Mindy Winkler. For those of you not fortunate enough to live near or around the middle of Indiana, you likely have no idea who she is. She’s that gravel-y, strep throaty, nasally horrific voice that you hear doing traffic reports on various radio stations around these parts. Inexplicably, there is some lasik eye place that has hired her to do radio commercials for them, and so now in addition to traffic, I have to hear these commercials where she loudly warbles at me about how great lasik was for her and how she used to be a Colts Cheerleader.
Did I mention that you can almost NEVER hear Mindy talk on the radio without mentioning that she used to be a Colts Cheerleader?
Anyway, before she or one of her friends decides to go all Alison Becker on me, let me just say for the record that I’m sure Mindy Winkler is a perfectly nice gal. But my GOD - her voice. It’s unbearable. And I cannot understand why people in charge of radio keep allowing her to talk on it. Companies have also hired her to do tv commercials, which is actually a little better because she’s not a bad looking girl and it helps distract you from the voice.
Mindy, as I discovered through her myspace page, leads a singing group called Mindy and The Fun Company. And she is the LEAD VOCALIST. Now, the premise of this group, before you get mad at me for over-criticizing, is kind of adorable. I take no issue with the premise. They take popular songs and change the words into positive messages for kids, and then perform at various school events. Which is all well and good, except that MINDY WINKLER is allowed to sing them.
Take a listen to what they did with YMCA here. And I need to tell you that her voice in this particular song is about 30 times LESS annoying than what it sounds like when she just talks on the radio. So that should give you an idea of how irritating her speaking voice actually is.
You guys - she used to be a Colts Cheerleader. Not sure if you were aware of that.
She has weird roots.
And her sweater looks like a Dad sweater.
There is a news reporter in the Dallas/Ft Worth area named Becky Oliver who sounds just like you described. My husband likes to say she gargled with sandpaper and bits of glass. ANNOYING!
I think the worst voice on the TV is the ET anchor that is Simon Cowell’s girlfriend. She is British and sound like she has sandpaper in her throat. She sound like she always has a cold or some sort of respiratory problem. But she is really pretty but when she talks all I can think of is a 65 year old male smoker BBLLLAAAHHH
now, what did she do before her new gig??!!
I believe she miiiiight have been a Colts Cheerleader.
Her voice makes you want to scratch your eyes out! She was a Colts Cheerleader when they were so terrible that no body went to the games and they were blacked out in the Indianapolis area! But hey, she wore the uniform. I sort of know her, and I have never met anyone more willing to tell you how great they are!
For someone that supposedly knows her, you couldn’t be more wrong. Mindy’s one of the sweetest and most thoughtful people out there who truly goes out of her way to become friends with everyone she meets! I’ve known her for over 25 years and she’s always been sincere and genuine. And as far as her voice, that’s only been recently that she’s sounded a little “gravel-y” and she’s even apologized on the air that it’s because she’s been suffering from allergies. And who hasn’t this year? As far as the Colts cheerleader part, that would be the DJ SMILEY that mentions it all the time. Sounds like “Mockarena” is just jealous.
I never claimed to know her and I also suggested she might be a perfectly nice person. My post had nothing to do with her personality. But if you actually believe that the reason her voice is irritating is just allergy related, you’re either high, or just super used to hearing the SAME VOICE FOR 25 YEARS.
It’s not just Smiley who mentions it. It’s pretty much in every commercial Mindy does as well.
I love it when people default to “you must be jealous” whenever someone they like (or in your case, are clearly related to) is criticized. It’s kind of adorably disconnected from reality.
I also think it’s a little creepy that you obviously googled Mindy to get here. Does she know you stalk her?
HAHA! This is sooooo funny! But I love Mindy Winklers voice! It’s hot sexxxy and makes me want to touch myself! And that aint bad!
-Preston.
The best part of the Kelly McKay show is that Mindy is no longer doing afternoon traffic! Shew, How did we get so lucky?