CROW was from the 60s so you know it's not AI - #2990
The Tom Barnard Podcast
Complete Disaster Network
4.1 • 652 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Disney is laying everyone off, TMZ is in the blackmail business, and voiceovers are all AI. Is anything okay in the entertainment industry? Yes: classic rock. There's a reason it's been called "classic" since about five years after it started. Larry Wiegand was a member of CROW, so he'll tell you all about it.
Topics:
Disney/Marvel layoffs
Scammers
TMZ vs. capitol hill
AI narration
Voiceover business is dying
Larry Wiegand from CROW
60s/70s Minnesota music
Dave Waggoner's celebration of life
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Tom Bernard family podcast with |
| 0:07.7 | Co-host Catherine Brandt. |
| 0:09.6 | Andy Brabrenard. |
| 0:11.2 | And Kristen Byrude. |
| 0:12.6 | Kristen Bird Entertainment. |
| 0:13.6 | Who's brought you by North American Banking Company. |
| 0:15.4 | Go to NABankco.com to learn more. |
| 0:17.3 | Member FDIC equal housing lender. |
| 0:20.1 | So what did you sleep into like one two three |
| 0:23.0 | in the afternoon uh yesterday no yesterday i was up at 5 a m and at work at 6 a m and then i worked till |
| 0:31.1 | 7 p.m and then i drove from san diego back to los angeles so my voice sounds tired. It is. That's a long day. |
| 0:39.3 | It was a long day. It was a really long day. But this morning I did sleep until like 7 a.m. |
| 0:45.9 | Which is late for me. Is it? Yeah. I got up at 4.30. No, 415 actually. Yeah, that's early. |
| 0:52.0 | You did. Why? There are nights when I sleep six hours, that's all I'm going to get. |
| 0:56.8 | Me too. |
| 0:57.7 | Six solid hours is not bad. |
| 0:59.5 | No, it's not bad. |
| 1:00.7 | I read a story about how that whole thing that you need seven to eight hours of sleep is a myth that a mattress company made it up back in the 19 whenever. |
| 1:13.2 | Now that sounds made up. |
| 1:14.7 | A mattress company. |
| 1:16.2 | But why would they need you to sleep more on your mattress, though? |
| 1:19.7 | It was beauty. |
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