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'In a world' voiceover master dies at 68
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| 09/02/08
Posted on 09/02/2008 8:11:38 AM PDT by Borges
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09/02/2008 8:11:38 AM PDT
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Borges
To: Borges
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:12:55 AM PDT
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Borges
To: Borges
What a shame! Cool voice. Prayers for the family.
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:16:34 AM PDT
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Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I've done here today doesn't force you to have a negative opinion of me....)
To: Borges
He was so successful, I have to wonder if some company will offer a “virtual” voiceover service using tapes from earlier narrative readings. “In a world” “where”...”one man”...
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:17:03 AM PDT
by
weegee
(The higher taxes that Obama demands of Americans are 'Above my Pay Grade'.)
To: Borges
Is this the gentleman who was featured on the insurance company as a “real radio announcer”? They used Little Richard on another one.
To: jwparkerjr
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:18:28 AM PDT
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Borges
To: Borges
Don was a voice-over legend. He will be missed.
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:21:52 AM PDT
by
Ignatz
(Why not enjoy the occasional swede?)
To: Borges
That’s a shame. His voice is probably instantly recognizable to almost every American.
Prayers for the family. RIP Mr. LaFontaine.
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:22:02 AM PDT
by
rom
(Cold on McCain '08. Enthusiastic about McCain-Palin '08!)
To: Borges
He died from complications from pneumothorax, a collapsed lung
that causes air to build in the pleural cavity
Whoa! I had a spontaneous pneumothorax while still a teenager.
I'm thankful that I survived...this news makes me even more thankful.
A great surgeon fixed me up with a surgical-steel staples repair.
Kinda' cool to see what looks like a zipper in my X-ray films!
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:22:15 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: Borges
There goes half of Pablo Francisco’s routine...
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:22:46 AM PDT
by
Andonius_99
(There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
To: Borges
During most of my life (41 years), the movie ads, in movie theaters, were called previews. Now, some people call them trailers, but I still call them previews. Why did the name change?
To: Borges
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:24:40 AM PDT
by
Dudoight
To: Ignatz
Every story I’ve heard about him shows that he was truly a class act. On a personal note, years ago I wrote to him to ask how one would get into the voice-over business and he responded personally by inviting me to join him for a day on the job. I deeply regret that I didn’t take him up on the offer. RIP Mr. LaFontaine.
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:25:00 AM PDT
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Two Kids' Dad
(I hear that the reason Chuck Norris is a Republican is because he is afraid of Sarah Palin.)
To: PhilCollins
Trailers used to follow the film with newsreels and other material. They date back to before TV when most people got their news that way.
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09/02/2008 8:25:46 AM PDT
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Borges
To: Borges
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:26:30 AM PDT
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Atlas Sneezed
(Guns don't kill people, criminals and the governments that create them do.)
To: Borges
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:26:45 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Strategery & Shardenfreude = Stratenshardenfreudery)
To: Borges
I loved that “well done” nod/smirk he used to do at the end of the Geicko commercial. That woman was having a hard time keeping from laughing.
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:27:48 AM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: PhilCollins
During most of my life (41 years), the movie ads, in movie theaters, were called previews. Now, some people call them trailers, but I still call them previews. Why did the name change?
I believe “trailers” has long been the inside industry term, while we rubes in the sticks were calling them “previews.”
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:28:00 AM PDT
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Atlas Sneezed
(Guns don't kill people, criminals and the governments that create them do.)
To: Two Kids' Dad
Oh, wow! That’s an amazing anecdote that tells us much about the man. Thank you for sharing that. Rest In Peace, Mr. LaFontaine, and our prayers for your loved ones.
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:33:53 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("John McCain has a birthday but he gives US the present.")
To: PhilCollins
They STILL ARE previews. Everyone else can call them whatever they like.
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posted on
09/02/2008 8:35:48 AM PDT
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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