- published: 10 Oct 2011
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Eddie Deezen (born March 6, 1958) is an American character actor, voice actor and comedian, best known for his bit parts as nerd characters in 1970s and 1980s films such as Grease, Grease 2, Midnight Madness, 1941 and WarGames, as well as for larger roles in a number of independent cult films, including Surf II: The End of the Trilogy and I Wanna Hold Your Hand.
As a voice actor, he is easily recognizable for his distinctively high-pitched and nasally voice, most notably used for the characters of Mandark in the Cartoon Network series Dexter's Laboratory, Snipes the Magpie in Rock-A-Doodle, Ned in Kim Possible and Lenny the Know-It-All in The Polar Express.
Deezen was born Edward Harry Dezen in Cumberland, Maryland, the son of Irma and Robert Dezen. A class clown in his youth, Deezen started out with aspirations of becoming a stand-up comedian, moving out to Hollywood within days of graduating high school in order to pursue a career (after adding an extra "e" to his last name so that people would pronounce it correctly). As a comedian, he performed at least three times at The Comedy Store, though eventually decided to abandon stand-up and focus on acting after bombing his last act and having difficulty memorizing his routine. Deezen attempted stand-up one last time, however, when he appeared on an episode of The Gong Show in the mid-1970s, only to be gonged by singer-songwriter Paul Williams.
Yeah yeaah!
Got myself a notion.
One I know that you'll understand
Set the world in motion
By reaching out for each other's hands
Maybe we'll discover
What we should've known all along(Yeah)
One way or another
Together's where we both belong.
Chorus:
If we listen to each other's hearts.
We'll find we're never too far apart.
And maybe love is the reason why,
for the 1st time ever we're seeing it eye to eye.
If a wall should come between us
Too high to climb
too hard to break through
I know that love will lead us
And find a way to bring me to you
So don't be in a hurry
Think b4 you count us out(ooh)
You don't have to worry
I won't ever let you down
(nothing's gonna stop us now)
(Chorus 1x)
If you're ever lonely.stop!
You don't have to be
After all this slowly
I'll be there for just you and me
Take a look inside and see
(Chorus 1 more X)