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From: sally@romana.Tymnet.COM (Sally 'Lucky Bitch' Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Quantum Leap / USA Today
Date: 15 Apr 92 23:53:07 GMT
Organization: None

In article <1992Apr15.231639.8508@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> jogle@nrao.edu writes:

(like, wow, spoilers, OK?)

>>(article deleted)

>Sally, you're not saying this stuff is true, are you?  The first one, yeah,
>you've talked about before but the others?  The last one made me think
>someone's about two weeks late with his post....

The first one is true, yep. Tom Selleck's supposed to be on the Tonight Show
tomorrow (Thursday). I suspect he'll be plugging his new movie, but we'll see
if he says anything about QL.

As to the other two: I'd seriously doubt Sam could leap into Lecter,
since the rights to that character aren't owned by Universal, eh? Maybe
a Lecter-type, but they've sorta done that already, see tonight's ep.
As to the LHO, that seems to contradict one of the big rules, but maybe
Don's found a way around it. I never say never with this show.

Lemme check with my sources and get back to you, OK? I gotta make my
weekly call anyway.

USA Today is usually reliable with their QL info.

Sally

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"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"
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From: MDuPree@world.std.com (Micky DuPree)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: >Re: STAR COPS: Background, episode guide, tapes
Keywords: Star Cops, Chris Boucher
Date: 14 Apr 92 04:05:48 GMT
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

In article <ipg8nbo\@sgi.sgi.com> jeremy\@classic.asd.sgi.com (Jeremy
Higdon) writes:
>In article <1992Mar25.191912.14366\@inmet.camb.inmet.com>,
>porges\@syclone.camb.inmet.com (Don Porges) writes:
>> My reaction to "Star Cops" -- which I enjoyed immensely, by the way
>> -- was "which non-British nation will be revealed as knaves or fools
>> THIS week?" [....]
>
>They got Britain, too.
>Remember the episode where he meets Devis?

Amen.  The single most heinous crime in the entire series was committed
by the British.  Chris Boucher apparently believes that cynicism begins
at home.  I think that they weren't going after specific nationalities
on "Star Cops," but were instead targeting any large institution, be it
Spring's original police force, which sanctioned shoddy police methods
and kicked him upstairs, or multinational corporations, such as Hanimed,
or entire nations.  All large institutions invariably proved corrupt in
the long run.  Only selected individuals could be relied upon, and it
didn't seem to matter what country they were from (as witness Spring's
handpicked Star Cops themselves).

-Micky
From: jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Danger Island
Keywords: danger island, banana splits
Date: 13 Apr 92 00:08:21 GMT
Reply-To: jsp@pls.amdahl.com
Distribution: na
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

rhm3@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Robert H Morrison) writes:

}If I recall correctly, Danger Island was one of the serials on the old Banana 
}Splits show (along with Arabian Nights, Three Musketeers, etc.)  However, the 
}Danger Island segments were live action, not animated and were really, really, 
}awful.

You're right about everything except that last part.  Far from being awful,
they were surprisingly well done; decent writing (especially given that it
was just a segment of a children's show); good acting, featuring a very
young Jan Michael Vincent; and a wonderful combination of action, adventure, 
and comedy.  I've always felt that they should have combined all the episodes
together into a special.

}Great theme song, though.  Fleagle, ????, Trooper and Snork!  (Bonus points
}if you can name the missing split!)

The missing one is Bingo, but the third one is Drooper, with a 'D'.  So
named for the droopy ears.

--James Preston

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From: gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Life...)
Subject: Re: FAQ Request: Quantum Leap Origin
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv
Organization: Ursa Minor Beta, 402-476-8047 @ 2400
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 06:57:48 GMT

jjfink@skcla.monsanto.com writes:

>This should probably be in a FAQ file somewhere, but can someone post
>or email to me a plot synopsis of the first Quantum Leap episode.

>3) OK, I get it that other people see the person he leaped into, but
>   how does he fit in their clothes?

The current theory is that everything is remapped in scale, which is
also why when he is in a shorter person than Sam, people still look Sam
in the eyes, rather than looking down at his chest.

>By the way, Al forgot to use the door in last nights episode.  He just
>blinked out.  That was supposedly how Sam caught on that it wasn't Al
>in a previous episode.

I suspect they were saving money on the effects.  (I noticed the sudden
dialog between Al and Gooshie, and the again mention of Tina.  Did
someone leak my previous observation back to the studio?  Thanks!)
Still, the handlink did bloop occasionally, which wasn't present in the
episode you mention with the Al doppleganger.

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From: ghost@ra.nrl.navy.mil (G. Host)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Mann & Machine: Second Episode *SPOILER*
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:38:09 GMT
Reply-To: ghost@ra.nrl.navy.mil (G. Host)
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC


> Article <kujdo2INNrj1@early-bird.think.com> From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)

> Spoiler after this...

> I also liked the variation on the cliche plotline.  I was all ready to
> believe that the technician was the killer; in TV-land, frustrated nerds
> frequently turn psychotic.  I'm glad they didn't let it go at that.

I thought it was the receptionist - she showed all the signs
I figured she was killing them because the original
suspect turned down dates with her and went out with them.

And I was figuring Machine was going to have to bail out Mann
from his date.  Oh well, you can't always get it right...

Don't you think by this time perios they would make new materials
for swimsuits other than spandix? Some spray on polymer was my
first thought or a metalic.  (I got into a discusion with my wife
about it because she does swimsuits professionally; one of the
suits was on Sports Illustrated calendar last year)

After seeing this episode you can definitely tell that the woman
in the title sequence (very James Bondish, you know?) is not
our favorite androidess.  When is the next release coming out :-)

BTW they gave clues to the year of the show, it was mentioned
that the original suspect graduated in '12 or so so I figure it
is 2025 - 2040 give or take a few centuries.



> barmar@think.com          {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar


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From: gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Life...)
Subject: Re: The Tommorow People
Organization: Ursa Minor Beta, 402-476-8047 @ 2400
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 06:52:09 GMT

SCOLVIN@CLEMSON.CLEMSON.EDU ("Silverthorn Wolf") writes:

>Topic: The Tommorow People & The Third Eye
>That is great to hear about The Tommorow People, I really liked the
>original show. Has anyone ever seen The Third Eye which also used
>to show on Nick., about the same time an er as the Tommorow People?
>If anyone has information about The Third Eye, please let me know|

The Third Eye was, apparently a series of mini-series.  Two titles I can
recall are "Children of the Stones" and... "The Labyrinth"?  Another one
with two kids with apparently special abilities, which I can't remember
the title of.  I think the "...Stones" one also starred Gareth Thomas
(sp?), of Blakes 7 fame, but my memory is very fuzzy.  The "The Third
Eye" programs may have also appeared as "Special Delivery" sections.
They date from the time that Nick broadcast across the US at different
times.  (Taught me my time zones.)  Also, no commercials in the middle of
shows... I've noticed editing done to old "You Can't Do That On Television"
to make room for mid-show commercials, but that's another newsgroup.)

There was a rumor posted earlier that The Tomorrow People were coming
back on Nick.  If so, I'd be VERY interested in times.  However, I hope
they don't trash it with commercials this time around.

>                      Silverthorn Wolf
>                      scolvin@clemson.clemson.edu

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Subject: Re: SF wishlist..oh please!
From: jjfink@skcla.monsanto.com
Date: 13 Apr 92 09:39:55 GMT
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
Nntp-Posting-User: jjfink

In article <1992Apr10.133856.1@dac.mdcbbs.com>, asr_2@dac.mdcbbs.com writes:
>    what would you guys like to see on Saturday?

How about:  Gigantor          -- the original giant robot
	    The Impossibles   -- Very silly, but so what?
	    Frankenstein Jr   -- Same
	    Land of the Lost  -- Only before the uncle showed up
	    Prince Planet     -- Now I'm getting desperate

Anybody got a line to the SF Channel?  They, if anyone, should get a
decent saturday morning lineup.  My cable company said they won't carry it
till next year, at earliest 8^(.

Speaking of the SF Channel, does anyone know if the loss of Asimov will have an
impact on it?  He was a part of the board, right?  Wasn't there to be a show or
two hosted by him?
From: calyx.corp@mixcom.mixcom.com (calyx.corp)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Land of the Lost
Summary: Land of the Lost episodes available for trade
Keywords: sleestak
Date: 8 Apr 92 00:13:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: mixcom.1992Apr08.001337.11864
Distribution: usa
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.

I have made a formal agreement with Epilog magazine to write them
a complete and detailed episode guide for the original "Land of the Lost"
series.  The guide is scheduled to appear in issue #21, December 1992.
I will be getting excellent copies of all 43 episodes in the process.
Since this is my favorite show of all time, I would be more than happy
to trade these with any interested parties.  Contact me at email address
calyx.corp@mixcom.com, or write/call me at home:

Nels Olsen
1512 E Royall PL #429
Milwaukee, WI 53202-1854
414 271-7917

ps. Beware of Sleestak!
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From: jsloan@ncar.ucar.edu (John Sloan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Mann & Machine -- YAR (Review)
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:01:44 GMT
Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR Boulder, CO

From article <naran.702629851@sfu.ca>, by naran@fraser.sfu.ca (Travers Naran):
> Well, as I watched the show come to a close, my opinion of the show
>was: It has some promise and is a tolerable show to watch and I will
>watch it again.

I enjoyed it. I'd watch it again, at least once. But perhaps that's a
personality flaw on my part. The show has the same flaw as most SF series,
including ST:TNG, etc. These shows consistently (IMHO) fail to show the
full implications of the technology they propose. Taking M&M as an
example, if you could actually create an android as portrayed, then
I suspect:

o       If such a machine costs millions or billions of dollars, then
	it wouldn't be used in law enforcement, but would be part of
	some deep black DoD/Intelligence program.

o	If such a machine merely costs hundreds of thousands of dollars,
	then the technology used to create it would be ubiquitous.
	We'll virtually have to assume this, since it appears that
	these machines are not a closely held secret.

o	Artificial limbs would be a reality, not just to replace lost
	human limbs, but also to augment existing limbs. Sames goes for
	eyes, ears, all the sensory appratus. Humans could be vastly
	altered, repaired, improved. No evidence of this.

o	If a workable power source existed that could fit in the
	android and not generate too much waste heat, that would be
	the de facto power source in damn near everything of the same
	order of mass and size. E.g. automobiles, etc. No evidence of
	this. (I did like the Humvee, though! :-)

o	If you can fit that much intelligence in something the size of
	an android, then workstation-sized intelligent machines would
	not only be common, but obsolete (i.e. you could buy them at
	Radio Shack). Hence, they should be all over the place: at
	home, at work, in automobiles, etc. If you trust one of these
	things with a gun, wouldn't you trust it driving your car?
	We'd all have personal assistants, machines that would clean
	our homes, sort our mail, keep our calendars, etc.

o	I'm sure you can think of others.

I realize it's just a T.V. show, but one of the things I like about
_good_ science fiction literature is that authors usually know enough
to create a fully realized world, complete with the implications of
the new technology they propose.

--
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From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Mann & Machine: opening
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:29:48 GMT
Reply-To: aland@cs.brandeis.edu
Organization: As little as possible

jms@romana.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes:

>In article <1992Apr13.182726.21606@mips.mitek.com> earendil@newview.etsu.edu (Allen Garvin) writes:
>>I think I rather like the show, though it does get a little silly at times.
>>The opening music and stuff has cracked me up both times, with the spinning
>>female body and all.

>But the music has got to go!
>Not since the later seasons of "Hunter" have I heard a more obnoxious
>opening theme.  It takes away something from my enjoyment of this
>wonderful series.

I agree 100%.  When I heard it, with the tacky voice-over, I said to
myself, "This show will be cancelled immediately.  That's probably too
bad." *grin*  The show has some promise, but not much. :)  The music!
ARGH!

	-=Alan
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From: malinon@iastate.edu (Ramon C Redondo)
Subject: Re: Danger Island
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 04:41:08 GMT

In <1992Apr12.175810.1@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole) writes:

>In article <1992Apr11.223908.20554@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, 
>rhm3@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Robert H Morrison) writes:
>>  
>> If I recall correctly, Danger Island was one of the serials on the old 
>>Banana Splits show (along with Arabian Nights, Three Musketeers, etc.)  
>>However, the Danger Island segments were live action, not animated and were 
>>really, really, awful.

>The white doctor, his blonde daughter, their black friend and.........

>"UH-OH!  CHHHHOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGOOOOOOO!!!!!"

>(Does anybody have any idea what I'm talking about?) 

It's Danger Island Time!

Of COURSE I know what you're talking about......
There was also a combination live action/animation adventures of Huck Finn...
Anyone remember anything else?


>Greg Bole	                    "You never wrote!"  "I don't know how."
>bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu         Audry Hepburn and Sean Connery as the
>                                     title characters in _Robin and Marian_

Dark Malinon
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From: mab@buphyk.bu.edu (Michael Burstein)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Enterprise go *BOOM* (was: Re: star trek-ng)
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:44:30 GMT
Organization: Boston University Physics Department

In article <1992Apr7.190935.20276@hsv3.uucp> mvp@hsv3.uucp (Mike Van Pelt) writes:
>Re: the time loop episode.
>
>Why are their explosions so crappy these days?  The first time
>they showed a starship exploding (the Yamato's demise from
>catching an alien computer virus) was great -- flash, gas

To do a really good job, they would have to actually explode the model
of the Enterprise that they use for each episode. You didn't really want
them to do THAT, did you? :-)

-- 
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From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: ABC Axes Indy!
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 21:35:28 GMT

cole@lea.csc.ncsu.edu (Robert Cole) writes:

>After tonight's episode, there was a voice-over saying that the show
>would return later this year with all new episodes.

Oh, that's what they said. Our affiliate put their own announcement on
after "Watch for all-new episodes of". 

But does anybody know _when_ these all-new episodes will be run?

-- 
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 circumstances make women more affectionate and men more amiable."
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From: sally@romana.Tymnet.COM (Sally 'Lucky Bitch' Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: 4/8 episode (was Re: QL: Drew's Spoiler Review: "It's a Wonderful Leap")
Date: 7 Apr 92 05:14:22 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.tv
Organization: None

In article <1992Apr6.134921.19858@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse) writes:

>Be concerned.  I saw a commercial for it last night during Mann &
>Machine and I DON"T LIKE IT!!!  
Hey, I've read the script, and believe it or not, it's actually funny as
well as suspenseful. I'm looking forward to it.

>How can anyone even think of doing that to Sam.  <shudder>
Well, 1) they think they're doing it to the guy he's leaped into, not Sam
and 2) oh, hell, I'm not even gonna say it, make up your own rude remark.

Sally

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"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"
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From: acadams@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Arthur C. Adams)
Subject: Re: QL: Famous people
Reply-To: acadams@aplcen (Arthur C. Adams)
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 02:08:02 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.232201.10434@nic.unh.edu> J_DELANO1@unhh.unh.edu (Jeff   Delano) writes:
>
>	I've been wondering how many famous people Sam runs
>into these days.  Certainly less than Young Indy!  I've only seen four:
>	Stephen King
>	Rudy Valle (someone told me this one)
>	Donald Trump 
>	another I can't remember.
>	
>	Does anyone have a list?
>	Wishy


Sylvester Stallone.
(Sam was a priest in Philly. The parish had a boxing team. One boxer
said he was too busy in his job at the meat market to practice. 
Sam said he saw a movie once where a boxer worked out by punching
slabs of meat. The boxer replies "Hey, thnanks, Father! Yo!" He slams
his locker, which says S. Stallone.)

Dr. Heimlich
(Sam is at a party. He saves a man from choking with the Heimlich 
maneuver. As the lucky man walks away, a woman says to him, "Dr. 
Heimlich, are you all right?")
I'm sure there were others.
-- 
The world is not analog. The world is digital, just
with an incredible number of bits.
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From: cbenson@adobe.com (Craig Benson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Quark
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:00:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View

About 12 years ago, a short-lived sf parody named Quark aired.  Does
anyone know where I can get tapes of it?  Please respond via e-mail,
as I don't have time to keep up with all the postings.

Thanks,

Craig Benson (cbenson@adobe.com)
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From: 21329KAD@MSU (Kim Dyer)
Subject: Re: >Re: Victor Buono
Organization: Michigan State University
Date: 8 Apr 1992 18:31:40 EDT

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
>>Now I wonder what other roles other than King Tut people can remember
>>of [Victor Buono's] career.

>He played a character called (I think) Count Giuseppe in "The Wild Wild
>West."  I think this was a recurring role.  I think he also played a
>Chinese villain in the debut episode of WWW, "The Night of the Inferno."
>This is all that stands out in my mind, but his guest roles were legion.
>Possible appearances in "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "Lost in
>Space," "Time Tunnel," "I Spy," and "Man from UNCLE" suggest themselves
>to me.

Maybe the wrong actor is coming to mind ... but didn't he play the
regular villian on "Man From Atlantis".  (Oh dear ... I feel old again.)
From: amd@space.mit.edu (Ann M. Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Mann & Machine: Second Episode *SPOILER*
Date: 15 Apr 92 12:49:52 GMT
Reply-To: amd@space.mit.edu (Ann M. Davis)
Organization: MIT Center for Space Research


>, jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston) writes:
> ghost@ra.nrl.navy.mil (G. Host) writes:
> 
> }BTW they gave clues to the year of the show, it was mentioned
> }that the original suspect graduated in '12 or so so I figure it
> }is 2025 - 2040 give or take a few centuries.
> 
> Hmmm, I didn't think it was that far in the future.  In the first episode,
> didn't Mann's friend talk about getting his lawn in '93?
> 
> --James Preston

But they also mentioned that people don't start worrying about finding a
companion until they were in their eighties.  It seems they have extended 
the life spans, so you both could be right.

	Ann