5 voices behind funny car ads

You know the voice, but you can't place the face. Here are five actors behind popular car ads.

What's so funny?
What's so funny?
Selling cars is serious business. So how did so many funnymen become the voices of the automakers' ads? By making us happy, that's how. Says Jane Barratt, a marketing consultant: "These guys all have wonderful, resonant voices, and their timing is impeccable. Auto ads can be a sea of sameness, and a great voice helps cut through the morass."


By Duff McDonald, contributor - Last updated November 11 2011: 8:31 AM ET
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