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Murray Walker has died

mellosouls 6y ago
"A collection of Murrayisms" - couple of funny mistakes and examples of his engaging passionate commentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXDEw3gqhk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXDEw3gqhk
jeroenbourgois 6y ago
I was just a bit too young to hear him in action a lot but boy, did I hear his voice often in F1 1997 on PS one. Afterwards while watching various reruns of 90’s F1 races his voice often lit up the scenery. So enthusiastic, brilliant. Anything can happen in Formula One, and it usually does... Sadly here the inevitable also happened. Thanks for the legendary game voice samples and a lot more. You were part of my F1 childhood as much as Schumacher was, alongside Martin Brundle.
klelatti 6y ago
This BBC piece obliquely refers to Walker serving in a tank regiment during WWII. In fact trained at Sandhurst, commanded a Sherman tank as a Captain with the Royal Scots Greys (in the 4th Black Rats Armoured Brigade) in the Battle of the Reichswald under Montgomery. Later Eisenhower said this "was some of the fiercest fighting of the whole war".
- JdeBP 6y ago
  Also he was the creator of that Opal Fruits jingle, according to Wikipedia. I've never imagined it in Murray Walker's voice until today.
  - klelatti 6y ago
    It's a great jingle. Also Opal Fruits such a great name compared to Starburst.
  - monkey_monkey 6y ago
    It's unclear if he came up with the slogan or the melody and the slogan, but this is the jingle, in case people want to know. https://youtu.be/bu8e84vJoH8?t=22 https://youtu.be/bu8e84vJoH8?t=22
seaman1921 6y ago
Don't know who the guy is but for future reference, this kind of HN headline sounds much better than 'XYZ has died'
- dang 6y ago
  Sorry, but the convention is the opposite here, and I've switched from "passed away" to "has died" now. Generally we try to avoid euphemisms in HN titles. I understand that tastes and conventions vary widely, though, especially with such an international community. It's impossible to work the same way, or to work well, for everyone.
  - seaman1921 6y ago
    Thank you for the explanation, and for your service as mod!
w0mbat 6y ago
According to Wikipedia, when he worked in advertising he wrote the slogan "Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water.".
- kinlan 6y ago
  I heard he also came up with "A mars a day helps you work rest and play"
  - gushie 6y ago
    He didn't come up with that one (he wished he did), he just worked on the Mars account at the time
    - kinlan 6y ago
      Ah right. Well, I wished he did too with the amount of people I've told over the years :D
      - w0mbat 6y ago
        I heard that Salman Rushdie came up with the "Naughty but nice." slogan for cream cakes.
maxwelldone 6y ago
Here's a gem from the time when Murray commentated on snooker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-oAsDCGNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-oAsDCGNA
LaserDiscMan 6y ago
Classic Walker from the James Hunt days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khA67-r5lSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khA67-r5lSQ
kinlan 6y ago
I can't find it, but I have a memory of him commentating "The race order is 1, 2, 3, 4" - it made me laugh at the time... I could be completely making it up, but I smile and think of Murray every time.

"A collection of Murrayisms" - couple of funny mistakes and examples of his engaging passionate commentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXDEw3gqhk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXDEw3gqhk

jeroenbourgois 6y ago

I was just a bit too young to hear him in action a lot but boy, did I hear his voice often in F1 1997 on PS one. Afterwards while watching various reruns of 90’s F1 races his voice often lit up the scenery. So enthusiastic, brilliant. Anything can happen in Formula One, and it usually does... Sadly here the inevitable also happened. Thanks for the legendary game voice samples and a lot more. You were part of my F1 childhood as much as Schumacher was, alongside Martin Brundle.

klelatti 6y ago

This BBC piece obliquely refers to Walker serving in a tank regiment during WWII. In fact trained at Sandhurst, commanded a Sherman tank as a Captain with the Royal Scots Greys (in the 4th Black Rats Armoured Brigade) in the Battle of the Reichswald under Montgomery. Later Eisenhower said this "was some of the fiercest fighting of the whole war".

JdeBP 6y ago
Also he was the creator of that Opal Fruits jingle, according to Wikipedia. I've never imagined it in Murray Walker's voice until today.
- klelatti 6y ago
  It's a great jingle. Also Opal Fruits such a great name compared to Starburst.
- monkey_monkey 6y ago
  It's unclear if he came up with the slogan or the melody and the slogan, but this is the jingle, in case people want to know. https://youtu.be/bu8e84vJoH8?t=22 https://youtu.be/bu8e84vJoH8?t=22

seaman1921 6y ago

Don't know who the guy is but for future reference, this kind of HN headline sounds much better than 'XYZ has died'

dang 6y ago
Sorry, but the convention is the opposite here, and I've switched from "passed away" to "has died" now. Generally we try to avoid euphemisms in HN titles. I understand that tastes and conventions vary widely, though, especially with such an international community. It's impossible to work the same way, or to work well, for everyone.
- seaman1921 6y ago
  Thank you for the explanation, and for your service as mod!

w0mbat 6y ago

According to Wikipedia, when he worked in advertising he wrote the slogan "Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water.".

kinlan 6y ago
I heard he also came up with "A mars a day helps you work rest and play"
- gushie 6y ago
  He didn't come up with that one (he wished he did), he just worked on the Mars account at the time
  - kinlan 6y ago
    Ah right. Well, I wished he did too with the amount of people I've told over the years :D
    - w0mbat 6y ago
      I heard that Salman Rushdie came up with the "Naughty but nice." slogan for cream cakes.

maxwelldone 6y ago

Here's a gem from the time when Murray commentated on snooker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-oAsDCGNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-oAsDCGNA

LaserDiscMan 6y ago

Classic Walker from the James Hunt days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khA67-r5lSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khA67-r5lSQ

kinlan 6y ago

I can't find it, but I have a memory of him commentating "The race order is 1, 2, 3, 4" - it made me laugh at the time... I could be completely making it up, but I smile and think of Murray every time.