The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135430   Message #3089236
Posted By: Neil D
05-Feb-11 - 12:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Broadcasting standards RANT
Subject: RE: BS: Broadcasting standards RANT
Just 5 minutes ago I heard a news achor mention the Iranian Revolution in 1989 causing me to yell "1979 you moron" at my TV.
My pet peeve is TV commercials that come on 5 times louder than the program, a real issue when I'm watching at night after my wife is already in bed in the next room. And it is not a technical glitch it is done intentionally to counteract people makin a quick trip to the kitchen or bathroom during commercial breaks. I now boycott any product that employs this practice.
"It's the ones who film dancers without showing their feet who annoy me."
Fred Astaire had it written into his contract that he could only be filmed with a full body shot during dance scenes.