I seem to recall it had a few glitches on my PSX. As did the Wonder Videos - a 20% chance of crashing the game!
I don't think the High Council should be forced to load at set points in the game as they were before - I'd typically just cancel it (after a fairly agonising pause). That said, I did find them quite funny on the rare occasions that I listened, although that was probably because I only rarely listened...