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The Real Life Version of Stan

jimmyoneshotjimmyoneshot
edited December 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
When I was doing some research for university I came across a video of a guy trying to sell random things like some sort of internet salesman who seems to sell via videos for multiple different companies.

The strange thing is though, although you guys may not agree with me I feel as if this guy is very close to a real life version of Stan without the clothes of course:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k__JxinU5E

Every time I see him I immediately think of Stan. Does anyone else see this or is it just me? And is there anyone else in real life, celebrity or otherwise, that reminds you guys of characters from MI?

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  • Thriftweed Fancy PantsThriftweed Fancy Pants
    edited December 2009
    jimmyoneshot wrote: »
    Every time I see him I immediately think of Stan. Does anyone else see this or is it just me?

    Hand-waving?

    Check.

    Shady business deal?

    Check.

    Eye-popping jacket.

    Nope.
  • LeakLeak
    edited December 2009
    Egads... I almost fell asleep during that video.

    This is how you sell something... :D
  • jimmyoneshotjimmyoneshot
    edited December 2009
    Haha. Here's a couple more pics of Tom Antion in his younger years. Besides the clothes I think he's very Stan-Like:-

    http://worldseminarsolutions.com/images/tom%20antion%20internet%20marketing%20expert.jpg

    http://www.red-hot-copy.com/start/images/photo_tom_antion.jpg

    :D
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited December 2009
    I really don't think a real life Stan can be selling anything other than used cars. In the 80s.
  • reverend samreverend sam
    edited December 2009
    oh shit that guy totally sold me on his php shopping cart damn
  • LaserschwertLaserschwert
    edited December 2009
    reverend sam wrote: »
    that guy totally sold me on his php shopping cart
    To whom?
  • MaxilyahMaxilyah
    edited December 2009
    I don't have a picture of him (because it would be creepy if I did), but my math teacher kinda reminds me of Guybrush. He's dorky and sarcastic like Guybrush. He even kinda looks like him.
  • monkey_05_06monkey_05_06
    edited December 2009
    Pics or it didn't happen. :rolleyes:
  • petrolstatus4petrolstatus4
    edited December 2009
    I remember the first time seeing this and thinking of Stan...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAioN2mtsA
  • GibbeynatorGibbeynator
    edited December 2009
    I sound like Guybrush when I talk, does that count?
  • JazzyJazzy
    edited December 2009
    He doesn't talk fast enough to be Stan, but then none of the voice actors have ever done him talking fast enough to properly portray him in the same way I perceived him when I first saw him in SoMI. I've always felt that he is the kind of salesman to speak so fast and continuously that you can never get a word in edgewise and don't have the time to really take in what he's saying as he bombards you with his spiel. All the VAs seem to portray him as talking much slower, more slurry which just doesn't do it for me. Sorry.
  • bai_ganyobai_ganyo Banned
    edited December 2009
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    I really don't think a real life Stan can be selling anything other than used cars. In the 80s.

    in the south, Texas or Arizona.
    Jazzy wrote: »
    He doesn't talk fast enough to be Stan, but then none of the voice actors have ever done him talking fast enough to properly portray him in the same way I perceived him

    same goes for me. can't actually complain about the voice acting though, the Telltale Stan was magnificent.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited December 2009
    bai_ganyo wrote: »
    in the south, Texas or Arizona.
    I think Stan was originally based off the ads by a used car salesman in San Francisco. I don't remember where I read this, though, and I can't find it, so take that with a grain of salt.
    same goes for me. can't actually complain about the voice acting though, the Telltale Stan was magnificent.
    His acting in Tales was definitely the best he's had so far. It's the first Stan voice acting appearance that I can actually live with. I hated his voice in Curse, it was a bit better in Escape though that interpretation had its own flaws, and I now am finally happy with him in a game in Tales. If there is one really good thing I can say about Tales, it would be that they really know how to bring back the classic characters well when they do it.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited December 2009
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    it was a bit better in Escape

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Wait... you're serious?
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited December 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Wait... you're serious?
    Yeah. I'm of the opinion that, while Escape's Stan had its own set of issues, overall the performance was better. Tales has been the first time I've really been happy with Stan's performance, though.
  • BaggeBagge
    edited December 2009
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    I think Stan was originally based off the ads by a used car salesman in San Francisco. I don't remember where I read this, though, and I can't find it, so take that with a grain of salt.

    That could well be true. Tim Schafer said he based Stan on used car salesmen in EDGE a few months back:

    "I came up with Stan, the used-ship salesman - that was really fun, because Steve did this great animation for him, and I researched how used-car salesmen try to sell you things and pile on the options and stuff. It was great!"
  • Wolfstar27Wolfstar27
    edited December 2009
    hmm i didnt really think that guys much of a stan, i always thought of stan as like a Jibber jabber toy....doesnt stop talking, quite fast with speech, doesnt take a breath when he talks and waves his arms
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