Sitcom 'Laugh Track' Expert of 1980s
A behind the scenes look at a "laugh track" session with audio engineer Carroll Pratt for TV sitcom "Webster" in 1983
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A behind the scenes look at a "laugh track" session with audio engineer Carroll Pratt for TV sitcom "Webster" in 1983
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Interesting
There's a piece in this BBC Christmas tape where every attempted take of a musical number has the same 'spontaneous' canned round of applause.
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or at least I could have sworn there was, plenty of canned laughter as well
NSFW for nudity(frequent) and swearing(very frequent but well pronounced).
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There's a piece in this BBC Christmas tape where every attempted take of a musical number has the same 'spontaneous' canned round of applause.
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or at least I could have sworn there was, plenty of canned laughter as well
NSFW for nudity(frequent) and swearing(very frequent but well pronounced).
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Very interesting
and having worked in TV/Film dubbing in my first job in the 80s, fascinating to see that machine.
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and having worked in TV/Film dubbing in my first job in the 80s, fascinating to see that machine.
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Wonderful joyous film about skateboarding
and it includes fantastic instrumental version of Uptown Top Ranking by The Mighty Two
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and it includes fantastic instrumental version of Uptown Top Ranking by The Mighty Two
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Apparently it was shown in cinemas before Grease
which I saw in the cinema (aged 12) but I don't think I remember this.
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which I saw in the cinema (aged 12) but I don't think I remember this.
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Toyah and Fripp - giving brilliant advice
and she looks better
they play music at 16:06
.
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and she looks better
they play music at 16:06
.
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Is that woman constantly in a state of arousal?
She's 62 for God's sake!
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She's 62 for God's sake!
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Can you get it over the counter?
Yes, but I'd probably have to take 8
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Yes, but I'd probably have to take 8
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You wait till you hit sixty
You have a pleasant surprise waiting for you
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You have a pleasant surprise waiting for you
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Is that an issue?
I, for one, firmly (with chemical assistance) vote for horny and happy seniors.
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I, for one, firmly (with chemical assistance) vote for horny and happy seniors.
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It's a quote from Shivers, 1975,
So you aren't far off.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0073705/
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So you aren't far off.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0073705/
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If you'd said "Emmanuelle VI: Cannibal Erox" I wouldn't have been surprised
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they've clearly got a few issues of their own they need to work out before tacking anyone else's
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Zappa said “Touring can make you crazy”
But I think not touring, after you have been doing it regularly for 45/50 years, probably has a similar effect.
I just wish the music was either bit better, or a lot worse as at the moment it’s just Not That Good. Fripp can obviously get a decent tone as per that instrumental in the above video, but I guess they want to keep the spontaneity. Toyah really should practice the lyrics a few more times though, sometimes it feels like she’s reading them for the first ever time.
The boobs I can take or leave - it’s the internet; nudity is not difficult to find.
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But I think not touring, after you have been doing it regularly for 45/50 years, probably has a similar effect.
I just wish the music was either bit better, or a lot worse as at the moment it’s just Not That Good. Fripp can obviously get a decent tone as per that instrumental in the above video, but I guess they want to keep the spontaneity. Toyah really should practice the lyrics a few more times though, sometimes it feels like she’s reading them for the first ever time.
The boobs I can take or leave - it’s the internet; nudity is not difficult to find.
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seems they've been rubbing out a few issues
With vigour, for years.
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With vigour, for years.
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Feels churlish to diss them
So I won't. But assume that I am dissing them. Silently, in my mind.
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So I won't. But assume that I am dissing them. Silently, in my mind.
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cool HD vid from a drone showing the Geldingadalur volcano
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Impressive.
Wonder how many drones fly over the volcano every night.
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Wonder how many drones fly over the volcano every night.
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Hot, dusty and smells of sulfur?
Just needs the "Winds of Shit" for total immersion:
www.stripes.com/blogs-archive/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/can-you-inhale-a-lump-of-feces-from-breathing-the-air-at-kandahar-air-field-1.131230
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Just needs the "Winds of Shit" for total immersion:
www.stripes.com/blogs-archive/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/can-you-inhale-a-lump-of-feces-from-breathing-the-air-at-kandahar-air-field-1.131230
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Queen insists on cutting cake with ceremonial sword at G7 summit
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I have never held a curved sword like that and I have also never tried cutting anything with the blunt side of a sword
alas, I am no queen
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alas, I am no queen
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don't put yourself down
we'll all be happy to call you an old queen
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we'll all be happy to call you an old queen
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swords don't have a blunt edge, surely?
are you thinking of machetes?
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are you thinking of machetes?
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it would have been fantastic if she'd started swinging that thing around the G7 leaders - surely she knows she can't be arrested
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A few puffs
Of aerosolized amphetamines can solve that for the sake of expediency.
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Of aerosolized amphetamines can solve that for the sake of expediency.
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What did you do during the great pandemic, grandpa?
Half of adults in UK watched porn during pandemic, says Ofcom
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Half of adults in UK watched porn during pandemic, says Ofcom
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With everything shut,
I think a lot of people have rediscovered the joys of hedgerow porn.
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I think a lot of people have rediscovered the joys of hedgerow porn.
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Like white dogshit
that's something that doesn't exist any more...
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that's something that doesn't exist any more...
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I wonder what a genuine 70's white dog turd would fetch at auction.
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Fisting stepsisters
Bhutanese tranny double penetration
erotic massage with surprise facial
I have a complete list somewhere
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Bhutanese tranny double penetration
erotic massage with surprise facial
I have a complete list somewhere
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The list is on one of the pull down tabs
"So have I been told".
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"So have I been told".
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Why is it always PornHub?
Instead of a quality jazz site like motherless?
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Instead of a quality jazz site like motherless?
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Yeah, proper grot.
I don't trust porn that looks too sanitary.
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I don't trust porn that looks too sanitary.
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The reason why electric motorbikes are failing
I do enjoy Ryan FortNine's stuff and his film on how Harley Davidson sewed the seeds of its own demise is a top piece of work.
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I do enjoy Ryan FortNine's stuff and his film on how Harley Davidson sewed the seeds of its own demise is a top piece of work.
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Totally agree with the ending
It's difficult to sell a bike I've built.
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It's difficult to sell a bike I've built.
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yup.
I've ridden my home made ebike more than my motorbike recently. Best pub scooter ever.
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I've ridden my home made ebike more than my motorbike recently. Best pub scooter ever.
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I have a garage full of dead bikes I haven't got round to fixing/selling.
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Very interesting
I don't have an issue with his conclusions as he adds the caveat "for now", but I'd have more time for someone saying their bike has poor range if there wasn't a gaping hole in the frame that could have batteries in it. Maybe weight is the limiting factor.
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I don't have an issue with his conclusions as he adds the caveat "for now", but I'd have more time for someone saying their bike has poor range if there wasn't a gaping hole in the frame that could have batteries in it. Maybe weight is the limiting factor.
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Yes
And, as he pointed out in the video, at high speed your power needs go up literally exponentially. Air resistance goes up with the cube of the speed so for a certain bike and rider trebling the speed from 20 to 60mph requires twenty-seven times as much power to push air out of the way (rolling resistance not included). He quotes 40 miles range around town on that battery which isn't massive so to compete with a petrol bike doing 150 motorway miles at 70+ would need a trailer of batteries.
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And, as he pointed out in the video, at high speed your power needs go up literally exponentially. Air resistance goes up with the cube of the speed so for a certain bike and rider trebling the speed from 20 to 60mph requires twenty-seven times as much power to push air out of the way (rolling resistance not included). He quotes 40 miles range around town on that battery which isn't massive so to compete with a petrol bike doing 150 motorway miles at 70+ would need a trailer of batteries.
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I get the maths behind it
I was more wondering why he hadn't used the available space on that specific bike to maximise the range, and was thinking the strength of the frame/suspension etc. might have been the limiting factor.
The technology will get there - the Triumph TE-1 has a target range of 120 miles which I'd certainly start to consider. It also looks rather nice!
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I was more wondering why he hadn't used the available space on that specific bike to maximise the range, and was thinking the strength of the frame/suspension etc. might have been the limiting factor.
The technology will get there - the Triumph TE-1 has a target range of 120 miles which I'd certainly start to consider. It also looks rather nice!
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I think it's that he can remove the battery easily
Makes it easy to ride somewhere and chain up the bike and take the battery away, stop it getting nicked, maybe recharge it.
And, frankly, for the use he proposes for it the one battery is sufficient. It's a good proof-of-concept.
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Makes it easy to ride somewhere and chain up the bike and take the battery away, stop it getting nicked, maybe recharge it.
And, frankly, for the use he proposes for it the one battery is sufficient. It's a good proof-of-concept.
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This presenter reminds me a lot of Adolf Hitler.
It's the exaggerated mannerisms, I think.
Aren't all motorcycles inherently inefficient when compared to useful and sensible vehicles?
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It's the exaggerated mannerisms, I think.
Aren't all motorcycles inherently inefficient when compared to useful and sensible vehicles?
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Still piddling about with my boat!!
I made this!
Been trying to find somewhere to do a maiden voyage and built a transport box WW2 ammo crate style. If a B3tan has a pond near York i can abuse for a couple of hours with pyro's tanks and boats, message me!!
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Been trying to find somewhere to do a maiden voyage and built a transport box WW2 ammo crate style. If a B3tan has a pond near York i can abuse for a couple of hours with pyro's tanks and boats, message me!!
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I just learned you can get leprosy from eating armadillos
The whole leprosy thing is technically true but you can only get it from ingesting it. The reason most cases of leprosy from armadillos come out of Florida are because that state is a cesspool and some people there eat them.
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The whole leprosy thing is technically true but you can only get it from ingesting it. The reason most cases of leprosy from armadillos come out of Florida are because that state is a cesspool and some people there eat them.
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Eating Floridians is fatal
Naked Florida Man Killed By Police After Allegedly Eating Part Of Teen’s Face
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Naked Florida Man Killed By Police After Allegedly Eating Part Of Teen’s Face
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crunchy on the outside but soft in the middle - just like dime bars
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"dime bar" was an insult at my school
cos of those adverts
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cos of those adverts
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Bonus threatening kitten
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyRhG3Uw9AI
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyRhG3Uw9AI
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Incoming Twatter Link
Reminds me of the Hulk chucking the bear into the air
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Reminds me of the Hulk chucking the bear into the air
— Link to tweet
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Not too keen on either song or band but that's really good
Very clever chord arrangements
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Very clever chord arrangements
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That's rather good
Knopfler probably would have put a counterpoint top line in during the verses, though. And done it while making it look like a five-year-old could play it.
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Knopfler probably would have put a counterpoint top line in during the verses, though. And done it while making it look like a five-year-old could play it.
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It's interesting
seeing how he chooses to accompany Clapton on it
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seeing how he chooses to accompany Clapton on it
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Yeah but that’s the (comparatively) awful
Happy clappy acoustic Layla.
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Happy clappy acoustic Layla.
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I hit play on this
And I didn't realise the monkey playing piano video would loop.
Wasn't sure what was going on.
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And I didn't realise the monkey playing piano video would loop.
Wasn't sure what was going on.
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Is it OK to like Dire Straits now?
Or still not something you're supposed to admit to
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Or still not something you're supposed to admit to
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only if it was before they were famous ;-)
there's bands I was into more that I don't listen to now. But I'll still occasionally put on one of their cds. Love over gold is a nice one for wistful, rainy afternoons. but each to his own
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there's bands I was into more that I don't listen to now. But I'll still occasionally put on one of their cds. Love over gold is a nice one for wistful, rainy afternoons. but each to his own
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Get in the sea
I made this!
my shameless (but respectful) rip-off, of Drivel Sieve's style.
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my shameless (but respectful) rip-off, of Drivel Sieve's style.
— Link to tweet
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love that
So if genetic algorithms designed cars it looks like we'd end up with penny-farthing shaped things that need beefy roll cages
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So if genetic algorithms designed cars it looks like we'd end up with penny-farthing shaped things that need beefy roll cages
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My farklingsdagfsdajkl
did a backwards somersault on the third iteration
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did a backwards somersault on the third iteration
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Old Music with New Pictures
I made this!
In 1995 my group sent a demo tape to our favourite label in the Netherlands. Just recently a former employee got in touch to say he'd rescued the cassette from the demos bin and sent it to me. And I've put pictures to two of the tunes as I am wont to do. Enjoy the sunshine.
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In 1995 my group sent a demo tape to our favourite label in the Netherlands. Just recently a former employee got in touch to say he'd rescued the cassette from the demos bin and sent it to me. And I've put pictures to two of the tunes as I am wont to do. Enjoy the sunshine.
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Good point. All car occupants should be wearing helmets, because motoring incidents are one of the biggest causes of traumatic head injury.
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There's nothing like having the visor ripped off and 7mm of fiberglass removed, to be glad I wore a helmet.
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