Posted by moonbasegirl on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/subsmash-tp1507385p1507400.html

Pat wrote:

> I was just watching it again today, with Ed Bishop's commentary...
>so sad listening to that as he sounded quite ill...


He does. He sounds like someone who is "short of breath" – cannot
exhale sufficiently and the result is the voice sounds weak, strained
and of a higher pitch than normal :-(


> Didn't Ed have a stroke in his later years ?

Not that has been stated anywhere I know of…? He doesn't
sound "slurry" to me; his diction seems as clear as ever.




Marc wrote:

>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.


Is this true? I'm going to have to listen to both now, to compare,
I've not listened to the commentary on the A&E set. Dear God, that's
going to be six times in 48 hours or so I'll have had to
watch "Subsmash" – sorry Mark :-O :-D



John wrote:

>I haven't heard the commentaries, but if this is the reason for the
>unusual sound then it's appallingly sloppy and/or cheapskate.
>Software to "pitch shift" the sound to make it sound normal after
>changing its length is so common that no half-competent facilities
>house dealing in sound be without it and many people have it on home
>PCs. It would take a matter of minutes to correct the pitch.

If this is true – then it's *infuriating!* >:-(

Sarah