In alt.fan.frank.mccoy Laurence Taylor <see-headers@iapetus.plus.com>
wrote:
>Frank McCoy wrote:
>>
>> In alt.fan.frank.mccoy Laurence Taylor <see-headers@iapetus.plus.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >My ISP has dropped a bunch of newsgroups, just checking this isn't one
>> >of them.
>>
>> "Test. Test. Is this thing on?"
>
>Or "is this f***ing microphone live?", as English actor Gerald Harper
>said just before his programme on London's Capital Radio. It was,
>naturally.
Yeah ... Over the years there have been quite a few of those
contretemps with microphones and cameras being on, either before the
guy thought the show started, or after he/she thought it was over.
Some have cost whole careers; like one case I remember hearing of,
where the guy started disparaging the intelligence of his listeners
while the camera and microphone were still live. His ratings dropped
like a bomb; and within days, so did his whole career. Those who
weren't listening in at the time, got the whole thing replayed for
them by others.
"Damage-control?" That's like trying to fix a building after a bomb
blows it to bits.
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