# NBC -- PLEASE hire a new voice-over guy for your promos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-please-hire-a-new-voice-over-guy-for-your-promos/253725 "2004-07-06T01:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-please-hire-a-new-voice-over-guy-for-your-promos/253725/1 "2004-07-06T01:39:10Z")
Some time ago, NBC hired that portentous-voiced movie preview voiceover guy to do their promos. He gets on my nerves. Not every freakin’ show needs to be made to sound as though it is the. most. dramatic. episode. ever. Could we please have some more normal sounding announcer – _please_? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-please-hire-a-new-voice-over-guy-for-your-promos/253725/2 "2004-07-06T01:56:03Z")
I’ll sign that petition! That guy has become more and more annoying. The prime example is the promos for “Who Wants to Marry My Dad?” with dad being said with a drawn out dramatic sad tone as if to make you think that “Daaaaaad” will die a sad lonely death if his kids can’t find him a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-please-hire-a-new-voice-over-guy-for-your-promos/253725/3 "2004-07-06T02:53:13Z")
Don’t hold your breath. The guy who does the voice over intros for the _NBC Today Show_ is dead.