Tv Broadcast | Old

(Soft click of a stopwatch.)

[The white dot shrinks, then pops into blackness. Static hiss returns for 3 seconds.] old tv broadcast

[Video switches to a slow pan of a silent, empty TV studio. A single camera tilts downward. Dust motes float in the blue light.] (Soft click of a stopwatch

“But now, the transmitter hums a lonely song. The studio lights grow cold. And the cathode ray tube, that glowing window to other worlds, fades to a single, silver dot.” Dust motes float in the blue light

[The picture begins to collapse into a bright white dot in the center of the screen, then flickers.]

“We’d like to thank you for spending your evening with us. From the antics of ‘The Honeymooners’ to the late movie, ‘The Ghost and Mr. Chicken’... we hope you laughed, we hope you dreamed, and we hope you remembered a simpler time.”

(The sound of a needle drop onto vinyl. A slow, patriotic instrumental plays faintly—"The Star-Spangled Banner" or "Nearer My God to Thee.")