 Steves original design was much geekier and gawky and he was voiced  by Ricky Blitt (qv). Halfway through production, his voice actor  changed to Scott Grimes (qv) and his design was made to be more  attractive, so he would be less comparable to Neil Goldman from  _"Family Guy" (1999)_ (qv). This design is a caricature of one of  the series creators, Mike Barker (III) (qv).