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Q: Who is the Fandango Guy ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Who is the Fandango Guy
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Movies and Film
Asked by: puravida77-ga
List Price: $3.00
Posted: 19 Aug 2002 09:29 PDT
Expires: 18 Sep 2002 09:29 PDT
Question ID: 56221
Who is the Fandango Guy that is in the pre-movie clip often showed at
Loews theaters who says "There's a wild Fandango, loose, in the
theater". What is his name, and what other commercials/spots/etc has
he been in. The spot I am talking about is for the Fandango ticket
service where you can buy movie tickets online. In the pre-movie clip
promoting the Fandange service, he tries several times to get into a
sold out movie using the word Fandango in various ways; including
saying "I work fo Mr Fandango".
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Subject: Re: Who is the Fandango Guy
Answered By: robertskelton-ga on 19 Aug 2002 14:12 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hi there,

Fortunately there are others who call him the "Fandango Guy".
Searching for this phrase found a picture of him on a bulletin board,
and his name, which is Matt Young.
http://www.yesand.com/bulletinboard/ubbhtml/Forum5/HTML/001250.html

He is currently performing in LA with the Houseful of Honkeys:
http://www.honkeys.com/

He has previous made ads for:

Dominoes Pizza
http://www.sak.com/news.html

Volkswagen

"Matt was born Young and bred in America's heartland and brings a
hearty flavor to the Honkeys. He served five tours of duty at SAK
Theatre in Orlando and was
secretly wounded. Matt was also a founding member and Artistic
Director of Atlanta's Dad's Garage Theatre Co. He has appeared on KWIK
WITS and recently shot a  Voltswagon commercial. As the name implies,
Matt is a nice young man. He likes to think up funny things and then
say them out loud."
http://www.bigstinkin.com/troupes/Honkeys/

Coors Lite, Dominos, Volkswagen, and Burger King

"performer at comedy lab 1991 - 1995
living in los angeles
performs in houseful of honkeys at acme theatre
fandango.com guy in movie theatres everywhere
has appeared in national commercials for coors lite, dominos,
volkwagen, and
burger king
appeared in kwik witz - syndicated sketch show
founding member of atlanta's dad's garage theatre
plays guitar and sings in the matt young band
co-founder of generation mig comics"
http://www.sak.com/wherenow.htm

Volkswagon (2000)
http://us.imdb.com/BWorks?Young,+Matt+(I)

Coors Light

"Another SAK alumnus, Matt Young, can be seen in some Coors Light
commercials. He's the blond guy who arranges for some snow to fall on
his buddy. Matt also starred in "Vapor Man," a short film made by my
good friend Ben Rock."
http://www.starbanner.com/GO/nowandagain/missinglink803.shtml

Filmography from the Internet Movie Database:

Bullet in the Brain (2001) 
"Kwik Witz" (1996) TV Series .... Himself 
... aka "Quick Witz" (1997) (USA: new title) 
Bhaji on the Beach (1993) .... Karaoke Man 
Vapor Man (1992) .... Alex 
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Young,+Matt+(I)


Keywords used:

"fandango guy"
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&newwindow=1&q=%22fandango+guy%22

"matt young" commercials
://www.google.com/search?q=%22matt+young%22+commercials


Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga
puravida77-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Excellent and comprehensive answer!

Comments  
Subject: Re: Who is the Fandango Guy
From: nelson-ga on 19 Aug 2002 12:54 PDT
 
I too am intrigued by this guy.  I have also seen him in a commercvial
for Circuit City (or some other electronics chain), where he decides
his new Sony Wega TV is too small for the cabinet, so he exchanges it
for a new one.

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