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From: harvey@cafws1.eng.uci.edu (Harvey Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: GTX: Brief review of GOING TO EXTREMES
Keywords: GOING TO EXTREMES
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:47:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.2AA7A139.5137
Distribution: na
Organization: University of California, Irvine

>Technical question:  the burned out 2nd-year doctor asked to bring an EKG to
>the clinic, to help diagnose the potential diabetic.  Excuse me if I'm wrong,
>but my understanding is that any cardiac dysfunction would at most me a
>secondary effect of diabetes, and a glucose-tolerance test would be much more
>appropriate for diagnosis.  Is this right?
>
> Gwyn Fireman                        phone:     (301) 794-1560            


I have that exact same question.  It really puzzled me when he asked for
EKG equipment for diabetes diagnosis.  Any doctors out there?

Harvey
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From: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Subject: Re: Michelle Pfieffer
Reply-To: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 02:09:06 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.154655.6133@citib.com> ken@citib.com (Ken Nodini) writes:
>
>Does anyone remember a TV show with Michelle Pfieffer called "B.A.D. Cats."
>This was the first time I saw Michelle, and my reaction was "WOW!"
>I remember it was a cop show, and only lasted a few episodes. But
>I knew that we would see Michelle again sometime. I also remember
>that the opening credits featured her in a bikini!
>I think this show was on in 1979 or 1980.

I believe she was in _Fantasy Island_, as a nymph.  Her first speaking
role cosinsted of one line: "Ooh, what's _his_ name?"  Clearly, her
lines have improved.

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From: clark@netcom.com (Sue Clark)
Subject: Re: Comedy Central's Weekly SNL Marathons
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 03:59:30 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

langbein@pilot.njin.net (John Langbein) writes:

>There is only one thing wrong with the SNL marathons IMHO....

>THERE ARE NO EPISODES FROM THE FIRST FIVE GLORUS SEASONS!!!!!

>BRING BACK CHEVY, GILDA, JOHN, DAN, BILL, LARRAINE, JANE, and
>GARRETT!!!!!

>As good as SNL gets in recent years, NOTHING WILL EVER BEAT the cast
>from t late 70's... EVER!

>                                        John

Agreed.  And to make it worse, they seem to show mostly the Ebersol
produced shows (most definitely the worst) and only a small number of
those.  Every time I turn on Comedy Central I'm seeing the same host.  I
hope they push Wayne's World more -- at least they show a little better
cast with those shows.

Sue
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From: kbos@carina.unm.edu (Kurt Bose "of Biscayzee")
Subject: Re: Covington Cross--A Review
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 21:26:04 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Aug27.120323.4765@cbfsb.cb.att.com> colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (marc.colten) writes:
>
>The real question is, what kind of show is this supposed to be?  
>The middle ages were a very serious time.  If this is supposed
>to be "drama", then you've got to have a certain amount of reality.
>To me Drama = reality (even if it is an unreal reality, such as space
>or made up history).  In Comedy, you can break down the 4th wall
>and talk to the audience.  Very tough in drama.  It's been done
>like in Equus, but more often there is a trumped up reason for
>the narrative (in 40's movies they were talking to cops or recording
>confessions or something).  In comedy you can have guys licking their
>hands and using them as suction cups to cross walls, you can't suddenly
>do that in drama.  So what is this show - drama, comedy, spoof,
>parody?
>
Soap Opera.  In all the previews I've read, I've never heard it described any
other way.  Of course, one would hope that this means arcing plots, rather than
being neat and tidy.    I would expect that this first episode is not part of
"regular" continuity in this case, acting as a vehicle to introduce the setting.

Ione Skye.  Why settle for talent? :)


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From: dranney@mls-9.informix (David Ranney)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: GOING TO EXTREMES
Date: 3 Sep 92 00:38:33 GMT
Reply-To: dranney@mls-9.informix
Organization: Informix Software

In article 182fpgINNdlj@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu, ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin) writes:
>
>Well, I watched it... Certainly has the flavor of a tropical Northern
>Exposure, except the characters don't seem to have as wide a range of
>quirkiness as in NX. The impassioned and frustrated student doctor
>was pretty much a stereotype, and the snappish dialog between
>the new female medical student and him sounded like something I've
>heard dozens of times...

I gotta agree here.  The second the new female student showed up at the clinic I
said to myself, "Ah, there's the obligatory prolonged love interest."  

I found the show to be overwhelmingly run of the mill.  None of the native island
characters was interesting at all.  The only hope is the guy who met the student at
the airport and got his wallet back.  They'll have to develop him to make it work,
though.

I also wondered when all these people got time to study.  They keep telling us what a
grind medical school is and how it will wash people out, but I really don't see it.
All I see is people on a beach with a book on their laps.  I thought that the old
"Paper Chase" series did a much better job of portraying the grind of a professional
school.  Watching that show I always felt the burden of huge amounts of reading and
research which needs to be done.

>Was the full-backal-nudity shot of the lady doctor radiology instructor
>a first for a network prime-time series, or have I just been leading too 
>sheltered a life, and such shots are common nowadays? :-)

I've never seen it on network TV before.  The closest was the scenes of the freshly
captured slaves in the ROOTS series, but that was a special one-time TV event.

That reminds me of another beef.  I thought the teacher/seductress bit was completely
lame.  We have absolutely no motivation or reason behind her seduction of her students.
What's the deal with taking their pictures?  What is her personal life like that makes
her come on to students this way?  I think she's just a weak excuse to throw in an
adolescent student/teacher sex fantasy.  The writers should drop this and pretend it
never happened.

>-- 
>Will Martin
 



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Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 1992 09:31:14 -0400 
From: "Carol A. Buckner" <cb30+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Emmies = Bad TV? / Dennis Miller Q's
	<1992Sep1.180612.10362@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>

>>  STUFF DELETED...JUST WIERD: It might look good, but someone tell
Craig T. Nelson that the 
>>Civil War is over.  And what's up with all the tall women presenters joined 
>>together with shorter male dudes.
>> 
Though I agree that this Emmy show was among the worst I've seen, it
wasn't all bad...Candace Bergan and Cicely Tison were among the bright
spots.  Low spots included the In Living Color tired routine, Kirstie's
rap song and that guy who'w going to star in the new show Martin (though
the show's previews look good.)

However, on your statement about tall women/short men...who says that
stereotypical height standards have to be adhered to?  I particularly
enjoyed the exchange between Susan Dey (tall) and Jay Thomas (tall).

On 01-Sep-92 in Re: Emmies = Bad TV? / Denn..
user Jackie Brady@dasher.uucp writes:
 
>All in all, I enjoyed it.  I seem to be in the minority here.

I enjoyed the show too--but I think we are in a minority....

 
Carol Buckner
Carnegie Mellon University 
            
Trivia is so unimportant, but if we had none what would we talk about?
From: jweber@draco.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re:  NEXP: creation of alt.tv.nexp (Northern Exposure)
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:39:39 GMT
Organization: Rutgers University RUCS-Newark

I, for one, would *definitely* vote yes on having a new group devoted
to Northern Exposure.  I guess I'm not familiar enough with the net to
say whether it should be an alt or a rec group, so alt.tv.nexp sounds
good to me.

The other alternative, if someone out there is willing to take on the
administration responsibility (whatever that involves - I really don't
know) is a mailing list.  I subscribe to a mailing list for 
"thirtysomething", and it is great coming in in the morning and having new
mail relating to the show waiting for you.  And as noted in the original post,
it would save having to go through the rec.arts.tv newsgroup to find
NX postings, considering how *large* that group is.

Any other comments out there?

Jodi
(Use jodiweber@attmail.com, not the above address)
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From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Subject: Re: Covington Cross--A Review
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 16:59:28 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1992Aug26.131105.14413@athena.mit.edu> amd@space.mit.edu (Ann M. Davis) writes:

>Accuracy.  Finally, Finally, a tv show had a scene with someone 
>writing with a quill pen that was reasonably accurate.  (The question
>is whether or not a woman would be able to write in the first place.)

Actually, in many cases, women were more literate. They had to keep
the household accounts and stuff, after all. Many men in the period
just knew how to sign their names, since basically their job was
hacking and slashing.

Besides, would YOU tell Eleanor she couldn't do anything?? :-)

>No, it may not be historically accurate, but I'm willing to pretend.

To get some SF angle in here -- how 'bout saying it's alternate history?

Sally

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From: ghost@openage.openage.com (Glenn Host)
Subject: Re: QL on USA Cable
Organization: Open Age, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 02:33:44 GMT

sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith) writes:

>QL begins on USA cable Sunday, September 13 at 8/7 with the 2 hour
>version of the pilot! :-)

>Then, on Monday the 14th, it begins airing at 7/6, Monday-Saturday.

>(Fear not, MacGyver fans, your boy Angus will still be on, at 6/5)

>Sally

Thanks for the good news Sally!
The second best news I heard about Quantom Leap
(the first was it moving to Tuesday at 8 PM - sorry I perfer it then)

If anybody knwos which show will be aired what day could
you post a listing.  My local tv channel guide sucks on cable
episodes listings and my cable company does not produce a cable guide.
-- 

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From: cb30+@andrew.cmu.edu (Carol A. Buckner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: James Garner is dead.
Date: 27 Aug 92 12:27:54 GMT
Organization: H&SS Academic Advisory Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I won't believe it till I hear it on one of the morning news shows--they
like to be the first to make these types of announcements.  If this is a
joke it is a sick one.
 
Carol Buckner
Carnegie Mellon University 
            
Trivia is so unimportant, but if we had none what would we talk about?
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From: gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Life...)
Subject: Re: It's Your Move
Organization: Megadodo Publications, Light City, Ursa Minor Beta
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:56:35 GMT

nittmo@camelot.bradley.edu (Christopher Taylor) writes:

>This post is an answer to the question about the show featuring Jason
>Bateman and the actor who plays Steve Rhodes on Married With Children.
>The name of the show they were on together was "It's Your Move", which 
>also featured Caren Kaye as Bateman's mother and Tricia Cast (now of 
>The Young and the Restless) as his sister.

>I don't know about getting a station to put on old episodes--I don't know
>that it lasted long enough to make it to syndication.  However, I too  
>enjoyed it very much and was sorry to see it go.

USA for awhile showed episodes from this show.  No longer, I fear.
Ended up like Whiz Kids -- show shows kids doing "bad" things casually
and getting away with it, and the show ends up being taken off the air.
Always it seems the shows I like get taken off the air early.  (Seems
that way because I tend not to watch the shows that I don't like, and
don't notice when they get taken off.)

-- gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Life...)

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| |/ /    \ \| |   breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't even 
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From: cummings@milton.u.washington.edu (Michael Cummings)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: MST3K: No more first season episodes
Date: 28 Aug 92 22:09:22 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

In <JEFFT.92Aug28161302@w20-575-50.mit.edu> jefft@athena.mit.edu (Jeff Tang) writes:

>Well, as much as I like MST3K, I must concur with BB that the first season
>was not as funny as the previous ones.  No great loss as long as they're
>showing that later ones, IMO.

	I also find some of the first season eps hard to watch because of
the sort of solarization effect, where the silhouettes of Joel & the 'bots
are sort of a washed-out tan instead of black.

	Don't know why, but that really bugs me.

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From: wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.music.classical,sci.geo.meteorology
Subject: Hertzog brings opera to the Kuwaiti oil fields
Date: 26 Aug 92 19:24:28 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv
Organization: Alpha Science Computer Network, Denver, Co.


Works for me.
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From: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: ACTION ALERT: Far Rights Gay Baits to kill PBS, NPR funding bill
Keywords: Politically Incorrect
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:57:12 GMT
Reply-To: craigb@ot.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Object Technology Products
Originator: jlpicard@woofer.austin.ibm.com


buckmr@RPI.EDU (Ron Buckmire) writes:
...
> 	The ad they placed in the Washington Times on Aug. 16 states as a headline: 
> 
> ----------
> DO YOU WANT 1.1 BILLION OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS SUPPORTING NUDE LESBIAN SEX AND A
> PUSH FOR HOMOSEXUALITY ON PBS?
> 
> 	It goes on to mention the shows: A Portrait of a Marriage,In the Life
> (the upcoming gay variety show), The Lost Language of Cranes,Out,Behind
> Censorship,Out Here,and Anthem.

Ummm, which of these shows features the "nude lesbian sex"?

Craig
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From: jmarlan@titan.nmt.edu (Jon Marlan)
Subject: Re: QL & the Emmys: "We wuz robbed!"
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:28:09 GMT


In article <1855e8INNdl1@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse) writes:
>
>
>Nominated for eight, actually.  Not that I'm picking nits or anything.
>I'll have to agree with you on the rest.  Come to think of it, most
>of the reviewers who picked the Emmeys would agree with you.  I was never
>so depressed in my entire life.  I say the ONE episode of Avonlea that
>Lloyd won the Emmey for and his character was a combination of Doc from
>Back to the Future and what's his name on Taxi.  Absolutely nothing new
>and Scott, who plays a different character every single week, lost.  There
>just ain't no justice.

Then again, the judges had ONLY ONE episode of LLoyd to scrutinize, while
they had a whole season's worth to critique for many of the other nominees.
The judges MUST have been impressed with it.  I personally thought it one
of the best episodes I had seen.
  

Jon

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:38:02 -0400 
From: "Carol A. Buckner" <cb30+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: 2000 Malibu road...

On 27-Aug-92 in 2000 Malibu road...          
user Jaye Mathisen@cs.montana writes:
>Much as I hate to admit it, I actually kind of liked it.  Can't argue
>with the babe factor (well, could live w/o Barrymore).
> 
>Sure, it's a typical late-soap-drama, but kind of innovative...
> 
>Now if they'd just get rid of the fat chick, it'd be more interesting.
> 
>Well, she was real bad in the premiere, but she was better in the second,
>maybe I'll let her live :)...

I liked it the show--surprised me too, but the show is growing on me. 
And I like the "fat chick" character.  Though the writers haven't
settled what they want her to be-- the good overly protective sister and
friend or scheming jealous woman.  I hope they go for the intelligent
character type that-we-love-to hate.  Define her as more of an
enterprising, calculating type rather than a stereotypical overweight,
jealous type.  

Just my 1/4 cent worth (that's all I have--inflation you know;-)
 
Carol Buckner
Carnegie Mellon University 
            
Trivia is so unimportant, but if we had none what would we talk about?
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From: hoahosth@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (ANDREA HOSTH)
Subject: Re: Star Blazers
Organization: Halls of Residence, Monash University 
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:12:57 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.085419.10542@hemlock.cray.com> jeffy@cray.com (Jeff Neau) writes:
>From: jeffy@cray.com (Jeff Neau)
>Can somebody sum up what happened in 'Star Blazers'?  Didn't they have to
>do something to save the earth?

Hum. Earth is attacked by evil alien empire (who bomb the shit out of it 
basically). They're 
defenceless against this attack until a beautiful alien female called 
something like Astra turns up and dies whilst delivering a message from her 
sister Starsia (sp?) who begs for their assistance against the evil alien 
empire (I remember the theme song - they were going off to Iskandar). 
Starsia kindly provides information on how to build intergalactic spaceship 
in message, plus information on neat drive which can be converted into a 
weapon. She also promises to give them something (when they get to 
Iskandar) to help save Earth. An old ship (water-going type) is converted 
into spaceship and off they go for many many episodes, pursued all the time 
by the evil alien empire. They *finally* get there and meet Starsia (who 
strangely enough looks like the lead female crew-member Nova). Then somehow (
its been years since I saw this) it ends up with the evil alien empire's 
planet being blown up (since the evil alien empire's planet and Iskandar are 
practically/probably in the same solar system). I think that we even go so 
far as to have people from Earth's ship *rescuing* members of the evil alien 
empire. Can anyone out there remember better than this?

Ankh
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From: colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (marc.colten)
Subject: Re: Comedy Central's Weekly SNL Marathons
Summary: They were the worst
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 12:20:34 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.001144.21111@informix.com>, dranney@mls-9.informix (David Ranney) writes:
> In article 8297@pilot.njin.net, langbein@pilot.njin.net (John Langbein) writes:
> >There is only one thing wrong with the SNL marathons IMHO....
> >
> >THERE ARE NO EPISODES FROM THE FIRST FIVE GLORUS SEASONS!!!!!
> >
> >As good as SNL gets in recent years, NOTHING WILL EVER BEAT the cast
> >from t late 70's... EVER!
> 
> I beg to differ.  There are, of course, great bits from every season.  Since
> the Not Ready for Prime Time Players were a group for so long, they have a lot of
> great bits.
> 
> In my opinion, the season with Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Martin Short, 
> Harry Shearer, and Chris Hall (I think -- you know, the Sniglets guy) was better
> bit for bit than any other season.
> 
> Only the Albert Brooks pieces could compare to the satire done by this group.
> Who'll ever forget the special on Men's Synchronized Swimming or Lifestyles of the
> Relatives of the Rich and Famous?
> 
> 

I have to say that these episodes were the absolute worst ever!  They
should be dumped somewhere.  Even talents like Billy Crystal and
Eddie Murphy couldn't save the entire decade.  "You know how it is
when you shove a thumbtack in your eye?"  Talk about a waste of
air time.  How about the non-stop hilarity of "I married a monkey" -
I began to under stand Elvis shooting TV sets - must have been watching
these episodes. 

The orginals were very funny - Samurai everything and all the rest.
The current ones are the funniest in years (although I miss Dennis
Miller on the news).  The skits mention (Synchronized Swimming and
Relatives of the .... were painfully boring.  Sniglets was funny,
once, then he began using words that had no connection to the 
topic and made no sense.

Let's have the beginning, and the current ones (Church Lady, Wayne's
World, Mr. Subliminal, Colon Blow, The Sinatra Group) and leave out
the middle.


marc colten
From: saurav@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Saurav Chatterjee)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Season Premieres
Date: 1 Sep 92 20:07:47 GMT
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley

Hi,

Can someone tell me when Murphy Brown, Star Trek:TNG, Cheers and
the Wonder Years will have their season premieres? 

Thanks
Saurav