That Voiceover Guy, R.I.P.
In a world where celebrities such as George Clooney and Gene Hackman have been taking over the voiceover business, this man had the most recognizable voice of anyone whose name and face you wouldn’t recognize.
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His name was Don LaFontaine, but to most of us he was That Voiceover Guy. He died Monday at age 68 in Los Angeles from complications of a collapsed lung.
The Web site for this “king of voiceovers” credits him with voicing almost 5,000 movie trailers and nearly 350,000 commercials and other works.
“He is arguably the most successful Voice Actor of all time,” the site states, and actually it’s hard to argue.
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In a world without Don LaFontaine, there are going to be a lot of strange sounding trailers and ads.
In a world without Don LaFontaine, there are going to be a lot of strange sounding trailers and ads.
It's not a proper trailer, without the proper voice.
sniff
It's not a proper trailer, without the proper voice.
sniff
Yep.
In my link, there's a video of a funny commercial he did for Geico. It's weird hearing that voice coming from him in the commercial.
Fake (but funny) Palin blog: Welcome To The PalinDrome: Sarah Palin's Blog
But to help with the foreign stuff, they made me some really great flashcards about friend VS. enemy countries. The pictures of animals are the best part. Almost every country has a traditional animal mascot, a lot like sports teams. You probably already knew that America is an eagle, but did you know that England is a friendly lion (kinda like Aslan), Russia is a bear, and Iran is a scorpion with the head of a goat??
Anyways, finding out that Russia (also known as the Soviet's Union) is a "bear" made me think that hey, wait a sec, maybe i AM kinda ready for this foreign policy thing! I might not have gone on alot of trips away from alaska or talked to to very many foreigners (unless you count liberels!) but i have a heck of a lot of experience dealing with BEARS. one of the parts of my job that i am most proud of is that I have led the fight in Alaska against polar bears. The Interior Department (aka Big Government) tried to tell us alaskans that polar bears are an "endangered species" because of something called "global warming." Um, hey guys, have you BEEN to Alaska? It's cold as heck! anyway, I sued them and basically said "Until you can prove that this global warming stuff is actually science (aka never), then let us do what we want with our bears."
It's not a proper trailer, without the proper voice.
In a world without the proper voice...
Fake (but funny) Palin blog: Welcome To The PalinDrome: Sarah Palin's Blog
It's not nice (I know, off-limits), but the joke was inevitable (and, okay, I'm crass but I think it's dang funny): [link]
Oh dear. That is funny.
I mean, it's just -- sometimes circumstances/timing/movie releases collude to make with the funny.
I mean, it's just -- sometimes circumstances/timing/movie releases collude to make with the funny.
In a world where some inappropriate things are just. damn. funny...
