After making young girls scream as part of the pre-fab pop group NSync and putting his moves to the test as a current contestant on Dancing with the Stars, Lance Bass is getting animated for a hit Disney Channel preschool show. The tabloid headline’making vocalist has signed on to voice a recurring guest role on Handy Manny, which stars Wilmer Valderrama (That ’70s Show) as the voice of the title character.
Bass plays the role of a klutzy, good-natured surfer dude named Elliot. In the episode premiering Friday, Oct. 10 at 9 a.m. (ET/PT), Elliot’s new rooster, Milton, is crowing and waking up everyone in town. Manny must find a way to control Milton’s crowing so that the neighbors are happy and Elliot can keep his pet.
Created by Roger Bollen, Marilyn Sadler and Emmy-wining writer and producer Rick Gitelson, Handy Manny follows the adventures of Manny Garcia, a bilingual Hispanic handyman with set of talking tools. The animation is produced by Toronto-based Nelvana.
Past Handy Manny guest stars have included Kurtwood Smith (That ’70s Show), Shelley Morrison (General Hospital), Fred Willard (WALL’E), Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller and rapper Snoop Dogg.
