OH Control Room

Overheard in the (TV) control room. Tweet your moments and include @OHControlRoom. Or send a DM - always anonymous.

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Dir on a guest for next block: “I already don’t trust this guy. He has rounded collars.”

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TD: “Viewers like that stuff... it’s a peek behind the curtain.”
Dir: “It’s more than that. It’s dropping our pants in public.”

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Dir on Trump: "This guy speaks in double out cues!"

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EP: "Killing the bump to beak."
Prod: "You don't like my bump?"
Three people in unison: "Your lovely lady bumps.”

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@KevinMontano Yes, we call them viewers.

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Prod: “Let's put the name Siobhan in prompter, no pronouncer, and watch what happens live."

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Dir: "What happens in a studio full of cams lights & microphones... stays in the studio full of... actually the world knows your secrets.”

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Dir: "Nobody listens to me."
TD: "I do."
Dir: "When I say nobody I don't mean..."

TD: "It's okay."

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EP: "Have you seen the [WH] statement?"
Dir: "I have a statement - where is my script?"
EP: "That's a question."
Dir: "Give me a script."

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"Someone in that control room is out of control."

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"Stop the 🔨”

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Guy EP: "When I was a young and watched Broadcast News, I saw myself as Holly Hunter. How did I end up as Joan Cusack?"

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EP: "We stacked the VO in order of most depressing to least depressing."

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Dir: "Does this [VO of a hurricane rader] have NATS?"
Audio: *blows into headset mic*

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Cam 1 on PL: "Thy kingdom for a coffee?"
Cam 4: "Coming right up."
Cam 1: "I like you and your kind beard."

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EP: "Your mic is open."
Prod: "How dare you complain about the sound of my voice."
EP: "Your voice is fine, it just needs to stop."

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Dir: "What she on?"
Audio: "Stimulants."
Dir: "I meant IFB, but you're probably not wrong."

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Dir: "Cam 2 told down... tilt down... tilt down... tilt down... tilt down. Let's try reverse psychology. Hold your shot."

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Dir: "Please get wardrobe to hurry... get off the set... run with scissors!"

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