In fact, that's the one thing that people kept mentioning and I wanted to go, "Um, seriously? The fact that Ferguson didn't even *mention* the power thing in the Rushdie interview didn't tip you off at all?"
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:58 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hopefully the blackout managed to clue in the few who didn't understand how > out of sequence C-Ferg tapes. The Rushdie interview came on after the > Silverstone interview, and was fully lit. It was at least a week old, as he > appeared on the perfectly awful sketch "A Party at Elton John's House" on > 10/16. > > David > > ________________________________ > From: Kevin M. <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 1:24:11 PM > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: IYC: Ferg's blackout > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:29 AM, donz5 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It was pointed out in the afl that "Electrical equipment takes far >> less power than the studio lighting." >> >> On Oct 28, 11:19 am, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You'd think a bldg like TV City has backup generators... or is the >>> fuel needed to power them too pricey? >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f97URy6yTPM > > Yeah, lighting is an energy killer. And CBS TV City is a festering > hunk of crap operating more or less the same as it did 50 years ago. > Then again, it is tough to come up with a Hollywood studio that isn't > woefully outdated and horribly wired. And yesterday's high winds were > an anomaly that all but guaranteed problems throughout Los Angeles. > Leno and Conan both operate out of newer (by comparison) facilities > with redundant power systems (an electrician at NBC told me they get > power from two different main lines, though I don't know if that is > true). > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
