Jerry La Fontaine

Jerry La Fontaine is a lead character in *Life With a Voice Actor,* a segment of *It's All Been Done Radio Hour*. He has a deep, velvety voice, though would like to expand his range beyond the 'serious' projects he's worked on. He appears nice, but has a darker streak. He knows sign language. He is always hungry after an audition.

**First appearance:** *Life With a Voice Actor* #0.03 "The La Fontaines"

**Number of appearances:** 4 (as of February 2021)

**Actor:** Keith Jackson

## **Marriage and Career**

It is unknown what Jerry was doing before he met Terry La Fontaine, or what his last name was. But Jerry hired Terry to be his vocal coach when Terry first switched to managing narrators and voice actors. They fell in love, Terry infatuated with Jerry's smooth, velvety voice, and Terry took over Jerry's professional *and* personal life. They married and chose their last name themselves.

At the time the series begins, Jerry would like to branch out and do cartoons, but Terry is having none of it. Jerry's arguments about expanding his range or having fun fall on deaf ears, and Terry claims that Jerry would be nothing without him. Jerry wants to make his own decisions, leading to much strife between the couple ("The La Fontaines").

When Fact Broke Studios invites Jerry to audition to star in their movie, Terry makes him gargle with lemon water for a full minutes to prepare. Terry is reluctant to let Jerry audition at all, and makes him promise to prepare for a documentary after. Jerry says animation is fun, and is sad Terry isn't fun any more. Jerry is worried about going up against his friends, Ben Callihan and Logan Cooper for the part.

At the audition, Jerry is nervous, having no animation on his resume yet, though the other two encourage him. Jerry defends Terry to the others, saying his spouse means well, though admits he's intense. In the booth, Jerry's throat seizes because of the lemon water. Jerry is furious and confronts Terry in front of the others, but Terry brushes off his charge of sabotage. The situation is salvaged when Jerry, along with Ben and Logan, are hired to star in a television series for the studio ("The Big Audition").

Jerry remains suspicious of Terry after the incident, and throws away the food Terry cooks for fear of poisoning, leaving him hungry. He cries in front of Ben and Logan and confesses how he feels. Ben suggests couple's counseling, and Jerry is willing. When Terry later sees Jerry's puffy eyes, he orders his spouse to put cream on them. In group therapy with the others, Terry says that Jerry has the patience of a saint for putting up with him. But when Terry is mean to Emily Cooper and then rants at the rest in therapy, Jerry scolds Terry and tells him to stop. Terry continues and Jerry eventually yells that he wants a divorce ("The Bathroom Remodel").

Jerry leaves Terry over this. In a series of one-on-one interviews with the producer, Jerry says this makes him feel empowered. He admits he still loves Terry, but needs to be treated as an equal. Jerry wavers on whether to take Terry back, struggling to remember his good qualities. He claims to want to work things out, but the chasm seems wide. Jerry seems to be leaning towards staying apart until he learns he might be fired if they don't reconcile, and he was even replaced for the day on the Fact Broke Studios series, as Ben tells him. So after confirming Terry isn't being similarly pressured, and making Terry promise he loves Jerry and not just his career, Jerry agrees to give it another go. In truth, he is not willing to throw away his career prospects just because Terry is an asshole. Though he doesn't explicitly tell Terry the reason behind his change of heart, only giving the motivation the producer ("Loyalty").