From: mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Mary E. Allison)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: AMC - various and such
Date: 7 Jan 1993 23:04:20 GMT
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Various insightful comments -- there are some TANS at the end of this
list if anyone wants to skip the TANS.  (Actually, I think there's
more TANS than comments about the show).  

JOEL HORN -- there's a PERSONAL note to you at the VERY end of this
list - so if you don't want to read the TANS please skip to your note.

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> >From: alex@unx.sas.com (Alexandra Bost)
> >Subject: Re: AMC:  I'm baack.....

> Gloria is REALLY starting to get on my nerves.  Adam is WAY too old for her 
> -- which means Stuart is, too!  I'd like to see her with Tad.  (Heck, lets 
> put ANYONE with Tad already -- I am ready to see him in a few bedroom 
> scenes! :-))

YO - ALEX - admit it -- you just want to see Tad with his shirt off.
(Don't we ALL -- well maybe not ALL of us but probably quit of few of
us - CAZ - you agree :] )

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TANS

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For those of you that asked - thanks Mike's feeling a LOT better.  He
had a REALLY bad fever last Wednesday but he was LOTS better by
Thursday and ALL better by Friday.  And HE DOES appreciate me taking
care of him.  

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> >Subject: Re: AMC: TAN: name changing

> P.S. -- I'd be interested in knowing how many women out there, who
> *have* changed their last names when they got married, also changed
> their middle names to their maiden name?

Been there, done that - probably will again.

Let's see, I started off as Mary Elizabeth Allison, went to Mary
Allison Todd, back to Mary Elizabeth Allison and I'm not QUITE sure
what I'll do this time but MOST LIKELY I'll go to Mary Allison Wu.  

Course, my name isn't all that hard to pronounce or spell - but it is
kind of a pain having two first names.

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> >From: van@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (valerie.thompson)
> >Subject: Re: AMC: Scott

> In article <T3wwwB3w165w@pete.uucp>, patricia@pete.uucp (Patricia Peterson) writes:

> > Can you tell that people who ignore their children really get to me.  This
> > is probably the largest under reported type of child abuse.

> Boy, every time I read about the Schoos, I can feel my face turning
> bright red in anger!! How could any one think it's acceptable to
> leave a 9 YO and a 4YO home alone for NINE days ???  That's 
> one jury I'd love to serve on!!  (Whew...it feels good to let off a
> little steam on this topic - that couple sure makes me mad!!)

Well, I've come up with the theory that it would be best if they had a
jury of 12 MEN!!  Because if they had a jury of 12 WOMEN the sentence
would probably be SHOOT FIRST ASK QUESTIONS LATER!!!!!

Mary "jeez, and I'll be worried about leaving my CATS with someone to
     check on them" Allison

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> >From: dmillard@encore.com (Debbie Millard)
> >Subject: AMC: TAN: Beauty & Beast (was AMC: Comments)

> My brother, on his last visit, wanted to know why a single,
> 30-something woman would have Disney movies.  I immediately
> answered, "Why, so the boys would have something to watch when you
> visit!"  He didn't buy it...his boys would rather watch
> Terminator:-) 

WHY NOT!!!

I've got Fantasia and Beauty on videotape.  I'd like to get Alice and
Lady & the Tramp and Bambi and 101 Dalamations.

Just color me young at heart

Mary "I wonder if I can register for those movies for wedding
      presents" Allison

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> Subject: Re: AMC UPDATE - Monday, December 28
> From: ahelmers@umiami.ir.miami.edu

> And of course, if you haven't done it already, it allows you to suck
> yet another unsuspecting viewer into the...PINE VALLEY VORTEX. (This
> is undoubtedly the biggest reason you are getting married, Mary). 

Actually - HE sucked ME into the Pine Valley Vortex.

Mary "well, at least now I have someone to help pay for all the video
     tapes" Allison

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> Subject: Re: AMC UPDATE TUESDAY DEC 29
> From: dwv@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (Dave Vollman)

> >3. Will Mike and I have less trouble putting together our train set
> >   than Dimitri and Edmund did?
> 
> I hope not! BTW, what are you guys running, N, HO or LGB?

We're running HO

Mary "can I register for HO scale train stuff for wedding
     presents along with the Disney videos?" Allison

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> Subject: AMC: Godzilla Quickies 921223
> From: starkid@uumeme.chi.il.us (Lance K. Sanders)
 

> > Subject: AMC update Monday, Dec. 21 1992
> > Date: 22 Dec 1992 19:38:57 GMT
> From: mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Mary E. Allison)
> 
> >Dixie is cross examined by the Barracuda.  { I HOPE this character stays  
> >around - she's a real bitch.  I like that in a woman. } 

>   I like it in a woman, too. But like any seasoning, a little goes a
> long way. ;)  ...wonder what that character would be like in bed... 

LANCE!!

     You always wonder that about the attractive AMC women.

     (Course, you wouldn't be Lance if you didn't :} :} )

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Subject: Re: AMC:TAN:Holiday greetings from the Grinch....
Date: 23 Dec 1992 17:49:57 GMT
From: susanm@an.hp.com (Susan Margulies)

> When I used to live in the dorms, we would throw a "Christmas
> Special" party, drink spiked hot chocolate and watch the 4 hours of
> specials I have!   And everybody thinks I'm loopy because I'm Jewish
> yet I love Christmas Music and Cartoon Specials! I just tell them to
> feel free to encroach on any of my holidays, although I can't
> imagine who would want to!  

EXCUSE ME!!

Girlfriend, you can invite ME to your Seder anytime.  

     I like Jewish holidays - well, at least the ones that revolve
around EATING food!!  Of course, the ones that revolve around NOT 
eating food (fasting) I usually don't invite myself to :] :^}

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RESOLUTIONS for 1993

* The writers resolve NOT to have any kidnappings for an ENTIRE
  YEAR!!!  (YEAH!)

* Beverly Harris and Pat Steward resolve to write to the producers
  every week asking for a contract for Billy the Bartender.  After
  Billy gets a contract, Beverly and Pat will share him with each
  other, but they resolve to keep fight to keep the rest of us away
  from him.   

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thank YOU, thank YOU, and THANK *YOU*!!
  -- Fozzie Bear

     It's the end of the year, time to tie up loose ends, so I guess
it's about time we thank some people around here.  I remember when I
did regular updates and there were times it felt like if nobody really
noticed unless it wasn't there early enough and then quite a few
people would post "where's the update."  I know at times you might not
feel as appreciated as you really are,  So without further ado ... 

MARGARET,

     Thanks, for posting the FAQ and keeping the mailing list, which
has come in REAL handy for me at times when I was suffering from FNF.
It seems as though you are now the glue that holds the group together,
and we appreciate that. 

CAZ,

     Okay - you USE to be the glue that held the group together, and
you still have quite a bit of that sticky stuff :].  Not only that,
but I still haven't forgotten the old days - when CAZ use to do the
update EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!!

GRANMA,

     Yeah - your posts are very entertaining, but what I REALLY look
forward to are your signatures :] :].  

DAVE, DONNA, ALEX, SUSANS, and LANCE (the regular updaters)

     THANK YOU for the updates.  I know sometimes it's a pain to do
updates, but I also know how much fun it can be.  There are many
people that rely on you.  You guys are the ones that have to watch the
ENTIRE show on your update day.  You CAN'T FF through the really
boring stuff, like Dimitri and Erica in Budapest or whatever.  Boy,
the BEST things about not doing an update are I can sometimes get a
few days (or even weeks behind) and I don't have to watch EVERY SCENE
all the way through.  I got behind during November, but I got to zip
through all that Erica/Dimitri stuff pretty quick.  And, thanks to the
updaters, I knew what I was suppose to pay attention to :].  Dave, I
especially like your questions, but someone or other always seem to
beat me to my answer :]   

ALL the emergency updaters;

     THANK YOU!!  The updaters appreciate you, and the posters, and
the lurkers appreciate you.  SPECIAL thanks to the people that have 
done updates without warning, like when someone's VCR conks out or
when George or Dollar Bill decides that something REALLY NEEDS to be 
announced at NOON, and you manage to type an update without prior
warning.  At least when *I'VE* done an update I knew when I watched
the show I had to pay attention.

To the Armed & Dangerous ladies, LAURA (with the magazines) and TRISH
(with the Prodigy stuff) (and everyone else that posts things from
other sources),

     Okay - I know nobody ever called Trish A&D before, but it's sort
of the same thing.

     THANKS for the scoops that I might not otherwise get a chance to
see.  YEAH - sometimes I SAY that I hate spoilers, but as long as
they're marked I can choose to not READ them (not that I ever choose
not to read them, but at least I have the option.  And I love to read
them spoilers :].  

     There's also lots of other people that deserve recognition in
this category, (like Gregory E. Czapla, who typed in the entire Sun
Times article).   And the people that have written about Walt's shows
and various mall appearances.  

EVEN if nobody ever tells you, you ARE ALL APPRECIATED!!

P.S.  KARIN - thanks for doing the year end credits.

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PRIVATE TO JOEL HORN

I tried to mail you but the mail bounced -- a few times.

> I was looking through my black-and-white AMC yearbook and noticed that you were
> born in Chicago a year after I was (South Chicago Comm. Hospital).  Would you

Hmmm did I say the name of the hospital -- I'm a chatty lady. 

> mind telling me where you lived, on the off (wayyyyyyy off?) chance that we
> might have a mutual acquaintance (or just for nostalgia's sake!).  I lived on
> the South Side until 1970, when I moved to Glenview.  If you get this before
> the holidays, have a Merry Christmas.

I grew up near Archer and Cicero and lived there until around 1978 or
so.  WOW!!  That was a LONG time ago.

Hope your holidays were happy.

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--
If you are going to become a writer, the last thing you want is a
computer because you won't become a writer, you will become a
nerd or a nervous wreck. 
  -- Mike Royko

    Mary Allison (mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu) Urbana, Illinois
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