Do Radio Personalities Get "The Look"?

[Czarcasm]

@Just_Asking_Questions

I’d never heard about the concept of “the look” mentioned by name as such before, or after, Magnum, but it was parodied in Wayne’s World II, where Wayne and Garth go to the radio station to meet with the DJ that sounds like Harry Shearer, and are surprised when he actually looks like Harry Shearer.

In my case, I haven’t had the opportunity. We had a DJ with a very deep, resonant voiceon our local radio station. He has since gone to national work, but I’ve never seen a picture of him. I am sure he doesn’t look like what his voice sounds like, though!

Here is a picture of him with David Lee Roth, and you are right-He looks nothing like you would expect from that voice.

[Just_Asking_Questions]

@Czarcasm

Here is a picture of him with David Lee Roth, and you are right-He looks nothing like you would expect from that voice.

Wow! [The Look is given.]

You are correct! Not even close.

[schnebs]

@Spice_Weasel

Sorry, I guess voice actors are not radio personalities.

Maybe not, but I could see where voice actors must get “The Look” too. It works the other way, too - it still throws me to think of the voice of The Joker in the animated Batman cartoons coming from Mark Hamill (but not as much as the picture of Ted Knight voicing The Joker - he did the part in the late 60’s version).

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@digs

I laughed when one friend, a loyal listener of the How Stuff Works podcast, had seen a picture of Josh and Chuck years ago, but had them switched in his mind. He met them in person and was just silent while his brain processed that the taller, skinnier guy was… Josh? Wha…? And that’s Chuck?

They walked on before he could say anything to his heroes.

I can relate. I’ve been listening to Stuff You Should Know for years, and the first time I saw their picture, I had them switched in my mind, too. :smack:

[Spice_Weasel]

@beowulff

You two aren’t Dan and Noreen in real life, are you?

Haha, no. I had to google that one. The funny thing is I really think he sounds like a dude when we’re talking face to face. But he is a bit soft-spoken so I can see the confusion. I think it could also be speech patterns. He pauses frequently and qualifies everything he says which is culturally more of a girl thing.