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From: bob@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Bob Green)
Subject: List of mushes wanted
Reply-To: bob@inmos.co.uk ()
Organization: INMOS Limited, Bristol, UK.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 08:47:01 GMT


I've been following this group for some time now, and I've seen many
references to various mushes. So far, I've only seen instructions on
how to connect to one of them (DragonsFire). How do I connect to the
others ? I would be willing to compile a list and post it regularly.
Please send me whatever information you have on these mushes, where
they are, and how to connect to them.

Thanks

-Bob
| Bob Green          Inmos Ltd, Bristol       bob@inmos.co.uk
|                                         or  bob@inmos.com        
|The opinions above are the rantings of a madman and therefore could
|not possibly reflect Inmos policy.     
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: gsbrande@acs.ucalgary.ca
Subject: I hate my cable company
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 12:19:14 -0600


I get DA shows from two sources--a feed from Boston and a local independent
station. Boston shows the DA, but as of September my local station has been
showing DWD and GT, plus they carry the Sat AM shows DWD, GT, RT, and now TS.

In order to make a fast buck, the cable company scrambles the Boston channel
so I have to rent a descrambler and converter from them to watch the DA.  So
what I've done is run the cable through an A-B box that lets me either run 
the signal through the converter, or run the signal straight into the VCR.
Running it straight to the VCR lets me tape shows on different channels, but
doesn't give me Boston.  Running through the converter gives me Boston, but
then I have to change channels manually through the converter--the VCR can't 
do it.

Last night I set my VCR to tape TTA on channel 5, then switch to 7 and tape
DWD, GT, RT and TS.  But I forgot to switch the A-B box to the proper 
setting and taped 2.5 hours of static!!!  So now I've missed _another_ 
Saturday lineup thanks to my cable company's scrambling policy.

Okay, I feel better now.  Just needed to complain to someone. :-)

What DWD/GT episodes did I miss?  And who was the host on RT?  (If it was
Gadget I am definitely going to scream.)

=====

On a brighter note, my local station is starting to show Gummi Bears on
Saturdays, starting today.  This time I'm triple-checking the VCR!!

=====

Goof Troop:  Seems like everyone agrees that this last week was pretty
ho-hum.  Best scene of the week: Pete considering selling Pistol to the 
circus.


Sean Brandenburg         | Gosalyn:  Keen gear!  I'm modular!
gsbrande@acs.ucalgary.ca |      -- Monsters R Us

Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Re: Launchpad Question
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 00:30:34 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.154852.109@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, klein@frith.egr.msu.edu (Jeffrey Klein) writes:
> I can deal with LP getting dopier and goofier between DuckTales
> and Darkwing Duck, but why did he lose most of his hair?

You think Launchpad got goofier going from DuckTales to Darkwing?
I thought it was just the opposite.  The main difference is he's
supposed to be much older so therefore he's wiser, more clever, more
mature.  He's also much larger, especially through the shoulders.
I didn't notice that he had less hair, just that he never took off
his helmet in DuckTales.  But losing hair is another thing that
happens when one grows older so it's feasible.
-- 
Stephanie da Silva                                    arielle@taronga.com
"Actually, I wouldn't dream of exposing him to secondary smoke." -- Bonkers
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: arielle@NeoSoft.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Re: Launchpad Question
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 05:21:30 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.000659.18751@news.acns.nwu.edu> ssc@nwu.edu (Steven Chung) writes:
> 
> Was there ever a tie-in explained between Launchpad's appearances in the
> two shows?

Closest you get is in Tiff of the Titans when LP introduces Fenton to
Drake and Gos by saying, "We used to work for the same guy a long time ago`."

I heard that the Disney Afternoon people were considering doing a full length
feature film (probably direct-to-video release) that would have been a
DuckTales/Darkwing crossover, but I believe that project has been abandoned.
Too bad.

Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Wrecks, Lies and Videots, Spoilers
Status: RO
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 22:09:15 CDT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL16]

And here I was getting so jaded because I had been seeing one episode
after another that I didn't like.  I thought that was about it wrt
the good stuff.

Then came Wrecks, Lies and Videots.

I loved it!  It was fantastic!  I put it up in my top three or four
(along with Midnight Movie Madness, etc).  

This time, when Pete did the dirty deed, I was expecting it and this
type of thing is in character for him, not the abusive behaviour he's
been displaying as of late.  And then Peg proves to be a wonderful
character and comes to Goofy's rescue!

Then the trick they played on Pete was a scream!  Possibly even
better than the trick the Rangers played on Soo Lin in Song of the
Night 'N Dale.  You could tell they really enjoyed sticking it to
Pete and giving him his just desserts.  This was no innocent Goofy
here -- he knew exactly what he was doing and relished in the part.
Peg was the best, tho.  I was literally rolling on the floor while
she was doing her penniless and destitute bit.  PJ's dying scene
reminded me a bit of Gosalyn's scene in Secret Origins.  And I liked
how when Pistol Packin' Pistol was overdoing her death scene, PJ
grabbed her and pulled her down.  You could almost hear him
muttering, "Enough already!"

I am glad to see that Goofy and Max did get to go on their nice
vacation -- they deserve it.  And what is this?  No comments on
Peg in a bathing suit?  :-)

Great episode.  I go back to my original assertation that while
Goof Troop misses more than it hits, when it does it, it's really,
really good.
-- 
Stephanie da Silva                                    arielle@taronga.com
"I am *not* Tuskernini -- and this is an excellent disguise!" -- Tuskernini

Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: hansb@cs.ruu.nl (Hans Bodlaender)
Subject: Re: disney afternoon shows outside the USA
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 09:57:08 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science

In <5018@othmar.lulea.trab.se> sture@lulea.trab.se (Sture Jonsson) writes:

>superfly@etek.chalmers.se (Palle Zetterstrand) writes:
>: In article <XQFJSGL@taronga.com>, arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
>: |> lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden, x2487) writes:
>: |>  Okay, where are the various DA shows shown outside the USA, and are any of
>: |>  them shown in blocks similar to DA (with a title that is)?
>: 
>:  Here in Sweden the DA show is shown on National television as a program 
>
(some lines deletedi by me)

In the Netherlands, we had last year many Pooh episodes, and Ducktales.
Last weeks, we had pairs of first a Rescue Ranger episode, and then
a Ducktale. Great fun, both for my four year old daughter and for her father.
And, uninterrupted by commercials... The (Dutch) voices of the nephews in
Ducktales are however a little awkward.

			   Hans Bodlaender
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: the Shadowlurker <spc55721@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: WDTA Trivia Quiz [09/28, %0204%]
Organization: Duckburg Times
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 5:25:38 CDT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

Ten more questions to tease your minds for another few weeks.  Just a
reminder about the rules:

1.)  Send all answers to my account <spc55721@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> and not to the
     list.  We wouldn't want everyone to know your amazingly embarrassing
     answers, would we?  :-]

2.)  You may receive full credit for answers resubmitted after I mark them
     incorrect.  Answers for this quiz will be accepted until, oh, let's say
     October 16th. That way I should be able to correct them on Saturday the
     17th and get the results plus a new quiz on Sunday the 18th.


"Good Episodes, Bad Episodes"
1.)  Name the vacationing aliens and their any of their various Earth forms
     in "Dale Beside Himself".
     (1 point per alien, 1 point per form)

2.)  What was the name of the cat in "The Luck Stops Here"?
     (2 points)

"Guest Voices" (5 points each)
3.)  The voice of Weasel in "Vowel Play" co-starred as Squiggy in Laverne
     and Shirley.  Name him.

4.)  Rebecca's ghostly boyfriend in "Her Chance to Dream" was played by the
     vocal actor for Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and a Ducktales'
     sea captain (Bermuda Triangle Tangle), just to name a couple of his fine
     cartoon credits.  Who is he?

"Small Talk"
5.)  What did Gosalyn learn in school as the building blocks of good and evil?
     (5 points)

6.)  Who were the two germs Darkwing befriended in "Getting Antsy"?
     (3 points each name)

"Home Sweet Home"
7.)  For lack of a better question, name the town which "Goof Troop" takes
     place in.
     (3 points)

"Classic Clips" (6 points each)
8.)  Which Wuzzle was the bigger prankster: Moosel, Rhinokey, or Bumblelion?

9.)  What Dunwynian holiday is celebrated in the two Gummi Bears episodes
     "Night of the Gargoyle" and "A Tree Grows in Dunwyn"?

10.) Who tried to ruin Valentine's Day in the Hundred Acre Woods by repress-
     ing all writing, delivering, and reading of Valentine Cards?

[ total possible score = 50 points ]

Good luck!


-- 
the Shadowlurker     "Lucky" Steven P. Calica      <spc55721@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
"I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung / My eager craft though 
 footless halls of air."               - from "High Flight" by John Magee, Jr.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 00:08:57 EDT
From: <RSL103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
Subject: FOWL and SHUSH

     We all know what FOWL means by now, but nobody out there seems to know
what SHUSH stands for.  According to a Darkwing article printed in Disney
Comics just before the series came out, SHUSH is an organization so secret
that nobody knows just WHAT the letters stand for.
From: superfly@etek.chalmers.se (Palle Zetterstrand)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
Subject: Re: disney afternoon shows outside the USA
Date: 29 Sep 92 11:40:31 GMT
Reply-To: superfly@etek.chalmers.se (Palle Zetterstrand)
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SWEDEN

In article <XQFJSGL@taronga.com>, arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
|> lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden, x2487) writes:
|>  Okay, where are the various DA shows shown outside the USA, and are any of
|>  them shown in blocks similar to DA (with a title that is)?
|>  -- 
|>  Larry W. Virden                 UUCP: osu-cis!chemabs!lvirden
|>  Same Mbox: BITNET: lvirden@cas  INET: lvirden@cas.org
|>  Personal: 674 Falls Place,   Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614
|>  America Online: lvirden@aol.com
|>  
|> -- 

 Here in Sweden the DA show is shown on National television as a program 
 called The Disney Club. The setting of the program is a studio with
 three hosts and lots of children (age 8-12). They run an old Disney short
 often from the forties.(That's why I watch it). They also show
 Chip'n'Dale Rescue rangers(right name?) and Talespin. Unfortunately
 the show is geared towards children in the same age as those in the studio
 and the films are overdubbed with swedish voices. I don't find them good
 but maybe it's because of a bad translation and silly swedish voices.
 I also can't accept that Disney corp. have chosen to use the figures in
 the Jungle Book(Right name?) in Talespin. It's a betrayal against Kipling's
 original in which Mowgli wanted to be like the animals. Now the animals
 act in an human environment. However, things may be better if they begin
 to show Darkwing Duck.
					-Palle Zetterstrand
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: wdstarr@athena.mit.edu (William December Starr)
Subject: Re: DWD Question: "FOWL" and "SHUSH"
Organization: Northeastern Law, Class of '93
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 11:25:43 GMT


In article <BSOJ93F@taronga.com>, 
arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) said:

> FOWL stands for the Fiendish Organization for World Larceny.
>
> As far as we can tell, SHUSH doesn't stand for anything.  What does
> THRUSH stand for?

This isn't quite official, since it comes from one of the _Man from
U.N.C.L.E._ books rather than an episode of the tv series itself, but:

  T  Technilogical             (The first word may have been     
  H  Hierarchy for the         "Technical" rather than           
  R  Removal of                "Technilogical"; it's been so long
  U  Undesirables and the      since I read it that I can't even 
  S  Subjugation of            remember which of the twenty-odd  
  H  Humanity                  books this is from, alas.)

Their letterhead must have been fairly impressive...

-- William December Starr <wdstarr@athena.mit.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Re: disney afternoon shows outside the USA
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 01:09:36 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.114031.7210@etek.chalmers.se>, superfly@etek.chalmers.se (Palle Zetterstrand) writes:
> 
>  I also can't accept that Disney corp. have chosen to use the figures in
>  the Jungle Book(Right name?) in Talespin. It's a betrayal against Kipling's
>  original in which Mowgli wanted to be like the animals. 

I thought the same thing initially, but the characters do work.  For
example, Shere Khan is perfect as the ruthless corporate raider.  My
suggestion is to give them a chance.

>  However, things may be better if they begin to show Darkwing Duck.

You should already have it through some cable link-up, or so I've
been told.

-- 
Stephanie da Silva                                    arielle@taronga.com
"Actually, I wouldn't dream of exposing him to secondary smoke." -- Bonkers
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: rrezaian@austral.chi.il.us (Russell Rezaian)
Subject: Great Egg-spectations...
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 16:23:10 CDT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

Animation WD Australia...  A major improvement over the recent Kennedy
mistakes.  I am still not entirely happy with some of the animation
details on this one (classic example of the flesh tone incongruity), but
after several Kennedy episodes in a row I am inclined to be quite
forgiving.

Goof Troop is a very visual show, much of the humour is exclusivly in the
domain of the animation.  As such, Kennedy can really destroy an episode,
and has.  Darkwing episodes seem to survive Kennedy animation without so
much damage, probably because the visual humor in DwD just doesn't play
the central role there that it does in GT.

As for the episode itself, not bad, not stunning, but not offensive.  I
certainly didn't find myself cringing in discomfort as so many other
episodes have prompted.  It was a bit surreal at times, and the story
itself seemed to just race through all sorts of dramatic complications
without really developing any of them.  Oddly enough I was pleased that
they avoided the "exploit the oddity for money" cliche.  Odd, not that I
was pleased, but that they avoided the cliche...

Max wanting a pet and ending up with a Dragon (Anybody get Freddy Milton
flashbacks?) was a not anywhere near as odd as it could have been.  The
flow of the episode, while a bit fast, avoided becoming bogged down in the
sheer improbability of the plot.  Pete and family didn't do much, but what
they did do worked.

Overall, a good episode.  There have been better, but this could have been
so much worse I am inclined to be very charitable.

Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: JSMITH <JSMITH@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
Subject:      TAILSPIN QUESTION
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network
Date:         Fri, 02 Oct 92 14:54:20 CDT

DEAR RANGER-LISTERS:
                    Does anyone out there know the title to the Tailspin
 episode where Becky almost gets executed by the Thembrians. It was one of the
best episodes ever, I think I videotaped it, but I forgot which of my umpteen
  tapes have it.



        sincerely, James Smith---University of North Dakota
From: klein@frith.egr.msu.edu (Jeffrey Klein)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
Subject: Launchpad Question
Date: 27 Sep 92 15:48:52 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University College of Stunt Piloting

I can deal with LP getting dopier and goofier between DuckTales
and Darkwing Duck, but why did he lose most of his hair?

-- 
Jeff Klein             | "Happily, Ral doffs his outer clothing for a
Browsing Boy of the LNH|  refreshing dip in one of the dangerous 
klein@frith.egr.msu.edu|  chemical vats." - Ty Templeton 
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Re: Darkwing, Goof Troop, Raw Toonage, Spoilers
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 00:22:55 GMT

In article <SEOJ9NB@taronga.com>, kiser@taronga.com (Jim Kiser) writes:
> In article <MNNJOJ3@taronga.com> arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
> >Marsupilami.  (they pronounce it wrong, don't they?  Both "i"s should
> >be pronounced the same -- line long "e"s).
> 
> The point being is that names do not necessarily follow the same rules 
> as every thing else.  Whatever they say IS right.  

Except Disney didn't create the Marsupilami and from what I can tell,
are pronouncing it differently than how the originators pronounce it.
-- 
Stephanie da Silva                                    arielle@taronga.com
"Actually, I wouldn't dream of exposing him to secondary smoke." -- Bonkers
Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Next Saturday's Darkwing *Spoilers*
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 21:43:32 CDT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL16]


STAR CROSSED CIRCUITS:  SHUSH send Darkwing a new D-2000 supercomputer, able
to do anything from flying the Thunderquack, to programming his VCR.  Although
DW is in heaven, Launchpad feels threatened by the computer which seems to
fight crime *and* bake a cake better than he can.  Gosalyn's not too thrilled
having the D-2000 around either, since it reports to Drake every time she plays
an innocent game of hockey in the living room.  Honker suggests reprogramming
her so she wouldn't be so efficient.  However, when her wires get crossed with
a soap opera on the TV, the D-2000 becomes a love sick puppy...for Darkwing.
When her affection becomes smothering, DW tries to pull her plug.  Acting like
a woman scorned, the computer turns every computer liked file and device
against him.  DW is not only on the run from the Thunderquack and the Rat-
catcher - he's got the IRS chasing him!

-- 
Stephanie da Silva                                    arielle@taronga.com
"I am *not* Tuskernini -- and this is an excellent disguise!" -- Tuskernini

Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: gsbrande@acs.ucalgary.ca (Geoffrey Sean Brandenburg)
Subject: Re: Launchpad Question
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 01:46:03 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <kDLVRB3w164w@kretin.infoserv.com> agent99@kretin.infoserv.com (Wendy Lee) writes:
>
>But it always seemed obvious to me that Darkwing Duck took place a few
>years after DuckTales, cuz LP acts much more mature.  Like he's gotten a
>little older, and a little (for LP) wiser.  Plus when you throw in the
>possibility that Duckberg and St Canard are on opposite sides of the
>continent...
>
Oh, I agree completely.  I thought it was obvious that DWD happened 
after DT too.  But there was still discussion to the contrary.

>I'm wondering what there was in TotT that clearly places DW after DT...
>Hmmm.  You mean the line where LP introduces Fenton by saying "Fenton and
>I used to work for the same guy?"  Yeah, that makes sense.

That's what I meant.




-- 
Sean Brandenburg         | Gosalyn:  Keen gear!  I'm modular!
gsbrande@acs.ucalgary.ca |      -- Monsters R Us

Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: darkwing@infopls.chi.il.us (Allen Lee)
Subject: Poem from GT episode "Puppy Love"
Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 23:24:37 CDT


        Someone requested the poem cited by Rose in GT episode Puppy
Love.  Well, here it is and please notify me of any error that may occur
when I tried to capture this from the TV (God, I wish my family had kept
the closed captioning device).

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                The Real Me

                                  By Rose (not sure about her last name)

I am like a flower,
Hidden beneath a shady path,
Waiting for someone to bring my world to light,
Waiting for someone who will see that
Behind my shy and quiet eyes,
I am a rose,
Waiting to bloom.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Well, here it is and enjoy!

+----------------------------------------------------+
| Allen Lee    Internet: darkwing@infopls.chi.il.us  |
|              RelayNet: Route to ->MIDAS            |
+----------------------------------------------------+

--
darkwing@infopls.chi.il.us (Allen Lee)
Infoplus BBS, +1 708 537 0247, v32bis. Home of Infoplus.

Newsgroups: alt.fan.disney.afternoon
From: sje@xylos.ma30.bull.com (Steven J. Edwards)
Subject: _Raw Toonage_ 1992.09.26
Reply-To: sje@xylos.ma30.bull.com
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 10:32:39 EDT
Return-Path: <sje@xylos.ma30.bull.com>
Received-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 10:32:04 EDT

The selection of ol' Karnage as the guest host of _Raw Toonage_ #2 was
a great idea.  Not only was he done so true to his character, but the
surprise appearance of Cap'n Hook held the status quo as far as making
Karnage the loser at the end of the episode as is his usual fate.
Certainly a substantial improvement over Prof. Drake.  However, I was
unable to differentiate between Cummings' Undead Pirate voice and his
Monterey Jack voice.  As I've said before, I think he's getting used a
bit too much.

I guess that the guest hosts will probably not be repeated as the
writers have so many from which to choose.  Part of the show's appeal
will be from the anticipation of which character will be picked.  With
two males so far, I'll bet that the next host will be female.
Possibly Rebecca Cunningham, although that would be two in a row from
the same show.  I can't imagine Gadget's public speaking style as
being anything other than totally confusing (if done in character).

The Bonkers short was much less interesting than that of the previous
episode's "Spatula Party".  I'm afraid that the title, "Sheerluck
Holmes", was the only good part of the piece.  Although I knew that
Bonkers is intended to be a bobcat (recall my naming abbreviation
discussion from months ago), he just doesn't look the part.  He
appears to me to be much more like a hyena, but I doubt that much of
the target audience would make the connection.

Something must have gone wrong with my VCR during the TTV segment as
it appeared that the machine had recorded a short from some _Tiny
Toons Adventures_ show, one of several of their TV parodies.  At least
we got to hear MacNeille again.

The Marsupilami piece was a bit too heavy on action and too light on
plot for the 11:30 AM Saturday timeslot.  I think that sticking with
Marsupilami as a regular is not going to help this show at all.

 [The above opinions expressed are my own; not necessarily held by others.]
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