Phil Hendrie Retires From Radio To Pursue Acting Career

Contact: Amir Forester
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LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2006 - Phil Hendrie announced he will pursue his acting career on a full-time basis and has therefore decided to retire from radio. The last live broadcast of "The Phil Hendrie Show" will be June 23, 2006.

Hendrie stated, "I have taken my show as far as I can in the present climate of terrestrial radio. I've been doing these characters for 16 years and believe it's time for me to take them from behind the microphone and present them in front of the camera."

Kraig Kitchin, president/COO Premiere Radio Networks said, "In a radio world that often sounds like the voices and conversations are all the same, Phil Hendrie has distinguished himself by using the most unique talent to create satire, comedy magic and characters we will all miss. I wish him well in his television and screen pursuits. He wins my vote for a Radio Hall-of-Famer."

SVP Comedy Programming, NBC Universal Television Studio Shelley McCrory stated, "While this is a huge loss for radio, it's a big win for television. We're thrilled with the work Phil’s doing on our comedy series 'Teachers' and look forward to a long future with him."

Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons" stated, "Phil will do to TV what he did to radio, which is revolutionize it."

While Hendrie has most recently been featured in NBC's sitcom "Teachers" as cynical history teacher Dick Green, he has also appeared as Judge McCarthy on Richard Appel's sitcom "A.U.S.A." In 2004, he made his motion picture debut as the voice of I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E. and a terrorist character in Trey Parker's and Matt Stone's "Team America: World Police." In addition, Hendrie has performed a myriad of character voices on several episodes of the animated television shows "King of the Hill" and "Futurama."

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