DTV

*This video is captioned. For captioning, go to the up arrow in the bottom right corner of the video and turn captioning on.*

This three-minute video clip shows six people singing. A young woman in street clothes in a wheelchair sings in the foreground. Next to her is a young man wearing a black fedora hat, also in a wheelchair and singing. In the background are three women dressed in pale blue nurses scrubs. They wear pink, orange and red wigs and stethoscopes hang from their necks. They have worried expressions on their faces as they caress a TV set with a rabbit ears antenna. The TV set sits on a white sheet draped bed. A man dressed in a doctors white robe sits on the bed next to the TV set. He examines the TV with medical tools, tapping the TV, sings, and leaves the scene. When the nurses sing the chorus they make faces and wave their arms. A blind man then sits in front of the TV holding a white cane. He sings the second verse. The nurses chorus again sings. They wave a large red government coupon and two cable TV boxes. A converter box is plugged into a TV set. In the final scene, the chorus nurses, man in doctors coat, man with white cane, and two people in wheelchairs sing again. As the verse ends they are pelted with tiny red government coupons by a hand that reaches into the scene. The final image is of a TV set.

Learn about the transition from analog to digital TV through song! For more information about the switch, and what you need to do to keep your analog TV on, visit http://www.aapd.com/AAPDRedesign/TTPI/dtvtransition.html

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[AAPDvideo]

Captions are embedded on the video, all you have to do is go to the up arrow in the bottom right hand corner of the video and turn on captions and you'll have them.

[spacenuke2003]

Why does the blind guy even care?

[whizkidforte]

This video is awesome - I already have DirecTV, so I'm prepared for the transition! Thanks for posting this anyway!

[cparkhill1730]

This is important to know. We've seen very little publicity about the transition, except in our PBS station newsletter and in one eventual press release that made its way to the local newspaper.

[johngodfrey1964]

Hilarious video, great cast! And it's great to see how easy it is to use closed captioning on YouTube.

[Swanselujah]

fun DTV video! the "actress/nurse" in the orange wig is so talented!

[Indyterp59]

I see. Great,to know. Thank you.

[davisfl85]

i love new video song great !!!!!

[genuardiguy]

this is hysterically funny... i fell off the chair laughing... betta go get my coupon terday