You don't have to ask me twice. I just deleted that dubbed audio version from my video list. Why bother when we finally have the real deal?
Yeah. That's something that often bothered me with "Real Ghostbusters" episodes, that they redubbed a lot of the first season episodes with the later voices. I know they were probably trying to do that to appeal to kids who watched the show who didn't know about the earlier voices, but when you notice different animation and Janine's early appearance with the later voice and the fact that Dave Coulier's Peter didn't like Slimer, you know something's up. Sorry to get off subject, for about the tenth time this week. Lol. I know that post should probably went on the ToonZone Forum But again I just thought of that in response to Drtooth's post.
But to get back on the "Sesame Street" topic, I can understand why redubbing is necessary. It's sort of the same deal as with "Ghostbusters." Kids today would not know that Elmo used to have a different voice, so kids wouldn't understand why he sounded different. Heck, I watched a DVD copy of "Follow that Bird" recently and I listened but could not hear Richard's Elmo voice on that one and it makes me wonder if it was muted out or something. I don't think they would have gotten Kevin or Ryan (depending on how recent the copy was), just to say one line.
So the point is I can sort of see both sides of the argument. You don't want to confuse kids, but while at the same time you want to appeal to people who are classic Muppet fans and know about the early Elmo voices or whatever. I guess it's just hard to please everybody.