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opus · 01-28-2026, 05:26 PM

Or maybe you did know. I would hate to be presumptuous.

https://youtu.be/Jo7PA-nQ67I?si=l9jBqlfQSfxFGYhV

stevea · 01-28-2026, 07:58 PM

I assume with AI, you take a sampled voice and AI "reads" the script. But AI doesn't know when to pause and when not to, nor can it pronounce some names, like Fabares. So you end up with a choppy but cheaper narration. And mispronouncing Shelley's name multiple times--maybe they should have come up with a way to correct that.

A few things I never knew were: Bob Crane had been fired, if they are correct. I thought he had just gone on to Hogan's Heroes. I never heard about Paul Petersen totaling his car, and the Owens replacing it with a VW.

01-28-2026, 05:26 PM	#1
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,053	15 Weird Facts About The Donna Reed Show You Never Knew Or maybe you did know. I would hate to be presumptuous. https://youtu.be/Jo7PA-nQ67I?si=l9jBqlfQSfxFGYhV

01-28-2026, 07:58 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,164	I assume with AI, you take a sampled voice and AI "reads" the script. But AI doesn't know when to pause and when not to, nor can it pronounce some names, like Fabares. So you end up with a choppy but cheaper narration. And mispronouncing Shelley's name multiple times--maybe they should have come up with a way to correct that. A few things I never knew were: Bob Crane had been fired, if they are correct. I thought he had just gone on to Hogan's Heroes. I never heard about Paul Petersen totaling his car, and the Owens replacing it with a VW.