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We’d better settle this one…
For those of you who live near The Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone, The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Kalfus & Nachman, Goodman Acker, Marks & Harrison, or any of the many many law firms who feature Robert Vaughn, William Shatner, Erik Estrada (unsurpassed blue collar market and hispanic appeal!), and even Joe Isuzu in their television commercials, you may have wondered why on earth your local/regional law firm got these people to endorse them.
It’s all because Massachusetts based firm, Market Masters offers “custom-filmed spokespersons” to legal offices big and small. We here at Songspeak have to hand it to them, they really have saturated television with these commercials. And law firms save some money by using these template-ish commercials instead of trying to produce them themselves. Sounds like a real WIN-WIN-1 to us.
Tags: commercials, david leisure, Goodman Acker, joe isuzu, Kalfus & Nachman, legal, market masters, Marks & Harrison, robert vaughn, television, The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, The Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone, TV, william shatner
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In a world… without Don LaFontaine’s movie voice
A voiceover master, Don LaFontaine recorded countless movie trailers, commericals, programs, files and other presentations. He was arguably the most successful voice actor of all time. Monday, September 1st, 2008, LaFontaine died at the age of 68 following complications from a collapsed lung.
Here’s a good retrospective on his career.
From LaFontaine’s website:
Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the “King of Voice-overs.” Aside from his continuing work in the trailer industry, he has also been the voice of NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. By conservative estimates, he has voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, including commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors. At last count, he has worked on nearly 5000 films, including appearances as the in-show announcer for the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards. Based on contracts signed, he has the distinction of being perhaps the single busiest actor in the history of SAG.
Due to the sheer number of trailers he recorded, Don LaFontaine became known for his “In a world….” phrase. He poked fun of his cliche phrase at various events, and of course, in this great Geico commercial.
Tags: collapsed lung, commercials, dead, dies, don lafontaine, geico, in a world, movie trailer, movie voice, previews, sag, screen actors guild, the voice, totally underwater, voice actor, voice of the movies, voiceover, voiceover king, voiceover master
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