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From: dan@dunaad.co.uk (Daniel Hunter)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Witches Abroad
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:23:47 GMT
Organization: Johnson Hunter Limited


I've just finished Witches Abroad in paperback and it has to be one of the
best yet . I just love all the sterotypical characters from Genua
(straight out of Famous 5).Also i thought Granny Weatherwax is great
espcially playing cards and stuff. My top 3 characters are:1 DEATH        
                                                           2 Librarian
                                                           3 Granny W.
 Also Garth (Dana Howard i think) would be a great Eric.
Bye,

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From: eaobrien@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Douglas vs Terry
Date: 5 Nov 92 10:44:24 GMT
Organization: Trinity College Dublin

In article <1992Nov3.224027.29400@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, mcrosby@nyx.cs.du.edu (Matthew Crosby) writes:
> In article <roddi.720758602@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> roddi@cs.monash.edu.au (Roddi Walker) writes:
>>lindap@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au (Linda Penington) writes:
>>
>>> 
>>> > IBRUNTON@ESTEC.BITNET () writes:
>>> > :   Will someone out there nail their colours to the mast and admit to liking
>>> > : Craig Shaw Gardiner, or preferring Douglas Adams. What about 'Bored of the
>>> > : Rings'?.

  Craig Shaw Gardner ! The man makes me long for the cool clear lucid prose
  of L.Ron Hubbard ;->
  As and for 'Bored of the Rings', well .. just takes your breakfast away.
  Now, if we could find a Robert Rankin fan..


>>>Terry pokes fun at so many bits of life/language/humanity that we
>>>usually take for granted, and once you've stopped laughing... well...
>>>ok... while you're taking a break from laughing to gasp for air, it
>>>actually does set all sorts of subversive and serious chains of thought
>>>in motion, when you least expect it.
  
   I agree. The other reason why I prefer Terry to Douglas is that Terry's
   universe is basically a happy place. OK, so some of the funniest passages
   rely on confusion and misunderstandings, but the DW books do have a very
   cheerful tone. Even the villains are all either misguided (Coin) or not
   quite sane (Felmet), with the possible exception of Vorbis.(I haven't
   read Lords & Ladies yet..)

   Compare the Hitch Hiker universe, where all is frustrating callous
   bureaucracy. The HH books get depressing after two readings, and Dirk 
   Gently is even bleaker.

   Actually, none of the other writers I really enjoy (Iain Banks, Jack Womack,
   William Gibson, Mervyn Peake) are nearly as cheering. Is this common
   or do most Pratchett fans prefer other upbeat writers ?

 
                             --Emmet
From: tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk (Terry Pratchett)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Douglas vs Terry
Date: 9 Nov 92 18:36:00 GMT
Reply-To: tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk
Cc: tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk

>From: litterst@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Stephen Litterst)
>Date:  6/11/92 17:04:07
>What? Adams Deadline-surf?  NEVER <insert dripping sarcasm here>  If I
>under stand teh expression, you're saying that he was rushing to
>finish the book to meet his deadline.  Douglas Noel Adams make a deadline?
>Yeah, and I'm gonna marry a Vogon.

No, I've heard the term used about people who never overtake the deadline. In
fact, popular mythology says he DOES rush to meet his deadline -- Mostly
Harmless was apparently finished on a plane.  It's just not THE deadline.

I have some sympathy.  The world fills up with things to do other than write.

Terry
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From: andyh@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andrew Holyer)
Subject: Oops! sorry.
Organization: University of Sussex
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 14:18:45 GMT

>-- 
>&ndy Holyer, School of Cognitive and     |"Boy, they were big on
>Computing Studies, University of Sussex, |  crematoriums, weren't they?"
>JANET: andyh@cogs.sussex.ac.uk           | - George Bush while touring
>                                         |   Auschwitz, Sept. 1987

Ahem. Read my .sig


-- 
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                                         |be resumed when I find another one.
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From: uhschreg@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Ulrich Schreglmann)
Subject: Re: Discworld, Orbits and (probably) old threads
Organization: Student Pool, CSD, University of Erlangen, Germany
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 08:45:44 GMT

bfde@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Bernard Francis DE LA COEUR) writes:

>That's nothing.  In 'Somewhere in Time', Christopher Reeve is given a pocket
>watch (in the 1980s) by a very old lady.  He thinks himself backwards in time
>to the 1920s (?) where he meets the same lady, only she's young and beatiful
>and Jane Seymour (?); and he gives her the watch as a gift.  When he realises
>that being able to think yourself back in time has some serious physical-law-
>type difficulties, and it isn't possible to take a penny back in time to
>invest it in a bank account earning lots of money after all, he is suddenly
>(whump) back in the 80s.  Jane, meanwhile, carries the torch for him until her
>old age when she meets him and gives him the watch that he'd given her...

But what is this like from the viewpoint of the watch? I mean does it go
through that time loop for all of its eternity? Okay, so you might say
it's an inanimate object, not minding the business. But what about fric-
tion while ticking? And if it doesn't tick think about all the atoms
that are scratched away every time you touch it. (Several thousand at
least!) The watch should get older while in the loop -- and thus arrive
at a stage once when it is thrown away. What then? (Its "then" as well
as our "then.")
I know all the answers of course, but I want you to find them your-
selves.  :-)


May the Cool Will Have Been with You Inside Time String #23.7.9/0-ii!

(C)OOL mcmxcii, T.S.#67.5.9/0-ii
From: berry@athos.pei.com (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Mort - - play
Date: 6 Nov 92 16:19:47 GMT
	<RSHOLMES.92Nov5125948@rodan.syr.EDU>
Reply-To: berry@pei.com
Organization: Protocol Engines, Inc., Mt. View, California

>>>>> On 5 Nov 92 18:13:20 GMT, rsholmes@rodan.syr.EDU (Rich Holmes) said:

Rich> In article <1992Nov3.195350.6213@spuddy.uucp> arcturus@spuddy.uucp (Geoff Riley) writes:
>If there were only 3 actors it was probably the University of Brent - I once
>saw their production of Gotter Dammerung (sp?) - only 3 actors in that ;-)
Rich> Pikers. Anna Russell did the entire Ring Cycle solo.

Well, duet if you count the pianist.  (And a hysterical Ring Cycle it
is too -- an accurate and pointed sendup of the whole thing)

  --berry ("Do you remember the RING?")
--
Berry Kercheval :: berry@pei.com :: Protocol Engines, Inc.  Mt. View, CA
From: hennebry@plains.NoDak.edu (Michael J. Hennebry)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Mort Film, medication
Date: 6 Nov 92 16:01:11 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

In article <memo.725659@cix.compulink.co.uk> tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
Has A&E been tried?  All I know about A&E's ability to make movies is that
they did at least one good work in conjunction with the BBC: The House of
Elliot series. No skellingtons or other special effects though.

If some other ugly American tells you that the skellington has got to go,
suggest that Dirty Harry should have a Derringer.

-- 
Mike   hennebry@plains.NoDak.edu
"I still thing it's garbage, but beautifully cooked."   --  TP on TP
From: wass@sics.se (Anders Wass)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Douglas vs Terry
Date: 6 Nov 1992 15:03:05 GMT
Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science
Distribution: world
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-- 
In article <memo.733700@cix.compulink.co.uk>, tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk (Terry Pratchett) writes:

> The only 'serious''negative' comment I've made is that Long Dark 
> Teatime showed signs of deadline-surfing.

That's the understatement of the century of the fruitbat. I had to check
four times to see if any pages were missing. I'm sure he wrote it down
on a bar matchbox in two seconds when his publisher found him on Bali.
(Hm, that's propably what you do on Bali---go deadline-surfing.)

That's DNA's biggest problem: everything is great up to the last
10 pages, then the plot (and the reader) breaks down. Shame. 
So compare the endings (for a start) and realize why Pterry is the
better writer.

> Terry

wass
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'Yes, But What's It REALLY All About, Then, When You Get Right Down To
It, I MEAN Really'!
			Didactylos famous philosophical conundrum
				as told by Terry Pratchett
From: rincewind@discworld.oche.sub.org (Rincewind                      (alias Michael Schwingen))
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Organization: This is the Discworld, which travels through the space on the
	back of four elephants which themselves stand on the shell of Great
	A' Tuin, the sky turtle.
Subject: Re: cool post
Reply-To: rincewind@discworld.oche.sub.org
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 21:21:40 MEST

In <40490@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, Simon Garton writes:
>Path: sdcc12!network.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!wupost!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE!tornado.oche.de!discworld.oche.sub.org!rincewind
>From: rincewind@discworld.oche.sub.org (Rincewind                      (alias Michael Schwingen))
>Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
>Subject: Re: fav character thread
>Message-ID: <H.tYrD8_&Ajl6@discworld.oche.sub.org>
>Date: 1 Nov 92 21:08:24 GMT
>References: Re: fav character thread
>Reply-To: rincewind@discworld.oche.sub.org
>Organization: This is the Discworld, which travels through the space on the
>	back of four elephants which themselves stand on the shell of Great
>	A' Tuin, the sky turtle.
>
>who else noticed the poster's name and address ...

Thanks :-)

It was just after reading my first 2 or 3 pratchett books when I had to  decide
what name to use for my UUCP site - the result is obvious, and I  do  not think
it was a mistake :-)

cu
Michael
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Univ.: michaels@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de    <--- use this for long mails!
Home:  rincewind@discworld.oche.sub.org            Maus:  Michael Schwingen@AC3
IRC: Rincewind
"The only way housework could be done in this place was with a shovel  or,  for
preference, a match."                           Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
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From: rmaddy@eos.ncsu.edu (RICHARD M ADDY)
Subject: Re: lots o' questions&annotations for Mort
Originator: rmaddy@c00517-118rd.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: rmaddy@eos.ncsu.edu (RICHARD M ADDY)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:31:33 GMT


 ST102315@brownvm.brown.edu writes:

>p.30...Albert's stove has a plaque on it that says "The Little Moloch
> (Ptntd)".  One of my friends told me that Moloch is a God of the
>  Underworld, but had no real specific information.  Does anyone else
>  have any?

Wasn't he one of those nasty gods that had children sacrificed to him?  
That, and the usual mode of sacrifice was to burn the children.  Although I may
be confusing him with Baal.


>p.86..."They could pee through a dozen mattresses..."  Albert here mangles
>  a fairy tale.  Unfortunately, I can't remember how it goes.  Anyone?
>  Anyone?

That would be the Princess and the Pea, where the family of a prince tested the
suitabilty of a spouse for the prince by slipping a pea under the umpteen
mattresses she slept on, reasoning a real princess would be sensitive enough
to feel the pea through all the down.  Of course, the princess wakes up black
and blue the next morning (having slept on a pea and all) and there is much 
rejoicing.

>p.195..."I don't even _remember_ walking under a mirror."  I haven't been
>  able to figure out what this means.  Has anyone else?

I don't remember the context of this one - did it have something to do with bad
luck?  A cross between walking under a ladder and breaking a mirror?

>A newbie,
>jwgh


Another newbie
RMA

-- 
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NCSU
rmaddy@eos.ncsu.edu

"One Objects! 
   One is miffed in the extreme!"
           - Eupathic Impulse
                  _Jack_the_Bodiless_
                      Julian May
From: ssouth@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Steve South)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 19:30:51 GMT
Subject: Re: Elephants.
Organization: HP Scientific Instruments Division - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett

Of course the sun goes round the disc, although belief that the disc revolved
was a part of Dogholic catma for many centuries. In fact a commission recently
reported (after 13 years) that they had been wrong in persecuting a man for
teaching that the sun went round the disc.

Steve South - HP Scientific Instruments Division
ssouth@hpsid.sid.hp.com


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From: g91v3505@giraffe.ru.ac.za (MR S VAN ONSELEN)
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v4.0, part 2 of 2
Summary: This file documents and explains some of the more obscure
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 12:32:12 GMT

Greetings, Oh Beneficient One,
He-who-graces-us-with-the-MARVELOUS-APF

>+ [p. 42] "'I saw this film once, right, where there were these computer
>  games and if you were really good the aliens came and got you and you had
>  to fly a spaceship and fight a whole bad alien fleet,' said BigMac."
>
>  Terry is decribing an existing movie here. God, I have seen it on TV a
>  couple of years ago -- but for the life of me I can't recall the name.
>  Anybody?
>

I believe the piece of cinematography referred to is "The Last Starfighter."

It featured a roving "talent scout" who would do a galaxy-wide distribution 
of video-games that simulated "actual" star-fighting.  Anyone who beat the 
high-score would be wisked (sp?) away to defend the galaxy by doing "the 
real thing" ie. flying a starfighter against the bad guys.

A small aside : 
  This movie included computer graphics of a fairly high standard.  While it 
  was by no means a blockbuster, it DID turn a profit, thus removing some of 
  the stigma that had attached itself to comp-graphics in movies after the 
  dismal performance of "TRON".  Perhaps without this movie, Terminator II 
  would still be waiting in the wings, eh?

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From: ccamfiel@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Christopher Camfield)
Subject: Re: the new kid
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:49:22 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.211018.5062@spuddy.uucp> arcturus@spuddy.uucp (Geoff Riley) writes:
>In article <1992Nov7.4693.2902@dosgate> "steve degroof" <steve.degroof@canrem.com> writes:
>>How about an animated film? The problem with this is finding an
>>appropriate animation house. Disney is out; too cutesy. Spielberg might
>>do; maybe a bit too Hollywood. Nelvana has possibilities. Any
>>suggestions?
>
>How about Cotsgrove (sp?) who did the Truckers animation - that was super!

If the animation style is Josh Kirby-esque, I'm all for it! :)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
From: STUCS204@UK.AC.BHAM.IBM3090
Subject: Colour of Magic Graphic Novel
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:20:52 GMT
Organization: The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

If anyone has seen this new Discworld Product. If so can they let me know what
they think about it and if they think that it's all just a ploy to screw more m
oney out of Discworld fanatics like myself. Does one count ERIC as a graphic no
vel or not?
          Thoughts please (e-mail or reply article)
                   to stucs204@uk.ac.bham - aka Richard.
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From: leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart)
Subject: Re: Douglas vs Terry 
Reply-To: leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:03:43 GMT

erhellfr@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Edgar Hellfritsch) writes:

> [...] the Discworld (like Earth) is 'mostly harmless'. [...]
> Of course, the DW series is great fun reading (O yes it is, Mr
> Pratchett, sir!), but neither does the series really evolve towards some
> new aspect, nor does it ever hurt or offend anyone.

1] I don't *quite* see how Douglas Adams' books manage to "hurt or
   offend" anyone. Or are you talking about hurting and offending
   Vogons?

2] I think many people will agree with me that Terry Pratchett's
   writing is very definitely evolving, towards a much more serious,
   less slapstick oriented form. Have you read "Small Gods" yet?

-- 
Leo Breebaart  (leo @ ph.tn.tudelft.nl)
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From: walagerw@cs.vu.nl (Lagerweij WA)
Subject: Re: Which 3 writers favorite?
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:02:19 GMT

spschure@cs.ruu.nl (Sjoerd Schurer) writes:
: Which 3 (fantasy) writers do you like most, and in what order?


Mine are: Terry Pratchett , James Patrick Hogan (sci fi) , Terence White.
No particular Order.

Wouter.

-- 
Wouter Lagerweij | 'Do you think you're better every day?'
walagerw@cs.vu.nl| 'NO, I just think I'm two steps nearer to my grave!'
						- Queen
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From: t88swa@tdb.uu.se (Sven Wallman)
Subject: Re: Death in general
Organization: Dept. of Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:48:42 GMT

James William Handley (jwh@doc.ic.ac.uk) wrote:
: 
: Don't know if any have you have seen Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, in which Bill &
: Ted die, and play Death to get back to life...
: 
: In Reaper Man (??) Death talks about playing Monopoly, and in B&T they play a
: whole variety of board games, and I was just wondering which came first, or if it
: was just parallel evolution???
: 
: ('tis a good film too, especially when they Melvin Death) ROTFL
: 
I think that playing games with Death is an old concept. It`s been used
in films before. I think Max von Sydow played chess against Death in
Ingemar Bergman`s The_Seventh_Seal (??) (deep stuff).
--
Sven Wallman, S:t Larsg. 5, 753 11 Uppsala, Sweden, +46 1812 9237
"I think, therefore I'm right."-Hugo Rune
From: ma_blase@csd.uwe.ac.uk (Fox)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Casting Pratchett movies (was Re: new topic)
Date: 10 Nov 92 09:20:11 GMT
Organization: University of the West of England, Bristol
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Ross Smith (alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz) wrote:
: How about Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney in "Only Fools and Horses") as Mort?

Good choice.

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From: pjh@eng.cam.ac.uk (Philippa Hogben)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v4.0, par
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:55:51 GMT
Reply-To: pjh@eng.cam.ac.uk
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Ever the optimist, I am trying, yet again, to post this reply (both 
posting _and_ mail failed on Friday). I hope it works _this_ time......


- [p. 115] The name Didactylos translates as "Two-fingers". In England a
  slightly milder from of "giving someone the finger" consists of extending
  two fingers downward in a reversed 'V for Victory' sign.  The origin of
  this rude gesture dates back to the battle of Agincourt.

I kept expecting somebody else to mention something about this otherwise
I'd have spoken up sooner. In the "two finger" gesture, the fingers are
extended upwards not downwards. The "reversed 'V for Victory' sign"
description refers to the fact that inthe 'V for Victory' sign, the palm
is facing towards the audience whereas in the "offensive" gesture the palm
faces towards the gesturer.

Hope this helps, keep up the good work 8-)

[I am getting really frustrated by this mailer and news-server not sending 
this reply]

[While I am at it, I think the film you are looking for in the OYCSM
annotation is "the Last Starfighter"]

Philippa


---
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Any mistakes are mine, all mnie.

I am not a .sig virus. I am a free bug.
From: vader@meryl.csd.uu.se (]ke Eldberg)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: UK signings
Date: 7 Nov 92 14:18:06
Organization: University of Uppsala, Sweden
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In-reply-to: tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk's message of Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:41:00 +0000

Terry, have you ever considered signing books in Sweden?
 
Though this is a sparsely populated country, you do have a
substantial following among SF and Fantasy readers, and
several of your books have been translated into Swedish.
(Sadly, not by me... the publishers think I am too expensive)

]ke Eldberg
From: mcsba1wsb@dct.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: RE:"Eric" or something like that?
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:30:49 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

The book Eric was a way of getting Rincewind back onto the surface of the
Discworld.  I don't know the reason for the name, I think it might actually be
Faust - but don't flame me if I am wrong, that is scored out maybe TP could
tell us.
	For those that have seen my other postings and have wondered about
their anonimity(?) my real name is Wendy.  This may be better than Magrat but I
still prefer mcsba1wsb!
			Wendy!!!!!!!!!
		(Multiple !!!!! are a sign of insanity.
					That's why I use them!!!!!!!!)
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Subject: Re:  New Topic?
From: alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz (Ross Smith)
Date: 4 Nov 92 21:10:27 GMT+12
Distribution: world
Organization: Wanganui Amigans, Wanganui, NZ

In article <9230811.14825@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> bfde@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Bernard Francis DE LA COEUR) writes:
>
>My suggestion, and I'm sorry if most of you in foreign places do not know who
>I'm about to mention, is to use the cast of the Australian production of
>Jesus Christ Superstar (24 sellout shows in the 15000-seat National Tennis
>Centre, Melbourne), dress them up a little differently, and set them loose:

I haven't seen it, but I'm familiar with some of the names...

>       John Farnham as Rincewind-      Perfect with all that flowing hair.

Totally inappropriate, IMHO! He's much too handsome and self-assured. I still
like my idea of Bill Oddie better than any other actor I've seen suggested.
Farnham might be good as Carrot.

>       Jon Stevens as the actor guy in Moving Pictures

Perfect! I suggested Timothy Dalton, but I agree Jon Stevens would be great.
(Or Mel Gibson, while we're on the subject of Aussies :-)

>       Angry Anderson as CMOTD or Cohen (versatile guy),

Can't see him as CMOTD, but yeah, he'd make a good Cohen. I'd still like to
see Adrian Edmondson in that role, though. (Hey -- how about Angry Anderson
as a troll? :-)

>       Kate Ceberano would make a good witch, I reckon.

I agree, but which one? She's too young for Granny Weatherwax or Nanny Ogg,
and not wimpy enough for Magrat (who, I think, *has* to be Shelley Duvall).
How about Anathema Device in "Good Omens"?


--
...... Ross Smith (Wanganui, NZ) ...... alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz ......
                  "Sir, trust me. My whole case hinges on
               proving you're a dork." (Kryten, "Red Dwarf")

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