How to Succeed

#1

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 4:21pm

The facebook page for How to Succeed just wrote that a famous person will be the book voice for the upcoming revival. The last person to play this role was Walter Cronkite. I'm guessing it's another anchor for this role. But I'm having trouble guessing who it could be! Maybe Katie Couric to make it more modern? Barbara Walters?
Guessing who the book voice is for H2S

#2

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 4:26pm

Maybe Matt Lauer, or Conan?

#3

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 4:36pm

The show it totally misogynistic, so I doubt they would cast a woman as the book voice.

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#4

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 4:39pm

My guess is Ted Williams.

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#5

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 4:40pm

Anderson Cooper?

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#6

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:08pm

David Hyde Pierce was the voice of the book for a production in - I believe Niagara - a couple years ago. Maybe he's doing it for this production as well.

Correction: It was White Plains;

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117070-White-Plains-How-to-Succeed-with-Wilson-Wyman-and-Abramovitz-Begins-April-24

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Updated On: 1/14/11 at 05:08 PM

#7

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:14pm

I has to be someone very 50's stereotypical male sound. I'm hoping Jon Hamm!

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#8

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:15pm

David Hyde Pierce would be great, but I don't think it's him. The Walter Cronkite hint seems to be suggesting that it's a news anchor.

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When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

#9

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:18pm

Brian Williams would be the most logical. He always goes for that sort of in-comedy thing too w/Daily Show and such.

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#10

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:53pm

I vote for Bill Kurtis. His narration of the movie "Anchorman" was classic.

#11

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 6:03pm

My first thought was Brian Williams as well.

#12

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/14/11 at 6:16pm

Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart would also be good choices, I think. But I'm sure it'll be Rather, Brokaw or Williams.

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#13

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/15/11 at 12:07am

Well, it has to be The Donald, right?

#14

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/15/11 at 12:30am

They probably wont' want to go here but I think it would be really great to have Matthew Broderick as the book voice. He has a distinctive voice and a past tie to a successful revival. It doesn't have to be a newscaster but it should be a recognizable voice.

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#15

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/15/11 at 3:58am

How to Succeed is not misogynistic - it mocks misogyny. There's a difference.

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#16

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/15/11 at 4:07am

Even though I think the Donald would be a great idea (and a funny one) I think the hint is DEFINTELY pointing to a newscaster.

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#17

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/15/11 at 9:14am

I really hope it's Stephen Colbert.

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#18

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/15/11 at 9:45am

I heard they're using Larry King's voice.

#19

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/15/11 at 9:57am

Brody, as I was reading down the posts, I was thinking...I bet it's Larry King!

#20

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/15/11 at 10:12am

I would have enjoyed hearing Don Pardo, the voice of Saturday Night Live as the book.

Fun fact- for whatever reason, the lsat revival of Little Shop used a Pardo impersonator pre-recorded as the Prologue Voice. I wonder if they couldn't get Pardo?

#21

How to Succeed

Posted: 1/15/11 at 11:34am

If I were at work on this revival of a 1960s send-up of the New York business world, I would be cashing in on Mad Men all over the place, with a natural bridge to that show and How to Succeed itself in Robert Morse.

That having been said, Larry King makes sense.