Monday 15 May 2017

A RESTFUL INTERMISSION - TESTING, TESTING (UPDATED)...


Remember the BBC 2 'intermission' card?  Let's take a little look at it for old time's sake.  (That girl's probably a pensioner now.  And the clown will most likely be dead!)

Oh, wait a minute - it was the photo used in the 'test' card, which was used when there was an intermission between broadcasts - so it was an intermission and a test card. 


And above is Carole Hersee & Bubbles in 2008.  See AM's comment in (where else?) the comments section and click on his link for further details and another photo.
at

8 comments:

  1. Andrew May15 May 2017 at 19:09

    Happily both the girl (Carole Hersee) and the clown (Bubbles) are alive and well - https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/1665330/remember-the-test-card-girl-from-tv-as-a-kid-this-is-what-she-looks-like-now/

    ReplyDelete
  2. Kid15 May 2017 at 20:11

    Hell's Bells, AM, she's about the same age as me. Thanks for the link, good to see they're both well.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous15 May 2017 at 21:12

    Both aged well, although the clown is thinner in the face and has lost some hair, but hey haven't we all!
    Did it make a high pitched noise? I always thought it was there to wake you up after watching Hammer horrors!

    Terence.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Kid15 May 2017 at 21:27

    Its hats on at a different angle, T, so I wonder if it's actually lost hair, or it's just a case of it being out of sight 'round the other side of his head.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Phil S17 May 2017 at 01:37

    Of course I remember. One the one hand nostalgia. Oh the other hand waiting for programs to start.....

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kid17 May 2017 at 01:52

    It's strange hearing from an American who's so familiar with so many British icons, PS. Do you ever feel out of the loop when you hear fellow Americans discussing things they watched on TV while you were living in Britain?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Phil S17 May 2017 at 23:35

      Yeah! There's a few songs in the new Guardians of the Galaxy 2 movie I don't know. I realize they must have been US only hits and never made it to the U.K. In the 70s. And sometimes I'll play a song for my son and he'll say he's never heard it even on the oldies station because it was a U.K. Only hit. Or when he watches Monty Python and I have to explain that's a reference to Biggles since he has no idea who that is.

      Delete
  7. Kid17 May 2017 at 23:50

    He doesn't know Biggles? The mind boggles!

    ReplyDelete

ALL ANONYMOUS COMMENTS WILL BE DELETED UNREAD unless accompanied by a regularly-used and recognized
name. For those without a Google account, use the 'Name/URL' option. All comments are subject to moderation and will
appear only if approved. Remember - no guts, no glory.

I reserve the right to edit comments to remove swearing or blasphemy, and in instances where I consider certain words or
phraseology may cause offence or upset to other commenters.