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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 225084" data-attributes="member: 27">Dinah! was likely filmed rather than videotaped, which would give it a different look.&nbsp; Soaps are videotaped to allow them to be edited quickly and cheaply, but they have an odd look because the footage tracks differently than the individual frames-per-second of film.&nbsp; MHMH was likely taped to have that same &quot;look&quot; that soaps have to give it a level of authenticity as it tried to look like a &#039;real soap&#039; even as it was a parody.&nbsp; Besides, the different look accentuated how one (Mary and Co. at home) was &#039;real&#039; and the other was &#039;being seen on TV&#039;---even as both were obviously TV.&nbsp; The writers probably wrote that &quot;Dinah is going out live&quot; twist so that MHMH characters could have their embarrassing moments supposedly seen on a national scale.&nbsp; I&#039;m pretty sure Dinah! was syndicated, so it would have indeed aired in all kinds of time slots nationally.&nbsp; The differing looks of film versus videotape was even worse in the 1970s than it is today; if you ever watch reruns of Monty Python&#039;s Flying Circus you will see how different the exteriors (on film) look to the interiors (on tape) as the show tried to edit it all together to look seamless but failed miserably.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 225084, member: 27"] [I]Dinah![/I] was likely filmed rather than videotaped, which would give it a different look. Soaps are videotaped to allow them to be edited quickly and cheaply, but they have an odd look because the footage tracks differently than the individual frames-per-second of film. MHMH was likely taped to have that same "look" that soaps have to give it a level of authenticity as it tried to look like a 'real soap' even as it was a parody. Besides, the different look accentuated how one (Mary and Co. at home) was 'real' and the other was 'being seen on TV'---even as both were obviously TV. The writers probably wrote that "[I]Dinah[/I] is going out live" twist so that MHMH characters could have their embarrassing moments supposedly seen on a national scale. I'm pretty sure [I]Dinah![/I] was syndicated, so it would have indeed aired in all kinds of time slots nationally. The differing looks of film versus videotape was even worse in the 1970s than it is today; if you ever watch reruns of [I]Monty Python's Flying Circus[/I] you will see how different the exteriors (on film) look to the interiors (on tape) as the show tried to edit it all together to look seamless but failed miserably. [/QUOTE]

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