--- title: Ice T Voices Care Bears and The Smurfs on 'The Tonight Show' description: Ice T is a man of many talents, he raps, he acts, and now does inappropriate voice-over for cartoons canonical: https://time.com/3979943/ice-t-jimmy-fallon-care-bears-papa-smurf/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-31T11:59:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:22:51.508Z og:title: Ice T Shows Us All What 'Care Bears' and 'The Smurfs' Would Be Like If He Was Involved og:description: 'Yo, yo, yo why don't you all quit your moaning and check this' og:url: https://time.com/3979943/ice-t-jimmy-fallon-care-bears-papa-smurf/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta36ca03b821a368a/69885d58e20a8727a3a8c898/ice-t.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ice T Shows Us All What 'Care Bears' and 'The Smurfs' Would Be Like If He Was Involved twitter:description: 'Yo, yo, yo why don't you all quit your moaning and check this' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta36ca03b821a368a/69885d58e20a8727a3a8c898/ice-t.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ice T's Version of _The Smurfs_ and _Care Bears_ Will Make You Rethink Your Childhood > Sponsored content. 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Luckily, there now will be plenty of Ice T-approved children’s entertainment available for the little one. 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