Recently, Bob Dylan said that he's in talks to become a voice for some GPS directional devices.
(Insert bad 'Highway 61' reference here)
Dylan would not be the first celebrity to lend a garbled voice to GPS. John Cleese, Mr. T, Gary Busey, Kim Catrell, Knight Rider (KITT) and others have already done so.
While I know there are many folks would love to have The Jester guide their every turn, I've got other ideas.
Who else would be a good voice for GPS? Here's 10 suggestions...
GPS Celebrity Voiceover Edition. A Top 10:
James Earl Jones as Darth Vadar:
Guidance from the voice of the Empire. Yes!
"Move over to the dark side...one and a half miles on your right."
Andy Serkis as Gollum:
Driving is crazy.
So should the voice giving you directions.
Heidi Klum:
Germans have a good sense of direction. More importantly there's that accent.
You vill pay actung to et! Halt!
Morgan Freeman:
If anyone can talk you out of road rage and get you there in one piece, it's the soothing pitch of Mr. Freeman.
R. Lee Ermey/Mike Ditka:
Why should GPS be kind to you? Forget nice, make a left maggot.
You drive like blind 5 year-old.
Jessica Biel:
What a voice she's got, huh?
I imagine so anyway.
Samuel L. Jackson:
Why?
Because getting directions with lots of "Mother-Fuckers" thrown in would be a blast.
Denise Richards or Jessica Simpson:
You have no clue where you're going. Neither do they.
This GPS system is for those who want to get there....eventually.
Glen Quagmire (voiced by Seth MacFarlane):
Peter's too easy. Stewey not as mean as Ditka.
So lets giggity giggity all the way home.
Ian McShane as Al Swearengen:
Cursing and swearing until to you get where you're going.
Guaranteed to be one wild ride.
That's 10 off the top of my head...how about you?
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William Shatner?
I have had it! Take a monkeyfighting left turn in one Monday to Friday mile.
Garrison Keillor tries to get you of Lake Wobegone.
Patrick Stewart
"On next intersection engage a left turn, make it so number one."
William Daniels. The original Voice of K.I.T.T. If you throw it in a black '82 trans am it could cause a nostalgia-gasm.
Shatner is a good idea, but you might miss your turn during a dramatic pause
Life would be complete if my GPS had any (or even better, all) of Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck and / or Bugs Bunny)
Quagmire is genius. "Hang a left at Bleeker Street. Giggity." But I concur with Sam Jackson. The coolest dude on the planet.
Maybe the ghost of John Lennon or Johnny Carson. That would be comforting.
Pity Mel Blanc is dead. I'd also have voted for Ricardo Montelban in a heartbeat.
But I think Gilbert Gottfried would be pure gold. And Milla Jovovich doing her Leeloo Dallas voice would be perfect for me. Can't forget the voice of Homer Simpson either.
I'm also going to vote for David McCullough who narrated The Civil War. Then your life would sound like a Ken Burns documentary.
Pablo, your prayers have already been answered, my friend:
http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2008/06/new_gps_brings_1.html
Darth Vader would be awesome, especially if the GPS included blaster SFX to use against rebel scum who cut you off in traffic.
Glen Quagmire would be my second choice. Where I live, there are lots of potential giggity-inducing Native American highway names, like "Okahumpka" and "Narcoosee." And plenty of titty bars.
Don't worry
about a thing
every little street
Is gonna turn to right
Let's see, a few more i can think of:
Popeye (More coherent than Dylan)
Jessica Rabbit
John Madden
Or howzabout Micheal Bolton? (Snicker)
That would be something... What about Bolton AND that sadist saxophonist whose name I can't write?
Too bad we missed Ted Kennedy, but computers can do some pretty amazing things.
Dan Castellaneta doing Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby would be a pretty good substitute. "People! We are all frightened. And horny."
If i'm going to pick a cartoon voice actor, i want Patrick Warburton doing Joe from Family Guy
Patrick Stewart
David McCullough
Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner!)
Those make my list!