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From: cad3@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (CHERYL ANN DOUGHERTY)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: SNL Review/12-12-92
Date: 17 Dec 92 15:57:57 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <1992Dec15.173451.12829@e2big.mko.dec.com>, page@cgvax2.enet.dec.com
(Brad Page) writes:
>
>In article <1giigcINNppu@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, jtruss@rajeesh.WPI.EDU (Free the Ex
po 67!) writes...
>>In article <-VDZ5LAN=@linac.fnal.gov> lewis@linac.fnal.gov (June Cummins Lewis
) writes:
>>>In article <1gi86jINNh9a@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cb366@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ma
rk B. Bendiksen) writes:
>
>>>>"Where you headed?" sketch:

But whenever that other character talked (I can't
>remember the cast member's name-- the one who does Opera Man) my wife and
>I fell on the floor laughing... Now THAT was a Massachusetts accent! We
>particularly loved his use of "wicked" and "pissa"....

Adam Sandler, the talented cast member who has made me laugh the most this
season (given the limited appearance of Mike Myers and Dana Carvey's recent
disappearance).  There is an autographed picture of him hanging in our office;
he thanks my officemate for mailing him cheese.

--Cheryl

>
>
>Brad Page
>.sigless & Proud
>
From: 9073hammesm@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
Date: 18 Dec 1992 18:07:45 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 9073hammesm@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

>
>The heavy glass bottle is always shattered. The person hit with it is knocked
>off balance, but never hurt. The same thing happens with chairs and barstools.
>


Speaking of being able to sustain injury, one of our students (male)
suggested that men always recover MUCH to quickly from knees to the
groin.  Can you guys confirm?
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From: mhaitkin@scott.skidmore.edu (meredith haitkin)
Subject: Re: FAITH DANIELS
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:39:51 GMT

jay@tweekco.uucp (Jay Whitley) writes:
>  >Where is she from?
> 
> I believe Faith Daniels was an NBC news reporter/anchor
> prior to "A Closer Look" which became "Faith Daniels."  Didn't
> she even work "The Today Show"'s morning news desk for awhile?
> 
> I also believe that this show has turned for the worse since it
> switched from a more serious news-oriented "A Closer Look" to the
> more sensationalized "Faith Daniels" which is more like Donahue et
> al.  
> 
> In San Fran, "Faith Daniels" is on at 12:30 in the afternoon on NBC.


	 I WAS ON "A CLOSER LOOK", I WON A MUG.... LOVE, MERI
From: kmac@cisco.com (Karl MacRae)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: YICJ: Ever coming back?
Date: 18 Dec 1992 19:42:13 GMT
Organization: cisco Systems, Menlo Park, California, USA
Distribution: world
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In article <92352.213001JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu> <JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Hopefully not.  It had potential but it lacked the magic of the Indy movies.
>Without that it was just another show trying to ride the wave of an old
>success unsuccessfully.


	You've completely missed the point.


	YIJC has only the most minimal connection to the movies; ie,
	they are about the same character. But there was no attempt
	to make them 'Like the movies'; it would not work in this 
	context, clearly, and thus it would be silly to try.


	What these show *are* is an attempt to produce thoughtful, 
	intelligent TV that is not only entertaining and well made
	(And god, this show is well made; I've seen many movies
	that had poorer production values), but is also educational.

	The show succeeds masterfully on all these levels. Not only 
	is it just about the best-made (Techically) show that's 
	ever been on TV, but it's also totally succesful dramatically,
	and effectively educational (Try talking to some kids who watch 
	it sometime...).


		No, it's nothing like a show "trying to ride the wave of an 
	old success unsuccessfully". 



		-Karl 



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From: margaret@cs.arizona.edu (Margaret Newman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Studmuffins: Tv Crushes
Summary: more hum...
Date: 15 Dec 92 23:45:42 GMT

In article <If=W3YK00WB=IuVpFD@andrew.cmu.edu>, gayboy+@CMU.EDU (David A. Gillespie) writes:
> Excerpts from 14-Dec-92 Studmuffins: Tv Crushes by Margaret Newman
> > I tend towards the dark hair, blue eyes type.
> 
> Definitely! ;-)  Brian Bloom is definitely one of my favorites... dark
> hair, blue eyes, good build... sigh... ;-)
> 
> > Did I mention Jon-Erik Hexum before?  What a waste!  I sure miss
> > him!
> 
> Me, too... I try to catch "Voyagers" as much as I can! ;-)
> 
> Dave

Brian Bloom!  That's it!  I remember when he was just a boy on Guiding
Light (wasn't it GL?).  I hardly ever saw that soap, but I always
remembered him.  He certainly has grown up nicely...

John J. York on GH?  Boy, it's been a long time since I saw that soap!
I watched during the Luke/Laura years, and little of Luke/Holly/Scorpio.

I'll add:

Miles O'Keefe
Val Kilmer -I loved him as Madmartigan in ack!  What the hell was that
	movie called!  Fantasy, etc... bad/good sorceresses, war, etc...
Keifer Sutherland
The guy that played Justine Bateman's boyfriend on Family Ties

I'm very careful about who I tell concerning my crush on Captain Kirk/
William Shatner (young).  You never know how people will react!  Now
I've re-focussed my Star Trek crush on Riker/Jonathan Frakes.

How about Patrick Swayze??

Okay, okay.  I'll quit-

margaret
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From: qtm2w@Virginia.EDU ("Quinn T. McCord")
Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 01:52:55 GMT

kenny@osf.org  writes:
> 
> If there's a shot of a person's head, but it's a wide one, a killer will
> appear suddenly behind them.
> 
> And, something me and my friends have said for years, unless he's a star, the
> Black guy always gets killed first (this is especially true in the movies).
> 
> -- 
> Kenny Crudup, Contractor, OSF DCE QA
> OSF, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142	+1 617 621 7306
> kenny@osf.osf.org			OSF has nothing to do with this post.
> 	  Religion: The longest-running gag ever played on Mankind.

	Although this may often be the case, it's often not.
Remember, Parker survived three white males and one white
android in Alien and the black computer-genius in Die Hard was
one of the last to go.
							-Quinn
From: leela@wpi.WPI.EDU (Leela Keshavan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Commercials from Hell!  Part II
Date: 11 Dec 1992 19:38:31 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article <1992Dec10.222051.12789@rtsg.mot.com> iott@rtsg.mot.com (Joel K. Iott) writes:
>In article <Bz1z8H.2upC@austin.ibm.com> jlpicard@austin.ibm.com writes:
>>
>>In a similar vein, how's about those Juicyfruit commercials with
>>all the YoungPrettyPeople cavorting about to that obnoxious jingle?
>>(makes the Menthos jingle sound like Bach).
>>
>>Craig
>
>And for added fun, look for all the subtexts in the commercials!
>
>Doublemint - shows pictures of attractive twins, jingle goes "Double your fun
>with doublemint gum!"   (Multiple sex partners?)
>
>Big Red - "Lasts a long long long time" (A "Big one" that's really great
>because it lasts a long time?)
>
>Juicy Fruit - "It's really gonna move ya!"  Visuals of people chewing JF, then
>going crazy   (Drug references?)
>
Or better yet... Visuals of people chewing JF and then running like
mad to get to the lav!!!!












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From: jjfink@skcla.monsanto.com
Subject: YICJ: Ever coming back?
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:43:40 GMT

Any clue as to when Young Indiana Jones Chronicles return from hiatus-land?

-- 
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From: bmr@gonzo.b15.ingr.com (Bruce Reagan)
Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
Reply-To: reagan@fedsrus.b15.ingr.com
Organization: unknown
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:44:27 GMT


-Hitting someone on the head with a bat/gun butt/lead pipe/etc. will result in
rendering them unconscious and will never result in crushing their skull.

-- 
Bruce Reagan
reagan@fedsrus.b15.ingr.com
bmr@gonzo.b15.ingr.com
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From: AVRK90@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Kevin Cox)
Subject: Eight is Enough question
Organization: Motorola
Date: 15 Dec 1992 22:48:30 MST

I know this is WAY old, but I've been watching the reruns of Eight is
Enough lately and have a question.  In the first episodes Joan Bradford
(the actual wife/mother) was on the show, then all of a sudden she's
gone.  In later episodes they mention that she died.  I don't remember
an episode that dealt with her death.  Anyone know what she died of?
Was she just written out of the show or what??

Thanks for the help!

Kevin                 *            *
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From: 00tdspence@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Where is Lake Edna? (KFC)
Date: 18 Dec 92 19:49:03 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

In article <1992Dec18.162635.1444@sequent.com>, dog@sequent.com
 (Paul Parenteau) writes:


> Well, for some strange reason I want to visit the Lake Edna KFC that has
> been featured over the past few months in KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) tv
> ads.

Does anyone but me think that it is highly politically incorrect of KFC
to create a fictional town whose only African-American citizen owns the
fried chicken shack???
I have seen no other minorities in the spots other than Russ or whatever
his name is.
This whole ad campaign smells of racism to me. 

Trav
00tdspence@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
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From: buesinnj@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Neil Buesing)
Subject: Re: The Jackie Thomas Show is GREAT!!!!
Organization: University of Minnesota - Morris
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:39:09 GMT

I wouldn't know since it is alternate to the best network show
on television "Reasonable Doubts."


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From: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (R. Bharat Rao)
Subject: Re: QL: "Promised Land": observations
Reply-To: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:20:37 GMT

rck1@ellis.uchicago.edu (roberta chi-woon kwong) writes:

A general comment about QL.  While the shows have been good, I don;t
think they have come close to the SUSTAINED quality of the 3rd (??)
year when they began with the two great "The Leap Home" shows (TLH2 is
my all time favorite QL), had the Watts episode, Last Dance, and about
6 shows that would make the top 8-10 listing of all QL shows in my
book.  Actuallyu, QL lost it a bit IMO last year, and became a little
dare I say it ordinary (now Sally will sic Mary on me again) ... but
this year, happily the shows seem to be of higher quality.  The 3
parter episode was great...

*SPOILERS* for "Promised Land" below.


>I loved the way the pregnant woman went into "labor." All too often
>it seems that when someone is asked to "act like you're <such and
>such>," they suddenly exhibit an amazing acting ability (for the
>average person-on-the-street in a spur-of-the-moment situation).
>Nice realistic touch.

Yes..

>Another not-quite-perfect ending for a leap; sad, yes, but I guess
>it's bound to happen at least some of the times...I really felt
>sorry for the older brother (can't remember his name). I mean, he
>really did seem like a nice guy; he'd worked so hard for the farm,
>and truly cared about his family. When he was sitting in the corner
>after the cop car pulled away, I fully expected Sam to turn to him
>and give him some final words of wisdom (...perhaps Sam would have,
>if he hadn't happened to look across the street at that moment...)

Actually this made it a better show, IMO.  QL has had a habit of sugar
coating everything, and giving Sam the Midas touch.  Its nice once in
a while that everything doesn;t work out in the "they lived happily
ever after tradition".

>Robin C. Kwong ("er)

Bharat
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Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:11:50 EST
From: <MBC8@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Christmas specials

The name of the special is "The Christmas without a Santa Claus".  You
can get it at Hill's, Walmart, Kmart or other discount places with
obscure movies.  Here's a question for anyone who remembers...
what was the name of the Easter special that had Irontail in it.
It's by the same animators as Rudolph, Santa Claus is Coming to Town,
and the Christmas without Santa.   I think it may be along the lines
of Here comes Peter Cottontail but I'm not sure....
From: nad@tegra.com (Nancy Durgin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: MOVIE: Through the Eyes of a Killer
Keywords: need help
Date: 17 Dec 92 04:43:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA

In article <1992Dec16.200735.7643@cbnews.cb.att.com> amo@cbnews.cb.att.com (arlene.m.osborne) writes:
>CBS' movie last night was entitled "Throught the Eyes
>of a Killer".  I watched it since TV Guide said it
>was a real thriller, esp at the end.
>

I thought this was a pretty good movie.  I found it a bit unsettling to
watch Richard Dean Anderson in that role, but I thought he did a good
job with it.

>I've rewatched the ending, and even though it really
>had me on the edge of my seat, I don't understand what
>happened.  Can someone send me their explanation of
>what happened?  Maybe I missed something. 
>
(SPOILER..)


I assume you mean the scene where he was trying to strangle her, right
before the firemen broke in?

She was trying to reach a latch or something that would cause one of those
metal plates to slide down.  At the same time, the firemen were burning 
through a different metal plate.  They kept switching to the torch
cutting, which was a little confusing.

She managed to hit the support, and the plate slammed down, and I think the
idea was that she hoped it would come down on top of him, and more or
less guillotine him.  He must have pulled back at the last minute
so that he was on the other side of it when it came down.  There was
a splatter of blood, and they showed a shot of something caught under the
edge of the metal (looked like a key chain to me?).

ANyway, then the firemen broke in, and lifted that metal barrier, but 
instead of finding a bloody body there, they found nothing.

(Shades of Murdoc, if you're a MacGyver fan...)

I didn't think this last scene made any sense, since he was basically on 
top of her, so the metal plate would either hit neither of them or both of 
them.  It wasn't as if she was in a position to pull herself out of
the way at the last minute.

I found this whole thing a bit confusing, too, so I'm interested in
other people's versions of it.

	Nancy


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From: jreece@sousa.intel.com (John Reece)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
Date: 18 Dec 92 01:34:39 GMT
Reply-To: jreece@sousa.intel.com
Organization: Intel - Information Technologies

In article <1992Dec17.080547.34712@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, mlsa@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (MICHAEL LAUREN SHERMAN) writes:

> BTW Wasn't McGyver's law that
> given enough time, a piece of paper, an empty oil drum, a wad of chewing gum
> and three wooden nickles, even the average man can produce a passable weapon,
> means of transportation or nuclear power plant.


You forgot the Swiss army knife.




-- 
John Reece			"This lifeboat is full"	
Not an Intel spokesman 			 
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From: mwasserm@diana.cair.du.edu (MARC Y. WASSERMAN)
Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
Organization: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 18:45:36 GMT

n article <rtamer.724521745@epistat> rtamer@med.miami.edu (Robert Tamer) writes:
>gaf5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Gail A. Fullman) writes:
>In article <1992Dec12.002815.12489@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com
>>(marc.colten) writes:
>>>> >>> This sounds like an interesting topic ... anyone else have any others?
>>>> >>> What valuable lessons do we learn from watching TV?
>>>>
>>>> No one on TV ever has to look up a phone number.
>>>
>>>Or has to wait for someone to answer the phone - they
>>>always answer just as you push the last number.
>
>Also,
>They never say "good-bye".  They just hang up the phone.
>When they phone the police, they always ask "Hello, police?"
>When they dial the operator:  "Hello, operator?"
>Sometimes there's "Hello, operator? Get me the police!"
>
>When someone is in a restaurant/diner/lunch counter/etc. he always
>leaves a wad of bills on the table.  You never know how much the tab is.
>
>You're driving in a car equipped with a rear view mirror, and you notice
>another car following you, don't trust what you see in the rear view mirror.
>Always turn around and look through the back glass of your car at the
>other car following you.

In any Western, somebody must fall off a balcony after being shot.
A big studly hero type (McGyver, Magnum PI, etc.) must fall in
love with some beautiful woman, who will be totally forgotten by the
next show.

(Some of that is from a MAD magazine several years ago.)
 

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From: bdsm@poincare.WPI.EDU (Billy Don McConnell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Blood on the Badge
Date: 20 Dec 1992 08:52:22 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Originator: bdsm@poincare.WPI.EDU


In article <1992Dec20.035059.20500@eskimo.com>, fate@eskimo.com 
(Craig Stykel) writes:
|> bmr@gonzo.b15.ingr.com 
|> >(Bruce Reagan) writes:
|> > 
|> >  I was browsing through the video store yesterday and saw a movie
|> >  called "Blood on the Badge".  Isn't that the name of the book Det. 
|> >  Harris wrote on Barney Miller?  I know they referred to the book 
|> >  as BOB from time to time.  I'm glad he finally got the movie deal...
|> > -- 

|> Yes as a matter of fact it was the name of the book, being 
|> written by  Harris.. Odd...

One of the memories I have of Barney Miller was the phone conversation 
Harris had with his publishers after he received a printing of _Blood on the
Badge_ and saw that the cover was just dripping with red.  Harris despised the
sensationalism of the blood-drenched cover, growling "Why don't you bloody up 
'Frosty the Snowman' or something, man?"  (I guess you had to be there, huh?)

Don
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From: H. Nunes <hwnunes@leland.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: NEXP goof (minor, no spoilers)
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A7572ED6DA0100F0@naranja-pc-175.stanford.edu>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 18 Dec 92 07:31:34 GMT
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 15:31:34 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.163336.22464@ee.gatech.edu> Jonathan Su,
su@eedsp.gatech.edu writes:
>In the NEXP episode with Chris' Trial, something slipped by the editors
>when they spliced a scene together.  Anyone else notice it?
>
>Bernard, Chris, and Mike are sitting outside Chris' motor home and discussing
>Chris' defense.  The first frontal shot of the three has Mike wearing his
>white allergy-prevention gloves.  While Mike is talking, the shot cuts to an
>over-the-shoulder view, and Mike's gloves have magically disappeared!  As
>he finishes his sentence, the frontal shot returns, and presto! Mike has
>already replaced his gloves.
>
>An admittedly minor goof.  It's nothing that scene in "Lethal Weapon 3" where
>Joe Pesci starts with a sling on his left arm, it suddenly appears on his
>right arm, and finally returns to his left (or vice versa).

That's the magic of single camera editing.  Basically, the process includes
filming one scene from 3 to 7 times using different camera angles.  Then in
the editing room, it is all put together.  It is a process that is commonly
used in film.  It is amazing that NX doesn't make more errors like this
considering they only have around 2-3 weeks to do what it takes films 2-3
months... NX has some of the single camera editing around.  As a matter of
fact, it won an emmy for it.  Because they shoot the scene many times over,
each will be a little different.  If you want to see some bad editing, check
out the first three episodes of NX... they always seem to have problems with
fluid levels in cups and glasses.

In contrast, a show like "Home Improvement" is filmed from up to four
different camera angles at the same time and then put together.  This is the
process for most sit-coms.

Well, isn't that boring.
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From: rick@sadtler.com (Rick Morris)
Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
Organization: Sadtler Research Laboratories
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:37:54 GMT

In article <BzD2vs.G1C@cck.coventry.ac.uk> mei172@cch.coventry.ac.uk (guru) writes:
>In article <BzBrCn.D50@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady Johanna Constantine) writes:
>>
>>Duck tape is like the Force; It has a Dark Side, and a Light Side,
>>and holds the Universe together.
>
>guru sez:
>	that's DUCT tape.....
>

BZZZZZT:  I just bought some DUCK tape at Walmart.  It appears to be
sub-standard Duct tape -- Warnings not to use it on heating ducts...

-Rick.
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