# Who would be the Voice of your Robot House? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 24, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409 "2009-12-24T02:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/81 "2016-09-01T08:36:37Z")
I don’t think I’d want a recognizable voice, but I’d still want something pleasant. I’d go with the voice of Lois, the “house manager” for Tom Selleck in the 1984 movie _Runaway_. Credit for Lois’ voice went to this actress. [Marilyn Schreffler - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0775201/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/82 "2016-09-01T15:58:46Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > My choice? Elizabeth Peña. But they would have to piece together existing audio – it may not sound smooth. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/83 "2016-09-01T16:02:31Z")
I originally picked Orson Welles, but if I had to pick a female voice I’d go with Julie Andrews. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/84 "2016-09-01T16:28:30Z")
Shohreh Aghdashloo: [In Conversation With Actor Shohreh Aghdashloo - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGcUB55muSw) I could listen to her say anything. She’s like the warmest, fuzziest blankie. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/85 "2016-09-01T16:31:02Z")
Michael Fassbender doing his best impression of his character David from _Prometheus_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/86 "2016-09-01T16:42:21Z")
Elizabeth Daily. Or Gilbert Gottfried. If you’re going to play, play. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/87 "2016-09-01T17:08:18Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > But they would have to piece together existing audio – it may not sound smooth. ☹ Awakened every day with, “Good morning, Mr. Incredible,” in that silky purring? I’ll manage. 😉 My backup: Jarvis. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/88 "2016-09-01T17:37:16Z")
Zombie Alan Rickman, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![TheStake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@TheStake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheStake)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/89 "2016-09-01T18:14:17Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Zombie Alan Rickman, apparently. I read through this whole post to make sure I didn’t steal this one haha. I would want the robot he played in a hitchhikers guide! ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/90 "2016-09-01T18:45:01Z")
My wife’s voice. Why change a good thing? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/91 "2016-09-01T19:11:17Z")
Zen from _Blake’s 7_ ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/92 "2016-09-01T20:19:24Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Gilbert Gottfried Well, I am never NEVER coming to Guano’s house. Also never anyone’s house who has Jeremy Hotz as the house voice. I thought about my mother’s voice. I would want to hear it every day, and I would probably be tidier with prompting from my mother. But I couldn’t stand the thought of that voice being around during sexytimes. So… I need to re -consider. Paul Newman. My son would think it was Doc Hudson. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/93 "2016-09-01T20:20:35Z")
Plus Paul Newman is already dead, the better to fight off the zombies. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/94 "2016-09-02T00:12:19Z")
The woman who narrates the physics animations on The Mechanical Universe. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/95 "2016-09-02T00:22:02Z")
I’ve always loved to sound of women’s voices, so I know it would be a woman’s voice. I’d have to listen to what samples they have available. It’d probably be funny as hell to say Katherine Ross, if only because of her reaction if someone asked her to read a ‘word list’ into a microphone. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/96 "2016-09-02T02:27:30Z")
R2D2, Edith Bunker or someone screaming in a language I don’t understand. I am a bit creeped out with posts 20 and 21 next to each other in 2009… ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/97 "2016-09-02T15:35:45Z")
> [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](#): > > Majel Barrett. Of course. And I would have it sound like the ST computer system as well. Failing that, either Penelope Cruz or Rose Leslie. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/98 "2016-09-02T15:53:06Z")
“Attention All Planets Of The Solar Federation” Guy from the Rush record. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/99 "2016-09-02T20:55:32Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > “Attention All Planets Of The Solar Federation” Guy from the Rush record. No, no, no: _ **R** _obot house, not **bobot** house. Close, but no cigar. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-voice-of-your-robot-house/522409/100 "2016-09-02T21:25:03Z")
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