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   Drew to All   
   2010 Taurus SHO segment   
   01 Nov 09 12:14:59   
   
   From: drew.c@verizonSPAMBEGONE.net   
      
   This was one of the better remotes I've seen in a while. Letting Conan play   
   with gee-whiz technology is a proven formula, and the fact that the person   
   showing him the car was an attractive woman added the dynamic of Conan   
   overcompensating for his masculine insecurity (e.g., the   
   flexing-while-revving-the-engine part).   
      
   Anyway, I thought I'd break this newsgroup's radio silence to point out   
   something odd I noticed in the closed captions for this segment.   
   Apparently, a few seconds of footage were cut from the segment after it had   
   been captioned but before it aired, yet the captions were left in, so some   
   "bonus" captions aired despite the lack of video to match up with them.   
      
   Here are the extra captions, which come about 2 1/2 minutes into the   
   segment, after Amy shows Conan the touchscreen and Conan asks whether cars   
   are getting too "smart":   
      
   Amy: You don't want to take too much control away from the driver.   
      
   Conan: Right.   
      
   Amy: The driver needs to be in control. But you want to help the driver.   
      
   Conan: Actually, there are drivers, like my father, for example -- the car   
   should take over for my father. We just keep pulling mailboxes out of the   
   grill. And once, a mailman.   
      
   Amy: That's not good.   
      
   Conan: He's going to be fine. I mean, when he wakes up.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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