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Better Peter Venkman voice: Lorenzo or Dave?


I liked Lorenzo Music way better. Personally I thought he sounded more like Bill Murray than Dave Coulier did, plus he added some of his own ticks to the character to make it unique. Once Dave did Peter, all the mellow coolness of his voice was gone and he sounded like some obnoxious "surfer" guy.

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No offense but to me the show went to crap after Lorenzo and some of the other voice actors were changed.

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Easily Lorenzo Music, he was far more funnier and likable of the two, I've thought Dave Coulier was awful and annoying as Peter Venkman, I can't bare to watch an episode with Dave Coulier voicing Peter and Kath Soucie voicing Janine.

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Now that you mention it, Buster Jones took some getting used to after Arsenio Hall stopped voicing Winston.

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Lorenzo without a doubt.

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Lorenzo by far. Coulier's Venkman voice was just annoying. Supposedly they changed voice actors because Bill Murray said the character sounded like Garfield, ugh...

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I almost forgot until I watched Phelan Porteous's review.

Doesn't make any sense. When I originally watched the cartoon series, I kept thinking to myself, "Why in the world is uncle Joey from "Full House" voicing Peter?"

Thanks a lot, Bill. Lorenzo could've voiced every single cartoon character in existence and it still would've been enjoyable. He's very likeable.

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Dave Coulier did his Bill Murray Impression for like one episode and then just sounds like Dave Coulier for the rest of the episodes Minus a few lines where he remembered he's suppose to sound like Bill Murray I did like Coulier voicing Animal in Muppet Babies at least Lorenzo Music always sounded Like Lorenzo Music except when he sounded Like Garfield

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While I much prefer Lorenzo's voice as Peter I thought Dave's voice as Peter was far more tolerable than Kath's voice as Janine, I hated Kath's voice as Janine.

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As others has pointed out, Lorenzo just captured Bill Murray's "essence" better than Dave:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostbusters/comments/r27wg3/which_do_you_prefer_as_peter_venkman_lorenzo/

Whereas Lorenzo's Peter was suave and chill, Dave's Peter just sounded like a douche who wasn't very bright.

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I have realized I think Coulier was trying to specifically sound like Bill Murray's character in Caddyshack.

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