Don LaFontaine’s Voice Will Go On
Are you still reeling in misery from yesterday’s news that voice-over god Don LaFontaine died at the too-soon age of 68? Well, TR‘s newest sister blog Nude Celebrity Death SUV can help ease the pain with its list of Don’s five greatest trailers, which includes everything from The Simpsons Movie to Godfather Part II. Read it here. and after seeing the above pictures, I realize the world has lost an amazing set of eyebrows, too. Those things are badass.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.