High Flight

By Miss Cellania in Video Clips on Feb 21, 2008 at 8:56 am

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Those of us of a certain age will remember seeing this late at night when some TV stations used it as their sign off. It’s from J. Alan Wall’s TV Sign-Offs, a collection of achived footage from the days when stations went off the air at night. Afterwards, you would get either static or a test pattern (two terms that you don’t hear much anymore). Link -via Fark

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shecky
Feb 21st, 2008 at 9:33 am
Now that really brings back memories!
Ash
Feb 21st, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I’m quite young, but I still remember the static and the test patterns… of course, it wasn’t here in the US (in Philippines).

I never saw any sign offs like this… this is pretty neat.
emptyminded
Feb 21st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
For those who are too young to remember this type of thing: Watch the movie “Poltergiest”. There is a scene when the TV rolls the end of broadcast tape and static is left on the screen.
kyboiz
Feb 22nd, 2008 at 8:33 am
“and touched…the face…of, GOD.” Wow! I feel like I’m nine years old and it’s past my bedtime!
Miss Cellania
Feb 22nd, 2008 at 9:56 am
kyboiz, exactly. This poem means “childhood insomnia” to me.
gwdMaine
Feb 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Nice find. It was always past my bedtime, but I remember the disappointment that there was nothing else on. Click CRRSSSSSS. . . Click CRRSSSSSS. . . Click BEEEEEEEEE. . . Click CRRRSSSSSS. . . That’s it – out of options, might as well go to bed. . .

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