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raditechman · 8th Jul 2007, 8:57 am

When I worked with Rediffusion in the 60'and 70's I got tricked with a joke call from the base.
I went out with my afternoon jobs and one was at Chessington Zoo (Now World of Adventures). I drove there went to the "trade" reception, and at the desk asked for the name of the person on the job sheet. (I had not looked at the customer name before as when out on the road it's normally the address you are interested in and the fault description) well it was for a "Mr. Lion"!. The guys back at base had a good laugh when I called in to say that no one of that name worked at that call The people at Chessingron were quite amused too.

John

8th Jul 2007, 8:57 am	#22
raditechman Heptode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West London, UK. Posts: 867	Re: Humour in the TV trade. When I worked with Rediffusion in the 60'and 70's I got tricked with a joke call from the base. I went out with my afternoon jobs and one was at Chessington Zoo (Now World of Adventures). I drove there went to the "trade" reception, and at the desk asked for the name of the person on the job sheet. (I had not looked at the customer name before as when out on the road it's normally the address you are interested in and the fault description) well it was for a "Mr. Lion"!. The guys back at base had a good laugh when I called in to say that no one of that name worked at that call The people at Chessingron were quite amused too. John