![]() ![]() When Erica Luttrell tried out for the role of level-headed Keesha Franklin it was a perfect fit. Not such a sweet girl: Erica Luttrell loves playing characters who walk the line between good and evil but enjoyed the sass she was able to bring to Keesha Franklin ‘You can’t turn into a Tyrannosaurus rex to fix all your problems.’ Send me up to Toronto again, that would be great.Īlthough Danny took a step back away from acting, he doesn’t regret the decision at all and does an occasional job like voice work for Grand Theft Auto V as Jimmy De Santa.ĭanny said: ‘I just wanted to be a kid and enjoy that and if it is something that you want to do it will come back. ‘If they ever need Arnold Perlstein’s dad, let me know,’ he joked. He's expecting great things from the show and even hoping there may be a place for him on it. The actor is definitely rooting for the Magic School Bus reboot. ‘You are rooting for him because he is an honest character.’ ![]() ‘There are a lot of kids who have come up to me as adults happy to see someone like that on TV,’ said the now 35-year-old who lives in New York with his fiancé and seven plants. Today he films a podcast with the older Pete - Mike Maronna – called Danny and Mike and runs a sketch comedy website where he features guest appearances from All That cast mates Kenan Thompson, Josh Server and Mark Saul.īut Danny’s role as Arnold is certainly one of his favorite and most memorable. He also performs at comedy shows and in a Weezer cover band Undone Sweaters and a jazz/funk group with Mike Clark from the Headhunters. I definitely had people print out pictures of Arnold and stick them on my dorm room.’ĭanny took a break from acting to pursue a music career and has had a band called Jounce for the past 17 yearsĪnd for the past 17 years, Danny has been a part of a band called Jounce and still does tours with the group. ‘When kids recognized me from Magic School Bus, their heads would explode. ![]() ‘It’s kind of hard when you see all your friends going to college and you’re like “should I stay in New York and be an adult",' said the actor who went to Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts to study music in 2000. When the young actor was obsessed with Pogs milk caps, he recalled when his older costar had a very visceral response to the hobby.ĭanny said: He looked at me being like “are you sure that’s what you want to be doing with your life.”’įollowing Magic School Bus, Danny continued his work with Nickelodeon on All That and guest starred on the Amanda Show.īut while recording voice work on the cartoon Fillmore, Danny felt it was time to give acting a break. I was the one kid who was like “I don’t want to be here” and there were times in my life where I was like I don’t want to be here.’īut Danny enjoyed being in Canada with his fellow classmates as the group quickly took him under their wing especially Stuart Stone (Ralphie) who taught his 13-year-old costar about Newfoundland slang and the country’s double tax. ‘She (Ms Frizzle) turned me into a Tyrannosaurus rex. ‘We shared similar characteristics because you may not enjoy the situation that you are in but you make do and something is going to happen and then you are going to come out and fix the problem,’ said Danny. Ms Frizzle once turned him into a Tyrannosaurus rex and he was often a deciding factor on what the students did on the showĪlready a notable child actor on popular show The Adventures of Pete & Pete and cult classic movie The Mighty Ducks, Danny was not an original member of the show but was asked to audition after actor Amos Crawley’s voice got too deep for the part after the first season.Īnd it was a perfect fit for the American actor who had to fly back and forth from Los Angeles to Toronto four times a month to record his lines for the character who despised the eccentric field trips. Arnold Perlstein was known as the nerd on the show who hardly enjoyed going on the field trips. ![]()
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