Jack Harbaugh suggested James Earl Jones for voice over
Harbaugh is the gift that keeps on giving.... http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/201…
September 18th, 2015 at 6:40 AM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 6:47 AM ^
Who has a better Intro Video than us....NOBODY!
September 18th, 2015 at 7:22 AM ^
I flipped to the Louisville-Clemson game last night for a bit. I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention, but I could swear that James Earl Jones did the promo for Louisville. I'll research it a bit, but it makes me sad to think he would pimp himself out like that.
September 18th, 2015 at 8:33 AM ^
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September 18th, 2015 at 7:02 AM ^
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September 18th, 2015 at 7:59 AM ^
(/s, because I know someone out there didn't catch it)
September 18th, 2015 at 8:15 AM ^
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September 18th, 2015 at 6:57 AM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 8:13 AM ^
But I had an uncle who was exactly like that. He taught us how to play poker, too. Every 12 year old boy needs to have an uncle/grandpa like that.
September 18th, 2015 at 7:08 AM ^
Jack, people will come, Jack. They'll come to the Big House for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn into Pioneer not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at Stadium and Main as innocent as children, longing for the past. "Of course, we won't mind if you have a look around," you'll say. "It's only eighty dollars per person." They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it; for it is money they have and peace they lack.
And they'll walk out to the bleachers, and sit in shirt-sleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the yardlines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game, and it'll be as if they'd dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they'll have to brush them away from their faces.
People will come, Jack.
The one constant through all the years, Jack, has been Michigan Football. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But Michigan football has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Jack. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. Ohhhhhhhh, people will come, Jack. People will most definitely come.
September 18th, 2015 at 7:18 AM ^
Excellent.
September 18th, 2015 at 7:22 AM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 7:25 AM ^
...and Moonlight Graham has no comment on this? He must be napping this morning.
September 18th, 2015 at 7:44 AM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 8:04 AM ^
Now someone needs to make this. Need to find clips of him saying Big House, Pioneer, Stadium and Main, and Michigan Football; then cut those into the original. Would think Pioneer would be the hardest to find him saying.
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September 18th, 2015 at 8:36 AM ^
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September 18th, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^
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September 18th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 7:55 AM ^
This article makes it sound like Jim Harbaugh & family actually wrote the script. That...can't be true? Could it? Crazier things have happened I guess.
September 18th, 2015 at 7:58 AM ^
he is probably watching film of high school recruits right now and making a short list for Jim to look at more deeply. And he's probably doing it for free.
September 18th, 2015 at 8:06 AM ^
For God & Country
September 18th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 1:01 PM ^
I forgot Jim did that for free.
September 18th, 2015 at 7:59 AM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 7:59 AM ^
"What is this, McDowell's?!?"
September 18th, 2015 at 8:10 AM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 8:37 AM ^
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September 18th, 2015 at 8:53 AM ^
My bun has no seeds.
September 18th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^
WORKS?!?!"
September 18th, 2015 at 8:09 AM ^
"Luke, I am your father."
This is probably the most famous quote in all the Star Wars films -- that iconic moment when Vader reveals the truth about his history. Right?
Actually, the exchange goes like this:
Darth Vader: Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke Skywalker: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!
Darth Vader: No. I am your father.
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September 18th, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^
+1 Informative
September 18th, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
That's one of those things that basically everyone has misremembered. "Play it again, Sam" from Casablanca is another.
And then there's the "Berenstein" Bears...
September 18th, 2015 at 8:35 AM ^
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September 18th, 2015 at 8:37 AM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 8:37 AM ^
This is cool, but the voiceover could use a bit more ... Totes Magotes.
September 18th, 2015 at 8:41 AM ^
I loved that intro video it was everything I wanted it to be plus Shefter which I could have done without. I have to wonder how did this not occur to someone sooner? One of the most iconic voices in all of human history is an alumnus and it took this long for someone to think that maybe we should get him to record a voice over intro for the team.
September 18th, 2015 at 8:45 AM ^
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September 18th, 2015 at 8:51 AM ^
What I really loved was that it opened with "This is the University of Michigan" and continued to be as much about the school as it was the football program.
September 18th, 2015 at 10:08 AM ^
My guess is that it has occured to people for a lot of Michigan promo videos. Michigan has always promoted the fact that JEJ is an alum. Perhaps it just took Harbaugh's celebrity to make it happen. The story here isn't that they thought of it (who hasn't?). It's that they did it.
A quick google turned up this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4w8GfvR8Uo
I've always wanted to play Michigan football, and now i want to go to the dental school too.
I seem to recall a promotional video for the university (not just football) with his voice, but I can't find it.
September 18th, 2015 at 12:52 PM ^
Didn't he do the voiceover for a couple of commercials for Michigan in the mid-90s? I seem to remember a couple of those PSA-come-to-Michigan-type commercials that run during games had JEJ's voice on them.
September 18th, 2015 at 8:51 AM ^
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/harbaugh-meets-darth-vader
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September 18th, 2015 at 9:11 AM ^
We are lucky to have THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND that is Jim Harbaugh.
September 18th, 2015 at 9:21 AM ^
Saw James Earl Jones on Broadway earlier this year in a play and he has an awesome presence. Just listening to his voice the whole time was pretty soothing, like recognizing the voice of someone you've known forever.
September 18th, 2015 at 9:43 AM ^
of the Theatre Dept. on homecoming weekend.
When I was in school, he was in town to get an honorary doctorate. The Dept. held a "tea" for "Jimmy" -- but before that he sat down with our small acting class and told us stories that he didn't share with the big group. Wonderful, generous man.
September 18th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
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September 18th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^
September 18th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
Do you think he recorded his Wal-Mart commercials in the same studio? That would be entertaining.