Ben Diskin, who played Beebo on Legends of Tomorrow, spoke about his experience on the show

Last season on Legends of Tomorrow, viewers fell in love with the cuddly blue doll Beebo. His popularity erupted and he was soon found on memes, Comic-Con tote-bags, t-shirts and more.

I had a chance to speak with Ben Diskin, the voice behind Beebo. Even if you haven’t heard of Ben, there is a pretty good chance you’ve heard his voice in animation. He was Eddie Brock in The Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon, Eugene in Hey Arnold and he currently voices Gonzo in the new Muppet Babies cartoon.

Ben explained that his involvement with Legends of Tomorrow actually predated Beebo. “I was originally brought in to do some looping for the show. Looping is where a group of actors come in to add voices to the minor background characters you’ll see during the show”, Ben said.

“So, for instance, if there’s a scene with a bunch of people panicking in the background as the main characters yell to each other during a tense moment, the actual people back there are pantomiming yelling so as not to ruin the audio of the main characters. Voice actors get brought in to do all that background yelling after the scene has been recorded. The director of our loop group was told about Beebo and was asked if he knew anyone within our group who could do the voice. He sent me the audition and the rest is history”, Ben said.

I then asked Ben how much of Beebo’s voice came from him, and how much was dictated by the voice director. It turned out that Beebo’s inspiration was a certain bear that children from the 80’s may remember. “The director and myself had pretty much the same voice in mind for the character. Teddy Ruxpin was the inspiration for the voice and we tried various laughs to see which worked the best with the character design”, said Ben.

Ben did not expect for Beebo to be a repeat performance. “I was pretty surprised they’d have Beebo back as many times as they have, but I’m delighted that he’s become this sort of Arrowverse in-joke and keeps popping up in unexpected places”, he said.

Ben’s favorite Beebo line is “Beebo want cuddle”, which our furry friend menacingly shouted as he defeated Mallus in the Legends of Tomorrow season 3 finale.

Ben knew that Beebo was a fan favorite, but he hadn’t been fully aware of how far reaching the popularity was. “I haven’t been too aware of Beebo‘s popularity other than being tweeted at occasionally and hearing about things like him being featured on the bags at SDCC. I haven’t seen many memes, but I saw pics of a guy cosplaying him. Cracked me up”, Ben told me.

I decided to share some Beebo memes with Ben, to give him a scope of just how viral this has gotten. After looking through a selection of memes and fan made shirts, Ben said “Those are some pretty damn epic memes and shirts”. He told me his favorite was the Power Rangers parody.

While early footage of Supergirl season 4 shows Beebo dolls, and the Legends of Tomorrow crew have hinted at his return, Ben hasn’t recorded any new lines yet. “I assume I’ll be back if the character returns for season 4, but I won’t know for a while. Adding in his voice is one of the last things they do before the show hits TV. I usually have a nearly complete picture that I dub his dialogue to, so I assume it airs within a month of the recording process”, Ben told me.

There is little doubt that we’ll hear Ben give Beebo his legendary chuckles again before too long. Do you hope to see more Beebo this season? Let us know in the comment section!