Unsolved Mysteries---"What you are about to see" Intro - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

diesteldorf · 01-24-2017, 03:34 PM

Hoping someone can jog my memory.

I've noticed that Amazon is not using the original voice over narration during the "What you are about to see is NOT a news broadcast."

I was wondering if this was to save on royalties to the gentleman's estate, since I believe he passed away.

Lifetime used a woman during the opening narration when it aired on Lifetime.

Does anyone know the gentleman's name?

I think he also did a lot of movie trailers back in the day.

brianh333 · 01-24-2017, 04:00 PM

Danny Dark

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=335352

A.D.D. Since '83 · 01-25-2017, 04:31 PM

The updated version irks me quite a bit. It sounds so generic. If they had no access to the original, I'd would have rather had no voice at all.

But I can't gripe too much, all we had was Farina segments, and now we have the real deal! I'm totally glad they were able to get this up in such a high quality. They really did a knock-out job.

compulsive dvd · 01-25-2017, 04:52 PM

I think the original guy was specific to NBC broadcasts, which is why Lifetime changed it to the same voice as the "television for women" ads. I'm kind of annoyed at the Film Rise change because of the way the guy changes the emphasis on "news broadcast". Also, they've used the font that is generic in Avid's title tool instead of matching the original or just keeping the original slate and redoing the voice. At least we have the episodes, though.

01-24-2017, 03:34 PM	#1
diesteldorf Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 12, 2002 Posts: 67	Unsolved Mysteries---"What you are about to see" Intro Hoping someone can jog my memory. I've noticed that Amazon is not using the original voice over narration during the "What you are about to see is NOT a news broadcast." I was wondering if this was to save on royalties to the gentleman's estate, since I believe he passed away. Lifetime used a woman during the opening narration when it aired on Lifetime. Does anyone know the gentleman's name? I think he also did a lot of movie trailers back in the day.

01-24-2017, 04:00 PM	#2
brianh333 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 15, 2010 Posts: 98	Danny Dark http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=335352
	__________________ The above post was about unsolved mysteries. Whenever possible, the actual author (not a police official) has participated in re-creating the events. What you just got done reading was NOT a news broadcast.

01-25-2017, 04:31 PM	#3
A.D.D. Since '83 Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Nov 27, 2016 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 4	The updated version irks me quite a bit. It sounds so generic. If they had no access to the original, I'd would have rather had no voice at all. But I can't gripe too much, all we had was Farina segments, and now we have the real deal! I'm totally glad they were able to get this up in such a high quality. They really did a knock-out job.

01-25-2017, 04:52 PM	#4
compulsive dvd Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 184	I think the original guy was specific to NBC broadcasts, which is why Lifetime changed it to the same voice as the "television for women" ads. I'm kind of annoyed at the Film Rise change because of the way the guy changes the emphasis on "news broadcast". Also, they've used the font that is generic in Avid's title tool instead of matching the original or just keeping the original slate and redoing the voice. At least we have the episodes, though.