A photo illustration shows the Uber app logo displayed on a mobile telephone, as it is held up for a posed photograph in central London, Britain October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Illustration - RTX2QUZ9 (REUTERS/Toby Melville)
The man who famously voiced the phrase “you’ve got mail” might now be saying “I’ve got passengers.”
Elwood Edwards, who uttered the iconic AOL announcement, “Welcome, you’ve got mail,” was driving Brandee Barker in an Uber in Ohio earlier this month, and she captured the surprise on video.
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OMG OMG my @Uber driver in Ohio was the You've Got Mail voice Elwood Edwards!!! I made him say it in this video #GOTVforHRC pic.twitter.com/Jgcl7v040D
— Brandee Barker (@brandee) November 5, 2016
Edwards, who was wearing dark sunglasses and a blue jacket, seemed happy to oblige Barker’s gleeful request.
“You bet,” he said with a chuckle, after Barker thanked him for reciting the famous declaration for her twice. Barker posted the video on Twitter, and thousands have liked or retweeted it.
In a time of slick smartphones, an app for everything, fast (well, most of the time) download speeds, and gmail, Edwards’ voice is a nostalgic throwback.
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