Some very sad news as Don LaFontaine has been struck with a sudden and severe illness. Please take a moment in your day to offer up some prayers or good will towards “The Don” in his time of need. Here was the email many of us have received through voiceoveruniverse:
A message to all members of voiceover universe presents…
I have received email from George Whittman and Beau Weaver regarding Don LaFontaine’s health. They’ve both received letters from Don’s wife, Nita… Don is NOT doing well at all.
The letter reads…
Dear friends and family,
I need you help and I’m reaching out to all of you. My wonderful husband is in critical condition at Cedar Sinai hospital; a blood clot is lodged in his lung and he is fighting for his life. This happened on Saturday after I’d taken him in for shortness of breath on Friday. He was doing very well and I left him talking and being funny on Friday evening. Without all the details, I got a call on Saturday morning as I was heading there to visit. There has been some lovely improvement yesterday but he is very sick right now. We need your concentrated prayers! Have your churches synagogues, temples send out prayers for Don’s healing and wellness. Light a candle, chant, whatever you do to send that loving energy and light to him, I would appreciate. And save a little for the girls and me. We have had small miracles already and if we all shout up to God collectively, I know how powerful that can be. He is fighting and we all are fighting with him. He is strong and is a warrior so I thank you in advance for your prayers, good wishes and kindness on behalf of my family.
With a hopeful heart,
Nita and family
Get well soon Don…In a world of voiceover talent, we can’t afford to lose the best.
Off for a week to vacation in Germany. Berlin, Munich and if it all works out, a day trip to Salzburg, Austria. Enjoy what’s left of the summer everyone! I’ll raise a toast in one of Munich’s Beer Halls to all my voiceover friends for a prosperous future.
The creature hunter world is abuzz with the apparent discovery of the body of Bigfoot and a release of a video reported to be that of a Chupacabra.
The body of Bigfoot was found in Northern Georgia with a press conference scheduled for Friday. It is said to be over 7 feet tall, weighing over 500 pounds and covered in reddish hair.
For more on the Chupacabra sighting, see the video below.
United Airlines has released a series of commercials to play in conjunction with the Olympics with Robert redford supplying the voice. I’ve posted one here but there are additional ones available on youtube.
Some are better than others and Redford does a good job…except for the tag line imo. All the ads use the same tag at the end but I just find it a bit lacking.
I took someones advice and added the Askimet Spam filter to my blog. I never thought much of it since I don’t get much spam. A couple every week or so. So when I look at Askimet it shows 10,000+ comments have been blocked!! On the first page alone I see 6 comments from people I know looking to add to a post.
So I get really excited since I often wondered why I get very few comments. I decide I’m going to go through all of these over time and reply back. I check the “No Spam” box next to the comments I want to approve, click the De-Spam Button and when it comes back the 10,000+ blocked comments shows “17″!!
It appears that Askimet purges messages after 15 days and that’s what it did.
AAARRRRGHHHHHHHHHH!
So my complete humble apologies to anyone that ever commented on my page and never got a reply or even had their comment posted. It was not intentional. Something was blocking what it perceived as spam. I don’t even know what it was.
Unfortunately for some of us, we won’t be able to attend the upcoming VOICE 2008 conference. But fear not! Voice Over Xtra has assembled a Dream Team of bloggers to keep us informed about the goings on at the event. That group consists of Bob Souer, Bobbin Beam, Dave Courvoisier and Kara Edwards.
Thanks to Voice Over Xtra’s John Florian for getting the team together and keeping us up to date on the show.
