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Subject: Commercial: Folger's Coffee 
Distribution: world
Organization: QLA - Quantum Leap Anonymous
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 09:42:00 +0000


In article <ld660eINN91o@news.bbn.com> ahsiung@labs-n.bbn.com 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.)

That commercial sounds like Nestle's Gold Blend to me. 

Is this the same ad or is it something totally different? I dont remember
the actors name but the girl is Sharon Maughan (sp?) aka Mrs Trevor Eve.
                                                       
There's a book been commissioned in the UK to give us the answer to all
these questions, I believe. 
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From: kruger@plains.NoDak.edu (Donovan Kruger)
Subject: Re: "Police Squad" - Americans with no sense of humour ?
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:16:51 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

i6finn@aud2.aud.auc.dk writes:
>Naked Gun and Naked Gun 2 1/2 are two of my favourite movies.
>Right now Police Squad is on Danish TV and they are even better.
>Questions:
>  1) They only broadcast 6 episodes. There are no more - the
>     series stopped due to lack of interest in the US !!!!!
>     Is that true ? (now you understand the subject-line)

Well, here is the explanation taken from _Total Television_:
	One reason for the show's cancellation, according to ABC
	programming executive Tony Thomopolous, was that the program
	required "too much attention" from the viewer, presumably, he was
	referring to the aboundance of sight gags in the series, such as
	the recouring one in which the title of the epsiode as announced by
	the narrator was different from that shown on the screen.

>  2) What year was Police Squad made ? Do they make fun of
>     a particular tv-show ?

It was first broadcast in March, 1982 and then it was re-aired again in
September, 1991, but to no avail, low ratings :-(.

I think they make fun of the police anthology, _Police Story_.  But one
never knows with the Zucker brothers!

>I am sorry if I offended someone with the subject-line.

You should be! :-)  I actually found it to be very hilarious as well!  I
even went to buy the videos (there are two of them, each containing 3
episodes).

>Please E-mail and thanks in advance ......

Oh, what the heck...

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From: dowzycki@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Ken Dowzycki)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: HIGHLANDER in Chicago?
Date: 8 Oct 92 19:59:10 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.



Does anyone know what time, channel and day that Highlander
airs in Chicago.  I told a friend about it from the station list 
that was posted, but he said Star Trek aired on that channel at
that time last Saturday.

Thanks in advance.

Ken.
From: eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: The Novel
Date: 7 Oct 1992 12:38:27 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse)
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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.  It just doesn't draw on every single little
part of it.  Why should it?  It's in an entirely differnt medium.
My favorite parts take place back at the Project and the interaction
we get to see between the people who work there.  Sam's leap is just
a typical leap, but back at PQL, that's where the interesting stuff
takes place.

My recommendation is give it a try and draw your own conclusions.


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From: patstew@oz.plymouth.edu (Pat Steward)
Subject: Re: QL news Oct. 8
Reply-To: patstew@oz.plymouth.edu (Pat Steward)
Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, N.H.
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 13:11:14 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.201726.7091@trl.oz.au> wallace@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Glenn Wallace) writes:
>sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith) writes:
>
>>1. As to the new version of the theme song, I regret to report that we
>>are stuck with it.  *sigh*   Hit those mute buttons, gang.
>
>I wonder what the reason for changing/keeping it is? DB isn't at all
>interested in the hostile reaction to it? BTW Did Mike Post do this
>awful hacked version? (I'd find it hard to believe... but then)

I hadn't heard the new theme until this weekend, when I finally
watched the episodes I'd taped for the last couple of weeks.  My take
on it is that they're trying to convey a more "adventursome" tone,
to increase the audience.  If it helps, I'm all for it!  I didn't find
it that obnoxious.
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From: srh3@Ra.MsState.Edu (Steven R. Hollis)
Subject: Re: Batman: Voice of Alfred, Ephrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Organization: Mississippi State University
     Ephrem Zimbalist Jr. is the father of Stephanie Zimbalist of
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 03:37:08 GMT


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From: edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: It isn't folgers...
Date: 7 Oct 1992 15:11:27 -0400
Organization: The Ohio State University, Dept. of Math.
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* I'm pretty convinced that the man in her apartment is her brother

Was there a long version of this commercial, as well as the
short version?  Three of the previous installments had two versions.
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From: lita@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Melisa A. Tanger-Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: About "Three's Company, Too!"
Date: 13 Oct 92 21:07:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: galileo.1992Oct13.210738.6403
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1992Oct13.162324.16435@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson) writes:

>The closest that I know of is "Hearts Afire" (a perfectly dreadful show, BTW)
>This, coming from a long time 3's Company fan, and long time Night Court
>admirer.  Anyway, as near as I can tell, they (? & Georgie Ann) are
>having a very hard time consumating their relationship...
>I gave up watching it after the 10/5 episode; it was that bad.

>(?) I can't seem to remember John Ritter's character's name...

His character is "John Hartman"

And suppossedly they consumated their relationship last night (10/12) in
the back seat of a car.  At least this is what I get out of the scene.
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From: 6042230@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: Designing Women: new season comments
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 15:07:28 GMT

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
Organization: H&SS Academic Advisory Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Date: Thu,  8 Oct 1992 09:18:11 -0400
From: "Carol A. Buckner" <cb30+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Designing Women: new season comments
	<1992Oct6.074034.21970@wixer.cactus.org>

On 06-Oct-92 in Re: Designing Women: new se..
user Jennifer Mery@wixer.cact writes:
>I don't know if it has anything to do with Judith Ivey being on the
>show, but I like the new season a whole lot more than last season.
>STUFF DELETED
>I guess it's a couple of things that make the show better... Miss OPD
>being gone, and the fact that they seem to be DESIGNING women so far,
>instead of whining women or tirading women, or whatever they were up to
>last season.

I agree with all of the above.  Judith Ivey is very good at delivering
funny lines.  I'm glad that the whining and tirading is done with--also
that "Miss OPD" is gone.  This season of Designing Women looks
promising--more like the first season of the show.  I know this is true
because I actually laughed at this seasons episodes, which is something
I hadn't done during last seasons DW half hour.


Carol Buckner
Carnegie Mellon University

Trivia is so unimportant, but if we had none what would we talk about?

<<Could some one fill me in on who Miss OPD is?
<< Thanks
<<Donna
From: streeter@cs.unca.edu (Tom Streeter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Cable Re-Regulation
Date: 7 Oct 92 20:17:05 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville

In article <1aut0lINNelf@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin) writes:
>
>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?
>

More like six months for the rules, but the court challenges will take
ages.  A lot will depend on who's in office. I do *not* want to turn this
in to a partisan thing, but I think it's fair to say that a Bush White
House will be a little less enthusiastic about implementing rules than a
Clinton White House (though the FCC certainly has to be responsive to
Congress as well).  

>Have any cable executives jumped out of skyscraper windows yet
>in despair over this event? :-)
>-- 

Nah, they've just called their lawyers.  And why shouldn't they?  We're
paying the bill.....

Anyone heard of a TV station asking for retransmission consent yet?



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From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: The Novel
Date: 7 Oct 92 19:33:16 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1aulo3INN8ja@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse) writes:

(For those of you who just tuned in, I despise the book and Beth likes it)

>My recommendation is give it a try and draw your own conclusions.

I did give it a try. I posted my conclusions, you posted yours. And
I still say it's poorly written and the prologue and epilogue were
particularly awful to the point of actually nauseating me.

(flame on)
BTW, just because it's authorized by Universal doesn't mean it's good,
or has to stick to the format, or that the QL staff had any input
about it at all. Merchandising is *completely* separate from the
creative side of things, more's the pity. Remember the bad novels that
came out a few years ago in the UK? Don didn't even know about them
for *months* afterwards, when a fan told him. Universal had just sold
the rights without even the courtesy of telling him. And he didn't get
any of the money off those either.
(flame off)

Sally
I love many of the employees of Universal -- but I hate the corporation!
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"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"
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From: ed@cwis.unomaha.edu (Ed Stastny)
Subject: Re: Three cheers for Sinead!!!
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 06:52:07 GMT

golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:

>Ms. O'Connor has the right of free expression, and she has chosen to
>stand with the hate mongers of the world...so be it. 

Yet another way to "write her off".  She expressed an opinion about an
institution and a dogma....and you call it hatemongering.  So anytime
anyone opposes anything...it's hatemongering?
 
If you choose to joing the hatemongering against Ms.O'Connor, so be it.
 
...e

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From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson)
Subject: Re: About "Three's Company, Too!"
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 13:39:25 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.061330.19617@leland.Stanford.EDU> firestar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lipton Ann Meredith) writes:

>
>
>Well, dear, the name of the show was Three's a Crowd -- just for the record.
>
>What happened:  Janet got married, and I dunno what happened to Terri (y?), but
>then Jack met Vicki.  Jack wanted to marry Vicky, but Vicky, remembering the
>horrible fights her parents had, didn't want to marry Jack, so they decided
>to just live together, and I'm not sure why, but they started living in an
>apartment owned by her father.  Her father didn't approve of Jack, and he
>really didn't approve of Jack because he wanted the kids to be married.

Thank you, dear.  However, I believe there may well have been more than
one descendant of the original 3's Co.  Seems like I remember that from
its original run.  But the show that I watch most nights at midnight on
WFLD (Fox 32 in Chicago) is definitely "3's Co., Too!".

Also, you didn't answer the big question: "Are they doing it?"
(And if so, are they doing it safely?)

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From: jswartz@mbunix.mitre.org (Swartz)
Subject: Re: SNL - Oct 3, Latest on Sinead reaction
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 13:31:00 GMT

In article <Bvq0An.ME2@me.utoronto.ca> steinman@me.utoronto.ca (David Steinman) writes:
>walkerjo@cgsvax.claremont.edu writes:
>
>>In article <1992Oct6.133648.12370@oakhill.sps.mot.com>, millerm@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Mikemoe) writes:
>
>>Maybe she's just trying to out-controversy Madonna...
>
>Maybe she's just a stupid person trying to look intelligent


I find it mildly amusing that S(k)in(h)ead wouldn't appear on SNL with
Andrew Dice Clay because of how "offensive" she found him, and now she
may be banned from SNL for being offensive herself.

If Sam Kinison were still alive, what would his next video look like?


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what I mean. What'll people say?  Well, mister can't you see?  
It don't mean spit to me."           G. Simmons 
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From: kimi@newsance.att.com (Kimiye Tipton;ball of confusion)
Subject: Re: "Jap" (Was Re: NX Premiere "Northwest Passages")
Organization: AT&T IMS, Maitland, FL
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:28:54 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.002719.2717@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> kbowers@esrc1.uucp (Ken Bowers) writes:
>In article <7TRM7#4#9@linac.fnal.gov> lewis@linac.fnal.gov (June Cummins Lewis) writes:
>>>On Maurice saying "jap":  Yes, it's racist.  Yes, it's offensive.  Yes,
...
>>>jerk.  Sorry, Kimiye.

>>Sorry to keep this flame burning, folks, but I feel someone should
>>step in and defend Kimiye, and I nominate myself.  I think it's a

Just for the record, folks, it's okay to stop talking about this one.
I'm sending a letter to CBS to find out what policy, if any, they
have on certain "inflammatory" words, and I've given up trying to 
convince anyone who bothered to write me that "Jap" is not just an
abbreviation equivalent to "Aussie" or "Brit".  For your amusement,
just head on over to rec.autos, or rec.arts.anime, or soc.culture.
asian.american, or soc.culture.japan, and use the word as innocently
as you can.  And be sure to pack your asbestos underwear.

>Is it that he says these things, or that they seem not to bother
>anyone?  An important question about stereotyping is whether it is
>an issue in the show (Maurice's views on homosexuality certainly
>are) or it seems to be so embedded and unquestion that the show is
>reenforcing stereotypes (the treatment of Native Americans as
>mystical and cryptic seems to me to fall in this category, at least
>some of the time).  

Yes, Ken, that's exactly what I meant.  Most folks wrote to tell me
that it was just Maurice, that he didn't mean it maliciously, and
that it wasn't racist, anyway.  I agree with all but the last
statement.  I also think that it is only the acting skills (or
maybe just human dignity) of Elaine Miles and (ouch, forgot his
name) Dave the Cook that saves some pretty stereotypical writing
for both of their characters.

And one more thing.  I took a close look at my mini-cassette recorder, 
which looks very much like Maurice's, and it is "Made in Malaysia".  
So Maurice was probably even more off-base with his comment than I 
originally thought.  

I use my recorder to save wear and tear on my VCR when I transcribe 
NX quotes.  Works great...


Kimiye Tipton  kimi@kokomo.att.com or kimi@newsance.att.com  Maitland, FL
"Now, I'm going to unzip your pants and pull them down around your
  hips--try not to get turned on."

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From: zerobeat@intacc.uucp (Ferenc Szabo)
Subject: Re: SNL: October 3, Really Bad.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 05:08:47 GMT
Organization: Inter/Access' Matrix BBS

In article <BvL8Fr.JHA@nic.umass.edu> EDIAS@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (EMILIANO A DIAS) writes:
>In <1992Oct4.044927.10855@afterlife.ncsc.mil> acadams@afterlife.ncsc.mil writes:
>
>> Is it just me, or was the October 3 Saturday Night Live 
>> really, really boring?
>> 
>> I mean, there was not one entertaining sketch in the entire 1 1/2 hours.
>
Hmmm.  Me and the 5 people who saw the Oct 3 show thought it was
quite excellent for the most part.  We agreed that Tim Robbin's
opening monologue ranks among THE best SNL ever.

Perhaps us Canadians secretly loved his attack on Big American
Corporations.  The show seemed to dwell on attacking things
that were very specifically American (Bob Roberts sketch, Big
Greedy Corrupt Corporations, Idiotic Media(Ben Franklin sketch),
Evangelism)

Ok, perhaps not 100% only American.  We've got some pretty
greedy corporations here too.  Wait a minute.......don't they
originate from **********?

The show had more thinking humor (satire) than most shows.  The
Ben Franklin Sketch wasn't hahahahahah funny but really made
an excellent point about the stupidity of the media.

I want to tell you all that not only is MacDonalds responsible
for the bad health of millions of people worldwide, but it is 
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From: wells@cdsmn.mn.org (Rich Wells)
Subject: Re: This Old House (again)
Organization: Dicomed, Inc
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:42:59 GMT

Harv R Laser (Harv@cup.portal.com) wrote:
: Steve Thomas, the new host, only joined the show what, a year ago
: or so, replacing Bob Vila who was the host for many years.

Actually, Steve has been with the show for some time now; at least
2 years.  Consider the number of projects he's been on: (1) the
3-story Boston low-income building, (2) the New Orleans "shotgun",
(3) the barn, and (4) the London flat.  I think they only do two
houses per year, so I'm sure he's been with TOH at least 2 years,
and possibly more (there may be some projects which I cannot
think of off the top of my head).

: I have no idea if Thomas and Abrams are friends off the set or not,
: but at times I get the feeling that Norm just puts up with 
: Steve as though he really doesn't have much choice.

I can't help but think of Tim and Al ("Everybody loves Al") on
Tool Time (on the sitcom Home Improvement).
-- 

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From: zaphod@ctrg.rri.uwo.ca (Lance R. Bailey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: murphy brown nannies and secretaries
Date: 13 Oct 92 14:37:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: julian.1992Oct13.143726.17750
Reply-To: zaphod@ctrg.rri.uwo.ca
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Western Ontario

for those of us counting, the ex-UN employee was secretary number 52. The 
nanny who wanted to borrow Murphy's coat was number 5.

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From: firestar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lipton Ann Meredith)
Subject: Re: DW: Scott Bakula
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 16:24:27 GMT


Yes, he was her ex in a guest appearance on Designing Women.  I only caught the
tail end of the episode, but he looked very nice.

Firestar
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