Elwood Edwards
Elwood Edwards | |
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Born | New Bern, North Carolina, U.S. | November 6, 1949
Known for | Voice talent for AOL |
Elwood Edwards (born November 6, 1949) is an American
Career
Edwards started in radio while in high school. After high school he continued into television, working as a live booth announcer. Despite some on-air work, doing a car commercial, reporting news or sports and a short stint as a weatherman, Edwards focused mainly on off-camera work.
In 1989, Edwards' wife overheard online service
His voice has also appeared in a 2000 episode of The Simpsons, "Little Big Mom" (where he provided the voice of a virtual doctor, saying "You've got leprosy"), and in advertising for the movie You've Got Mail.
Now retired, he used to sell personalized .wav files through his website.[4]
On the March 4, 2015, episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Edwards appeared on screen to read phrases which were meant to be humorous.[5] As of November 2016, Edwards was seen on Instagram and YouTube working as an Uber driver.[6][7] On September 16, 2019, Edwards and his AOL story were featured on the podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz in an episode entitled "You've Got Mail".[8][9][10]
In October 2022, Edwards appeared in a television ad for the e-commerce platform Shopify, in which he announced "You've got sales" to sellers on the platform.[11]
Other jobs
- News graphics supervisor, WKYC-TV[12]
- General manager, KVVV
- Operations manager, WAKC-TV
- Operations supervisor/senior director, WFTY-TV
- Production manager/senior director, WCTI-TV
- Senior director, WITN-TV
- Announcer/director, WNBE-TV
- Announcer/DJ, WHIT-AM
- Uber driver[13]
References
- ^ Fast Company. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ "Where Are They Now? Elwood Edwards". Cleveland Magazine. December 2009.
- ^ Kim, Eun Kyung (March 27, 2014). "'You've got mail' guy: I recorded phrase on a cassette in my living". Today. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ "Home page of El Edwards, the Voice of "You've got mail"". 2007. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008.
- ^ "Watch The 'You've Got Mail' Guy Read Ridiculous One-Liners on 'Fallon'". Above Average. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ Trant23 (November 7, 2016), AOL Youve Got Mail Guy Is Now An Uber Driver In Ohio, archived from the original on November 8, 2016, retrieved November 8, 2016
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bruner, Raisa (November 8, 2016). "This Woman Got an Uber Ride from the Voice Behind AOL's Iconic 'You've Got Mail' Message". Time. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ "You've Got Mail". September 16, 2019.
- ^ "Twenty Thousand Hertz – You've Got Mail! On Stitcher".
- ^ "Twenty Thousand Hertz on Apple Podcasts". August 9, 2023.
- ^ Zafarris, Jess; Lepitak, Stephen (October 14, 2022). "Marketing Morsels: 'You've Got Mail' AOL Guy Is Back". Adweek. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Haidet, Ryan C. (March 27, 2014). "Meet the local voice of AOL's 'You've Got Mail'". WKYC. Retrieved April 4, 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (November 7, 2016). "The voice of AOL's iconic 'you've got mail' has a side gig driving Ubers". The Verge. Retrieved February 10, 2023.