Jason Bateman, Cheri Oteri & Co. Discuss Sit Down, Shut Up

Jason Bateman, Henry Winkler, Cheri Oteri and others dicuss their new animated comedy

By Team WWK Apr 18, 2009 5:00 PMTags
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If you're a fan of Arrested Development, Saturday Night Live, Pushing Daisies, Happy Days or even SpongeBob SquarePants, then you will love Fox's newest animated series, Sit Down, Shut Up, which boasts an impressive cast from these classic shows.

Instead of yet another animated comedy centered on a family, SDSU takes place in a school, but it's told from the crazy teachers' point of view. So before the show premieres this Sunday, here's what you need to know about the teachers of Knob Haven High School.

Who's Who on Sit Down, Shut Up:

Name: Willard Deutschebog
Subject:
German
Catchphrase:
"If I believed in reincarnation, I'd kill myself tonight."
Henry Winkler's Take:
"I play Willard Deutschebog and you can translate that pretty easily into English. I think it's douche bag. Pretty much everyone picks on Willard. He can't drive, and he also teaches Driver's Ed, so he uses the Driver's Ed student to drive him around because he's such a dangerous driver. He's crazy."

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Name: Miracle Grohe
Subject:
Science
Catchphrase:
"Babies are gifts from God. Drummers are creeps."
Kristin Chenoweth's Take:
"She is a science teacher who doesn't know a lot about science. She has a baby called 'baby'—she forgot to name it. She is not very knowledgeable about a lot of things, but sometimes ends up being the smartest in the room by accident."

Name: Ennis Hofftard
Subject:
English
Catchphrase:
"Catchphrases are for losers!"
Will Arnett's Take:
"He's kind of a health fanatic. He spends a lot of time thinking about the ladies and what he's going to do with them. He's a despicable guy in many ways."

Name: Helen Klench
Subject:
Librarian
Catchphrase:
"Quiet down!"
Cheri Oteri's Take:
"She's just wound very tight. She's got a lot of time on her hands, what with Google and the Internet. Not too many people want to go into the library. Her personal life is also the same way—not many people want to go to that library. She's got a lot of time to get in trouble at school."

Name: Andrew LeGustambos
Subject:
Drama
Catchphrase:
"Speak up!"
Nick Kroll's Take:
"Andrew likes a buffet. He wants some cheese, but he also wants some meat. If it's an open bar, he likes a glass of white wine, but he also wants a beer. He doesn't want to be limited in his options, so Andrew's love life is like a buffet. He actually never has sex in the show. For the bi-sexual guy, he never has sex."

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Name: Larry Littlejunk
Subject:  Physical Education
Catchphrase: "Why can't someone else teach P.E.?"
Jason Bateman's Take:
"He's a P.E. teacher, and he feels he's overqualified for that. He's also madly in love with Miracle and madly in hate with her. He can't live with her, and he can't live without her."

Name: Muhannad Sebeeh "Happy" Fa-ach Nuabar
Subject:
Custodian
Catchphrase: None
Tom Kenny's Take:
"Nobody knows what country or part of the world Happy the janitor is from—he's just from elsewhere. Because he's always muttering to himself and seems kind of surreptitious and furtive, people are always a little bit suspicious of his motives. He may be planning a terrorist attack, or he may just be a guy who mops the halls. We don't know."

Check out a few sneak peeks of the series premiere of Sit Down, Shut Up (Sunday on Fox at 8:30 p.m.) And let us know what you think of the show in the comments below.

—Additional reporting by Natalie Abrams


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