Is the Micro Machines guy still the fastest-talking man on the planet? (2016)

https://nymag.com/speed/2016/12/is-the-micro-machines-guy-still-the-fastest-talking-man-on-the-planet.html

by lnyan • 4 years ago

52 18 4 years ago

nymag.com

harveywi• 4 years ago

Maybe for short durations. But when it comes to an hour, Rick Houlihan might be world champion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaEPXoXVf2k

flatiron• 4 years ago

So funny. Was just thinking of this guy last week playing with open ai whisper. It really did a great job transcribing him. But then I got to thinking it most likely trained on him.

sowbug• 4 years ago

Same here, and was surprised that my tween kid knew who the guy was when I mentioned him. Apparently his old commercials get reused and remixed in TikTok videos.

bilsbie2• 4 years ago

More importantly why did they stop making micro machines? They were my favorite toy as a kid.

(And why did my parents lose my collection)

conductr• 4 years ago

Not sure where they went but they're back. My kid loves hot wheels and just graduated to micro machines (delayed due to choking risk lol). Not sure if they're back with any popularity, my kid is my only datapoint. Hot wheels on the other hand has a pretty entertaining netflix show. Season 1 was a claymation style and had wonderful voice acting. Season 2 is normal animation style you see everywhere now and a bit of a let down to me because S1 was hilarious but the kid didn't mind it.

IWillForgetThis• 4 years ago

Mine too! They actually started making them again recently, I saw some at Target.

bilsbie2• 4 years ago

Wow. I looked it up though and it seems like they don’t have nearly the same level of detail as the old ones.

https://www.target.com/p/micromachines-multipack-super-15-pa...

CoastalCoder• 4 years ago

(And why did my parents lose my collection)

Because you were supposed to clean your stuff out after college, but you just left it there! We asked you like 3 times to deal with it!

(Just a guess.)

We finally got fed up and gave it to the neighbors for their yard sale.

ProllyInfamous• 4 years ago

I laughed heartily when my father informed me that Us Brothers' MtG card collection had been tossed.

"I guess we didn't need that Mox we had been saving... who cares that the collection was worth more than your vintage Corvette."

::shocked:pikachu:face::

scopecreep• 4 years ago

Didn't some unattended kid choke on one and their parents sued?

tootie• 4 years ago

One of my high school teachers was a friend of his and it came up in class all the time. He supposed lost his fast-talking crown in a competition while he was still in his prime as Micromachine spox.

rippercushions• 4 years ago

I wonder how the fastest rappers measure up here?

https://www.redbull.com/in-en/5-of-the-fastest-rap-records-e...

adolph• 4 years ago

Certainly some of the folks doing the pharma/banking/politic post-ad proformas would be contenders if not augmented in some ways.

chowells• 4 years ago

A lot of those have audio artifacts that clearly indicate they were sped up - weird bits of sounds being dropped in clearly unnatural ways, and such. They're probably not winning any contests.

EricE• 4 years ago

I remember him more from the FedEx ads. Ah, the 80's!

Is the Micro Machines guy still the fastest-talking man on the planet? (2016)

Related Stories