{"id":10409,"date":"2011-01-05T00:29:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T00:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=10409"},"modified":"2011-01-05T16:35:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T16:35:38","slug":"homeless-guy-with-the-golden-radio-voice-ted-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/01\/05\/homeless-guy-with-the-golden-radio-voice-ted-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man with the Golden Radio Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uTysXITBCmk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10410\" title=\"Man with the Golden Radio Voice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Man-with-the-Golden-Radio-Voice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A reporter from the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Columbus_Dispatch\">Columbus Dispatch<\/a> in Ohio recently came across a homeless man named <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Williams_(announcer)\">Ted Williams<\/a> with an incredible voice for TV and radio.<\/p>\n<p>The result, which feels like a real life remake of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Soloist\">The Soloist<\/a>, was this video in which Williams demonstrated his vocal skills and described how he fell on hard times.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uTysXITBCmk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uTysXITBCmk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It has since gone viral on YouTube and been picked up by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2011\/01\/04\/national\/main7212927.shtml\">mainstream media outlets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A thread on Reddit has the latest details on the story:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An anonymous listener of a radio morning talk show in Columbus offered $15,000 to hire this man for the show<\/li>\n<li>It was shot by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1673241\">Doral Chenoweth<\/a>, a photographer\/videographer for The Columbus Dispatch.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveandjimmy.com\/\">DJs from a local radio station<\/a> featured the sound-byte from this video on their show yesterday and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/daveandjimmy\/status\/22418526526509056\">may have Ted on the show tomorrow<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, a homeless guy down on his luck may find redemption thanks to the good will of people on the web.<\/p>\n<p>Someone has got to snap up the rights and make this into a feel-good movie, right?<\/p>\n<p>For the latest, check out the Reddit thread <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/reddit.com\/comments\/evz04\/homeless_man_wgolden_radio_voice_in_columbus_oh\/\">here<\/a> or the latest stories on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/search?sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=homeless+man+golden+radio\">Google News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 05\/01\/10<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Here is his appearance on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveandjimmy.com\/\">Dave and Jimmy<\/a> morning radio show on WNCI in Columbus:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"445\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DL6shmQlAhc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DL6shmQlAhc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2011\/01\/05\/earlyshow\/main7215450.shtml\">The Early Show<\/a> on CBS interviewed Ted Williams:<embed src=\"http:\/\/cnettv.cnet.com\/av\/video\/cbsnews\/atlantis2\/cbsnews_player_embed.swf\" scale=\"noscale\" salign=\"lt\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" background=\"#333333\" width=\"425\" height=\"279\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" 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Cavaliers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/national\/homeless_man_with_golden_radio_voice_91PQ3yMBa58vOf1n4MuToJ\">have offered Ted a full-time job and a house<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/live\/content\/multimedia\/video\/video.html?videoUrl=http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/live\/export-content\/sites\/dispatch\/videos\/2011\/01\/03\/golden-homeless-voice-092457.xml\">Columbus Dispatch<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2011\/01\/04\/national\/main7212927.shtml\">CBS News on the story<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1673241\">Doral Chenoweth<\/a> on Vimeo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reporter from the Columbus Dispatch in Ohio recently came across a homeless man named Ted Williams with an incredible voice for TV and 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