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Kraft Hires Man With the Golden Voice, Records Mac & Cheese TV Ad (Video)

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07 Jan 2011 12 views
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Kraft Hires Man With the Golden Voice, Records Mac & Cheese TV Ad (Video)
After Ted Williams, the homeless man who shot to fame this week on the wings of his golden voice, taped the Today show yesterday, he completed one of his first voiceover sessions for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. His first commercial was released on YouTube today.

After Ted Williams, the homeless man who shot to fame this week on the wings of his golden voice, taped the Today show yesterday, he completed one of his first voiceover sessions for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. His first commercial was released on YouTube today.

Taking advantage of the feel-good story, Kraft showed it knows how to get free advertising.

This is a behind-the-scenes YouTube video they posted.

 

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