Interview with Jaleel White

[kirbykrisis18]

Jaleel White is the true sonic, I wonder if he's going to be voicing Classic Sonic in Sonic Generations?

[brian1010101]

What the hell it was Steve Urkel who played Sonic? I don't know why I didn't know that until now..

[Kenny3821]

I always knew Sonic was black he's too cool

[deadlybug]

Where is this dude today???

[XBlackMoonRisingX015]

I see Jaleel as a perfect voice for a younger Sonic, but I think Drummond was the best voice for an older teenage Sonic, my absolute favorite voice actor for Sonic though, is Junichi Kanemaru.

[Jmyster4]

you did do it very nice, you were awsome, that show is awsome, and your still awsome

[TheCaxnoBros]

THANK GOD HE AINT DEAD! my mom kept saying he died bye a ssword fish atack

[TEACHYOUTEEWHY]

Wow. People still be saying that my man Jaleel White is dead? Follow @JaleelWhite on Twitter. Google it.

[syxodude91]

if classic sonic talks in generations, they should get jaleel to voice him.

[freakomation]

k CYA in the fan film jaleel

[MrHyruletauren]

The best Sonic Voice ever,really!I´ll never forget this voice.

[YoungJeezyCOD]

Sonic's name is...juice?

[Dingo132]

this is so great. i was surfing the net and found one of those "top 10 ___" floating around and it was "Top 10 coolest things about 90's Kids" and one of them was "Urkel was Sonic" lol. im watching Family Matters on nick@night right now too, its amazing how grown up Jaleel looks these days when we all remember him as "that plucky/scrawny nerd from down the street". :3

[TheSylversword21]

It's very funny how he still says "robuttnik" even though he's not doing the show anymore!! ;)

[sailormoonxsonic]

Squeal! Jaleel white did an amazing job! Especially with sonics personality! Roger Craig is too! Griffith and Drummond aren't really my fav but they were doing good too :]

[TheMizuSamurai]

Cool!

[animegamingdude]

Jaleel = best Sonic voice ever.

[GrounderTheRobot]

Remember Kids!

[bioman1hazard607]

hes in the new live action sonic movie playing as sonic made by Eddie Lebron

[justinstrack2006]

@bioman1hazard607 what website is it on?

[BlueKai]

@justinstrack2006 sonicfanfilm

[MJKnight07]

No matter what VA's voice Sonic in the future, there will always be one true great voice for Sonic - and that's Jaleel White.

Griffith got better, Drummond was ok, Roger Craig Smith is showing great potential, but Jaleel is 10 times better.

[tranceotaku]

Jaleel White is such a cool dude. I like his legacy as the voice of Sonic more than his I ever liked his role as Urkel. Can't wait til the fan film comes out!!!

[tamamanito2]

Urkel is Sonic. :D

Shweet. x3

[Lakitu1134]

What year was this interview done in?

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

He should've voiced Sonic in Brawl. That would've been awesome.

[splintercellftw]

More like jaleel black.

[Fransinn3]

a Sonic fan film is gonna have Jaleel White!

[swimfastfly27]

He's coming back to voice Sonic in a fanfilm!

[EnigmaHood]

He is the best Sonic voice actor. All of the others were awful. Jaleel is Sonic.

[cubefreak123]

Jaleel White is going to voice Sonic in the new Sonic fan film! It's from the same guys who made the Mega Man movie.

[justinstrack2006]

@cubefreak123 Do you have any other details about this?

[Driuc0Sekoba]

He's still JUIC'N N REDUC'N!

[HajimeNoJMo]

Jaleel White is one of the best actors of all time. Proof o this was when he's Stefan, but yet, he tries to pretend to be Urkel.

[randomstuff6791]

did he do that?

[Whammy8685]

I know what everyone means. URKEL WAS SONIC?!?!?!?!? WOW!!!!!!! I never would have guessed.

[GurlPrincess]

He's so sweet!

[2Boobie4]

Urkel was Sonic? WTF?

Badass!

[itsGerbilsworld]

Wait..? Urkel does Sonic's voice???

(very shocked ._.)

[tjtank20]

i remember this show! lol

[Aliyah2456789]

Cool Sonic doesn't even sound like a black dude. Jaleel White is like the best Sonic voice actor

[jakobie51]

wow i never new sonic is black

[gospelx2]

Did  I do that?? you made that a house hold guestion.lol!!!

[AnimalExpert1000]

Family Matters! Steve Urkel 

[ajd1211]

I'm surprised that Steve Urkel is Sonic the Hedgehog

[tooner1994]

Steve Urkel is Sonic! XD

[jakeinglis1]

holy fuck its erkle

[MetaITV]

hhahahahaha im black if you havent noticed hahah

[Imran500]

Steve Urkel is a legend.

[TacoBoat2]

His voice had the best personality out of all of them. The guy who did the adventures was good for the darker games but I would choose this guy for all the others.

[Conduit13C]

Guess Urkel was broke and needed work, eh? lmao...

[BLADE619333333333333]

he is one awesome dude !!!

[StevieGreig1]

@AlienSacrifice no believe it or not she was voiced by Jaleel White using the Steve Urkel voice

[d00mfan89]

The great thing about Jaleel White is that he really gets into character when he's given a role. That's what makes him h favorite voice for Sonic out of all the TV shows that have aired.

[nicole092794]

O I love this dude in family matters :D but I also like the voice of sonic in sonic x way better

[MacDaddyRiggles]

@subspace11 Agreed. Drummond was the best.

[gotch09]

Wow, little Stevie was frozen in time for me, it's hard to believe he's a adult and not some goofy little kid. I wonder what Eddie and Laura look now that they;ve aged too.

[JMMPR24]

Ironic that the guy who played one of the nerdiest nerds ever also did the voice of one of the coolest video game characters ever. lol

And "Robuttnik" lmao! He must've really gotten used to using that insult in the Sonic cartoons for that to happen during the interview. lol

[cjdistheman1]

I remember when he came to my high school for a motivational speech. I wish i could've met him personaly though.

[thatgalwiththebraids]

Best Sonic ever. Hands down.

[SonicPAJ]

@AlienSacrifice No, Jaleel played as Sonic and all his siblings.

[14rock9]

fastest thing alive?! Did they ever read the fuckin Flash comics?!

[66mondo66]

i love this guy... hes such a pro.

[MissMinnieMousegirl]

I had no idea he did the voice! He did a very good job of Sonic. I like it when he said he didn't want Sonic to be identified as a race, but as a hero.

[MrBogeytime]

greatest tv show on earth... ha they found the perfect voice for sonic on it

[bluegrassman776]

i just watched another interview with white , he seems so concerned with the fact that he was not really a nerd on the show, that it was soooo much opp to him. man he really must have got ripped as a younger man. or has some sort of complex, i guess thats why he behind the camera now!!!

[justinstrack2006]

@bluegrassman776 what interview was that is it hear on youtube or did u watch it on TV recently.

[dmwbonehead09]

@bluegrassman776 Jaleel always was skinny.. I think the reason why he started lifting is because he didnt really like just being skinny.. He rather look like a guy who has been lifting weight then just some skinny guy... I aslo think the reason for him being moree behind the scenes was the fact that he couldn't get other jobs.. It would be always Steve Urkel to everyone not Jaleel White.

[ACE0HUNTER]

Even though Sonic does use black slang, he doesn't really sound like a black guy, so I guess Jaleel did his job well.

[mentalboyanil]

DID I DO DAT?

[LilSkott]

Juice and Jamm...thats a bad combination

[NBAGOATS]

His Sonic acting was very hi quality.

[Badokami]

To me Jaleel is the best voice actor for Sonic.

[VMeGaMRedZV]

Seriously, I don't have an idea and know that he's Sonic's voice actor.

He is an awesome guy!

[Sandythesandcat]

omg this changes my life...

[firexeye]

STEVE URKEL

[smashwhammy]

what about his role as uber-nerd Steve Urkle?

[ShaolinViolin]

sonic SATAM is legendary!!! best saturday morning cartoons

[Ebenita]

cool! Gee Urkel got BUFFEDhehe

[Babuncek]

STEVE URKEL!

[Babuncek]

STEVE URKEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheCommentGuy8]

...I think this interview was made like 7 or 9 years ago... or maybe year 1998 or 1999... hard to know/see... but I have a good guess it's 1998

[SonicUnleased260]

this is from the sonic the hedgehog complete series for dvd right i remember seeing it on the box for the dvd i have it myself

[evenmorebetter]

If this cat were still Sonic's voice instead of Sonic actively sounding like some cocky douche white guy, maybe I'd still give a shit about the games

[Pelonetillo]

sonic sez OH YEAH!

[IndigoMichigan]

"cause I'm black, if you haven't noticed"

xD

[AGentertainment]

When Sonic scream ow! at 3:33 you hear a hint of Urkel in there :D

[WinnerTV1]

Family Matters is one of my all time favourites, because of Jaleel White! He is a great actor!

[kx85rider79]

what happened to him

[vidaa82]

i really like jaleel white. he seems like the kind of celeb u could hang around and who is not stuck up.

[taylorfan69]

Season 1 of Family Matters will FINALLY!! be released on dvd June 8th,2010 please pre-order it from amazon, if sales go well they Should release more seasons :-)

[taylorfan69]

Season 1 of Family Matters will FINALLY!! be released on dvd June 8th,2010 please pre-order it from amazon, if sales go well they Should release more seasons :-)

[TheLORDRAIDENKING]

Steve "sonic" Urkel

[overtrist]

very great personality coming from him.

[crissbones]

Bring back Jaleel as Sonic's voice!

[RobotnikVoiceFan]

He's Black, White, and Blue all at the same time!

(Best Sonic voice ever.)

[bert456100]

Steve Urkel FTW

[BladeAndRepStudios]

Robutnik. xD

[Nightlight35]

I think he achieved not making sonic black or white, probably because sonic was blue, made it easier.

[guitaro5000]

I knew he was sonic without google. But it was a different Sonic show, one where he played the voices of about 4 characters. It was the 3rd Sonic series, right before the Anime one (don't remember the name). Me Being older and him doing all those voices in one show made it pretty obvious to me it was Urkel.

[justinstrack2006]

You are talking about Sonic Underground. Sonic, Sonia, Manic.

[swiftalb]

Jaleel White is one cool guy. And my last name is Jaleel! ;-)

[JMaxVG]

He was a great sonic voice

[oldedrick]

i wish he voice sonic in the games and sonic x but jason griffith is the voice of sonic on that one

[viktore8]

Whoa. I heard rumors that Jaleel White is dead. Is this true?

[justinstrack2006]

No, the rumors are not true.

[HyperSonicXtreme]

LOL!! still have the dvd

[eduleal]

@viktore8 Nope. I actually saw him in LA a few days ago.

[prettyboy0909]

Nah hes alive.. media fags with no lives make up bullshit for money.

[Necrocide187]

Woah woah Uncle Phil was the voice of Shredder on the TMNT animated 80s series?

[gtiger66]

sonic was a nigger!?

[justinstrack2006]

I don't like the use of that word.

[horseluv4life]

me either... That was mean

[horseluv4life]

A cool one !

[wallstreetyoung]

no, just a hedgehog.....

[Xaltus]

I miss Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM). The 90's was a great decade for cartoons, games, and music.

X

[mettalx1]

Stupid rumors about him, would like to punch the duckface who spreded it. White rules!

[mattrospecs]

DID I DO THAAAAT

[Tekkenfreek234]

"Go Home! Go Home! Go Home!"

"I don't have to take this...I'm going home!"

[9N8X]

Are there any other black people who voice

act like jaleel for sonic?

[theredmars]

the guy on family guy and the voice for kratos.

[panic43]

The dad from Fresh Prince was the voice of Shredder on the original Ninja Turtles cartoon.

[2010randomusername]

"Are there any other black people who voice act like jaleel for sonic?"

Uncle Phil = Shredder

James Earl Jones = Darth Vader

Phil Lamar = Samurai Jack

[RockyBalboa211]

Also... classic sonic.. brilliant!

[nibornna]

wich sonic cartoon is this? cuz i know a couple of them came out

[RockyBalboa211]

@nibornna: I do not know at the moment, I always get confused on the different sonic cartoons that were made. I collect the comics though and the characters in this cartoon clip made me think that this was from the 1994 -1995.

[nibornna]

yeah i think your right i googled it it came out then!!!

[justinstrack2006]

Sonic the Hedgehog

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog - mainly for younger kids.

Sonic Underground: this was make in the late 90's 1998 & 1999.

Watch the rest of the videos on this channel.

[RockyBalboa211]

My gosh urkel and SONIC... I love family matters and sonic.. they are the best things ever!

[Blackjesus3]

jaleel is the mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn :D n has been the man for 20 years :D

[83phatman]

I think Sonic was when I really became a fan of Jaleel White. Just the fact that he could change between Urkel and such a cool character like Sonic only shows how talented the guy is.

[Draco04]

Do NOT judge him by Urkle. He is very talented. and he put a lot of effort into doing this. not everyone has what it takes to become a character voice

[RockyBalboa211]

But Urkle just proves how great an actor he was, he kept the show running for 10 seasons and kept me entertained all 10 years.

[alxthegr8]

i just looked at the pic on the link...and whats up with those boots he wearing??????? I'm just saying /....

[InfiniteBlaze93]

HOLY CRAP, I had no idea sonic was voiced by urkel

[Jinzo9988]

He does what he does for legacy... says the guy who brought Steve Urkel to life. Mission accomplished.

[nintendofan502]

im a big fan of family matters

[nintendofan502]

woah this is a big suprise steve urkel=sonic?

[megamanx1800]

He sounds different compare to the cartoon!

[ppvsonicspy]

lol jallel white nad hes black

[T2Y4]

2:12 " I am Black,If you noticed" lmao i didnt know that JK

[cyberjar88]

Way past cool!

[Schmidteren]

I never knew it was a black guy, and that it was the actor who played Urkel who did the voice of Sonic, but he did a SUPER job! :-)

[OgreCakes]

damn, urkel is badass

[username4396]

sonic the hedgehog is Steve Urkel!?!!?!???!?

[Beatleschick1]

hahah he's still a nerd.

[HarryPartridge]

Jaleel White is a cool motherfucker

[SAINTZROW274]

If there was ever talks of making a movie on how SoSo Def records came about, I thiink Jaleel WHite would make a perfect J.D LOL !! hahaha only diff is their height lol

[Wnunyuie]

oops didn't mean to rate down i aggree

[hitmancoolio]

Looks like Carlton, haha.

[JCPennA]

when i saw sonic underground and heard sonia'a voice i'm like OMG STEVE URKEL

[sonicfan1984]

lol, exactly. Sonia sounds just like Urkle. :D

[DoixStudios]

CHILI DOGZ!

[TheDoofusBoy]

Check out my new video: Melvin has phone sex!

I'm the Doofus Boy!

[supergamerbros]

Anyone realize tha Kirbropher referenced this interview in Brawl Taunts?

Sonic: I'M TOO CHEAP!

Guy 1: Sonic is not cheap. Sonic's just FAST!

Guy 2: Dude, uh isn't he the reason they banned smash balls at our tournament?

[MusaSoA]

That had absoulutely nothing at all with the interview to do whatsoever... Do people actually think quoting a flash movie makes them "epic" ? And no, There's no reference at all, maybe because the fact smashballs weren't even invented yet? oh and FYI; Sonic SATAM "pwns" Brawl taunts any day

[supergamerbros]

I was talking about the whole, "Sonic's just fast" quote that Jaleel made. I mean think about it. Didn't brawl taunts come on Newgrounds about a year or two after Sonic satAM was released on DVD by SHOUT! Factory? I'm just saying, maybe Kirb was(or is) a Sonic fan and he thought it would be fun to quote said line from this interview. And, are you saying that I am not a Sonic fan?

[MegamanNG]

Long live the Fastest Thing Alive.

[ZEROEVILDARKCOOL]

JALEEL WHITE WAS THE FIRST VOICE I KNEW AS SONIC THEN lGOT A SEGA DREAMCAST ON 1999 09 09 AND SONIC ADVENTURE 1 AND 2 AND WTF SONIC GOT RYAN DRUMMOND FOR A VOICE ACTOR

THEN DREAMCAST DIED AFTER 2001 09 11 O SHI

[BigGrove]

I never knew Jaleel was the voice of sonic..go figure, thats awesome

[overmyhead875]

steve urkle and sonic with the same voice actor WOAH

[uhpage]

I had no idea he did sonic. I wondered if the voice of sonic was white? I wonder if what he would be if he was black.

[TVP4]

I remember this show! This show as the stuff back in the day! They need to show the reruns of this.

[AverageGamer2009]

The do have it released on DVD just search on ebay or whatever

[justinstrack2006]

Well Jaleel, said he wanted to make Sonic of no race.

So I don't know what a black sonic would look like.

[dearestjen]

um... shadow. lol.

[ZEROEVILDARKCOOL]

PROBABLY WITH A BLACK FACE

[MaSoisSoful]

Jaleel White's voice reminds me a lot like Talib Kweli.

[linkfanatic13579]

he was sonic!!! I love him even more!!!

[CerealPest]

I hope he says "Did i do thaaat?"

[MrLaziebone]

LOLLLLL

[smurf88]

I can definitely hear the Urkel in Sonic.

[horris2]

Man I would love to see him do some more comedy reminiscent to the erkel character.People would eat it up.

I reall dont think he should of went serious so quickly.I think he should of done a comedy show then slowly try and get do more serious roles.

[9N8X]

Laura and the winslows must have been

proud to see sonic voiced by him =)

if only myra was still alive )=

[UnholyMB]

Jaleel White was the best voice for Sonic.

[AgentAnderson01]

I lol'ed when he said "Robuttnik".

[Prototype342]

hes still in character lol.

[GiannaStuffedWithFun]

Errr... since WHEN?

[chinagirlmd]

i love jaleel white! He's so funny in Family Matters! Great actor! Wanna see series from start to end! Love the show, love Jaleel!

[mibbzx1493]

if u like sonic and jaleel white, listen to charles hamilton!!

[Prodcake]

if u like charles hamilton, listen to sonic and jaleel white!!