The voice of AOL’s iconic ‘you’ve got mail’ has a side gig driving #ubers
November 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Cleveland, Ohio’s squad of Uber drivers includes a minor celebrity for those of us who grew up using AOL: Elwood Edwards, the voice behind “you’ve got mail!”
This weekend, former Facebook PR head and The Pramana Collective co-founder Brandee Barker took a $6.21 UberX ride with Edwards. She posted this video of him giving a repeat performance:
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
Barker told The Verge that she was in town from San Francisco to visit Hillary Clinton’s office in Shaker Square.
“We didn’t discuss how long he had been driving, but I assumed it was a side job and…
