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From: s_goetz@irau29.ira.uka.de (Oliver Goetz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: ST:NG:Sky
Date: 14 Dec 1992 18:37:51 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In article <2553@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>, dl1@ukc.ac.uk (Duncan Langford) writes:
|> I tape the 5:00 showing of St:ng on Sky, basically 'cos I can't wait
|> to watch it... but could some kindly soul tell me if the first showing
|> really IS edited? If so, I'll have to record the later one and move
|> a day out of phase... it can't be, can it? 

The first showing is sometimes edited. I know of two episodes:
- The one where Q tries to corrupt Riker with power (I forgot the title):
  Wesley is slaughtered by a creature. The close-up of the bayonet
  coming out of Wesleys chest was cut out.
- "Conspiracy":
  A lot of special fx were cut out (for example when Picard and
  Riker fire at Remmick and when his head explodes).
|> 
|> Anyone else noticed the classic Sky 'slipping videotape' problem with
|> every other episode? And while I'm writing - what happened last night,
|> when doctor #2 was inexplicably replaced by doctor #1? Is this an
|> out-of-sequence first series episode, or does Crusher (great name for
|> a doctor!) return?
|> 
|> - duncan

What's a 'slipping videotape'?

Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski) was only the ship's doctor during the
second season.

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  (s_goetz@ira.uka.de)          |                     - Monty Python
From: colint@spider.co.uk (Colin Tinto)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Have I got News For You
Date: 17 Dec 92 12:28:30 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv.uk
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK

In article <BzD3AK.589@newcastle.ac.uk> w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk writes:
>
> Has anyone else found that the satire on Hvae I Got News For You seems
>to become sharper or more biting in the last 2 or 3 weeks.
>
>And any overseas readers might be interested to know that Paul Merton
>just won the commedy personality of the year award, and Angus Deaton
>came second (I think).

And the program itself won the Best Comedy award, I think.
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From: reidkb@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Kenneth B Reid)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Events that wouldnt happen in a real women's prison.
Date: 17 Dec 92 11:05:11 GMT
Organization: Computing Sci, Glasgow Univ, Scotland

>(2) Judy escapes from prison and begins working as a hooker to even an old score    Before going in to work on her first day, she says that she is very nervous     as she is a virgin. 8 months or so later her daughter appears on the program    -me. Glaring plot flaw?

I should clarify- her 20 something year old daughter.


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From: st923288@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: hello
Reply-To: st923288@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:16:53 GMT

Hi! Since I don't have a lot of time to check my newsgroups because of 
finals, I wanted to give my EMail address to those of you who are interested
in Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served?, Whose Line Is It 
Anyway?, Reggie Perrin, and Dr.Who. I'd love to hear from you!
love,
erika lindsay
ST923288@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
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From: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews)
Subject: Re: Sports Personality (was Re: Bite Back---as patronising as ever!)
Organization: University of Sussex
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:03:28 GMT

Innocent hootenanny brides Neilski (nrp@csug3.cs.reading.ac.uk) wrote:
: 4: Nigel Mansell has no personality, so how can he win sports personality
:    of the year award?

Easy: the sympathy vote. Wins F1 at last; gets shat on by his employers;
thanks his adoring public and retires. A winning formula if ever I saw one.

Why did the BBC have Riddick Bowe dishing out the awards? He quite
obviously hadn't heard of any of the award winners before and he's not
exactly the stuff of sporting legend as yet.

My favourite one was when Daley Thompson won it a few years back. "Cor", he
said as he began his speech, "I'm so nervous I feel like shit!" Blushes all
round...

-- 
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From: lskinner@emr1.emr.ca (Lauren Skinner)
Subject: Re: Rowan Atkinson & Lenny Henry in "Bernard & the Genie" on A&E Su
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:31:29 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.142059.11900@pixel.kodak.com> dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones) writes:
>Terran Boylan (boylan@pi.eai.iastate.edu) wrote:
>> Does anybody know if _Bernard and the Genie_ is going to be shown again?
>Knowing A&E, I'd say it's a racing certainty.  ...

On Christmas Eve at 2:00 PM Eastern.  Enjoy.
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Curse BBC Scotland!!!!
Date: 16 Dec 92 18:45:27 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: rec
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <BzB2Go.Mr3@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> climiepd@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Delbert ( Peter Climie )) writes:
<marks@castle.ed.ac.uk (Mark Steyn) writes:
<
<>Not only do we in Scotland have to suffer the indignity of have Quantum
<>Leap replaced by some euro documentery, but then they screen it on BBC 1 
<>at quarter to midnight without telling me!  Damn them all!!!  Gripe, winge
<>etc.
<
<Bastards, aren't they. I phoned up moanin' last week about this. I only 
<noticed about 11.30 last night it was on. BBC Scotland are crap, I agree.

Gee, in 20 years they haven't changed their ways.

BBC Scotland was like that when I was there is '71 and '72.  I had written
a few letters to them, but obviously the years haven't made them wise up.
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From: kat@bacchus.esa.oz.au (Kathryn Andersen)
Subject: Re: UFO On Video?!?
Organization: none
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1992 02:48:52 GMT

In <1992Dec4.205632.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au> musjjh@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes:

>so are there more episodes/volumes available in England? Is there a good
>mail order esablishment from which I can get other episode
I find that Engale Marketing is very good for UK videos
(e.g. I bought my copies of Star Cops and Sapphire & Steel from them)
They take credit cards (including Visa) which makes it *much* easier
when buying from overseas, since you don't have to mess about with
Bank cheques for Sterling.
The address is:
Engale Marketing
332 Lytham Road
Blackpool
Lancashire FY4 1DW
England

Kathryn Andersen
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From: ql-archive@CISCO.COM ("Mark D Baushke")
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: QL: ziggy.3com.com:/ql-archive moves to ziggy.cisco.com:/ql-archive
Date: 14 Dec 92 22:09:25 GMT
Organization: cisco Systems Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA

Hi folks,

The authoritative /ql-archive now lives at cisco.

The ziggy.3com.com:/ql-archive is now a mirror (files there will be no
more than 24 hours older than at the authoritative site), but the
primary repository for the ql-archive now lives on ziggy.cisco.com
(aka ftp.cisco.com aka cisco.com).

In fact, ziggy.3com.com has been a mirror for almost a month to make
sure things were working properly.

E-mail regarding problems should be directed to ql-archive@cisco.com
(e-mail to ql-archive@ziggy.3com.com will still reach me, but you
should only really report problems with the 3com archive to that
address).

I wish to take this opportuntity to publicly thank the folks at 3com
who allowed the ql-archive diskspace to remain on a 3com machine even
after I left the company. I don't know how long the 3com mirror of the
ql-archive will remain, but I appreciate all their help in making this
a smooth transition.

	-- Mark
	ql-archive@cisco.com
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From: ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin)
Subject: Doctor Who - The Daemons  Ratings?
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: rec.arts.tv.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:54:34 GMT

By my reckoning, the repeats of THe Daemons on BBC2 should have just 
finished and I am curious to know what kind of ratings it's been netting.
Anyone know?

Steven.K.Manfred

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From: dave@yoyodyne.demon.co.uk (David Bisping)
Subject: Re: Aiwa MG350 VCR review (basically. avoid it) 
Distribution: world
Organization: none in Particular
Reply-To: dave@yoyodyne.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:23:22 +0000

In article <BzD46q.FJo@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk> rkl@csc.liv.ac.uk writes:

>Review of the Aiwa HV-MG350 VCR (400 pounds retail price)
[alot deleted]
>If someone else has an Aiwa MG350 VCR and *has* managed to get a stable,
>colour NTSC tape conversion of a PAL tape using this VCR and another PAL VCR
>hooked together, then PLEASE let me know how you did it (I think it's
>impossible, probably even when using two of the Aiwa VCRs !).
>E-mail rkl@csc.liv.ac.uk with the secret if you've got it :-)
>
The way I understand this is the Aiwa will do the actual standard conversion
from PAL->NTSC but cannot record the result. Therefore u would either need a
real NTSC vcr or a Multistandard VCR pluged into the output of the Awia which
would do the actual recording. Damm Silly.

Dave...
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From: etllnfr@eddie.ericsson.se (Lyndon Fletcher)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: New series of The Tomorrow People
Date: 14 Dec 92 13:16:40 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Cellular Division

In article <1ghcg4INN9dg@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> sad@deakin.OZ.AU (Scott Macdonald) writes:
>
>Hi guys.
>
>I was just wondering if anyone in the UK was watching the new series of
>The Tomorrow People and if they had any opinions on its quality/content
>etc.
>
>thanks for any info
>
>Scott Macdonald

Well..............

IMHO it's not a patch on the original series. The acting isn't as good and
the characters seem more wooden and contrived. The old TP's tended to attempt
to think out their problems in advance and come up with a reasonable plan.
Concidering their inability to use violence this always struck me as a
realistic approach. Even the younger TP's where quiet and sensible, afraid
of showing their powers in public and risking discovery.

By contrast the new TP's are kids. I don't mean REAL kids, I mean that nasty
contrived version of kids seen in films like "Home Alone". The world also
is definately a kiddy world.

For example  <SPOILER ALERT>

One of the TP's is found asleep on a bus by a security guard. After a chase the
TP ends up on the roof of a bus. The guard proceeds to drive the bus at
breakneck speed through London in order to shake him off!!!!!!

I shudder to think of the laws he broke doing that! In the old series
the guy would have called the police and either the TP would have been
forced to Jaunt clear or end up in a police station.

The unreality of the situation would not be obvious to the obviously kiddy
audience that this show is now aimed at. I predict that it will go
one series (5 episodes) before it's cancelled because it's not as good
as even the worst episodes of the original show.

Fletch




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From: api053@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Garion)
Subject: Re: Cell Block H
Organization: Coventry University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 10:26:52 GMT

In article <9212141603.AA00512@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu> EEC@PORTIA.UMDS.LON.AC.UK (Steve P eec@portia.umds.lon.ac.uk) writes:
>> From: api053@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Garion)
>> Subject: Re: Cell Block H
>> 
>> When I came to the Central region I saw all but the very last episode of
>> P:CBH - due to the ending of term.  And in the penultimate episode, the
>> encyclopedias were still going strong.....  The announcers on Anglia TV
>> often made the encyclopedias the subject of their jokes, when giving the
>> "story so far".
>
>These two Anglia presenters were Paul Lavers and Phil Fothergill.  They used
>to have a hilarious 5 minute piss-take session before every show.  This included
>impersonations of members of the cast and very wry pokes at the show.
>However, when Anglia decided to ditch its own night-time service and join
>with the London one, they also ditched Messrs Lavers and Fothergill.
>Completely silly move...why didn't they just put them on Thames instead!
>
>Lavers also did a documentary about the show, if I remember rightly.
>Probably only screened in the Anglia region.
>

Every detail is correct, except I didn't realize that is was London who took 
over.  They were absolutely hilarious, and we still had Paul Lavers on the
Anglia news after that, with his bit called WoW "What's on Where?", no prizes
for guessing what that was about.  Haven't seen Phil Fothergill since then.
Too right about the documentary, and I reckon it was only shown in the Anglia
region.  Bring back Phil and Paul!!!!

-+* Steve *+-

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From: climiepd@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Delbert ( Peter Climie ))
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Curse BBC Scotland!!!!
Date: 15 Dec 92 14:48:23 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.

marks@castle.ed.ac.uk (Mark Steyn) writes:

>Not only do we in Scotland have to suffer the indignity of have Quantum
>Leap replaced by some euro documentery, but then they screen it on BBC 1 
>at quarter to midnight without telling me!  Damn them all!!!  Gripe, winge
>etc.

Bastards, aren't they. I phoned up moanin' last week about this. I only 
noticed about 11.30 last night it was on. BBC Scotland are crap, I agree.
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From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
Date: 16 Dec 1992 19:20:30 GMT
Organization: Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

In article <rtamer.724521745@epistat> rtamer@med.miami.edu (Robert Tamer)
writes:
>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.

This behavior is normal and expected. You never see a restaurant employee
saying "Hey! You forgot to pay your bill!"

David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard
From: abw@crsa.bu.edu (Al Wesolowsky)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Cheers/Frazier
Date: 14 Dec 92 23:41:09 GMT
Organization: Boston University

In article <1g5edqINNgt8@agate.berkeley.edu> sally@remarque.berkeley.edu (S. A. Wilson) writes:
>What about when Andy Andy dropped by, wired with dynamite, asking for
>Diane. One of the gang told him she left years ago, and he just left.
>The various Andy Andy episodes were some of my favorite. Especially
>the Othello one.

The Othello ep had one of the all-time funniest exchanges on "Cheers."
Andy is undergoing therapy via drama actouts (or some such) and he and
Diane are performing a scene from "Othello" in the bar, with the other
patrons watching. The dialogue is the usual Shakespeare, "Whan thou
willest afrontly, mayhap and sirrah!" "'Twerllet, by Our Lady, clutchest
my noble heart..." and Andy really gets into the spirit and begins
throttling Diane, who screams: "THIS MADMAN IS CHOKING ME!!!"
Coach: "That's the first line of Shakespeare I've ever understood."

                           ---Al

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From: travgod@next09wor.wam.umd.edu (Travis R. Whiting)
Subject: Re: SNL Review/12-12-92
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:05:18 GMT

In article <1gin0dINNotk@hp-col.col.hp.com> cab@col.hp.com (Chris Best)  
writes:
> And didn't he say something like, "Well, now I'm
> shitting on myself"?   I'll have to play it back 
> (taped it for my wife), but it sure surprised me!

When my roommates & I heard it, it sounded like "shutting"...
and I haven't the damnedest idea of what that means.
I would have loved it if he did get away with saying "shitting", though.
From: tbromley@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Thomas Bromley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Stars and show name request
Date: 16 Dec 92 13:13:03 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:

> What was the name and stars of the (now gone) show where a woman was a  
> man's housekeeper and she was not a US Citizen (about to be deported).   
> The man's wife died unexpectedly and when the Immigration people came  
> to take her away, the man married her?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> -- Jeff (jeffo@uiuc.edu)
> -- NeXTmail welcome

Sounds like an ABC sitcom of a few years back called I Married Dora, 
starring Daniel Hugh Kelly (of Hardcastle & McCormick fame) and Elizabeth 
Pena (from La Bamba).  One of the local critics called it the first tv 
series based on a felony.  (Not the last, apparently, as last season's 
Billy proved.)

Tom
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From: staggers@writer.cup.hp.com (Ken Staggers)
Subject: Re: Who Will Be King of Night? Re: Whither FK? / David Letterman, Vampire Hunter
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:09:37 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard
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John Langbein (langbein@pilot.njin.net) wrote:

: This makes me think? Who will be the next King of Late Night TV?

: Ability		| Arsenio	| Leno		| Letterman
: ----------------------------------------------------------------
: Funny Standup   | Sometimes     | sometimes     | Not Always

Did I miss something?  Did Arsenio finally hire some comedy writers?
If so, should I try to catch his monologue now?  It was pretty pathetic
the last time I watched.

--Ken
From: rosser@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Brad Rosser)
Subject: Re: Obscure Cartoons
Summary: Catanooga Cats?
Reply-To: rosser@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Brad Rosser)
Organization: Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 06:24:53 GMT

In article <1gmeokINNf5u@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ba903@cleveland.Freenet.Edu 
(Charles P. Hobbs) writes:
>
>I remember a few cartoons which I havent seen in a long time:
> 
> ...
>
>d. A Cat and Mouse cartoon (no, not Tom and Jerry) involving
>   a mouse who rode around on a motorcycle, and a cat who chased
>   him with various cars he invented. (Late 60's-Early 70's)
> 
>Anyone remember these?

I think I do ... Motor Mouse and Auto Cat?  The cat used to come up with
weird and wonderful vehicles to catch Motor Mouse (but never did).  I quite
enjoyed it as a child ...

My memory could easily be wrong here, but I think MM and AC used to be a
regular part of a half-hour cartoon show - the "Catanooga Cats" (probably
wrong spelling, I failed to notice it as a kid).  Another trio of
characters was a cute lamb, protective sheep dog and the wolf (the Baddie).
The sheep used to cry "It's the wool-ulf!" (much like Tweetie Pie is
remembered for "I tink I saw a puddy cat!").

I think the Catanooga Cats themselves were a group of hippy musicians ...
I can even hear the music ...

	"We're Catanooga Cats,
	We don't meow;
	We're so <cool?>,
	We don't know how!"

(I think).

Shucks, I'll be humming the tune all weekend now; isn't this network
wonderful?

Brad
rosser@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au
From: bp979@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark D. Rabinowitz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Network series going syndicated
Date: 16 Dec 1992 14:16:58 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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  If they're gonna do it for Rescue 911, they better do it for 
Life Goes On. No way can Kellie Martin and Co. be denied immor-
tality while William False-Hair-Teeth-and-Ass Shatner gets it
twice. Let Kellie-Bellie be 16 forever!!!
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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Subject: Re: Picket Fences
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:31:48 GMT

Let me add myself to the list.  This is the only new show this year (uh,
with the exception of BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES (*blush*)) that I have
taken to watching (along with THE SIMPSONS and NORTHERN EXPOSURE).  It is
just the damnedest thing.  Sort of like a cross between the non-dark humor
of TWIN PEAKS and THE WALTONS.  Just enough edge to get the heartwarming
bits by my cynical nature.

*Shrug*.  What can I say, it works; the supporting characters (particularly
Wambaugh for the Defense, the judge and the coroner) are a kick-and-a-half,
and Kathy Baker and Tom Skeritt are a pleasure to watch, apart or together
(particularly the latter.)

The judge's Halloween costume was a scream, BTW.

                           "The best argument against democracy is a five
                            minute talk with the average voter."

                                           -- Winston Churchill
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