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Title: That Red Mitsubishi Lancer Commercial
Post by: Yawn on May 10, 2009, 03:38:35 PM
The voice... Its the Lexus Voice.. Did he get canned from Lexus and get demoted to Mitsubishi?  :clap: Toyota has lost alot of money lately so I wonder if they cant support that voice ;)
Title: Re: That Red Mitsubishi Lancer Commercial
Post by: the Teuton on May 10, 2009, 03:40:33 PM
I don't have TV.  Link please.
Title: Re: That Red Mitsubishi Lancer Commercial
Post by: Yawn on May 10, 2009, 03:47:37 PM
no link.. you have to watch tv
Title: Re: That Red Mitsubishi Lancer Commercial
Post by: cawimmer430 on May 10, 2009, 04:47:17 PM
He got bored of driving Lexus and decided that Mitsubishi was more exciting. Plus the chicks that work there aren't 90 year olds like at Lexus.  :evildude:
Title: Re: That Red Mitsubishi Lancer Commercial
Post by: ChrisV on May 12, 2009, 08:04:30 AM
That's James Sloyan. he's done a lot of voice-over work, not just Lexus, and a LOT of acting. And after all this time, Lexus reacted to Audi's ads and decided that he was a little to "old school luxury" and needed a new voice to reach a new, younger audience, so they cast James Remar.

That's how the voice-over biz goes, though, and you will often hear the same person doing a lot of different spots.
Title: Re: That Red Mitsubishi Lancer Commercial
Post by: GoCougs on May 12, 2009, 08:12:32 AM
Ah yes, James Sloyan, a Star Trek guest acting stalwart, and in one of my favorite all-time episodes, TNG's "The Defector." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defector_(TNG_episode))
Title: Re: That Red Mitsubishi Lancer Commercial
Post by: Submariner on May 12, 2009, 09:05:49 AM
I'm fairly sure he was a judge on Law and Order SVU. 

And Lexus is all the old school luxury emanates...who are they kidding?