HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: HF.ZMF@forsythe.stanford.edu (Miriam Ferziger)
Subject: QL: The Imaging Chamber on Display
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: ca
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:26:41 GMT

Hey all you Leapers in the LA area.  Here's an opportunity you CAN'T
refuse.

Okay, so maybe I exagerate a little :-)

Any how -- The Imaging Chamber set (I assume the same one that was used at
the Quantum Leap Convention) will be on display at the grand opening of
Media City Center Mall in Burbank, CA from September 2-6.

If anybody does go see it, I'd wouldn't mind hearing a report back, since
I'm in No Cal.

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QUOTE:  "Hey, you can wear Dean on your *chest*!"  A QL crew member after
        buying a pin commemorating Dean's star on the Walk of Fame
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From: Bucky.Whaley@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Bucky Whaley)
Subject: Re: Ren & Stimpy
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:37:30 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.152634.266@samba.oit.unc.edu> Bucky.Whaley@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Bucky Whaley) writes:
>In article <7yg3PB1w164w@admiral.uucp> andy@admiral.uucp (Andrew Bajorinas) writes:
>> Whats the deal? Where are the new Ren & Stimpy episodes. It's not easy
>>getting up by 11 on Sunday to watch Nicalodeon (sp?) just to see re-runs.
>>When and where are the new episodes?
>Get weeth eet, man.  They're on at 10 pm Saturdays on Nick.

EEK!  I should get weeth eet myself!  I (really!) meant to say R&S are on
at 9 pm (Eastern) Saturdays on Nick.

I'm so ashamed,
 -Boeky

Get back, man!  Don't make me disclaim this!!!
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From: ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: What are those things???
Date: 25 Aug 92 17:58:07 GMT
Organization: UC Davis Dept of Applied Science at LLNL

In article <1992Aug24.220337.163@gdwest.gd.com> collins@gdwest.gd.com (Gary J. Collins) writes:
>I am pretty positive that those 'things' surfaced after the
>assination attempt of then President Reagan.  They're bullet
>proof shields.  Why there's not one in front of the speaker
>is anybody's guess.

The reason there isn't one in front of the speaker is that they are
NOT bulletproof shields.   How much value could two tiny shields be,
when most of the podium is unprotected?  They are, as others have
pointed out, reflectors for the teleprompters.  This is the FACT.
No more discussion of this topic is necessary.

Ed
ed@wente.llnl.gov

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From: cad0410@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Cecelia A. Dorn)
Subject: Help me name this show!!!
Reply-To: cad0410@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 12:48:40 GMT

I have a friend who is going crazy trying to remember the name of a
show he watched on some cable station.  It was composed of a bunch of
short stories and animated features.  One of the animated segments was
about a dog (that's all the info I got!) and one of the short stories
was about a man (played by the same guy who played Cheswhit(sp) in 
_One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_) who finds a remote control that
he uses to change his nagging old wife into a young beauty.  

Anybody have any idea what this show was so my friend can sleep again.
Thanks for any help (PLEAAASSSEE) in advance.

--Cea
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From: eliz@world.std.com (Elizabeth Lear Newman)
Subject: Re: Historical TV (or Covington Cross)
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:46:59 GMT


Don't forget the Wild West ... too many to mention!

						...eliz
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From: lksmith@truth.uucp (Smith)
Subject: Re: GOING TO EXTREMES
Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Ma.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:27:50 GMT

In article <182fpgINNdlj@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin) writes:
>
>Well, I watched it... Certainly has the flavor of a tropical Northern
>Exposure, except the characters don't seem to have as wide a range of
>quirkiness as in NX. The impassioned and frustrated student doctor
>was pretty much a stereotype, and the snappish dialog between
>the new female medical student and him sounded like something I've
>heard dozens of times...
>
>...(deleted stuff)...


Rats.  I managed to miss the first GX, but it sounds from this post and
most of the others that I didn't miss much.  Here I was hoping for a
fantastic "Northern-Exposure-Meets-Jimmy-Buffett" kind of thing. :-)
Guess I'll reserve judgment for now (certainly till after I've seen
it! :-) ) ... if it's not what everyone expected, maybe it will hit
its stride later.

Linda
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From: dct@odin.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David C. Tuttle)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Emmy for Best Animated Program
Date: 31 Aug 1992 21:55:45 GMT
Organization: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Originator: dct@odin


Can someone please explain why the Emmy for Best Animated Program was
awarded the way it was on Sunday?

Instead of reading the list of nominees, the presenters simply
announced the winner -- "A Claymation Easter" -- and gave the award to
a recipient *who was already on stage*.  It was as if there were only
nominee in the category; I had thought both "The Simpsons" and "Ren &
Stimpy" were up for that award.  In fact, the winner mentioned these
two shows in his acceptance speech!

I know that the "Simpsons" folks aren't happy with having to compete
in the Animation category, when they'd much rather be in the race for
Best Comedy Series.  Did they withdraw in protest, or what?

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From: lewis@linac.fnal.gov (June Cummins Lewis)
Subject: Re: GOING TO EXTREMES
Organization: Fermiland, Batavia, IL
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 14:51:12 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.155251.29649@cbfsb.cb.att.com> colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (marc.colten) writes:
>In article <182fpgINNdlj@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin) writes:
>> 
>> Well, I watched it... Certainly has the flavor of a tropical Northern
>> Exposure, except the characters don't seem to have as wide a range of
>> quirkiness as in NX. The impassioned and frustrated student doctor

[...]

>Rastas.  The charm of Northern Exposure was playing against type.  The
>young indian who idolizes Woody Allen and Martin Scorceses and wants to
>make films.  The surprising sophistication of people in the back end of
>nowwhere.  No one in NX is what you think they should be.  That's the
>fun.  I don't see a lot of fun in this show.

I agree 100% with these comments.  What's great about NEXP is the
randomness of its characters, both in terms of age and personalities,
not to mention appearance.  It's so refreshing to have characters like
Marilyn and Ruth-Anne who don't fit the stereotypes of "fresh, young
babes" and yet who are intrinsic to the show.  So far, only the nurse
at the clinic seems to have the potential for similar interest.  In a
way, this new show doesn't seem much different from the Spelling
canned goods, such as Melrose Place and the ilk, what with an ensemble
cast of young characters in a pretty setting who do deal with
real-life problems, but those situations are secondary to the soap
opera relationships among the main characters.  Well, we'll see!

BTW, I missed a couple of segments of the opening show.  When the two
characters were on the plane, what did the guy say about his
background?  And when the frustrated second-year student and the
female first-year student were at the clinic and he started yelling at
her about some tests, what were the tests?  Also, some people
mentioned something about cadavers--when did that scene take place?
Somehow, I missed it.

Thanks!

June


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From: ns@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Nancy M. Schnepp)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: James Garner is dead.
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:13:09 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Physics Department

In article <1992Aug25.202016.1@vax1.umkc.edu> rtiger@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
*James Garner is dead.
*He was found dead in his Beverly Hills home.  
*He died of a heart attack at the age of 64.  He was making pancakes for 
*breakfast.

What is the source of your information??  When did this happen?
From: adamsf@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: WHO WON WHAT-EMMMYS
Date: 4 Sep 92 11:47:29 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <Sep.4.10.26.54.1992.18303@pilot.njin.net>, langbein@pilot.njin.net (John Langbein) writes:
> In article <3960@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
> 
>> In article <181uleINNf6q@seven-up.East.Sun.COM> joneil@heretix.East.Sun.COM writes:
>> <LIKE THE TITLE SAID, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE A WHOLE LIST OF WHO
>> <WON WHAT.
>> 
>> I posted the list of winners the same night of the Emmys and to this very
>> news group.
> 
> Sorry, but the post never made it here as far as I could see (I was
> even looking for it). Perhaps a re-post is in order?
> 
> 				John
Post did not make here either.
I thought it was me.......

Fran Adams
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From: mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett)
Subject: Re: Bob (Newhart) the new series
Organization: MV Communications, Inc.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 06:27:35 GMT

In article <2835@perl-sun.dwrsun4.UUCP> perl@dwrsun4.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) writes:
>Let's see; Bob's first show was "The Bob Newhart Show".  Next came
>"Newhart", and now "Bob".  What will his next show be called?  "The"?

Newhart has been telling that joke for a year...

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From: nestor@hub.toronto.edu (John Nestor)
Subject: Re: The Heights
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
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Organization: Dept. of Electrical Engineering, U. of Toronto
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:36:37 GMT
X-XXDate: Wed, 2 Sep 92 15:37:04 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.095749.798@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> Gerald
Olchowy, golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca writes:
>In article <1992Aug29.193155.11905@news.columbia.edu> 
>gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) writes:
>>
>>I noticed that some of the locales were familiar, and at the end of
>>the show that it was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia ... is this
>>show a real co-production with one of our Canadian networks or is it
>>just an American show filmed up in Canada (like quite a few, these
>>days)?  One old guy is played by the lead from CBC's "Danger Bay",
>>which appears on The Disney Channel down here (free preview weekend
>>was unnanounced so I missed taping two episodes  of "Racoons" )-;).
>>
>
>Spelling has supposedly opened up a Canadian production office in
>Vancouver.  He's shoot The Heights for Fox in Vancouver, and another
>series for Fox I think also, The Roundtable, in Toronto, with a lot
>of location shooting at the University of Toronto, passing for
>a private Northeastern American university, of course.  Supposed
>this one stars Lisa Dean Ryan of Doogie Howser fame.

Actually, that show is called "Class of '96".  Here at U of T, they've
been filming at various locations for the past two weeks.  I saw Lisa
Dean Ryan near one of the shots.  Seems that filming is completed now.
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Dept. of Electrical Engineering        |   Gotta make a move,
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From: Gordon_Wong@mindlink.bc.ca (Gordon Wong)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Going To Extremes - Season Premiere
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:42:36 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Last night, I caught the season premiere of GOING TO EXTREMES. Here are my
comments:

[1] The scenery was breathtaking; the music soothes you; makes you want to
    dance in your living room? It was different from the normal fare that
    one sees on TV.

[2] Nudity on prime time? Was that a first? This med student was looking at
    a whale in the sea through his binoculars. He spots a woman at the
    beach by the ocean. The woman drops her robe and walks towards the ocean
    totally nude.

    In another scene, they were in the cadaver room. One of the men unzipped
    one bag and it was a man. He then unzipped another bag. It looked like a
    woman. If it was, it looked like one of her breasts was exposed. I
    wasn't sure about this.

[3] What surprised me about the show was its unpredictability. When the med
    student went to the man's home to try to convince him to come in for
    treatment, the man didn't say anything while the med student was doing
    the convincing. When he finished, he walked away. I EXPECTED the man
    with the diabetes problem to say, "Stop. I will come for the tests."
    Instead, he said something like, "You don't come back." Second, when the
    med student was locking up, I EXPECTED the man with the diabetes problem
    to come out from behind a tree and say, "I'm scared ... I want to do the
    tests." None of that occurred. At the end, the med student decided to
    bring some equipment to the patient's house to conduct the tests. It was
    never shown whether he was successful or not ... I wish it was shown.

[4] Do people in the Caribbean say "man" all the time or was that a
    stereotype (e.g., Yes, man; you, man; etc ...)?

[5] A cadaver storage room in the blistering sun of the Caribbean?!

All in all, there should be some interesting storylines in the future (e.g.,
the female teacher who takes pictures of his students and reads Kipling in the
nude; the students who are doing poorly and how they are going to handle it;
etc ...). I thought it was going to be yet another medical show but was
pleasantly impressed.

What did everybody else think?
From: jlbell@bharh56.bnr.co.uk (John Bell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: What (Who?) is Thunderbirds on British TV?
Date: 26 Aug 92 07:32:48 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, London Road, Harlow, England.

In article <4861@news.duke.edu> tbd@duke.edu (Tristan Davies) writes:
>One of my favorite shows is "Whose Line is it Anyway?", which
>airs in the US on Comedy Central.  One of the improv games
>on this show solicits "film and theater styles" from the
>audience, and one of the most common suggestions is
>"Thunderbirds."  Can someone tell me what that is?  So far,
>I don't think it's ever been improvised well enough for me to tell!
>
>> Its a "cult", originally for kids, puppet sci-fi series. Its
>> cuurently being reshown, must be1970ish . 
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From: UCPL078@UNLVM.UNL.EDU
Subject: The House of Eliott (HOE?)
Organization: University of Nebraska
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 17:21:17 CST

Just wondering if anyone watches this on A&E.  I think I've seen every
episode except the very first and the one first shown on 8/23.  My
problem is that I have never figured out exactly how the characters
are related.  If I remeber right, there is Bee (Beatrice?), Eve,
Jack, Sir Desmond, Penelope, that guy who was Eve's "guardian", ...
Well, any help/comments appreciated.
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From: rbruce@robocomp.corp.mot.com (Rob Bruce)
Subject: Re: Sci-Fi Television
Organization: MOTOROLA 
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 01:07:43 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.202506.20652@twg.com>, edward@twg.com (Edward C. Bennett) writes:
|> In article <JXjZe-F/5@lopez.marquette.MI.US> flash@lopez.marquette.MI.US (Gary Bourgois,Hamshack) writes:
|> >The SCI FI CHANNEL is presently unscrambled, and will be "in the clear" for
|> >the next 6 months.  After that to continue viewing you will need a VCII+
|> >decoder.
|> 
|> Isn't it illegal to descramble satellite transmissions?
|> 
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I don't think so. Networks have been descrambling satellite transmissions for
some time. :-)

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From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL on USA Cable
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:43:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

QL begins on USA cable Sunday, September 13 at 8/7 with the 2 hour
version of the pilot! :-)

Then, on Monday the 14th, it begins airing at 7/6, Monday-Saturday.

(Fear not, MacGyver fans, your boy Angus will still be on, at 6/5)

Sally
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From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Subject: Laurie Metcalf (was Re: Emmy-barrassment)
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:31:38 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.233333.22674@eos.arc.nasa.gov> shrum@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Rick Shrum) writes:

>In article <Btx16J.EK2@news.udel.edu> conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad) writes:

>>Laurie Metcalf; one of the country's most accomplished actresses (I used
>>to see her often, back in her Steppenwolf days), and she manages to
>			       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
         
>                             Was she in that band?!

She was a charter member of the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago
(she mentioned them in her acceptance speech).  Other actors who go back
that far with the group are Jeff Perry (Metcalf's former husband), Gary
Sinise, Glenne Headly, John Malkovich (Headly's former husband), and
Terry Kinney.  This is the group that presented "The Grapes of Wrath" in
LA and NY a few years ago.

Jon Alan Conrad
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Subject: Re: Ren & Stimpy
From: ngsippel@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu
Date: 28 Aug 92 11:08:11 EDT
Organization: Watch Ren And Stimpy or Else!

In article <0gD4PB2w164w@admiral.uucp>, slammy@admiral.uucp (Dave Litchman) writes:
> andy@admiral.uucp (Andrew Bajorinas) writes:
> 
>>  Whats the deal? Where are the new Ren & Stimpy episodes. It's not easy
>> getting up by 11 on Sunday to watch Nicalodeon (sp?) just to see re-runs.
>> When and where are the new episodes?
>> H E L P     M  E       H E L P    M E   ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
> 
> Well, Saturday night at 9:00, on Nickelodeon is when they're supposed to 
> be shown, but evidently, last Saturday's was a re-run (I didn't see it, 
> but a friend of mine told me which it was, and I recognised it).
> 
> 

Well, the show consisted of:

"Ren's Toothache"  New Cartoon
"Sugar Frosted Milk" New Bumper
"Ask Dr. Stupid: What White Thing?" New Bumper
"Secret Oath" Rerun Bumper
"Big House Blues" Rerun Of The Edited Pilot (Shoot!)
"Log For Girls" Rerun Bumper

Tune in next week as.......ZAAAAAAAAAAP!

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From: ICKJM@ASUACAD.BITNET
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Subject: RE: What do you call your remote
Date: 30 Aug 92 04:25:50 GMT
 <Aug.21.14.24.16.1992.2977@pilot.njin.net>
Organization: Arizona State University

The Clicker!

kate
From: mdiaz@convex.com (Matthew Diaz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: HOMEFRONT: What happened to Sarah?
Date: 29 Aug 92 20:49:28 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
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              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.


Like millions of others, we've just started watching Homefront this
summer and are confused.  In particular, what happened to Sarah?
In one of the episodes Al/the lockout was blamed for her death, but
that's all we've heard.

If anyone know what happened or has any other HF trivia, please email
or post.  Thanks!
						Matthew Diaz
						mdiaz@convex.com
From: sll28@cc.usu.edu (Lorna Payne)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: <None>
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:17:28 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Utah State University

In article <Btz8Gp.EsF@cs.dal.ca>, falkenha@ug.cs.dal.ca (Craig R. Falkenham) writes:
> In article <1992Sep2.002107.13119@tc.fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>>In <1992Aug31.115939.58526@cc.usu.edu> sll28@cc.usu.edu (Lorna Payne) writes:
> 
>>>Pity they botched Hound of the Baskervilles, though.
>>
>>They sure did.  Luckily, the Rathbone version of HofB is his best, and while
>>still slightly campy, Bruce doesn't come off as the total buffoon he
>>portrayed in later films.
> 
> What's the deal here?  I thought The Hound of the Baskervilles was quite well
> done.  What's wrong with it?

Bad direction, bad editing, substandard acting (I don't know that I'd ever
call Brett, Tabori, and [the actor who plays Watson, whose surname escapes me
momentarily] bad, but they certainly weren't as good as I've seen them).  

The biggest problem with it, IMHO is that the director decided to go for
a spooky, Gothic, atmosphere piece, and not a straightforward adventure
piece, and it didn't work.

Brett was uncharacteristically paunchy and subdued, everyone else seemed
either confused or sinister, and all the moody shots of the moor just
slowed things down.
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