The Man with the Golden Voice *True Story Sunday*

I'm Ted Williams, the man with the golden voice, and you're watching Half Throttled YouTube channel. Welcome. Listen, it's time for another exciting episode of True Story Sunday. Thank you for joining us. Hey, everybody. Welcome to another episode of True Story Sunday. I said that with my announcer voice because this episode is about the time I met the man with the golden voice. I was in Ohio, in Columbus, Ohio, for a business trip. And after dinner one evening, I came walking back into the hotel lobby, and I looked over, and I saw that guy, and I was like, dang, I swear I know him from somewhere, or he's famous or something. And I walked over to the elevator and I pushed the button, and I was like, eh, I gotta go ask. So I walked back and I said, excuse me, do I know you from somewhere, why do I recognize you? And he opened his voice to speak, and well, it became obvious really quickly that he was the man with the golden voice. Now, if you don't know who the man with the golden voice is, you may live under a rock, because he had a very viral story a few years ago. I'm browsing Reddit one day. Look at those windmills, man, that's cool. I'm browsing Reddit one day, and I see this story about this homeless guy who has a golden voice. And one day, a guy with a video camera goes up, and he's like, has the guy say some stuff, this homeless guy, who has a sign that says he's an out-of-work radio announcer. And this is the thing I love about Reddit, man. Sometimes it feels like, it's just a hive of scum and villainy. But once in a while, a story like this, like this story of redemption happens, where the news picks it up, and it becomes this huge deal, because people like you and me clicked the upvote on it. Had we not done that, he'd still be living under a bridge. The people decided that that story was interesting enough to share. It wasn't ABC News, or Fox, or CNN, or any of those guys. The people said, hey, this is cool, this guy's got an amazing talent, and he deserves a second chance. So the story goes super viral, and I talked to him. I talked to him how I had had a viral video, and how it had been very overwhelming to me to have all this attention all of a sudden. I wanted to know his story, because to go from being a basically invisible, homeless person living under a bridge, to having the whole world want a piece of you, must have been very overwhelming, right? So I wanted to know his story, and we talked for at least an hour in the hotel lobby, and he told me his story, and he thought that it was a joke. He did have a phone, what people call an Obama phone, that they would give to homeless people, so they could call for help or whatever. And he had friends telling him, hey, the news wants to talk to you, they're looking for you. Well, this is a guy who'd been doing crack under a bridge for 20 years, so he thought that it was like some kind of drug sting, and he didn't, he wouldn't, he like hid for three days. Meanwhile, the whole world wants to know this guy's story, and interview him, and there's people that wanna, like the local radio station wants to hire him to do stings for their different shows. Yeah, he's hiding from all of that. And so finally he goes, like somebody convinces him to go, and man, this guy's driving slow, come on. Finally someone convinces him, and he goes, and every, you know, all of a sudden, every major news organization has a microphone jammed in his face, and this poor guy was very overwhelmed. But he's really cleaned himself up, and when I met him, he had these caricatures of himself, that he was taking, he would take a donation for them, and he would use that money to go and buy gift cards so homeless people could buy food for themselves. And I wasn't really interested in the gift card, I mean, in the caricature, but I didn't mind helping him out, but I wanted, I was like, you know, I have this YouTube channel, he's like, well, let's do something. Let's do something for your, you give me a donation, I'll do something for your YouTube channel. So I had him make an introduction for True Story Sunday. And it was pretty cool, and I know that a lot of, I have people say to me, wow, Ryan, you have this great voice and I kinda have a little narration voice I can use when I'm reading or narrating a video and that sort of thing. And I was tempted, like, when I was talking to this guy and we were on camera together, I was like, I'm gonna try to use my announcer voice. But I was so overwhelmed by how good, like how deep and powerful his voice was, I couldn't even say one word where I was trying to use like, hello, you know, my announcer voice just was like, just paled in comparison to how good he was. So really nice guy, Ted Williams, man with the golden voice, look him up on YouTube. I think he has a job now, he does, because he's the man with the golden voice, he has a gig making announcements for the Golden Nuggets or something, like he's no longer doing drugs. Things got better for this guy, and I'm happy for him and I was really happy to meet him. That was a really cool experience to meet him and talk with him about both of our experiences and I'll play those videos for you guys, so you can, he made one about my son, Sam, one for True Story Sunday, so it's pretty cool. Thanks for watching, guys. It's been an episode of True Story Sunday. Take it easy. And Lydia, L-Y-D-I-A, okay, and little Sam. Okay, this oughta be good, you ready? Yeah. And now she's in Utah, right? Yep. Okay. Hi, Ted Williams here, the man with the golden voice in Columbus, Ohio, and I'm with Ryan. Hey, Miss Lydia, I have to tell you, he shared that story with me, but I want little Sam to know that anytime he needs a little hug, I'll make sure I save up $39 so that I could give to mommy and daddy to hug little Sam. So Ryan and Lydia, that is something else. I love you guys, and I'll see if I can round up some more hugs for Sam. We'll be back with more of Lillian, Ryan, and Sam right after these words. Exciting Sunday. No, wait, another exciting episode, I'm sorry. Another exciting episode. Get Ready Sunday is the name of it? No. Okay, get ready for another exciting episode. Yeah, episode, okay. Of True Story Sunday. Episode of. Welcome to Half Throttle. Yep, or introduce the Half Throttle channel. And. Welcome to Half Throttle channel. Get ready for another episode of. I'm Ted Williams, a man with a golden voice, inviting you for another exciting episode of. True Story Sunday. Okay, get ready. Sunday. Okay, I might need you to hold this for me. Okay, let me see something. The channel's Half Throttle. Yep. Hi, Ted Williams here. Hi, I'm Ted Williams, a man with a golden voice. Welcome once again to Half Throttle YouTube channel. Get ready for another exciting episode of True Story Sunday. Yeah, that's great. Okay. That's fantastic. You're telling him to do voicemail instead? Yeah, I just, yeah, I gave him, I prompted that idea, because he has his own YouTube channel. Half Throttle. Oh, okay. That's right, yep. So, so, so, so. In Utah, right? Yeah. Oh, okay. Okay. That's something. It's gonna be a lot. That's one place. You know, I thought I'd been to 48 states, but I have not been there. Oh, it's nice. It's probably one place. You've got Mormons, aren't there? A lot of Mormons there, yep. Yeah, are you? Sometimes. Okay. When my parents are around, you know? Oh, okay, I got you, I got you. Yeah, that's something, yeah. Okay. How did you know there was a lot of Mormons there? Well, they always made light of that when I would watch basketball or something. They'd be like, man, go to Utah, man. There you go. There's Mormons up there. They do have a lot of Mormons. Yeah. Most of them are very nice. You ready? Oh, yes, no doubt. They just, you just don't get into worldly conversations. You know what I mean? Talking about so many current things that's gonna make you care less, you know? We're just mellow. We're living. We're cool. You ready? Yeah. Hi, I'm Ted Williams, the man with the golden voice, and welcome to Half Throttle YouTube channel. It's time right now for another exciting episode of True Story Sunday. Join us. We'll do another reflection. Hold it so you don't have to look down. No, I got it. That's okay. Go ahead. Hi, I'm Ted Williams, the man with the golden voice, and welcome to Half Throttle YouTube channel. Hey, you know, it's a time now. That cut. I might have to go with the first take. Y-A-N, Lydia, L-Y-D-I-A. Yep. Okay, and little Sam. Okay, this oughta be good. You ready? Yeah. And now she's in Utah, right? Yep. Okay. Hi, Ted Williams here, the man with the golden voice in Columbus, Ohio, and I'm with Ryan. Hey, Miss Lydia, I have to tell you, he shared that story with me, but I want little Sam to know that anytime he needs a little hug, I'll make sure I save up $39 so that I could give to mommy and daddy to hug little Sam. So Ryan and Lydia, that is something else. I love you guys, and I'll see if I can round up some more hugs for Sam. We'll be back with more of Lillian, Ryan, and Sam right after these words.