If you were young during the 1970's like I was, chances are you woke up very early in the morning, turned on the tv, expecting to watch Sesame Street. Unfortunately for me, the only thing that was on was the test pattern with the colored bars on display, followed by the annoying monotone.
Truthfully, there was a time that I turned on the tv, saw the test pattern, but there was no sound and everything was quiet. The living room was dark and a small light was on in the hallway. So I just sat there in front of the tv with the volume full blast with nothing to be heard. Suddenly this sound was heard that went "Bo de dooooo" followed by a "bim boom bim boom" low sounding beat. This had scarred me half to death, and nobody was woken up from the sound. Other nights I watched the test pattern, I saw weird shapes appear in the center that was black on the inside, and often heard a bo de deeee, and the sound of a traffic jam and cars honking. I think that the people at the tv station had used this time to test out new hardware, display effects, and sounds figuring that nobody was watching.
Anyway, it does sound strange that the test pattern was a thing on tv that amused young kids back then, and all because we expected to see Sesame Street on tv when we turned it on, not the test card. I'll make some fan art pics to bring back the memory of those days.
Truthfully, there was a time that I turned on the tv, saw the test pattern, but there was no sound and everything was quiet. The living room was dark and a small light was on in the hallway. So I just sat there in front of the tv with the volume full blast with nothing to be heard. Suddenly this sound was heard that went "Bo de dooooo" followed by a "bim boom bim boom" low sounding beat. This had scarred me half to death, and nobody was woken up from the sound. Other nights I watched the test pattern, I saw weird shapes appear in the center that was black on the inside, and often heard a bo de deeee, and the sound of a traffic jam and cars honking. I think that the people at the tv station had used this time to test out new hardware, display effects, and sounds figuring that nobody was watching.
Anyway, it does sound strange that the test pattern was a thing on tv that amused young kids back then, and all because we expected to see Sesame Street on tv when we turned it on, not the test card. I'll make some fan art pics to bring back the memory of those days.