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Mickey’s Gala Premiere
In September 1939 the fledgling BBC television service was shut down because of the start of World War II. According to legend, transmission was ended in the middle of a broadcast of a Disney cartoon called "Mickey's Gala Premiere." When transmission resumed six years later an announcer came on the air and said, "Well now, where were we?" The Disney cartoon then began to play from the exact spot in which it had left off all those years ago. Is this story true? Almost, but not quite. According to imdb.com, "Mickey's Gala Premiere" was the last thing shown on the BBC in 1939 and the first thing it aired when it started back up in 1946. However the cartoon was restarted from the beginning. Not from where it had left off in 1939. |
Categories: Entertainment, History Posted by Alex on Tue Apr 05, 2005 |
Comments (7) |
my understanding of the story was that the first thing the announcer said was 'we apologise for the interruption...'
Posted by Nick in Merrie Olde Englande on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 04:31 AM
hhaha, great line.
Posted by Winona in USA on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 08:31 AM
Okay, I heard this when I was a kid, so no source, and I severely doubt it's veracity (UL alert?).
A radio station went off the air in the middle of a record. There was dead air for a few minutes. When the DJ came back on, he said "All right, who bumped their radio?" Several were supposed to have phoned and apologized.
This story just made me think of it...
Posted by Rod in the land of smarties. on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 09:14 AM
A radio station went off the air in the middle of a record. There was dead air for a few minutes. When the DJ came back on, he said "All right, who bumped their radio?" Several were supposed to have phoned and apologized.
This story just made me think of it...
I have a vision of a technician chap in his demob suit, pushing open a creaking door in BBC television centre, Wood Lane, W12 7RJ, walking over to a dust-covered mixing desk and flicking a switch... and, after six years, Mickey Mouse appears on the monitor, a few flickers here and there.
Posted by Ashley Pomeroy on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 01:52 PM
That reminds me of the ad campaign that Euro Disney used to attract same-sex couples... They even had a big WingDing to set it off, called "Mickey's Gay- La Premiere"... Everyone was there- Stephen, Evildream, the whole Gay French Crowd
Posted by Hairy Houdini on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 07:27 PM
I always thourght that the announcer said "as we were saying before we were so rudely interrupted..."
Great story anyway...
Posted by Timmy O'Toole on Thu Apr 07, 2005 at 03:36 AM
Great story anyway...
I always thought the cartoon was Steamboat Willie. I definitely remember the moment that the cartoon started again being recreated on some BBC drama.
Posted by Nona in London on Mon Mar 05, 2007 at 05:47 AM
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