Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/New-scan-of-1973-article-on-Straker-s-car-tp1508561p1508582.html

> A lot of people have commented on this in the past. One theory is
> that he wasn't feeling well on the day it was recorded, or they
> had fed him a huge lunch just prior to recording and he was kind
> of sleepy. I know that something was wrong, because I met Ed
> months after this was recorded, and his voice sounded fine to
> me.

Also, watch this Quicktime clip -- it features Ed Bishop
recorded around the same time as that DVD commentary
(2000):

http://ufoseries.com/movieClips/mrThund7.mov

He does certainly sound older in this clip, but perhaps
not as bad as he sounded in the commentary?

Marc