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[edit] First use of "in a world..."

Does anyone know what film (or films) started the whole "in a world..." business? I'm sure plenty of people looking up LaFontaine would want to know this; I sure don't know. Anybody know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Priceyeah (talk • contribs)

That's a good question, I'd like to know that myself. The first time I became concsiously aware of it is when Janeane Garafalo pointed it out in the late 1990s or so, and all the parodies seemed to come after that. But I don't know where the convention itself first started. MrBook 18:23, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
According to AP's article "'That Announcer Guy' Finally Gets Due", his first trailer was (drumroll.........) "Gunfighters of Casa Grande" around 1963 I believe. And thus started thousands of "world" trailers! God Bless LaFontaine.Nikter 07:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia entry on trailer man Hal Douglas says Douglas is known in the film industry as the "In a world..." guy. (Douglas & LaFontaine are easily confused: I've just removed credit here for a parody appearance in The Holiday which is actually Hal Douglas.) Lyn50

[edit] Why is there a picture of Don Messick?

Someone needs to change this picture.

Yeah that guy is just on google but hes nothing like the guy from the geico commercial (Googleyii 02:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Hitch-Hiker's trailer

I think the 'cigarettes' portion of the Hitch-Hiker's trailer was done by a CBC Radio One announcer who is only known as 'The Voice'. He does the intro for the 9 AM weekday show called The Current.

[Update: The Hitch Hiker's trailer was not Don LaFontaine, but rather Ashton Smith (the same guy who narrates "Seconds From Disaster"] Someone needs to remove that statement.

It's still there. I'll remove it. Can I fit it under parodies, though? I'll try.--Viridistalk|contributions 15:13, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] voice of god weapon

I got here trying to find details on the voice of god weapon. Mathiastck 23:34, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, you got to the wrong place. Try this Washington Post article or the XADS company site.--Dhartung | Talk 01:33, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

yiko, geico gecko.

Hopiakuta 16:19, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] He earns $1.8 billion a year??

"LaFontaine voices about sixty promo sessions a week; he demands $600,000 per 30 second promo" can anyone provide a source for this? There is no way this is true.

Yeah, that's ridiculous. I couldn't find anything asserting that he'd earned that much for any single job, let alone all of them. Numerous sources do confirm he's a multi-millionaire and earns "six figures" (some) "more than $1 million" (others). --Dhartung | Talk 11:28, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
According to workingworld.com:
"Don La Fontaine, acknowledged as the 'King of promos and trailers,' is reported to have earned $6,000,000 in 1998--for talking."
Unfortunately, the information is only available when you do a google search for "Don LaFontaine annual income workingworld.com", and the information is strangely unavailable even when you click on "cached". --JoshLMeyer 22:50, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Well, that's sort of a vague way to source such an extreme claim. I've added a cite to a major media outlet (E!online) for a "six figure salary" claim, which really should be sufficient -- I don't think we need to track his annual salary ups and downs.
P.S. you don't need to use HTML to format.--Dhartung | Talk 00:27, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fix the first Current Work paragraph

This paragraph contains a trainwreck of a run-on sentence and after reading it 4 times, I still don't know what in the hell it is about. Could someone please fix this?--Senna27 22:59, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is that him?

  • Listerine Commercial

Is it LaFontaine who appears in a Listerine commercial "at a sink..."? G33K 18:29, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

No, that's not him. That actor is doing a very good parody of LaFontaine, though. The Listerine actor also appears as the boss in a series of recent Kellogg's Cinnamon Crunch commercials (you know, the one which has the young guy eating a bowl of cereal while the boss and his immediate underling talk). -- Jalabi99 11:54, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
For those interested: Interview with Don LaFontaine ~Kylu (u|t) 22:50, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Early Nickelodeon Program

Can anyone confirm or deny whether Don LaFontaine is the uncredited voice-over for the 1983 Nickelodeon series The Third Eye? - tuttlemsm http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/896-the-third-eye/

[edit] nickname list

Does the list of nicknames in the lead seem a little over indulgent to anyone. Seems like we're trying to include everything anyone has ever said about him in the form of nicknames. If we're gonna go that route we obviously need to add "the one guy with the voice", "that bald dude over there", "Holy crap he has a deep voice", and "Honestly, does nobody else record movie trailer voice-overs?". Those are some great nicknames right there, that's what those are. But seriously, surely it can be trimmed down to the smaller proportion of more notable monikers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.102.196.38 (talk) 08:54, 23 March 2008 (UTC)