For years I remember listening to the Public Address systems in either trains stations, bus depots, supermarkets back in the day as the daily specials were announced to the shoppers during business hours, and even in airports. Some I would spot in multiple places like here in Florida, I remember the man who had the nickname "The voice of Disney" would do the safety announcements on the WDW monorails inside WDW, as well as the Orlando International Airport Shuttle between the Landside and Airside buildings, and for a brief while was the announcer for Jimmy Bryant Honda, a local Central Florida auto dealer that used his voice on local radio ads.
Then for those of you who have been around for years and remember the "Sears is a wonderful place to shop" jingle most likely remember the NBC Nightly News announcer for Tom Brokaw and previous John Chancellor do the voice over ads for Sears and Roebuck commercials on both TV and Radio.
Of course Casey Casem used to announce TV programs right at the start of interrupting the old closing credit theme sequences on television shows until later Don Pardo began doing them. When American Top 40 would start running shows in syndication on WNBC in New York I remember him as the announcer for NBC TV. Of course I later learned that he was Shaggy on the Scooby Doo cartoons as well as Chicken Alex on Josie and the Pussycats, and Robin on the Batman cartoons. Plus for a brief moment in the 1980's he did the Ford commercials in voice overs. Of course I was not aware of Casey Casem then, so he was just another voice, but everywhere at the time.
Some may not even be aware of James Earl Jones or who he is when he used to be the official spokesperson for Bell Atlantic before Verizon took them over, so that would count as he is the CNN announcer at commercial breaks.
Any other voices you do not know but heard around your area on local ads or stations?
Harry Kalas was an announcer for the Philadelphia Phillies until he passed away 6 years ago. He did a number of voiceovers and commercials especially in the Philadelphia area, including narrating a number of NFL Films programs, as well as the Superbowl's halftime show rival, the Puppybowl.
Dick Orkin is a personal favorite for voiceovers and radio work. Older folks may know him as the voice of Chickenman.
I've heard the same announcer do voice overs for a car dealer in southern Maine, several years ago for a dealer in Wallingford, CT and presently for a long-time dealer here in central Connecticut.
An annoying woman's voice is constantly looped at South Station (bus terminal) in Boston. I want to say her name is Caroline Hopkins? I'm almost positive it's the same person who warns us about the moving walkway at Midway Airport (MDW) in Chicago.
There is an announcer for WFAA/8 (Dallas-Fort Worth)'s news and promos that also does voiceovers for local Ford ads, plus he was hired to do the recorded PA announcements for DFW Airport's Skylink in-airport train ( https://youtu.be/T1_Pzxne14s ... this is a sample from an unofficial tour a traveler did; you can hear the voiceovers in the background ).
The drop-ins on WZLX in Boston are done by Space Ghost.
I haven't heard her on any media, but I would like to know who is the voice in all of the airports with what I'd call the old-school LA accent (most noticeable in the pronunciation of "baggage")?
iPhone
Half the cast of Futurama seems to do commercial voice over.
Voice over in Lexus commercials as been Maurice LaMarche for years now. Everytime I see one, all I can picture is Calculon in a recording booth reading copy.
Booking.com started running lots of TV spots this year and John Dimaggio is the guy going on about how "booking awesome" it is.
Can't forget Billy West. Original voice of the Honey Nut Cheerios bee and both of those anthropomorphic M&M's we've seen for years.
Quote from: roadman65 on August 06, 2015, 04:03:10 AM
For years I remember listening to the Public Address systems in either trains stations, bus depots, supermarkets back in the day as the daily specials were announced to the shoppers during business hours
Our simpler-times-style supermarket Market Basket has this still. It is such a familiar sound that I still worry about the announcer whose voice started sounding unwell before he was finally replaced a couple of years ago.
QuoteSome may not even be aware of James Earl Jones or who he is when he used to be the official spokesperson for Bell Atlantic before Verizon took them over, so that would count as he is the CNN announcer at commercial breaks.
Those are minor compared to his biggest voice-over role, the one that made him a household name: when he was the voice of Bell Atlantic even before the Nynex merger, I used to love telling friends outside the Mid-Atlantic that
Darth Vaderanswered when we called 411!
Quote from: Pete from Boston on August 06, 2015, 09:34:55 AM
The drop-ins on WZLX in Boston are done by Space Ghost.
George Lowe?
Quote from: Takumi on August 06, 2015, 05:06:12 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on August 06, 2015, 09:34:55 AM
The drop-ins on WZLX in Boston are done by Space Ghost.
George Lowe?
That's him. Couldn't remember his name but I prefer imagining it's a hard-up-for-work Space Ghost.
For fans of voice-over work...
http://www.iknowthatvoice.com/
This never fails to amuse me...Star Wars as done in other character voices...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBzRmWeC6Ds
Quote from: triplemultiplex on August 06, 2015, 12:50:06 PM
Voice over in Lexus commercials as been Maurice LaMarche for years now. Everytime I see one, all I can picture is Calculon in a recording booth reading copy.
Or The Brain.
I think there was a guy named Mitch Craig who used to do a lot of spoken radio ID's in the '80s. Not sure, but I think he was the voice that a lot of pop stations all across the country used back then.
The voice telling the pharmacists at CVS to pick up the phone is the same voice that tells me it can't hear me on the phone at Bank of America.*
* Fun use of one idle minute: call a voice menu that really won't let you talk to a person, then call another on conference and listen to them duke it out. Place bets on which one breaks down and gets an operator on first.
If you watched The Wonderful World of Disney back in the '70s, the announcer (especially during the fireworks-behind-the-castle bumpers) was Dick Wesson. He also did a lot of TV commercials for Disney movies.
The link below leads to a bunch of TV commercials from 1977, many of which have recognizable announcers. But does anyone know who the guy with the nasal-like voice who comes on at this cue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLN-j5MH3E#t=09m09s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLN-j5MH3E#t=09m09s)
Quote from: bandit957 on August 06, 2015, 10:25:07 PM
I think there was a guy named Mitch Craig who used to do a lot of spoken radio ID's in the '80s. Not sure, but I think he was the voice that a lot of pop stations all across the country used back then.
He was all over the place in the 80s and 90s.
Who's the guy that does the voiceovers for ESPN Radio and msnbc?
Quote from: Pete from Boston on August 06, 2015, 02:57:20 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on August 06, 2015, 04:03:10 AM
For years I remember listening to the Public Address systems in either trains stations, bus depots, supermarkets back in the day as the daily specials were announced to the shoppers during business hours
Our simpler-times-style supermarket Market Basket has this still. It is such a familiar sound that I still worry about the announcer whose voice started sounding unwell before he was finally replaced a couple of years ago.
QuoteSome may not even be aware of James Earl Jones or who he is when he used to be the official spokesperson for Bell Atlantic before Verizon took them over, so that would count as he is the CNN announcer at commercial breaks.
Those are minor compared to his biggest voice-over role, the one that made him a household name: when he was the voice of Bell Atlantic even before the Nynex merger, I used to love telling friends outside the Mid-Atlantic that Darth Vaderanswered when we called 411!
Now James Earl Jones is the voice for Arby's proclaiming, "We have the meats!!"
That's not James Earl Jones. I believe that is Ving Rhames.
Quote from: triplemultiplex on August 06, 2015, 12:50:06 PM
Can't forget Billy West. Original voice of the Honey Nut Cheerios bee and both of those anthropomorphic M&M's we've seen for years.
The original voice of the bee is Arnold Stang. And Billy West is only the red M&M; the yellow M&M is currently voiced by J.K. Simmons.
It's probably well-known, but Kevin Michael Richardson and Keith David voice a number of commercials (the latter voicing Navy recruitment ads).
Quote from: lepidopteran on August 06, 2015, 11:39:45 PM
The link below leads to a bunch of TV commercials from 1977, many of which have recognizable announcers. But does anyone know who the guy with the nasal-like voice who comes on at this cue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLN-j5MH3E#t=09m09s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLN-j5MH3E#t=09m09s)
You're talking about the Carrier heat pump commercial? That's John Bartholomew Tucker. I remember him best from the '80s and '90s as the voice of Dirt Devil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqnF9wLOrkc) and Owens Corning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x28UbAmruwc) commercials. He was on NBC radio for many years and had a very long career.
A couple of other familiar voices that come to mind:
Peter Thomas - Immensely talented and the voice of
Nova in the '80s...plus countless commercials before and since. He's still on today–and still recording at age 91–as the voice of
Forensic Files.
Mason Adams - I always new him as the unmistakable voice of Smuckers (and Cadbury Creme Eggs in America), but I didn't realize he was a character actor on TV for years and a cast member of
Lou Grant.
Quote from: briantroutman on August 07, 2015, 11:30:57 AM
Quote from: lepidopteran on August 06, 2015, 11:39:45 PM
The link below leads to a bunch of TV commercials from 1977, many of which have recognizable announcers. But does anyone know who the guy with the nasal-like voice who comes on at this cue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLN-j5MH3E#t=09m09s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLN-j5MH3E#t=09m09s)
You're talking about the Carrier heat pump commercial? That's John Bartholomew Tucker. I remember him best from the '80s and '90s as the voice of Dirt Devil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqnF9wLOrkc) and Owens Corning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x28UbAmruwc) commercials. He was on NBC radio for many years and had a very long career.
A couple of other familiar voices that come to mind:
Peter Thomas - Immensely talented and the voice of Nova in the '80s...plus countless commercials before and since. He's still on today–and still recording at age 91–as the voice of Forensic Files.
Mason Adams - I always new him as the unmistakable voice of Smuckers (and Cadbury Creme Eggs in America), but I didn't realize he was a character actor on TV for years and a cast member of Lou Grant.
He was also notably the voice of a lot of HBO promotion in the early 1980s.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on August 07, 2015, 11:37:53 AM
He was also notably the voice of a lot of HBO promotion in the early 1980s.
Also an on-camera turn for that channel on HBO Mailbox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWN7QbdJPd4).
What I always HATE HATE HATE is that rather than use good cartoon voicers like Billy West how these movies always pay big money to these celebrities that have nothing distinctive about their voices.
It is widely believed that Emilio Delgado - who plays Luis on 'Sesame Street' - used to read the disclaimer before 'Beavis & Butthead'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAcrIU5IPnE
Quote from: cjk374 on August 07, 2015, 06:55:15 AM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on August 06, 2015, 02:57:20 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on August 06, 2015, 04:03:10 AM
For years I remember listening to the Public Address systems in either trains stations, bus depots, supermarkets back in the day as the daily specials were announced to the shoppers during business hours
Our simpler-times-style supermarket Market Basket has this still. It is such a familiar sound that I still worry about the announcer whose voice started sounding unwell before he was finally replaced a couple of years ago.
QuoteSome may not even be aware of James Earl Jones or who he is when he used to be the official spokesperson for Bell Atlantic before Verizon took them over, so that would count as he is the CNN announcer at commercial breaks.
Those are minor compared to his biggest voice-over role, the one that made him a household name: when he was the voice of Bell Atlantic even before the Nynex merger, I used to love telling friends outside the Mid-Atlantic that Darth Vaderanswered when we called 411!
Now James Earl Jones is the voice for Arby's proclaiming, "We have the meats!!"
Quote from: Stratuscaster on August 07, 2015, 07:41:50 AM
That's not James Earl Jones. I believe that is Ving Rhames.
In case anyone was wondering...like I was...about how wrong I could be about my guess of James Earl Jones vs. Ving Rhames: :pan: :no: :banghead:
http://wkdq.com/find-out-the-man-behind-the-deep-voice-in-the-arbys-commercials-hint-its-not-james-earl-jones/
Quote from: roadman65 on August 06, 2015, 04:03:10 AM
I remember the man who had the nickname "The voice of Disney" would do the safety announcements on the WDW monorails inside WDW, as well as the Orlando International Airport Shuttle between the Landside and Airside buildings, and for a brief while was the announcer for Jimmy Bryant Honda, a local Central Florida auto dealer that used his voice on local radio ads.
Not sure if it's the same guy as Florida, but the "Voice of Disney" for Anaheim (who has been doing it for years, and can be recognized by the opening phrase "Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls...") is one of the nicest guys you could meet, does several of the characters as well, and when I met him working on a local PBS production, was more than happy to record one of my voice mail greetings, complete with the iconic phrase.
QuoteThen for those of you who have been around for years and remember the "Sears is a wonderful place to shop" jingle most likely remember the NBC Nightly News announcer for Tom Brokaw and previous John Chancellor do the voice over ads for Sears and Roebuck commercials on both TV and Radio.
Howard Reig was the staff announcer for NBC Nightly News from 1983 to 2005, spanning the Chancellor and Brokaw eras and part of the Williams era. Before 1983, and going back to the Brinkley-Chancellor and Huntley-Brinkley days, it was Bill Hanrahan ("This program was produced by NBC News, which is solely responsible for its content").
Does anybody know who's voice is used on the Jacoby & Meyers commercials? Because I swear whoever he is, he was dubbed over Mel Gibson for American audiences in the original version of "Mad Max."
Quote from: D-Dey65 on August 09, 2015, 12:07:39 AM
Does anybody know who's voice is used on the Jacoby & Meyers commercials? Because I swear whoever he is, he was dubbed over Mel Gibson for American audiences in the original version of "Mad Max."
I believe it was Frank Chavez.
Quote from: SidS1045 on August 12, 2015, 03:19:42 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on August 09, 2015, 12:07:39 AM
Does anybody know who's voice is used on the Jacoby & Meyers commercials? Because I swear whoever he is, he was dubbed over Mel Gibson for American audiences in the original version of "Mad Max."
I believe it was Frank Chavez.
Thanks. I'm going to look him up.
The famous Don LaFontaine has been heard on hundreds of movie trailers along with these other people: http://www.donlafontaine.com/Index.html?p=OtherVoices.html&pt
In a world...
I am trying to figure out who the man is doing ESPN Radio promos, drop-ins and station idents presently. I have no clue of his name, where he's from, or what sort of other voiceover works he's done.
There is one guy I grew up with in central Ohio named Charlie Van Dyke, a deep, booming voice, who used to do voice overs for WNCI 97.9 back in the '80s and come to find out he did v/o work for WABC in New York, among others:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Van_Dyke
For some of the old timers, The Carol Burnett Show announcer did quite a bit of work too. He had an Ohio connection, thanks to Tim Conway, and his name was Ernie Anderson. Ernie did v/o work for the upcoming episodes of first and second seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation - and back in the '70s for the opening of Cleveland's WEWS Eyewitness News openings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Anderson
He also was the voice of WTIC-FM 96.5 Hartford, back in their CHR/Top 40 "96 TIC-FM" days. Ernie was, by far, my all-time favorite announcer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpCMnkTOHRE
Quote from: golden eagle on August 07, 2015, 01:12:50 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on August 06, 2015, 10:25:07 PM
I think there was a guy named Mitch Craig who used to do a lot of spoken radio ID's in the '80s. Not sure, but I think he was the voice that a lot of pop stations all across the country used back then.
He was all over the place in the 80s and 90s.
Who's the guy that does the voiceovers for ESPN Radio and msnbc?
Jim Cutler is the voice of ESPN, MSNBC, many local TV/radio affiliates, etc.
http://www.jimcutler.com/
I think Dawn Cutler is the female voice heard on ESPN Radio a lot, as well as various local stations.
And Mr. Cutler recently put the Missoula and Great Falls radio markets on his hit list!
Jim is sort of what I like to call "Mr. ESPN Radio". He's recently jazzed up a radio bit for the local College Game Day program on 102.9 FM. It's a localized version of the popular ESPN radio college sports program. We also have a weekly show that Mr. Cutler does the cuts for on this same station called "Tootell and Tucker". I'm actually happy to see Jim give Missoula some exposure to what he does with ESPN Radio stations.
Quote from: route17fan on September 09, 2015, 09:29:34 PMFor some of the old timers, The Carol Burnett Show announcer did quite a bit of work too. He had an Ohio connection, thanks to Tim Conway, and his name was Ernie Anderson. Ernie did v/o work for the upcoming episodes of first and second seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation - and back in the '70s for the opening of Cleveland's WEWS Eyewitness News openings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Anderson
Probably known best for his promos for "The Looooove Boat."
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TxsdENdK5Ic
The announcer on Sound Transit buses and trains seems to have also been contracted by the City of Seattle to do the new crosswalk announcements (e.g. It is now safe to cross).
Quote from: empirestate on August 06, 2015, 12:30:48 PM
I haven't heard her on any media, but I would like to know who is the voice in all of the airports with what I'd call the old-school LA accent (most noticeable in the pronunciation of "baggage")?
iPhone
Did she also do the Grand Central Terminal "all unattended luggage and parcels" announcement? I'm curious too, I hear her around a lot.
iPad
Quote from: NoGoodNamesAvailable on September 13, 2015, 07:18:27 PM
Quote from: empirestate on August 06, 2015, 12:30:48 PM
I haven't heard her on any media, but I would like to know who is the voice in all of the airports with what I'd call the old-school LA accent (most noticeable in the pronunciation of "baggage")?
iPhone
Did she also do the Grand Central Terminal "all unattended luggage and parcels" announcement? I'm curious too, I hear her around a lot.
iPad
Probably, though I never hear her at GCT (and I'm there regularly).
Quote from: empirestate on September 13, 2015, 09:45:11 PM
Quote from: NoGoodNamesAvailable on September 13, 2015, 07:18:27 PM
Quote from: empirestate on August 06, 2015, 12:30:48 PM
I haven't heard her on any media, but I would like to know who is the voice in all of the airports with what I'd call the old-school LA accent (most noticeable in the pronunciation of "baggage")?
iPhone
Did she also do the Grand Central Terminal "all unattended luggage and parcels" announcement? I'm curious too, I hear her around a lot.
iPad
Probably, though I never hear her at GCT (and I'm there regularly).
I'm surprised, as far as I remember they loop the damn message every two minutes.
iPad
Quote from: NoGoodNamesAvailable on September 13, 2015, 09:46:11 PM
Quote from: empirestate on September 13, 2015, 09:45:11 PM
Quote from: NoGoodNamesAvailable on September 13, 2015, 07:18:27 PM
Quote from: empirestate on August 06, 2015, 12:30:48 PM
I haven't heard her on any media, but I would like to know who is the voice in all of the airports with what I'd call the old-school LA accent (most noticeable in the pronunciation of "baggage")?
iPhone
Did she also do the Grand Central Terminal "all unattended luggage and parcels" announcement? I'm curious too, I hear her around a lot.
iPad
Probably, though I never hear her at GCT (and I'm there regularly).
I'm surprised, as far as I remember they loop the damn message every two minutes.
iPad
If I don't hear it, it's not because it isn't happening, but more likely because I'm zooming in between tourists taking pictures of the ceiling and talking to each other at the whispering corner. I'll be there tomorrow; I'll try to keep an ear out.
For Atlanta members, who does WSB voice work? He used to (or probably still does) introduce a lot of shows like Neal Bortz, Clark Howard, among others that originate from WSB.
Quote from: route17fan on September 09, 2015, 09:29:34 PM
There is one guy I grew up with in central Ohio named Charlie Van Dyke, a deep, booming voice, who used to do voice overs for WNCI 97.9 back in the '80s and come to find out he did v/o work for WABC in New York, among others:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Van_Dyke
I remember him from WBBM and WMAQ in Chicago. I think of him, Bill Ratner, Paul Turner and Scott Chapin as the hardest-working VO announcers in TV and radio history. Sort of the industry's Mount Rushmore, if you will...
Quote from: SidS1045 on September 11, 2015, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: route17fan on September 09, 2015, 09:29:34 PMFor some of the old timers, The Carol Burnett Show announcer did quite a bit of work too. He had an Ohio connection, thanks to Tim Conway, and his name was Ernie Anderson. Ernie did v/o work for the upcoming episodes of first and second seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation - and back in the '70s for the opening of Cleveland's WEWS Eyewitness News openings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Anderson
Probably known best for his promos for "The Looooove Boat."
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TxsdENdK5Ic
I noticed in the video that the shows advertised had "8:00/7:00 Central & Mountain" and "9:00/8:00 Central & Mountain". When did networks stop mentioning the Mountain Time Zone in advertising? These days it would be just "8:00/7:00 Central" or "9:00/8:00 Central".