Conservative outlet The Daily Wire has tapped a number of high-profile media and entertainment figures, including journalist Megan Kelly, commentator Candace Owens and comedians Roseanne Barr and Adam Carolla, to star in the production company’s first animated scripted series.
Deadline.com reported on Thursday that “Mr. Birchum,” a series created by and starring Carolla, is based on his junior high wood shop teacher, a character popularized on his KROQ radio program and on Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers.”
Kelly, in her first scripted role, will portray Birchum’s wife Wendi, while Barr, in her first performance since being fired from her sitcom over racist tweets, will play the character of Principal Bortles.
Also among the cast are comedian Jay Mohr, actor Danny Trejo and “Daily Show” alum Rob Riggle.
“I am super excited to be working with my friends Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing, and our terrific cast of talent to bring Mr. Birchum to life on the Daily Wire!” Carolla said in the statement to Deadline.
“We teamed up with Adam and some of the funniest people we know — Roseanne, Rob Riggle, Patrick Warburton, Tyler Fischer and so many more — to bring back the irreverent patriarch in a truly hilarious comedy that doesn’t care who it offends,” Boreing said in a separate statement.