Todd
McLaren has been involved with broadcasting since the age of thirteen
when he started writing bad comedy sketches for WHDH in Boston which nevertheless
managed to hit the air.
He began his on-air career while still
in school at Syracuse University where he bacame the number one radio
personality in town at a station which would eventually go dark. His performance
generated thousands of letters over the years but he managed to stay on
the air anyway at formerly respectable stations in Philadelphia, San Francisco,
and Los Angeles.
In addition to his radio career he has
fooled enough near sighted television producers into casting him on a
fair share of forgettable programs, and has parlayed his God-given but
meager vocal talents into various films and TV shows including "Married...With
Children", and "Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?"; as well as
countless Features, Movies of the Week, and TV and radio spots cast by
tin-eared advertising executives and casting directors.
Despite his being the off-camera host
of The Discovery Channel's "World Of Wonder", the program was
nominated for a cable ACE Award as Best Magazine Show in its premier year.
He stumbled into producing the advertising
industry's first collection of voice-over talent on CD, and the accompanying
"Periodic Table of Voice Talent"; ideas which earned him eternal
praise from harried producers, forgiveness from past performances, and
absolutely no money.
Todd is certain clerical errors are reponsible
for his winning major advertising awards such as the BPME Gold Medallion
and the Sunny. While continuing his lifelong quest for the Perfect Waffle
(So far, the one to beat: "Fat Apples", Berkeley, CA) he has
somehow managed to remain solvent in Los Angeles for the last decade or
so. We wish him well. He needs it. |