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-YSTV was approached by another YorkSoc, the Aaardvark Society, who wanted to make a comedy sketch show of some ideas they had written down.
+YSTV and Aaardvark
-[[John Thompson]] assisted the Soc over a couple of weekends, to film enough footage for a 30-minute (or so) compilation (NB I have a copy of it all on VHS somewhere - JT).
+YSTV first worked with the Aaardvark Society in 1993, filming four extremely silly sketches on 20th November for the Children in Need telethon broadcast on 26th November. Founded in 1991, Aaardvark was a somewhat unconventional comedy society which produced magazines, held video nights and enacted bizarre stunts around the campus (most famously erecting a notice in a field near campus saying "Please do not throw stones at this notice"). The success (or at least lack of failure) of these sketches led Aaardvark to propose an entire half-hour sketch show the following year, to be titled Son of Rasputin. Matthew Jarron (aka Jazz) began to assemble the scripts in February 1994 and filming began on 5th March and concluded after the Easter break on 7th May.
-This happened during the period YSTV were "sans-studio", and so the sketches were all on locations from Heslington (the Sassoon sketch) to Goodricke (pomegranate), by way of Langwith cafeteria (restaurant), toilets of Vanbrugh (pen-name) and the lake at Wentworth (yawning licence)...  This also meant poor editing quality, as S-VHS had to be transferred onto Betamax for editing and splicing together. At least the new Sony S-VHS camera had automatic white-balancing and a built-in mic, and the tapes sat in the camera for recording, unlike that red JVC, the only other option!
+[[John Thompson]] assisted Aaardvark in creating the show. During this period YSTV were "sans-studio", though a temporary studio was used in {a classroom in Goodricke(?)} was used for the Quoter and South Bank Show sketches. The rest of the show was filmed on locations from Heslington (Thin Man on a Bicycle) to Goodricke (Pomegranate sketch), by way of Vanbrugh (Toilet sketch), the lake at Wentworth (Fishing sketch) and Aaardvark's regular meeting place at Langwith snackbar (Gift Shop, Pet Shop and Restaurant sketches among others).
-NB Did we get paid for this by them?!
+Editing was carried out by John and Jazz on 18th and 19th June. The lack of proper stduio facilities also meant poor editing quality, as S-VHS had to be transferred onto Betamax for editing and splicing together. At least the new Sony S-VHS camera had automatic white-balancing and a built-in mic, and the tapes sat in the camera for recording, unlike that red JVC, the only other option!
+Although the Aaardvark society no longer survives at York, several of the members still hold regular get-togethers and have continued to film sketches, for their own amusement if nothing else! Some of Son of Rasputin sketches can be seen on Aaardvark's website at http://aaardvark.wackonet.net/things/multimedia.html.
-Useless Fact: JT appears as an extra in a few of the sketches - as "Soundman" in the Pomegranate sketch, the pole with the mic over his shoulder was only a prop and wasn't actually used for recording sound - the Sony's built-in mic did the job well enough (such modern technology!).
+Useless Fact (as if any of the above was actually useful!): JT appears as an extra in a few of the sketches - for example as "Soundman" in the Pomegranate sketch, the pole with the mic over his shoulder was only a prop and wasn't actually used for recording sound - the Sony's built-in mic did the job well enough (such modern technology!).
-There appears to be a web presence of sorts dedicated to the sketches at http://aaardvark.wackonet.net/things/multimedia.html.
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