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[โ€“] Baku 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah don't think so. This one was more like this (minus the "evacuate as directed"). But this one sounds like that dude

[โ€“] Taleya 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That first link is the classic pete smith

[โ€“] Baku 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don't hear the resemblance to the first one, only the second

[โ€“] Taleya 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

true, but I know who pete smith is and am very very familiar with his voice being of A Certain Age. The "Emergency!" is dead on petey

[โ€“] Baku 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sure. The commercials you linked predate me by longer than I've been alive, and in any case I don't pay much attention to people who are in commercials

[โ€“] Taleya 1 points 4 months ago

the dude was pretty ubiquitous in the 80's / 90's. Even did a slew of stuff for Micallef - you couldn't avoid him. He was everywhere. everywhere.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56 1 points 4 months ago

It's the old timie radio advertising voice. Clear and precise. John Deeks has a similar way.

This is Pete Smith speaking.