Les Waas

Les Waas has been President of Waas, Inc., an advertising agency for 45 years and is owner of New Sounds, a creative service specializing in jingles and humorous commercials, and winner of most major creative awards. He has performed voices in hundreds of commercials for radio and television.

Les has written and produced 973 jingles for such advertisers as "Mr. Softee" (heard on thousands of ice cream trucks). He has also written 22 published/recorded songs.

As an artist, he has created ad layouts and cartoons, and has designed logos for many restaurants, auto dealers, etc. .He was a World War II B-17 pilot. He lives in Huntingdon Valley, PA and has been married to Sylvia for 50 years. They have two children and three grandchildren.

I had no idea of the sheer creative output of one Les Waas- and I knew about the Procrastinators Club, but didn't realize how many commercial jingles he composed, such as for Mr. Softee. He and Sylvia have two great kids, too. The son, Murray Waas, is an investigative reporter living here in Washington. I met Murray Waas 15 years ago when he was dating a friend of mine. Since then, I've seen Murray's name from time to time on ...articles written for the New Republic or the Washington Post. Most recently, Murray Waas has writen for National Journal and won some major awards.