[GreenKeys] "I'm not a cop, but I play one on TV!"

[drlegendre .]

Err.. it's set in 1941, and the TTY ribbon is wound on plastic spools?

Did I see that correctly? Were plastic spools in use that early?

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:13 PM, Gil Smith <gil at baudot.net> wrote:

> Hey folks:
>
> Well thanks to those who watched.  The air time we got was a bit
> disappointing -- I didn't much care if I got on but it would have been nice
> if they got a split-second of my wife's face to help offset a
> several-thousand-dollar trip to NYC.  Ahh well;  I am used to being
> disappointed by this time in life.  Was fun, but I wouldn't do it again.
> At least my machine came back in good shape.  There is no point in grabbing
> any video, but a few screen-grabs:
>
> 001 - the M15 printing a custom message
> 007 - they cut off my wife's head, my my gray head in background
> 024 - me as cop #5 on the right
> 028 - the side of my wife's face at the tty
> 044 and 048 - my wife at the tty
> and also a screen shot from a segment they did not use
>
> thx, gil
>
> gil smith, AF7EZ
> greenkeys moderator
> gil at baudot.net
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] "I'm not a cop, but I play one on TV!"
> From: Wayne Durkee <teletypeparts at comcast.net>
> Date: Wed, January 04, 2017 9:37 am
> To: aaa-greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>, Gil Smith
> <gil at baudot.net>
>
> Gil,
>
> My wife and I watched. Saw plenty of the 15 but of course not sure of you
> or you wife.
>
> It was an interesting program as well.
>
> Wayne
> KB1FDW
>
> On January 1, 2017 at 3:56 PM Gil Smith <gil at baudot.net> wrote:
>
> Hey folks:
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> Just in case any of you are interested, I just found out that the TV show
> my wife and I were taping in New York last July will premiere next Tuesday:
>
> A Crime To Remember -- The Gentleman Killer
> 7pm MST, Tues, Jan 3
> Investigation Discovery Channel
> Directv: ch-285,  Dish: ch-192,  Cox: ch-104,  Centurylink: ch-261/1261
>
>
> This was all due to the show wanting to rent one of my tty machines for a
> show re-creating a 1941 murder.
>
> My wife loves that show, and watches that channel literally every day.  I
> told the show folks that I could make the machine happen for them if they
> put my wife on the show.  I was really only joking, but the producer said:
> "Sure, she can play the police secretary."  I almost pooped my pants.  I
> said to my wife, "Hey honey, interested in maybe being on ID for a couple
> of seconds?"
>
> So we went to NYC for a few days, and went to the taping.  When we walked
> in, they said: "We also need another cop, and would you play him?  It pays
> $75 bucks."  Sure, I said.
>
> I really don't think I will be seen on TV except maybe seeing my gun belt
> as I walk past the detective's desk, but hopefully the police secretary
> gets a couple of seconds of air time.  My TTY certainly should.
>
> This is my favorite M15, which I got probably fifteen years ago from Tom
> Kleinschmidt.  I have had other M15s since, including one I refurbed for
> the local Batcave, but this one is special.  I made a little clip of it for
> my non-tty friends who wonder what the heck I am talking about:
>
> https://youtu.be/9bapH4IGJ7I
>
> Now to see whether we actually gets a few seconds on camera or not.
>
> gil
>
>
> gil smith, AF7EZ
> greenkeys moderator
> gil at baudot.net
>
>
>
>
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