Reeves' Kent was great, loved him maybe more than his Superman.

Nonetheless, I was very pleased with Reeve's Kent, who leaned a lot more into the mild mannered bit. I appreciated the contrast with Reeves. And, as JB has also often noted before, that one moment when Reeve lowers his glasses and straightens his shoulders... wow!

There's a common claim that it was introduced so the VA for Superman could take time off since the show was broadcast live several times a week and another actor could substitute for them by providing a hush weakened voice for the incapacitated Superman. But apparently this is wholly untrue and simply an urban legend; although a similar story is actually true for the Lone Ranger. When the original voice of the Lone Ranger radio show, whose identity was a secret to the public, died in a car crash. The next episode opened with The Lone Ranger being injured and barely able to speak so that the new voice actor could speak minimally in raspy tone for several episodes until the viewer would be less likely to notice the changed voice going foreword.