I get out the video cassette with the label "Diane's TV Tape". I pop it in the VCR and rewind it. I set the correct date and time on the machine, and program it to begin recording ten minutes early and end ten minutes after the show should be over.
We leave for the film fest. We see the presentation of the Savannah Film Festival Achievement in Cinema Award to Arthur Penn; Penn holds the award for two seconds, and then hands right back to the presenter because it looks to weigh about the same as an anvil. We then watch Bonnie & Clyde. Questions and answers with Arthur Penn follow the screening, he recounts working with Marlon Brando and Dustin Hoffman and Dede Allen. We clap, and leave.
Drive home, stopping on the way home for milk and other essential foodstuffs.
Sit down to watch the highly anticipated season premiere of 24, and find out that the tape DID NOT RECORD!
There appears to be something wrong with the tape. When Kris played it, it's all garbled, and in the first 20 seconds stops itself. So the VCR probably tried to record and gave up.
DOH!
Does anyone know if Fox is going to rerun it before next week's new episode? I couldn't find any info about it on the official 24 website.
Oct.28.03 at 11:16 PM
Ma' writes:
How FRUSTRATING!
Mom writes:
Don't know if you can get it, but if FX reruns, we will tape it for you. You can watch it when you're here. That's the best I can offer.
Sorry you missed it.
al writes:
I watched it last night so I'll go ahead and give you the details:
There you have it.
: )
Athena writes:
wow...I musthave missed that part of the show!!! :) Sorry you missed it! Don't be sorry you missed my sorry excuse for fondue! I'm cursed! *sigh* the veggies were perfect, though...and everyone had room for chocolate fondue, which can never go wrong! oh well. I'm pretty sure there will be reruns again this season, but alas, I haven't heard anything definite either. hmm. good luck! ;)
kris writes:
Thank Jeebus for the Internet. Less than 24 hours after it aired, it was available on P2P networks, with over 1000 sources. We'll be watching it tonight :)
phil writes:
*extends his middle finger to the P2P networks*
To. this. day. I can't find Season 9, episode 21 of ER on there. :P
(It's titled When Night Meets Day, in case anyone else wants to try.)
Trina writes:
If it happens again, give us a shout and we can grab it on the PVR and dump it to tape for ya. I've had a few panicked east-coast friends find me in the 3 hour difference and record CSI or ER or whatever.