<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 9px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6" style="font-size: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">And the Lyrics:</span></font></div><div><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Working tape on Christmas Eve</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Hit "Rewind" on VT 3</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">A One-hour Net delay</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Just two minutes till it plays.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">When suddenly I hear</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">An unexpected snapping noise.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">A hidden splice let go, and </span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">I went, "No! No! NO!"</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Hey MC! </span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">VT Here!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">We have a problem tape.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">The Como Christmas Special reel</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Has got a special break. Yeah!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">I can fix.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">But we'll need</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">to play this in two parts</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">One will come from VT 3</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Tell me what else have we got? </span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">"VT 6'll work just fine</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">It'll take me just a sec...</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Gotta move the supply reel over there</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">and not step in the tape..."</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">So I quickly make the swap</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Then, I grab an empty reel</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Lace VT 3 in record time</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">And re-sume my rewind!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Please go fast.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Don't let go</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">If there's another splice!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">This Como Show has got to run</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Or I'm out in the ice!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Let's hit play.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Will it lock?</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Will we beat the clock?</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Are the four heads still in working shape?</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">I pray the EQ's on the dot.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">I shake as I hit stop, and I pray as I hit play.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">The servo lock comes on, and we're just :15 away.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">My cuing guess was right.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">We're in the break before the show.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Now, MC is on the ID slide.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">We can let VT 3 roll.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Oh, Thank God.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">There's no clog.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">No banding I can see.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">I hope the splice break happened</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Where our local spots will be.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Turn to 6.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Lace it up, and then hand wind the reels</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">I hope it's in a PSA,</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">and that God hears my appeals.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">With my fingers shaky, still. </span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">I hit play on VT 6.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">I hear the head wheel whine</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">and the picture is just fine!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">There's an image on the screen</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Of a talking book machine.</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Then Como Show! </span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Thank, God, ya know!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">I'll back it up :15!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Quadruplex!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Quadruplex</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Christmas reels abound </span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Punch play. The head wheel spins up </span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">With such a happy sound! Oh!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Como show. Such a glow!</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Color from I/Os. </span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">In Heterodyne or in Direct</span><br style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">It Could! Look! Quite Diii viiiiiiiiine. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; ">Merry Christmas!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span></font></div><div>
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