If the medium pitched, sometimes barely audible, comedic tone of a 36-year-old Vancouver man got you excited on Toronto’s public transit, we’ve got some bad news — Seth Rogen’s transit etiquette voice clips will no longer be playing on the TTC.TTC spokesperson Brad Ross said that the commission began phasing out Rogen’s voice at the end of August, stopping reminders from the Superbad star about what not to do on the subway.“Hey TTC customers, fellow Canadian Seth Rogen here,” he would always start.Then, in an all-too-Canuck manner, he sprinkled plenty of “pleases” and “thanks” when informing riders to give up their seats for those who need it or to not put their feet on the seats and he would even chime in about how people shouldn’t clip their nails on the train. “Hey TTC customers, fellow Canadian Seth Rogen here. I can’t believe I’m actually going to say this, but stop clipping your fingernails on the TTC! It’s gross!”The announcements were part of the transit commission’s etiquette campaign that had Rogen tape 12 different reminders.“It was a way to inject some humour into the courtesy and etiquette issues that people are continually asking us to try to figure out,” Ross said. “We decided that August was a good month to do this. It was a slow month, a quiet month, it was an opportunity to have some fun.” Read more:Opinion | TTC’s celebrity scoldings not the better way for a PSAOpinion | Your letters: Seth Rogen should stick to moviesOpinion | Emma Teitel: Why are Toronto transit users letting Seth Rogen speak for them?The Rogen recordings elicited varying responses from riders. Some were thrilled to be humorously scolded by the Vancouver-born actor and others were annoyed, Ross noted. No matter one’s stance, those recognizable raspy recordings only graced Toronto’s ears for five weeks — and if you had your ...
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