I learned from NPR that Jan Gabriel, who originated the “Sunday!  SUNDAY!  SUNDAY!!” voice-over for auto-racing advertisements, died recently.  It’s no secret that we’re fans of the distinctive rhetoric he inspired around here.

Moreover, according to the uncited sources at “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!”, the first “Sunday” was “to inform”; the second “Sunday,” “to confirm”; and the third “Sunday,” “to excite.”

R.I.P. indeed!

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