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Why all the commercial celebrity voice overs when the celebrity isn't revealed?
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:36 pm
They never reveal the celebrity and most people never even notice.
Currently there are voice overs by:
John Hamm
Matt Damon
Michael C. Hall
Martin Sheen
John Krasinski
I'm probably missing some. These are the ones I've picked up on.
I don't get it.
Currently there are voice overs by:
John Hamm
Matt Damon
Michael C. Hall
Martin Sheen
John Krasinski
I'm probably missing some. These are the ones I've picked up on.
I don't get it.
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Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:37 pm to Scoop
How do you know who they are if they don't reveal their identity?
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:38 pm to Scoop
Who's the guy doing walgreens commercials? John Corbett? "At the corner of happy and healthy"
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:38 pm to Scoop
when do they name the non celebrity doing the voice over?
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:38 pm to Scoop
It's guys who sound like those guys.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:39 pm to Scoop
john krasinski does alot
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:39 pm to Scoop
For the blind viewers, of course
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:39 pm to Scoop
Everyone knows Jim Halpert does those insurance commercials. That's why they get a celebrity. Why would they need to reveal him?
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:39 pm to Scoop
Jeff Bridges does a lot as well
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:40 pm to genro
John Boy Walton has been the voice of Mercedes-Benz for quite a while.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:42 pm to Thurber
I saw a celebrity (can't remember which one) talking about this on Late Night. They don't show them because it is a completely different pay structure. For the voice over, the actor shows up-steps in a sound booth and bust out the script in a couple of hours. They pay $30k-50k for top tier guys. To get them on camera, with all the related BS, takes days and they pay 100's of thousands for that. Actors view it as easy pocket cash and the companies get the benefit of hoping you associate the voice with the actor with their product.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:44 pm to jbgleason
It provides a sense of familiarity which makes you have a more favorable impression of their product / service
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:45 pm to jbgleason
I get B listers picking up a check, but Hamm and Damon?
You never even know it's them unless you just have an ear for that sort of thing.
You never even know it's them unless you just have an ear for that sort of thing.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:47 pm to Scoop
John C. Reilly is doing TurboTax commercials 
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:49 pm to OldHickory
Yep.
I caught that one and forgot to put it on the list in the OP.
I caught that one and forgot to put it on the list in the OP.
This post was edited on 1/20/14 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:49 pm to Scoop
Kinda sucks for the professional voiceover artists who do this for a living, getting squeezed out by a celebrity.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:54 pm to Scoop
Gene Hackman did Lowe's.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:57 pm to Scoop
Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts do a few too.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:57 pm to Scoop
Does Jason Sedakis do the Applebees ones?
Posted on 1/20/14 at 7:59 pm to Scoop
For everything else, there's Mastercard. Billy Crudup. Was getting $15,000 a pop back in '02. Probably more now.
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