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From: kjaskiew@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Keith Ross Jaskiewicz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: PPV Olympics
Date: 30 Jul 92 22:52:29 GMT
Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407

In article <Jul.28.15.05.41.1992.12111@gandalf.rutgers.edu>, langbein@gandalf.rutgers.edu (The Fugitive) writes:
>
> Someone in the article mentions sales would of been MUCH higher if the
> cost was $50. I agree, since I would of considered buying in at that
> price. I might get that much out, but there is no way I can get $129
> worth with my work schedule.

This is something that I can't believe NBC and Cablevision didn't consider:
most people have to work during the day, five days a week.  Who has time
to watch the friggin' thing, even if you tape it?  What a complete
logistical faux pas.

____________________________
Keith
kjaskiew@polyslo.calpoly.edu
kjaskiew@demeter.calpoly.edu
From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: David Threlfall (Patriot Games)
Date: 31 Jul 92 13:34:15 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Delaware

David Threlfall also played The Fool in Laurence Olivier's videotaping
of "King Lear."  Very well, though the role is rather close to Smike in
character.  (Edward Petherbridge, also of NN, was in "Lear" too.)

Jon Alan Conrad
From: Corey_Lynn_Nelson@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Dennis Miller Show
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 09:34:38 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

I like the Dennis Miller Show very much. I am calling his 900 number that he
posted last night to ask that the show be kept on the air.
 
So, no, mordea@terapin.com (Annie Benson), you aren't alone.
 
      -=<< Corey L. Nelson >>=-
   corey_lynn_nelson@cup.portal.com
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From: C0150@vmcms.csuohio.edu
Subject: RE: TV setting -- a list
Organization: CSU
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 02:22:59 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.112001.20433@bogart.uucp>
cjaeger@bogart.uucp (Cecilia Jaeger) writes:
 
>
>Hi,
>	Someone, I don't know who because I lost the post, said that
>M*A*S*H took place in Seoul, Korea.  Even though they visited Seoul a lot
>the 4077th was near the town of Uijongbu near the front lines.
>
>Trivia Question:
>	What other Oriential city did the visit often?
>
>And for extra credit:
>	Who said the quote in my sig?
>
    Dr. Sidney Friedman
>			Ceci
>
>--
>			Ceci Jaeger
>		Internet: cjaeger@bogart.UUCP
>	   UUCP: ..uunet!media!ka3ovk!irscscm!bogart!cjaeger
>Ladies and Gentlemen, Take my advice. Pull down your pants and slide
>on the ice.  - M*A*S*H
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From: markn@ssd.comm.mot.com (Mark Nowak)
Subject: Young Riders double feature -- what happened?
Organization: Motorola
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:54:40 GMT

I recorded the first hour of last night's Young Riders episode,
not knowing that they were showing two episodes back-to-back.
Can anybody fill me in on what happened in the second hour?
It was supposed to be the final chapter of the the show, and I've
got to know how it ended.   Any info much appreciated.  Thanks
in advance.

-- 
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SWM, 25, 5'11", seeking SF ...      | grasp the laws of the whole world.  When
Chicago, Illinois                   | the laws of the whole world are grasped,
INTERNET: markn@ssd.comm.mot.com    | therein lies perfection. - I Ching
From: wlamonac@haydn.helios.nd.edu (william lamonaca)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Bosom Buddies
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:18:07 GMT
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame

In article <1992Jul21.150253.18887@walter.bellcore.com> rspw@backyard.bellcore.com (Bob Warznak) writes:
>|>  >I've been watching some of the reruns on USA this summer, and am 
>|>  >wondering why they replaced the cover versions on Billy Joel's My Life 
>|>  >with a wretched new generic sitcom theme song.  Probably to save a few 
>|>  >bucks in royalties, I guess.
>|> 
>|> Ugh... That was an OUTRAGE!!  
>|> 
>|> The original theme song was FANTASTIC.  USA replaced one of the all 
>|> time best TV themes with something totally disgusting.  Sick!!
>|> 
>|> -{ DA }-
>
>USA did not replace the theme.  I know that they had the same wretched theme 
>when the show ran in normal syndicated reruns a few years back.  I'm certain 
>that the Billy Joel theme was NEVER used, even when the show originally 
>appeared on ABC.
>

Sorry to correct you, but "My Life" was the original theme song (back when
the show originally ran, he was not as well known as he is today, which may
explain why they could use it then).  However, it was a cover version of
the song, not Billy's version.

When the show went into syndication, the theme song was still intact.  I
haven't seen the USA version, so I don't know about the new theme song.
BTW, has this happened to any other TV shows-  ie, has an opening song
been changed when the show went into syndication?
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From: ladc@cogfog.cognet.ucla.edu (Laura Da Costa)
Subject: Re: SQUARE PEGS
Organization: none
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:24:11 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.145511.18590@hubcap.clemson.edu> jeff@hubcap.clemson.edu (Jeff Burdette) writes:
>kenl@idacom.hp.com (Ken Loo) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul20.190931.5058@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jblackwo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (J P Blackwood) writes:
>>>
>>>Who were the two main girls on Square Pegs. I have a haunting feeling they are
>>>still around.
>>>
>
>>I'm sure one of them was Tracie Nelson (Father Downing Mysteries, daughter
>>of Rickie, sister to long hair blonde singers).  The other lady, I can't
>>remember.
>

Tracie Nelson played the Valley girl character, Jennifer.  She was not one
of the two main characters.

>The other girl now plays one of the Assistant DA's on _Equal_Justice_
>(on ABC).  Her name is Jessica ____??____.  Her last name escapes me
>right now.  She has been on a couple of other shows (other than EJ)
>either as a regular or a guest.
For some reason, I think her last name is Parker, but I am not positive.
I will try to remember to look us there names in a book I have at home, if
no one comes up with them before tomorrow.
>
>  -Jeff

-Laura


Laura Da Costa
Psychology Department--Cognitive
University of California, Los Angeles
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From: patti@nestor.uucp (80122-stankovich)
Subject: Re: "Pluck the Magic Twanger, Froggie"
Reply-To: patti@nestor.UUCP ()
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 18:24:14 GMT

In article <92202.094254BROSE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> BROSE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
>Does anyone out there remember the show that featured
>"the Frog" and the cat "Midnight" - a feature called Tim Tyler's Luck
>"Spider Web" was also featured.  I would like to
>know the name of the show if you can help.  It was
>televised in the early 50's (maybe late 40's).
>
>Any leads would be appreciated.
>Thanks
>BRose

Funny you should ask this question.  We were just discussing
this show as work not too long ago and no one could remember
the show.  All that a friend of mine could remember was a
fat kid that wore a striped shirt and used to always sit
in the front row.  I had to ask my husband about this one 
(he's a little older than me).  I think the name of the show was
Andy's Gang with Andy Divine as the host.


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From: chrisa@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (C. G. Albone)
Subject: Re: Gay/Lesbian Characters on TV Series:  THE LIST
Organization: Uni Computing Service, Uni of Sydney, Australia
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 01:02:41 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.180859.26633@pixel.kodak.com> dj@ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones) writes:
>In article <1992Jul24.172651.11408@colorado.edu> fielden@spot.Colorado.EDU (j.a. fielden) writes:
>Oh!  Yes, well you see the diabolical nonsense called Are You Being
>Served started production at a time when comedies had to, I mean *had*
>to have a limp wristed not-explicitly-gay-but-everybody-assumes-it
>character just to ride the wave of fashion cresting right then, which is
>the usual substitute for actual talent in writers and performers.  Throw
>in the standard seaside-postcard elements of lascivious oldsters
>and randy youngsters and you've got the formula for British humour of
>the lowest kind, 80s style.

80's??? Hardly...Are You Being Served is from the 70's... Geezz I can remember
watching it when i was in primary school... the 80's produced some of
the best British comedies (Which, IMHO means some of the best comedies)
that there have been. Witness "The Young Ones, Mr Bean, Yes Minister
Black Adder etc etc etc etc

>
>Now of course, limp-wristing is no longer fashionable - let alone funny
>- so there's some retrenchment.  Plus of course some discreet
>redirection: "I say old man, what with all this AIDS stuff do you really
>think we ought to let on that people actually do that sort of thing?
>Give him a girl, there's a good chap."
>

Have you seen Sticky Moments? A British "game show", hosted by Julian
Clary. Hmmm it is just an excuse to have a queen on tv, but boy does it
work... Had my friends in fits of laughter when they saw it (yeah, some
of them are homophobic to a greater or lesser extent :( )

---
Chris.

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From: lrm28@cas.org ()
Subject: M*A*S*H Psychiatrist
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 20:11:11 GMT

In article <1682F12CC8.C0150@vmcms.csuohio.edu> C0150@vmcms.csuohio.edu writes:
>In article <1992Jul21.112001.20433@bogart.uucp>
>cjaeger@bogart.uucp (Cecilia Jaeger) writes:
>
>>      Who said the quote in my sig?
>>
>    Dr. Sidney Friedman
>>                      Ceci Jaeger
>>              Internet: cjaeger@bogart.UUCP
>>         UUCP: ..uunet!media!ka3ovk!irscscm!bogart!cjaeger
>>Ladies and Gentlemen, Take my advice. Pull down your pants and slide
>>on the ice.  - M*A*S*H

The first time we meet Allan Arbus's character was "The Conference", an all
night poker game.  I believe he was called Major Milton Friedman.  Later in
the series, he was "demoted" to captain and "renamed" Sidney.

Hope this helps.  I really liked this show, even though they got a bit preachy
towards the end.  Not as bad as _Full House_, but I feel they were going
through the motions the last season.

IMO, of course.
-- 
Luke Mayercin  lrm28@cas.org  "Why does ear wax taste like it does?"
Chemical Abstracts Service is not responsible for these comments.
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From: clamen@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart Clamen)
Subject: Re: Tv settings -- a list
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 00:11:00 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Reply-To: clamen+@CS.CMU.EDU
	<1992Jul29.110539.13977@news.iastate.edu>
	<1992Jul29.104836.57609@cc.usu.edu>
Originator: clamen@BYRON.SP.CS.CMU.EDU

In article <1992Jul29.104836.57609@cc.usu.edu> sll28@cc.usu.edu (LORNA_PAYNE) writes:

   In article <1992Jul29.110539.13977@news.iastate.edu>, tabn3@isuvax.iastate.edu (Griffy) writes:
   > In article <1992Jul23.180430.1896@unlv.edu>, rajesh@unlv.edu (Rajesh Viswanathan) writes:
   >>In article <1992Jul23.161039.16656@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jblackwo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (J P Blackwood) writes:
   >>>
   >>>Star Trek: San Fransisco (Starfleet HQ)
   >>	    _______, IOWA (KIRK's hometown)
   >             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   >   
   >   That's (I believe it's Winterset) William Shatner's hometown in real life,   
   > not as Kirk on the show.

   James T. Kirk will be born in Riverside Iowa, sometime in the early 23rd
   century.  William Shatner's hometown is Toronto.

William Shatner's hometown is Montreal.  His mother still lives there.
--
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From: dmb@world.std.com (Deborah M Brown)
Subject: Re: Triplecast Numbers
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:13:59 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.081037.302@cunews.carleton.ca> wcsanil@superior.carleton.ca (Anil Prasad) writes:

>Any network that aborts the Croatia vs. Dream Team game in favour
>of diving DESERVES to lose megabucks on the Olympics. I still
>can't believe they did that. The Croatia/Dream Team game was the
>*only* interesting matchup of all of the dream team games. And
>it was the one game NBC chose to nuke halfway through.

That did bite - you should have heard the groans in MY house!

But then, if they were going to be showing these events all the way through,
there would be no incentive for people to buy the triplecasts, now would 
there? :-(


-- 
.......... It ain't over 'till Frank pushes the button ........
Disclaimer: "Disclaim THIS, pal!" (I'm REALLY in Rochester, NY)
Internet: dmb@world.std.com or dmb7229@ultb.isc.rit.edu 
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From: kevin@andorra.Berkeley.EDU (Kevin Nelson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: alt.tv.60's-70's.nostalgia
Date: 24 Jul 92 21:01:09 GMT
Reply-To: kevin@andorra.Berkeley.EDU (Kevin Nelson)
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory


         I recently saw a posting in alt.tv.seinfeld that mentioned
    something about stars from one network visiting other stars on
    a different network or show, the show that was mentioned in this
    group was from the original "Batman" series. particularly
      the scenes where Batman and the Boy Wonder would scaling
    a building and various stars and celebs would appear from the
    windows.  i.e.
            This post said that Col. Klink(from Hogan's heroes)appeared
     and asked the Dynamic DUo something about Col. Hogan?
         some others I do remember were:
                -Sammy Davis Jr.
                -Dean Martin
                     
             Any others???
From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Olympic sports coverage
Date: 31 Jul 92 03:00:09 GMT
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Organization: Curious Goods (formerly Louis Vendredi Antiques)

jgacker@NEPTUNE.GSFC.NASA.GOV (James G. Acker) writes:
>
>the company man, while Daggett and Elfi Schlegel provide color and 
>"expert" commentary.

Is this the same Elfi Schlegel of the Canadian national gymnastics
team, from Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)?  Last time I was home, someone
said that she was heading to law school (law's not a good market these
days, either, I hear ...)

gld
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary L. Dare				Elections 1992-93:
> gld@cunixB.cc.columbia.EDU		* Jean Chretien (Canada)
> gld@cunixc.BITNET			* Perot^H^H^H^H^H Elvis! (USA)
From: hefferman@ccs1.bbn.com (Matt Hefferman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Morrow's deadline is Tuesday
Date: 22 Jul 1992 14:35:52 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Newport, RI
Reply-To: hefferman@ccs1.bbn.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but...

sramirez@milos.intel.com (Steve Ramirez) writes:
>jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu (Chuck Jordan) writes:
>
>>with that delightful kid from the Encyclopedia Britannica commercials.
>
>GHOD, I HATE THAT KID!!! I can't believe he got paid for that 
>commercial!! Do you think his daddy owns Encyclopedia Brittanica??

No, but his father, comedian-turned-adman Stan Freeberg, made the commercial
(and does the voiceover).

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From: rajesh@unlv.edu (Rajesh Viswanathan)
Subject: Re: Tv settings -- a list
Organization: UNLV
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 18:04:30 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.161039.16656@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jblackwo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (J P Blackwood) writes:
>
>Star Trek: San Fransisco (Starfleet HQ)
	    _______, IOWA (KIRK's hometown)
>
>
>Murphy Brown Washington
>
>Family Ties Columbus
>
>Home Improvement Detroit?


-- 
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From: steinman@me.utoronto.ca (David Steinman)
Subject: Re: Dennis Miller show
Organization: UofT Mechanical Engineering
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:43:31 GMT

staggers@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Ken Staggers) writes:

>>Why did it fail?  Over saturation of the TV Talkshow market?  Not enough VHF 
>>stations?  To hip for the room?

>How about ratings hovering around 1.5-2.0?

Probably 'cos Dennis was too hip for the room.  Also, a temporally and
spatially varying time-slot.  He was hard to find (and we got him from both
American and Canadian stations here).  When I did watch him, I found some
interesting guests, some incredibly obscure pop-culture references, and a
very sarcastic host.  I was even starting to like the show.

Then again, Dennis can be kinda hard to take in all but the shortest
doses.
--
Dave!
Xref: sparky rec.arts.tv:15254 rec.arts.animation:3174
From: fjohnson@steely.rutgers.edu (Floyd Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.animation
Subject: Young Secret Agents query
Date: 23 Jul 92 19:59:46 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Forgive the crosspost, but I think the question qualifies it:

Which was more believable in premise, plots and execution, "Beans
Baxter", which may as well have been the son of  "Scarecrow and Mrs. King", or
"James Bond, Jr.", the nephew of a British Secret Service agent
(implies it should be "II", rather than "Jr.")?

Strapping on the Nomex (I think I see a flame in the wings),

Floyd Johnson
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From: robt@is.morgan.com (Rob Torop)
Subject: Re: Dennis Miller Show
Organization: Morgan Stanley - IS
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:43:44 GMT

I'm with you.  I can't stand him.  And insult was added injury when he stole the announcer from my favorite show, "Night After Night with Alan Havey" (on Comedy Central).

-- Rob

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From: boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com (The Man from Another Place)
Subject: Re: Mork from Milwaukee?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 05:18:13 GMT

In article <keOq4_e00io4E4zHcW@andrew.cmu.edu>, Anish Bharat Bhimani <ab4n+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes...

[...]
} Does anyone know whether this episode aired before or after "Mork and
} Mindy" premiered? If it is before, I'd be really surpised to find out
} that "Mork and Mindy" was a "Happy Days" spin-off.

Surprise!

This aired before MORK AND MINDY, and it was the introduction of the
character. So, yes indeed, M&M is a spin-off of HAPPY DAYS.

(Any bets on whether this spins off into the annual "What show has the
most spin-offs?" thread?)

-- 

	"She's my radiation baby.
	 She's my teenage fallout girl."

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, "The Mill", Maynard, MA)

    boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com
From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Dudley DoRight's horse's name
Date: 30 Jul 92 10:33:07 GMT
Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

hjjcl@usho77.hou281.chevron.com (J.J.Clyde) writes:

>In article <906@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes:
>>dickens@gibson.nacto.lkg.dec.com (Jeffrey Alan Dickens) writes:
>>
>>
>>>What was Dudley DoRight's horse's name ?
>>
>>Horse.

>OK.  What was the name of that (those) dastardly villain he so often
>encountered?

Snidely Whiplash

(And let's not forget Nell (sp?), who was in love with Horse, and Inspector
Fenwick)
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From: acadams@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Arthur C. Adams)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: XXV Olympiad Opening Ceremonies
Date: 26 Jul 92 22:11:40 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Great Beyond

In article <1992Jul26.193112.10136@muddcs.claremont.edu> dhua@jarthur.claremont.edu (David Hua) writes:
> The archer was, to me, the
>highlight of the show.  What if he had missed the torch? 

There's no doubt in my mind there was someone standing at an electronic 
ignition switch, just in case. It would have been _awfully_ _embarrassing_ 
for Spain and for the archer had the torch not lit. 


It was a very classy way to light the torch, though. 
-- 
The world is not analog. The world is digital,
with an incredible number of bits.
Arthur C. Adams (not the comic-book artist)                        <fnord>
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From: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Murphy Brown (Was: Th
Date: 27 Jul 92 00:35:00 GMT
Reply-To: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco)
Organization: SataLink Info Systems - Huntingdon Valley, PA - 215-364-3324

JL>Quayle was on Larry King's show on CNN a couple of nights ago.  Larry 
JL>asked him if he would appear on Murphy Brown and he said he would but
JL>only if they let him say what *he* wanted to say -- the way *he* 
JL>wanted to say it.  He then added that he didn't think they would want 
JL>him on those terms.

Geez, I'd take him on those terms!  They couldn't write better stuff 
than he's gonna come up with in his own:  not the least of which is, 
"A mind is a terrible thing to lose".  They'll have to tolerate a 
mountain of spelling errors, but, what the heck? <G> 


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