This week the world lost two great entertainers. Don LaFaontaine, voice over guy for countless movie trailers and actor/musician/ composer Jerry Reed both passed away. LaFontaine was one of the most recognizable voices in the world as he promoted everything from Scream to George of the Jungle, Gieco finally put a face to voice in one of their best and funniest commercials. Reed made such great hits as When You’re Hot, You’re Hot and Elvis Presley’s return to form Guitar Man as well as being an ingratiating presence in Burt Reynolds’ Smokey and the Bandit movies (If you want to see the perfect good old boy, badass villain check him out in the Reynolds vehicle Gator). They will both be missed.
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Neal said
September 3 2008 @ 12:31 pm
I always thought Jerry Reed was an underrated actor and disappointed that he didn’t do more acting in his career. I guess the combination of doing novelty songs and appearing in the Smokey and the Bandit movies pigeon-holed him as an amiable good ol’ boy. But you are right that he was a truly scary villain in Gator and I also thought he was quite effective as a criminal in The Survivors. It’s a rare gift to be able to handle comedy and drama, and he appeared to do it effortlessly. There are plenty of big name actors who can’t achieve that feat.