From: djohnson@next-1.gac.edu (Daniel P Johnson)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.monty-python
Subject: Re: Comedy Survey
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:01:56 GMT
Organization: Fallen Prey to Entropy
In-reply-to: Daniel.P.Johnson@mailbox.bison.mb.ca's message of 25 Sep 92 00:36:53 CSTLines: 54

In article <717712154.48@mailbox.bison.mb> Daniel.P.Johnson@mailbox.bison.mb.ca (Daniel P Johnson) writes:
.In article <1992Sep23.135828.21524@ncsu.edu> kchestn@eos.ncsu.edu (KENNETH CHESTNUTT) writes:
..In article <1992Sep23.061716.5196@news.acns.nwu.edu>, petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Julie Petersen) writes:
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..|> From: petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Julie Petersen)
..|> Subject: Comedy Survey
..|> Message-ID: <1992Sep23.061716.5196@news.acns.nwu.edu>
..|> Keywords: comedy, humor
..|> Sender: usenet@news.acns.nwu.edu (Usenet on news.acns)
..|> Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
..|> Distribution: usa
..|> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 02:17:16 GMT+5:00
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..|> I'm a graduate journalism student at the Medill School of Journalism at
..|> Northwestern University in Chicago. For our "thesis" we create a prototype
..|> magazine and develop a 5-year business plan for a magazine launch. One of our
..|> proposed ideas is a magazine covering the world of comedy including stand-up,
..|> movies, tv shows, animated shows (like Ren-n-Stimpy), books, political humor,
..|> et. al. Comedy has long been the stepchild of the entertainment industry and
..|> we want to give it a home. Think of it a one-stop fix for all your comedy needs.
..|> 
..|> We are considering an editorial mix of both industry "insider" information and
..|> humor in the form of columns by known commedians and profiles on "behind the
..|> scenes" people such as the writers for "Murphy Brown." What we would like from
..|> you are your comments: Would you, or a comedy junkie you know, subscribe to
..|> such a magazine? What would you like to see covered by such a magazine? What
..|> would turn you off? What other comedy/humor needs do you have? 
..|> 
..|> I am collecting comments until Thursday Morning. It would be extremely helpful
..|> if you could include your name and a brief description of you (e.g. job title
..|> and AGE would be nice) with your comments.
..|> 
..|> Thank you-
..|> Julie Petersen
..|> jp@darkstar.com
..|> or
..|> petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
..|> 
..I'd like to big cans of spam and men dressed as women.

.I'd like a tall person named Harold, 12 Jewish sailing enthusiasts, a
.roach motel, and the Prime Minister of Pakistan.  To go.

.Dan aka Oh, and make sure you give me a straw.

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My, this does sound familiar....did... Socrates say it?

Dan aka One of the more quotable peoples of the modern era