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You might not know their faces, but the creators and artists behind some of your kids' (or maybe your) favorite cartoons are familiar voices. We hear from the cast of "The Simpsons," the creators of "King of the Hill" and "Bojack Horseman," and even animation legend, Chuck Jones. Subscribe to Fresh Air+ to get exclusive access to this and other collections. Plus, you'll get exclusive Fresh Air+ archive episodes every Sunday, and sponsor-free listening for all available episodes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

The central character in the Netflix animated comedy series BoJack Horseman is a former sitcom star struggling with depression and alcohol addiction — who also happens to be a horse. Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg likens his series to that other show about a talking horse, Mister Ed.

Fresh Air presents an appreciation of the animated TV series The Simpsons with interviews from the cast, writers and creator: Julie Kavner (1994), Hank Azaria (2004), Nancy Cartwright (2007), writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss (1992), and Matt Groening (1989 and 2003).

The veteran voice-over actress, who played 12-year-old Bobby Hill on Fox's animated comedy “King of the Hill,” now co-stars in the raunchy Showtime drama.

MacFarlane is best known for creating the animated TV shows Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. But he's also a singer whose 2011 album features songs from the Great American Songbook.

If you've watched cartoons in the past few decades, you probably know Billy West's voice: He's played Philip J. Fry and Zapp Brannigan on Futurama, plus Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in Space Jam (and more). West explains how he comes up with his voices -- and demonstrates a few of his favorites.

The bawdy, crudely animated sitcom South Park celebrate its 200th episode in 2010. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone go behind the scenes of some of their favorite episodes and explain how they come up with the weekly parodies.

Mike Judge, the creator of, and voice behind, MTVs phenomena “Beavis and Butthead.” He also created the Fox series “King of the Hill,” where he provides the voice for main character, Hank. He’s also the writer, director and producer of the cult movie “Office Space.”

Former standup comic Tom Kenny is the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, the star of his own animated series on Nickelodeon. SquarePants lives under the sea in the city of Bikini Bottom where he works as a fry cook at a greasy spoon called the Krusty Krab.

Actor Patrick Warburton is best known for his recurring role on Seinfeld as Elaine laconic boyfriend, Puddy. Though he only appeared in nine episodes, he became one of the show favorite characters. Warburton also starred in the new FOX show The Tick. He could also be heard as the voice of Joe on Fox animated series The Family Guy and has been in commercials for American Express, Cadillac and M&M's.

Robert Smigel was a writer and creator of animated comic episodes for Saturday Night Live, including “X-Presidents” and “The Ambiguously Gay Duo.” He also created the Comedy Central series “TV Funhouse,” described as a broken kid’s show for adults. Smigel wrote for SNL from 1985-1993, and he was the original headwriter and producer of Late Night With Conan O’Brien.

Animation director Chuck Jones talking About the Road Runner, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Pepe Lepew.

Jonathan Katz’s "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" was a half-hour animated sitcom on Comedy Central. Katz voiced the psychiatrist, and fellow comics supply the voice of the patients, and the routines on therapy.