Today is a sad day in television, because this day officially marks the end of the Supershooter 22 era for me. Supershooter 22, the production mobile unit of the WWE for the past six years will be retiring from this show at the end of the year. Starting in 2008, our former home will become,at least initially, the control room for a game show.
Never good at long goodbyes, I’ll be away on vacation for the official SS-22 farewell shows after Christmas.
March 6th, 2001 – Back when the mobile unit was new, and the WWE was still called the World Wildlife Fund
SS-22 Today – Six Years, 392 Show, 500,000+ Miles and One Corporation Name Change Later
Today is the last day I will sit in my cramped little corner of the truck and write these blogs.
SS-22’s Blogger Central Master Control
Today will be the last time I’ll have to trace a problem in that ridiculous patch field to the right of me in the picture.
My Job – Taming the Spaghetti
Most times I could beat it, but every now and then, that damn
Chia Pet patch field beat me.
Look Closely – I’m In There
And some times I have to step up into the ‘Big Chair’ and mix the show. Unless something extremely drastic happens, my last WWE show as a mixer on SS-22’s Calrec Q-2 audio console happened two weeks ago in North Charleston.
Good Bye Q-2.
What ‘s the reason for all this? Have we been canceled? Thankfully, no. Has the bank finally repossessed our truck? Not quite. In the past six years, our show has grown too much to be contained in just one truck. Also, with the government mandated High Definition Television looming in 2009, the
WWE is making the quantum leap into the High Definition digital age, and our TWO brand new production mobile units – code named Peanut Butter and Jelly – will come on line early in January, if all goes according to plan.
A few weeks ago I was allowed to go see the new trucks, currently being built in a top secret production truck factory, deep in the woods. The new trucks, code named Peanut Butter and Jelly were still fairly early in the build phase when I visited, but at least I got an idea what my eventual new home will look like.
The New Home of Frenchy’s Rant
WWE’s Supershooter Jelly – Still Wrapped in Plastic
Since we are going all-digital all-the-time, our Q-2 console needed to be upgraded. We opted for another Calrec, the excellent Alpha Bluefin series.
Bluefin – Still Under Construction.
Santa’s Elves, Hard at Work.
And best of all, Blogger Central Master Control in the new truck is, get this… an
ACTUAL DESK! Doesn’t mean these lame blogs will improve, but at least I’ll have a bit more room to write brand new and improved High Definition rambling rants!
A toast to Supershooter 22 and a good six-year run!
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March 6th, 2001 – Back when the mobile unit was new, and the WWE was still called the World Wildlife Fund
SS-22 Today – Six Years, 392 Show, 500,000+ Miles and One Corporation Name Change Later
SS-22’s Blogger Central Master Control
My Job – Taming the Spaghetti
Look Closely – I’m In There
Good Bye Q-2.
The New Home of Frenchy’s Rant
Bluefin – Still Under Construction.
Santa’s Elves, Hard at Work.
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Really good blog. So much of our lives have passed in this truck. How old were your kids when we first started work in it? It’s kind of like leaving an old friend!