The four minute-long introduction sketch for the 26th Annual
Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards (1997), which happens to be an epic spoof of every
In a World-type trailer out there
and stars all the voice actors who made them (back then), including
Don LaFontaine himself.
Copies of the video can be found all over the net, google it.
Tropes found in the video:
- All Star Cast: Except chances are, you've never seen anyone's face before.
- Cool Car: Don's limousine.
- Dream Team: Don assembles one.
- Face Palm: By Don, after Mark starts listing "all your favorite vendors".
- Five-Man Band:
- Glasses Pull: Just before Nick delivers his signature line.
- In a World: Delivered by the Man himself.
- Large Ham: Everyone. Except Hendricks and Mark.
- Long List: Mark's specialty, to everyone else's annoyance.
- Mood Whiplash: Introducing Mark right after Nick. Also, generally whenever Mark speaks.
- Nice Hat: Al's beret.
- Only Sane Man: Hendricks.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Mark. Also, he wears a white sweater when everyone else is in a black suit.
- Power Walk: The ending. Except Mark, of course.
- Shout Out: "Now that's a knife".
- Sinister Shades: Nick and Al.
- Time Abyss: Nick, or at least his voice, "65 million years in the making".
- Token Minority: Al. Hendricks would count, but he is not the "team" member.
- The Voice: Hal Douglas.
- What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?
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