazy. My favorite.
Jess, Rock on!
Mercy on June 23rd, 2009 - 10:12am
sorry Noah,I’m dead serious!!
Aelic on June 24th, 2009 - 6:57pm
Forget about Harlow, Wooton ROCKS! He is in lots of stuff Including his role in Spyro: A Hero’s Tail.
Mercy on June 26th, 2009 - 3:46pm
sorry, harlow is one of the hardest people to forget,HE IS AWESOME!!!!
Lindsey S. on July 18th, 2009 - 4:27pm
I like both Harlow AND Wooton. They are both really funny!
Mercy on July 23rd, 2009 - 2:37pm
NO Lindsey S:
Harlow is Better; NO QUESTIONS!!!!
janelle on July 26th, 2009 - 2:11pm
No offense, anyone. But I think Wooten MUCH, MUCH, better than Harlow. Harlow is to weird. Wooten is weird but has a sweet heart!
Mercy on August 3rd, 2009 - 10:19am
Janelle: sorry,I just DON’T AGREE!!!!!
janelle on August 3rd, 2009 - 10:33pm
Soorry, Mercy, but I DO NOT agree with you!
Hey, guys out there, let’s hear from you. We need to take a nation-wide vote. Voice your opionion! Vote NOW! Your vote totally counts! Who do you like better? HARLOW or WOOTEN? I, Janelle, cast my vote for Wooten Basset!!
Mercy on August 6th, 2009 - 3:18pm
Harlow all the way!!! Come on everyone!! Wooton is good,but not better than Harlow!!
Lindsey S. on August 7th, 2009 - 1:32pm
Sorry Mercy, I like Wooton better than Harlow.
GO WOOTON!
Janelle on August 7th, 2009 - 3:16pm
Good choice Lindsey S.! The poll result is so far is:
Wooton: 2
Harlow:1
Janelle on August 7th, 2009 - 3:58pm
Hey Lindsey S., on one of your comments you say you like Harlow AND Wooton and on your last comment you said you liked Wooton more! What?
FRANCE on August 8th, 2009 - 7:46pm
I happen to like Wooton very much. As silly as he is, he is very ready to be deep and sensitive,and makes reference to his relationship with the Lord. He has a big heart and is always ready to help others. He stands firm in his spiritual beliefs. This world would really be a better place if we had more “Wooton’s” in this world.
By the way, Harlow is only silly-now that can really be annoying.
rel96 on August 8th, 2009 - 7:54pm
I like wooton alot. Yeah he’s silly, but he has a good heart. Harlow’s just silly.
Harpazo on August 12th, 2009 - 12:09am
I vote for Wooton!
Harpazo on August 12th, 2009 - 12:14am
If Wooton were running for President or Mayor, I’d vote for him!
Mercy on August 17th, 2009 - 11:07am
Come On!! Wooton is ok,sure,but he is not THAT great!! Please don’t vote for him!! Wooton has a GREAT HEART,yes,but whenever he tries to be serious,he always throws a lame joke in…..
justin on August 19th, 2009 - 3:57am
Personally, I would think Wooten is better. He’s not “silly” but he’s very down-to-earth and funny. But Harlow is silly.
And why are you guys arguing??? It’s only AIO characters. No need to argue
Lindsey S. on August 20th, 2009 - 3:14pm
Janelle,
I’m sorry, I got a little carried away. I love both Harlow and Wooton, but I like Wooton more. I know that Wooton is really silly and all, but he has a passionate heart for people and for God. Harlow is just plain silly, and to tell you the truth, I have never heard him say that his is a Christian or if God meant a lot to him. That is why my final vote is for Wooton Basset. So here are the resent results:
WOOTON – 8 votes
Harolw – 1 vote
Sorry Mercy! I guess Wooton wins!!!
joy on August 24th, 2009 - 7:23pm
I agree with you, Lindsey. I also have never heard Harlow make any reference to God in any way. He may be funny, but Wooton gets my vote. Wooton is just a friendly, spirited, fun-loving, Christian guy. I really like him because he’s funny and yet serious about his faith. If I could meet a real-life person, either like Harlow or Wooton, I would choose someone like Wooton sooner.
joy on August 24th, 2009 - 7:38pm
Sorry about the same post being posted so many times but my computer is all out of whack and it gets so annoying. It says my post needs to be modified but when I try again, it re-posts it. I’m really sorry about it but i don’t know how to fix it; I’m not good with computers.
Mercy on August 25th, 2009 - 2:35pm
I’m not seriously upset….Wooton is a great guy! I’m not so surprised that he won…..
Amy on September 9th, 2009 - 6:55am
Mercy, i agree w/Noah – Wooton’s a rockstar!
But Harlow is SO hilarious 2…
!
drama on September 15th, 2009 - 12:46pm
Hey guys what is raddish cramp?Did I say that correctly?Wooten is 1 of my fav characters!I can’t belive he did all those chartoons!I love him he’s hilarious!I also think he should get married to Connie!What do you think?
meg on September 19th, 2009 - 1:32pm
Guys every one of the charictures are great!
Trixie on September 28th, 2009 - 5:14pm
No Wooton showld stay single Drama, maby it would be ok if he found the right girl but he is definitely not Connie’s type.
Trixie on September 28th, 2009 - 5:17pm
No offence Mercy and Amy but I find Harlow Doyle down right annoying. Wooten can be annoying to sometimes but he has such a gift for working with kids and getting them to trust him.
Joy S. on October 2nd, 2009 - 8:43pm
I love Wooten his is so funny and his is a good Christian guy.
drama on October 4th, 2009 - 3:06pm
come one guys Connie is speritly right for wooten.pluse she helps him though his relasinship with god!!!!!!
Blank on October 8th, 2009 - 9:07am
My favourite characters are Wooton, Richard Maxwell, Tasha, Mitch and Donovan
Joshua on October 10th, 2009 - 3:46pm
Wooton is on of my favorite characters
harpazo on October 12th, 2009 - 11:12am
Who is Donovan?
Blank on October 23rd, 2009 - 7:55am
You don’t know who Donovan is!!!!!!!!!!!
He’s the headman at the NSA embassy that Jason worked at.
In other words, Before Jason quit his job in National security Donovan was his boss.
sophie on November 3rd, 2009 - 3:59pm
wooton is THE BEST character EVER!!! me and my mom LOVE him!
janelle on November 14th, 2009 - 11:03am
What episode is Donovan in?
Blank on November 24th, 2009 - 4:46pm
Donovan is in “a name not a number”
jocelyn on November 26th, 2009 - 12:35am
i love wooton hes so funny and AWSOME!
Joel on December 14th, 2009 - 9:48pm
Wooton is funny! He is so random, making him a LOT like me. Rock on Wooton Basset!!!! (Wooton for president!)
anna on December 20th, 2009 - 5:54pm
Wooton for presedent!? No offence to Wooton but I don’t think that the goverment would exactly take him for real anyway drama I like that idea of Connie and him!
Blank on January 7th, 2010 - 8:28pm
I think he should totally lead Tasha to christ then marry her.
Anonymous on January 17th, 2010 - 8:30pm
Victoria is better
lynn on January 21st, 2010 - 3:17pm
Who is Victoria?
Anyway, Why are you arguing? Both Harlow AND Wooton are great. I think we all just think Jess Harnell rocks. And he Does!
lynn on January 21st, 2010 - 3:23pm
About Tasha and Wooton, They are SO not meant for each other!! I think Jason Should lead Tasha to Christ and marry her! Don’t you think?
idance4jesus on January 25th, 2010 - 5:54pm
Lynn, Victoria is from the episode ‘Wooing Wooton.’
Many people thought that she would be the “perfect” match for Wooton. You have to hear the episode to understand.
Lynn on January 28th, 2010 - 4:04pm
Is Victora that girl that Wooton met at an oction or something? I heard the preview for that!
idance4jesus on February 7th, 2010 - 1:30pm
Yes, Lynn, that’s Victoria! It’s actully a very fun episode!! You should listen to the entire episode!!
Anonymous on February 15th, 2010 - 1:28pm
You Are AWESOME Wouton
Nathan on February 15th, 2010 - 1:30pm
You rock Wouton!
Lynn on February 16th, 2010 - 5:19pm
WOOTON IS TOTTALLY COOL!!! Fifteen cheers for Wooton!! ( I feel sorry for whoever writes next!!! I hope your fingers don’t fall off!) But isn’t Wooton worth your fingers falling off!!!
goldhunterx on February 17th, 2010 - 4:05pm
wooton rocks! and i agree, harlow is funny, but if you think about it he’s not very smart. i mean when he was supposed to spell “Icabodia”(i don’t know if that’s right spelling) he said, and this is his direct quote, “OK…Hmm…M…” now, does that sound bad or what! but still, i don’t think wooton should be president.
Blank on February 19th, 2010 - 8:24pm
Wooton snorts alot. It’s pretty funny actually! He’s quite the character
Lynn on March 4th, 2010 - 6:29pm
You don’t think Wooton should be president!!! Can you even emagine how much better the world would be if we were all a little more like Wooton? The world would be “heaven!”
dOUG on March 17th, 2010 - 2:33pm
Wooton RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LYNN on March 30th, 2010 - 4:58pm
ROCK ON WOOTON!!!!! YOU RRROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOTON FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!! WHO DOESN’T LOVE WOOTON!!???:)
Princess on April 11th, 2010 - 5:53pm
I LOVE Wooton Basset!!!
Yes he’s got a very good heart.
But by the way, Harlow Doyle is hilarious too!!!
Go Odyssey
Anonymous on April 22nd, 2010 - 5:24pm
GO ODDYSSEY!!!!!!!!!
Blank on May 15th, 2010 - 3:48pm
Ha!!! Wooton for President?! The economy would definetly crumble under his leadership!
On the other hand, the world would probably be alot better if everyone made an effort to be a little more like Wooton. Although, I don’t think etiquette teachers would agree
Chiefs fan on June 2nd, 2010 - 5:09pm
If Wooton were president, we would be celbrating weird hoilidays like “Creative Coonskin Hat Day” and “Don’t get stuck in the dryer day.” I love Wooton, but he’s just right where he is now! He should marry Connie and Tasha should marry Mitch!
LYNN on June 3rd, 2010 - 5:10pm
NO WAY, CHIEF’S FAN! WOOTON AND CONNIE ARE SO NOT MEANT TO BE TOGETHER! THEY’RE NICE FOR FRIENDS, BUT THEY’RE JUST NOT THE SAME TYPE!
Lynn on June 28th, 2010 - 2:30pm
IDANCE4JESUS-
I was gone when they aired “Wooing Wooton” And I was TOTALLY disappointed because I couldn’t find it on the ‘listen online,’ but then I found out that you could listen to episodes from two weeks ago so I’m listening to it now!! It ROCKS! (so far!!)
Anonymous on July 15th, 2010 - 1:32pm
We are BIG Wooten fans!
1 on July 23rd, 2010 - 4:27pm
aweome
Lynn on July 27th, 2010 - 10:34am
Chief’s Fan-
The economy is already down! And I really wouldn’t mind celebrating a few extra holidays!
qui-gon jinn on July 30th, 2010 - 9:18am
awesome podcast! jess harnell is so talented and his characters, wooton and Capt. Absolutely, are so cool.
Bookworm on August 5th, 2010 - 6:18pm
Hey Drama! Did you know he actually said WRITERS cramp, not radish cramp.
college kid on September 27th, 2010 - 8:09pm
Though Wooton is AWESOME, Will Ryan (voice of Harlow) is far better than Jess Harnell (voice of Wooton)
ROBERT E LEE on October 1st, 2010 - 6:40pm
Awesome! Wooten rocks.
ash on October 12th, 2010 - 9:05pm
i totally think victoria and wooton should be together. wooton is my fav character out of all of them. harlow is kinda silly (and weird)
Lynn on November 2nd, 2010 - 4:07pm
I like Wooton WAY, WAY better than Harlow. Harlow is okay, but Wooton is my all time FAVORITE Oddyssey character!! Rock on Wooton!!! You ROCK, Wooton!
wooton fan on January 12th, 2011 - 6:53pm
First of all, “wooten” is spelled WOOTON. 2nd , what episode is Tasha in? It would be amazing if Tasha is better than Victoria.
p.s. WOOTON IS AWESOME! He is 2nd to Whit. Whit is the best.
melody on April 9th, 2011 - 3:05pm
Wooten is the coolest character. He’s also one of the funniest:-)
:-D
(I also really like Bryan Dern)
Lynn on June 1st, 2011 - 9:22am
Wooten Fan:
Tasha is in the episode, “Accidental adventure” and she is SO not better than Victoria!! Tasha and jason are meant for each other! You should listen to “The accidental Adventure sometime, but you’d better have a little bit of time! There’s 2 parts!
cjoy on June 11th, 2011 - 9:23am
it should go like this: connie and mitch, Jason and tasha, wooton and penny. connie an dwooton would not go at ALL
jess harnell u ROCK!!!!! 
odysseyscool on July 22nd, 2011 - 12:20pm
yayayayayayayayayayayya Harlow is the best! (except I don’t think anyone will check my comment after so long)
X3 (Blank) on September 11th, 2011 - 1:23pm
Really? Maybe the reason why I don’t really like Harlow is because I like competent characters. I know he’s funny and all, but Wooton is funny *and* competent.
X3 (Blank) on September 11th, 2011 - 1:26pm
College Kid,
ARE YOU KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jess Harnell is an amazing actor and probably a little better than Will Ryan. Where do you think he got the nickname “Man of a Thousand Voices”.
Lynn on October 11th, 2011 - 5:34pm
Totally, I agree with x3(Blank) Though Will Ryan is awesome , too.
Lynn on October 11th, 2011 - 5:40pm
CJoy,
Finally! someone who gets it! No one else gets that the producers are trying to send a message!
(except Connie might be switching to Jason since Mitch is gone!)
Anonymous on November 29th, 2011 - 12:29am
I still think that connie should get a boyfriend and Eugene a baby
-A defferent Amy
Amy on November 29th, 2011 - 11:29am
don’t forget about Jay now that is a cool gye
zach on February 11th, 2012 - 8:02am
jess harnell also plays iron hide in transformers and also plays wooton basset COOL
lindsey on March 6th, 2012 - 8:40pm
I LOVE WOOTEN! HE ROCKS! I LOVE HIM! HE IS A BIG KID, (I.E. HE HAS A SLIDE EXIT FOR HIS HOUSE). BUT HE IS AWESOME! HE IS LIKE ME! GO WOOTEN!!!!!!!!!!!
lindsey on March 6th, 2012 - 8:51pm
I can do the Wooton Laugh!
Janie b. on May 1st, 2012 - 1:38pm
Wooton, Harlow, Eugene, Mr. Whittiker, and Connie are some of my favorites. I have way too many to list!! I also really like the Washington family. I LOVE ADVENTURES IN ODYSSEY!!!!!!!! I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT IT!!!!!
Jacob on May 7th, 2012 - 9:07am
Wooton is so awsome he is by far my faverat ever GO WOOTON!!!!!!!!
:-) on May 15th, 2012 - 3:08pm
i vote wooton!