HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.twin-peaks
Subject: Re: PICKET FENCES - NOT ugh!
Date: 29 Sep 92 15:10:12 GMT
Reply-To: craigb@ot.austin.ibm.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: IBM Object Technology Products
Originator: jlpicard@woofer.austin.ibm.com


iott@rtsg.mot.com (Joel K. Iott) writes:
> ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles Blair) writes:
> >Cheesy David Lynch imitation.
> 
> You forgot IMHO.  :)
> 
> I prefer to think of it as "Lynch Lite".
> Less violence & darkness, familiar odd-ball characters.
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
_Real_ familiar...if the commercials for the next episode of PF
are to be believed, the dancing midget guy from TP is making an
appearance.

Craig
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From: whelan@sbphy.physics.ucsb.edu (John T. whelan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL - Questions and Comments
Date: 27 Sep 92 00:45:30 GMT

Spoilers for "Lee Harvey Oswald":

caj@sei.cmu.edu (Carol Jarosz) writes:

>I hope Don decides to stick to ordinary people.  

	I have to agree: "the change history for the better" format
doesn't ring true with famous people or events.  The stakes are too
high for Sam to decide what's "for the better".
	BTW, this brings up a difference between QL and Voyagers.  In
Voyagers, the point was to *restore* history, and the shows naturally
involved famous people/events.  In fact, LHO reminded me a bit of the
Voyagers episode set on the Titanic, in which Meeno Peluce's character
tries in vain to stop the ship from sinking.  It had the same
frustrated, fatalistic feel.  (e.g., Al trying to stop Oswald from
firing.)  (After seeing that episode, I wanted to put the Voyagers in
a situation where they had to ensure that a great calamity *did*
occur.)
					John Whelan

--
	"Do you know what Freud said about dreams of flying?
	 It means you're really dreaming about having sex."
	"Indeed?  Tell me then, what does it mean when
	 you dream about having sex?"  -- Sandman #15
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From: AAron@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (AAron nAAs)
Subject: Re: NX TAPES NEEDED
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 22:21:16 GMT

pwjarman@cc.utah.edu (PARRY W. JARMAN) writes:
>Also, I would like "in" on any distribution lists, mail etc. involving the 
>show.

>Hey, Y'all--I KNOW you are out there

Yup, I'm out here,
And would like to be "in" too!!!

BTW, I probably have some of the tapes you are looking for, but most are
VERY low quality.  I managed to squeeze 5 episodes onto one 120 tape...
I doubt you would be interested.

>Write me a "pwjarman@cc.utah.edu"--this is pwjarman's wife--
>Heather

AAron@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
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From: dlin@weber.ucsd.edu (Diane Lin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.northern-exp
Subject: Re: NX Premiere "Northwest Passages"
Date: 1 Oct 1992 01:42:07 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
Distribution: na
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In article <1992Sep30.164651.1249@u.washington.edu> iho@cac.washington.edu writes:

>This is a bit tacky, but I gotta pass it on.  A coworker made the
>observation, so don't blame me.  She said that when Maggie was in
>Joel's examining room, she (my coworker) kept wondering if this was
>Maggie's annual pelvic exam.

I must confess that I wondered about that as well.  Joel was clearly
giving Maggie her annual exam, and that *normally* includes a pelvic
exam and Pap smear.  Since he's clearly the only doctor around,
Maggie either has to have Joel do the exams or she chooses to get
her pelvic exam done on one of her many trips to Juneau or
Fairbanks.  I'm guessing the latter, because even if Joel could be
completely professional about the exam, I doubt that Maggie could
have maintained such equanimity, even if she *is* obsessed about turning
thirty.

-- 
Diane C. Lin			"Live now; make *now* always the
dlin@weber.ucsd.edu	         most precious time.  Now will 
(Dylan's mom, 21 months)	 never come again." (ST:TNG)
From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: the place to write and comment
Date: 6 Oct 92 22:02:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Oct6.220259.6441
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <199210061853.AA06842@world.std.com> eliz@WORLD.STD.COM (Elizabeth Lear Newman) writes:

>I talked to people in the QL offices to put in my two cents about the
>new theme, and they reminded me that they love to have *everything* in
>writing.  Your letters *are* read, and they matter.

Hey, Eliz, you're not reading the memos again. :-) I posted the
"official" word on this Friday:

Write and comment about anything else you want, but *not* about how
much you hate the new theme song. They have PLENTY of letters about
how everyone hates the theme, thank you very much, and any more would
just be beating a dead horse, would be annoying, and would take up
more of their valuable (and increasingly limited) time.

Hear me now and believe me in 1999: Don *knows* we despise the theme!

However, they do really like getting letters, and they are *all* read,
even if they don't have time to respond to every one individually.

Sally
-- 
Sally Smith (510)790-0608  sallylb@netcom.com (I was sally@tardis.tymnet.com)
I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be mine!
"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"
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From: lmathews@lonestar.utsa.edu (Leanthony R. Mathews)
Subject: Re: NEXP the Poem(Re: Shelly and Holling
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 18:24:53 GMT

Did Anyone out there in net-land get the text of the little poem
Joel spoke.                        
E-mail it please or Post it.
lmathews@lonestar.utsa.edu
From: kristyp@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kristy Patterson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: SNL: October 3, Really Bad.
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:50:15 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In article <15885@umd5.umd.edu> spinoza@next08wor.wam.umd.edu (J. Skorecki-Weiss) writes:
>In article <1992Oct4.051428.9181@wam.umd.edu> sorsha@wam.umd.edu (Laurie  
>Beth Brunner) writes:
>> 
>> But Sinead was different.
>This is most certainly true. On the other hand, having a root canal done  
>on a healthy tooth is also "different", and yet like Sinead's performance,  
>it would be annoying and seemingly pointless. There may be some artistry  
>in what the lady does, but for the life of me, I can't see it. The best  
>thing about Sinead, in my opinion, is that as long as ol' Frank Perdue is  
>a Regent, she'll not do any shows here @ U-Md................

I couldn't believe she agreed to do it, after all the fun they poked at
her in the past. Remember "The Sinatra Group?" "The Sinead O'Connor Awards?"
I mean, if a TV show had called me Sinbad, Sine-Aid, Q-Ball, Uncle Fester,
and "The Bald Chick, what's with her head?"  Plus the following exchange
Chris Rock as the 2-Live Crew guy: "I don't care about the head; I like the
                                    butt!"
Phil Hartman as Frank Sinatra: "I hear you; put a bag over it and do your
                                business."
I'd think twice about appearing as the musical guest, no matter what kind
of money or exposure it would give me!

-Kristy

>shalom.
>spinoza
>-Yon Bonnie Laird of Cairn-Robbing for Fun 'n' Profit


-- 
    +==========================+===========================================+
    |Kristy Patterson          | What is the law?      NO SPILL BLOOD!     |
    |kristyp@mac.dartmouth.edu | Who makes the rules?  SOMEONE ELSE!       |
    +==========================+============================Oingo Boingo===+
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From: sarwate@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sanjiv Sarwate)
Subject: Re: Young Indy: Continuity..YES!!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 19:00:31 GMT

Young Indy <EMW107@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:


>   Also, during the Verdun episode, Indy writes a letter to someone named "Ned"
>...and if my memory serves me right, there was no Ned mentioned as of last
>week's show. Now, I thought maybe he said Ted, so I rewound the tape and he
>most definately said Ned, so I think Ned is gonna be a prisoner or some contact
> Indy makes in this coming Monday's episode...any commments??

"Ned" is Col. T.E. Lawrence whom Indy met in Egypt when he [Indy] was a child.

In other words, Indy is corresponding with the very famous Lawrence of Arabia.

>   I really think this whole continuity concept is really working out well, I
>guess we'll see on Monday.....(I can't wait!!)

It was an interesting choice to have aired the Africa episodes before this
one.  Makes for some interesting jumps.

Also, did anyone notice that Indy has now met Robert Graves?  I mention it
because the War was a turning point in Graves' life (I believe, in fact,
that after the war, he left England never to return.)  I found it interesting,
and it was a very subtle reference.

                       
>                                     -Ed



-- 
Sanjiv Sarwate			| "Let me tell you something, young man.  One
sarwate@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu	| person can have a profound effect on another.
SANJIV@UIUCVMD.BITNET		| And two people, well, two people can work
views mine, not UofI--CCSO's	| miracles."
From: MCPerry@cen.ex.ac.uk (M.C.Perry)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: MARRIED WITH CHILDREN PROGRAM GUIDE ?
Date: 4 Oct 92 21:14:26 GMT
Distribution: rec.arts.tv
Organization: Computer Unit. - University of Exeter. UK

I twos reading somewhere on here that someone had done a program guide for
this kewl sitcom... is it in text format.. if so where can I get it from or
could you e-mail me it ????   Any info would be appreciated... Thanx!
From: Gordon_Wong@mindlink.bc.ca (Gordon Wong)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: HOME IMPROVEMENT (09/30)
Date: 2 Oct 92 04:11:53 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Did anyone catch the 09/30 episode of HOME IMPROVEMENT? It had some really
funny scenes:

[1] Tim had some glue on his hand when he went to the restaurant. A knife
    got stuck on his hand. While trying to shake it lose, the knife flew
    across the room and lodged itself into the wall, narrowly missing the
    waiter. The knife vibrated back and force as it was lodged in the wall.

[2] Tim was choking on a piece of bread. Jill clutched him from behind in
order
    to dislodge the piece of bread. The piece of bread flew across the
    restaurant and landed in a man's soup bowl. What a shot!

HOME IMPROVEMENT, in my opinion, is the funniest show on TV. What I want to
know is how it's doing in the ratings with its new time slot?
From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Sci-Fi Channel-- Anyone got it yet?
Date: 1 Oct 1992 22:47:50 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: telecaster.think.com

In article <28410@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com> you@ems.cdc.com writes:
>Cancel premimum channels, rent videos instead, no garbarge just what
>you want. THats what I did.

Let's see, a premium channel costs $8-10/month on my system, and a video
rental costs $2-3/night.  Get two premium channels just so you don't get
screwed by exclusive deals between studios and premium channels, that's
$16-20/month.  You save money with cable if you watch 7-8 movies/month,
which shouldn't be too difficult for most couch potatoes.

I also like the "garbage".  I'm an insomniac, and find plenty of garbage to
keep me mildly occupied on late night cable, but I wouldn't pay a la carte
to rent most of that stuff.  But if it's already being piped in I'll watch
stuff like "The Marylin Diaries" or "Young Lady Chatterly" (IMHO, the
latter is the most pleasant piece of soft-porn fluff there is).

-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

barmar@think.com          {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
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From: helen@pulua.hcc.hawaii.edu (Helen Rapozo)
Subject: Re: Knox
Organization: Honolulu Community College
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 19:28:39 GMT

In article <iu40897@pro-amber.cts.com> rsopicki@pro-amber.cts.com (Randy Sopicki) writes:
>What was the title of the VietNam era program that starred Terrence Knox?
>I can't for the life of me tink of the show. E-mail or post reply.
**********
It was "Tour of Duty" and it was on CBS.


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874 Dillingham Blvd.                  helen@pulua.hcc.hawaii.edu
Honolulu, HI 96817                    rapozo@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
Ph#: (808) 845-9202
From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL and the new opening theme music
Summary: A semi-definitive answer; no more letters or phone calls please!
Date: 5 Oct 92 05:09:49 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <4195@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:

>Sally (TLB), when you get the chance, please ask Don why they changed the
>opening theme.  I'm sure there are many of us reading the net that wonder
>why the music was ruined (my opinion).

<sarcasm mode on>

Yeah, sure, I'll just call my ol' buddy Don and ask.

<sarcasm mode off> :-)

(For the newbies, I _do_ talk to Don occasionally, but only in person)

But seriously folks, the answer as of Friday morning, which was the
last time I talked to the office is that I don't know why they changed
it.

Don *KNOWS* we all hate it with a passion. So calling or writing to
complain is totally superfluous at this point, and probably would just
piss him off -- I mean, he's been told enough times already [Just 
by me ;-)].

The final decision is up to him, so the rest of us will just have to
wait and keep our fingers on the "mute" button till then.

A friend of mine pointed out that it sounds _exactly_ like the "Dallas"
theme now!!! Scary, huh, kids?

Sally
Hm, lemme see, if I start driving now, I could be sitting on Don's
office doorstep by the time he got to work Monday...



-- 
Sally Smith (510)790-0608  sallylb@netcom.com (I was sally@tardis.tymnet.com)
I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be mine!
"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: First impressions of Laurie Hill
From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:20:32 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

     Well, I say Laurie Hill last night, the new show that follows Home
Improvement, and I must say this is not the show to follow HI. It is
more of a drama than a sitcom, dealing with very serious topics. I liked
the show, but it sort of put me into a down mood ater HI. I doubt I will
keep watching it though.

     Any other thoughts? 

Later.......

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From: Gordon_Wong@mindlink.bc.ca (Gordon Wong)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: RAVEN (10/03)
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:44:09 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Comments regarding the 10/03 episode of Raven:

Parts I liked:

[1] Raven asked Ski to come to the penthouse to help him out. He took his
time
    getting there and had the excuse that he had to take the stairs (30
    flights ... "what a bitch", he whined)

[2] The part where one of Kurasawa's (sp?) men had to empty out Ski's
pockets.
    Ski had everything ... including a knife, brass knuckles, a choke wire
    and a few guns.

[3] I like the part where Ski called Kurasawa "Kawasaki", or something like
    that.

Some parts are a little unbelievable to me:

[1] Kurasawa had one of his men pick Sheila up at the beach, when during
    their phone call together, he did not know who he was speaking to.

[2] What kind of kinky sex scene was Kurasawa into? How did Sheila bloodied
    herself in the midsection with Kurasawa right there?

Questions:

[1] When Raven first went to the party, he "walked" through the steel-barred
    gate. Does Raven have any special powers?

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From: arkhive@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Ailsa Jenkins)
Subject: Class of 1995?
Distribution: world
Organization: QLA - Quantum Leap Anonymous
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 21:25:41 +0000

Has anyone one seen or heard anything about a pilot or show called The
Class of 1995, or something along those lines?

It was to be directed by "Gary" from 30something, I believe. 
 
____________________________________________________________________
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"

 Gun till do cheum, as gach cearn, fo rionnag-iuil an dachaidh.
From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Mariel Hemmingway to appear nude on network TV
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 11:39:19 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

>
>Just heard on the news (AP) that Mariel Hemmingway will be appearing in 
>a nude scene (i believe as a nude model) in the network TV series Civil Wars.
>Commercial sponsors have previewed the episode and are have no complaints. 
>Could this signal a lightening up of American fear of the naked body??
>
>Is this a first for American network TV?? Know any other times it
>has been done? Does anyone know what kind of regulations there are 
>(other than sponsor boycott)? 

She's been on the talk show circuit promoting this episode and
saying that "oh now we didn't do it for ratings sweeps week or
anything like that and I was so embarassed blah blah etc."

Some clips have been shown and they consisted mainly of back shots
of her disrobing in a photographer's studio and then walking
behind a piece of plastic with all the transparency of the average
shower curtain. The scene I saw before she walked behind the
curtain showed her down to about the dimples above her butt cheeks
and perhaps .0587283748 percent of the side of one breast. 

:-)

Guess I'll watch the show tonite just to see if that's it. 
I'd say that the chance that it's any more revealing than those
promo teasers, i.e. female frontal nudity, on prime time network
tv is about as likely as the proverbial monkeys flying out of
Madonna's proverbial butt. 

On any given evening you can flip on HBO or TMC or Cinemax and
see films with nude scenes. And these cable channels reach 
some huge % of American households. So what's the deal with the
commercial networks?  Is it because the sponsors think the public
will stop buying their products and boycott if REAL nudity
is used (that's my guess) or is it that the public REALLY finds
nudity horribly offensive, if so, who is this alleged public,
or what. I mean, I don't see the picket lines being thrown up
around Time-Warner HQ because their made-for-HBO shows like
"Dream On" almost ALWAYS have at least one nude scene.  

At times I've wondered if they don't toss nude scenes into made-for
cable shows specificially BECAUSE these shows go to cable first.
Remember when The Hitchhiker was an HBO series? It almost became
a guessing game as to how many minutes into each show the female
lead would get naked. Many other shows have done similar. 

By the way, IMHO, Mariel Hemingway isn't very convincing when
she does interviews and claims to be embarrased by the nudity.

Harv
From: sramirez@hopi.intel.com (Steve Ramirez)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Personal to Vidiot
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:20:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Intel Corporation

Mike,

Re: the QL tape

My mail to you is bouncing, please send me your address and
the cost for a hi-fi VHS tape and my roomate will you send 
you a self-addreses stamped mailer and a check.

thanks
Steve

--
Steve Ramirez * Intel Arizona * sramirez@sedona.intel.com * (602) 554-2405 
"I think, you know, there are a lot of people in country music who have 
 this kind of hair, uhh... a lot of 'em just wear hats..."  -- Lyle Lovett
From: margaret@cs.arizona.edu (Margaret Newman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Designing Women: new season comments
Summary: hopeful
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:00:34 GMT

In article <1992Oct3.221829.10065@bsu-ucs.uucp>, 00sdriddle@bsu-ucs.uucp writes:
> 
(stuff deleted)

> 	I ahven't heard a consensus on Ivey or this season.  does
> everyone else think this character is good so far or anyone absolutely
> hate her?
> 
> -----------
> Steve Riddle
> 00sdriddle@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu


I love Judith Ivey!  She was so good in "Down Home" that was cancelled.
She really balances the show out, really subdueing Carlene and getting
Julia back the way she was.  I am really hopeful about the show now, it
might make it after all (AD: After Delta).  I certainly don't miss Allison,
tho I have always enjoyed Julia Duffy's work.


margaret@cs.arizona.edu
From: lawrence@ctron.com (Gary St. Lawrence)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Jim Acker's fixation
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:39:58 GMT
Reply-To: lawrence@olympus.ctron.com (Gary St. Lawrence)
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.

Get a life will you guy?
If you're reduced to getting your thrills hoping to see some tit and ass on
"America's Funniest People," you need help - FAST and deep!
Buy a magazine, go into your closet and leave the rest of us out of it!
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From: kbowers@esrc1.uucp (Ken Bowers)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.northern-exp
Subject: "Jap" (Was Re: NX Premiere "Northwest Passages")
Date: 6 Oct 92 00:27:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: pasteur.1992Oct6.002719.2717
Distribution: na
Organization: University of California at Berkeley

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,
>>with a Korean son he should be more thoughtful.  Nonetheless it's
>>consistant with his character.  Maurice has occasionally made
>>exceptions to his bigoted views on Koreans, gays, women, etc.  He has
>>not changed them.  An entertaining, somewhat likeable jerk is still a
>>jerk.  Sorry, Kimiye.
>>-- 
>>scs:  Tied for last on the Zwicky list with `zwicky'.
> 
>
>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
>copout to say "that's just the way Maurice is."  In my opinion, the
>word "jap" is as offensive (and yes, politically incorrect) as
>"nigger," "kike" and "fag."  You would not hear any of these words
>uttered on Northern Exposure.  There are ways to convey racial
>prejudice other than by resorting to the use of the most facile, cheap
>slurs.  I would think the writers of NEXP would be intelligent enough
>to come up with them.
>
>June (who intensely dislikes the word "jap" for denotations in
>addition to the Asian ones)
>

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).  

Ken B.