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>I've just seen the last couple of episodes, and this one is
>really interesting. Good actors, interesting characters, good
>lines, plots with unexpected twists, etc.

Just when you think the episode is an ordinary treatment of an issue
they throw in a twist of some kind. I just hope they can keep it up
without it becoming old. I also hope CBS sticks it out until the
show picks up more of a following as it is only doing so-so in the
ratings.

>Does anybody have the beginnings of an episode guide for this
>show yet?       - Dave

Terry Gaetz maintains a nice episode guide for the show. It is
avaliable via anonymous ftp from the TV episode guide archive site 
ftp.coe.montana.edu (192.31.215.240) in /pub/TV/Guides.

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From:  (David Ingham)
Subject: Re: Locked in the freezer
Organization: Beer R Us
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:11:34 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv

In article <12484@arccs1.fed.FRB.GOV>, m1tca00@fed.frb.gov (Thomas C.
Allard) wrote:
> 
> In article <wfK6ewS00VB04dwwYh@andrew.cmu.edu>, pb2q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Patrick O Bagwell) writes:
> > 
> > x92ochs1@gw.wmich.edu writes:
> > >   Let's not forget the "Three's Company" episode where Jack and Mr. Furley
> > >   got locked in the meat freezer by a robber.  [...] 
> > 
> > 	There is also the episode of "All in the Family" when Archie
> > and Meathead are lugging cases of beer into the freezer in Archie's
> > bar, and Meathead accidently shuts the door behind them, [...] 
> 
> So did anyone catch the _Jackie Thomas Show_ this week?  The writers had one night to rewrite Jackie's show and someone suggested "they get locked in the meat locker".  They settled on "they hide in the basement when a storm comes through".
> 
> Surely there are others...
> 

Dont't forget the ultimate meat locker episode from Get a Life.  To bad 
Fox pulled that show off in favor of the insipid Herman's Head and the
multiple 90210 clones.
  
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From: sramirez@sedona.intel.com (Steve Ramirez)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Favorite Bundy Moments (was Re: Wretched Married w/Children)
Date: 27 Jan 1993 20:45:56 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation
Distribution: world
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Originator: sramirez@sedona


Ok, we all know how bad it's getting, but I'd like to take a moment to
reminisce over some my favorite Bundy moments:

The episode where Al breaks the pen into the home preganacy test after
he finds out Peg has been taking birth control pills.

Bud and Kelly tease Jerry Mathers (the Beav) and he responds by reminding
them that their father is a show saleman.

After nearly being seduced by a blonde airline hostess, Al brings home
a blonde wig, and as he's carrying Peg up the stairs, he tells her to wear it.

Al telling Steve Rhoads how to take advantage of the situation when he finds
out that Marcy lost her ring "down Zorro's pants" ("think of this as a 'get
out of jail free' card")

Others?

SR
-- 
sramirez@sedona.intel.com  "'E was the vilest geezer I ever met, all misshapen,
'unchbacked, no 'air, flat feet.. ev'ryone 'ated 'im. Ev'ryone 'ated me, too.
We 'ated each other, but no one else would talk to us so we'd just sit around
and get drunk and criticize each other"     - Sid Vicious on Johnny Rotten
From: PunisherX@cup.portal.com (M Phil Collins)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: "Life, what a beutiful choice" (was Re: Commercials...)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 08:22:41 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
  <1993Jan12.215342.29642@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
  <1993Jan13.131256.10672@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
  <tony.12.727048014@ncc06.ct.louisville.edu>

In article <1993Jan13.131256.10672@cbfsb.cb.att.com> colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com 
(marc.colten) writes:
>I'd find these commercials a lot better if they ended with -
>we'll tell your parents so they don't hit you, or we'll pay
>those thousands of dollars of medical bills you are going to
>incure, and we'll sit with your baby for free so you can finish
>high school, and support you while you're trying to go at it
>alone while raising a baby - and we'll come by and take care
>of the baby so you can get one nights sleep.

My wife and I may not be able to have children of our own.  There are 
thousands of us out there.  We plan to adopt, first an infant and then 
a toddler or two (or maybe even an older child).  What we find offensive 
is people, especially "adults" who should know better, getting pregnant 
irresponsibly and then throwing that life away because it's too inconvenient 
for them to have a child right now.  And then these same people (and I'm
not just talking about women, either) cry out that they have the right to 
choose.  Yes, I agree that anyone has such a right, but the choice is made 
when the person decides to have sex irresponsibly.  Sure, no method of birth 
control is fool proof, but unwanted pregnancies should be very few and far 
between, not over 1 million every year in the United States alone.  That's 
more than 20 million since abortion on demand was made legal.  Those numbers 
are offensive.

There ARE alternatives.  If it's not the right time for you to have a child, 
then act responsibly, use some form of birth control; both partners must 
take responsibility for that.  And then, if there is an unwanted pregnancy, 
don't just throw it away.  There thousands of couples and single parents out 
there ready and willing to take it.  I know, because my wife and I will have 
to wait at least two and a half years for one.

Use your rights, don't abuse them.

There are over 2 million hard to place children to adopt, if you really want
to adopt a child why don't you consider one of the hard to place children. 
A black child, a hispanic, an older child. before you condemn all those 
women who had to make what sureley is the toughest decision in their lives
consider being a part of the solution instead of the problem.\
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From: tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady Johanna Constantine)
Subject: Re: QL: guest cast (new in cisco.com:/ql-archive/text/guests)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:11:29 GMT

pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Close) writes:

>Mark D. Baushke (mdb@cisco.com) writes:
>>The following list is taken from the Episode Guide "Guest Cast" entries.

>>BAKULA, Scott (2)                 031  The Leap Home
>>                                  084  Promised Land

>Okay, so I haven't seen either episode, but how can Scott Bakula be a guest
>on his own show?!?

Easy Paul!  It goes like this:

Sam Beckett played by Scott Bakula.
Special Guest appearences by Scott Bakula as *John* Beckett.

Yes, Scott plays Sam, and Sam's father.
Yes, I know he was played by someone else in Genisis 1995, but now honestly,
who remembers the first actor really?



LJC
-- 
Lady Johanna Constantine* Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will
tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu   * endure when mere facts are dust, and ashes, and
Disclaimer - huh?       * forgot.      -Dream of the Endless (and Neil G.)
LJC of the Net.Trenchcoat.brigade (Hi Elmo ;)
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From: dlc@ais.org (David Claytor)
Subject: PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (PBS version wanted)
Organization: UMCC
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:29:30 GMT


I recently experienced great good fortune in finding someone in this
newsgroup to provide me with a copy of PBS's THE SINGING DETECTIVE, based on
Dennis Potter's book by the same title.

PBS also telecast Potter's PENNIES FROM HEAVEN several years ago, starring
Bob Hoskins and Cheryl Campbell.  This was a _terrific_ production, and I'm
wondering if some kind soul out there in the virtual community has a tape of
this production of PENNIES FROM HEAVEN that I could borrow &/or copy for me
(or refer me to a source where I could purchase it).

Any and all help/advice greatly appreciated.

__Dave

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From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Subject: Re: QL: Highlights of Don's talk
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:32:08 GMT

In article <108350@bu.edu> mab@buphy.bu.edu (Michael Burstein) writes:

>>>In article <1993Jan25.055557.268@netcom.com> sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith) writes:
>>>>- Don doesn't consider QL to be science fiction.

>My name's Michael, not Jane. :-)

Gotta read those .sigs...

>feel.  (They can't expect *every* viewer to watch it just because Scott
>Bakula is so attractive! :-) ) 

You mean people watch it for other reasons??? :-)

>fact that QL has had its own con soon to be two years running puts it in
>a category that mostly only sf shows fall into -- i.e. that of

The "mostly" is the operative word here. There have been other shows
which aren't by any stretch of the imagination SF that have
conventions and incredibly dedicated fans -- "Sandbaggers", f'rinstance.

>leaping. Other than that, QL could be an anthology series about the
>turning points in the lives of many people in recent history.

Bingo [no, not Ens. Calavicci :-)]. That's EXACTLY what it is, what
it was designed to be.

>But once you start introducing UFOs and vampires, and an evil leaper

Since when are vampires science fiction? Or ghosts, or angels?

Fantasy, I'll buy. As a matter of fact, those of you with long
memories will remember that QL was listed this way in TV Guide its
first season. Science fiction -- naaah. Close, but not quite.

Silly analogy: I know very few SF fans who don't love *chocolate* who
won't go to great lengths to get it, and talk about it with their
friends -- but that doesn't make Hershey bars science fiction!

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: edward@twg.com (Edward C. Bennett)
Subject: Re: stupid commercial
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:04:17 GMT

In article <43816@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Profess'nal Agitator) writes:
>
>As per the original thread, I'm really getting sick of that damned
>Nyquil commercial and hope that the damned tenant drops dead.  Sadly,
>this ad seems to run during every commercial break for Highlander.

Did anyone see last year's Broadway revival of "Guys and Dolls?" Well,
I think that guy searching for a dose of Nyquil is Nathan Lane, the
actor who played Nathan Detroit in GaD.

Can anyone confirm this?
-- 
Edward C. Bennett					edward@twg.com
The Wollongong Group					(415) 962-7252
1129 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
   "He's become a growling, snarling mass of white-hot canine terror"
Xref: sparky rec.arts.tv:26347 alt.tv.northern-exp:3245
From: flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell)
Subject: Re: Stingray:the series
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 10:58:51 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.234654.13991@bsu-ucs> 02csclark@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
>In article <1jn46jINNhi@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, cbuteau@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Christopher W Buteau) writes:
>> 
>> 	Does anyone remember the series Stingray which starred 
>> Nick Mancuso.  I saw him recently in the movie Under Siege and I 
>> wondered if anyone knew of an address I could write to to get 
>> those old shows.  Some of them were pretty good some of them sucked.
>> The series as a whole was pretty good though and I was disappointed 
>> when they canceled it.
>-- 
>     Great Show, i loved it as well...innovative camera angles...the
>     music video like edits....and the way that the past characters
>     showed up on later episodes....And i don't remember the exact
>     storyline, but wasn't he employed directly by the President or
>     something? Any takers?.

No. I think he WAS with the govt but didn't like the way they did
things and began "freelancing" his services for favors.

Cool idea.

Flip


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Subject: Re: PF: 1/22 episode - the twins
From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
Date: 23 Jan 93 15:11:01 -0500
Distribution: usa
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <4818@vidiot.UUCP>, brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
> I know that I have seen the twins on some other program, other than tonight's
> episode of "Picket Fences".  I don't think that I have seen them together
> elsewhere, just that I have seen one of them :-) somewhere.  Unfortunately,
> I didn't see the opening credits.

	Weren't they the twins in the show, I think it was called Double 
Trouble? With one good twin and one bad twin.

	This was the first time I had seen Picket Fences, and I thought it 
was a really good show. The final court scene through me for a loop though! 
(And that's something, because most TV is so predictable nowadays.)

Later.......

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From: Gordon_Wong@mindlink.bc.ca (Gordon Wong)
Subject: RAVEN: 1/22 NOTES
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:50:44 GMT

Comments regarding the 1/23 episode of Raven:

* What a great show Raven is ... it's a comedy, a romance, an adventure and
  a drama rolled up in one show.

GREAT SCENES

* Raven was having a hard time untying Ski. He yanked a knife out of the
  back of the goon he stabbed earlier and used it to cut Ski loose.

* People mistaking Ski for the Cincinnati Shredder ... that was just
  hilarious.

GREAT LINES

* Raven's girlfriend, to Raven: "This was a fantastic date ... it's usually
  just dinner."

UNBELIEVABLES

* Did you notice that not one of the goons carried weapons, like maybe an
  Uzi or something? I guess not even Raven could stop an Uzi? :) However, I
  give credit to the show for showing that Raven is not an undestructible
  fighting machine ... he does get shot sometimes, like on the show last
  week.

* When Raven was checking the desk, how did he know to go into that
  particular room? Also, when those people walked in, his head was exposed
  ... he should have ducked more.

* Great balance for those people at the party who chased Raven on the wet
  cliff rocks, eh? Also, when he dived off the cliff, the paper he stuck in
  his pocket should have turned into mush.

Any other comments on the show?

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From: firestar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lipton Ann Meredith)
Subject: QL: Speculation on Vampire Episode ...
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 00:48:21 GMT



Does this mean that when Sam looks in the mirror to see what he looks like,
he won't get a reflection?


A point to ponder.



Firestar

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Unless it's called for.    | back on heaven.      | and lost than to have your
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From: staggers@cup.hp.com (Ken Staggers)
Subject: Re: Sitcoms on the Verge of Being Killed
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:03:32 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.1]

panda's bear (tchambers@TrentU.CA) wrote:
: "Here and Now" was canned by NBC.  Your affiliate is not the cause of
: the pre-emptions.  NBC is airing re-runs of "Empty Nest" and "Nurses"
: until February, when a schedule change will take place and Wednesdays,
: Thursdays, and Saturdays will be re-aligned.  Translation...NBC is
: running scared now!!!

My information might be outdated, but I thought H&N was on hiatus and
not cancelled yet.  I thought it was to return after Feb sweeps (on Fridays?).

NBC...running scared?  They dont know how to run anything.  Littlefields
theory that demographics are better that overall ratings is being thrown
in his face.  With Cheers gone, and Dave gone, I cant imagine GE allowing
him to stay.  Their investment in going down the toilet.

--Ken
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From: ps70awg@rs1.tcs.tulane.edu (mel rupinski)
Subject: Re: QL: How Old Are They?
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-24880]: rs1.tcs.tulane.edu
Organization: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:34:21 GMT

In article <Jan.22.09.52.07.1993.27599@gandalf.rutgers.edu> finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Tracy E. Finifter) writes:
>shkelnik@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Leslie Shkolnik) writes:
>
>
>>Does anyone know how old AL is supposed to be?  I didn't dig up any numbers
>>on him.  They mentioned he was born June 15, but they didn't say what year
>>in the Leap Back episode.
>
>>Anyone have more info?
>
>
>My calculations:
>
>	In "A Leap for Lisa", which was set in 1957, Bingo was 23.
>
>				1957
>				- 23
>				----
>	      So Al was born in 1934
>
>				1999
>			      - 1934
>				----
>	   Therefore, Al would be 65
>
>
>	If Sam doesn't look 47, then Al *definitely* does not look 65,
>	but that's how the numbers add up.
>
>-- 
>* Tracy E. Finifter                     * My .sig's stuck in 1956 with a     *
>*  finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu         * brain like swiss cheese and I'm    *
>*  Douglass College, Rutgers University * experiencing technical             *
>*  New Brunswick, New Jersey            * difficulties in retrieving it.     *

I've actually been quite interested in this thread, and was thinking that
depending on the actual dates of the years in question, there could be a
year fluctuation in actual year of birth.  In other words, Al was born
on June 15.  If the date of ALfL was before that, then Bingo would have
turned 24 that year, making his year of birth 1933 rather than 1934.

So, I went back to the episode guide to check the dates of the episodes, when
I thought "hey, why not check out the PRIMER".  As of Sally's last update,
the info is:

Sam -- Born Aug. 8, 1954 (SSN# 563-86-9801)

Al  -- Born June 15, 1934 (no SSN#)

thus making Al just about 20 yrs older than Sam

BTW, I don't know if I can swallow that.  :^)

Happy Leaping,

mtr 
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From: sek@cbnews.cb.att.com (stephanie.e.kearns)
Subject: Re: Sting Ray:the other series (was Re: Stingray:the series)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:41:23 GMT

In article <147607@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>, ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi) writes:
> I remember a completely different series called Sting Ray, from when
> 
> Does anyone else remember this?  It was my favorite show when I was in
> first grade.
> 
I remember and loved this show also!  I've never talked to anyone who 
remembers it!  There was also another show with marionettes called
Stingray.  It was about a sort of rocket ship that took off from a long
track type of thing.  I seem to remember on one of the shows the commander's
name was Troy.  

Stephanie
.


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From: dwjz@bnr.ca (Doug Zolmer)
Subject: Sci-Fi TV shows
Reply-To: dwjz@bnr.ca (Doug Zolmer)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:59:02 GMT

There sure has been a big resurgence of science fiction shows this season:

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - syndicated 
Time Trax - Primetime entertainment network
Babylon 5 - Primetime entertainment network
Space Rangers - CBS

I watched the two hour pilot of Time Trax on WSBK.  Not bad except for the
"talking credit card".  Can the woman who plays the hologram be any more of
an ice queen?  I have to wonder what kind of plots the writers are going
to come up with to keep the show afloat.  How convenient that he goes back
in time to 1993 - no expensive sets to build - no expensive special effects.

Space Rangers has been pretty lame.  The characters are too "gruff" - who 
can relate to them.  The special effect are cheesy.  I don't think it's 
going to last past the sixth episode.

Star Trek: DS9 has been good.  However, there are only so many stories you
can tell on a space station.  I wonder how long it will be until they run
out of ideas - there's only so much you can do in a space station that's 
fixed in the same locale.

When is the Babylon 5 movies supposed to air?  I heard February 22.
-- 
Doug Zolmer           Internet: dwjz@bnr.ca         Disclaimer: My opinions only
                            Conform:- Moooo!
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From: edward@twg.com (Edward C. Bennett)
Subject: Re: stupid commercial
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:40:21 GMT

In article <43816@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Profess'nal Agitator) writes:
>
>As per the original thread, I'm really getting sick of that damned
>Nyquil commercial and hope that the damned tenant drops dead.  Sadly,
>this ad seems to run during every commercial break for Highlander.

Did anyone see last year's Broadway revival of "Guys and Dolls?" Well,
I think that guy searching for a dose of Nyquil is Nathan Lane, the
actor who played Nathan Detroit in GaD.

Can anyone confirm this?
-- 
Edward C. Bennett					edward@twg.com
The Wollongong Group					(415) 962-7252
1129 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
   "He's become a growling, snarling mass of white-hot canine terror"
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From: mckenzi@ecf.toronto.edu (MCKENZIE ROBERT NEIL)
Subject: Re: Havenhurst (Class of 9T6)
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Distribution: rec.arts.tv
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:57:15 GMT


Class of 9T6 is filmed at my current residence, Knox College, at the
University of Toronto. They were here for several days in September,
October and November. They went so far as to put fake flowers in our
gardens during the freezing November weather..

Rob McKenzie
mckenzi@ecf.toronto.edu