[QuadList] A Present to the Quad Videotape Group--VT Hell on Christmas Eve

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Heh Heh!!   merry Christmas to you to Ted!
Clever!!!!!!!!  thanks  for that!!!!!
 
 
ed!  
 
In a message dated 12/24/2011 7:52:42 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:



VT  Hell on Christmas Eve
To the tune of Jingle  Bells:  
Written  Christmas Eve, 2011 by Ted Langdell
© and ⓟ Ted  Langdell, 2011


Here's an A capella recording.

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And the Lyrics:

Working tape on Christmas Eve
Hit "Rewind" on VT 3
A  One-hour Net delay
Just two minutes till  it plays.

When suddenly I hear
An unexpected snapping noise.
A  hidden splice let go, and 
I went, "No! No! NO!"

Hey MC! 
VT Here!
We have a problem  tape.
The Como Christmas Special reel
Has got a special break. Yeah!

I can fix.
But we'll need
to play this in two  parts
One will come from VT 3
Tell me what else have we got? 

"VT 6'll work just  fine
It'll take me just a sec...
Gotta move the supply reel over there
and not step in the tape..."

So I quickly make the  swap
Then, I grab an empty reel
Lace VT 3 in record time
And re-sume my rewind!

Please go fast.
Don't let go
If there's another  splice!

This Como Show has got to  run
Or I'm out in the ice!

Let's hit play.
Will it lock?
Will we beat the  clock?

Are the four heads still in  working shape?
I pray the EQ's on the dot.

I shake as I hit stop,  and I pray as I hit play.
The servo lock comes on, and  we're just :15 away.
My cuing guess was  right.
We're in the break before the show.
Now, MC is on the ID slide.
We can let  VT 3 roll.

Oh, Thank God.
There's no clog.
No banding I can see.

I hope the splice break  happened
Where our local spots will be.

Turn to 6.
Lace it up, and then hand wind the reels
I  hope it's in a PSA,
and that God hears my  appeals.

With my fingers shaky,  still. 
I hit play on VT 6.
I  hear the head wheel whine
and the picture is just  fine!

There's an image on the  screen
Of a talking book machine.
Then Como Show!  
Thank, God, ya know!
I'll back it up :15!

Quadruplex!
Quadruplex
Christmas reels  abound 

Punch play. The head wheel spins  up 
With such a happy sound! Oh!

Como show. Such a  glow!
Color from I/Os. 

In Heterodyne or in  Direct
It Could! Look! Quite Diii  viiiiiiiiine. 






Merry Christmas!



Ted



 
 
 
Ted Langdell
Secretary for the  _QuadVideotapeGroup.com_ 
(http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/) : 
Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use them, in  conjunction 
with the Library of Congress
_ted at quadvideotapegroup.com_ (mailto:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com) 











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