John Moschitta, Jr.
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John Moschitta (b. 1954 in New York City), better known as the "Micro Machines man" or fast talking FedEx guy or totally awesome, is a famous speed-talker used in a wide variety of TV shows, movies, and commercials for his distinctive rapid-delivery of speech. John was the voice of Blurr in Transformers: The Movie and The Transformers. He is listed in Guinness World Records as the fastest speaker and usually credited alongside Steve Woodworth as one of the fastest talkers in human history. He has appeared in I Love the 80s 3-D where he summarized each year's events in mere seconds.
John "Mightymouth" Moschitta recorded a humorous take on 10 classic novels in which he summarizes each book's entire story in one minute. Included in this collection, entitled Ten Classics in Ten Minutes, is Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby; Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind; and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Soon after, he followed up with a second recording, Ten Minute University, in which he rapidly delivers humorous 60-second lectures on various subjects such as comparative literature, physics, economics, and psychology. Originally released on audiocassette in the 1980's, both recordings were re-released on CD in 2004, with accompanying books.
In the 1970s Moschitta attended Nassau Community College, where he appeared in a production of Room Service alongside Nassau alum, Billy Crystal. Moschitta was also once a contestant on the game show, $25,000 Pyramid, where he was paired with comedian Joan Rivers. He also appeared on the 2007 game show Identity, first aired on 23 March.
During Hollywood Squares(H2) final season, he was the announcer. They can be seen weekdays at 6pm ET on GSN and at 10:30 AM ET on the weekends.
[edit] Quotes
"The ship sails on and on through pages and pages of painfully padded pathetic paragraphs." Herman Melville's Moby-Dick by John "Mightymouth" Moschitta.
[edit] Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1986 | The Transformers: The Movie | Blurr | Credited as John Moschitta |
