Vocal Impressions: Kitt, Mitchell, Tyson and Vaughn

Each month, our "Vocal Impressions" challenge offers listeners a chance to describe the voices of well-known people.

Our last group included Eartha Kitt, Vince Vaughn, Mike Tyson and Joni Mitchell.

Generally speaking, Kitt called to mind much feline sensuality. Vaughn was the guy everyone knew in college. Tyson conjured up a menagerie of small dangerous animals, and Joni Mitchell, an avalanche of innocence.

We also offer a new selection of voices to describe. This month, we focus on national politics and the major presidential candidates: Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama and Ron Paul.

Eartha Kitt

Listeners say the singer and actor sounds like:

A whiskey lollipop — Emily Amen

The magazine I kept hidden under my bed when I was 15 — Bill Kos

Sexy Velcro — Lucy Buckner

The voice Adam heard when he was offered the fruit — Greg Foster

A panther wearing a leopard coat in the backseat of a Jaguar — Clare Kapitan

Velvet cake on a silver fork — Carla Roitz

My cat purring me awake to let me know she's hungry — John Dowling

A V-8 engine that's taken elocution lessons — Becky Passauant

Rubbing your face against a mink coat — Roni Heinze

The last piece of decadent cheesecake — Jessyca Pollard Johnson

The soundtrack to everything you saw as an adolescent that you were sure you weren't supposed to be seeing — John Pallino

A man-eating tiger in silk stockings — Christina Normand

A ukulele with a German accent — Steve Pink

The black corset I wear under my sweater on Wednesdays so I can feel like a sex bomb in line at the post office — Sarah Crisman

Vince Vaughn

Listeners say the actor sounds like:

A telemarketer you can't bring yourself to hang up on — Dave Airozo

Your big brother telling you it's OK with Dad if you drink the bourbon in the liquor cabinet — Tim Sylvester

A last-minute, irreverent, but brilliant idea for the homecoming float — Elizabeth McDonald

A rubber ball bouncing inside the throat of in impatient man — Corrie Kiel

Bacon-cheddar dip explaining why he's more popular on corn chips than French onion dip — Brad Leach

All the brother-in-law jokes in the world rolled into one — Kenneth Frost

A guy about to start a marathon he wished he'd never signed up for — Bob Mariani

A Harley Sportster on a run through the Columbia River gorge — John Dowling

A drunken voice mail left at 4 a.m. by a former flame I can't believe I once introduced to my parents — Sarah Crisman

The rat-a-tat-tat of a determined drummer boy — Marilyn Finley

Waiting for a picture to be taken by someone who doesn't know how to use a camera — Andres Colmenarea

The voice of a college drinking buddy you always wanted to be, but now you're grown up, you're grateful you're not — Greg Foster

An old college roommate you still look up to even though he ate all your food, wore your underwear and beat you at cards — Dale Rochford

A sarcastic non-British Paddington Bear — Brian Hobson

Mike Tyson

Listeners say the boxer sounds like:

The only shabby tow truck available at 3 a.m. on New Year's Eve — Kenneth Forst

A rabid chipmunk — Tom Sylvester

Looks like a pit bull, sounds like a poodle — Nell Hartman

Those dancing ballerina hippos from Disney's Fantasia — Rita McFarland

A cranky kid on his first day with braces — Bob Mariani

A sputtering water pipe belching air — Katherine Godell

A combination of fear and pity, like approaching a Rottweiler with its foot clamped in a trap — Dale Rochford

The piercing squeal of a well-worn gym fan — Shay Harrison

A squeaky trumpet with a runny nose — Michelle Montgomery

A cartoon rabbit who wishes you were dead — Steve Pink

A public school education — Maria Deluca

A guy hitting on you in English class — Alicia Cronin

A little kid with a mouthful of caramel — Todd Tande

A drunk hillbilly serial killer — Tori Greene

Joni Mitchell

Listeners say the singer sounds like:

Lemon meringue pie — Frazier Dworet

I'm being lied to by an 8-year-old — Benjamin Porter

A precariously placed crystal goblet — Sue Tomlin

Skilled, delicate hands playing the water glasses — Kelli Galpin

The gleeful girl you kissed when you were 10 who ran home and brought you the frosting spoon from her mother's cake — Steve McCormack

The first daisy of spring sneaking a cigarette — Nick Burns

Velvet-lined Birkenstocks worn with a silk dress - Becky Passauant

A radiant kite with no one holding the string — Ron Dylewski

The inside of silver bells being struck by velvet-covered hockey sticks — Marilyn Finley

Beads of mercury on a frozen river — Lucy Buckner

The summer breeze carrying a straw hat over a meadow filled with wildflowers — Alma Fellows

Sounds like the seventh-grade art teacher who wore the same outfit and warm smile every day — Dale Rochford

The feeling after kissing someone you just realized you're in love with — Chris Myers

A rediscovered diary that is both fresh and real — Carla Roitz

Sweet and sour chicken — Alexxys Stenson