LaMarche began on Inspector Gadget with that show's second season in 1985, and went on to Dennis the Menace, Popeye and Son and The Real Ghostbusters where he played Egon Spengler. It took a few years after his 1981 move to Los Angeles for LaMarche to establish himself in the American voiceover industry, which he initially pursued as a side endeavor during his full-time standup comedy career. When LaMarche left the show in 1981, a young up-and-coming comic named Jim Carrey was recruited to take his place as a voice actor.
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He also was a regular voice performer on Toronto's pioneering cult TV hit The All-Night Show, which debuted in September 1980 a continuing feature had the lips of LaMarche inserted into a photograph of a famous person, and having LaMarche imitate that person to deliver a show promo or announcement. LaMarche's entry into the voiceover industry was in 1980 in Easter Fever and Take Me Up to the Ball Game, two animated Canadian TV specials from Nelvana. He said, "at that point I just threw up my hands and went, 'Oh, that's it. At this point, though he remained sober, LaMarche decided he just could not do standup comedy anymore. As he was regaining lost momentum, his 18-year-old sister was killed in a car accident in September of that year. After getting sober on January 20, 1989, LaMarche embarked again into the world of standup comedy in the early part of 1990. This sent LaMarche into depression and alcoholism for the next two years, effectively stalling his stand-up career. On March 9, 1987, LaMarche's father was murdered, shot to death by a lifelong friend in a Toronto hotel lobby in front of dozens of witnesses. ĭuring his standup career, LaMarche opened for such acts as Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin, Howie Mandel, David Sanborn, and Donna Summer, usually in the main showrooms of Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Although he was received and reviewed favorably, in looking back on his own performance in that special, LaMarche believed he was "probably about five years away from going from being a good comedian to being a great comedian" and being the "only impressionist that actually comes from somewhere".
Despite being critical of himself, LaMarche was asked to be part of the 1985 HBO production Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special, on which also appeared Bob Saget, Rita Rudner, Louie Anderson, Yakov Smirnoff, and the breakout first appearance of Sam Kinison. In spite of such interest, LaMarche believed that, while his impersonations and stage presence were strong, he needed to develop funnier comedy material.
Over the next five years, LaMarche's career would gradually progress, playing comedy clubs throughout the US, with several appearances on The Merv Griffin Show and An Evening At The Improv. I think that a couple of years in New York would have made me a stronger comedian." in retrospect, I thought it was a mistake. This move, LaMarche says, would always be something he regretted doing instead of moving to New York: ". Three years later, LaMarche moved to Los Angeles to further his stand-up career. He returned to Canada, continued to do stand-up, and also started a career in voice work. This reaction was coupled with the backlash LaMarche received from fellow Canadian comedians who LaMarche describes as discouraging him from pursuing a career outside of Canada. Career Stand-up comedy Īt the age of nineteen, LaMarche took his high school act to an open mic night in New York City, performing to a reaction in which, as he describes, "they just totally ignored me". One of his neighbors and schoolmates was future comedian, Mike Myers. The act he performed at the variety night was "celebrities as waiters" which he used until the end of his stand-up career. This realization came from a coincidental performance in a high school "variety night" when a couple of friends urged him to enter. It was in his second year of high school that he learned of the popularity his talent for mimicry could garner him. LaMarche's childhood was filled with his "own little world of cartoons and sixties television". His family moved to Timmins, Ontario, soon after he was born. LaMarche was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 30, 1958, to Guy LaMarche and Linda Bourdon.
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