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07 Jun 2023, 3:19 pm

DOJ charges ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Arrested Development’ actor in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

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A Hollywood actor who appeared on “Mr. Show,” “Arrested Development,” "Bob's Burgers" and in “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” has been arrested in California and charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Jay Johnston faces charges of felony obstruction of officers during civil disorder as well as several misdemeanor offenses, according to court documents.

The Daily Beast reported in December 2021 that Johnston had been "banned" from "Bob's Burgers," where he voiced the character of Jimmy Pesto Sr.

Johnston was one of hundreds of Jan. 6 participants identified by online sleuths who have not yet been arrested. A Long Island funeral home owner was also arrested on Wednesday.

Court documents say that Johnston entered the upper west tunnel, where some of the most violent attacks of the Jan. 6 attack took place and "assisted at least three other rioters by pouring water on the rioters' faces." He then used a stolen U.S. Capitol Police shield as rioters battled with police, the documents say.


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07 Jun 2023, 7:16 pm

I never liked Jimmy Pesto Sr. He always seemed to get more wins than Bob.


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07 Jun 2023, 7:33 pm

Aspiegaming wrote:
I never liked Jimmy Pesto Sr. He always seemed to get more wins than Bob.


You mean Jimmy Poplopovich? AKA Baby Num Num?


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07 Jun 2023, 8:58 pm

After looking him up, is he mostly just cast when they need a guy with a moustache?


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26 Jun 2023, 12:06 pm

He was let go from Bob's Burger a while ago. I think it was because he was being offensive. I don't remember the details. That's why we might see Jimmy Pesto on Bob's Burgers, but we don't hear him any more.



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26 Jun 2023, 4:24 pm

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He was let go from Bob's Burger a while ago. I think it was because he was being offensive. I don't remember the details. That's why we might see Jimmy Pesto on Bob's Burgers, but we don't hear him any more.


Kinda like Apu on the Simpsons.


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26 Jun 2023, 4:26 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
After looking him up, is he mostly just cast when they need a guy with a moustache?


H. John Benjamin voices Bob, but I don't know if he has a mustache IRL.

Many of the female characters are voiced by guys (Linda, Tina, Edith Cranwinkle, etc)


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