http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTysXITBCmk

A homeless guy in Columbus, OH has the perfect radio voice. He's using it to motivate people to give him spare change at the moment, but I have a feeling there's going to be a happy ending to this story.

1/5/2011 12:32:32 AM

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"Throwing this video from the Columbus Dispatch out there, hoping we can find this talent a place to call home. UPDATE-1: Many thanks go out to all of you who have been tossing phone numbers and e-mails my way for Ted's sake. I went up to Hudson/I-71 (Columbus) today, but Ted wasn't there. He is going to be on air tomorrow morning on radio station WNCI. I've left my contact info w/WNCI to call/e-mail me on a way to get your enormous opportunities over to him. I'm going to give him a Trac phone (w/ample minutes) so that he can return calls to all of you. Hopefully, in some way I'll get in contact w/him. Peace. UPDATE-2: To all those who have been writing me (as one of Ted's only means of contact), I have learned that the radio station interviewing him tomorrow (1-5-11) a.m. is going to make him a formal offer. Whether true or not, we'll see. Hope it works out well for him. That was the whole point of me posting this video. I cannot thank enough everyone who was willing to do their part in offering Ted their helping hand. Whoever lands him is certainly getting much more than a memorable personality; they're getting a great human being as part of their team."

1/5/2011 12:34:05 AM

hey, it's that thing from facebook today

1/5/2011 12:34:54 AM

okay, that's awesome.

1/5/2011 12:35:45 AM

Maybe I need to do this. I have a good radio voice.

Way back, when I used to work at Radio Shit, the customers thought it was a promo commercial when I answered the phone.

Maybe I need to actually use my ham license...KI4JVY

1/5/2011 12:38:39 AM

Maybe you should give me your radio to play with.

1/5/2011 12:40:39 AM

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2011/01/04/moos.magic.voice.cnn?hpt=C2

Guys like me who have been in the radio broadcasting biz dream about having a set of pipes like that.

1/5/2011 12:41:22 AM

i thought it was fake until i heard him talk normally

1/5/2011 12:42:37 AM

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"okay, that's awesome."

1/5/2011 12:44:13 AM

^^ what did you do in radio?

I'm interesting in continuing working in the field of radio. I've done some production but I'd love a chance to get some board op experience or maybe produce a live show.

Got any leads for me?

1/5/2011 12:45:01 AM

We need a news producer, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.

1/5/2011 1:03:26 AM

I think I could do that - is it live news?

1/5/2011 1:06:14 AM

It's our 5 PM producer's slot. However, we're in Southwest Oklahoma/ North Texas.

1/5/2011 1:15:15 AM

Where are you? Southwest Oklahoma or North Texas? I understand that your signal may reach both of those places, but you can't be located in both of those places.

1/5/2011 1:46:47 AM

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"okay, that's awesome."

1/5/2011 2:52:09 AM

This guy is awesome.

1/5/2011 4:39:00 AM

holy fuck that's amazing

1/5/2011 8:11:20 AM

http://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/22663724137451520

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"The Cleveland Cavaliers have confirmed that they have offered Ted Williams, the homeless man w/the incredible voice, a job."

1/5/2011 10:06:51 AM

That's awesome. Hopefully this feel good story doesn't go bad if he gets back into drugs or alcohol abuse.

1/5/2011 10:09:11 AM

Hopefully they'll give him a normal salary and not a lump sum "10k to do this promo", the last thing a recovering drug addict needs is a wad of cash

1/5/2011 10:23:31 AM

Ill stick with Bob Dumas

1/5/2011 10:24:15 AM

Wow, Cleveland Cavaliers. Pretty impressive and hope he gets his life on track.

1/5/2011 10:29:59 AM

[link]http:// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWG6zNf4xY0[/link]

1/5/2011 2:12:46 PM

I wonder if his contract was printed in Comic Sans MS

1/5/2011 2:15:53 PM

I heard he accepted the Cavs job, but is now defecting to Miami.

1/5/2011 2:17:23 PM

It is weird watching him talk. Great story though. Probably will be a Lifetime movie at some point.

1/5/2011 3:34:00 PM

Would be cool to hear him voice the trailer on a documentary on himself

1/5/2011 3:35:35 PM

^^ This isn't a story about a woman.

[Edited on January 5, 2011 at 3:37 PM. Reason : ]

1/5/2011 3:36:48 PM

they should remake the episode where Kramer acts like the Moviefone guy and have him go be the guy about to beat him up

1/5/2011 3:37:24 PM

I want to hear him say "You gonna get raped" in that voice.

1/5/2011 3:37:28 PM

I hope he works at WNBC and gets Pig Vomit as a boss

1/5/2011 3:40:25 PM

First viral internet fad of 2011?

1/5/2011 5:17:08 PM

This makes my day!

1/5/2011 5:23:03 PM

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"I wonder if his contract was printed in Comic Sans MS"

I've been wondering if this was also a PR hire to save Dan Gilbert some face after the Lebron Letter

1/5/2011 5:25:27 PM

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"I want to hear him say "You gonna get raped" in that voice."

How long until he gets fired because some kids have exploited in him in this manner prior to his hiring by the Cavs? Just wait for the videos to surface.

1/5/2011 5:45:28 PM

So this is LeBron's replacement huh? NBA FINALS HERE WE COME!

1/5/2011 6:02:05 PM

^^They hired a hobo off of the street, who was self-admittedly there because of drugs and alcohol. I don't think a couple of youtube videos from smart ass teens is going to do the trick.

1/5/2011 6:08:32 PM

1/5/2011 6:32:54 PM

i almost teared up at his interview on cbs. he's already cleaned up and seems genuinely appreciative. i wish him all the best.

[Edited on January 5, 2011 at 7:32 PM. Reason : clarification]

1/5/2011 7:31:30 PM

^ I did too.
Everyone deserves a 2nd chance. I had mine and made the most of it. I hope Ted is too and I wish him nothing but
success.

1/5/2011 7:34:59 PM

This guy at the bar tonight would not stop talking about this dude...

1/5/2011 7:35:44 PM

Dude does have a nice voice, he also doesn't open his mouth very much, I find this weird.

1/5/2011 7:39:04 PM

^ the secret to radio voice EXPOSED!?

1/5/2011 7:54:47 PM

1/5/2011 7:56:32 PM

^agreed

1/5/2011 8:58:44 PM

Best wishes to him.

1/6/2011 1:36:19 AM

This is so awesome... I just stumbled upon this seconds ago...

1/6/2011 2:53:43 AM

I can't read

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 12:03 PM. Reason : fail]

1/6/2011 12:01:22 PM

Wow very cool. It did sound fake at first though haha, caught me totally off guard.

1/6/2011 12:07:04 PM

1/6/2011 12:11:34 PM