# Who is the Voice of Your Robot House? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558 "2007-05-10T16:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/61 "2007-05-11T15:31:09Z")
Why? Just pick up your socks. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/62 "2007-05-11T19:12:50Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Why? Just pick up your socks. šŸ˜› [/QUOTE] I welcome our New Variety of Integrated Computerized Systems Home Overlords my ass! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/63 "2007-05-11T19:35:18Z")
Holy crap. I HAVE to have one of those damn Stephen Fry alarm clocks. I think Iā€™m going to order one as soon as I finish this post. Iā€™m in tears right now from laughing so hard. The relaxation mode was the greatest! As far as my house goes; Iā€™m going to go with: **Isabella Rossellini**. That womanā€™s voice is like a Siren on Homerā€™s ā€œOdysseyā€ to me. Or that lady who narrated ā€œLord Of The Ringsā€. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/64 "2007-05-11T20:05:06Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Patrick Stewart. [/QUOTE] No no ā€“ **Martha** Stewart, of course! _ducks and runs_ I think itā€™d be just a tad freaky to pick a human celebrity voice for the house. How about the voice of Rosie, the robot from _The Jetsons_? Or if itā€™s not too narcissistic, my own voice? I talk to myself all the time as it is, this way I wouldnā€™t know what I was about to say for once. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/65 "2007-05-11T20:11:34Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] I talk to myself all the time as it is, this way I wouldnā€™t know what I was about to say for once. [/QUOTE] Yes, but do you ever listen? ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/66 "2007-05-11T23:32:26Z")
I ran by this thread title a few times, without giving it a momentā€™s pause, but this time, it flashed into my mind: **Jonathan Harris**. If only he were still around. Alarm clock: ā€œWake up! Wake UP, you ninny!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/67 "2007-05-12T02:05:23Z")
The Voice of William S. Burroughsā€¦ Alarm Clock - ā€œSunā€™s coming upā€¦ like a big bald headā€¦ā€ Security ā€œAh-Pookā€¦ the destroyerā€¦ā€ Random cut ups from his writingsā€¦ ā€œthe hipster B-bop junkies never showed on 104 streetā€¦ā€ FML ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/68 "2007-05-12T13:46:55Z")
I canā€™t believe it got to page 2 and it falls to me to give The Answer: M-M-M-M-a-x-x . . . . . H-H-H-H-eadroom-m ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/69 "2007-05-12T16:45:53Z")
Maurice LaMarche, the voice of The Brain. Charger: ā€œWhat are we doing tomorrow night, House?ā€ House: ā€œSame thing we do every night, Charger, try to get you a girl.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/70 "2007-05-12T18:14:26Z")
What a buncha lousy Anglophiles you are. Iā€™ll take Charles Boyer or Maurice Chevalier. If MY house was making my dinner, I sure wouldnā€™t want it to sound British. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/71 "2007-05-12T19:12:25Z")
Seven of Nine. Or Six, from Battlestar Galactica. What? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/72 "2007-05-12T19:17:52Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Excellent] Or Six, from Battlestar Galactica. [/QUOTE] ā€œThe mail has arrived. A light bulb in the garage needs to be replaced. And we will eventually catch you and destroy you.ā€ Well, okay then. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/73 "2007-05-12T19:39:59Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] :dubious: Then Iā€™d be reduced to buying a gun and shooting the speakers to get it to stop. [/QUOTE] Yeah, you have to strike up a balance. Something that youā€™d actually act upon its reminders and requests, but not something that would have me fleeing my own home or reaching for the ā€œmuteā€ option on the houseā€™s control panel. Hence, English butlers. Pleasant, but Iā€™m not exactly going to stay in bed just so I can hear Stephen Fry tell me to wake up again. A sultry female voice would be nice, but Iā€™m the type that doesnā€™t want to hang up posters of hot chixxors either. Seems hostile to any actual women that Iā€™d like to visit my domicile, and can act as a reminder of how pathetic I am if none actually come. Except for older pinups, like Betty Page. Those become retro and cool. Hey. Maybe I can make my house sound like the quick talking career gals of days past. A robot Gal Friday would be pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/74 "2007-05-13T04:19:43Z")
Sally Kellerman, Demi Moore, or Kathleen Turner. But if I start developing sexual fantasies about my house, Iā€™m switching to James Earl Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/75 "2007-05-14T02:51:55Z")
Put me down for an order of John Cleese, please. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/76 "2007-05-14T02:57:17Z")
Groundskeeper Willie. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/77 "2007-05-14T05:13:19Z")
Canā€™t decide between Pinky or the Brainā€¦ \*ā€œThis is the Earth. And this is Pinky. You can tell the difference quite easily. One is a lump of inert matter hurtling blindly through the void. The otherā€¦ is the Earth.ā€ \* Technically, I guess that would be Rob Paulson as the voice of Pinky and Maurice LeMarche as the voice of The Brain. Are you thinking what Iā€™m thinking??? ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/78 "2007-05-14T19:41:56Z")
Sir John Geilgud. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/79 "2007-05-14T19:46:15Z")
Methinks **Little Nemo** likes ladies with gravelly voices. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558/80 "2007-05-14T19:54:29Z")
I canā€™t believe no one has suggested William Daniels. Ya know, the principle from Boy Meets World. šŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/403558.md?page=5)