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   Jim Ellwanger to Doug Elrod   
   Re: Curious Thing about Version 2 of the   
   12 Nov 08 21:03:11   
   
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   From: usenet@ellwanger.tv   
      
   In article   
   <3a28778f-d4a8-41ee-9836-02641f071710@h23g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,   
    Doug Elrod  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   
      
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