# Ad I.D.: Is Lewis Black narrating? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [June 21, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-i-d-is-lewis-black-narrating/944798 "2021-06-21T22:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-i-d-is-lewis-black-narrating/944798/1 "2021-06-21T22:03:21Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JlXA4tS9pl8/hqdefault.jpg "Vintage Dancing Rolo Candies 1970's TV Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlXA4tS9pl8) eensy bit before his time? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-i-d-is-lewis-black-narrating/944798/2 "2021-06-21T22:14:47Z")
Probably a bit before his time, though the voice sounds a bit like his. According to Wikipedia, in the '70s, he was primarily a playwright, but was also doing some stand-up comedy on the side. Though the voice in the ad has that gravelly aspect that Black’s does, I suspect that most men with similar voices are middle-aged or older, and they wind up with that sort of voice through years of use (as well as smoking and drinking). Black was born in 1948, so he would have only been in his late 20s or very early 30s at the time of that ad (assuming it’s from the '70s, as labeled). Here’s a clip from the 1986 film “Hannah and Her Sisters,” which features Black (he’s in the Hawaiian shirt and suspenders) – his voice back then wasn’t nearly as rough as it is now, IMO. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8KJkEQx2lKI/maxresdefault.jpg "Hannah and Her Sisters (2/11) Movie CLIP - Sketch Mess (1986) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KJkEQx2lKI) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-i-d-is-lewis-black-narrating/944798/3 "2021-06-21T22:18:24Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Probably a bit before his time, though the voice sounds a bit like his The voice sounds like his does _now_, or at least how it did 10 or 15 years ago. I have no idea if he used that voice before he got wildly popular. In any case, I doubt he’d have sounded like that 50 + years ago. Even if he was doing the same shtick back then. The person in the ad doesn’t sound like a 25 year old. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-i-d-is-lewis-black-narrating/944798/4 "2021-06-21T23:04:21Z")
The comments section on YouTube says the announcer is [Mort Marshall](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1TdITzYpyzMwYPTizc0vKlHITSwqzkjMyQEActYI4A&q=mort+marshall&oq=Mort+Marshall&aqs=chrome.1.0i355j46j0j0i22i30l7.7011j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8). I do not know that name; please don’t banish me! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-i-d-is-lewis-black-narrating/944798/5 "2021-06-21T23:10:42Z")
He looks oddly like Lewis Black. > **[Mort Marshall](https://goldenthroats.fandom.com/wiki/Mort_Marshall)** > > Mort Marshall was an American actor. Born in New York City, he was mostly known for stage appearances but also appeared on television such as Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales and The Dumplings as well as films such as Kiss Me Deadly, Gammera the...