Tom Bodett
Tom Bodett
Thomas Edward “Tom” Bodettis an American author, politician, voice actor, and radio host. Since 1986 he has been the spokesman for the hotel chain Motel 6, ending commercials with the phrase, “I’m Tom Bodett for Motel 6, and we’ll leave the light on for you.”...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVoice Actor
Date of Birth23 February 1955
CountryUnited States of America
alaska man
I went to Alaska as a young man just looking for adventure. And like so many of us in the '70s, we found it.
alaska claim gone people running seems summer
There's a lot of people around Alaska now who are actually running the place who claim to just have gone there for the summer once 30 years ago. And that seems to be what happens.
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John Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote in his journal that you should never go to Alaska as a young man because you'll never be satisfied with any other place as long as you live. And there's a lot of truth to that.
growing-up kids alaska
Kids in Alaska don't know they're growing up on the Last Frontier. It's just what they see on the license plates, and it's something tourists like to say a lot because they've never been around so many mountains and moose before.
men alaska three
Tom Kizzia hasn't just observed and written about Alaska for three-plus decades, he's lived it. 'Pilgrim's Wilderness' is a story that needed to be told by the only man who could tell it.
school alaska mountain
It's not like Alaska isn't wilderness - it mostly is. But most Alaskans don't live in the wild. They live on the edge of the wild in towns with schools and cable TV and stores and dentists and roller rinks sometimes. It's just like anyplace else, only with mountains and moose.
roots alaska petitions
Like most Alaska immigrants, my roots continue to petition for equal time.