| Curious Thing about Version 2 of the MST3K Opening [message #168695] |
Wed, 12 November 2008 16:50  |
Doug Elrod
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I was watching the various versions of the MST3K Opening Themes (which
are featured in the 20th Anniversary DVD boxset), and I noticed
something I don't believe I have before. When the "TURN DOWN YOUR
LIGHTS (Where applicable)" text is up, if you turn up the sound all
the way you can hear a faint "In the not too distant future" before
the real theme starts. I wonder if that came from an earlier take,
and was erased (although not all the way) and the tape reused for the
ultimate take. Was this in the theme all the time, or just in the
copy used for this DVD? Does anyone know?
(I imagine some audio expert picked up on this many years ago. If so,
feel free to come forward and take your bows again ;-))
-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
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| Re: Curious Thing about Version 2 of the MST3K Opening [message #168696 is a reply to message #168695] |
Thu, 13 November 2008 00:03  |
Jim Ellwanger
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In article
<3a28778f-d4a8-41ee-9836-02641f071710@h23g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
Doug Elrod <dre1@cornell.edu> wrote:
> I was watching the various versions of the MST3K Opening Themes (which
> are featured in the 20th Anniversary DVD boxset), and I noticed
> something I don't believe I have before. When the "TURN DOWN YOUR
> LIGHTS (Where applicable)" text is up, if you turn up the sound all
> the way you can hear a faint "In the not too distant future" before
> the real theme starts. I wonder if that came from an earlier take,
> and was erased (although not all the way) and the tape reused for the
> ultimate take. Was this in the theme all the time, or just in the
> copy used for this DVD? Does anyone know?
I've never heard that (and I used to listen to "MST3K" through
headphones back in the days of the Comedy Central midnight reruns).
It's probably due to "print-through" on the tape that was the ultimate
source for the music heard on the DVD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print-through
--
Jim Ellwanger <usenet@ellwanger.tv>
<http://www.ellwanger.tv> welcomes you daily.
"The days turn into nights; at night, you hear the trains."
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