This guy sure's got the voice!
http://tv.gawker.com/5724444/homeless-man-with-radio-voice-will-have-your-ears-ringing-for-days (http://tv.gawker.com/5724444/homeless-man-with-radio-voice-will-have-your-ears-ringing-for-days)
Good luck homeless guy!!
I've seen that guy. The video went so viral so fast that a columbus radio station decided to give the guy a shot TOMORROW MORNING. I guess if you're awake at 7:30AM EST, you can click and hear.
http://daveandjimmy.com/main.html (http://daveandjimmy.com/main.html)
That was awesome. Seems like a guy with a good heart....hope he gets a break.
AHEM! >:(
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=45193.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=45193.0)
Quote from: Sắc Dục on January 04, 2011, 07:32:41 PM
AHEM! >:(
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=45193.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=45193.0)
[laugh]
Now how am I supposed to keep my 'thread start' count high by using the same thread for everything!!
Hey, so did anyone get to hear the radio show with him on it?
In the words of Rick James..."cocainne is a hell of a drug!".
Here's the first of several parts of the interview: Ted Williams on WNCI 97.9 Radio PART 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIWWbsT43o8#normal)
He's awfully up to date on fads for a homeless guy. (Susan Boyle and Bieber)
Apparently, the Cleveland Cavaliers offered him a job and a house. Although, they aren't the ones footing the bill on the house.
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/01/05/cavaliers-offer-homeless-radio-man-job-home/?test=faces (http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/01/05/cavaliers-offer-homeless-radio-man-job-home/?test=faces)
He will get a bunch of sh!t handed to him and he will mess up again with the hookers and blow.
mitt
Quote from: mitt on January 05, 2011, 03:44:09 PM
He will get a bunch of sh!t handed to him and he will mess up again with the hookers and blow.
mitt
You say this like its a bad thing.
sac
Quote from: Billyzoom on January 04, 2011, 07:10:31 PM
That was awesome. Seems like a guy with a good heart....hope he gets a break.
from the Fox news article:
The 53-year-old father of nine tells Fox8.com that he will take the job offerI bet he is a stand up dad
I sincerely hope that this is one of those instances where a good person gets a break in life and can seize a chance to make things better. [thumbsup]
call me cynical, but I doubt he is a good guy.
Quote from: Vindingo on January 05, 2011, 05:06:35 PM
call me cynical, but I doubt he is a good guy.
What makes you say that?
Unfortunately in the current world we live in it's better to be cynical and doubt folks, their acts and what they say than not. There is more soulful profit in being a cynic than in trusting and believing all that you hear or see. Sad but true. Don't ask me how I know. :P [bang]
Like my favorite New Year's resolution: I'm going to maintain my high standards but lower my expectations of others. ;D
Quote from: Vindingo on January 05, 2011, 05:06:35 PM
call me cynical, but I doubt he is a good guy.
On the news program the hosts said it and he didn't deny it: he did it to himself. It's nobody else's fault except his own that he ended up homeless. Now he just wants a chance to turn it around.
Quote from: erkishhorde on January 05, 2011, 07:24:48 PM
On the news program the hosts said it and he didn't deny it: he did it to himself. It's nobody else's fault except his own that he ended up homeless. Now he just wants a chance to turn it around.
No-one was preventing him from "turning it around". He has had a chance. He was begging for money on a road instead of working for minimum wage - who is supporting his 9 kids? Like I said before, he will get a bunch of handouts, then go on a bender and flush it away.
mitt
UPDATE:
Seems that things have begun to turn around for Ted, here's to hoping he doesn't "flush it away".
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/51933/golden-voiced-homeless-man-captivates-internet/ (http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/51933/golden-voiced-homeless-man-captivates-internet/)
gold (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE4X3FIoDcE&feature=player_embedded#normal)
If that's not a true feel good moment in life, I don't know what is. [thumbsup] [thumbsup]
because most people believe that if you are in a bad situation its because you are a lazy, its your fault and you deserve it.
simple as that.
that is the cynical part. sometimes true, sometimes not.
I saw this 2 days ago when it was on MSN homepage. Now the guy is everywhere. Too much too fast
To steal from the other thread:
The optimist in me hopes he makes it, but the pessimist figures hes done and headed right back to where he started.
Was a good run though :-\
Quote from: ItsaDuc on January 06, 2011, 11:02:31 AM
I saw this 2 days ago when it was on MSN homepage. Now the guy is everywhere. Too much too fast
To steal from the other thread:
The optimist in me hopes he makes it, but the pessimist figures hes done and headed right back to where he started.
Was a good run though :-\
if he's really "two years clean," he'll probably be ok. i figure if he can stay sober while he's at rock bottom, then he's got his head on straight.
Apparently, his kids are grown and living in the Columbus area, which is why he's freezing his ass off along I-71 instead of panhandling in warmer climes.
I wish him the best of luck. It seems like he knows how lucky he is to get another chance. I doubt someone that appreciates that fully would bung it up.
You would think if he had nine kids, and most or all of them are grown up, and he has been clean for 2 years, that one of his kids would be at least giving him a couch to sleep on. You would think. Something just doesn't seem right to me about all this. Wish him the best, but I'm with mitt. Money in hand, piss it away.
Quote from: Grappa on January 06, 2011, 05:38:00 PM
You would think if he had nine kids, and most or all of them are grown up, and he has been clean for 2 years, that one of his kids would be at least giving him a couch to sleep on. You would think. Something just doesn't seem right to me about all this. Wish him the best, but I'm with mitt. Money in hand, piss it away.
He said that while he was down he stayed with his kids and was a nuisance so they probably got fed up with him and gave up on him.
Quote from: erkishhorde on January 06, 2011, 06:49:39 PM
He said that while he was down he stayed with his kids and was a nuisance so they probably got fed up with him and gave up on him.
Which at face value is a very sad thing.
Quote from: Monster Dave on January 06, 2011, 07:02:36 PM
Which at face value is a very sad thing.
By nuisance I mean like eating all of his grand children's baby food while he was in withdrawal from the drugs and liquor.
i'm putting this guy in my dead pool for 2011, that is if he stays famous long enough for people to care [bacon]
Quote from: atomic410 on January 07, 2011, 08:05:47 AM
i'm putting this guy in my dead pool for 2011, that is if he stays famous long enough for people to care [bacon]
are you willing to wager on that?
I dont get why everybody is astounded a homeless guy sounds just like a radio dj.
HE USED TO BE A RADIO DJ
(says so on his friggin sign)
Talk about a whirl wind change for this guy. I just saw that he was on the Today Show with his mom, the Late Show last night, and has signed with Kraft foods and is considering the Cleveland Cavs as a second job.
That's awesome!
Good job, Kraft...way to get in the news.
Guy that has a deep voice blows up all over the news, and has money thrown at him from every corner.
Guy that should be getting all this attention and support- Narayanan Krishnan
Narayanan Krishnan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb-KzSJnQy0#normal)
I don't think that's a fair comparison. Those are very different ends of the spectrum.
Here's a guy (Ted Williams) who was just a guy - flawed and human, down on his luck, made mistakes, and prayed for change. As it happens, he happened to be in the right place at the right time and his talent got the right person's attention - his wish came true.
What he does with it from this point is his own prerogative. But he seems sincere in wanting a better life. I only hope that we've witnessed something special and that six months from now is still just as good of a story as it is today, rather than learning that he fell back into his old habits and wasted the entire opportunity.
No matter how you look at life, there's always someone that's going to have it better than you, and there's always going to be someone who's going to have it worse than you do - that's all a matter of perspective. All that really matters is how you look at your own life. If he's been living in the depths of poverty, realized the mistakes he's made, maybe now he can steer clear from repeating his past.
Here's to hoping! [beer]
Quote from: JEFF_H on January 07, 2011, 09:39:31 AM
Good job, Kraft...way to get in the news.
You mean aside from the billions spent on advertising, product placement, etc? How, oh, how else would they penetrate the consciousness of the American public ;D [beer]
Quote from: JEFF_H on January 07, 2011, 09:39:31 AM
Guy that should be getting all this attention and support- Narayanan Krishnan
I would sooner give support to Narayan Krishnan than Williams, but luckily, charity is not an either:or thing
Without knowing more about his nine children, his relationship with them, or what he has been doing with himself for the last say 50 years, it is kind of hard to make a summary judgement of his character. But he is sober, seems to be trying to stay that way, appears to be genuinely grateful for the support, and has some talent. He deserves a shot.
The fact that he is getting a lot of screen time does not make him an irredeemable asshole, it makes him the luckiest former homeless person ever. I hope he is able to parlay all this (disproportionate amount of) attention and support he's getting for being the rags to riches story of 2011 into a decent life.
What would really be great is if he uses his (assumed success) to give back/help the homeless in someway.
I heard Will Smith is going to play him for his next movie ;D
mitt
and for the record....i dont think ill of williams.
hope he does well
More of a comment the way the internet and news media are feeding off each other.
strange how internet memes and youtube videos become lead news stories.
oh, and my mac-n-cheese kicks kraft's mac-cheese ass.
Quote from: mitt on January 07, 2011, 10:12:16 AM
I heard Will Smith is going to play him for his next movie ;D
why is that a surprise? He said he wants to do every "hobo makes big" role until he retires..
Quote from: JEFF_H on January 07, 2011, 10:20:38 AM
and for the record....i... think ill of williams.
hope he does ...
... feed off ....
...
... my ... ass.
WHY DO YOU HATE THE HOMELESS? WHY???
No, I'm pickin up what you're layin down :P Why this guy and not someone with greater needs? Because his story does very well in a 24-hour news cycle.
Quote from: il d00d on January 07, 2011, 12:51:13 PM
No, I'm pickin up what you're layin down :P Why this guy and not someone with greater needs? Because his story does very well in a 24-hour news cycle.
There's always going to be someone else with 'greater needs' - and because you can't say "no, sorry I'm not going to help you because there's someone else with more need than you"
All that you can do is save the ones that you can save.
The reason this is such a big deal is because regardless of his criminal history, nine children, old job, or whatever other reason are trying to use to put him down...he possess's a god given talent that sets him apart from you, me, other needy people, etc. No reason to judge, hate, or try to figure out the meaning of life with this story. Bottom line? A homeless guy has a very marketable talent and is now able to use it to support himself and probably his family. Good for him.
Quote from: hbliam on January 07, 2011, 09:18:30 PM
Bottom line? A homeless guy has a very marketable talent and is now able to use it to support himself and probably his family.
He didn't have that talent before?
We, as a society, pay huge sums of money to people with physical talents similar to, but greater than, our own.
We don't care if they've done cocaine (Darryl Strawberry) or cocaine (Whitney Houston) or cocaine (Rick James) or cocaine (Tim Allen) or cocaine (Robert Downey Jr.) or cocaine (Stevie Ray Vaughn). The fact is, these people can (could) do something that any of us could do, they just did it in a way that made them unique. (SNNNNNNNNXXXXXX)
We pay celebrities and news personalities for the same reason we pay athletes: they use their natural, and often times honed, talents to do what we can do, but they can do it "better."
This guy is no different. He got his voice heard/face seen by millions of people because of a viral video. Right place, right time. Congrats to the guy with the cell phone cam. We all know who Ted Williams is. Don't give two shits about who recorded it. Someone caught Ted in the act using a honed skill to impress. Props to him for knowing his strengths.
I, personally, get the feeling from watching these short clips that he's a decent guy who "had it all," make the beast with two backsed up, wound up down on his luck, REALIZED he'd make the beast with two backsed up, and is now a media darling. I hope he takes this chance and turns it into something long term. On behalf of everyone I know who has struggled to fight off back-monkeys, I want to believe that this guy can take advantage of the opportunity being given to him and run with it.
That said, I'm a cynic. I give him a 1 in Bradley Nowell chance of staying clean.
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 07, 2011, 09:48:45 PM
He didn't have that talent before?
Yes, it was already discussed. He took the wrong path in life and now got a second chance.
Quote from: Buckethead on January 07, 2011, 10:01:54 PM
This guy is no different. He got his voice heard/face seen by millions of people because of a viral video. Right place, right time. Congrats to the guy with the cell phone cam. We all know who Ted Williams is. Don't give two shits about who recorded it. Someone caught Ted in the act using a honed skill to impress. Props to him for knowing his strengths.
here are some links about the guy that actually recorded him:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Doral+Chenoweth&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Doral+Chenoweth&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)
iirc, he's a reporter that simply heard ted's voice at a light one day and then went back days/weeks later and got the "say something in that radio voice" video that went viral. he even sat on
that video for ~8 weeks or so because it didn't really "fit" (was too long, segment didn't flow right, etc). it seems that clip eventually got published because it was a slow news day.
I've heard a few DJs make the following point: What about all the out of work radio guys with great voices who DIDN'T make the beast with two backs their lives up but ended up getting shitcanned during the recession? Why should this Ted Williams guy get handed all these opportunities?
Quote from: Dragsterhund on January 12, 2011, 07:05:31 AM
I've heard a few DJs make the following point: What about all the out of work radio guys with great voices who DIDN'T make the beast with two backs their lives up but ended up getting shitcanned during the recession? Why should this Ted Williams guy get handed all these opportunities?
simple answer...get rid of the Howard Stern's and Don Imus's and give those jobs to those guys....
Quote from: mitt on January 05, 2011, 03:44:09 PM
He will get a bunch of sh!t handed to him and he will mess up again with the hookers and blow.
mitt
Seems to be starting the unraveling phase already - the universe has a cruel way of maintaining equilibrium. He looked better off in the video from a few weeks ago.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/01/12/2011-01-12_ted_williams_homeless_man_with_golden_voice_on_his_los_angeles_arrest_my_daughte.html?r=news/national (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/01/12/2011-01-12_ted_williams_homeless_man_with_golden_voice_on_his_los_angeles_arrest_my_daughte.html?r=news/national)
Wow, that's sad and unfortunate, but it serves to remind us that we only see what the press wants us to see. First we are shown the good, then we are shown the bad, what next?
Probably a bit of truth on both sides. Once an addict always an addict, but also money has a tendency to bring every gold digging tick out of the wood work trying to latch on.
Hopefully he realizes the opportunity that just got handed to him and has some sliver of fortitude left to get his life straightened out. It is something he has to do and no ammount of outside charity will remedy will help if he is not willing to help himself first.