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The Other Guy
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Real Name
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Robert Walker
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Affiliation
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Contributions
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Creative Content Officer for Channel Awesome
Executive Producer for Barfiesta Writer and Cameraman on productions produced by Doug. Articles on TGWTG.com. For a list see:The Other Guy's Articles. |
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The Other Guy is Robert Walker and he is the older brother of Doug Walker aka ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. He often contributed to the site in its early days via reviews of movies, shows and toys or anything else that came his way. Normally, Rob is the man behind the camera as he films Doug's shows such as Bum Reviews, The Nostalgia Critic and Ask That Guy With the Glasses. Every once in a while he cameos in a few of the videos. He's also one of the site's co-writers, providing much of the material used in videos. However, sometimes the brothers would disagree on what to put in said video.
He is also the Creative Content Officer for the company. Rob goes through all the submissions and greenlights projects/producers. Afterward, he reports directly to the CEO, Mike Michaud.
When he isn't filming or appearing in videos, he is a licensed physical therapist specializing in foot and back areas.
Santa Christ
Rob dressed up as "Santa Christ" for the Christmas 2009 videos with the Nostalgia Critic and has subsequently made appearances here and there. Basically he's a combination of both Christmas icons: Santa Claus and Jesus Christ. He also played a pivotal role in the Kickassia movie. He gives presents to everyone since he knows what people want and does MANY great things like hanging out with Mr. T, making pancakes and generally being a jovial guy.
The origin goes like this. From the words of Rob himself: "Doug was finishing up his Ernest Saves Christmas Review and asked me if I wanted to play what could possibly be the most loved character on the site. I said I was intrigued and told him pompously to “Go on.” He said it would be a combination of the two most lovable Christmas icons – Santa Clause and Jesus Christ, to create some sort of perfect, lovable, super character. Needless to say, I liked it. By being disguised under heavy costume, it tapped into my M.O. of always being a “character” behind the scenes. So I said, “Do lemmings like cliffs? Sure!” And the rest was history. In retrospect, though, we shelved the idea until the Star Wars Christmas special because it worked better.
Although Doug and I cowrite most NC things, the concept was mostly his. Though, I think we both took inspiration from ACE RIMMER, the fictional character from Red Dwarf who’s the personification of all that is good and perfect – a badass saving the galaxy one second and reading to orphans the next. I have a theory that’s where most of the song lyrics came from. Yes, by the way, I do love pancakes.
The character performance was based on three sources. The first two are pretty obvious. I based them on South Park’s portrayal of Jesus Christ and Santa Clause. Really, the character is just a combination of Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s interpretations of those two icons basically rolled into one. I totally love their version of Jesus Christ because he is such a legitimately “nice guy.” And their version of Santa manages to be both jolly, laughable, authoritative, and just a tad messed up when pushed too far. The third inspiration was my Grandpa, who had this sardonic, booming voice, and a sarcastic way of saying things when he was being a smart ass or annoyed. That side of Santa Christ comes out whenever I get kind of snippy, like when talking to Lindsay in the Kickassia series, or when shrugging and handing people a Sega Genesis like, “Whatever.” I’m basically just doing my childhood memory’s impression of him.
I’m not sure where the whole obnoxious laughter thing came from. I think it’s just a combination of about a zillion things I saw as a kid where characters would laugh too much for no good reason to make themselves seem lovable. See: David the Gnome, Falcor the Luckdragon, that freaky tree from those old 80s Sunkist Fruit Snacks commercials, Jabba the Hutt. People complained that I looked at the camera too much, but Santa Christ is all about breaking the fourth wall. He likes it when the audience is in on the joke. Either that, or he’s staring into your soul to see if you’ve been naughty or nice. I’ve probably said more than you’ve ever wanted to know about this character."
There is one bit of trivia he added: "One thing we considered early on was having a crown of thorns wrapped around the red Santa cap. I figured, “Why not?” I mean, it came with the costume. Doug nixed the idea as “going too far.” That’s probably why he’s the director and I’m not."
Writing Credits
All of the Nostalgia Critic episodes after the Tom and Jerry review were co-written by him.
Filmography
- How This Channel Works (Youtube) -- Mr. Puppy
- Cheerios 2 -- Voice of The Invisible Man
- The Bjork Show -- Gong Guy, Balogna Sandwich Guy
- Nostalgia Critic: The Wizard -- Overdubbed Toht Scream
- Bum Reviews -- Narrator
- Nostalgia Critic: Batman and Robin -- Restraining Doctor
- Nostalgia Critic: Captain Planet -- Guy Who Hits Critic With Ruler
- Nostalgia Critic: Sports Montage -- Thug
- GNN's Lori Prince Live "Violence and the Media With The Joker" -- Voice of Batman
- Off to Beat the Nerd -- Himself
- Nostalgia Critic: Surf Ninjas -- Himself
- Nostalgia Critic: Mortal Kombat Annihilation -- Guy off of Street
- Nostalgia Critic: Nickcoms -- Joe
- Nostalgia Critic: The Good Son -- Family-Friendly Commercial Announcer
- Linkara Atop the Fourth Wall: Uncanny X-Men #424 -- Himself
- First Year Anniversary video -- Guy kicking the parking meter
- Nostalgia Critic: Christopher Walken: Christopher Walken
- Year Two: Angry Joe Show Season 2
Cinematographer
- The Aristocrats Joke
- Nostalgia Critic: The Hidden Angry Video Game Nerd Message
- The Digital Press Nerd/Critic/Captain S Showdown
- Off to Beat the Nerd
- Kickassia
Background and Graphic Design Work
- Various Sketches and Nostalgia Critics
Links
- The Other Guy's Articles
- Ace Rimmer on Wikipedia.
- The freaky tree from those old Sunkist Fruit Snacks Commercials