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After I played around with the audio speed for the Ross Bagdasarian posts and South Park, my sister wanted to hear a speed correction of Robbie Benson’s voice from Beauty and the Beast. There’s a video clip above, and below is the audio sped up by 15%. Not sure if that percentage is exactly right, but it sounds close enough.
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Excellent job, Doug! Even then, I’m sure Benson was forcing his voice to sound deeper.
You know, this is the first CG-movie that really blew the socks off everybody; also, it was the first animated movie ever to win a “Best Picture” nomination. The voice saying “Invite her to dinner” belongs to the late Jerry Orbach, who played “Lumiere” in B& the B.” He had a long history in musical theatre, and starred in “The Fantastiks,” a favorite of my parents. We played him singing “Try to Remember at our mother’s memorial service, and again when her ashes were interred.