Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/subsmash-tp1507385p1507396.html

> I was just watching it again today, with Ed Bishop's commentary... so
> sad listening to that as he sounded quite ill...
>
> Didn't Ed have a stroke in his later years ? You can't even recognise
> his voice on the commentary to the point that the first time I played
> it, I had to ckeck on the DVD cover to make sure that it was actually
> Ed doing the commentary.

Are you listening to the US version? This commentary was recorded for
the UK DVD release, where the episode runs 48 minutes. In the US, this
episode runs 50 minutes, so they slowed down the commentary to match
the speed of the episode. So Ed's voice does sound worse on the US
commentary than the UK commentary. The same applies for the Gerry
Anderson commentary.

Also, I believe their was speculation that Ed either was recovering
from a cold, or just had a large lunch, etc. I know that I talked
to Ed months later, and he sounded fine then.

Marc