HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: szgray@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (Grad Student of the Damned)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: "kids in the hall"
Date: 17 Oct 92 02:29:32 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, UC Davis

In article <1992Oct8.134956.8503@wam.umd.edu> paslll@next02wor.wam.umd.edu (Paul  Sabourin) writes:

>This isn't really based on any hard evidence or anything, but is Scott Thompson  
>the only gay member of The Kids in the Hall?  (Please don't flame about  
>prejudice, fascism, or anything...I was just curious)

Well, from what I've read about them, Thompson is the only homosexual member,
but Kevin McDonald (I think that's his name; dark curly hair) is supposed
to be bisexual.

>Favorite skits, anyone?  I am constantly haunted by "The Daves I Know," but my  
>favorite is probably the "He followed me home; his name is Mr. Stevens" skit.

I really like Thompson's character Buddy Cole.  And the Cathy/Kathy skits.
I only got to see the first season shows because I don't have cable anymore.
:-(
Is CBS still showing them late night on Fridays?  Have they toned down
because of this?
 
>Just wasting bandwidth in my spare time,
>
>Paul.
>"Mondays, huh?"

Me, too.  :-)

|--------------------------|
|Keisha J. Gray            |	The Graduate Student's Caveat:
|szgray@hamlet.ucdavis.edu |	When all else fails,
|UCDavis Dept. of Sociology|	read another obscure book.
|Davis, CA 95616           |	Repeat as necessary.
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From: detrolio@andromeda.rutgers.edu (David De Trolio)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Equalizer question: What happened at the end?
Keywords: Equalizer, CBS, Final Season
Date: 10 Oct 92 16:14:18 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

ikos@netcom.com (Ikos) writes:

>Anybody remember this one from a few years back?  This concerned adventures
>of a "Company" man turned P.I. in New York City (with his newspaper ad --
>"Problems?  Call the Equalizer at 555-xxxx").

Wednesday nights on CBS.  It was a great show, being repeated on USA
at midnight.

>My question is what happened to end of the series?  I remember that CBS
>started to phase out this show-- show one episode one week and the next
>week would be filled in with a 2-hour movie.

I think it ran three seasons, anyway the plug was pulled by CBS.
The network had received some complaints about the program concerning
some of the contents of certain episodes, and there seemed to be some
disagreement with the way it projected the image of NYC.  It was also
filmed in NYC, which is expensive.

>I'm just wondering if they ever had a "last" episode.  One that either
>ties up loose ends or makes some sort of statement (a la McGyver).

No.

>I know that the Edward Woodward had a heart attack at the start of the
>last season.

It caused him to slow down, but was not the reason behind the demise
of the program.  I do not remember the name of the featured guest star
that season, but he helped to balance out and add some life to the
program.  It may have been Richard Jordan.


-- 
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     David De Trolio
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(detrolio@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
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Subject: Sinead O'Connor's a whiner
From: peake@uncavx.unca.edu
Date: 9 Oct 92 05:29:03 -0500
Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
Nntp-Posting-User: hotchkiss

O'Conner is just a big whiner. Her agenda seems to be little more than stirring
up shit. She didn't make a case for or against the Pope by tearing up his
picture with cryptic references, i.e. "Fight the real enemy." No one really
knows what her beef with the Catholic Church is, because she has only made
passing references to it. Tearing up J.P.'s picture was just another calculated
prank designed to shock and hurt people, which puts her in the same ranks as
Andrew Dice Clay. It's really amazing how folks with very little talent have to
resort to being hurtful in order to get some attention...

Granted, O'Conner has the right to do and say whatever she wants, but that
doesn't automatically mean she really has anything to say that's worth a
listen.


-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Steve Peake
peake@uncavx.unca.edu
peake@unca.bitnet
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.northern.exp
From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Subject: Re: getting tired of Quantum Leap messages
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 01:25:25 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.214227.18659@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> limsico@cory.Berkeley.EDU (CARL TAN LIMSICO) asks the eternally annoying question:

>Why is there no Quantum Leap newsgroup?  More than half of the messages
-----------------------------------------------------------
For the forty-third time in recent memory:

			Quantum Leap FAQL

Created by: Quantum Buc (buc@world.std.com) and 
	        Debbie Brown (dmb7229@ultb.isc.rit.edu)

Updated by:  Sally "Lucky Bitch" Smith (sallylb@netcom.com)

21.  Why don't all you "Quantum Leapers" get your own newsgroup and leave 
     us alone?

The official vote to create rec.arts.quantum-leap failed on July 25, 1991, 
35 votes short of the 2/3 majority needed to create the new newsgroup.  An 
alt.* group has been ruled out as a great number of r.a.t's Quantum Leapers 
do not have access to alt groups so to create one would not be fair to them.  
Looks as if you're stuck with us for a while longer. :-)

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That answer your question?

Sally
Not flaming, just tired of answering this one!!!

-- 
Sally Smith (510)790-0608  sallylb@netcom.com (I was sally@tardis.tymnet.com)
I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be mine!
"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: Preemption
Date: 10 Oct 92 02:39:18 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1992Oct8.093032.1@cbrown.claremont.edu> dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu writes:
<In article <1992Oct7.193603.16506@u.washington.edu>, il@bambam.u.washington.edu (Il Hwan Oh) writes:
<> eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse) writes:
< 
<>> QL is getting preempted next week.  Damn politicians have decided
<>> to have a debate.  I hate election time.  First we have to deal
<>> with all those stupid commercials, now we have to deal with this.
<>> It's not local, BTW, it's an NBC decision.  They'll be putting
<>> Reasonable Doubts on at 8:30.
< 
<> Hey.  It's Gore and Quayle.  What better entertainment could you
<> ask for?
<
<I can hardly wait:
< "Mr. Gore, could you please spell out your views on the environment?"
< "Mr. Quayle, could you please spell environment?"
<
<(Alright, so it's cheap humor, but I couldn't resist ;-)

You want to see cheap humor, get a copy of the OpenWindows 3.0 game called
hexsweeper.  It is a game that has been written by an individual (sorry forgot
the name) and distributed free.  The game is based on the minesweeper game
that is available with Windows 3.1.

In the properties section, you get to set up how many mines there are on the
playing field.  Well, the easiest mode is called the "Dan Quayle" mode.  It is
a mode where there is a single (yep one) mine.  It is virtually impossible not
to get this mine is one simple click of a mouse button.  It is really funny.
-- 
      harvard\                          spool.cs.wisc.edu!astroatc!vidiot!brown
Vidiot  ucbvax!uwvax..........!astroatc!vidiot!brown
      rutgers/            INTERNET:vidiot!brown%astroatc.UUCP@spool.cs.wisc.edu
                                   brown@wi.extrel.com
From: rb06@gte.com (Ruth Chapman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Forever Knight Query
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:49:21 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: GTE Labs, Inc.

I _love_ this show . . . but baseball is making it difficult to tape.  Is 
anyone keeping an episode list?

My recollection is:

Cherry Blossoms
I Will Repay         (great ep!)
??
Hunters
Dead Issue
Father Figure

Is this correct?  Am I missing anything?  What's the name of the third ep 
this fall?

Also, I missed the first 15-20 minutes of ?? and the last 15-20 minutes of 
Dead Issue.  Can anyone e-mail me a brief description of what happened?  
Otherwise, I have to wait 'til repeats.

Guess I'll have to write CBS about starting the show at the same time 
every night -- at present, I'm setting my vcr for 3 hours after midnight 
and hoping for the best!

Is it just me, or are the Canadian references getting more frequent.  (I 
like them because I know Toronto).


Ruth
rb06@gte.com
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From: kkurth@stein.u.washington.edu (Kent Kurth)
Subject: Info on McHale's Navy
Keywords: McHale titles colorization
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 10:21:38 GMT

A friend of mine is looking for a list of episode titles(or a guide) for 
this show?  

Also..
He watches it on Comedy Central and says that some of the earlier black 'n 
white episodes are now being colorized and was wondering when in the original 
series that they went from b/w to color.

					thanxs,
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
From: simpson@bnr.ca (Scott Simpson)
Subject: Re: Commercial:  Folger's Coffee
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:53:59 GMT

In article <P#+ADVYZC@linac.fnal.gov> lewis@linac.fnal.gov (June Cummins Lewis) writes:
>In article <ld660eINN91o@news.bbn.com> ahsiung@labs-n.bbn.com (Anita Hsiung) writes:
>>That commercial with the British woman and American male neighbour
>>(yes, I know both actors are British)..  Who is the man in her
>>apartment in the latest installment?  Neighbour comes over, the man
>>says polite, ambiguous comments to confuse him about their
>>relationship, then offers him coffee.  WHO IS HE?  And why is he
>>trying to ruin the game??  (Okay, I'm calm now.)
>>	-- Anita --
>Seems to be he must be her brother or some other close relative (i.e.,
>not a potential lover).
>June

My favourite (and telling?) part of this whole thread is that everyone knows
the commercial, but it's being remembered for the wrong product.  That is,
it's Taster's Choice coffee, not Folger's.

Although I'm sure the Folger's people don't mind...

And yes, for the record, my landlady used to mark off the premiere dates
of the commercials on our calendar, and set the VCR accordingly...

Just being annoying,
Me
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--->  In case it's not obvious, BNR and I may or may not share these views. <---
From: rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Profess'nal Agitator)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Quantum Leap -- The Leap Back
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:34:08 GMT
Organization: MAWL - Mudd Alums Without Lives

minor spoiler:


I don't know if this came up last year.  But, why should the handlink leap?

Maybe its constructed entirely with Sam's neurons and mesons.  Bleah.

Agitator
  #->

"A political deadend."                  Bruce Herschensohn for U.S. Senate!!!
    --Gore on the Vice Presidency when    Not the ten-year       //  The REAL
      asked about a Dukakis-Gore ticket   Congress insider      //   outsider
--------------- R E M E M B E R   B E I J I N G ------------\\ //------------
IBM PC - Who wants a politically correct computer?           \X/  Only AMIGA!
========================================== Bring Back the Caltech Cannon!! ==
Roderick Lee, HMC '91      "The Professional Agitator"      agitator@ucsd.edu
From: kca@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (k.c.archie)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: YIJC - Spying in Spain
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:19:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsc.1992Oct15.211909.15567
Organization: AT&T

From article <9210141932.AA2657@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com>, by ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu:
> 
> Re the YIJC aired Oct 12 92: Is it just me, or does anyone else see this
> as Lucas' salute to the Marx Brothers movies?
> 
> Consider especially the scenes of running up and down the
> opera house stairs, both the backstage stairs and getting jammed in
> doorways, and the fancy front-hall stairs.

Yeah, and the bit with the binoculars in the box at the opera house.

> 
> Also, I loved the camera angles in that latter part!
> -- 
> Will Martin
> wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil OR wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil

I also loved the Morse code routine. It was nice to see something
pleasant after the horrors of the last few episodes.

But I have a question as well. The German attache had two soldiers
in uniform that acted as his seconds in the duel. I am pretty
good at remembering voices (rather than faces or names) and
I am pretty sure that one of them played the German commander 
in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Anybody else notice this?
I couldn't see the credits as they flew by and didn't tape it.
**kent
Kent Archie
kca@iwtqg.att.com
From: tj06+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas J. Joyce)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: RD: Who is the actress playing the new cop
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:57:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Administrative Systems, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

The actress that plays the new cop on Reasonable Doubts looks
familar. I missed the credits. Who is she?

Tom
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
From: djs@sadtler.com
Subject: Re: Three cheers for Sinead!!!
Organization: Sadtler Research Laboratories
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:09:30 GMT

In article <rbtz3#m@rpi.edu> mcgead@jacob.its.rpi.edu (Darren McGeary) writes:
>     All I have to say is that anytime someone well known takes the 
>opportunity to get a major league dig at ANY organized religion, I stand
>up and cheer.
>     I've tended to agree with a lot of what Sinead stands for, and this
>just makes me respect all the more.   Way to go, Sinead!
>

    I am interested in learning what ideologies Sinead has.  Any references
  that she, and only she, has made pertaining to issues she stands for should
  be supplied.  I am not interested in reading someones translation of what
  she stands for or someones unsupported claims of her beliefs.  Only factual
  data, with references, should be submitted.

-- 
D. Sears                                          Email:  djs@sadtler.com
post += disclaimer;                   Sadtler Research Labs, Philadelphia 
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From: de@moscom.com (David Esan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: YIJC: Castle prison based on real one
Date: 9 Oct 92 19:06:50 GMT
Organization: Moscom Corp., Pittsford NY

In article <1992Oct8.042812.12022@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> poindexter@scri.fsu.edu writes:
>Since Lucas has been such a stickler for accuracy so far in the series, I
>wonder if he tried to shoot at the real castle, if it is still there and in
>good enough shape.

I second the recommendation of "Escape from Colditz." I think the author's
last name is Reid.

If you remember, one of the prisoners' long term plans for escape was to 
introduce dry rot into the castle roof.  This would give them an opportunity
to escape when the roof was fixed.

I bet the castle is there, but the roof is shot by now.  :-).
>
>Dave Poindexter
>Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
>Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
>poindexter@scri.fsu.edu
>**Its laa-aug! Laa-aug! Its better than bad, its GOOD!**


-- 
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
From: mbroadhu@nyx.cs.du.edu (michael broadhurst)
Subject: war of the worlds episode guide
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix (sponsored by U. of Denver Math/CS dept.)
Disclaimer1: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of
Disclaimer2: Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
Disclaimer3: control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 13:38:14 GMT

Does anybody know where I can get a copy of the episode guide to war of
the worlds?

cheers,
mike.
(mdb@le.ac.uk)

Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
From: tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Trevor Jenkins)
Subject: This Old House (again) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Job hunters use Parachute
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:04:38 +0000


Last week in article <717791923snx@apusapus.demon.co.uk> I wrote

> Oh well, I said:
> 
> > Sometime ago I posted a query about "This Old House". I think that one of
> > the British TV companies (*) is monitoring this newsgroup because ...

> Guess what? Pre-empted by a @#%* soccer match.

We finally got to see "This Old House"! Whilst I was interested in watching
the programme for it content I was constantly drawn to the difference in
production values between the US and the UK. (The series has been edited
for the UK market so some of my observations may be way off-beam.)

The quality of the recording is much lower than we expect here. The image
is slightly out of focus. This is unusual for any programme that has been
bought in from a US production company. With the hegemony of American TV
companies over our channels here means that we are used to seeing very high
quality images despite the differences in our broadcast standards. WGBH (*)
has provided many excellent productions here but this is way below their
usual standards. This is particularly interesting given that this is going
out on prime-time TV; however, the broadcasting company (Thames) recently
lost its broadcasting franchise which might explain their acceptance of
lower (technical) standards.

The interplay between the (US) presenters is very amateurish, especially
given that those guys had been doing the programme for sometime. To borrow
a word from a well-known English Princess it is "Naff". The most
professional one is the English builder; I think that he has appeared on
British TV before---he comes across much better than the US crew.  The
Brit doesn't appear to be scripted but his manner of presentation is very
good. In comparison the US team are repeatnig things parrot fashion and
their occasional off-the-cuff comments fall flat on the sidewalk. 

Given that we have only seen one "episode" there has been no mention of the
tea-break joke that some one pointed out was in the US edition.

However, I will continue to watch the remainder of the series (they are
only showing four in total). I hope that we get to see more---so Charlton
TV if you're reading this go buy more.

(*) According to the introduction WGBH were the producers of the origial
series.

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Trevor Jenkins                                   Radio: G6AJG
134 Frankland Rd, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3AU
email: tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk
phone: +44 (0)923 776436
From: garvey@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Heather Garvey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Al's last name
Date: 9 Oct 1992 21:57:10 GMT
Organization: Smith Undergrad Lab, CWRU, Cleve. OH
NNTP-Posting-Host: marina.scl.cwru.edu
X-Post-Machine: marina.scl.cwru.edu

mmeltzer@wam.umd.edu writes:
>bggreenberg@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Brian Greenberg) writes:
>> Does anyone know Al's last name?
>
>If you are talking about the Al from Quantum Leap, his last name is  
>"Calavicci" (maybe spelled wrong) but his real first name isn't Al.
>Al is just his name with the project.  His real name is Vincent.

	Sure, confuse the poor guy even more! :) 

	Brian, if you are talking about The QL Al, it's Albert Calavicci.

--
	" ...dealing with Free-Net makes me very angry  | Heather "Moose"
and gives me thoughts of breaking things and torturing  | Garvey, Biochem 93'
small animals. "   --  Bruce Ikenaga <bxi@po.cwru.edu>  | <hlg@po.cwru.edu>
From: ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Cable Re-Regulation
Date: 7 Oct 1992 14:42:29 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


OK, we've got it now. So when will we see any changes? Will this take a year or
so for the FCC to write, publish for comment, and finally implement
regulations to enforce the provisions of this legislation?

Have any cable executives jumped out of skyscraper windows yet
in despair over this event? :-)
-- 
Will Martin
wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil OR wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil
From: sll28@cc.usu.edu (Lorna Payne)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: The Novel
Date: 7 Oct 92 09:15:13 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1aulo3INN8ja@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse) writes:
> 
> In a previous article, sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith) says:
> 
>>In article <1992Oct6.162717.23576@ultb.isc.rit.edu> djt2445@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>>>Any comments out there on the book?
>>
>>Yeah, it's badly written to the point of making me want to puke, and
>>ignores all the basic ideas of the whole premise of the show.
>>
>>Other than that it's fine.
>>
> 
> It's not that bad, Sally!  I thought it was well written and doesn't
> ignore the show at all. 
 
> My recommendation is give it a try and draw your own conclusions.


Oooh!  A Sally/Beth flamewar in the making!  Get your front-row seats now!
(just kidding, ladies).


SPOILERS FOLLOW:























I'd have to say that I'm somewhere in the middle on this one.  I liked the
fact that we say more of the "backstage" at PQL, but I didn't really find
it meshed with what the series has told us.  And Sam's leap was only so-so.
If it hadn't been for Ziggy going down, it would have been over in just a
few hours.  "Okay, Al, what has Ziggy got on these people?"  "Well, Sam,
Jesse lost all his money to Aline's uncle, so he resents her, but  McFarland
is a real nut.  He likes to break things."  "What do you mean, 'break 
things?'"  "In 1962, he's caught sabotaging one of those helicopters
they fly people over the Grand Canyon with.  He ends up in a loony bin."
"Okay.  So I just have to call these other people he's worked with and 
convince Aline that McFarland has sabotaged the roller coaster."  End of
story.

The only bits I've found myself going back to reread were the scenes with
Bessa (esp. when Sam is giving pony rides).

Lorna

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               Lorna Payne
               Certified Math Geek and Grammarian
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     The concept is simply staggering.  Pointless, but staggering.
                         -The Doctor (The Pirate Planet)
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From: louise@pravda.cc.gatech.edu (FA) 
Subject: Re: It isn't folgers...; it's Soda Pop
Reply-To: louise@pravda.cc.gatech.edu (Louise Penberthy) 
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology 
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:41:45 GMT

In article <green.47.0@wharton.upenn.edu> green@wharton.upenn.edu (SCOTT GREEN) writes:
>In article <Bvv0Kv.B70@NCoast.ORG> smith@NCoast.ORG (Phil Smith) writes:
>>Parts of Eastern US call it SODA. Eastern PA, NJ, NYC.
>>In northern Ohio it's POP.
>>Down South they call everything "Cokes".
>
>And, up in parts of New England, its Tonic.

While growing up in Seattle, I said "pop."  When I moved to
Chicago, I learned to say "soda."  Now that I live in Atlanta, I
still say "soda."  I haven't heard anyone down here say "Coke"
(in the generic sense), as someone else mentioned, or even
"co-cola."  :-)

When I was in British Columbia, they said "minerals."

Just making longer a thread that's too long already .....  :-)

-- Louise Penberthy

Louise Penberthy                |  "A student came to me with a desire to know
College of Computing/ Georgia   |   the time, and I told her how to make a 
Tech/ Atlanta, GA 30332         |   watch."
louise@pravda.cc.gatech.edu     |        -- Chris, NEXP:Northwest Passages