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   Jim Ellwanger to Joseph Nebus   
   Re: Great, now I get the joke, but I los   
   19 Jan 09 20:05:15   
   
   From: usenet@ellwanger.tv   
      
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    nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
      
   > 	And then on Turner Classic Movies I came across a moment of the   
   > Dick Van Dyke/Ann Margrock/Janet Leigh vehicle _Bye Bye Birdie_, with a   
   > bit where for some reason the guy who does Mildew Wolf's voice sings an   
   > angel-filled chorus to the notion of appearing on Ed Sullivan.   
      
   I learned about the concept of "pan and scan" at a very early age,   
   watching that song from the movie on VHS -- my mother pointed out to me   
   that only three-fourths of the members of the family were actually   
   appearing on the TV screen.  Presumably that was not an issue on TCM.   
      
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