Viral Victory: Homeless Man With The Golden Voice Gets a Dream Job

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A viral video of Ted Williams led to an abundance of job offers. Image via YouTube.

Chalk it up as another win for the power of the Internet. 

A YouTube video of Ted Williams, a homeless man in Columbus, Ohio, revealed that he had the “golden voice,” perfect for radio or television announcements, a gift he often tried to maximize while panhandling.

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Williams was once trained in radio, but a bout with hard luck and drugs and alcohol left him jobless and homeless. The video, which shows the Brooklyn-native panhandling by the side of the road, went viral after the newspaper Columbus Dispatch posted it on their site on Monday.

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Williams, who says he’s been clean for two years now, was then invited to be a guest on radio and television shows (including CBS’s Early Show) and the offers started flooding in. A listener called in to a radio show on WNCI and offered Williams a full-time job doing voiceover work for the Cleveland Cavaliers and their parent company, as well as a free home in Cleveland. An offer which clearly thrilled a stunned Williams.

“The Cleveland Cavaliers just offered me a full-time job and a house! A house! A house!,” he marveled.

So it just goes to show you what an interesting YouTube video–and a smooth-as-butter voice–can do. (via New York Post)