If such comparisons are unfair, blame it on E4, whose continuity announcer declared: "If you like Skins, The Inbetweeners and Misfits, you'll like this".
Fred Willard, whom Mr. Guest met in 1969 when they appeared together in "Little Murders" at Circle in the Square, plays a dog show announcer whose commentary constantly horrifies his British co-announcer, played by Jim Piddock.
"Mitt Romney has a secret," says the announcer, whose deep, distinctive voice people will recognize as John Lithgow's.
Bill Wendell, a radio and television announcer whose crisp authoritative voice provided an ironic foil to entertainers from Ernie Kovacs to David Letterman, died yesterday at a hospice in Boca Raton, Fla.
Charlotte Green, the former Radio 4 announcer whose voice will have already been familiar to millions, replaced the previous incumbent, James Alexander Gordon.
"I don't know if I have the proper adjectives," said Keith Jackson, the longtime play-by-play announcer whose booming baritone defined the sport for decades.
"He is the father of integrity and the father of national unity," said one announcer, whose comments were carried on loudspeakers around the city and on national television, which broadcast the procession.
It seems oddly fitting that as a radio announcer whose shows are most often played in the wee small hours of the morning, he is completely comfortable in the dark.
Chic Anderson, the track announcer whose race call was carried by CBS, narrated the Affirmed-Alydar duel, during which Alydar caught Affirmed and took the lead in the final half-mile.
Here's a hint: The announcer whose voice you'll hear in the television commercials, narrating footage of athletes hugging, is the king of touchy-feely Hollywood filmmaking, Robin Williams.
