# Johnny Rivers voice in recent commercial--who is it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-rivers-voice-in-recent-commercial-who-is-it/257629>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 30, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-rivers-voice-in-recent-commercial-who-is-it/257629 "2004-07-30T18:58:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-rivers-voice-in-recent-commercial-who-is-it/257629/1 "2004-07-30T18:58:12Z")

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The commercial is the little yellow happy-face guy. The song is Secret Agent Man (modified, of course). Who is the voice?

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**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-rivers-voice-in-recent-commercial-who-is-it/257629/2 "2004-07-30T20:04:54Z")

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That’s weird! I was wondering exactly the same thing about 3 days ago. It struck me as a pretty damn good knockoff though, that’s why it struck me as well.

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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-rivers-voice-in-recent-commercial-who-is-it/257629/3 "2004-07-31T21:09:18Z")

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According to his website, he still performs all over the place. Why could it not be him doing the commercial?

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-rivers-voice-in-recent-commercial-who-is-it/257629/4 "2004-07-31T21:16:14Z")

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Y’know I kept reading this thread title as ‘Joan Rivers’, and got a very strange image, when I read the OP…

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-rivers-voice-in-recent-commercial-who-is-it/257629/5 "2004-08-30T18:04:23Z")

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Sounds like Joan, er, Johnny Rivers to me.