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Old 12-07-2004, 12:34 AM
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the voice in the lexus commercials

the "snob" post made me think about the lexus radio/tv commercials. do any of you guys find the voice irritating? that voice just speaks of snootiness and arggghhhhh, it's so annoying!

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Old 12-07-2004, 05:36 AM
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I like it. To each his own.
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Old 12-07-2004, 05:38 AM
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If it is the same one we have, it has a distinct European twang to it. An Asian car company should have an Asian accent, don't you think ?
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Old 12-07-2004, 05:54 AM
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Wait, so not everyone mutes the commercials?
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Old 12-07-2004, 09:54 AM
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they should go: 'here's something Mercedes Benz was doing 10 years ago...'
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Old 12-07-2004, 10:01 AM
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I want my own narrator. James Earl Jones would be cool, and Vincent Price (RIP) on Halloween...
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Old 12-07-2004, 10:21 AM
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Is that the voice on that commercial that aired a few years back, with a woman wearing a swan on her head? And she was glad to have a sunroof so her head-swan could fit?

I hated that guy. And what the hell was the deal with the head-swan?
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Old 12-07-2004, 12:29 PM
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The voice of James Earl Jones could sell some cars!
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Old 12-07-2004, 08:02 PM
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I was thinking more like Morgan Freeman....yeah, Freeman could sell cars.
Or how about George Foreman? Sell them MB's just like a CHAMP! Just like them grills.
The radio spots I hate are the Jag ones, all them British pronunciations, like "Jag-U-wah" and "ELL-ek-tronic". Good thing they don't use the word "AL-oo-min-yim" instead of the correct pronunciation "Ah-LOO-min-um". They basicially ruined beer, they could at least get their own language correct!

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Old 12-07-2004, 08:10 PM
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Gilly, I was with you right up to the beer comment. That is just not right.
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Old 12-07-2004, 08:43 PM
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Right about the beer, Botnst. Sam Smith's is a favorite of mine.

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Old 12-07-2004, 09:11 PM
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Oh, that stuff is just sick............
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Old 12-07-2004, 09:23 PM
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Awright Gilly, what beer do you drink? Old Milwaukee?
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Old 12-07-2004, 11:50 PM
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Wait, so not everyone mutes the commercials?
Funny!

My parents mute the commercials. I hate that. Some comercials are pretty good and funny, IMHO. When I'm watching a recorded show, I fast forward through them.
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Old 12-08-2004, 12:12 AM
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The European actor who was in Wing Commander and did a lot of voice overs for video games, namely Baldurs Gate II as Irenicus if anyone is as weird as me and knows what I'm talking about, would be ideal for a premium euro-car ad. Otherwise, I enjoy the Lexus ads. I also like the tunes in the Infinity ads "there's an Infinity for everyone". Very cool.

The guy that irritated me and sounded condescending was the dude on the Dodge ads a while back, like less than a year. That guy got on my nerves.

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