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.
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.
thinking self sufficient
Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.
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.
actual age
Thirty-two is the age we turn into actual adults.
funny kids
I know how to make adults laugh pretty well. I don't know if kids think I'm that funny.
alaska man
I went to Alaska as a young man just looking for adventure. And like so many of us in the '70s, we found it.
originated
I originated my own cliches, but I'm finding that's not working for me anymore.
early positive work
My work is still very much light-hearted, positive outlook, laugh at yourself. But it isn't going to be the laugh-a-minute kind of thing that my early work was.
anyone notice
Did you ever notice that nobody you see on television looks like anyone you know?
appliance artificial demand garment industries sock
Could the garment and appliance industries be in cahoots together, creating an artificial sock demand to keep us buying?
breath southern spaces
What you hear is southern Michigan, not a drawl, but a halting kind of speech where you leave spaces when there shouldn't be any. We take a breath anywhere.
alaska claim gone people running seems summer
There's a lot of people around Alaska now who are actually running the place who claim to just have gone there for the summer once 30 years ago. And that seems to be what happens.
alaska famous john journal man truth wrote
John Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote in his journal that you should never go to Alaska as a young man because you'll never be satisfied with any other place as long as you live. And there's a lot of truth to that.