OT: Unmistakable celebrity voices from your youth

[john4psu]

What celebrity voices from your youth are unmistakable?

I'll post only three of mine for now as I'm sure others will name the ones I also could list.

 

[Connorpozlee]

Since there doesn’t seem to be any YouTube videos of my mother yelling at me to get out of bed and get ready for school, I’ll just put this Jiggs McDonald video in here.

 

[lw37]

 

[PSUQBKeeper]

 

[royboy]

John Facenda doing NFL highlights

 

[psuro]

 

[bdgan]

Howard Cosell
Jimmy Durante
Walter Brennan
Mel Blanc
Louis Armstrong
Sterling Holloway

 

[royboy]

From WQED in Pittsburgh to national prominence

 

[LionDeNittany]

I mean, the most obvious one:

 

[Nitt1300]

Don Rickles
Elvis
Muhammed Ali

 

[udsig91]

My top 5

Keith Jackson - Saturday Collge Football
Vin Scully - MLB
Mel Allen - MLB
Jack Buck - MLB/Football
Dick Enberg or Al Michaels

Growing up in NW NJ about 50 miles outside NYC

Phil Esposito - NY Ranger games
Phil Rizzuto - NY Yankee games

 

[royboy]

 

[pointingdogsrule]

What comes to mind first... The parents on "leave it to Beaver". So no clip to show.

 

[seminnylion]

Non sports two that come to mind are Jim Backus and Don Adams

 

[LionDeNittany]

My top 5

Keith Jackson - Saturday Collge Football
Vin Scully - MLB
Mel Allen - MLB
Jack Buck - MLB/Football
Dick Enberg or Al Michaels

Growing up in NW NJ about 50 miles outside NYC

Phil Esposito - NY Ranger games
Phil Rizzuto - NY Yankee games

Phil Rizzuto... he was involved in baseball?

 

[CF LION]

 

[JWB389]

Phil Rizzuto... he was involved in baseball?

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I was going to post Rizzuto until I saw yours. As a kid growing up in the 70's with WPIX on the dial, I still remember the voices of Rizzuto, Bill White and Frank Messer doing the Yankees broadcasts. Also, Ralph Kiner and Lindsay Nelson doing the Mets games in WOR.

 

[LionDeNittany]

I was going to post Rizzuto until I saw yours. As a kid growing up in the 70's with WPIX on the dial, I still remember the voices of Rizzuto, Bill White and Frank Messer doing the Yankees broadcasts. Also, Ralph Kiner and Lindsay Nelson doing the Mets games in WOR.

I didn't watch baseball. However I saw this commercial all the time. Took some time until I realized he was a baseball player. Rather funny in hindsight.

LdN

 

[BobPSU92]

Vincent Price

 

[CF LION]

Zsa Zsa (or Eva) Gabor

 

[84Lion]

The name "Dick Covington" may not be "celebrity" status but for those living within reception distance of KYW 1060 in Philadelphia, you may remember this (Mr. Covington passed away years ago, RIP):
http://tophour.com/audio/Philadelphia PA/am1060_2003-07_kyw_sfybush.mp3
http://tophour.com/audio/Philadelphia PA/am1060_2003-07_kyw_sfybush.mp3

I'm not sure but I believe the KYW "jingle" still features Dick Covington's voice. I hope they never stop doing that.

 

[PSUdraw]

 

[Victor E. Bell]

 

[CF LION]

Any Yinzers remember the pipes of KDKA's Rege Cordic?

 

[razpsu]

Not listed here

Walter Cronkite
John Wayne
Clint Eastwood.
Cast of Star Trek.

 

[sluggo72]

 

[sluggo72]

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did you ever hear the one about Harry carrying Joe Kap for 3 hours.... well you can here....

 

[Cabinpenn]

Marion Robert Morrison

 

[mrtailgate]

News - Walter Cronkite

Entertainment - Johnny Carson

Local Sports - Harry, Bill Campbell, Al Meltzer, Dave Zinkoff

National Sports - Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson, Jim McKay

 

[81b&w]

Marlin Perkins....."Today we're hunting giant Anacondas in the swamps of Brazil. Go get him Stan!"

 

[john4psu]

 

[BVSt.Paul]

A few more:

Phyllis Diller
Ed McMahon
Mr. Ed
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ted Cassidy (Lurch)

 

[PSUQBKeeper]

Marlin Perkins....."Today we're hunting giant Anacondas in the swamps of Brazil. Go get him Stan!"

it was Jim!

Jim Fowler was quite a guy as well

 

[fairgambit]

Walter Cronkite.



And three more on one brief clip.

 

[ApexLion]

Don Rickles
Elvis
Muhammed Ali

Ali is a very good choice btw. In the context of the times, he was unique.

 

[nittany119]

My top 5

Keith Jackson - Saturday Collge Football
Vin Scully - MLB
Mel Allen - MLB
Jack Buck - MLB/Football
Dick Enberg or Al Michaels

Growing up in NW NJ about 50 miles outside NYC

Phil Esposito - NY Ranger games
Phil Rizzuto - NY Yankee games

How about the greatest sportscaster of all, Marc Albert?

Not that I liked him, but Brent Musberger. And always liked Chris Shenkel

 

[nittany119]

I was going to post Rizzuto until I saw yours. As a kid growing up in the 70's with WPIX on the dial, I still remember the voices of Rizzuto, Bill White and Frank Messer doing the Yankees broadcasts. Also, Ralph Kiner and Lindsay Nelson doing the Mets games in WOR.

The third Met’s broadcaster to that team was Bob “i’ll Be back with the happy recap” Murphy

Vince McMahon announcing WWF was pretty distinct too

 

[nittany119]

How about the greatest sportscaster of all, Marc Albert?

Not that I liked him, but Brent Musberger. And always liked Chris Shenkel

Marv Albert

 

[PSUQBKeeper]

Rhonda Shear and Gilbert Gottfried

USA Up All Night

 

[81b&w]

it was Jim!

Jim Fowler was quite a guy as well

Stan was before Jim but didn't live very long