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Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: Chief-O on February 06, 2011, 10:27:13 AM: Just ran into a newly-created Facebook page (http://\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-Cipriano/196769117001699?ref=sgm\") for Joe Cipriano, where he mentions he'll be guest-announcing on Wheel.

With him being one of the more versatile voice men in LA, I can see him being a good fit.

ETA: It appears he's using this page just for "Wheel" news; he's got at least another public page on FB.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: bandit_bobby on February 06, 2011, 10:47:08 AM: This would be the second game show where he isn't relegated to post-production announcing duties, the first of which was "Pictionary" w/ Alan Thicke.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: davemackey on February 26, 2011, 03:18:15 PM: I hope I'm not premature in disclosing this but it's my understanding they've given the job to Jim Thornton.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: Twentington on February 26, 2011, 03:56:06 PM: Quote from: davemackey on February 26, 2011, 03:18:15 PM
I hope I'm not premature in disclosing this but it's my understanding they've given the job to Jim Thornton.

If this is true, then sweet. I thought from the first episode that he was a perfect fit.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: Steve Gavazzi on February 26, 2011, 08:50:26 PM: Jim Thornton strikes me as what Rich Fields would probably sound like if he didn't suck. I also have to remind myself while he's announcing that he isn't Charlie.

Congratulations to Jim, and props to Wheel for getting this right.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: Kevin Prather on February 26, 2011, 09:07:27 PM: Am I the only one who hears a little bit of Jack Clark in Thornton?
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: J.R. on February 26, 2011, 11:57:18 PM: I'd like to add in my vote of confidence to Jim Thornton as well. I've been very impressed with his work so far, he will make a fine successor.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: BrandonFG on February 27, 2011, 03:32:32 PM: When I listen to Jim I hear Rich with better enunciation, with a slight hint of Jack Clark. But, he sounds like a good fit for the show.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: rialtus on February 28, 2011, 12:45:38 AM: Quote from: fostergray82 on February 27, 2011, 03:32:32 PM
When I listen to Jim I hear Rich with better enunciation, with a slight hint of Jack Clark. But, he sounds like a good fit for the show.
When I listen to Jim Thorton, I just figure he's talking about his friends at Mesa Garage Doors again. *shrug*
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: Twentington on March 08, 2011, 12:19:27 AM: Wow, Joe really has 20+ years in the biz? And yet he sounds like a marginally less sucky Daniel Rosen? Color me unimpressed.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: JasonA1 on March 08, 2011, 11:26:01 AM: Quote from: Twentington on March 08, 2011, 12:19:27 AM
Wow, Joe really has 20+ years in the biz? And yet he sounds like a marginally less sucky Daniel Rosen? Color me unimpressed.

I'm sure his lucrative longevity at FOX doesn't care about your opinion. I haven't heard him on Wheel, but I've always liked him.

-Jason
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: BrandonFG on March 08, 2011, 04:11:41 PM: Quote from: Twentington on March 08, 2011, 12:19:27 AM
Wow, Joe really has 20+ years in the biz? And yet he sounds like a marginally less sucky Daniel Rosen? Color me unimpressed.
To each his or her own but I disagree. A lot. Even on shows I couldn't stand (primetime D/ND), he still held his own IMO.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: TLEberle on March 09, 2011, 12:48:43 AM: Quote from: Twentington on March 08, 2011, 12:19:27 AM
Wow, Joe really has 20+ years in the biz? And yet he sounds like a marginally less sucky Daniel Rosen? Color me unimpressed.
Yeah, all those various companies that hired him since 1990? They're wrong, not you.
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: Jamey Greek on March 09, 2011, 10:50:59 AM: I heard from about.com that a guy that we haven't heard from in the game show biz is supposed to announce next week. *drumroll please*

John Cramer!
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: Twentington on March 09, 2011, 01:14:25 PM: Quote from: TLEberle on March 09, 2011, 12:48:43 AM
Quote from: Twentington on March 08, 2011, 12:19:27 AM
Wow, Joe really has 20+ years in the biz? And yet he sounds like a marginally less sucky Daniel Rosen? Color me unimpressed.
Yeah, all those various companies that hired him since 1990? They're wrong, not you.

I never even implied that I was "right". Clearly there are plenty of people who like him if he's found so many jobs, so they must be the ones who are "right". That doesn't mean I can't say "wow, does he ever suck". I'm sure that there's someone who thought that Gene Wood sucked.

Quote from: Jamey Greek on March 09, 2011, 10:50:59 AM
John Cramer!

I'm surprised that this name didn't come up sooner, considering he announced just about everything Sony put out in the past 15 years. In fact, well before Charlie died, I half-expected them just to make John Cramer his successor. (But, as I said earlier, I'm hoping the rumors about Jim Thornton are true.)
Title: "Wheel" guest announcer update
Post by: Joe Mello on March 10, 2011, 07:59:37 PM: Quote from: Twentington on March 09, 2011, 01:14:25 PM
Quote from: TLEberle on March 09, 2011, 12:48:43 AM
Quote from: Twentington on March 08, 2011, 12:19:27 AM
Wow, Joe really has 20+ years in the biz? And yet he sounds like a marginally less sucky Daniel Rosen? Color me unimpressed.
Yeah, all those various companies that hired him since 1990? They're wrong, not you.
I never even implied that I was "right".
Because clearly, a strongly-worded sentence does not imply in any way that you have an equally strong opinion.

My problem with Cip is that he probably orders pizza in the same way he reads copy. Unlike with Mr. Rosen, that prospect amuses me.

/Cip'd do very well pimping Disney Films, methinks.