Could be. I didn't start registering Waters's voice in my ear until his first presenter intro.
Sidebar: Curious how everybody piles on to the (admittedly tired) Academy Awards telecast, but the becoming-a-parody-of-itself Spirits gets a pass. Maybe it just doesn't attract a large enough audience. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought that was his voice on the opening--it definitely wasn't Shawn > Paar, who did almost all of the straight V/Os. (And it was Waters who > signed off with "Good night and go make your own God damn movie!") > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> John Waters was *an* announcer for the Spirits. He did the snarky >> stuff for the presenters. The standard boiler-platy stuff was handled >> by someone else. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Just remember that John Waters was the announcer for the Spirits. That >> > could explain a lot. >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Last night, IFC broadcast the Independent Spirit Awards, having >> >> recorded and edited the event that occurred that morning. >> >> >> >> So how does the announcer's intro copy start with the words "Live from >> >> ..."? >> >> >> >> Laziness? Stupidity? Orwellian newspeak? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> [email protected] >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> > >> > >> > -- >> > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
