[QuadList] Seconds to Play: 2" quad playback and more.

[C. Park Seward]

Could have been a Chyron III. The IV and 4100 had similar keyboards.

Interesting that ABC made their own sports font. It was a copy of a Helvetica bold italic. No one else used that font.

I was usually the guy to pick up Jackson at the airport, bring him to the hotel and then buy his White Horse scotch. H was very nice to me and was one of the best sports announcers ever.

You didn't want to be part of the "Fleming Project". Bill could be tough to work with.

Howard and Sidaris were great but tough. I like one of the lines where the slo-mo was not working. Chuck says, "you are all maintenance engineers. Fix it!".

I bet Andy went through three or four cigarette packs or little cigar packs during a game. I know Joe Aceti would.

We still park the trucks in the exact same place at the Coliseum.

Camera direction is the same today. Camera 2 does kickoffs. During the game, cams 1, 2 or 3 are the game camera depending on where the line of scrimmage is located. Then the other two up cameras pick off pass receivers or running backs. So if camera 1 has the ball, 2 and 3 know what to shoot. The end zone camera 4 usually just has the game and coaches between plays. 5 is the cart that gets the quarterback and 6/7 is handheld color.

There is an ESPN handheld cameraperson today called "Peaches". Don't know if it is the same person.

Still have spotters in the booth to help the announcers call the right players.

Count to commercial was usually a 10 count. It gave the Quads at network plenty of time to lock up and also the announcer to finish their thought. The screw up on the video was Chuck's fault. The spots came from New York and were inserted there. Roger was talking to New York and the TD there would switch to the commercial. The NY TD is not listening to Chuck. Roger tries to call off the switch but too late. However, once the spot was on the air, the NY TD should not have switched back to the game.

Chuck said to roll the commercial and then go to the replay. Not enough time. Today, they don't need to countdown since everything is an instant roll.

Best,
Park

C. Park Seward
Cell: 818-535-2747
Home: 541-476-6657
2" Quad and 1" "C" transfers
The Transfer Lab at Video Park
Visit us: http://www.videopark.com



On Jun 8, 2012, at 11:25 PM, Scott Thomas wrote:

> In the film, I see the "Chyron" keyboards. I know what a 4100 Keyboard look like. Was that an older keyboard style for Chyron? My first thought was that maybe it was a Vidifont.