"In a world where.." cliche, coined by Don LaFontaine?

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IN A WORLD WHERE--1,630,000 Google hits
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In a Geico commercial, "that announcer guy from the movies" (Don  LaFontaine) 
announces: "In a world where both our cars were totally  underwater..."
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Did Don LaFontaine coin this? Where and when? Jimmy Kimmel has a new tv  
promo that also begins with "in a world..."
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_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_LaFontaine_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_LaFontaine) 
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Don LaFontaine (born _August 26_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_26) , 
_1940_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940)  in _Duluth, Minnesota_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota) )  is a _voice actor_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_actor)  famous for  recording over 5,000 _movie trailers_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_trailers) , _television  commercials_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_commercials) , network promotions, and video 
game trailers. His signature  voice is both ominous and sonorous. He is often 
nicknamed "The King of Movie  Trailers", "Thunder Throat" or "The Voice of 
God", and credited with helping to  create the modern movie trailer, including 
clichés such as "In a world where no  one can be trusted, one man will risk it 
all." His favorite movie trailer that  he did a voice over for was the hit 
slasher film _Friday the  13th_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(film)) .
(...)
Satire and other appearances  
His voice has been the subject of _parody_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody)  and _satire_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire) , as seen in a 
_Cartoon Network_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_Network)   commercial for 
_The Powerpuff  Girls_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls) , the 
_stand-up comedy_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy)  of _Pablo 
Francisco_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Francisco) , and on  the popular 
web-cartoon site _Homestar Runner_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner) .  Comedian-actress _Janeane Garofalo_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janeane_Garofalo)   formerly performed "an impression of every movie trailer ever 
made" with the  words, "In a WORLD!..." saying that every movie trailer seems to 
begin with  LaFontaine saying, "In a world..." or "In a  town..."

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