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Corrected time period of filming - we had to finish it off a second night!
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A series of sketches filmed in Physics gent's toilets one evening.
A series of sketches filmed in Physics gent's toilets over two evenings.


Jokes were supplied and told by [[John Thompson]], who was filmed by [[Charles Blessing]].  Notable ingenuity was used during this filming, such as John holding his hands up and swaying, then turning the camera upside-down, to simulate being hung from the ankles, and placing a microphone in the sink to get the dripping noises associated with a dungeon.  
Jokes were supplied and told by [[John Thompson]], who was filmed by [[Charles Blessing]].  Notable ingenuity was used during this filming, such as John holding his hands up and swaying, then turning the camera upside-down, to simulate being hung from the ankles, and placing a microphone in the sink to get the dripping noises associated with a dungeon.  
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The quality of the jokes didn't really matter as few people on campus were able to hear the sound from the YSTV monitors (usually placed in a college cafeteria).
The quality of the jokes didn't really matter as few people on campus were able to hear the sound from the YSTV monitors (usually placed in a college cafeteria).
It wasn't the last time YSTV would venture into the gents' toilets - a decade later [[Small Screen]] featured a regular feature called Shit TV (make your own jokes...) where [[Kate Rushworth]] sat on the loo in Goodricke recalling the worst elements of the week's broadcasts.
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