John Moschitta
| John Moschitta Jr. | |
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Moschitta Jr. at the September 12, 2015 Retro Con in Oaks, Pennsylvania
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August 6, 1954 New York City, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Motormouth |
| Occupation | Spokesperson, singer, actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
John Moschitta Jr., also known as "Motormouth" John Moschitta (born August 6, 1954 in New York City), is an American spokesperson, singer and actor best known for his rapid speech delivery. He appeared in over 100 commercials as "The Micro Machines Man," as well as in a 1981 ad for FedEx. He provided the voice for Blurr in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), The Transformers (1986–1987), Transformers: Animated (2008–2009) and two direct-to-video films.
Moschitta had been credited in The Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Fastest Talker, with the ability to articulate 586 words per minute. (His record was broken in 1990 by Steve Woodmore who spoke 637 wpm and subsequently by Sean Shannon who spoke 655 wpm on August 30, 1995.)
In 1981, Moschitta appeared on the ABC TV series That's Incredible!. This appearance led to many other television offers, such as The Tonight Show and the Merv Griffin Show. Also, after seeing the show, Patrick Kelly and Michael Tesch, employees of the Ally & Gargano ad agency, hired Moschitta to appear in a FedEx commercial (when the package-delivery company was still known by its original name, Federal Express). In the ad, "Fast Paced World", directed by Joe Sedelmaier, Moschitta played a fast-talking executive named Jim Spleen. The commercial garnered six Clio awards, including Best Performance–Male award for Moschitta and earned him the nickname "Motormouth". Turn-of-the-century polls named it the Most Effective Campaign in the History of Advertising and named Moschitta the Most Effective Spokesperson. The 40th-anniversary issue of New York Magazine (October 6, 2008) listed it as number one in "The Most Memorable Advertisements Madison Avenue Ever Sold".Advertising Age ranked the ad number 11 among its "Top 100 Campaigns" in March 1999. According to Moschitta, he did 29 flawless takes of the final scene of the commercial, prompting the director to remark that he is "like a machine" who never makes mistakes. In response, Moschitta deliberately fumbled on a line - this was ultimately the take used in the final cut.
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