Don LaFontaine died yesterday. You’ll miss his voice, even if you didn’t really know who he was:
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There goes Pablo Francisco’s career.
Condolences to Don’s family and friends, and to the large community of movie trailer fans who always enjoyed hearing his voiceover work. I’m glad he got some recognition for his talents before he died.
Dang.
Bummer.
He did a spoof of his “In a world…” for a Geico commericial and it was very funny.
Ah, damn. What a great voice. I think those people behind the scenes who did stuff like this are often the most effective because their work is sooo pervasive.
I remember when Don did ‘Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me’ for NPR. He didn’t get all 3 questions right, so the listener he played for didn’t win the prize. Don was upset, and offered to buy a prize for the listener. When it heard it was Carl Castle’s voice on the person’s answering machine, he immediately replied “Oh, I can do *THAT*!” (which was very nice of him, and I’m sure was much appreciated by the listener)
His voice was all over that episode. He had a great sense of humor about himself, and his ‘fame’, too.
Dang.
That episode of “Wait, Wait” is here.
I love that guy, so did most everyone; even if they didn’t know it.
Oh, man. His voice is how all my daydreams begin.
Bummer.
Er… no, that’s not quite right.
~~~BUMMER.~~~
That’ll do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXbFuNQwTbs
That’s the ‘In a world’ guy for me. He’s done a zillion trailers too, and his voice is a little deeper.
That, and the trailer for Comedian is just hilarious on it’s own.
Damn and blast. Trailers just won’t be the same.
In everything I’ve seen him in, he seemed like such a warm, genuine bloke.
*raises glass* “In a world without Don Lafontaine, things just seem to lack gravitas”.
So sorry to hear this — condolences to Don’s family and friends.
The world is a better place because he was here.
Also worth seeing is another reportage on Don Lafontaine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBG7dgamWLw
My deepest Condolences to his family, his voice will live on through the films that has made an impact on our lives.
The guy in the trailer for Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedian” movie is Hal Douglas – the other “in a world” guy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Douglas
No one else could say “It was a time of war…” like this man. He will forever be the voice of the trailer of the action movie of my life.
Talk about having a golden voice, we won’t see his like again. R.I.P.
And here’s proof that Don had a sense of humor, as did his peers (especially the Disney guy). The legendary Five Guys in a Limo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQRtuxdfQHw
I am really going to miss this guy. I can’t believe he is really gone. I really envied his voice. Don we will miss you!
In a world without the guy who says “In A World”… One Man… Will be missed.
Damn. In my daydreams of seeing me (a) start (b) finish (c) sell and (d) have a movie made of my great American science fiction novel, he was always the guy to do the trailer voiceover.
Oh…wow.
May we all strive to be such legends.
He’s one of the people that inspired me to consider voice work as a career. I also realized that I was completely unqualified/unskilled/ungifted but still thinks it’s fascinating work.
Thanks for the memories and the smiles – the WWDTM episode was a classic.
What an amazingly charming man. Thank you very much for posting the video — I’ve passed it on to my colleagues who teach broadcasting.
He was a man. He was a man with a Big voice and a bald head. Touching countless lives with the sound of Deep emotion. Little did he know that soon he’d be dead…………or would He?
I thought I noticed new voices on previews lately.
Just learned of another one that really hurts: Bill Melendez, gone at 91, who fought CBS to do A Charlie Brown Christmas without a laugh track, with real kids’ voices, with a jazz score and a scripture reading — you know, “wrong,” and touched how many people over at least five generations. So far.
He was also the voice of Snoopy.
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