Least dignified TV ad voiceover work (for more or less famous actors)

[Bossy Monkey]

I stand corrected regarding Dennis Miller's work for L'Oreal; I just assumed it had to be hair products because that's what they usually do. (This regards an earlier thread, by the way.)

I picked up Jeff Bridges' work for Duracell from a Slate article here: http://slate.msn.com/id/2115865/ My ear isn't that good. Hopefully, he isn't the one saying "furmilar."

Ditto Julia Roberts for AOL, which I couldn't believe in spite of my gf's assurances that it was she. Dreyfuss for Honda I think I heard, but forgot.

Edit: Dreyfuss goes down in favor of Queen Latifah. Maybe someday somebody will actually vote in the poll.:D

Editedit: Sam Waterston replaced by Clooney

[Left Is Write]

1. I don't understand why voice work is undignified?

People with great voices have a wonderful commodity. Why not use it?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. Same here

What's the problem?

[tjdee]

5. Maybe it's undignified depending on who they're doing it for?

For instance, I wouldn't do voiceover work for ... Walmart?
(Also I don't know that it's undignified, but I do think many celebrities are being slick by not appearing in the ad but using their voice--like no one will notice!)

Well, not *me*, LOL. I'm a very poor liberal in that I would do a voiceover for almost anyone. Pay's pretty good!

[Zuni]

12. agreed

if Walmart wanted to share the wealth with this poor boy...I might not be proud, but I'll cry all the way to the bank

and I would give some of my fat$$$ from Walmart to a good charity, making good use of Wal mart's $$$

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Undignified only in the sense that at least three of these people

(Duchovny, Miller, Bacall) don't seem able to find any other work. Not undignified per se. Edit: Though if doing ad work were conspicuously dignified from the point of view of the actors, they would be appearing onscreen instead of just doing voiceovers...

[JRob]

10. miller drank the coolaid a long time ago...

[JRob]

8. celebs lending popularity to corps... is undignified

[anti_shrub]

2. How about

George Clooney hawking Budweiser beer. What's Mr. Liberal doing shilling for an uber-right-wing company?

My second choice would be Patrick Stewart hawking Crestor. Never did I think I'd see the day Cap. Picard doing an ad for a drug that ended up being pulled by the FDA.

[Bossy Monkey]

13. Is Clooney pushing Bud? I can put him on in place of Waterston

I don't think I'd put on Stewart, though I agree, since the ad isn't on anymore for reasons you've already pointed out.

[tjdee]

3. Queen Latifah for Pizza Hut.

I mean, come on. Just show your face already. We know it's you!

[Bossy Monkey]

6. I hope it isn't really her. Jeez I hate those spots! nt

[tjdee]

9. Oh it is alright!

At first I thought they were going for a Latifah like voice, but I googled and found they actually got the Latifah herself!

[Bossy Monkey]

11. Well, since nobody will vote in the poll, I can easily edit and put her on

So long, Mr. Dreyfuss!

[peekaloo]

16. Oh my, the way she says pizza irritates the hell out of me.

[JRob]

14. Corporate America: the fuel in the engine of our probelm... pun intended

[Bossy Monkey]

15. Can't believe I forgot Michael Douglas for Microsoft

One of the inspirations for the poll, if that's the word.

[Bossy Monkey]

17. Also forgot Tom Selleck for RVing and fatherhood

Maybe he could combine these

[Kat45]

18. It takes work away from the regular folks who do voiceovers for a living.

Celebs already make/have made a lot of money. There are a lot of unknown folks who do voiceover work, and the more celebs that get hired for ads like this, the less work there is for them.

Same with animated movies: they never used to use celebs to do the voices, which they use to promote the movie.

[Bossy Monkey]

19. The Douglas/Zeta-Jones family's ad work is particularly galling

in this respect. Jeez, how much money do you guys need?

[democracyindanger]

20. Actually, Sam Elliot is a perfect choice for beef

Great country fried voice. Resonant.
I think you should take him off and put in William H. Macy for Microsoft.