Another twist/turn in the history of Bud Collyer as Superman. An item or two ago here, I quoted Tony Tollin, who quoted Jackson Beck who said that Collyer had Aphasia when he recorded the Superman cartoons for Filmation and someone feared he wasn't up to the job. Brian Pearce writes the following, which I should have caught…
That strikes me as difficult to believe. Those Filmation cartoons appeared in 1966 while Collyer was still the host of To Tell the Truth on CBS (once a week in prime time through 1967, and five days a week through 1968).
A good point. If Collyer was up to emceeing that show, he was certainly healthy enough to record a cartoon voice. On the other hand, Jackson Beck was the announcer on that animated show, and he was a pretty smart, reliable guy. Collyer died in September of '69 so if he had a period when he was unable to perform, it would have to have been rather brief. I don't think any of the Superman cartoons were produced after '68 but perhaps there was some public service spot or short featurette and the anecdote was in reference to that.