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...search for "bottomless brunch" on yelp.com and other sites will pull up a myriad of restaurants that offer the liquid bargain in places like San Francisco, Washington, and Chicago. Some sites such as washingtonian.com and sheckys.com have even compiled brunch lists based on the alcohol deals. Though restaurants in America's more affluent cities likely won't provide an all-you-can-eat meal for under $7, it seems many of them will let patrons drink a whole lot for somewhere under...
What separates Francisco from the rest of the impressionist pack, however, is one particular talent—the ability to mimic the ubiquitous voice of the “movie preview guy.” Otherwise known—albeit to a limited audience—as Don LaFontaine, “movie preview guy” has an unmistakable, almost superhuman voice that can be heard in more than 5,000 previews and nearly a quarter million commercials. LaFontaine’s deep cadences have long set the standard for the voiceover industry. As Ashton Smith...
...couple decades ago, while joking around with friends and parodying the deep-voiced memory-training guru Harry Lorayne (who at the time peddled his techniques by radio), Francisco discovered that he could do “the movie guy.” This talent has incorporated itself into one of his greatest acts. On stage, at will, Francisco can drop his voice several octaves and intone, “Coming this summer. Action. Adventure. Romance.” In one sketch, Francisco invited the audience to imagine the voiceover to an upcoming action flick actually being honest...
...Francisco proved so apt at imitating LaFontaine that the vocal artist once invited Francisco to his home after seeing him perform on “The Tonight Show.” “He was really cool about it,” Francisco says, “and he looked at me and said, ‘You do me better than I do me.’” In fact, since LaFontaine passed away in 2008, Francisco has taken over some of his commercial duties...
...Touted by conductor Lorin Maazel as one of the finest young performers today, Goto has toured internationally over the past several years, playing with the London Symphony, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Shanghai Philharmonic, and the National Symphony in Washington, D.C. This semester, Goto has performed in Kansas, San Francisco, and Mexico City...