[GreenKeys] Teletype sounds in newscasts

[Richard Knoppow]

    3 is why they go out of business.
     Hint: When you see a news show change the set it means their 
ratings have fallen into the basement.

On 3/24/2020 9:03 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
> On 3/24/2020 7:23 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>>> On Mar 24, 2020, at 2:34 PM, Bill Horne<w4ewh at outlook.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> The "Teletypes," I found out, were just Model 15 machine covers, each with a piece of yellow papers taped to the top to make them appear to be actual machines. Since they were always out-of-focus, I was told, that didn't matter.
>> Oh, you must have felt so betrayed! I wonder how many spare covers Teletype sold to TV studios as props?
>
> I didn't feel betrayed, but I did feel chastened: I suggested 
> that real machines would look more realistic, and one of the 
> producers took me aside and said "We sell soap. That's all we 
> do. We already know how to do it, and we don't need your ideas."
>
> So I learned a few things about television:
>
>  1. Appearances *_are_* reality.
>  2. They sell soap.
>  3. New ideas are not welcome.
>
> FWIW.
>
> Bill, W4EWH
>
>
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