Brand Name Slaves

[Sacred Jellybean]

it seems as though one of the requirements to being a male NPR correspondent is having a high-pitched voice, with soft lisps preferred. Applicants ideally portray an outright effeminate sound, but giving the impression that you're merely pre-pubescent is acceptable.

All NPR correspondents are



By the way, Mike Judge tells two hilarious anecdotes when coming up with that character's voice, which you can hear on the tail-end of this Fresh Air interview (skip to about 36:35):

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story...=112203927