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From: srm1@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (steven.r.marcovici)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: About Sam Kinison (Seat Belts)
Summary: A final word from the guy who started this.
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:57:15 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

In article <kup74cINNpij@male.EBay.Sun.COM> jimj@cleanplate.EBay.Sun.COM (James D. Jones) writes:
>I fail to see why both
>follow-ups to the original post (the guy who was inspired by Kinison's
>death to use seatbelts) were so vituperative and abusive.  All right, it's
>dumb not to use seatbelts, but one guy learned from the example of another
>and saw the light.  What's the need for further comment, much less 
>flaming?  If you truly want more people to use seatbelts, do you think
>this sort of thing will encourage _anybody?_   Especially since you write
>off non-bucklers as evolutionary misfits.
>
>If you really care about this issue, get your act together before you post.
>Otherwise, sit down and shut up.
>
>Jim Jones (confirmed seatbelt user)

Dear Jim:

I am sitting down; and re. shutting up: No thankyou.
But, I promise this is the last post from me on this issue.

Based on the volume of email I've received in the last 24 hours I feel
that my post was justified. This issue is one that makes me very
angry, and maybe I was indulging myself by using the net for the purpose of
venting that anger. The many email responses I received were ALL
supportive; not just expressing agreement with what I said but were glad that
I said it. I'll bet that for every response I received there are 10 other 
netters who concur. Yours is the first response that said I should've
kept quiet (and the only one posted). 

In response to your question as to why I did it (to paraphrase): I guess
I continue to be dumbfounded whenever I see people cruising down the highway,
shoulder belts slack at their sides (and, even worse, with children jumping 
around in the back seat). I hoped that some of those would offer their reasons
for this behavior. So far, the non-bucklers have been silent.

Although I did send email responses to some of you who offered support,
as the volume grew I stopped. Let me take this opportunity to
thank you for your email. I was very glad - and somewhat surprised - to
have not received a single flame (YET!).

Stay buckled... and now back to our regularly scheduled program.
-Steve   srm@garage.att.com
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From: <steinman>@me.utoronto.ca
Subject: Re: Michael Pitaki (was Re: MST3K: What happened to Fri. morning showing?)
Organization: University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Distribution: usa
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:36:50 GMT


>880691c@ace.acadiau.ca (MATT CUNDILL) writes:

>:)You might also notice that the guy who played J.C. (Michael Patiki??) 
>:)guested on an episode of WKRP as a defecting Russian. 

>He was also one of the Klingons in the original Star Trek episode "The
>Trouble with Tribbles" and in Star Trek the Next Generation as Karnass
>in the episode... rats, I just had it.

He actually did two guest shots on WKRP.  He also played the cop who
arrests Venus for the jewelry store robbery.  His resume for TV guest spots
in probably a short novel by now.
--
Dave!

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From: malinon@iastate.edu (Ramon C Redondo)
Subject: Quantum Leap: Three Technical (?) Questions
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 18:04:52 GMT

Ok, here's the problem.  I think I have a great idea for a QL story (I know
that they would never accept a script, but I still think that writing a story 
could be fun....) and I have a few problems which didn't have answers in the
FAQL or the Primer:

1)  How long does it take for Sam to leap?
    
    What I mean is, at the end of the show, we see Sam leap.... and
    he is in the next host...... but is it instantaneous to anyone at the
    Project besides Sam?  Or does it take about a day/week/anything?  If so
    the next question oughta be easy....

2)  Does Al EVER leave the Project?  

    Al is ALWAYS there, always within 12 minutes show time (within one day I 
    believe in Sam's time).  Does he ever go home?  Eat?  Sleep (with or 
    without Tina)? 

3)  Can the imaging chamber be tuned so that someone BESIDES Al was there?

    I don't mean someone coming in with Al, but someone replacing him... 
    Sam was able to in the Leap Back, but otherwise Al is the ONLY one who has
    been able to assist Sam.  (For instance, why couldn't Al have shown the
    doctor (I forgot her name) to Sam in Shock Theater, and then left the
    room, letting the Dr. come back in with the chamber attuned to her...?


Thanks All for your help!



Dark Malinon
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From: bell@cs.tamu.edu (Will B Bell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: SNL 04/11/92: Sharon Stone
Date: 14 Apr 92 06:01:02 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

In article <1992Apr13.213609.4760@cs.ubc.ca> gibson@crisium.geop.ubc.ca (Brad Gibson) writes:
>faltered.  She didn't even miss a beat during the monologue when some crazies
>were screaming at her about something.  Unfortunately with my tape I can't pick
>out their exact words ... I assumed it was some activist group yelling
>obscenities regarding her part in the film "Basic Instinct", but maybe not.
>Anyone care to shed some light on what was going on?

You are correct.  In today's paper there was a news bite about it:  Six
people were arrested when they surged toward the stage during Saturday's
live broadcast.  A spokesman for the group said they were protesting
"Hollywood's homophobia and misogyny as exemplified in the film."  The
protesters didn't interrupt the show, but their voices could be heard during
Stone's monologue when she mocked a scene from the film.  The suspects were
charged with disorderly conduct and harassment.  [The organization that the
suspects belonged to (if any) was not mentioned.]

I agree that Stone did an excellent job with the show, even with that totally
lame "You're my Whore" segment.  

Now the regulars, however... If you have this on tape, rewatch the Wayne's
World and check out how Mike Myers is obviously reading the cue cards and
not even trying to hide it.  He is looking off to the camera's left through
most of the segment!

WBB

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From: luther@i5160e.nrl.navy.mil (Luther)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Dinosaurs: episode guide??
Date: 8 Apr 92 11:32:03 GMT
Organization: US Naval Research Laboratory, Acoustics Division

In article <1992Apr6.221846.29301@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> lorange@spot.Colorado.EDU (LORANGE HANS P) writes:

>
>As a follow-up, anyone know the future status of this show?  I'd heard it was
>in trouble and may not be renewed.  I sure hope that's not true but I don't
>think moving it to Friday night is going to help any.
>
>Hans


That's what I thought as well, but apparently we're both wrong. When
ABC kicked in their new Friday night schedule, they had their best
Friday night of the season (Dinosaurs got a 13.something nielson points,
whereas the next runner up only had 7.something - I don't know what
the numbers really mean, but that looks pretty good!) And, Entertainment
Weekly reported that Dinosuars was #18 in the weekly rankings, which must
also be pretty good because another show which pulled in below #50 was
described as "respectable".

KL

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From: dmb@world.std.com (Deborah M Brown)
Subject: Family Matters (WAS Re: Nielsen Ratings WE April 12,1992)
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 14:07:08 GMT

In article <16856@plains.NoDak.edu> bodie@plains.NoDak.edu (Justin M. Bodie) writes:
>In article <1992Apr16.142303.7451@waikato.ac.nz> deryl@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>>Arrgghh...

>>How can people stand that kid???!!!???

>I hope they cancel the show:  Maybe then we'd get to keep a good show
>like Fresh Prince.

Lucky us, Fresh Prince and Family Matters are on different networks! :-)

Also good news - Fresh Prince will be back next year. :-)
I just love THAT kid (Will Smith).

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From: mp@wam.umd.edu (Martha Elizabeth Phillips)
Subject: Re: [FOX] LIST: All FOX series to date (with personal rankings)
Organization: University of Maryland at College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 12:01:00 GMT

Beans Baxter was the best!!  I've got most of the episodes on tape..I think the
show was just before its time.  It would probably be doing pretty good
today.  Hmm...the guy that played Scooter currently plays Encyclopedia
Brown on the HBS series of the same name.  And it's done by Savage Steve
Holland (guy behind Baxter, and great movies like Better Off Dead)..it's
quite a decent show!  Jonathan Ward (Beans) showd up as a guest on an
episode of Parker Lewis in the last year..that's all I've seen from him since
his show was dropped.


Xref: sparky rec.arts.tv:9717 rec.arts.sf.tv:1451
From: leapers@romana.Tymnet.COM (Quantum Leap fans)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL: News update for April 16, and a whoops
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:22:19 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv
Organization: Nope

I've just been informed that this account is going away in 2 hours and 40
minutes, so by the time you read this, I'll be gone. :-(

Fear not, though -- I Shall Return as soon as I can get a new account
somewhere, which I think I can manage by the end of the month, so the
news updates will continue. I may manage to sneak 'em out even before
then, you know me.

Just think of me as being on hiatus :-)

In the meantime, keep your eyes out for the Dennis Miller show on Apr.
22, on which Dean's appearing; Entertainment Tonight the 24th (Scott);
Scott's NBC-TV movie the 27th, and the remaining new episodes:

Apr. 22 "The Curse of Ptah-Hotep" (hell, the curse has already hit me, I
might as well say it) Sam's an Egyptologist
"Stand-Up" Sam is one, guest star Bob Saget
May 13 or 20 "A Leap For Lisa" (season finale) Sam leaps into Al

I'll be back!
Sally
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From: sarwate@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sanjiv Sarwate)
Subject: Re: My thought on Young Indy
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 21:02:47 GMT

bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole) writes:

>In article <987@xlnt.COM>, david@xlnt.com (David Johnson) writes:
>> The movie Indy is basically an adventurer with a PhD in archaeology, 
>> someone many people fantasize about being but would never _really_ 
>> would like to be.

>Would you care to place a bet on that???

I prefer to think of it as "someone many people fantasize about being but 
never will be."

>Greg "Pennsylvania" Bole               "Snakes...why did it have to be snakes?"
>bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu              Indy in _Raiders of the Lost Ark_


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From: jsw21124@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Joseph S. Walker)
Subject: Johnny Carson's Last Night
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 23:17:06 GMT

In response to an earlier query: Johnny Carson's last night on the TONIGHT
SHOW will be May 22, 1992, a Friday night.  It has been rumored that there
will be no guests the last night, only clips and reminiscing by Carson, Ed
and Doc.  Whatever they show, it's fairly certain that they will shatter the
record for late-night tv ratings, maybe even break into the top 10 of all-
time most watched shows.

Jay Leno's first show as regular host will be the following Monday, May 25.
This will be the first night with Jay's new theme and bandleader (Wynton

Marsalis).
Any other changes Jay makes will probably be more gradual, but the word
seems to be that he is bringing in an entirely new staff and writers.  The
new band will be a 6-8 piece ensemble focusing on jazz instead of the
current big band.  IMHO, this is the worst aspect of the whole affair: the
Tonight Show band is the finest big bands working today, probably as good
as any of the legendary bands of the 40s and 50s.  They are planning a tour
for this summer, but the end of the show probably means the eventual end of
the band.

Other than that, all I can tell you is that Jay has said he will invite more
'heavy' guest to the show than Johnny has: writers, politicians, judges,
scientists.

I know Johnny isn't exactly a god to college audiences, but I for one will
miss him.  His monologs are miles better than anyone else's, including Jay's,
though Jay or Dennis Miller might eventually be that good.  Johnny is
supposed to do some specials for NBC next year, but it will never be the
same.

Jazz Walker
From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: SNL: 4/11/92
Date: 13 Apr 1992 16:58:12 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: telecaster.think.com

In article <1992Apr13.143916.3084@eplrx7.es.duPont.com> walker@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Scott Walker) writes:
>Well, it certainly was good to see Wayne's World back on the show.  I thought
>they were "protecting" it for some reason and would never show it again.

I was expecting them to make some reference to their movie, especially
since they were focusing on films with their Oscar report.  I guess they
didn't want to break the fourth wall that way.

>Very funny, too.  In fact, I thought the whole show was a lot better than
>it has been in months.  Flippy the flipping Chihuahua getting run over by
>Toonces the driving cat, who in turn drives over the cliff AGAIN, even w
>with his 2  nieces and nephew in the car!  

Agreed.  I never really liked Toonces, and was thinking, "Oh, not another
stupid Toonces clone sketch", but they redeemed themselves with that twist.

>					    What a hoot! (or meow)  Sharon
>Stone did a good job too, and I thought the guest appearance of Jon Lovitz
>was excellent- "Did I mention I have a penis?" ha ha!

As predictable as it was, I liked that sketch, too.  Probably because we
can all relate to being unable to approach women like her.

I also liked the Tayster's Choice commercials.  I usually don't bother
taping the last half hour of SNL (it's generally the lamest part of the
show and overlaps the first half of the weekend edition of Entertainment
Tonight), but I'm glad I did so this week.  Am I correct that they used
precisely the same dialogue as the original commercials, with the one
repeated substitution?
-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

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From: kaschenb@fraser.sfu.ca (Kevin Ernest Aschenbrenner)
Subject: RD: REASONABLE DOUBTS
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 21:28:42 GMT


Hey, what's happened to RD? They haven't shown
any episodes since the two-hour one awhile ago
and it looks like it's been replaced with that
new show DATELINE...so what's the story?  Does
anybody know?


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From: ddebry@dsd.es.com (David DeBry)
Subject: Re: The Return of Quantum Leap to r.a.t.
Reply-To: David DeBry <ddebry@dsd.es.com>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 01:22:22 GMT

In article <40889@shamash.cdc.com>, doreen@svl.cdc.com (Doreen Matsuzaki) writes:
|> jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes:
|> Besides, QL doesn't generate so much posts that it would annoy so
|> many people.  Also, most of the personal talk has been taken to 
|> personal e-mail.

	Well, it doesn't annoy a lot of people to complain, no.  But
it's a big pain (especially at the beginning of the season... remember
the cliffhanger resolution?) to have to skip over all the QL messages
to get to want I want to read.

	I'd say there is more than a big enough call for a
rec.arts.tv.ql or a rec.arts.tv.quantum-leap.  Has enough time elapsed
that we can now call for a discussion again?

	If there has been enough time, I'll call for a discussion if
no one else does.

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From: raek@athena.mit.edu (Robyn A E Kozierok)
Subject: Mann and Machine
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 21:06:43 GMT

I watched this last night -- not particularly impressive.  Anyhow, I missed
it if they said when the show was set -- seems to be just a few years in the
future.  Anyone know for sure?

--Robyn
From: larne@symbol.com (Larne Pekowsky)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Are there any religious T.V. characters?
Keywords: religion
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:16:51 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Symbol Technologies, Inc.


I wrote:
>Gene Rodenberry was definitely an atheist,
>although I don't know if he was actually hostile to religion.

magarell@dimacs.rutgers.edu (Christopher Magarelli) writes:
>     Actually, I'm pretty sure that Rodenberry was a bhuddist(sp?)

Actually, these two statements are not incompatible, since many
(most?)  forms of Buddhism are essentially atheistic.  Although this
is the first I've heard of Rodenberry being a Buddhist, according to
legend one of the moments he was most proud of was when the Dali Lama
spoke of being a trek fan.

>Also, Worf clearly adheres to Klingon spiritual beliefs, such as the
>Klingon rituals for dealing with the bodies of the dead.

Hm, true.  Good point.  And that reminds me, all of the tenctonese on
Alien Nation were religious, and the show touched on religious themes
quite often (and exceptionally well, IMO).


- Larne
From: firenza@wpi.WPI.EDU (Timothy Mark Collins)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: About Sam Kinison
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:30:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: wpi.1992Apr13.183033.21232
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute


A terrible waste.  He was definitely a very funny man.  He was over-the-top
sometimes, but he had a lot of talent and knew how to use it.  The Comedy
Channel aired one of his SNL shows from '86 last night.  After watching it,
I was all the more sad.

firenza
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From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Subject: Re: Questions on Actor's Wages
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv
Reply-To: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Organization: Nedriv Software and Shoe Shiners, Uninc.
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 17:41:30 GMT

:In article <1992Apr3.043820.1116@julian.uwo.ca>, mann@csd.uwo.ca (Robert Mann) writes:
:>It seems like a lot of actors are able to retire from acting after
:>having a successful series. So....
:>Some questions regarding actor's wages on TV series.
:>

Note that I heard a report during the pre-Oscar hype that indicated that
last year the average member of the Screen Actor's union made $20,000.  While
that might seem a lot to some folks out there, think about this: I assume
the majority of those in the union have a residence is Califoria - right?
If what folks I know who live in CA are correct, $20k isnt much to live on.
And think about some of the biggies like Arnold S., Tom Cruse, etc.  If
these folks are making in the millions a year, then SOMEONE in the guild
isn't making much at all - I would guess that the majority of members are
making significantly less than $20,000 a year.
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From: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: silly question: hong kong phooey
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:30:09 GMT
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division

In article <1992Apr8.084627.14926@koko.csustan.edu> krp@koko.csustan.edu (Ken Pergrem) writes:

 > In article <1992Apr7.214509.1978@usenet.ins.cwru.edu > csk@po.CWRU.Edu (Carl S. Kashuk) writes:
 >  >
 >  >... #1 superguy. Anyone know who his sidekick was??? 
 >  >One of those annoying trivia questions that keeps me awake
 >  >at night...
 >  >-- 
 >  >"Incompetent? I don't know enough to be incompetent!"
 >  >				-Woody Allen, "Shadows and Fog"
 > 
 >  It was a yellow striped cat, but I dont know what his name was...


The cat's name was Spot.

Steve
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From: Greta.Grivas@f357.n633.z3.fx.cec.edu.au (Greta Grivas)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Married With Children
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 18:10:10 +1000

Yep but don't forget that this is television and especially this show is
 designed to look anything but real - that's what makes the show so funny.

Regards,
Greta


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From: drwho@buhub.bradley.edu (Maria Munoz)
Subject: QL: The Finale?
Summary: Which finale is which?
Keywords: Quantum Leap
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: rec.arts.tv
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 18:26:15 GMT


	Ok, this is confusing me...on the one hand, Sally, who I know
must know the RIGHT thing, says that the finale for this season is going
to be the Sam leaps into Al thing.  BUT, I hear from others that on E!
and in USA Today that the finale is going to be the Magnum P.I. thing.

	Now, please anyone....tell me WHICH finale is it going to be so
my brain doesn't completely magnafluxxed!!! 

	Don told us the Al thing at the CON....but now there's talk of a
finale with Magnum and it being a two parter. Did Don change his mind?
What's up? :\ :)

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From: bsgc@geovax.ed.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Dinosaurs: episode guide??
Date: 6 Apr 92 11:16:46 GMT
Organization: University of Edinburgh, Geography Department.

In article <1992Apr5.004511.28235@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, ajw@decoy.uucp (25482-siegel) writes:
> 
> Does anyone have an episode guide for the Dinosaurs series to date???

I'd like a copy of this too.

BC