There have been a lot of impressive new television shows hitting the small screen this year and, while it is only three episodes in, Rick and Morty has to be up there with some of the better ones. The humorous animated series sees

Sarah Chalke

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Chalke told Collider, "I could not believe it when I read the material. Like, it was so funny. There was a line in the audition, I don’t think it’s in any of the shows, but it’s like, 'Thinking about people is not the same as helping them. Just ask Africa,' and they were going to some movie or something like that."

She added, "Beth was saying she liked the movie. She and Jerry were having a conversation , and she was like, 'The nice thing about being a doctor is I already know I’m smart.' And I was just peeing my pants reading this, so I auditioned from Canada, over the telephone, with Dan [Harmon] and Justin [ Roiland ], from my friend’s place. I was up in Canada at a friend’s place, so I did the audition on the phone."

Sarah Chalke voices Beth in Rick and Morty

As well as having the voice of Sarah Chalke as Beth, Rick and Morty also has Justin Roiland , voicing both Rick and Morty, Chris Parnell , lending his voice to Jerry, and Spencer Grammer , who voices the character Summer. Rick and Morty airs on Adult Swim, the slightly more unusual brother of Cartoon Network.

lending her voice to the character Beth and Sarah has opened up about her audition for the role.