For all of you all here saying "why no 2 or 1 or 0" for these countdowns, there's a reason for that. A typical film or videotape countdown is always missing those numbers at the end, in case the videotape is switched up on the air a bit earlier that the beginning of the program, so a tiny bit of black is aired instead of a glaring "1" or "0" on the screen--the 2 seconds of black between the "2" of the countdown and the immediate start of the program acts as a buffer of sorts. It's the same reason why a floor director for a live TV production will stop speaking a countdown (that he's hearing from the director over his headset) after the 2 (but still gesture the seconds with their hand silently) to cue the the studio talent & crew in case the studio (or the audio from the talent's mic) is switched up live prematurely. Or in the case of film countdowns, if the switchover to the next projector with the next reel of film for a movie (for those older platterless 2-projector setups) is done a bit earlier than expected, you also don't have a "1" or "0" obnoxiously showing up on screen, if the projector is switched over and lit up a bit earlier than normal, basically the same purpose as a videotape countdown.
These countdowns shown on most PBS stations also used this sound in 3:45, 0:16, 6:09, 7:14, 9:17, etc. which was being used for Rede Globo's "Top de 8 segundos" from 1978 up until 1980. But instead of 8 seconds in the USA, they used a countdown of 10 seconds from 10 up until 3 or 2 (the latter being the countdown for the SMPTE Film Academy Leader).
Just wanna say my personal favorites (or the most unique ones) are Mountain Lake PBS, WNET, and Mississippi Center for Educational Television. Also a couple interesting logo finds are in this.
Just looking for that one countdown where silhouettes are walking in a red background on the right bottom corner while the countdown is on the upper left corner
So is there a particular term for the countdown with the arrow rotating around the number? I’ve been trying to find it, since it almost seems like a PBS proprietary countdown.
Patchy the Pirate when sees them: [grabs the popcorn] This is gonna be great! [when the countdown is at 10, 9, or 8] I can't believe it! More news and commercials! [when the countdown is at 5] This is so exciting! [when the countdown stops at 3 or 2] Here it comes!
For all of you all here saying "why no 2 or 1 or 0" for these countdowns, there's a reason for that. A typical film or videotape countdown is always missing those numbers at the end, in case the videotape is switched up on the air a bit earlier that the beginning of the program, so a tiny bit of black is aired instead of a glaring "1" or "0" on the screen--the 2 seconds of black between the "2" of the countdown and the immediate start of the program acts as a buffer of sorts. It's the same reason why a floor director for a live TV production will stop speaking a countdown (that he's hearing from the director over his headset) after the 2 (but still gesture the seconds with their hand silently) to cue the the studio talent & crew in case the studio (or the audio from the talent's mic) is switched up live prematurely.
Or in the case of film countdowns, if the switchover to the next projector with the next reel of film for a movie (for those older platterless 2-projector setups) is done a bit earlier than expected, you also don't have a "1" or "0" obnoxiously showing up on screen, if the projector is switched over and lit up a bit earlier than normal, basically the same purpose as a videotape countdown.
These countdowns shown on most PBS stations also used this sound in 3:45, 0:16, 6:09, 7:14, 9:17, etc. which was being used for Rede Globo's "Top de 8 segundos" from 1978 up until 1980. But instead of 8 seconds in the USA, they used a countdown of 10 seconds from 10 up until 3 or 2 (the latter being the countdown for the SMPTE Film Academy Leader).
Just wanna say my personal favorites (or the most unique ones) are Mountain Lake PBS, WNET, and Mississippi Center for Educational Television.
Also a couple interesting logo finds are in this.
Can't believe that I watched all of this.
2:27 PBS Guam forgot to pay to remove the Final Cut Pro watermark!
Well, they did use Final Cut Pro for PBS Station IDs at the time...
They're an island in the middle of nowhere. Can't expect them to be super rich like Cali or NY or something.
6:09 They use this one everywhere
Indeed, it was on a Magic School Bus master tape a decade prior to that 2007 recording
have you ever thought of making a part 2 of this?
9:56 What happened there?
Don't know really, could just be an error
IT BROKE THE RULES AND SHOW STARTED EARLIER
The countdown froze at 4.
Just looking for that one countdown where silhouettes are walking in a red background on the right bottom corner while the countdown is on the upper left corner
Those Mississippi Center for Educational Television bumpers are the grooviest things I've seen in a while.
So is there a particular term for the countdown with the arrow rotating around the number? I’ve been trying to find it, since it almost seems like a PBS proprietary countdown.
Where did you find all of these?
american archive of public broadcasting
10:41 "Production funding for Thomas Jefferson's Popular F(CENSORED)"
The censor came a little late.
1:56 - Viva Belarus)
0:46 fast at start
do not erase slate or open
Happy 2nd Birthday!
what
Rede Globo 8 sec Sounds
Suara 37JTV Slate
TV Menjadi 10sec 2024/03
Patchy the Pirate when sees them:
[grabs the popcorn] This is gonna be great! [when the countdown is at 10, 9, or 8] I can't believe it! More news and commercials! [when the countdown is at 5] This is so exciting! [when the countdown stops at 3 or 2] Here it comes!
You missed 2 and 1
You stoped at 3
Missed 1 and 0
all videotapes countdowns do that
@@TheIridiumic138brazil uses 2 and 1
2 1 and 0 missed