Dream Guy: An Exclusive Interview with Jim Beaver and Supernatural's Dream a Little Dream

Warner Brothers hit series Supernatural has a brand new season three episode 'Dream a Little Dream' airing this Thursday, February 7th at 9PM EST on the CW Network and I caught up with actor Jim Beaver who plays the part of recurring character Bobby Singer, a supernatural hunter, to talk to him about his role in the episode and his take on why Bobby Singer has touched such a responsive chord in the fans of the series.

Supernatural, now in its third season, is the hit CW Network/Warner Bros. series which stars the highly talented Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as Sam and Dean Winchester, two hot looking, heroic brothers running around in a cool muscle car carrying a trunk full of weapons designed to hunt down and do battle with things that go bump in the night.

The character of Bobby Singer was first introduced to Supernatural viewers in the season one episode 'Devil's Trap and Jim Beaver points out that at this point, we really didn't know who Bobby Singer really was beyond his having been a friend of Sam and Dean's father, John Winchester (played by Jeffery Dean Morgan). We asked Beaver what his thoughts were about the evolution of his character and how Bobby has changed since that first appearance.

"In Devil's Trap, he [Bobby] was mainly there to provide a little perspective for the boys, and I'm not sure anyone expected him to be back after that episode," Beaver says of the origins of his character. "Since then, what's changed is that the audience knows Bobby Singer now. They've had tidbits, pretty small tidbits, of his history and relationships sprinkled in, but what has really revealed Bobby to the audience is his attitude. Rather than merely being a foil for Sam and Dean, he has thoughts and ideas and plans of his own and he has opinions about the brothers and their plans and ideas."