Beginning of ep 5

[Soju]

I wasn't receiving ch28 during the first 5 minutes of Mon. evening's broadcast, and this morning's re-airing began way before the timer on my recorder was set for*. What happened on the show?

*You know, seeing how wildly variable the schedule on ch28 is, I find it interesting that the horrible blue logo bug thing ALWAYS appears at :57 and :27 past the hour, no matter what's on, even commercials. Why can't they use the same timer to start the shows at the same time every day?

[Lucy]

Soju, are you getting several minutes of "snow" on your tapes sometimes? Because that's been happening to me with "Sweetheart." Episode 5 apparently started with the two mothers talking, but after the credits and some initial commercials, I had nothing but snow until it came in on Loudmouth Mom talking to the girl's mother. Did that happen to you, too? Or maybe my cat is walking across the controls of the remote; otherwise I can't imagine what is happening.

[TheBo]

I had that snow thing in the middle of a YSS episode from last week; I missed a crucial scene. I tape those in the late afternoon, and I don't think your cat has access to our office, Luce. I think it's just good old KBC's reliability problems.

You know, that logo is SO VERY ANNOYING. Especially now that they have it on WML. It covers up some of the subtitling; I don't think they had that first time 'round.

Silly billies.

Bo

[Soju]

I saw all the snow, and thought I might have beenthat I dislodged the antenna connection. But when I checked on the portable TV in the other room, no picture on ch28 there either. Guess the transmitter connection had been dislodged, not my receiver

You could take adventage of the irregular programing schedule and the clockwork logo thing by recording two different airings, and editing them together, since the logo bug probably wouldn't appear at the same point in both.

I have noticed that several recent morning broadcasts have started earlier than they have been, so I changed the timer on my recorder. Now I will be recording more than an hour to watch a half-hour show.