Friday, July 2, 2010

... AND HE WILL GET A JOB WHERE HE INFLUENCES A GREAT GOD-FEARING NATION AND HE WILL NEVER DO AN EVIL THING. HE WILL JUST BIT BY LITTLE BIT LOWER STANDARDS WHERE THEY ARE IMPORTANT. JUST COAX ALONG FLASH OVER SUBSTANCE, JUST A TINY BIT. AND HE WILL TALK ABOUT ALL OF US REALLY BEING SALESMEN: All I was going to do was discuss the oddness of hearing Holly Hunter's distinctive voiceover in a recent Got Milk? ad, but this comprehensive list of all celebrities doing commercial voiceover work is rather stunning. Really, Sarsgaard? And Alec Baldwin is a remarkably busy man.
Posted by Adam at 8:45 AM

16 comments:

  1. LDP in Cincinnati9:14 AM

    When I think Mandy Patinkin, I think Frosted Mini-Wheats.

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  2. Sue9:18 AM

    Not really the point, but the headline of your post is one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movie scenes ever.

    "I think you're the devil!"
    "You know I'm not."
    "Why?"
    "Because I think we have the kind of relationship where if I were the devil, you'd be the one person I would tell."

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  3. Benner9:30 AM

    I'm pretty sure Campbell Scott also does ads for Chevron.  

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  4. Aimee10:29 AM

    I'm with Sue -- I love that scene!

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  5. KR10:29 AM

    Now that's the kind of money I'd like to earn.

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  6. patricia10:49 AM

    Matthew McConaughey does the radio commercials for beef.  His voice sounds perfect for what he's pitching.  And I always double-take when I hear Allison Janney on the Kaiser Permanente commercials.

    As an aside, it's interesting that most of the celebrity voiceover work that I can identify is for radio ads.  I can hardly remember when I last watched commercials on TV sufficiently to be able to identify a voiceover.  Yet in the car, far more frequently I end up listening to the radio ads, since all the stations break more or less at the same time.

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  7. isaac_spaceman11:03 AM

    I hate the list because one of my favorite games is playing "guess the voice-over." 

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  8. Adlai11:05 AM

    Hmm. I was hoping that list would answer the question - did Lauren Graham do the voice over for those Special K ads?

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  9. Travis1:09 PM

    <span>I could swear that Keifer Sutherland voices the Ford Truck commercials here, but I'm slightly amused that Gob Bluth handles GMC.</span>

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  10. Robin1:15 PM

    I thought the Nasonex bee was supposed to be French. 

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  11. Marsha2:05 PM

    "A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors placed in powerful posts."

    "I can sing, while I read, I am singing....and reading BOTH!"

    Highly quotable movie.

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  12. Watts2:43 PM

    The fact that Amy Sedaris does SuperCuts ads makes me giggle.

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  13. cagey4:04 PM

    The shocking part of this story is that folks are even still watching commercials!

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  14. Nancy6:46 PM

    Broadcast News is the best. movie. ever. I support any post allowing it to be referenced/quoted.

    "It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you're the smartest person in the room."
    "No. It's awful. "

    "Ok, I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time."

    Perfection.

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  15. bill.7:37 PM

    No, I think anyone who puckers up their lips and presses it against their bosses buttocks and then smooches is an ass-kisser.

    Now, if there's anything I can do for you...
    -----Well, I certainly hope you'll die soon.

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  16. Genevieve4:51 PM

    The last thing I want is a French bee up my nose.

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