We chat with StarTrekProdigy's Jason Mantzoukas about the joys of voicing Jankom Pog and playing Tommy Lee's member in PamAndTommy:
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Prodigy Episode 15, "Masquerade"As Star Trek: Prodigy's Jankom Pog, Jason Mantzoukas is helping to inspire a brand-new audience to learn about Star Trek as the teenage Tellarite himself embraces the ideals of Starfleet. With Star Trek: Prodigy season 1 warping into its final episodes, Jankom is in the thick of the action.
Jason Mantzoukas: it's funny, people love [Jankom Pog]. And people love the show. I don't know that I get recognized for it because it's not often that you get recognized just by a vocal performance. Because usually by the time people see me, they're like, "Yeah, you're that guy!" You know what I mean? But, boy, I'm loving hearing from people who are loving the show and are like, "Hey, I'm watching your Star Trek show. It's incredible.
But I also have really enjoyed, over the course of these 20 episodes, the coming-of-age story that is also at play. What's wonderful about this show is not that it's just beautiful, incredible adventure, call to adventure, storytelling but that it's a coming-of-age story for these young characters who did not go through the Academy, are not part of Starfleet, [and] are not an actual crew.
Jason Mantzoukas: Oh, for mem 100% zip around the galaxy. Oh, yeah. I mean, if I had this thing, I'd be joyriding all over the place. Now. I think I would maybe try and tell Starfleet, "Hey, I've got your ship. I'm not a bad guy. Don't try and come and get me." But I absolutely think I would take it for a spin. Because I mean, that ship is incredible. If I'm in possession of something that can go above warp nine, you can bet that I'm going to do it.
Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah. And I think even more importantly, Rok-Tahk is initially told she has to be the Security Officer because she's big and has the brawn to do it. And he's just told, "You're security," but it's only through her discovery and her choice that she gets to say, "No, I'm a scientist."
Jason Mantzoukas: Oh, I think I was. I'm trying to remember if they had told me beforehand. I'm gonna be honest, I don't remember; they might have told me beforehand. Possibly. But I'll be honest with you, in between [the episode being] recorded because, you know, there's so much delay between recording the show and the show being done, animated, and coming out, when I watched it, I had forgotten.
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