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<p>But this post isn't about Flipboard; you can find plenty of info on why it's <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/flipboard-turns-your-ipad-into-a-personalized-magazine/">awesome</a>,&nbsp;why it's a <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/07/flipboard_hype.html">flop</a>, or whether or not it's <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5594176/is-flipboard-legal">legal</a>&nbsp;elsewhere. This is about the uber-relaxed, seated man featured&nbsp;in the demo video, <strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/adam-lisagor-lonelysandwich-2010-5">Adam Lisagor</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;</span></strong>&mdash; A.K.A. <a href="http://lonelysandwich.com/">Lonelysandwich</a>&nbsp;&mdash; who can&nbsp;also be heard on the <em><a href="http://youlooknicetoday.com/">You Look Nice Today </a></em>podcast.&nbsp;He's kind of a big deal on the Internet.</p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/5/6/orson-welles-voice-of-transformers-frozen-peas.html"><rss:title>Orson Welles: Voice of Transformers &amp; Frozen Peas</rss:title><rss:link>http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/5/6/orson-welles-voice-of-transformers-frozen-peas.html</rss:link><dc:creator>WViT</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-05-06T11:55:53Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Frozen Peas HG Wells Mercury Theatre on the Air Orson Welles Outtakes Transformers Unicron War of the Worlds</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><a href="http://whosevoice.org/storage/Orson.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1272978823342"><img style="width: 300px;" src="http://whosevoice.org/storage/Orson.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1272978897796" alt="" /></a></span></p>
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<p><strong style="font-size: 150%;">H</strong>ad he not passed away on <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=October+10,+1985">October 10, 1985</a>, today would have been&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles"><strong>Orson Welles</strong></a>' 95th birthday.&nbsp;Sure, the&nbsp;director, actor, producer, and "original auteur"&nbsp;was widely heralded&nbsp;as the greatest director of all time, but he was also known for his remarkably thunderous&nbsp;voice that went hand-in-hand with his <a href="http://www.jezner.com/images/blog/2009-05/orson-welles-8.jpg">legendary&nbsp;stature</a>. (<strong>George Lucas</strong>'&nbsp;initially chose Mr. Welles to voice Darth Vader but reconsidered for fear his voice was&nbsp;too&nbsp;recognizable.)&nbsp;</p>
<p>In this post we'll take a look at two clips starring Mr. Welles. The first, which we'll call "<a href="http://www.unicron.us/tf2003/toypix/unicron.htm">Unicron</a>,"has pretty much gone under the radar for the last 25 years. The second, a radio commercial outtake&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;let's call it "Frozen Peas" &mdash; has become infamous since its recording.&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/4/29/ed-mcmahon-discusses-caring-beachwood-aging.html"><rss:title>Ed McMahon Discusses Caring &amp; Beachwood Aging</rss:title><rss:link>http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/4/29/ed-mcmahon-discusses-caring-beachwood-aging.html</rss:link><dc:creator>WViT</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-04-29T13:21:54Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Beachwood Aged Budweiser Ed McMahon George Clooney Vintage Commercials</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong style="font-size: 150%;">W</strong>ay before <strong>George Clooney</strong> <a href="http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/1/6/up-in-the-airs-quest-for-coors.html">lent his voice to Budweiser</a>, the late <strong>Ed McMahon</strong> was the <a href="http://www.howtoavoidthebummerlife.com/weblog/archives/ed_mcmahonbwer.jpg">spokesman</a> for the King of Beers. Watch/listen to the 1976 commercial below to hear Mr. McMahon provide insight into Budweiser's history; specifically how it was created nearly century ago by "people that <a href="http://simplymarvelous.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/3jake-budweiser-clydes-world-clyd-show-alliant-center.jpg">really <em>cared</em></a> about things, like brewing a&nbsp;quality&nbsp;beer, no matter what the cost." Of course, no Budweiser commercial would be complete without mention of <a href="http://www.budweiser.com/en/our-beer/lager-the-budweiser-way/beechwood-aging.aspx#/our-beer/lager-the-budweiser-way/beechwood-aging">Beachwood aging</a>, a <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/190134/apple_ipad_will_beat_netbooks_with_magic.html">magical</a> phrase that makes an&nbsp;appearance&nbsp;at the end of the spot. Consider us sold.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 150%;">W</span></strong>ith the 2010 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NKXskaYCN0">Major League</a> Baseball season now underway&nbsp;(in full swing, perhaps?), let us pay pay homage to the unsung heroes of America&rsquo;s pastime &mdash; the <a href="http://pa-announcer.blogspot.com/">public address announcers</a>. Their&nbsp;unmistakable, omnipresent, voices&nbsp;fill stadiums and can be heard by scores of fans throughout the country, however, their personal stories often go untold. Throughout the 2010 baseball season we'll take a look at the men behind the MLB ballpark <a href="http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/bud-selig-microphone-425.jpg">microphones</a>.</p>
<p>There is no one better to kick-off this series than the&nbsp;legendary&nbsp;(former) voice of the <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/new-york-yankees/">New York Yankees</a>, <strong><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/bob_sheppard/index.html">Bob Sheppard</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> who&nbsp;served as the team's public address announcer from 1951-2007 (officially <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091125&amp;content_id=7717078">retiring</a> last year). For over half-a-century the man dubbed <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/billy-altman/the-good-sheppard-of-yank_b_383891.html">"the voice of God</a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/billy-altman/the-good-sheppard-of-yank_b_383891.html">"</a>&nbsp;<em><span style="font-style: normal;">by <strong><a href="http://reggiejackson.com/">Reggie Jackson</a></strong>&nbsp;also announced&nbsp;<a href="http://www.giants.com/news/headlines/story.asp?story_id=13309">New York Giants</a>'&nbsp;games (for 50 years), profesional soccer at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>, West Point football, and Army-Navy games.&nbsp;</span></em>But while Mr. Sheppard's iconic&nbsp;<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">career made a mark on&nbsp;<em><span style="font-style: normal;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/index.jsp">Yankee Stadium</a>, <a href="http://www.giants.com/gameday/GiantsStadium.asp">Giants Stadium</a>, <a href="http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ballpark/history.jsp">Shea Stadium</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebbets_Field">Ebbetts Field</a>, the Polo Grounds, and a dozen other stadiums throughout the country (not to mention a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Sheppard#Legacy">few Seinfeld episodes</a>), he never forgot what brought him there in the first place&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;teaching and a reverence for articulation.&nbsp;</span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></span></strong></span></strong></p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/4/21/voice-of-geico-axed-after-insulting-tea-party-members.html"><rss:title>Voice of Geico Axed After Insulting Tea Party Members</rss:title><rss:link>http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/4/21/voice-of-geico-axed-after-insulting-tea-party-members.html</rss:link><dc:creator>WViT</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-04-21T14:30:06Z</dc:date><dc:subject>DC Douglas FreedomWorks Geico Tea Parties</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong><span style="font-size: 150%;"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 300px;" src="http://whosevoice.org/storage/Geico2.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1271869502360" alt="" /></span></span>I</span></strong>t's not every day that voiceovers get controversial, but it looks like we just might have a scandal on our hands with today's news. The voice of GEICO, <strong>Lance Baxter </strong>&ndash;<strong>&nbsp;</strong>better known as <a href="http://www.myvoiceoverguy.com/voice-over/"><strong>D.C. Douglas</strong></a>&nbsp;&ndash; was&nbsp;reportedly&nbsp;<a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/freedomworks/geico/prweb3906104.htm">fired </a>after leaving a heated <a href="http://www.freedomworks.org/hosted/MSG02713.WAV">voicemail</a> for <a href="http://www.freedomworks.org">FreedomWorks</a>, a conservative&nbsp;activism&nbsp;organization. Mr. Douglas claims that&nbsp;Tea Party members posted his message and phone number online,&nbsp;harassed&nbsp;him and pressured&nbsp;the&nbsp;auto insurance provider to terminate his contract.&nbsp;It's worth noting that Mr. Douglas is NOT the voice of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acCfnwTpdxU">GEICO Gecko</a>, but the announcer at the beginning and end of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEICO_ad_campaigns#Parodies">"Real People"</a> series of commercials. Watch/listen to one of his well-known spots (with the late, great <strong><a href="http://www.donlafontaine.com/">Don LaFontaine</a></strong>) and the (mildly NSFW) voicemail (along with reactions from Tea Partiers) after the jump.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/4/13/johnny-depp-enigmatic-surfer-yogi-doors-expert-voice-of-the.html"><rss:title>Johnny Depp: Enigmatic Surfer, Yogi, Doors Expert &amp; Voice of the Sea</rss:title><rss:link>http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/4/13/johnny-depp-enigmatic-surfer-yogi-doors-expert-voice-of-the.html</rss:link><dc:creator>WViT</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-04-13T12:40:08Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Corpse Bride Deep Sea Doors Helena Bonham Carter Jack Kahuna Laguna Johnny Depp Kate Winslet King of the Hill Pirates of the Caribbean SpongeBob Squarepants Victor Van Dort Yogi Victor</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><img style="width: 400px;" src="http://whosevoice.org/storage/Depp4.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1271172420276" alt="" /></span><span style="font-size: 150%;"><strong>T</strong></span>he&nbsp;<strong>Johnny Depp&nbsp;</strong>narrated <a href="http://popup.lala.com/popup/360569823129910378" target="_blank">Doors</a> documentary&nbsp;<a href="http://whenyourestrangemovie.com/"><em>When You&rsquo;re Strange: A Film About the Doors</em></a>&nbsp;opened in select cities this past weekend. In light of the film's release, we decided to take a look at some of the other voice work from&nbsp;the&nbsp;accentless&nbsp;man from Kentucky.</p>
<p style="color: #181818; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">Called an "<a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,584868,00.html">egoless star</a>" by&nbsp;<em>Entertainment&nbsp;Weekly,</em>&nbsp;Johnny Depp, 46, is a three-time Academy Award nominee and five-time People's Choice Award winner. He is also&nbsp;known for his consistently <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2246933/">offbeat</a> character choices. We&rsquo;ve been casual fans of Mr. Depp since his early days as the insubordinate undercover cop Tom Hanson on&nbsp;<em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBlN0aIiRE8">21 Jump Street</a>, </em>but after learning about his brilliant voice roles &mdash; Yogi Victor! Jack Kahuna Laguna! &mdash; we have a whole new respect for the dude.&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/3/24/the-big-list-of-commercial-voiceovers.html"><rss:title>The Big List of Commercial Voiceovers</rss:title><rss:link>http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/3/24/the-big-list-of-commercial-voiceovers.html</rss:link><dc:creator>WViT</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-03-24T19:10:47Z</dc:date><dc:subject>The Big List of Voiceovers</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 150%;"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://whosevoice.org/storage/WVit_List_2.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1269457761063" alt="" /></span></span></span><strong style="font-size: 150%;">I</strong>ntroducing the big list of voiceovers. While much of this site focuses on stories and (hopefully) little known facts behind voices, we here at <em>Whose Voice is That? </em>decided to put together a simple yet comprehensive list of voiceovers to identify notable narrators in (mostly) commercials.&nbsp;So without further ado, announcing the second installment in our WViT Lists series,&nbsp;<a href="http://whosevoice.org/lists/the-list-identifying-that-familiar-voice.html">which can be found here</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/3/7/the-hyundai-oscar-ads-a-preview.html"><rss:title>The Hyundai Oscar ads: A Preview</rss:title><rss:link>http://whosevoice.org/home/2010/3/7/the-hyundai-oscar-ads-a-preview.html</rss:link><dc:creator>WViT</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-03-07T23:30:08Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Academy Awards Catherine Keener David Duchovny Jeff Bridges Kim Basinger Mandy Patinkin Martin Sheen Michael Madsen Richard Dreyfuss</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><strong style="font-size: 150%;">A</strong>s first reported by&nbsp;<em><a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/with-bridgess-voice-silenced-for-oscar-night-hyundai-turns-to-the-rest-of-hollywood,">The New York Times</a></em>,&nbsp;<strong>Jeff Bridges</strong>, the voice of Hyundai Motor America's commercials since 2007, will not be heard during the automaker's eight television spots tonight. Since Mr. Bridges is up for the Best Actor award for his performance in the film <em>Crazy Heart</em>, Hyundai&nbsp;would&nbsp;be violating Academy advertising guidelines if he (or his voice) appeared in a commercial during the awards.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">But what first seemed like a setback, ultimately&nbsp;led to a&nbsp;brilliant&nbsp;tactical&nbsp;move. With just a few weeks to spare, Hyundai came up with a new plan and recruited seven well-known actors to pinch hit for Mr. Bridges. Tonight the car company will still air its eight commercials -- one in the pre-show and seven during the awards -- but instead of the voice of Jeffery Lebowski, you'll hear <strong>Kim Basinger</strong>, <strong>Richard Dreyfuss,</strong> <strong>David Duchovny</strong>, <strong>Catherine Keener</strong>, <strong>Michael Madsen</strong>, <strong>Mandy Patinkin</strong>, <strong>Martin Sheen </strong>talking about safety, performance, value and such.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">And because we care about these things more than most, we're very happy to show you a preview. Watch below.&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: 150%;">L</span></strong>ive, from New York! It's...&nbsp;Donnn Parrrdooo! For nearly 35 years <strong>Don Pardo</strong> has been the steadfast and&nbsp;unmistakable voice of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/"><em>Saturday Night Live</em></a>. He has announced SNL's opening credits since the show's debut in October of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XJUBLQ/ref=pd_vod_B000XJSHNA">1975</a>&nbsp;&mdash; for all seasons except the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_(season_7)">seventh</a>&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;and&nbsp;can still be heard to this day. Although Mr. Pardo &mdash;&nbsp;who turned 92 this week &mdash;&nbsp;is currently best known for his weekly "Not Ready for Prime Time" duties, he's had a remarkable multi-generational&nbsp;career&nbsp;that spans over 65 years and includes&nbsp;programs such as the&nbsp;original&nbsp;<em><a href="http://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_price_is_right//">The Price is Right</a></em>, <em><a href="http://www.jeopardy.com/">Jeopardy,</a></em>&nbsp;and a stint as a war reporter during World War II. In honor of &nbsp;his 92nd birthday, we&nbsp;thought we'd take a closer look at this legendary&nbsp;voice of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC">NBC</a>.&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item></rdf:RDF>