anz ib ar ! ▁Did ▁I ▁ever ▁tell ▁you ▁about ▁the ▁time ▁I ▁... ?" ▁His ▁colle ague ▁would , ▁despite ▁his ▁initial ▁rel uct ance ▁(" NO , ▁Commander , ▁but ▁I - "), ▁become ▁engaged ▁in ▁the ▁exc iting ▁tale ▁(" Good ▁He av ens , ▁Commander ! ▁What ▁did ▁you ▁do ?" ), ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁conclusion ▁would ▁compl iment ▁the ▁Commander ▁on ▁his ▁clever ness — us ually ▁incorpor ating ▁a ▁terrible ▁pun — to ▁which ▁the ▁Commander ▁would ▁usually ▁respond , ▁" Qu ite ." ▁ ▁Character ▁orig ins ▁The ▁deep , ▁gra vel ly ▁voice ▁of ▁Commander ▁Mc B rag g ▁was ▁provided ▁by ▁veter an ▁voice ▁talent ▁Ken ny ▁Del mar , ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁stam mer ing ▁non - stop ▁talking ▁as ▁" S en ator ▁Cl agh orn " ▁( of ▁which ▁F og horn ▁Leg horn , ▁the ▁Lo oney ▁T unes ▁character , ▁is ▁a ▁par ody ) ▁on ▁The ▁Fred ▁Allen ▁Show . ▁ ▁The ▁character ▁of ▁Mc B rag g ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁English ▁actor ▁C . ▁A ubre y ▁Smith ▁– ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁motion ▁pictures ▁The ▁Four ▁Fe athers ▁(" W ar ▁was ▁war ▁then ") ▁and ▁Another ▁Th in ▁Man ▁– ▁who ▁often ▁played ▁roles ▁in ▁films ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁explo its ▁related ▁by ▁Mc B rag g . ▁The ▁stories , ▁more ▁often ▁than ▁not , ▁were ▁taken ▁from ▁or ▁were ▁im itations ▁of ▁the ▁Baron ▁M unch aus en ▁stories