BUCKLE UP, BUTTERCUP: New York City has decided to put the kibosh on those annoying recorded celebrity voices in taxicabs that remind passengers to buckle up. The biggest problem seemed to be that the TLC (Taxi & Limousine Commission) simply wasn't able to get effective celebrities, and thus hired only people whose voices no one wants to hear (like Joan Rivers, Elmo, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer).
One funny story though- during one of my first trips to NYC during college, I ate dinner one night at Carnegie Deli, which was decorated with multiple posters of Jackie Mason, then starring in a one-man show. Then, as we were heading out the door, Jackie Mason himself walked right in, having just finished his performance that evening. Then, when we got into the cab five minutes later, the buckle-up voice in the cab was provided by, you guessed it, Jackie Mason.