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[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by cbenham

Or the time in the mid 1950s the network announcer said, "This is the NB--CBS TELEVISION NETWORK" at the end of 'Bigtop' one Saturday morning.

There was another goof on the NBC television network (then owned by RCA) that has stuck in my memory for well over 35 years. The local affiliate in Cleveland was going from a commercial (following a local show, IIRC) to the NBC network feed; the engineer cut to the feed about 15 seconds too soon, and northern Ohio viewers of WKYC-TV in Cleveland, myself included, found themselves looking at the station break for WNBC-TV in New York! The station had a unique ID at the time, with the NBC "snake" logo inside the number 4.

I also read of one incident in the 1930s in which a network radio announcer, at the breaking point after a particularly trying childrens' program, turned to his engineer and sighed, "That ought to keep them little b----s (expletive deleted) quiet for awhile." Unbeknownst to the announcer, the studio microphone was still live, and his remark immediately went out over the network, coast-to-coast. The news story describing this incident ended (in paraphrase) with the words "...The children's hour (on network radio) was never quite the same (after that)." I wonder if the announcer involved was fired.

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Originally Posted by Jeffhs

There was another goof on the NBC television network (then owned by RCA) that has stuck in my memory for well over 35 years. The local affiliate in Cleveland was going from a commercial (following a local show, IIRC) to the NBC network feed; the engineer cut to the feed about 15 seconds too soon, and northern Ohio viewers of WKYC-TV in Cleveland, myself included, found themselves looking at the station break for WNBC-TV in New York! The station had a unique ID at the time, with the NBC "snake" logo inside the number 4.

I also read of one incident in the 1930s in which a network radio announcer, at the breaking point after a particularly trying childrens' program, turned to his engineer and sighed, "That ought to keep them little b----s (expletive deleted) quiet for awhile." Unbeknownst to the announcer, the studio microphone was still live, and his remark immediately went out over the network, coast-to-coast. The news story describing this incident ended (in paraphrase) with the words "...The children's hour (on network radio) was never quite the same (after that)." I wonder if the announcer involved was fired.

That was "Uncle Don."

"This is your Uncle Don saying Good Night...Goooood Niiiiight !"

"....we're off...?"

"Good! That oughta hold the little B@#$%^&s."

LJB

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Oh, and one of the funniest "Honeymooners" episodes is the one where Ralph is listing all his 'strong points' and 'weak points' whilst Ed is blowing a calvary charge from a coronet into Ralph's ear.

The timing of that sequence is perfect. Hilarious.

LJB

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Originally Posted by Jeffhs

There was another goof on the NBC television network (then owned by RCA) that has stuck in my memory for well over 35 years. The local affiliate in Cleveland was going from a commercial (following a local show, IIRC) to the NBC network feed; the engineer cut to the feed about 15 seconds too soon, and northern Ohio viewers of WKYC-TV in Cleveland, myself included, found themselves looking at the station break for WNBC-TV in New York! The station had a unique ID at the time, with the NBC "snake" logo inside the number 4.

Several times when I was kid I was watching the local CBS affiliate and when they went to a station break with the CBS eye there at the bottom was "WCBS New York". I guess somebody in NY pushed the wrong button.

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My Dad remembers watching the news on WGAL in Lancaster, and how the weatherman always would always sip from his coffee mug while reading off the weather service reports. Well one night, as they just cut to him to begin, he took a big swig, spat it all over the place and yelled 'holy s**t that's hot!' He threw a big enough fit that some poor slob handed him a dixie cup of water from off camera.

Dad also loved the time he watched the Rock Hudson movie 'Send Me No Flowers' the station announcer must have lost a bet or something, as he read off that evening's schedule and introduced the movie in a comical Italian accent: 'And-ah now, Send-ah Me No Flowers'!