Conference Calls from THE DEAD

Not to be a post hound...
BUT
I had to share something that happened today on my first big LA/NY/FL conference call.
I was moderating and no, I was not up last night at 4AM due to a stress dream in which I was naked moderating this call!
Well, here's what happened. The NY editor wanted to switch to speaker phone so she could enjoy "hands free" conversation and play with the AVID (A really sweet editing system for those not in my industry-think flying machine, or picture a trucker in an 18 wheeler cockpit).
She asked me how to activate the speaker phone and being new to the office I F**ked up and told her instead how to put people on hold. As soon as she pressed the hold button, all of us on the conference call enjoyed a lovely soundtrack provided by The Grateful Dead. I had to get my PA to run into the edit room and have the editor take off the hold button (something I discovered while screaming at the editor in the conference mileu, afterall we were on hold.

I made a joke about how the online will be a sinch, just look at our expertise with a bloody conference call! My PA get's back to me and the Dead go away for one second then they are back-like magic! By now the editor is on the conferece call and swearing that she did no put us on hold again. I calmly told her to please hang up her first line, so that we can hear ourselves think! Some people were sad they wanted the DEAD to stay as a soundtrack, but she hung the line up-eventually, and the music stopped. Some people cheered when it was over, one person asked if The Grateful Dead was dead or would it come back again. I announced as moderator the DEAD have left the building, we have killed the Grateful Dead.

What was the track you ask???
I will get by-
I will survive