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From: ztstodd@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Todd Vaarwerk)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: The Thunderbirds explained - to an extent
Date: 2 Sep 92 01:49:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <9208311346.AA07050@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov>, 
            jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov (James G. Acker) writes...
> 
>	Characters:  other than the sons, here's who I remember:
> 
>	The father -- don't remember his name.
>	Brains -- the engineering designer with big horned-rimmed glasses.
>'Nuff said.
>	Lady Penelope -- the aristocratic cousin to the father, sometime
>spy.
>	Cooper -- her chauffeur/sidekick.


         I belive that is "Parker" .. I only remember it because it
         seemed to me that Everytime Lady Penelope spoke to him, she
         ended the sentence with his name ... 

         How about the Episode about the "Zero X" .. Otherwise known
         as _Thunderbirds are GO_ .. Saw it on a TNT "MonsterVision"
         weekend .. 


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From: buckmr@RPI.EDU (Ron Buckmire)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: ACTION ALERT: Far Rights Gay Baits to kill PBS, NPR funding bill
Date: 27 Aug 92 00:13:50 GMT


                      Far right gay baits to kill PBS
	Action Alert!!
	Rev. Wildmon's American Family Association, Tupelo, MS, 38803 
(601-844-5036),
is using lesbigay baiting to end federal funding for the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, which in part funds National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public
Broadcasting System (PBS).
	A bill that would continue federal funding for public TV and radio 
(HR-2977) which was passed by Congress, now sits on Bushs desk.  Bush must 
sign or veto the bill by this Friday, Aug. 28.According to my local NPR station,
KCRW in Santa Monica, CA, if Bush vetoes this bill, it will mean the end of 
public TV and possibly the end of NPR and local public radio stations.
	Bush is being pressured to veto the bill by the Republican Party (they 
passed a plank in their platform against federal funding for CPB) and by the 
American Family Association, which has placed ads in papers and sent a mailing 
to 500,000 of its members urging them to call the White House and tell Bush to
veto HR 2977.
	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.
	In regard to Tongues Untied it states, The pro-homosexual Tongues Untied
was so offensive (It was filled with the gutter four letter term for sexual
intercourse.) that more than 200 PBS stations refused to air it.
	...You could call PBS the Gay Pride Taxpayer Funded Network.  The PBS
homosexual crusade shows PBS's contempt for those of us who are forced to pay
the bill.  PBS and the homosexual activists have their Gay Pride Taxpayer
Funded Network, and the taxpayer gets financially raped by PBS.
	...Tired of your tax dollars being used by PBS to promote homosexuality?
Join with others to make your voice heard.  The ad then provides a form to
fill out and send to the American Family Association to stop PBS from
using...tax dollars to promote homosexuality and the phone and address of the
White House.
-----------
	You can bet that the far right will be calling Bush to urge him to veto 
HR-2977.
	He also must hear from supporters of the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting and those appalled by the evangelical rights use of hate 
mongering to kill public broadcasting.
	Call the White House comment line at 202-456-1111 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. EDT).
Tell them you support HR 2977.  Or you can fax the White House at 202-456-2461.

Kris Langabeer
UCLA

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 psychiatric help." --James Baldwin.
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From: petrocco@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (ron.petrocco)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: ATWT Softball Game
Date: 30 Aug 92 02:25:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbfsb.1992Aug30.022517.15824
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Organization: AT&T

Outrageous!!

It was today, Saturday, August 29, 1992 at the Fort Monmouth
Softball Field in Eatontown, New Jersey.  It was cool and
breezy, thank goodness!!

When it became evident that the bus carrying most of the
celebrities from ATWT and GL was lost or stranded on the
Garden State Parkway, they decided to start the game.  There
were two teams:  As The Softball Turns (volunteers from the
Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization) and As The Guiding
Light Turns (combination of celebrities already in attendance).
The GL stars confused me because I don't watch it.  All I know
is Harley (she played second) and Carmine from LaVerne and
Shirley (Brady the Cop) who played third.  In attendance from
ATWT were Joel Higgins who played first base, Roseanna who
pitched, and Emily who caught and broke a fingernail in the
process.

First of all, I have to say that Roseanna is really attractive
and in her tank top and shorts, covered with a large t-shirt,
she didn't look like Dolly Parton.  Emily...well, what can I
say?  From the whispered remarks, the women were disappointed
that she was so nice.  They were prepared to hate her.  Joel
Higgins?  Well, let me say that the camera doesn't do him
justice.  Let's put it this way...there are no detectives on
the Ocean Township, NJ, police force that look like him!
But I still wanted to see Scott!!!!!!!!!!

My daughter, Bambi, won an autographed script from July 21st.
It was really interesting.  Does anyone know what V.O. and
W.E. mean?

Anyway, ATGLT won, of course.  They were absolutely dangerous,
hitting pop flies in the foul area, making us run for cover.
One old lady actually got hit on the leg and needed ice.  

Rosanna was a terrific, untiring pitcher, but needed a little
help in the batting department.  As I said before, Emily
broke her fingernail.  Carmine needed his son to run for him
because his leg was bothering him.  He recently had surgery to
reconstruct his achille's tendon.  They were all terrific, and
I give them a lot of credit for sticking it out without the
rest of their crew.  We had a lot of fun.

BTW, we have a lurker out there, Wenona Marques.  She drove up
to NJ from Virginia for the game.  Wenona, just hit r on your
system and send me email.

Now for the gossip...I was sworn to secrecy, but I know
Rosanna last name.  It's tied in to the rest of the story, and
you'll all know in about a week.  I can't wait to see how they
do it!!!  She's going to flip out when it happens.

The cast DOES pick out a lot of their clothes.  And, yes,
Emily is aware of the fact that her outfits do not represent
real-life corporate America.  And she is aware of the fact
that if I dressed like that, I would get fired.  But she said
it's television and daytime television, to boot.  So...

MaimDel (back from the dead)
petrocco@cbnewsg.att.com
From: 00sndavis@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: TV101
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:53:34 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1992Aug31.190235.14217@IRO.UMontreal.CA>, quennevi@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Nyarlathotep) writes:
> Hi,
>  does anyone remember that show (it was on about 2 years ago)...
> The only actor from that show that made other tv show is 
> Alex Desert (the flash and the Heigths).... also Stacey Dash
> who's in Mo' Money.. and Sheryllin Finn (ou Fenn?) that played
> and under cover narc (looked great with a very short haircut)...
> any other graduates?
> 
> --
> =======================================================
>  "J'ai le vertige quand je vois de petits enfants, non
>   pas parcequ'ils me donnent de fortes emotions, mais
>   bien parceque je suis tres grande."

Yep, I remember it, and like it, too. I wish I had taped it. There was
a controversial episode about abortion that I think never aired. It was
cancelled after 6 or 7 episodes. The lead character was named Kevin Keegan,
I think. He was a former tv reporter who became a journalism teacher
after suffering a case of ethics. I really liked this show. Course, I'm a
journalism teaching major, too ;).

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From: Marc_North@mindlink.bc.ca (Marc North)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: The Heights (The Roundtable)
Date: 30 Aug 92 17:05:50 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> Gerald Olchowy writes:
> 
> Spelling has supposedly opened up a Canadian production office in
> Vancouver.  He's shoot The Heights for Fox in Vancouver, and another
> series for Fox I think also, The Roundtable, in Toronto, with a lot
> of location shooting at the University of Toronto, passing for
> a private Northeastern American university, of course.  Supposed
> this one stars Lisa Dean Ryan of Doogie Howser fame.
> 
> Gerald
> 


Yes, Spelling has his studio at 2701 Yew Street in Vancouver, and The
Roundtable, along wiht The Heights are BOTH filmed in Vancouver.

Marc


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From: gck@hector.uucp (24641-kemmerling)
Subject: Re: Gold Medal (?!?) Commercials
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 19:03:48 GMT
Keywords: olympics, tv, commercials


I agree with you.  My personal fave was the Seinfeld ones.  I
felt the same way about giving it another try.  

I had to leave the room tho with the messy kitchen one.  It 
just got on my nerves.  Probably because they played it to 
death.

My least fave was an east coast one that lasted about 10 minutes
'4 New York'.  5 minutes of regular commercials on top of that
one got on my last nerve.


Gayle 'wish I was back in Illinois' Kemmerling
E-mail address: gck@hector.cc.bellcore.com 
Morristown, N.J.
(201) 829-3950
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From: arkhive@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Ailsa Jenkins)
Subject: New Show: Covington Cross. Spoiler?
Distribution: world
Organization: QLA - Quantum Leap Anonymous
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 21:30:27 +0000


In article <1992Aug21.122219.9871@kodak.kodak.com> dennett@sunshine.Kodak.COM writes:

> 
> I've seen a couple of ads for what appears to be a new show called
> Covington Cross.  It's a show dealing with knights in armor, damsels
> in distress, that type of thing.  The first ad I saw seemed to indicate
> it was a serious show.  However, last night I saw a different ad that
> seemed to indicate it was a comedy.
> 
> Does anyone have any info on this new show?

I have transmission details for the first showing in the UK

It is scheduled for 18.00 - 19.30 on Monday, 31st August on ITV (Thames)

The short synopsis from "Your Local TV Magazine" (South West Herts area)
coming up...



"Sir Thomas Gray, Lord of Covington Cross, settles a long standing feud and
arranges for his daughter Eleanor to marry the son of his old rival. When
he withdraws from the agreement, he is challenged to a duel to the death."

That's all folks! I would expect a lot more details in the TV Times that
goes on sale Mon/Tues this week. Must remember to look at that as well as
the Radio Times for the week beginning 29th August in case there is
something interesting.         

_______________________________________________________________________________

Ailsa R Jenkins (arkhive@apusapus.demon.co.uk) 134 Frankland Road, Croxley Green,
RICKMANSWORTH, Herts, WD3 3AU, UK

`I got me a mirror, and looked at my face and said, "Ain't life a bitch."'
    Ted Klausterman in "3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down"
From: marvin@skinner.dsg.ti.com (Marvin Heffler)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: First "Full-backal" nudity on TV? (was Re: GOING TO EXTREMES)
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:33:43 GMT
Reply-To: marvin@skinner.dsg.ti.com (Marvin Heffler)
Distribution: na
Organization: Texas Instruments, Austin, TX

In article <6135@transfer.stratus.com>, pearl@sw.stratus.com (Dan Pearl)
writes:
|>Wasn't there a made-for-tv movie (maybe even a miniseries) about the
Holocast, 
|>and concentration camps produced about 10 years ago?  I never saw the movie,
|> but a still from the movie was published in TV Guide showing the
|> about-to-be-exterminated people, all nude, from the back.
|>
|>Does anyone remember this movie?  
|>-- 
|>----------------------------------------------------------------------
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|>Dan Pearl  **  Stratus Computer, Inc.  **  pearl@spectacle.sw.stratus.com
         

I think you are referring to "War and Rememberance" which aired sometime in
the last three or four years, not ten years ago. It starred Robert Mitchum,
Jean Seymour, and Sir John Gielgud (sp.). There were scenes in the mini
series where the Jews were being herded into the gas chambers (John Gielgud
was one of these people). There must have been hundreds of people in lines.
Anyway, they not only showed full backal nudity, they showed full frontal
nudity of both men and women. Not exactly a very titilating scene when you
consider the context. Most of the nudity was quite brief, but it was very
definitely complete nudity on broadcast TV.

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From: ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: First "Full-backal" nudity on TV? (was Re:
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:20:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.188ge7INNk4r
Reply-To: ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, millerm@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Mikemoe) says:
>After all, I have seen nudity on PBS many times.

Interesting how PBS throws in some gratuitous nudity now and then.

I recall a scene in James Burke's CONNECTIONS in which they are
showing a medieval town on a market or feast day. There is a full-frontal-nude
scene of an attractive young woman being bathed or thrown in a large wooden tub.
It had nothing whatsoever to do with the point of the program, and was a
sort of "local-color" detail added without any particular rationale. 
I thought it was a nice touch... :-)

(By the way, as regards this thread, which I started. I wasn't even
considering male nudity, as it isn't something I'm interested in... :-) 
Of course cable is full of nudity, and documentaries, PBS, and miniseries
can get by with it pretty often. I should have limited it to female nudity in
ABC, CBS, or NBC broadcast prime-time series programs. And at least one poster
has pointed out that there was such before (Tucci in Tattinger's, if I recall
correctly).)
-- 
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From: imh@g2.ph.man.ac.uk (Ian Hibbert)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:55:21 GMT
Reply-To: imh@g2.ph.man.ac.uk
Organization: University of Manchester, UK


As an English 'Married with Children' fan can anyone out there tell me
how I can get more information on this fantastic series??

Any relevent GIFs (especially of Christina Applegate) would be
most appreciated....

Cheers   ian        IMH@G2.PH.MAN.AC.UK
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Subject: Re: Sci-Fi Television
From: flash@lopez.marquette.MI.US (Gary Bourgois,Hamshack)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 00:01:29 EDT
Organization: Great White North/UPLink

In <1992Aug26.202506.20652@twg.com> edward@twg.com (Edward C. Bennett) writes:

>In article <JXjZe-F/5@lopez.marquette.MI.US> flash@lopez.marquette.MI.US (Gary Bourgois,Hamshack) writes:
>>The SCI FI CHANNEL is presently unscrambled, and will be "in the clear" for
>>the next 6 months.  After that to continue viewing you will need a VCII+
>>decoder.

>Isn't it illegal to descramble satellite transmissions?

Certainly NOT!  VCII+ is a legal decoder.  Satellite system owners only have
to pay a small subscription fee to receive the SCI FI channel (which then
turns the decoder on).  I expect SCIFI channel to cost a buck or less a month
(same as the comedy channel).

I guess I should have stated that a subscription fee was required in addition
to the decoder, but that is certainly assumed.

If you have more questions about how satellite systems work, or more about
the HUNDREDS of TV channels and THOUSANDS of radio signals you can get on
Satellite, come by rec.video.satellite and check it out for yourself.

Listening to all the griping about local cable companies that don't have this
or that channel only PROVES that the best value in home entertainment is a
Satellite system.  My first one cost me $40 total, I now have about $300
invested in my present system, which gives me everything *I* want.  If you
know what you are doing, you can get a full bells and whistles system for
under $1000, which will include the descrambler you need to pick up ALL of
the channels your cable company won't put on for whatever silly reasons they
hand out.



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From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen)
Subject: 2000 Malibu road...
Organization: CS
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:22:15 GMT



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 :)...
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From: mholtz@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark A. Holtz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.mst3k
Subject: Re: MST3K September goodies!
Date: 24 Aug 92 02:37:24 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix

In <1992Aug23.015716.1799@ultb.isc.rit.edu> dmb7229@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Deborah M. Brown at RIT) writes:
>It seems they are rerunning Rocketship X-M, Sidehackers, Catalina Caper,
>and Jungle Goddess.  This should be good, my cable company still
>hasn't recovered from last night's airing of Castle of Fu Manchu. :-}

Hmmmmm.....time to call up Comedy Central and ask about when they
are going to air the first season episodes. Rocketship X-M is the
first episode of the second season.

>New movies to be aired are Hercules and the Captive Women, Tormented (sounds 
>like a certain young man and bot companions we know :), Manhunt in Space.

Does this mean "City Limits" is going to be rerun?

>We'll need the Comedy Central newsletter for the actual schedule, as
>this cable guide is just about worthless as far as Comedy Central's
>line up is concerned.

(212) 767-8600

>....... It ain't over 'till Frank pushes the button ........

Frank is the button!
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From: vaughn@bugs.cis.udel.edu (Chris Vaughn)
Subject: Re: Emmys Censorship: What did he say?
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:55:36 GMT

The same thing happened here in the Philadelphia area.  Most of Martin 
Lawrence's song was totally blanked out.  No sound at all.

So we know it wasn't individual tv set failure or local cable company
censorship.

Chris
From: kflores@skat.usc.edu (Kelly Flores)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: Donna (was Re: QL: Toronto Star Article Aug. 25, 1992)
Date: 1 Sep 1992 14:19:18 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: skat.usc.edu


Why does everyone seem to be forgetting Donna was in the *second* (shown 
not filmed) episode of the series (if you count the pilot as the first), 
and her and Sam's future were left hanging all these years until "The 
Leap Back." The episode is "Star Crossed"

_______________________________________________________________________________
From the QL guide:

* Star Crossed
June 15, 1972

Air Date: March 31, 1989
Writer:Deborah Pratt
Director: Mark Sobel
Guest Cast: Teri Hatcher, Leslie Sachs, Michael Gregory, Michael McGrady

As a sleazy literature prof at the college attended by his one true love, Sam
has to stop a coed from attaching to the prof and ruining her life.  The 
Project committee tries to remove Al for helping him find the background 
required to hopefully save his own love life, by reuniting his ex-fiancee 
with her father.
_______________________________________________________________________________

The point being that she did not just come out of thin air. For those of 
us who remember how broken-up Sam was about her leaving him at the alter (in 
the original history) Donna being his wife was great. And it is one of
the few times QL has answered the question "What happend to ...?" in a 
later (much later) episode. Question is: Now are we going to have to wait 
three years to see Tom Beckett again?

Just my 2c.

KMF

"I'm trapped in the body of a Trogledyte!"
     --- Sam, "Animal Frat"
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