Lancet Jades
02-22-2004, 12:56 PM
'Sesame Street,' Debate Cross Signals
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The accidental flip of a switch provided some unexpected humor during NETV's Legislative coverage Friday.
About 10:30 a.m., as Sen. Arnie Stuthman of Platte Center was debating, NETV's audio feed of Stuthman was briefly switched to sound from PBS' children's show "Sesame Street."
What was heard on the air was a Sesame Street character wondering aloud "where Ernie is hiding today."
Of course, the reference was to a Sesame Street character. But with the conflicting audio and video feeds, it looked as if Stuthman were asking - in an unusually high-pitched voice - for the whereabouts of Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers.
Gene Nick, an engineer with NETV, said the incident occurred because a switch on the master switchboard was accidentally activated during an operations check on another piece of equipment. "We're sorry about that," Nick said. "We certainly hope nobody was offended."
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Stuthman wasn't. "They should have asked where Arnie was," he laughed.
And Chambers, who sits directly behind Stuthman in the legislative chamber, had an answer to the question. "I'm standing right here. My voice has been quiet, but I'm right here," he said. "There's a power higher than that of the Legislature working that may be trying to get a message to somebody."
Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The accidental flip of a switch provided some unexpected humor during NETV's Legislative coverage Friday.
About 10:30 a.m., as Sen. Arnie Stuthman of Platte Center was debating, NETV's audio feed of Stuthman was briefly switched to sound from PBS' children's show "Sesame Street."
What was heard on the air was a Sesame Street character wondering aloud "where Ernie is hiding today."
Of course, the reference was to a Sesame Street character. But with the conflicting audio and video feeds, it looked as if Stuthman were asking - in an unusually high-pitched voice - for the whereabouts of Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers.
Gene Nick, an engineer with NETV, said the incident occurred because a switch on the master switchboard was accidentally activated during an operations check on another piece of equipment. "We're sorry about that," Nick said. "We certainly hope nobody was offended."
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Stuthman wasn't. "They should have asked where Arnie was," he laughed.
And Chambers, who sits directly behind Stuthman in the legislative chamber, had an answer to the question. "I'm standing right here. My voice has been quiet, but I'm right here," he said. "There's a power higher than that of the Legislature working that may be trying to get a message to somebody."
Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved.