Dan Harmon Explains Why the ‘President Curtis’ Theme Song Sounds Like That
President Curtis premiered last night, and the Rick and Morty spin-off already has a second season coming. Keith David voices the POTUS, with backup from David’s Community cohort Jim Rash as Secret Service agent O’Doyle and Stephanie Beatriz as Banks, Curtis’ chief of staff. Ahead of President Curtis‘ debut, io9 talked with co-creators Dan Harmon and James Siciliano to learn more about their new series.
- ▪President Curtis premiered last night, and the Rick and Morty spin-off already has a second season coming.
- ▪Keith David voices the POTUS, with backup from David’s Community cohort Jim Rash as Secret Service agent O’Doyle and Stephanie Beatriz as Banks, Curtis’ chief of staff.
- ▪Ahead of President Curtis‘ debut, io9 talked with co-creators Dan Harmon and James Siciliano to learn more about their new series.
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President Curtis premiered last night, and the Rick and Morty spin-off already has a second season coming. Keith David voices the POTUS, with backup from David’s Community cohort Jim Rash as Secret Service agent O’Doyle and Stephanie Beatriz as Banks, Curtis’ chief of staff. Ahead of President Curtis‘ debut, io9 talked with co-creators Dan Harmon and James Siciliano to learn more about their new series. A president tasked with keeping America safe requires an unusually gifted staff; in President Curtis’ case, that means a hot-tempered half-leprechaun and a woman with a robot brain. The combination was somewhat Star Trek-inspired, Harmon explained, going back to Captain Kirk’s reliance on Spock and Bones for their different perspectives.
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