His trademark deep voice and “In a world…” from numerous movie trailers had become as overplayed as “more cowbell!” at every concert; something equally annoying had to take over “Freebird!”
The GEICO commercial he did was nice because it was great to finally see a face to go with the pipes. Unlike other greats you sort of recognize yet can’t place such as Gary Owens, Jim Cummings or Tress MacNeille, Don never really did cartoon characters. He did get a funny turn on Family Guy wondering aloud what is The Rock’s ethnicity.
Before he passed away, imdb.com said he would appear in an upcoming movie called The Voice Gods of Hollywood due out in 2009. The casting appears a bit thin for voice actors in my opinion unless it’s exclusive to people who’ve done the speaking for the man upstairs.