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 The noble, generous and good-at-everything I.M. Weasel competes with his arch-enemy, the bumbling and brainless, I.R. Baboon.
I am Weasel is just the opposite of everything you would think a weasel would be. He's dignified, generous, patriotic and brilliant.
From acting as the world's greatest engineer, to performing expert surgery there is nothing this weasel can't do.
Originally to be found nestling in between Cow and Chicken episodes, I am Weasel proved so popular it was broken out as a stand alone show.
(voiced by Michael Dorn)
I.M. Weasel is just the opposite of everything you think a weasel would be. He's dignified, generous, patriotic, and brilliant—with a deep, manly voice to top it all off. I.M. Weasel has just the right combination of rumbling machismo and modest heroism to be a winner, no matter what he does. From acting as the world's greatest engineer, to performing expert surgery, to pinch-hitting for the Detroit Tigers, there is nothing this weasel can't do.
Why? His answer is self-evident: "I Am Weasel!" Armed with only his intelligence, and an indefatigable nobility, I.M. Weasel has just enough skill to succeed, just enough luck to always come out on top, and just enough charm that you love to see him in action.
(Voiced by Charlie Adler)
Regardless of how hard I.R. Baboon tries, he can never beat I.M. Weasel. Insanely jealous, I.R. Baboon constantly strives to out-perform his benevolent nemesis, but he is always done in by his own stupidity. I.R. Baboon's bumbling attempts to gain respectability are as impeded as his infantile speech pattern, and his frustration is further compounded when his hapless pursuit of praise and glory only serves to augment the heroic status enjoyed by I.M. Weasel. Through it all, I.R. Baboon still possesses that endearing quality inherent in every loveable loser.
(The voice of I. R. Baboon)
An accomplished actor, Charlie Adler segued from a Broadway
career to become one of the most sought-after voice-over artists in the animation industry. Among his theatre credits, Adler starred on Broadway in Torch Song Trilogy, for which he received enormous critical acclaim from 1984-85. More recently, Adler wrote and starred in There Used to Be Fireflies at Theatre/Theatre in Los Angeles. In the one-act play, he portrayed 11 diversely different characters ranging from a gentle homeless person with an undying love for an Angelyne-like billboard figure to an ageing actor whose career was ruined by the McCarthy era blacklisting to a pregnant skinhead.
Adler’s voice has been used in a myriad of animated television series including Steven Speilberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, Earthworm Jim, Santo Bugito, Smurfs, G.I. Joe, Aaah! Real Monsters, and Rocko’s Modern Life. His animated feature film roles include The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Cool World.
In addition, Adler has been featured on-camera in The Redd Fox Show, the PBS series Then and Now and the made-for-television movie Star Struck.
(The Voice of I. M. Weasel)
As the voice of I.M. Weasel, Michael Dorn lends his unmistakably rich, deep baritone voice to one of Cartoon Network’s newest unlikely heroes, a weasel. Best known for his portrayal of Lt. Commander Worf on the hit syndicated series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dorn has spent the majority of his television career under heavy make-up and prosthetics.
Though it has been through the successful Star Trek franchise that Dorn has found his greatest success, he had an active career prior to being cast as Worf. For three seasons, he co-starred as Officer Jed Turner on the popular ABC series CHiPs and has done numerous guest-star turns in prime-time episodics like Knot’s Landing and Falcon Crest.
Though his acting and voice-over work leave him little leisure time, Dorn spends the small amount he has in his twin engine military training jet, a T-33 he flies to air shows around the country and uses as the ultimate private getaway.
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