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Today we bid a tearful goodbye to Don La Fontaine, the King of Voice overs who lent his voice for over three decades to over five thousand movie trailers.
The man popularized the catch phrase “In a world where…” and helped define the industry of professional movie trailer voice overs.
In a world without the king of voiceovers, movie previews will not be as electrifying and thrilling. Don lent his voice to movie trailers like the Simpons Movie, Fatal Attraction, Batman Returns, Terminator and T2. Hasta la vista Don!
Amanda Steinstein joins us once again to share with us life after being “transformed” by Stacy London and Clinton Kelley on the popular TLC realty tv show “What Not to Wear.” It looks like the intervention worked because she doesn’t look bad. In fact, she looks great.
Guess what? We’re announcing the air date for the special episode, and you’re all invited to come watch the show with us that night! Time and location to be announced but we are really looking forward to sharing this fun and exciting experience with you all. Whoop!
Helen Mirren confesses to her love of cocaine in the 80s. It turns out the Oscar winning actress liked to snort a few rails until she found out that the men who sold cocaine were Nazi drug barons.
The 63-year-old, who won an Academy Award for her role in “The Queen,” was quoted by GQ magazine as saying she used to dabble in marijuana and cocaine when she was younger.
“I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties, but what ended it for me was when they caught (Nazi war criminal) Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, in the early 80s. He was hiding in South America and living off the proceeds of being a cocaine baron.”
Everyone wants to know who the oh so cute iPhone girl is. The iPhone girl turns out to be a factory worker who tested the photo component on the iPhone. She was suppose to delete the photo but she didn’t on a few of them. Concerned iPhone owners were worried that she would be fired from her job for her error but rest assure that she still has her job churning out your fantastic phones.
Amanda is finally taking our advice and will go for a jump in the lake. On September 20, 2008 she will join people from all around the world to clean up our waters during International Cleanup Day. The Project Aware Foundation spearheads global underwater cleanups and addresses the devastating impact of marine debris on the aquatic environment. We can’t wait to find out what Amanda will find at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Can we now blame our bad behavior on our genes? Scientists have discovered that men who have certain alleles, or members of a pair or series of different forms of a gene, are less likely to be in happy or monogamous relationship. About 40% of men have one or two of the alleles which puts them at risk for marital discord or divorce. And if you have two of the alleles you are at a greater risk than if you have just one. If you have none of these alleles, then you’re probably already in a relationship. Why is that all the good alleles are already taken?
What the heck is up with Sarah Palin? We are still confused why McCain chose this unlikely running mate. Some people are saying that her daughter being pregnant should be off limits in this campaign. Now, we would agree with them if it weren’t for the fact that she parades her kids around as some testament to why she is a good leader and person. She opened the door to the argument. If she can’t teach her own kids her style of morality then how is she going to be any kind of moral leader to the nation?
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Talking of coke I see that James Bond has handed in his vodka martini for Coke Zero.
http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/3b5050c82e8c427d9d73b69d76193730/Coke-Zero-rebrands-for-James-Bond-release.html
Great to hear Amanda again.
Tiny fey as Sarah Palin? Don’t you guys watch Battlestar Galactica? Check out the resemblance of Tigh and Roslin!
http://tighroslin2008.com/
Glad to hear Amanda again, love the ruby slippers!
Tina Fey as Palin? That’s possible– but don’t you guys watch Battlestar Galatica?
http://www.tighroslin.com/
Oh my god! You’re totally right! I had forgotten about them because they went off season.
More Amanda please. I can not wait to see her What Not To Wear episode. Fausto said something that reminded me of my computer’s dirty mind. Whenever I type in .org it wants to correct it to orgy. Once I typed in HMO and it said it should be homo.
Once again MORE AMANDA!
When I heard that Don LaFontaine passed away, I was curious to hear Amanda’s thoughts, because from what I remember from past episodes, she had done voiceover work before and probably knew a thing or two about him.
Imagine my delight when I saw the album art for today’s podcast– the Purple One in all her Purpleness! Hooray!
Just like there was only one Don LaFontaine, there is only one Amanda Steinstein. We love you Amanda! You go save that lake, girl!
And about the iPhone girl story– iPhones win over meat products any day. There is anything wrong with working in an abattoir, but it is very, very hard work, it wreaks havoc on your body… not a pleasant way to make a living.
Move over Tibet, we have pressing issues. All I got to say is “Free Mother McCain” – listen to her plea to speak in the following link.
http://signorile2003.blogspot.com/2008/09/listen-roberta-mccain-gagged-by.html
Two comments on today’s show (I’m a bit behind).
1. The main reason I remain a registered republican is to rock the boat. Living in ultra liberal San Francisco (all of you would be considered conservative in SF) I like to remind people that there is diversity of thought that needs to be represented. When people make fun of me (always in good fun, of course), I simply ask them where our congressional representation stands on marriage equality. Nancy Pelosi quietly supports marriage equality. Not sure about Barbara Boxer. Dianne Feinstein agrees with both McCain and Obama (she opposes marriage equality). What makes this even worse is that they would not be political pioneers by coming out in support of marriage equality, i.e. none of our congressional representatives would lose their jobs if they came out in full support of marriage equality. Baby steps you say? we’d just be getting rid of anti-miscegenation laws if that’s what people are recommending. I consider it a form of civil disobedience in ultra liberal San Francisco to remain a registered Republican (I didn’t say I vote republican, so be nice to me if you disagree).
2. Amanda…thank you so much for volunteering with project aware. I am always shocked by people (including environmentalist) who don’t consider throwing a cigarette butt on the street (or beach) littering. Please smokers, I don’t care if you smoke (they’re your lungs) but please don’t litter!
oh, one more…my huzzband, the political junkie, has known about Palin for quite some time. I saw a picture of her about a month ago and said Karen Walker!. Not Megan, but her character Karen. I’ll conceed Tina Fey as long as she borrows Karen Walker’s wigs.
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It’s really fucking irritating that the show notes don’t actually list the date for Amanda’s WNTW episode. I listened to the episode (as I do ALL of them), but forgot the date. Looked online to try to find the date, couldn’t find it anywhere and never have gotten around to listening to the episode again. Now I think I might have missed the show altogether. Of course, I don’t know for SURE, because there is absolutely no where online that lists the air date. What a closely guarded secret! Now I’m sad.