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Swaye
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My company just told me they want me to go to Vegas for a week in August. They followed that up with "needing" me in Boston in October, and Amsterdam in November. I hate work, but this shit ain't too bad. They will probably stick me in a shitty dump of a hotel, but meh...hookers and blow. And it's all legal. Fuck yeah.
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Contents [hide]
1 Personal background
2 Career
2.1 Spokesperson
2.2 Media appearances
3 Writing
4 Published works
5 References
6 External links
Personal background[edit]
Thomas Edward "Tom" Bodett was born on February 23, 1955, in Champaign, Illinois and raised in Sturgis, Michigan.[1] As of 2013, he resides in Dummerston, Vermont, where he is a member of the town's Selectboard.[2]
Career[edit]
Spokesperson[edit]
Motel 6
In 1986, Bodett was both building houses in Homer, Alaska and contributing content to NPR's All Things Considered show. A creative director at the Richards Group ad agency heard him on NPR and hired him to record a commercial for Motel 6. Bodett ad-libbed the famous line "We'll leave the light on for you" and has been the spokesperson for the chain ever since then.[3] The director, David Fowler, hired him because he "sound[ed] like the kind of person who stays there."[4] He thought, "Gosh, if I only had an account for a national budget motel brand with a sense of humor and humility, I could make a heck of an advertising campaign with this guy."[3]
In 2005, Motel 6 began using Bodett for their wake-up calls. The chain hoped to bring a more personal touch to people's day by using their spokesperson's voice.[5] Bodett was also featured on the first Motel 6 podcast, released for the holidays.
Media appearances[edit]
Television
In 1997, Bodett hosted the public television program, Travels on America's Historic Trails.[3][6]
He also did the voiceover for "Mime Time" and the "Good Idea/Bad Idea" segments featuring Mr. Skullhead on Animaniacs, and had a brief cameo in Pinky and The Brain, as well as narrating the 1999 direct to video Animaniacs movie Wakko's Wish.
Radio
As a broadcaster, Bodett hosted two radio programs, The End of the Road from 1988 to 1990 and Bodett & Company in 1993.
As of 2013, he is a contributor to The Bob Edwards Show on XMPR and a member of the stable of panelists on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, a National Public Radio news quiz show.
Bodett was a regular columnist for the webzine Mr. Showbiz.
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