Son of Rasputin - Revision history

Dummy User at 12:27, 14 June 2007

2007-06-14T12:27:06Z

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	YSTV first worked with the Aaardvark Society in 1993, filming four extremely silly sketches on 20th November for the [[Children In Need 1993]] telethon broadcast on 26th November. Founded in ~~1992~~, 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.		YSTV first worked with the Aaardvark Society in 1993, filming four extremely silly sketches on 20th November for the [[Children In Need 1993]] 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.

	[[John Thompson]] assisted Aaardvark in creating the show. During this period YSTV were "sans-studio" (this was known as the [[Interregnum]]), though a temporary studio (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'', ''Record Shop''), by way of Langwith (''Toilet sketch''), Vanbrugh (''Tipperary'' and ''Hand Signals for Cyclists'') the lake at Wentworth (''Fishing sketch'') and Aaardvark's regular meeting place at Langwith snackbar (''Gift Shop'', ''Pet Shop'' and ''Restaurant'' sketches among others).		[[John Thompson]] assisted Aaardvark in creating the show. During this period YSTV were "sans-studio" (this was known as the [[Interregnum]]), though a temporary studio (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'', ''Record Shop''), by way of Langwith (''Toilet sketch''), Vanbrugh (''Tipperary'' and ''Hand Signals for Cyclists'') the lake at Wentworth (''Fishing sketch'') and Aaardvark's regular meeting place at Langwith snackbar (''Gift Shop'', ''Pet Shop'' and ''Restaurant'' sketches among others).

Dummy User: Made some minor corrections and additions and created a links section.

2007-06-13T12:35:34Z

Made some minor corrections and additions and created a links section.

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	YSTV and Aaardvark		YSTV and Aaardvark

	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.		YSTV first worked with the Aaardvark Society in 1993, filming four extremely silly sketches on 20th November for the [[Children In Need 1993]] telethon broadcast on 26th November. Founded in 1992, 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.

	[[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).		[[John Thompson]] assisted Aaardvark in creating the show. During this period YSTV were "sans-studio" (this was known as the [[Interregnum]]), though a temporary studio (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'', ''Record Shop''), by way of Langwith (''Toilet sketch''), Vanbrugh (''Tipperary'' and ''Hand Signals for Cyclists'') the lake at Wentworth (''Fishing sketch'') and Aaardvark's regular meeting place at Langwith snackbar (''Gift Shop'', ''Pet Shop'' and ''Restaurant'' sketches among others).

	Editing was carried out by John and Jazz on 18th and 19th June. The lack of proper studio 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!		Editing was carried out by John and Jazz on 18th and 19th June. The lack of proper studio 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.		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 the multimedia section of Aaardvark's website [http://aaardvark.wackonet.net/things/multimedia.html] .


	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!).		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!).

			== External links ==
			*[http://aaardvark.wackonet.net/ Aaardvark's Parsnip Page] — The website of the Aaardvark sociery.
			**[http://aaardvark.wackonet.net/things/multimedia.html Video and sound clips from the Aaardvark multimedia archives] — contains some videoclips of sketches Aaardvark did for Son of Rasputin and a few other sketches.

	{{YSTV Productions}}		{{YSTV Productions}}
	[[Category:Productions]]		[[Category:Productions]]

Dummy User at 16:56, 12 June 2007

2007-06-12T16:56:44Z

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	[[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).		[[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).

	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!		Editing was carried out by John and Jazz on 18th and 19th June. The lack of proper studio 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.		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.

Dummy User at 13:11, 8 June 2007

2007-06-08T13:11:25Z

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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.~~

	{{YSTV Productions}}		{{YSTV Productions}}
	[[Category:Productions]]		[[Category:Productions]]

Dummy User: fix spelling of Aaardvark

2007-06-05T07:21:46Z

fix spelling of Aaardvark

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	YSTV was approached by another YorkSoc, the ~~Aardvark~~ Society, who wanted to make a comedy sketch show of some ideas they had written down.		YSTV was approached by another YorkSoc, the Aaardvark Society, who wanted to make a comedy sketch show of some ideas they had written down.

	[[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).		[[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).
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	There appears to be a web ~~prescence~~ of sorts dedicated to the sketches at http://aaardvark.wackonet.net/things/multimedia.html.		There appears to be a web presence of sorts dedicated to the sketches at http://aaardvark.wackonet.net/things/multimedia.html.

	{{YSTV Productions}}		{{YSTV Productions}}
	[[Category:Productions]]		[[Category:Productions]]

Dummy User: Compilation of sketches in association with the Aardvark Society moved to Son of Rasputin: Move page to correct title

2007-06-05T07:20:38Z

Compilation of sketches in association with the Aardvark Society moved to Son of Rasputin: Move page to correct title

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Dummy User: Remembering what we did with them after watching the clips!

2007-06-03T23:18:59Z

Remembering what we did with them after watching the clips!

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-It's unknown what form this programme had, but there appears to be a web prescence of sorts dedicated to the sketches at http://aaardvark.wackonet.net/things/multimedia.html.
+YSTV was approached by another YorkSoc, the Aardvark Society, who wanted to make a comedy sketch show of some ideas they had written down.
 {{YSTV Productions}}
 [[Category:Productions]]

Jonathan: Aadvark page

2007-05-12T16:23:44Z

Aadvark page

New page

It's unknown what form this programme had, but there appears to be a web prescence of sorts dedicated to the sketches at http://aaardvark.wackonet.net/things/multimedia.html.

{{YSTV Productions}}
[[Category:Productions]]