Comments on: The Stories Behind 5 Familiar Voices

By: Joe Caroselli

Joe Caroselli — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:52:00 +0000

Excellent article.A few people that also come to mind are Gene Wood(The Family Feud, Super Password),Charlie O’Donnell(Wheel of Fortune),June Foray(Rocky, and Natasha), Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma and Pebbles Flintstone), and Johnny Olson(the ORIGINAL “Come on Down” voice on The Price Is Right, and The Jackie Gleason Show.) My favorites in your wonderful feature are Don La Fontaine and the “TIME LADY”… Jane Barbe. Anyway, Bravo… you did a superb job on this!

By: Solo!

Solo! — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:55:00 +0000

What about the guy at AOL? “You’ve got mail”

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:43:00 +0000

The new voice of the Disney Monorail in Orlando is actually Joe Hursh. He has also been the voice of the Daytona 500, The Orlando Magic (commercials) and TBS among others.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:51:00 +0000

What about Paul Frees, narrator of the Disneyland Haunted House and also “Atlantis The Lost Continent” (1961)

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:07:00 +0000

Can’t forget the “Mind the Gap” voice from the London Tube.

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:35:00 +0000

Heather, I read it in my had like a trailer. Does that count?

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:24:00 +0000

The Johnny Gilbert Rocks clip is kind of surreal. Based on the “Livin’ la vida loca” answer, it has to have been post 2000, but Alex and the contestants (especially Debbie) look pretty thoroughly 1990 to me. Now I wanna hear Johnny says the words to “Time warp.”

By: heather

heather — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:28:00 +0000

Great article! It’s a little weird to put a face to all of these famous voices, but it’s fun to know the history.

Am I the only person who read Don LaFontaine’s article like a movie trailer? Oddly entertaining, but fitting I think.

By: Danny

Danny — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:20:00 +0000

Worth a mention: Don Pardo, the voice of Saturday Night Live, purely for consistency and longevity. Not many things have been consistently good on SNL over the years, but he’s provided a thread of happiness for three decades.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:30:00 +0000

According to Wikipedia, Don LaFontaine died on September 1st this year.

This really bummed me out, man.