Re: MT VOID, 03/14/25 -- Vol. 43, No. 37, Whole Number 2371

In article <vr6ggh$1pked$1@dont-email.me>, evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com
(Evelyn C. Leeper) wrote:

That reminds me of a Red Sox game in the Sixties that ran into
many extra innings.  In those days, commercials were on their own
tapes, or something like that, and the TV crew had packed away all
but two of the commercials, thinking the game would be over soon.
They showed those two commercials over and over.  I'll never
forget the carnivorous "Walla Walla" plant, though I don't
remember what it was advertising.

Actually, that reminds me.  Channel 5 which showed the games in the UK
overnight did show commercials, but never during the games.  Somebody on
raseff at the time explained that channels could not show more than a
certain number of minutes an hour, but this was averaged over the entire
day.  Not showing commercials overnight meant they could show more during
the day.