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Usenet Posted 17 years ago
Screenwriting
Did The Ball Really Drop...?
New Years' Eve, I was on the phone with mom at 9:00 pm (PST), and she was surprised that she didn't see the ball drop on ABC. I assumed she'd just somehow missed it, even though the shot of it decending is usually :10+. Watched ABC myself, at midnight, and they cut to the shot of the ball at the :10 mark, but it didn't seem to move and the lights on it actually seemed to go out. Then they instantly cut away from the ball and never showed it, or so much as referenced it, for the rest of the broadcast.
I know in past years the ball has been 6' in diameter and has been lowered - by hand - by a group of three teamsters. This year it was 12' in diameter, so what with all the crystal it might well have been too heavy to lower by hand. Did it just malfunction this year? Did ABC somehow drop the ball, metaphorically speaking? Was anybody here, there (as in, in person) to see what really happened? I googled "did the ball really drop?" and got basically nothing - Yahoo answers had the question up but nothing much in the way of answers.
What's up, and is it STILL up?
Life Continues, Despite
Evidence to the Contrary
Steven
I know in past years the ball has been 6' in diameter and has been lowered - by hand - by a group of three teamsters. This year it was 12' in diameter, so what with all the crystal it might well have been too heavy to lower by hand. Did it just malfunction this year? Did ABC somehow drop the ball, metaphorically speaking? Was anybody here, there (as in, in person) to see what really happened? I googled "did the ball really drop?" and got basically nothing - Yahoo answers had the question up but nothing much in the way of answers.
What's up, and is it STILL up?
Life Continues, Despite
Evidence to the Contrary
Steven
Top answer
YouTube finally made itself useful this year: The Clintons were the Grand Marshall. It looks like it stalled, just like Hillary's Presidential Bid.
- YouTube finally made itself useful this year: The Clintons were the Grand Marshall.
- It looks like it stalled, just like Hillary's Presidential Bid.
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YouTube finally made itself useful this year:
The Clintons were the Grand Marshall. It looks like it stalled, just like Hillary's Pre
The Clintons were the Grand Marshall. It looks like it stalled, just like Hillary's Pre
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[nq:1]YouTube finally made itself useful this year: The Clintons were the Grand Marshall. It looks like it stalled, just like Hillary's Presi
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[nq:1]New Years' Eve, I was on the phone with mom at 9:00 pm (PST), and she was surprised that she ... answers had the question up but nothing much in the way of answers. What's up, and is it STILL up?[/nq]
I thought it dropped at at 12:00 touched bottom, went out, and all the other parts of the light show began. I know my computer was behind their timer by several seconds yet right at midnigh
I thought it dropped at at 12:00 touched bottom, went out, and all the other parts of the light show began. I know my computer was behind their timer by several seconds yet right at midnigh
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