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Honey Badger Dont Care

January 27, 2012 by · Comments Off on Honey Badger Dont Care 

Honey Badger Dont Care, The YouTube video has gotten nearly 35 million clicks, and “The Honey Badger” has become a household name. He has a new book, an app and a TV show in the works. Oh, and he’ll be in Seattle on Friday! So who is the man who voices these silly videos? His name is Randall. Just Randall. No last name. Well, he has does have one but he prefers to keep that to himself, opting to take the Cher/Madonna route.

“I do actually have a last name but it’s so embarrassing I don’t want anyone to know it. I’ll be the Cher of the wildlife kingdom, I don’t care!”

This is the sort of interview you will want to listen to, not read. The man has so much color, so much character, and – truth time – I’m just not going to transcribe the whole thing! So you’ll want to click the link above to listen. There’s also a longer, 11 minute, interview here.

A struggling actor and playwright in New York, Randall decided to pack up his life four years ago and move to Los Angeles, hoping for a fresh start. That’s where the idea for the Honey Badger videos was born.

“It was sort of the brain child of my assistant. He had known that I always had this deep affinity and love for animals. He knew that I was interested in wildlife narration, so when he presented me with that video, it was just a no-brainer. I just didn’t know exactly how to get my feet wet.”

Randall says his father was a cameraman for the TV show Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom and that’s where his love for animals, and fascination with narration, started.

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