Edwin Blackgaard

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Edwin Blackgaard

Nickname

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Occupation

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Religious Status

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Number of Episodes

22

Type

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Episode Actors

Earl Boen

Video Actors

First Episode

203: Double Trouble (1992)

Last Episode

636: A Class Reenactment (2008)

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[edit] Description

Edwin Blackgaard, born Ronald Edwin Blackgaard, voiced by Earl Boen (who also voices Edwin Blackgaard's identical-twin brother Dr. Regis Blackgaard) first appeared in #203: Double Trouble. Due to his similarity to Regis, he was initially rejected by the townspeople, but now, thanks to Whit's help, he is generally accepted by the town, (though they don't patronize his Harlequin Theater as often he would like.)

[edit] Family

Edwin has an invalid mother who lives off a trust fund set up by Edwin's evil twin Regis. Since Edwin and Regis are identical, Edwin is occasionally mistaken for his twin, especially when he first came to Odyssey.

[edit] Past

Edwin's history is unclear, except that he was trained as a Shakespearian actor and, apparently, was quite popular in roles before he moved to Odyssey. In Odyssey, he is torn between performing the Shakespearian plays he loves and performing the "crowd pleasers" that bring in enough money to keep his dinner theater afloat financially.

[edit] Friends

He is generally accompanied by his faithful servant Walter Shakespeare. Whit befriended him when he first came to Odyssey, and they remain good friends, though they don't see each other too often now.

[edit] Personality

Edwin is an egotistical, condescending, spotlight-loving ham. However, he does this in such a lovable manner and has such a generally good attitude that fans (and Odyssyans) love him. He can be serious at times, and occasionally (such as in 359 The Merchant of Odyssey) we get a glimpse of the good actor that lives somewhere (very deep) inside of him. His conversation with Whit at the end of 203: Double Trouble also shows more of his serious side.

Though his full name is Ronald Edwin Blackgaard, he prefers to be called 'Edwin' as opposed to 'Ronald' so as not to be confused with a certain clown of that name.

[edit] Quotes

“	Edwin: You want to play a particular kind of turnip, Eugene?	”
— A Class Act

“	Edwin: I'll call a cab. Precisely how do you call a cab, Shakespeare? Shakespeare: With a phone, sir.	”
— Break a Leg

“	Harold J. Leech: My name is Leech. Edwin: I'm so sorry.	”
— The Merchant of Odyssey

“	Edwin: I know, I know. But did we have to set [Oklahoma] in Alaska?	”
— A Class Act

“	Edwin: I have no desire to have hot pans pressed against my face, Shakespeare.	”
— Break a Leg

“	Edwin Blackgaard: Audiences don’t listen to radio to hear the truth. No, they want to hear Drama! Shakespeare: That’s right! Edwin: Spectacle! Shakespeare: Spectacle! Edwin: Crisis! Shakespeare: Crisis!	”
— A Class Reenactment

“	Edwin Blackgaard: No, no, No, Shakespeare; when I say a ROARING fire, I want to FEEL it; singeing my eyebrows!	”
— A Class Reenactment

“	Edwin Blackgaard: And may I commend you for this makeshift stage you've concocted on this horrid gazebo. Shakespeare: You may. Edwin Blackgaard: Consider yourself commended.	”
— Double Trouble

“	Edwin Blackgaard: Would any of you care to join Margaret and I tonight? We're dining on cheeseburgers and then...then we're going to see that new action adventure movie with lots of explosions and automobile chases...hoo hoo! Looks exquisite!	”
— I Slap Floor

“	Edwin Blackgaard: ...I'd like to thank you for allowing our two man troupe to bring a little Hamlet, to your little--hamlet.	”
— Welcome Home, Mr. Blackgaard

“	Edwin Blackgaard: Country bumpkin, am I? Ineffective, talentless muppet, am I!? Mr. Banquo, I stab at thee!	”
— A Class Reenactment

“	Edwin Blackgaard: All right children, are you prepared for an experience you will never forget? (No matter where your dull middle class suburban lives may take you.)	”
— A Class Reenactment

“	Trent: [Mandy and I] don’t want to be a married couple [in this play]. Edwin Blackgaard: You don’t wanna? Oh dear me, how sad! Shakespeare, fetch me my violin. Shakespeare: Violin, coming up!	”
— A Class Reenactment

“	Trent: Couldn’t you just change the script a little? Edwin Blackgaard: What!!? Shakespeare: Change Mr. Blackgaard’s script!!?	”
— A Class Reenactment

“	Edwin Blackgaard: Audiences don’t listen to radio to hear the truth. No, they want to hear Drama! Shakespeare: That’s right! Edwin: Spectacle! Shakespeare: Spectacle! Edwin: Crisis! Shakespeare: Crisis!	”
— A Class Reenactment

“	Horace McAlister: <The Founding of Odyssey> Whatever we call it, the name should tell people that they’re in for the adventure of a lifetime! It’s in a beautiful valley; a place that everybody…everybody oughta see.' 'Edwin Blackgaard: <Today> No one said anything more. And apart from a spelling change, that’s how our town has been known ever since. A town that survived its reputation as “the stinking swamp”, became a town known for community and redemption; a town that all of us are happy to call our home and our dream–Odyssey.	”
— A Class Reenactment