From: stamber@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Kevin L. Stamber)
Subject: THE INAUGURAL TRIPLECAST!
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:58:42 GMT

          God, what an evening...

          I returned yeserday afternoon to find that my television had been
     turned on, and that I was only able to pick up three channels.

          It was the Inaugural TripleCast.

          On the 'Red' channel, there was non-stop coverage of the Clinton
     family as they went about their business.  The Inauguration ceremony
     itself, the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, viewing the parade from
     the grandstand.  Here, they occasionally split the screen into four
     quadrants: one for Bill, one for Chelsea, one for Hillary, with the
     fourth for the passing act, thus giving the American people a chance
     to see how each of the Clintons reacted to the floats.  During these
     split screens, the only audio that could be heard was Fleetwood Mac,
     being played over and over again.

          That evening, coverage resumed with the Clintons going to each of
     the balls.  At about 10:30 P.M., the screen was split in half (in a
     horizontal manner, thus giving each half a 'cinematic' look) when 
     Bill and Hillary dropped Chelsea off at the MTV Inaugural Ball, where
     she would be supervised by Roger Clinton and Tabitha Soren.  Meanwhile,
     the other half showed the Clintons at each of the 11 balls.

          At times when people were moving from event to event on this 
     channel, footage would be shown of campaign interviews:  the Super
     Bowl interview, some debate footage (Bill only), etc.

          I changed to the 'White' channel.  Here I found the Gore family
     being followed in the same process.  Let me tell you, with that many
     kids, split screening here required a large-screen TV for adequate
     viewing.

          Anyway, being bored with these two channels, I flipped over to
     the 'Blue' channel.  Here, there was only one thing being played,
     over and over again...

          Ross Perot's infomercials.  Each and every one.  Even his life
     story.  This was being alternated, I later found out from a friend,
     with Bill's inaugural address and some of the Clinton skits on
     Saturday Night Live -- it was a veritable political potpourri.

          I tried to turn the TV off, but it wouldn't.  I pulled the plug,
     but it continued to run.  Every hour or so on 'Blue', there was
     Ross, suggesting how much this would cost.

          How much would the Inaugural TripleCast cost?  "You'll find
     out over the next four years" he said, going into his hyena-like
     laugh.  I crawled into the corner, wrapping myself into a ball.
     I was afraid.  Ross knew just what to say:

          "Hell and damnation, kid, you ain't seen nothin' yet!"

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"Oh.  You're from the sixties..."
     -- Terrence Mann to Ray Kinsella, "Field of Dreams"


Kevin L. Stamber
Purdue University
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