The Small Hours by frogdot

Bryce • (none) • posted on Aug 21, 2005

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subtitled: "Watching what the critics say is the best written, well-acted, funniest, in-touch-with-reality and intelligent show on television" *** made the chair and tv, but don't know who made the stairs. *** note: that's an old test pattern from the 50s and 60s. Those that grew up with cable probably haven't seen a test pattern. They would show up when a station closed down at night and it was still better programming than what's on nowadays.

Comments (14)

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MoonGoat

12:20PM | Sun, 21 August 2005

Creepy scene, lighting is well done.

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HSG

12:53PM | Sun, 21 August 2005

Nicely done image. Very reminiscent of simpler times. Funny though I bet a lot of people have never seen that T.V. screen image before to know what it is.

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1:42PM | Sun, 21 August 2005

i get such a strong feeling of loneliness from this image. very well done.

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YARDOBE

2:29PM | Sun, 21 August 2005

Another nice one,great glow and perspective...love how the TV is the only furnishing!

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tjohn

4:35PM | Sun, 21 August 2005

I can remember sitting and waiting for the first program to start. There used to be one test pattern with an American Indian on it as well, I think. Appropriate TV set as well. :^)

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ysvry

7:06PM | Sun, 21 August 2005

great image , do you realy think test patern is better then whores selling there stuff disguised as dating programs? thats allmost all we see in holland at night.

danii

7:16PM | Sun, 21 August 2005

Great atmosphere - reminds me of the Twilight Zone movie

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sittingblue

9:53PM | Sun, 21 August 2005

incredible sense of style, technique, and theme.

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Aaron_of_Minneapolis

11:25PM | Sun, 21 August 2005

Nice job, especially with the lighting. The old test pattern's good too, a good match for the old TV. (Those b&w test patters were waaaayyyy before my time though -- I just remember seeing the standard color ones sometimes on weekend mornings.)

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findme1999

12:40AM | Mon, 22 August 2005

very sharp and defined, i like the refleections on the floor, and not all that are young are unappreciative, i doubt any stations still use those old B&W screens but i've seen a few several years back, every time i would visit my grandpa and have to actually get up to change the channel and adjust the rabbit ears for 10 minutes before returning to my couch, i would usually see one late at night around 1 or 2 am when the station went off air, had to be 12-15 years ago now, and out in Youngstown, OH area, i still can see the color ones in my area in SE VA

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dashboard_jehovah

1:05AM | Mon, 22 August 2005

I always confused the "test pattern" with the ever popular "get yer ass into the fall-out shelter" symbol that would also be tested on air. As a child...the proper reaction upon viewing the "get yer ass into the fall-out shelter symbol" was to bury your head in between your knees and presumeably kiss your a** goodbye!!! Thus...the reason why I always got kicked in the rear end every time the "test pattern" symbol would appear on the T.V. screen!

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LiviaCH

3:27AM | Mon, 22 August 2005

great lighting - love the blues in this scene!! Yeah - I still remember the times when tv stations didn't send through the whole night :-) But sometimes it would be more interesting to watch the test pattern than the actual program ;-)

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