[QuadList] Guerilla splices (was RCA types)

[allanmc-avtech at comcast.net]

Probably also did fun things like goosing each other with squirts from bottles of Freon TF.
Nothing like working a string of double shifts in a row and then being douched with a stream of Freon from a plastic squirt bottle.  Definite tend to wake a fellow up in a hurry.

AM




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From: Joe Owens <jpo at prestodigital.ca>
> I was out there in repeater station-land loading up Merv Griffin  
> after the Late News run...  fast-forwarding through the slugs -- 30  
> sec on-air breaks and roll it back in on cue.  Using the mechanical  
> timer -- no time code.
> A friend and I made a joke tape, "editing" on a TR-70C... just  
> rolling an old spot tape through cutting it up with scissors, masking  
> taping the splices together... snipping the edges for an audio  
> insert... cleverly inserted a jump cut (while we replaced the reel),  
> rolled the whole thing back and played "it" through --- hey! looked  
> pretty good!  Management didn't seem to think it was very  
> funny....    ;-)
> 
> 
> > Bicycle tapes.
> > It was amazing to see how often we would use NEW tape stock on the  
> > shipped bicycle tape spots....only to see it replaced by some  
> > station down the line out in the field.   Cause, I frequently got  
> > CRAP tape back and have also seen tapes stapled, scotch taped, and  
> > even paper clipped together.  Never was a dull moment in the tape  
> > room.
> >
> > Allan
> >  ilman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com
> 
> Joe Owens
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> 
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