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It's Inevitable, But I'll Ask Anyway...

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

When is Ted Williams, that homeless fellow with the "golden radio voice", going to be offered his own reality show? And what network (I'm thinking OWN, for some reason) would give him that platform?

You know if networks are giving miners their own series in the wake of that Chile rescue, something's got to give.
 
This is yet another "news" story that has gotten blown way out of proportion. So the guy was homeless and has a great voice, it's not really that far-fetched.
 
Yes, it's been blown out of proportion. What made this a big story was the fact that this guy looked like so many really scruffy homeless guys you see standing on a street corner and he really does have an incredible voice. It was a surprise to most viewers of the video.

It's nice that this guy has gotten clean, gotten a job and gotten off the street. People feel good about that. It would be nice if this spurs other people to step in and see how they can help their local homeless.
 
Some of you may be aware that the Metropolitan Opera, which has been on radio for decades, now transmits an HD TV signal into movie theaters: live on Saturday afternoons; pre-recorded 2 weeks and a half later. I couldn't attend the live performance in mid-December, so last night (Wednesday, 01/05) I went to the recorded performance. The opera is called "Don Carlo" by Verdi, loosely based on historical events during the reign of King Philip of Spain. His role was sung by an Italian-born bass-baritone name Ferrucio Furlanetto. Between the acts, he was interviewed, and as he started to talk (in excellent English I might add) I immediately compared him to the Ted Williams of recent internet fame. Well he made TW sound like Paul Reubens playing Pee-wee Herman. His singing voice lies between the traditional baritone voice and the so-called basso-profondo (I've seen it spelled 'profundo also); there are many such singers in the world of opera, so I suspect that if any of these gentlemen ever decided to pursue a career in radio, they would eclipse most of those on-the-air these days, at least in sheer vocal quality.
 
tested said:
It would be nice if this spurs other people to step in and see how they can help their local homeless.
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I agree with you totally but OTOH for every one homeless person who really is depserate for a job chances are that there two, perhaps three who have other issues. One of my best friends for many years ran our local Manpower Temporary Services office. One day he had noticed several homeless people standing along city interchanges holding up signs like "..homeless..unemployed..need to find work..". He actually offered them jobs ( good paying ones too I might add ) only to end up getting spat at, cussed out by these very same people for even offering them a job in the first place.

This story about the homeless guy reminds of a woman who was employed not only by several radio stations in my former market but for a time she even worked for CBS Radio News as well. One day back in 1995 she found herself fired from her radio gig ( upset that another employee was promoted and not her ), cussed out and slugged both the PD and GM as a result the police had to be called and that was that. Several years later we had found out that not only was she still unemployed BUT even had lost her house and car in the process. Just about everyone in our market wanted to help this woman BUT she only wanted to work in radio and nothing else but slugging and cussing out a program director and general manager of a radio station does NOT help in the biz as word does get around. As off 2005 ( ten years later )..she was still unemployed & homeless and STILL trying to get back into a business who doesn't even want her in the first place. At least with this story ( out of Columbus, Ohio ) this does have a silver lining.
 
Ted Williams has the perfect voice for radio. Unfortunately he also has a face for radio. So I predict he'll end up with a high-paying radio gig and will stay sober after learning that important lesson. ;)
 
...let's see here. I've never stolen cars, never done hard drugs (let alone got hooked on the crap), never did a stretch in prison, never been convicted of a felony, never been more than five days without a home. But I am physically disabled and spent 31 continuous years in radio & TV before that. Hey MTV, ESPN, NBA franchises, NFL Films -- WHERE'S MY F***ING JOB??!!!?..
 
...I know, Quad. Also appears there's no rewards or commendations for playing by the rulkes, either (even if the rules are reworked and twisted -- for much the same results -- as they were in the last half of Rollerball)...
 
ajc_trw said:
Ted Williams has the perfect voice for radio. Unfortunately he also has a face for radio. So I predict he'll end up with a high-paying radio gig and will stay sober after learning that important lesson. ;)
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high-paying and radio gig in the same sentence...sort of amusing ;)
 
ajc_trw said:
Ted Williams has the perfect voice for radio. Unfortunately he also has a face for radio. So I predict he'll end up with a high-paying radio gig and will stay sober after learning that important lesson. ;)
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I was familiar with Larry King's radio show from the first time I saw Larry King on television, I thought exactly that - 'he has a great face for radio, and will never last on TV.' I was right too - he only lasted a short 25 years.
 
DToTheJ said:
When is Ted Williams, that homeless fellow with the "golden radio voice", going to be offered his own reality show? And what network (I'm thinking OWN, for some reason) would give him that platform?
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Holy s***, did I call this one! Well, part of it, anyway:
http://newsone.com/entertainment/newsonestaff2/oprah-hire-ted-williams-golden-voic/

The multi-millionaire entrepreneur says there’s a spot for the once-homeless recovering alcoholic with the golden voice on her newly-launched Oprah Winfrey Network. “I would like to see him be part of OWN,” Winfrey told Inside Edition in an interview airing Friday. “It would be fantastic to hear him say, ‘The Oprah Winfrey Network.’”

Keep in mind that he could still probably find all the time between the dozens of voiceover gigs to fit in a reality show, should he be offered one - heck, it'll probably be based on him recording his voiceovers... and it'll probably air on the network that aired "Pitchmen" - Discovery, I believe...
 
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