HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (marc.colten)
Subject: Re: What's with the laugh track on Seinfeld?
Summary: The Cart People
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 11:57:42 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.221959.5895@sco.COM>, erics@sco.COM (eric smith) writes:
> 
> I saw the new episode of Seinfeld last night and I was very disappointed
> due to its use of a laugh track. It was very annoying; it seemed to be
> present in some scenes and absent in others, and when it was present
> it often drowned out the actual dialog.
> 
> I don't remember a laugh track being used last season. Is this some attempt
> to pump up the show in the face of competition from Home Improvement? If so,
> it looks like a dismal failure. One of the big strengths of the show is
> the subtle, understated nature of the comedy, which the laugh track
> completely destroyed.
> 

I hate laugh tracks but I didn't really notice one on Seinfeld.  I
guess I was laughing too much.  I loved that stuff at the beginning
about the airport "Cart People".  "Ding ding ding ... get out of the
way - it's the Cart People.  Ooooh, timmy look, it's the Cart People."

And George's wardrobe explanation - "This is 'Morning Mist'."  They
guy is too much.

marc colten

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From: shrum@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Rick Shrum)
Subject: Re: QUESTION: cartoon character??
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr, Calif.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:54:39 GMT

In article <3965@moscom.UUCP> dgm@moscom.UUCP (David G. Modl) writes:
>I have been searching for the name of a cartoon character from back in the
>60's and 70's.  The character is known to say:
>
>	"Help me Mr. Wizard!!!!!!"
>
>whenever he encounters trouble.  The troubles he encounters stem from pleading
>with 'Mr. Wizard' to send the bored character back in time to an
>era when 'life' *is* more exciting.  'Mr, Wizard' always seems to reluctantly
>comply, then bails him out when called to do so.
>
>I am not sure if this is the place to post this question.  If anyone has
>a better suggestion, I would appreciate your assistance.
>
>This has been a ten year (plus) quest.  I am just learning about network news.
>
>Thanks,




Your journey has cum 2 an end. The characters name was "Tudor the Turtle".
At the end of every cartoon, when Tudor had gotten himself into trouble,
Mr Wizard would bring him back with the incantation:    
     
           
	Drizzle drizzle
	drazzle drone
	time for this one
	to come home

I *think* Tudor was made by the same folks who did Rocky and Bullwinkle,
George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, Aesops Fractured Fables. etc. Could be
wrong tho.


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From: hcleong@iti.gov.sg (Leong Heng Cheong)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: News from Singapore
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:16:37 GMT
Organization: Information Technology Institute, National Computer Board, Singapore.

Yet more useless information from Singapore...

*  Looks like Hollywood producers' influence is really that great... 
   SBC 12 (the Singapore's equivalent of PBS with commercials) started
   airing "Naked Hollywood" on Sundays at 8pm, and the program schedule
   stated that there will be five episodes only: The Star, the Studio,
   the Agent, the Writer, and the Director.  The producers is obviously
   missing from this list -- and if you can remember, they were also
   missing from the A&E schedule earlier this year in the States...

*  Weird time slots:  "Blossom" is now on Saturdays at 5:30pm.  "Beverly
   Hills, 90210" is on Sundays at 1:30pm.  "Scene of the Crime" has moved
   to Mondays at 5pm.  "Cheers" has moved to Thursdays/Early Friday at
   12:30am.

*  Just to show how bad it really is: "Highlander II" gets its television
   premier on SBC 5 this Friday at 10:45pm.  Sponsored by American
   Express -- bringing you "the best [what!?!] of movie
   entertainment"...

Heng Cheong
  hcleong@iti.gov.sg
From: vanover@bcsaic.boeing.com (Jann VanOver)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Where's Bobby Sherman?
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:49:26 GMT
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle

In article <geYFGOW00WBNM27lwf@andrew.cmu.edu> cb30+@andrew.cmu.edu (Carol A. Buckner) writes:
>Anybody know what happened to this '70's teenage hearthrob?  I remember
>falling in love with him during his stint on "Here Come the Brides".
> 
>Carol Buckner
>Carnegie Mellon University 
>            
>Trivia is so unimportant, but if we had none what would we talk about?

My brother and I were just talking about "Eddie Haskell" who was working
as an LA cop until the New Leave it to Beaver Show, and he mentioned
that Bobby is ALSO a cop, or sheriff, or some such in the LA area.

Well, netters - anyone confirm or deny this?
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From: deryl@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: $6 Million Man Trivia
Date: 13 Aug 92 09:13:40 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Now here's a really vague one... wasn't there a bad guy bionic man who
cost more than Steve (a comment against materialism perhaps?) who was
called Barney?  I remember what the actor looked like (though not his
name) and I recall seeing him on a recent episode of Baywatch (I was just
channel flicking... OK?) as a rescue man who helped drag the injured big 
muscley lifesaver guy out of some kind of ravine.

I remember that Steve figured out that Barney (?) was bionic by repeating
the same sentence twice, getting exactly the same programmed response from
the bionic dude before his circuits had time to figure out that this was
a bad move.  Clever stuff Steve  !!!  :-)

Deryl
(boy I hate myself for having nothing better to do than this...)

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From: lhpalter@nexus.yorku.ca (Laurence Palter)
Subject: Re:  What do you call your remote
Originator: lhpalter@nexus.yorku.ca
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:26:33 GMT

I call my converter remote the Chaser - because it chases away those annoying
commercial breaks...


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From: mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett)
Subject: Re: Is there a Cicely, Alaska?
Organization: MV Communications, Inc.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 16:15:09 GMT

In article <HiPgPB1w164w@waffle.sns.com> hankdtank <hank@waffle.sns.com> writes:
>Is there a Cicely, Alaska?  I know the one on NEXP is actually Roslyn, 
>Wash., but on ABC World News Now (an overnight news program trying to 
>compete with what CNN does), they keep showing a city named Cicely, Alaska 
>when they run down the weather temps accross the nation.  Well, is there a 
>Cicely?

That's a running joke on World News Now.  They also sometimes show the
weather for Twin Peaks.  One night they aired a complaint from a fellow
from Alaska, saying that it was disgraceful for a program that purports
to be a news show to broadcast made-up information.  He threatened to
sic the FCC on them if they didn't stop.

Aaron Brown, one of the anchors, very seriously apologized and promised
never to do it again.  The following weather reports (two different
versions) included Emerald City, Gilligan's Island, Brigadoon, and so
forth.  (I actually wrote them all down and saved them somewhere on
another machine.)

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From: rl@ferris.cray.com (Randy Lambertus)
Subject: Re: **Stuff You thought you forgot**
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 13 Aug 92 03:57:55 CDT

In article <1992Aug12.181722.8840@sunova.ssc.gov> kevin@andorra.Berkeley.EDU (Rick O'leary) writes:
>
>2. 8th man :
>	One of us says it was a real cartoon, all rest say he's
>	brain dead.
>
   There certainly was. Tobor, the 8th man. "Quick call Tobor, the mightiest
robot of them all!"


Randy Lambertus              Cray Research, Region 4            rl@uk.cray.com
From: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: "Arresting Behavior"
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:35:48 GMT
Reply-To: craigb@ot.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Object Technology Products
Originator: jlpicard@woofer.austin.ibm.com


Anybody else out there catch what I believe to be the first episode
of the show "Arresting Behavior"? It's a parody of those 'real-life'
cop shows. The SO and I were doubled over laughing, which probably
means it's got a lifespan of 3 weeks max. Alot of the humor was very
subtle. Catch it while you can.

Craig
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From: dmb@world.std.com (Deborah M Brown)
Subject: I'll Fly Away
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 03:08:58 GMT

I've been engrossed in this show since the pilot, and it has yet to fail to
break my heart.  Between I'll Fly Away and Law & Order, I would be in BIG
trouble if I had to vote on Best Drama Series in this year's Emmies.

Does anyone know if Brad Sullivan (Coach Weed) is going to be back this 
coming season?  I sure hope so, I don't know what poor Slocum would do 
without him.


-- 
.......... It ain't over 'till Frank pushes the button ........
Disclaimer: "Disclaim THIS, pal!" (I'm REALLY in Rochester, NY)
Internet:   dmb@world.std.com   -or-   dmb7229@ultb.isc.rit.edu 
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From: aknowles@expert.expert.com (Anne Knowles)
Subject: U2 on Letterman, HELP!
Organization: Computer Publishing Group
Distribution: rec
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:51:56 GMT

I think U2 was on David Letterman last Tuesday, August 11. I screwed
up the VCR and didn't atpe it, then called NBC and they don't
sell tapes of shows. I already posted once about this, but PLEASE
does anyone out there have a tape of the show?!

Thanks in advance for any help.

Anne
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From: mitchell@cs.uchicago.edu (Mitchell Marks)
Subject: Blossom's audience [Re: Blossom in Boston]
Reply-To: mitchell@cs.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computer Science
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 02:23:35 GMT

[Apologies for this rather stale response.  I've been working hard and
haven't done recreational newsreading for a while.]

>>>>> "BM" == Barry Margolin <barmar@think.com> writes:

(Helen Trillian Rose)>       And why would WBZ show this at this time? 

  BM> Because they think "A Different World" reruns will do better on
  BM> Monday nights than "Blossom", and they don't have a better place
  BM> to move it to.  I have to admit, ADW seems like it should fit
  BM> pretty well after "Fresh Prince"; I doubt that "Blossom" shares
  BM> much of the same audience.

There was an interesting news item that I heard twice this spring on
the radio.   It seems that for the last 7 or 8 years, some
organization (I don't think it was Nielsen themselves, but someone
using their data) has been tracking TV ratings among the Black
audience in the U.S.   It made the news this year because for the
first time the top-10 season-ratings list for the Black audience was
completely disjoint from the top-10 for the overall U.S. audience.

I never saw the story in print to check this, but when they read the
top-10 list for the Black audience it seemed to me that almost all
were shows with largely Black casts, or in some way pretty clearly
Black-oriented.  The exception that stood out was Blossom.

Presumably carry-over from Fresh Prince had something to do with this.
But is that enough?  I can't help wondering if there's some other
factor, maybe youth-appeal for both shows.
--
Mitch Marks    mitchell@cs.uchicago.edu
"What makes Koons a man of his time is that he demonstrates once again that     it is possible to be entombed entirely within a bizarre fantasy life and still
have a shrewd and calculating sense of self-advancement -- that such a state    is practically a precondition for real success in contemporary America.
(Names like Ronald Reagan and Michael Jackson come to mind.)" -- Adam Gopnik
From: ddml@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Dave Libershal)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: What are those things???
Date: 21 Aug 92 15:00:57 GMT
Organization: Johns Hopkins University/APL

In article <1992Aug20.133208.1@ssdvax.mdcbbs.com>, cuy@ssdvax.mdcbbs.com writes:
> 
> Ok, this isn't one of the more entertaining question, but I was
> watching the Republican convention (and no, that does not neces-
> sarily decribe my political affiliations) the other night and I
> saw 2 plastic-looking things in front of the podium.  They seemed
> to be off at angles to the speaker rather than directly in front
> of him/her.
> 
> Does anyone know for sure what those are??  My first guess was a
> heads-up display kind-of thing....either that or a spit shield :-)
> 

Those are prompters which display the text for the speakers to read. Several
camera angles last night during Bush's speech clearly showed them in use.

Dave Libershal      ddml@visual1.jhuapl.edu
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From: dogar@rtsg.mot.com (Haroon H. Dogar)
Subject: Re: Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:54:44 GMT


ac220@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Szabo) writes:
 
...


Anyone remember the exact words to the SNL parody?

-hd


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From: joan@med.unc.edu (Joan Shields)
Subject: need address for A&E
Originator: joan@ocean
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:25:29 GMT

Could someone please post or e-mail me A&E's address - I think it's in
New York somewhere.

Thanks

Joan


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From: jogle@nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim))
Subject: Re: **Stuff You thought you forgot**
Reply-To: jogle@nrao.edu
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 06:49:05 GMT

In article 8840@sunova.ssc.gov, kevin@andorra.Berkeley.EDU (Rick O'leary) writes:

>2. 8th man :
>	One of us says it was a real cartoon, all rest say he's
>	brain dead.

There was a cartoon called "Tobor the 8th Man" (it will even be available on 
video this fall) so I guess he's only half brain dead.

---
Kansas Jim (Jim Ogle, TORG guru)
jogle@aoc.nrao.edu (NRAO-VLBA, Socorro New Mexico)
"I'd be apathetic if I cared."


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From: esther@rayssd.ssd.ray.com (Esther A. Paris)
Subject: RD -- things to watch for in the next season
Organization: Raytheon Equipment Division, Marlboro, MA
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 12:10:36 GMT

Reposted from the Bitnet Deaf-L mailing list with permission from the author...
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From SIUCVMB.BITNET!DEAF-L@uunet.UU.NET Wed Aug 19 15:56:36 1992
Message-Id: <9208191516.AA25175@relay1.UU.NET>
Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 08:12:20 -0700
Reply-To: DEAF LIST <DEAF-L@SIUCVMB.BITNET>
From: Jim Carnahan <ehs@SFSUVAX1.SFSU.EDU>
Subject:      Esther Paris' Question about "Reasonable Doubts"

Hello Everyone!

Recently Esther Paris recently inquired about "Reasonable Doubts" and
whether or not there will be a display of different types of technology
in upcoming shows.

I recently attended a presentation by the man (sorry...can't remember his
name...) who plays Marlee Matlin's court interpreter (blond haired guy).
He spoke in San Francisco several months ago to a group of deaf and hearing
people about the show "Reasonable Doubts".

One of the things he explained is how he and Marlee have to explain everything
--like need for TTY, flashing lights, etc. to the script writers of the show.
He said that they have meetings where they encourage the writers to
use these to show people how the deaf use them.

He did say that they are always encouraging the writers to show new technology.
One of the ideas the writers have still not yet used is a mistake by the
court interpreter.  Those of you who watch the show will note that the
interpreter has never had to ask anyone to repeat or to explain that a
mistake was made during the interpretation process.  So watch for things
like this to happen because they do want to be realistic.

Also the man told us the biggest problem is timing.  The scenes have to be
filmed VERY FAST!  There is no time for a re-do of many scenes.  This has
--I mean -- lack of time -- has been a reason for the writers to not include
more events and not include the use of other technologies.

Jim Carnahan
San Francisco State University
ehs@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu
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And I used to just be jealous that the interpreter never had to ask for
clarification or repeats... I just thought he was the world's best 
interpreter to be able to keep up with her and all the voices around her
flawlessly 100% of the time!  I'm looking forward to the new season!  Anyone
else have any ideas for other things to show?
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If I expand my mind any further, I think it just might pop!
Esther Paris, Raytheon EDL, Marlborough, MA esther@demand.ed.ray.com
From: jdieter@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jill M Dieterle)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Kimba
Date: 12 Aug 92 18:02:45 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University


Can anyone out there remember all of the character's names?  There was Kimba
the lion, his girlfriend Kitty... and who else?  I remember a baboon and a
parrot, but I don't remember their names.
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From: gck@hector.uucp (24641-kemmerling)
Subject: Re: Is Brooklyn Bridge cancelled?
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 12:33:44 GMT

> 
> Hi!  Please email me if you know whether Brooklyn Bridge has been
> cancelled, and if it hasn't been cancelled, when I can watch it.
> Even if it has been cancelled, you'd think they would still show
> us reruns, wouldn't you?  If you know of any, please let me know.
> 
> I don't read this group, so email is best.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Debbie
> 
> -- 
> Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend...
>    Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.  (Groucho Marx)

Well I don't know how to email so I'll take my chances that you 
*will* read this.

It is my understanding that, along with Homefront, they decided 
not to cancel BB.  I do not know when the season premier will be
on tho.


Gayle 'wish I was back in Illinois' Kemmerling
Bellcore
Morristown, N.J.
(201) 829-3950
Xref: sparky rec.arts.tv:16325 rec.arts.movies:24709
From: ab4n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anish Bharat Bhimani)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: What do you call YOUR remote?
Date: 14 Aug 92 02:10:00 GMT
Organization: Masters student, Information Networking Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Personally, when I was an undergrad, we took to calling our remote the
"thingamahoocher". I really don't remember how it started, but the name
always seemed to be  accompanied by a zapping /clicking/
channel-changing motion of the right hand.
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From: colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (marc.colten)
Subject: Re: It's your move
Summary: What about Eli?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:23:11 GMT


Stuff about It's Your Move deleted.


I thought this was also a very funny show.  No one, however, has
mentioned "Eli", the friend who's idols were Colonel Sanders
and "... the woman on TV who yells 'ABUNDANZA!' ".  He was the
one who lost the money in the "Dregs of Humanity" episode.

Right behind the Dregs episodes in funniness were:

The Substitute teacher, where he gets the neighbor transfered to
a teaching job at "Hang 'em High" (he comes home with ninja stars
embedded in his briefcase) and they hire a little old lady to
pretend to be a teacher.  She proceeds to extort money from them:
"You'd like an 'A' wouldn't you?  Well I'd like a TV - 'A' TV, get
it?  'A' TV, 'F' no TV."

The war of the notes - where they spend the entire show convincing
themselves that the very real notes from female admirers are tricks
played by the other guy - leaving their girl friends sitting on
a park bench at night saying "I hate men."


marc colten

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From: acadams@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Arthur C. Adams)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.censorship
Subject: Re: Damned in the USA Trial
Date: 13 Aug 92 10:08:59 GMT
Organization: The Great Beyond

In article <BswG77.2oo@world.std.com> dmb@world.std.com (Deborah M Brown) writes:
>This morning's USA Today (8/12) reports that a federal judge in Aberdeen, 
>Mississippi begins hearing testimony Tuesday in a case that will decide 
>whether the documentary 'Damned in the USA' can be shown in the USA.
>
>Anti-pornography crusader Donald Wildmon, who was interviered for the 
>69 minute documentary, is suing the filmmakers, claiming they agreed not
>to show the film here.  Paul Yule, the film's producer and director says no 
>such deal was struck.
>
>Does anyone know WHY Wildmon is so hot to keep this off the US 
>airwaves?  
>
>

From what I understand, Wildmon was interviewed for the film. The filmmakers
agreed, as a "payment" for the interview, that Wildmon would be able to 
approve the film for release in the U.S. (or maybe that it wouldn't
be shown at all here). Apparently, it shows the anti-porn crowd 
in a bad light, so Wildmon wants it kept out.

Much as I hate Wildmon, if there was such an agreement, he's got a
winning case, and the filmmakers were idiots to make the deal.

But, a question for all you legal scholar-types out there: let's say
the filmmakers sold the American rights to the film to PBS, for
instance (they seem the most likely to show it). Would PBS
be bound by the original deal?
-- 
The world is not analog. The world is digital,
with an incredible number of bits.
Arthur C. Adams (not the comic-book artist)                        <fnord>
E-Mail acadams@afterlife.ncsc.mil
From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Blossom in Boston
Date: 18 Aug 1992 06:14:15 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: gandalf.think.com

In article <HROSE.92Aug17184013@rocza.eff.org> hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes:
>Well, I was looking through the TV Guide the other night, and noticed
>that WBZ TV 4 in Boston showed the Blossom season premiere at 3am on
>Sunday morning!!! I would not think that this is "prime viewing time".

That's when they've been showing "Blossom" for at least the past year.  They
were also doing this to "The Powers That Be".

>Can't the networks force their affiliates to show the shows during prime
>time? 

Nope.  They can't even force them to show them at all (up to a point).  For
instance, WCVB has been preempting whatever ABC distributes Fridays at
9:30PM for Cosby reruns for several years, and they usually don't show them
any other time.  They don't care what they're preempting -- whenever ABC
rearranged their Friday schedule, whatever moved into that slot (even
highly-rated shows like "Perfect Strangers") lost to Cosby.

>       And why would WBZ show this at this time? 

Because they think "A Different World" reruns will do better on Monday
nights than "Blossom", and they don't have a better place to move it to.  I
have to admit, ADW seems like it should fit pretty well after "Fresh
Prince"; I doubt that "Blossom" shares much of the same audience.

>						  (Channel 10 in Rhode
>Island showed it at the correct time, but since I get cable, I only get
>Channel 4). 

Should that be "I don't get cable"?  I do get cable, and it doesn't help
(Continental doesn't bring in any remote network affiliates).
-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

barmar@think.com          {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar