# I hear Ed Zotti's voice... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893 "2004-08-08T16:25:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/1 "2004-08-08T16:25:06Z")
…coming out of my car radio. Or I did yesterday, anyway. I had driven out of range of my usual stations, and had just switched to the local NPR station. Imagine my surprise when I heard the announcer dude say “Ed Zotti, editor of the Straight Dope newspaper column”. He was talking about White Elephants. His voice lacked the “Word of God” tenor that I had imagined. It was more of an “I’m Cecil’s flunky” voice. Did anyone else hear this? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/2 "2004-08-08T16:50:32Z")
I didn’t. But if you think he sounded that way, it was probably because he was trying not to blow your mind. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/3 "2004-08-08T17:08:47Z")
**Ed’s** on NPR and nobody made a big announcement here? I wish I would have known, I’d have tried to catch it. Is it a regular thing? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/4 "2004-08-08T17:21:34Z")
> **[Researchers Spot Rare White Elephant](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3838633)** > > Researchers in Sri Lanka have spotted a white elephant in the wild, probably the first recorded instance of such an event. NPR's Scott Simon takes a look at the place white elephants hold in humankind's imagination. If that doesn’t work, go to [NPR.org](http://NPR.org) and look for Weekend Edition Saturday, Aug. 7,2004. You can listen to the clip (Real Audio). ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/5 "2004-08-08T17:45:55Z")
“…now in the _apackerful_ story that arose” …? He sounds like a Boston bookie! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/6 "2004-08-08T18:04:02Z")
That sounds very Chicago to me. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/7 "2004-08-08T18:18:29Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > **Ed’s** on NPR and nobody made a big announcement here? I wish I would have known, I’d have tried to catch it. Is it a regular thing? I think it was just a one-time thing. Who knew he was the go-to man on elephant stories? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/8 "2004-08-08T18:28:36Z")
I wasn’t aware that Ed gave interviews of any kind, but in that clip, it sounds like a telephone sound bite. Short, recorded quotes of this kind are often woven into a longer on-air story at a different time. The question asked by the original interviewer may not be the one the interviewee seems to be answering in the final composite; it’s all a product of careful audio editing. Anybody else note the Henry Mancini song, “Baby Elephant Walk” from the movie “Hatari” at the end? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/9 "2004-08-08T18:52:25Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > I think it was just a one-time thing. Who knew he was the go-to man on elephant stories? I heard that Ed Zotti once shot an elephant in his pajamas! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/10 "2004-08-08T18:58:55Z")
> [@Johnny Bravo](#): > > I heard that Ed Zotti once shot an elephant in his pajamas! I heard the elephant was in Cecil’s pajamas. Yes, **Musicat** , I thought that was cute. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/11 "2004-08-08T19:20:08Z")
I am massively underwhelmed. Here I am expecting some great interview with our **Mr. Zotti** and it turns out to be a phone recording. I half expected a song request at the end of it. :rolleyes: Still, I did get to hear Zotti speak…muchly cool \ Who was the presenter? Sounds a lot like Baz Luhrmann. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/12 "2004-08-08T19:21:57Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Who was the presenter? Reads question…re-reads link…hides under rock… :o ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/13 "2004-08-08T22:33:05Z")
Is that an elephant in your pajamas or you just glad to see me? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/14 "2004-08-08T23:00:35Z")
You can see a photo of , and read more about, the white elephant [here.](http://rolos.nature.com/news/2004/040726/pf/040726-15_pf.html) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/15 "2004-08-09T13:43:13Z")
Ed has, from time to time, given NPR interviews. He usually gives Staff (at least) a little advance notice; this time, not. ---
**Author:** ![Mirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mirth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/16 "2004-08-11T07:59:53Z")
I think this may be the least responded to threadspotting ever. (See how I’ve got your back CK… now everyone can blame me for killing this thread instead of you.) ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/17 "2004-08-11T15:02:38Z")
> [@Johnny Bravo](#): > > I heard that Ed Zotti once shot an elephant in his pajamas! Well, **Little Ed** likes to _say_ there is an elephant in his jammies . . . . Damn! I heard most of WESAT last week, but missed this. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hear-ed-zottis-voice/258893/18 "2004-08-11T15:16:08Z")
Gee…I was hoping this thread might get a visit from the **Ed** himself. A girl can dream… BTW: The way I read this thread, I’m the only one who actually heard this when it was originally aired. Am I right?