I know today is July 4th and all, but I really didn't want the 100th post to be a John Philip Sousa composition. This blog needs a bit of colour, in this case, the Union Jack.
It all started in the late '50s, when cameramen at the BBC would film skits that their co-workers or talent would star in, then show at the Christmas party in December. When videotape use became more widespread during the late '70s, staff working in the videotape department would record outtakes and bloopers that occurred while taping a programme for air, and then place these mistakes on their Christmas tapes. |
| This is the 100th Archenemy entry, y'all! |
In addition to bloopers and mishaps, they would also include risqué things, such as clips from pornographic films, skits (usually lip-syncing to songs), and comedy (usu. making fun of something or someone). This continued into the late '90s before the use of production facilities and company resources became more tightly controlled and the life of the employee's became busier.
In this post, here is part of an ESF post dedicated to the phenomena.
From the 1983 Central VT Christmas Tape, and off The Buggles' 1980 album Plastic Age, "Elstree."
I had a dream on back lot/ And saw my life like a long shot
I smile at faces in a picture parade/ Of all the stills from the films that you made
And we would see me a solo/ Up there drinking coffee on the G.O. condo
