"In a world where.." cliche, coined by Don LaFontaine?
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Wed Nov 22 21:07:47 UTC 2006
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)) .
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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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