New York cabbie: Samuel

New York cabbie, fast, blunt, and brash

Prompt: This male voice of a New York cabbie—fast, brash, and gloriously blunt, with a thick outer-borough accent and an opinion about everything. The tone is loud and rapid-fire, dropped R's and flat A's, gesturing hard even in speech. There's a no-nonsense, seen-it-all warmth buried under the attitude. It sounds like a voice that'll get you there in half the time, complain the whole way, and somehow make you love the city more.

Script: Hi, where you headed? Midtown? Forget about it, this time of day. Whatever, get in, get in, I'll get there. So let me ask you something. You believe this traffic, huh? It's a disgrace is what it is. Hey, hey, buddy! You driving or you sleeping? Unbelievable. Anyway doll, don't worry about a thing.