Homeless man with golden radio voice (vid)

[bhpbadboi]

2 points..

Is this dude Obama's Brother? Dude looks like a Older Tiger Woods - Obama Hybrid

If you acknowledge that 1 talent that God gave you, if the gift of voice, why destroy it wit Cigarettes,
dude might lose his voice next year and be back on the streets!

Good hometown story, though. Dudes, freeway exit in Columbus is 2mins from My Mom's crib, and on the same street of my high school

 

[diego]

Smoking a cig aint really bother me that much, but did he really have to hold it like a blunt?

 

[thunderchunk69]

http://www.thesmokinggun..../meet-felon-golden-voice

 

[dayman]

BHPbadboi wrote:

Is this dude Obama's Brother? Dude looks like a Older Tiger Woods - Obama Hybrid

i was gonna say...he's like the flamboyant version of obama
much props to dude, tho

 

[ethanlee29]

Originally Posted by Diego

Smoking a cig aint really bother me that much, but did he really have to hold it like a blunt?

glad he's gotten a second chance though

 

[tunnel vision]

Son looking like he really needed that last hit.

 

[malcala622]

greatest comeback ever from OHIO.

seriously

 

[nachobroadweezy]

lol you guys making this guy out to be the pope

He was HOMELESS, and now he can't smoke a damn cig

 

[fog raw]

 

[damn its me]

Originally Posted by rashi

Originally Posted by MyJaysGetRocked

Originally Posted by damn its me

Originally Posted by rashi

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[h1]'Golden Radio Voice' Guy -- Grounded in Ohio By No ID[/h1]
1/5/2011 12:55 PM PST by TMZ Staff  

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The 'Golden Radio Voice' guy -- who went from homeless to overnight Internet sensation -- is struggling to board a flight to NYC because he doesn't have ID ... according to his rep (yep, he's got one now).

ed Williams' peeps tell us Ted is currently at the courthouse in Columbus, OH trying to get a copy of his birth certificate. 

Ted is supposed to be in New York tomorrow for an interview on "Today" -- but according to the rep he's been homeless for more than four years so he doesn't have ID ... and can't board a flight.

It's the first bad news Williams has had in 24 hours. He's gotten a job offer, a home offer, and a free trip home to visit his mom -- all because of the YouTube clip that went viral.

Ted's rep says having to reestablish identity is a common problem for the homeless. Let's hope someone has a plan B to get Ted to NYC.

but you do not need an ID to travel...i think TED needs to hire a new rep.

Uhh,no. If you drive then you don't need one, but if you're planning to fly, you need a valid ID.
  

"Christmas Day bomber" didn't.

Legally, you do NOT have to present your ID to TSA/Airport personnel, and they still have to let you fly

z at least google things before saying them

 

[checks mcgee]

damn he got a haircut

i was lookin forward to seein that og teen wolf doo again

 

[everysingletime]

Guy looks jumpy in that video where he was smoking. 

I think he's going to go back to old ways.  Probably won't be able to handle his new life. 

 

[napoleon]

Originally Posted by KayCurrency

I just saw him on the Today show....They couldn't get him a suit? .... buddy had on a Camo' jacket, green T and some dingy %%# Jeans... He still looked like a bum on the streets.

Yeah...the hell?

 

[carver]

That's awesome! When I first watched the video I knew something was going to happened especially since I seen this video all over the web.. That's great for Ted Williams I wish him the best of luck and now he makes more money than me

 

[viiheaven]

He looks like a young Sammy Davis Jr.

 

[Fong$tarr]

Originally Posted by nycknicks105

Originally Posted by l Knicks Fresh Knick l

Awwww man he was doing great until I seen that vid with him smoking

Yes I know A cigarette isn't a drug, but he is suppose to have this clean image.

I was thinking the samething. Why smoke a cigarette while doing an interview?

Dude was homeless. I am sure he might be pretty much using it to calm his nerves. He'll learn to clean his image. Just need some schooling on it.

 

[welcometothetonezone]

Dude didn't first visit his mother in NYC like he said he would due to "other network obligations"

I see this happy ending story turning sour real quick. A bust like Michael Olowokandi.

 

[ace rawstein]

the way that looked is he stepped outside to smoke a cig and the reporters just followed him or was outside waiting by the back door

homie needed that last pull...this was funny as hell

lol @ dude hairstyles in the mugshot photos was

 

[rolaholic]

[h1]How faith helped uncover a 'golden voice'[/h1]
By John Blake, CNN

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Videographer Doral Chenoweth III thought Ted Williams might make a good subject for video
• Video of Williams, the "homeless man with the golden voice," goes viral on YouTube
• Chenoweth explains that encounters with homeless not just a job but "part of my faith"
• Chenoweth says he's touched Williams still has his business card weeks after filming

(CNN) -- By now, millions of Americans have heard from Ted Williams.

He's "the homeless man with the golden voice," a panhandler whose stunning vocal skills were recorded for an impromptu video that's netted at least 4 million views on YouTube.

But what about the good Samaritan with the video camera?

What made him stop for Williams on a dreary, overcast day when scores of people ignored the African-American homeless man during the peak of the Christmas season?

It turns out that Doral Chenoweth III, the man who filmed Williams, has a story of his own.

Videographer has played this part before

Five weeks ago, Chenoweth was driving to Lowe's with his wife, Robin, when he spotted a thin man with wild, unruly hair at an intersection. The man held a cardboard sign that read, "I have a God-given gift of voice. ..."

Chenoweth stopped and talked briefly with Williams, but he couldn't stay long because he had company at home. He returned, however, a week later.

"Hey, I'm going to make you work for your dollar," Chenoweth said as he rolled down his window and took out his flip camera. "Let me hear you say something."

What comes out of Williams' mouth is startling. It's a rich, baritone that doesn't match his craggy exterior at all. His enunciation is crisp, his tone smooth as suede.

Williams isn't holding that cardboard sign anymore.

After Chenoweth posted the video, it went viral. Williams did interviews on national television and radio. He's received several jobs offers, including one that comes with a home. A reunion with his 92-year-old mother is being arranged.

But the other character in this contemporary parable had played this part before.

"The first time we dated, he stopped and gave a blanket from the back of his car to a man who was homeless," said Robin Chenoweth. "I thought to myself, if he has this kind of compassion for a man on the street, he's going to make a great husband and father."

Chenoweth is paid to notice people. He's a multimedia producer for The Columbus Dispatch newspaper in Ohio. He said he stopped because he thought Williams might make a good video.

Still, he wasn't so sure after the filming. He said he sat on the video for five weeks until he finally decided to use it because it was a slow news week. Then he watched the video take off.

"I never anticipated this," he said. "A week ago, he was living in a tent behind a station in the middle of December, and now he's being flown to New York and his video is everywhere."

Looking through the lens of faith

But the reason Chenoweth stopped goes deeper than his job.

It's "standard operating procedure" for him, he said, to stop and talk to people who are homeless, whether he's carrying a camera or not.

"It's part of my faith," he said after some prodding about his motivations. "You may not be able to help someone with money, but you can at least say hello, how you doing, and look at them."

Doral Chenoweth III, his wife, Robin, and their children Cassie and Kurtis went on a church mission trip to Tanzania.

About 14 years ago, Chenoweth said he was assigned to photograph a homeless ministry at New Life United Methodist Church in downtown Columbus. He was so impressed by the ability of the 50-member congregation to help the homeless that he and his wife joined.

The church's pastor said that Chenoweth routinely invites people who are homeless to the church for meals and medical attention. He's also photographed people on the street and displayed their photographs to emphasize their humanity, said the Rev. Jennifer Kimball Casto, New Life's pastor.

When asked if she was surprised by Chenoweth's action, Casto said: "Absolutely not. Doral has a special heart for people who are homeless and in need."

Chenoweth's concern for people goes beyond Columbus, and even the United States. His wife said they are regular Habitat for Humanity volunteers. They've also taken seven trips to Africa with their two children, Cassie, 12, and Kurtis, 10, to serve impoverished communities. Chenoweth has documented many of the trips on his website.

"He's taken me all over the world," Robin Chenoweth said. "He's a fabulous husband. It's the best decision of my life to be with him."

Chenoweth sounds thrilled to see where the new-found fame will take Williams.

He had a reunion with Williams after their video went viral. A local radio station interviewed Williams, and Chenoweth was there for the interview.

"We had a big hug and shook hands," Chenoweth said. "He almost cried when he saw me."

Chenoweth was watching a local radio station interview Williams when he saw something that touched him.

"He still has my business card," Chenoweth said. "He's been carrying it the whole five weeks since I gave it to him. He was carrying it right in his fingertips."

Filming a visual parable

The Rev. Tom Long, a professor of preaching at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, watched the video of Chenoweth's encounter and saw a visual parable unfold. It reminded him of Jesus' parable of the good Samaritan.

In the parable, a Samaritan stops to help a man wounded by robbers after two Jewish religious leaders -- a Levite and a priest -- pass the man by. The story was shocking because the hero was a villain -- Samaritans were a group of people hated by many 1st century Jews (imagine the parable of the Good Crack Dealer).

RELATED TOPICS

• YouTube Inc.
• Columbus (Ohio)
• Homelessness
• Religion

Chenoweth didn't see Williams as "visual white noise" to tune out, Long said. "He sees possibilities others don't see and acts on them and, wow, here we go," Long said.

Long said there's more to the story than the importance of treating people in need with compassion because miracles may happen. "His (Chenoweth) experiences expose what is already true about people, that even a homeless person who doesn't have a golden throat is nonetheless a child of God."

Casto, Chenoweth's pastor at New Life, said Chenoweth taught another lesson with his encounter with a panhandler.

"We are all broken in some way, but we are also gifted in some way," she said. "Mr. Williams is a perfect example of that."

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Incredible story,best story of '11 already. This sounds like something straight out of a movie but it's real .My man was on the street homeless just a couple day ago and now he's cleaned up,has tons of jobs offered to him and finally a home.God bless the cameraman that discovered him,Now I know that there's still some good in this world.

@ people like Smoking Gun trying to put this man down after all he's gone through and things are finally looking up for him. He said that he made mistakes in his past and has been trying to get his life back. Let the man enjoy the good luck he's never had.

Also

@ Howard Stern for calling the man a phony,dude's such a @%%%@**$%. The man said that drugs and booze derailed his life and it clearly looks like it,why would he fake that?

I hate the fact that when something really great happens to someone,there's always a bunch of people trying to put them down. Why can't we just wish the best for each other instead of the worst?

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[Fong$tarr]

^^^^^Well to defend Howard (I have to....loyal fan), he said someone told him and I think he was just repeating what he heard. He said on yesterdays show that he was impressed by him (which is rare) but then said what he said. But you know him.....he doesn't care about anybody, so this guy is no exception.

 

[fog raw]

Moral of the story: It doesn't matter who you are, everyone gets a second chance. 

 

[jaysrcrak]

Originally Posted by damn its me

Originally Posted by rashi

Originally Posted by MyJaysGetRocked

damn its me wrote:

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rashi wrote:

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[h1]'Golden Radio Voice' Guy -- Grounded in Ohio By No ID[/h1]

1/5/2011 12:55 PM PST by TMZ Staff  

---

The 'Golden Radio Voice' guy -- who went from homeless to overnight Internet sensation -- is struggling to board a flight to NYC because he doesn't have ID ... according to his rep (yep, he's got one now).

ed Williams' peeps tell us Ted is currently at the courthouse in Columbus, OH trying to get a copy of his birth certificate. 

Ted is supposed to be in New York tomorrow for an interview on "Today" -- but according to the rep he's been homeless for more than four years so he doesn't have ID ... and can't board a flight.

It's the first bad news Williams has had in 24 hours. He's gotten a job offer, a home offer, and a free trip home to visit his mom -- all because of the YouTube clip that went viral.

Ted's rep says having to reestablish identity is a common problem for the homeless. Let's hope someone has a plan B to get Ted to NYC.

but you do not need an ID to travel...i think TED needs to hire a new rep.

Uhh,no. If you drive then you don't need one, but if you're planning to fly, you need a valid ID.
  

"Christmas Day bomber" didn't.

Legally, you do NOT have to present your ID to TSA/Airport personnel, and they still have to let you fly

z at least google things before saying them

I used to work as a ticket screener at BNA, and YES, you absolutely need an ID to fly.
And not only do you need an ID, it has to be a valid ID. It cannot be expired.

They use the ID to confirm that you are indeed the person whose name is on the boarding pass.
Otherwise anyone can use anyone elses boarding pass to get through security. Sorry, it just doesn't work that way.

The only people who do not need an ID, are those under 18.

Try knowing what you are talking about before you try calling someone else out.


Back to the topic.
This is a great story. Im really happy that Ted got a second chance.

 

[bc]

Originally Posted by ethanlee29

Originally Posted by Diego

Smoking a cig aint really bother me that much, but did he really have to hold it like a blunt?

glad he's gotten a second chance though

 

[jaysrcrak]

Im really happy for Ted, but am I the only one who found this picture hilarious?

 

[al audi]

Originally Posted by JaysRcrak

Im really happy for Ted, but am I the only one who found this picture hilarious?

that is awesome