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    Drew  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Assuming they're still captioning "The Tonight Show" the same way they   
   were back when I was involved with it in 1999 (and I don't see why they   
   wouldn't be), a caption file is prepared in advance from an audio feed   
   of the taping, and then someone is sending out that caption file live as   
   the show airs.  A producer is supposed to call the captioners between   
   tape and air to say if anything was edited out, but that may not have   
   happened in this case (wonder if it's an issue with Conan's staff still   
   not having the procedure down 100% -- they used to have about 6 hours to   
   call with the cuts in the "Late Night," but now that's down to about 2).   
      
   It's possible to "skip over" lines in the caption file as it's being   
   sent out, as well as doing quick emergency edits.  However, it's also   
   possible that the person sending out the file "zoned out" and just kept   
   sending.  Unfortunately, I don't have my recording anymore, or I might   
   be able to tell the story based on the speed at which the captions were   
   scrolling -- there would probably be a noticeable pause if there was an   
   actual "oh, shit" moment.   
      
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