Who Voices Towelie On South Park?

Towelie is voiced by veteran comedy writer and producer Vernon Chatman. Chatman has played the character in 15 episodes and specials and served as producer on the series for 152 entries, including the "Streaming Wars" and "Covid" specials (via IMDb). He has also voiced several other characters on the show, including Tiger Woods and Dominic Cobb from the "Inception" parody. In addition to his work on "South Park," Chatman has been a major player behind the scenes in the comedy world. The four-time Emmy award winner has an impressive list of credits, including "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "The Chris Rock Show," and "Louie." But how exactly did a guy like Chatman start voicing a talking stoner towel?

On the Creator Commentary (via YouTube) for Season 5, Episode 8 ("Towelie"), Matt Stone and Trey Parker talked about how Vernon Chatman was chosen to voice Towelie. "When we were down in Hawaii we were coming up with the idea of how to do the show or what the plot for the show should be, and I was going yeah, [Impersonates Towelie voice] and they were like, 'Well, dude that's just Mr. Hankey," Parker recalled about the ordeal. "So it's like, 'We'll have Vernon do it.' One of the writers, Vernon, did it, talked like that and basically just did that voice." When it comes to voicing a pothead towel, no one, not even the creators of "South Park," can do it better than Vernon Chatman.