DFS local radio advert

[wstol]

Heard an advert for a DFS furniture shop sale today on the radio.

It was based on Wallace and Grommit.

Very good likeness to Peter Sallis' voice - very passable, and must be considered if anyone made a talking book on the Norman Clegg diaries.

 

[Barrychuckle]

Just listened to it, quite good but he had one of those Kenneth Williams type voices that was difficult to imitate

 

[wstol]

I thought many of the mannerisms etc were there that Peter Sallis had - Peter Sallis' voice was so distinctive it's very hard for anyone to copy it I should think.

Obviously it's not perfect by a long chalk, but a very good effort nonetheless.

 

[maltrab]

I did some telecoms work at DFS, now I know where all those second hand pallets go

 

[Roger]

I think the voice of Wallace is now done by Aardman Animations employee Ben Whitehead. He did the Wallace voice on the video game Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures.

 

[captain clutterbuck]

It would have been nice to "retire Wallace" as a tribute to Peter when he passed away but commercially it was probably too huge an ask .

 

[Barrychuckle]

Peter Sallis agreed to provide the voice as a favour to a young film maker for a peppercorn figure to help him out. Then it became a massive success which enabled him to have film success. Talk about good Karma, I think it even enabled Peter to visit the Oscars one year.