Tom Bodett
Tom Bodett
Thomas Edward “Tom” Bodettis an American author, politician, voice actor, and radio host. Since 1986 he has been the spokesman for the hotel chain Motel 6, ending commercials with the phrase, “I’m Tom Bodett for Motel 6, and we’ll leave the light on for you.”...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVoice Actor
Date of Birth23 February 1955
CountryUnited States of America
stars passion thinking
For some people, you know, Garrison Keillor, Rush Limbaugh, really the stars, they've got a passion. They eat, drink and breathe radio, and I'm not like that. I used to think I wanted to be. But I need to be away from it, too, and that's the difference, I think.
feet space pay
I'm happy to report you still get nothing you don't need at Motel 6, and, therefore, you don't have to pay for it. I don't need valet parking. If I can drive the old crate 300 miles to the hotel all by myself, I can certainly handle the last nine feet to the parking space.
common broadcasting form
I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting.
growing-up kids alaska
Kids in Alaska don't know they're growing up on the Last Frontier. It's just what they see on the license plates, and it's something tourists like to say a lot because they've never been around so many mountains and moose before.
taken mean thinking
People feel vulnerable when they travel. Nobody wants to be taken advantage of or talked into something they don't want. Staying at Motel 6 makes you feel smarter. In fact, I think it actually means you are smarter, but I have no hard data to support that.
sarcasm insulting sound
Somebody says, 'Do a Tom Bodett, a folksy kind of thing,' and it sounds like something out of 'Hee Haw,' very insulting. They turn wry humor into disparaging sarcasm, and you get what amounts to insulting advertising.
thinking self sufficient
Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.
struggle stories mines
Mine is not a story to tell struggling writers,
roots alaska petitions
Like most Alaska immigrants, my roots continue to petition for equal time.
home differences leaving
That's what the American odyssey is really about: Leaving home. Leaving home and coming home, and trying to understand the difference.
america impossible anything-is-possible
In the America I see from here, anything is possible - especially the impossible.
thinking media people
The media is in the business of finding exceptions to everyday life. Bad things are still the exception. That's good, because once bad things stop being news, we really are in trouble. If people forget that bad is the exception, they think they live in a horrible world. There is so much that works and is right and friendly and warm. But we take that for granted.
new-friendship new-friends
You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one.
life education learning
In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.