Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!fortune!dsd!avsdS!deborah From: deborah@avsdS.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: The Official 1984 Olympic Booboos Message-ID: <783@avsdS.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Aug-84 02:40:28 EDT Article-I.D.: avsdS.783 Posted: Sun Aug 19 02:40:28 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 01:25:23 EDT References: decwrl.3251 Lines: 13 I heard Jim McKay make a boo-boo during the credits after the closing ceremonies which was amusing. First a little explanation. Everytime you saw one of those 'Up Close and Personal' spots, there was a graphic effect at the beginning of a globe unfolding into a flat map. This effect is created using a machine called a Mirage. Basically, creating the effect involves writing a Pascal program on an HP3000 to tell the picture how to unfold. Well, there was a credit for 'Mirage Programmer', and McKay interjected "Mirage programmer? I don't even know what that is! I thought everything we did was real! -deborah gronke bennett Ampex Corp fortune!dsd!s:deborah