While he managed to irritate both parents and teachers alike with his newfound talent for vocal mimicry, he invested most of his energy into rock 'n' roll, playing guitar and singing in a number of go-nowhere bands during the 1960s and 1970s. and Hanna-Barbera cartoons, West was impressed to learn that "only a couple of guys were doing armies of voices." Watching the credits at the end of Warner Bros. West first became interested in voice characterizations as a child in the 1950s when he spent long hours irradiating himself in front of the television. At the same time he continues his regular gig on Howard Stern's national talk radio show, doing voices as divergent as tyrannical tax dodge Leona Helmsley or the scabrous, sandpaper-throated Red The Bartender. West also does his share of commercial work, providing voices for the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, Nintendo's Super Mario Doll and the male half of the Campbell's Soup siblings. West also provides many of the vocal characterizations on Nickelodeon's other animated hit, "Doug," the story of a "painfully ordinary 11-year-old surviving suburbia." In addition to Stimpy, West now also does the voice of Ren, Stimpy's ill-tempered partner, after the controversial departure of series creator John Kricfalusi, who originally provided the voice of the angst-ridden, asthma-hound Chihuahua. Monday at Kutztown University, is fast becoming the closest thing we have to a Mel Blanc in the '90s. The 41-year-old Michigan native, who will be giving a lecture, "Tooning In With Billy West," at 8 p.m. Besides, West is a very busy guy these days.
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