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sepdet · 4 months ago

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I can't find the story, but I remember back in the day when celebrity promos were less common, some bozo asked why a respected actor like Jones was recording Yellow Pages ads. He responded with a twinkle in his eye and that divine voice, "They pay me money."

edit: here's a Sesame Street episode from my childhood that starts with one of James Earl Jones' guest appearances.

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Ah shit.

#:(#rip #james earl jones #it just occurred to me that between James Hill Jones on Sesame Street #and Morgan Freeman on the Electric Company #genX was primed for a Black man with a voice of God to run for president #obama's voice wasn't as deep #even so he seemed oddly familiar and sounded like a Friend #I wonder if anyone has made the connection that James Jones may have influenced that election just a little bit

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