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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 11/29/07 00:44
Ed Mullen wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Did you do sneakernet? Going down to the bus station for programs
>> coming to you on 2" tape? :)
>
> LOL. Yes! Quad tapes! Some of my earliest memories are of editing
> shows together using two (or three) quad machines "loosely" synchronized
> (pre SMPTE time code) by an RCA TEP (Tape Editing Programmer). And a
> video tech with arms stretched wide to try and hit the Start buttons on
> both machines (playback and record) at the same time. In fact, I
Ape arms. :)
> remember Clarence McCracken doing that with a cigarette and an inch of
> ash dangling from his lips. Oh, the kids these days have no idea! <g>
> And, I guess, thank God!
:)
>> This post was brought to you by the letters B and R, and the number 8.
>
> ROFLMAO!!! The worst was the taxi driver in the Electric Company street
> sequence that ran once every show for a year or more. First time I saw
> him I went: "Holy crap! That's me!!!" Of course, when I asked my
No, he was making a lot more money.
But you were both having fun. Admit it. :)
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