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From: dmb@world.std.com (Deborah M Brown)
Subject: Re: Banned in USA is now UNbanned in USA
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 22:12:17 GMT

In article <CINDY.92Sep12205454@solan10.solan.unit.no> cindy@solan10.solan.unit.no (Cynthia Kandolf) writes:
>Deborah M. Brown writes:
>>This morning's USA Today reports that a federa judge in Mississippi
>>has ruled that the anti-cehsorship documentary may be shown in
>>the United States, despite the objections of Donald Wildmon.
[overly brief description of this Wildmon character]

>I've seen the documentary.  The gentleman in question stated his views
>very plainly.  If i were him i'd want to keep it out of the US too!
>He makes no bones about the fact that his organization doesn't want
>people to have the choice to accept their values or not.  

His every action proves that I'm afraid.  Every time this guy excretes 
another newsletter, we Americans come 'this much' closer to losing
all rights to choose what we see, think or hear.

>At any rate, the documentary was interesting, but the footage chosen
>is disappointingly tame ;-)

Tamer than what actually gets on the air in the US?  That WOULD be a 
disappointment.  :-)  I'll be happy with just sticking it to this power 
hungry little toad.


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From: fgn@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (frank.g.neves)
Subject: Re: MDA telethons...
Summary: They're right, after all...
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 10:45:18 GMT

In article <18lhcmINNb99@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin) writes:
> 
> I saw a brief mention about "protests" during the MDA telethon, but
> no details were given. Anybody have more info on this? Who protested
> what and why?
> -- 

I read a couple of blurbs related to this.  It seems that a large number of
people who suffer from muscular dystrophy-type diseases are adults.  

These older people resent the fact that Jerry Lewis concentrates all of his
appeals for money through his "kids".  They don't feel that they are being
properly represented.  If I've read the blurbs correctly, that's basically
what it's all about.

If I'm wrong, I apologize to anyone out there with MS who may fall into that
category.  If I'm correct in my interpretation, I have to agree with them.

Frank


   **An unwashed peach is full of fuzz; for beauty is as beuty does.**
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From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: NBC Fall Premiere Dates (some)
Date: 6 Sep 92 23:55:52 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <3988@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>In article <p1ln7bd.sallylb@netcom.com> sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith) writes:
><Well, having braved the voice mail system of NBC-Burbank this morning,
><I have here some premiere dates. I didn't write down all of them, and

[dates omitted]

>You must have missed the posting I did of the complete NBC premiere schedule,
>right after it was printed in Broadcasting Magazine.  It would have saved you
>a few bucks.

Nope, I saw that posting. However, if you'll cross-check the listings,
you'll find that at least 2 of the dates * I got straight from NBC on
Thursday differ from the one that was printed in Broadcasting some
weeks ago. In other words, THEY'RE CHANGING THINGS and the useful life
of any schedule information is getting shorter and shorter. The rumor
I heard is that they're STILL shuffling dates around, and whether the
presidential debates happen or not will affect things further, on all
the networks.

I made this phone call and this posting in an attempt to get my fellow
rat readers the most up-to-date info. Any network schedule that's more
than about a month old is totally suspect by now, the way they've
all been shuffling things.

I recommend religious reading of TV Guide, followed by watching network
promo ads the night before the show you're interested in.

Sally

* To wit: the QL premiere date was moved up 2 weeks, and the Reasonable
Doubts premiere went from Sep. 22 to TO BE ANNOUNCED


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I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be mine!
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From: rgty_mrw@waikato.ac.nz (Mark Willcock)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Around the World in 80 Days II ?
Date: 8 Sep 92 10:14:08 +1200
Organization: Admin Systems - Registry

Hi, 

I have heard there is to be a "sequel" to the excellent 'Around the World in 80
Days' with Micheal Palin.  In fact I am sure they were filming it ealy this year

Does anyone have any info ?

Many Thanks.
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University of Waikato                  |take a horse to the water, but you can't
Hamilton, New Zealand.                 |make it play Santa Claus."
"Disclaimer ? What'd I say ?"          |                        - Bertie Wooster
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From: rnmg1200@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (A Lady and her Walrus)
Subject: Re: speaking of bruce lee...
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 04:57:29 GMT

In article <BuAGy9.AtI@cs.dal.ca> graham@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael Graham) writes:
>how did bruce lee die?
>and when?

He had a violent allergic reaction to some kind of headache
medicine.  Happened just before the U.S. release of Enter the Dragon, as he
was filming The Game of Death (early '70s?).

The Walrus

>mike
From: mike@ncrspks.SparksNV.NCR.COM (Michael Clymer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: NEXP alt group?
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:40:41 GMT
Reply-To: mike@ncrspks.SparksNV.NCR.COM (Root)
Organization: NCR Corporation, FESC 778 Sparks

In article <9209022210.AA26972@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> APUCORLE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU writes:
>
>Well, I for one vote NO! on an alt.tv.nexp group.
>
>My reasons are selfish.... we don't get alt groups here!

	I second that!





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From: steinman@me.utoronto.ca (David Steinman)
Subject: Re: Flintstones theme song
Organization: UofT Mechanical Engineering
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 00:22:12 GMT

smmcafee@mtu.edu (Sean McAfee) writes:

>Speaking of the Flintstones...

>I was leafing through my TV Guide the other day (the first one I've ever
>bought, and probably the last) and I came across an advertisement for a
>chess set with a "Flintstones Meet the Jetsons" motif.  One player uses
>pieces shaped like Flintstones characters, the other, the Jetsons.
>Each piece is forty bucks a pop.

>Now my question is:  Who in the hell would buy a piece of dreck like this?
>Who in God's name would spend $640 (excluding the pawns, which were not shown)
>for this kind of kitsch?  Is there anyone at all?

One Mikey Jackson wanted to shell out >$1 million for the bones of one
Elephant man.  'nuff said.
--
Dave!
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: NBC Fall Premiere Dates (some)
Date: 5 Sep 92 05:08:45 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: na
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <p1ln7bd.sallylb@netcom.com> sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith) writes:
<Well, having braved the voice mail system of NBC-Burbank this morning,
<I have here some premiere dates. I didn't write down all of them, and
<I'm not about to call back at long-distance daytime rates. If any of
<you want to give it a shot, the number is (818) 840-4444, ask 'em
<for the automated info system.
<
<Cheers: Sep. 24
<Different World: Sep. 24
<Empty Nest: Sep. 19
<Fresh Prince: Sep. 14
<I'll Fly Away: Sep. 25
<LA Law: Oct. 22 (late again!)
<Law & Order: Sep. 23
<Nurses: Sep. 19
<Quantum Leap: Sep. 22 (yay!)
<Reasonable Doubts: To Be Announced (boo!)
<Seinfeld: Sep. 16
<Sisters: Sep. 26
<Wings: Sep. 24
<
<Don't ask me for any others, this is all I wrote down.

You must have missed the posting I did of the complete NBC premiere schedule,
right after it was printed in Broadcasting Magazine.  It would have saved you
a few bucks.
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From: edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: The Avenger
Date: 8 Sep 1992 08:47:13 -0400
Organization: The Ohio State University, Dept. of Math.
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In article <9209081149.AA17158@buxton.teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au> cdrivett@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au (CD RIVETT) writes:
> where is Mr Peel??????.

As I recall (and it has been many years) he had gone on an expedition
to the Amazon, and was missing...

Spoiler...








When Diana Rigg wanted to leave the show, Mr. Peel returned from the Amazon,
so they got a new co-star for the next season.



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From: cdrivett@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au (CD RIVETT)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: The Avenger
Date: 9 Sep 92 03:19:45 GMT

Dear netters
            Down here in Oz one of our channels
has just started showing the old avengers show as a late
filler. It is a great show but there is one thing that is
puzzling me. Can any one tell me where is Mr Peel??????.
From: hank@waffle.sns.com (hankdtank)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: GTX -- Bull Durham Revisited?
Date: 7 Sep 92 16:56:04 GMT
Organization: Systems'n'Software, Fremont, CA  94539-6669

schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck) writes:

> Lets compare Susan Sarandon's character in Bull Durham (SS) to
>              Dr Alice Davis in Going to Extremes (Dr)
> 
> SS - Sensual older blonde     Dr - Sensual Older Blonde
> SS - Picks a ball player      Dr - Picks a med student
>      every season to tutor         every year to tutor in sex
>      in sex and baseball           and medicine
> SS - Likes to read poetry     Dr - Likes to read Kipling to
>      to her lovers                 her lovers
> SS - Changes teams every few  Dr - Changes Medical Schools
>      years                         every few years.
> 
> The similarities are amazing don't you think.
> 
> I wonder if Dr Davis's students will have to wear garter belts
> under their surgical greens and learn to breath through their eyes. :)
> 
> If Brand and Falsey have to steal characters from popular movies,
> at least give them credit for stealing one of the most interesting
> female characters ever to grace the screen.


Alex isn't Dr. Davis' lover, yet.  And probably won't be for quite a while.  
I can see the show dragging this thing for a long time, with Alex getting 
more and more frustrated all the time.

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From: jgp@raid.Rational.COM (Jim Pellmann)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Need copy of "Age 7 in America"
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:58:01 GMT
Distribution: na

I'm looking for someone who taped the CBS special "Age 7 in America"
which was on last Friday night (9/4).  I am willing to send a blank
tape if you can copy it, or will dupe it myself and pay postage.

In return I am willing to give a copy of the British documentary
"28 Up", which examines the lives of people at ages 7, 14, 21, and 28,
and was the genesis of the CBS program.

And if anyone has a copy of the PBS program "Age 7 in Russia" which
was on a couple of months ago, I'll make the same deal.

Thanks.

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From: Edward_Lee_Whiteside@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Around the World in 80 Days II (Pole to Pole)
Date: Wed,  9 Sep 92 23:55:18 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Sep7.230300.6202@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>

According to the TV Guide Fall Preview, Michael Palin's "Pole to Pole"
will air on A&E starting in January.  The BBC airing is supposed to be
this fall.
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From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Subject: D-3 and such (was: Re: NBC Fall Premiere Dates (some))
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 21:01:01 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Summary: Mike and Sally geek out again...
Distribution: na
Keywords: MEGO

In article <4030@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>In article <b1rn+hb.sallylb@netcom.com> sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith) writes:

><ignored your explanations during the Olympics -- wanna e-mail me
><copious details of what the heck D-3 is??

Well, right after I posted this, I got my brand-spanky-new video manual
from the ASC. Figures.

It sez:

D1: component
D2: composite
D3: composite (1/2")

>What is a real surprise in Sally's question is the fact that NBC appears to
>be dropping MII as the network feed format.  Interesting, since it wasn't too
>long ago that they purchased $$$$$ worth of MII equipment.  

Well, there is a big article in this month's "American
Cinematographer" (the one with Twin Peaks on the cover) about how all
the networks deliver the programs to us, the home viewer, which is
where I got this info.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion.

Sally

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I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be mine!
"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"

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From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Subject: Re: Covington Cross--A Review
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:23:21 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.022239.13567@cos.com> cooper@cos.com (Gary Cooper) writes:

>...the evidence for a historical Arthur (There are a few decent
>books on the historical Arthur) places him as a Celtic king around the
>5th or 6th Century CE (Common Era = A.D.) in what would become northern
>England or Southern Scotland.

This of course being the King Arthur who

Drew a sword from a stone
Was helped by the wizard Merlin
Is still alive on the isle of Avalon
Began a quest which found the Holy Grail
etc etc

My point being, all the things which make the King Arthur stories fun
are either total fantasy, or closely tied to the chivalry / courtly love
/ crusades / Christian legend elements of the high Middle Ages.  So it
gets rather silly insisting on "historical accuracy" with such a
mishmash of a story.  

Jon Alan Conrad
From: shaun@csc.liv.ac.uk (Shaun Hovers)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: WANTED:Flash TV Episode
Keywords: Flash
Date: 3 Sep 92 14:12:50 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University


 Does anyone out there have a copy of the Flash episode
broadcast by SKY on 21st August. It's title was 
 "Fast Forward" (I think) and was about the Flash travelling
 into the future. 
 I got some of it ( the last 20 mins )and would like to see 
the start so if someone has and could loan me a copy it would 
be greatly appreciated.
  
   Thanks in advance,
                   Shaun


Shaun Hovers
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From: sss@castle.ed.ac.uk (S S Sturrock)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: TOS picture quality on Beeb
Date: 8 Sep 92 12:31:55 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <92252.034132CHUNTER@UMAB.BITNET> CHUNTER@UMAB.BITNET writes:
>In article: <1992Sep4.113906.8071@syma.sussex.ac.uk>,
>andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews) writes:

>> Picture quality not at all bad IMHO. I still have to pinch myself about the
>> acting, props and storylines, but then I'm still hung over from ST:TNG.
>
>Why should the picture quality be bad?  TOS was made on 35mm film and I know
>the the original elements are in good condition as I have many episodes on
>LaserDisc which would show up any flaws.  If anything, I'd expect TNG to have
>poor picture quality because all editing is done on NTSC.  Remember the final
>few years of "Dallas" where the colours were insipid and unnatural?  Lorimar
>edited in NTSC then conveted to PAL before shipping copies to the BBC.  The
>earlier years were edited on film so there were no standards conversion

Unfortunately, the BBC decided that it's original copies of TOS were in
such a bad state that they needed to rebuy them, and this time they got
NTSC versions which are standards converted for transmission and while this
conversion is very good it is still far short of the original film ->
versions.  Also, the change in pitch due to the 24 to 30 fps NTSC
conversions being converted to PAL mean that we now get to hear the sound
as it was meant to be rather than at 25 fps as we are used to.  Bit of a
shock to the system I can tell you.

>problems.  If TNG didn't exhibit poor colour, it's probably because Paramout
>sent NTSC masters to the BBC which then did their own standards conversion
>(the BBC engineering department has much better NTSC->PAL standards converters
>than almost anybody in the US has).  If Sky now has TNG, picture quality may
>suffer since you will now be at the mercy of either their or Paramount's
>NTSC->PAL standards converter which is almost certainly not as good as the
>BBC's.  It will be interesting to see how this develops.

ITV seems to do reasonably well with it's conversions although some are
still particularly yucky.  I wish that material which is available on film
could be directly transfered to PAL when possible, these NTSC conversions
really are a pain in the arse.

Oh, and talking of Sky, their copies of TOS didn't seem too bad so we have
a situation where the quality of Sky is better than the BEEB.  Sad to say
really.


-- 
Shane Sturrock, Biocomputing Research Unit, Darwin Building, Mayfield Road,
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Commonwealth of Independant Kingdoms.  :-)

Civilisation is a Haggis Supper with salt and sauce and a bottle of Irn Bru.
From: support@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: re: prisoner cell block H
Date: 15 Sep 92 12:22:50 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

I am afraid that central went through the whole series of prisoner some time
ago so we dont have it anymore.Instead we have something called "Dangerous
Women" which is awful. Its set in an American womens prisoner. I cant tell
you anymore I saw five mins once and that was bad enough.


Nikki


Too boring for a sig.
From: zlsiimw@mcchpc.mcc.ac.uk (Mark Whidby)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: <None>
Date: 9 Sep 92 08:53:20 GMT
Reply-To: M.Whidby@mcc.ac.uk
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

In article <1992Sep8.114143.8733@vax.oxford.ac.uk>, wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk
writes:
|> For fans of the thinking person's detective:
|> 
|> The final series of Inspector Morse starts next Wednesday, 16th September on
       ^^^^^
|> *Channel 4* (which surprised me) at 8:30.

No, no, no. This is a rerun of one of the earlier series - series 4, I believe,
which was originally screened in January '90. At least if C4 continue this
practice of repeating previous series then Morse will be on our screens for
a few more years even after the final series which should begin in the new
year.
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From: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: prisoner on city-tv
Date: 6 Sep 92 16:51:26 EST
Reply-To: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Attention viewers of Toronto's CITY-TV!:
---------------------------------------

CITY-TV of Toronto will begin to show "The Prisoner" starting
12th Sept., at 10:30pm EST.

This first night will feature _seven_ episodes back to back.
There after,"The Prisoner" can be seen Sunday at mid-night.

Enjoy!

Regards,
Dale Clayton
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From: dj@ispd-newsserver.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Subject: Re: The Thunderbirds
Organization: :noitazinagrO
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 13:45:38 GMT

t9014123@phillip.edu.au wrote:
: 
: Sorry if this is a FAQ, but here goes.  In the TV show 'The Thunderbirds',
: what do they mean when they say "F.A.B."??
: 
: No-one I know seems to know (hey, I'm a poet and don't even know it!)
: 
They were just trying to be trendy.  Rememember, this was the late 60s
and 'fab' was supposed to be part of the language, as in 'Fab Four' (no,
not Lady P's other car, which was probably not a Porsche, but the
Beatles).  So Gerry Anderson decided to use F.A.B. as a sign off in the
same way they used P.W.O.R. in Stingray earlier.  Neither meant
anything, they just sounded official, lending versimilitude to an
otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

You can probably trace the whole thing back to watching Highway Patrol
in the 50s: nobody in the UK had heard CBspeak before Broderick Crawford
appeared with his "10-4" signoff, and a minor obsession with such things
developed.  People were also fairly impressed with wartime movies back
then, and there was much use of "Roger!", meaning "OK!" (this was before 
it came to mean something else).

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From: ljc@otter.hpl.hp.com (Lee Carter)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 11:29:37 GMT
Subject: Re: NEW Legend arising: A Fifth Blackadder series?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk

	If I can quote Ben Elton in a recent interview:
	`I can imagine that on poor old Rowan's (Atkinson) grave
	it'll say something like, "Seriously though, is there going
	to be a Blackadder Five?"'

	I think that you can safely say that there will NOT be a
	fifth series of Blackadder - ever.
	
	Lee.