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Chipmunks??

posted 11 years ago by ronaldt49
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Today's episode featuring Ed Platt (Chief on Get Smart) and Gavin McCleod (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Loveboat)had apparently been speeded up somewhat. Platt, Mcleod, Ross Martin,, etc have deep voices but this episode had all sounding somewhere between normal and Alvin and the Chipmunks. Turned a serious plotline into a comedy.

Reminded me of the time when we would play a 45 rpm record at 78 rpm for a similar effect. Those of you less than 40 probably don't know what I'm talking about. "Grandpa, What's a record??"

I know this is done to get more of program in to offset the excessive commercial breaks. Back when this show originally aired there were maybe three or four minutes for commercials, now ten minutes or more.

Hate to think what Bonanza sounds like speeded up.

[–] telegonus 11 years ago

I noticed that, too. In Gavin McLeod's case, who could tell the difference? I didn't notice any vocal changes in Andamo but Mr. Lucky's voice was higher than usual and Ed Platt sounded like he had been dubbed. A goofy episode of this often as not lighthearted series, I found it too heavily plotted for my tastes, and its twee storyline didn't feel particularly well thought out, yet it was enjoyable all the same.

[–] movies789 10 years ago

Episode #3, "Bugsy", played tonight, too. I was going to start a thread on it when I noticed your post. It wasn't speeded up; several of the actors" voices appeared (to me) to have been dubbed, and by the same person. Gavin MacLeod's voice sounded to me like his own, but Ross Martin's, Edward Platt's, and Platt's henchman's voices all had the same nasally tone as "Mr. Lucky" himself, John Vivyan. Most fans of Martin and Platt are familiar with their very distinctive voices, which most definitely were dubbed-over in this episode for some reason. I'd bet that there was a technical problem with the sound, and Vivyan was tasked to do some emergency dubbing of at least those three characters, maybe more.