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From: rrheaume@emr1.emr.ca (Roberta Rheaume (CPB))
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Museum of Television and Radio
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:11:33 GMT
Organization: CPCS, Energy Mines & Resources, Canada

Just came back from NYC and spent 3 hours at the Museum of Televison and 
Radio.  Anyone interested in TV should spend some time at this place.  You 
can access their library of tapes, some very old - I watched an old Goldberg'
s episode.  It was great.  I recommend the museum highly.  

If you are thinking of spending some time in NY and like TV, they also give 
seminars with televison actors (many famous, such as Carroll O'Connor), 
writers, directors, producers, etc.

Can't say enough good things about this place.

Also, being from Canada, I enjoyed watching all the great American TV 
channels, like the Comedy Channel, AMC, USA and others.  I think Canadians 
should get together to get more TV channels and less Constitutional debates.

Just my opinion,

Roberta Rheaume

"These are my opinions and do not reflect the opinions of my employer, if 
they have any"
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From: vv1@csri.toronto.edu (Marc J. Ouellette)
Subject: Re: Kung Fu TV series
Date: 5 Oct 92 05:21:20 GMT

fwong@bnr.ca (Frank Wong) writes:
>I found this list on the net and though that other r.m-a'ers would enjoy it.
>There was an article in the March '92 issue of Black Belt about a new
>Kung Fu TV series, called Kung Fu : The Legend Continues , or something like
>that. David Carradine stars again, playing the great grandson of Kwai Chang
>Caine. The series is set in modern day times.  Shooting of the episodes
>started in June, and was by an independant production house, much like
>Star Trek The Next Generation. So it would not be dependant on the TV    
>Networks for support.  Carradine was talking about syndication.
>Anyone out there know if the series got made and sold ?
I know that the series is being filmed in Toronto.  One of the guys
associated with this show (I'm not quite sure what he does... does
the name Phil Bedard sound familiar to anyone?) plays hockey with us,
so I know that filming is in progress.  I don't know much except that
Grasshopper has a son (since the actor playing the son plays hockey
with us too:-)...  I'll post more details if I overhear anything in the
dressing room:-)

Marc
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From: tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Trevor Jenkins)
Subject: This Old House (again) 
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Organization: Job hunters use Parachute
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 18:38:43 +0000


Oh well, I said:

> Sometime ago I posted a query about "This Old House". I think that one of
> the British TV companies (*) is monitoring this newsgroup because ... next
> week they are running a series of them. From our version of "TV Guide" they
> are starting with the ep (does one call them eps for such a programme?) is
> the one where they renovated a house in London, England.

Guess what? Pre-empted by a @#%* soccer match. Apparently they are showing
the highlights having earlier this afternoon pre-empted other programmes in
order to show the match live. So the consequence is that they upset the
adults by: 1) showing the high-lights instead of This Old House; 2) showing
the match during the day; 3) showing only highlights now and 4) causing
children to complain that their programmes were pre-empted.

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From: jeffy@cray.com (Jeffrey Neau)
Subject: Re: Saturday Night Live's 18th Season
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 28 Sep 92 08:18:31 CDT

In article <1992Sep24.231457.8107@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> 21329BJ@MSU writes:
>------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
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>From: cass@netcom.com (Diana Tenery-Fisher)
>Subject: Re: Saturday Night Live's 18th Season
>Message-ID: <2+9nzrb.cass@netcom.com>
>Date: Thu, 24 Sep 92 05:51:12 GMT
>Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)
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>Lines: 5
>
>>Who is the other guy who does DA BEARS skit?
>
>It's Tom Davis, a writer, who used to do some skits with his partner
>Al Franken.  They did one skit when Al supposedly had brain surgery and
>they were trying to find out if the surgery had effected something???
>(his comic genius, timing, etc.???)  Anyone recall this one?
>
>--Barb

No, it is not Tom Davis.  I can't remember the guy's name, but I think the
guy who said he also plays Guido was correct.  They seem like the same actor...


Jeff


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Jeffrey Neau - jeffy@redwood.cray.com
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From: winkeler@natinst.com (Keith Winkeler)
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Subject: Re: NX Premiere "Northwest Passages"
Date: 29 Sep 92 12:28:04 GMT
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In article <1992Sep29.140351.7153@newsance.att.com> kimi@newsance.att.com (Kimiye Tipton;ball of confusion) writes:
>So, it turns out Maggie was trying valiantly to have a great birthday,
>and everyone else was dumping on her.  This is great-- real life!
>Although it didn't quite go along with previous stories about her
>character (remember when she learned she was going far-sighted?),

I think it _is_ consistent with the far-sighted episode. In both
shows, she is disconcerted by her age and reveals her insecurities
in her efforts to hide her obvious worries.

>And the dream sequence-- YES!  Just what I asked Santa for.  Followed
>by the best line in the whole show (see my .sig).  That whole
>troup of boorish jerks-- instead of idealizing her lost beaux with
>those little dioramas ("And what does the glued-on macaroni stand
>for, man's inhumanity to man?"), Maggie sees what those guys were
>like at their worst.  

Whoa, I thinked you missed this one completely. If anything, this was
the first episode in which the "boorish jerks" were portrayed neutrally
and not negatively. In her delerium, she doesn't see them as jerks, but
sees her own faults in her relationships with them. She is criticizing 
herself for idolizing Rick for his figure and sees that she used him, just
like he used her. Remember, she is the one putting words into these
guys mouths. She is beginning to understand how she must have seemed
from the other perspective. Now, having seen her own faults, she
can develop a more healthy relationship (e.g. with Joel. Before, while
conscious, she was always defensive about her role in relationships
(e.g. with Joel).  She definitely was not seeing her ex's as jerks,
but as people she hurt just as they hurt her and her father hurt her.
That is, she sees relationships as a two-way street.

>I really hated Maurice's storyline, even though I understood it as
>contrast to Maggie's sincere self-examination.  The final blow was
>his reference to "Japs", a term most Asian-Americans find as offensive
>as any other racial epithet.  At least it was immediately followed
>by Ruth Ann's salient comment (POW!).  I don't mind hearing Maurice
>air his prejudices as part of character development, but this little
>dig bordered on gratutious.  He doesn't use nasty terms to refer to
>his own Korean-born son, does he?  Seems like Maurice keeps going

Actually, he is very deragotory to his Korean-born son in that episode
until he comes to terms with it. It seems like too much apologizing by
the prime minister has put some y'all in the diaspora on the defensive,
especially about Koreans, etc.
From: wayman@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Jeffrey Wayman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Chad Pfefferle (Timothy Fall) on "BOB"
Date: 26 Sep 92 23:08:31 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

Does anyone else think Chad Pfefferle (sp? played by Timothy
Fall), the weird comic book drawer on "BOB", is the funniest
character in the world?  He's been in both of the first two
episodes and was really funny, but wasn't on much.  I'm going
to post an address (when I get it) where anyone can write to
ask CBS to see more of him.  He's the guy who tried to hit
on Bob's daughter in the last episode.



Jeff  		wayman@lamar.colostate.edu
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From: rick@sadtler.com (Rick Morris)
Subject: Re: MURPHY BROWN
Organization: Sadtler Research Laboratories
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 12:05:28 GMT

In article <BvnMLC.DqK@cdsmn.mn.org> wells@cdsmn.mn.org (Rich Wells) writes:
>Rick Morris (rick@sadtler.com) wrote:
>: Quayle was using Murphy Brown as an example of how the Pop Culture is
>: glorifying non-Republican values.  Murphy Brown is an example of that.
>
>Could someone PLEASE explain to me how Murphy Brown is "glorifying"
>non-Republican values?
>
>And could someone please explain to me how the Republicans got this
>monopoly on "values"?  Watching the Republican convention one would
>think that America's Democrats and other non-Republicans must be so
>totally devoid of "family values" that our children should be taken
>away from us before we botch the job of parenthood completely.

Well, since I got us into it...

The premise of Quayle's speech is that a lot of the problems in this
country are the result of the break-up of the nuclear family.  It was
his contention that this break-up is aided by Pop Culture glorifying
non-traditional family settings, and making single parenthood look
easy, and a viable option.  Murphy Brown at the time had made a
thoughtful, rational desision that she could raise a child as a
single parent.  Thus, Murphy Brown was an example of the Pop
Culture glorifying non-Republican values.

Now, he is right in that non-OzzieandHarriet settings are often
presented as Okay, even Better Than the norm, like My Two Dads,
or even Family Affair with Buffy and Jodie.  Courtship of Eddie's
Father.  Personally I think he is wrong about it being a recent
phenomenon, or being the cause of the breakdown in the Family.
But what he said is absolutely right.  Just the conclusion is
suspect.

Now the Republican monopoly on "Values" is one that also rings
false.  What they wanted to say was "Government should make laws
which support the OzzieandHarriet setting, since that setting
requires less government interference."  Unfortunately, the more
radical and thus more vocal, and more reported by the Press, side
of the Party said, "Government should make laws which enforce the
OzzieandHarriet setting."  Peronally, I can live with less
government interference, and laws which SUPPORT my family setting.
I balk at more government interference such as ENFORCING my
family setting on others.  Unfortunately, the image of the
"Pat Buchannan/Pat Robertson" side of the Republicans is portrayed
scaryer by the Press than the "Human Services will take your baby"
side of the Democrats.  Neither has the monopoly on taking your
freedom.  One should vote on the Individual and what he/she says
about your freedom, rights, and government perks, not the platform.

I won't mess with the follow-up line yet, since this still
includes TV as a Pop-Culture Media which glorifies non-Republican
values thread.  This still seems appropriate for the group...

-Rick.
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Rick Morris                            Email:  rick@sadtler.com
Sadtler Research Labs, Philadelphia   -But I speak for myself
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From: Matt Ackeret <unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu>
Subject: Adam Sandler (was:Re: Jan Hooks (was Re: SNL:  Where was Mike
     Myers?)
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 19:03:39 GMT
Organization: apple



In article <1992Oct6.133029@tiger1.prime.com> Dave Gavin,
gavin@tiger1.prime.com writes:
>anybody remember Adam Sandler on MTV's Remote Control....Stickpin Quinn
>a classic character on a classic game show

I think he was much, much better on Remote Control than he is 
on SNL.  "The Stud Boy" was just so funny (because it was
so incredibly stupid... so I guess it's not unlike what he does
on SNL)  I just liked his bits on Remote Control so much better.
I wish they'd bring that show back.
unknown@apple.com
unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu				Apple II Forever!
From: pam@public.BTR.COM (Pamela T. Pon  pam@btr.com)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: RD: wanted: 4 episodes from early first season
Date: 28 Sep 92 14:51:37 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA.

*Wanted* on tape: any or all of 4 early episodes of REASONABLE DOUBTS.  Help!

1:1 (pilot)	9-26-91	thu	Marlee Matlin and Mark Harmon play deaf 
				assistant DA Tess Kaufman and tough cop 
				Richard "Dicky" Cobb, whose understanding of
				sign language makes him the choice to be her
				investigator.  But the match is far from 
				perfect, as witnessed by their first case, when
				Tess believes a defendant is innocent of a
				drug killing, but Dicky doesn't.  

1:2		9-27-91	fri	A deal is made to let a mentally disturbed
				man who attacked a woman walk free, while Tess
				and Dicky each contend with the emotions of
				troubled relationships.  Lionel: Darnell
				Williams.  Valerie: Loretta Devine.  Debbie:
				Carol Barbie.  

1:5		10-18-91 fri	The suicide of her mentor shakes up Tess and
				prompts a shakedown in the Vietnamese 
				community to get to the bottom of a killing
				that drove him to the deed.  

1:6		11-1-91	fri	Dicky wonders why Tess has so much conviction 
				in prosecuting a case of assault on a shady
				business owner by a blue-collar guy (Ed
				Waterstreet), who happens to be deaf.  
				[Postponed from an earlier date.]				
Hifi SP copies preferred, but hey, I'll settle for just about anything!!!  ANY
arrangement ok: I can easily make the copies myself (providing all first-class
postage and comfy packaging, etc.), or send you 2 blank tapes complete with 
SASEs -- whatever!  Will cover ALL costs and MORE!   (I do have stuff to trade,
like all the other episodes in SP, talk-show appearances, etc., but would 
rather pay now and trade later, if possible...)

===> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE respond.  Thank you!

pam@btr.com -- or leave message 24 hours/day at 415-259-7705.
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From: oplinger@minerva.crd.ge.com (Brian Oplinger)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.video
Subject: Re: Sci-Fi Channel-- Anyone got it yet?
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:27:18 GMT
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Organization: GE Corp. Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

In article <4186@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
><In article <66619@cup.portal.com> Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
><That no-spare-channel excuse seems to be what cable companies always
><say. How truthful an answer is it?

>Very truthfull, as it turns out.

>You are forgetting an important item...the equipment used to provide the
>signal to your house.

>Yet, you are missing alot of pieces of information.  First off, cards are
>not exactly just plugged in.  The idea is close, but that isn't where the
>problem lies.  It lies in the amplifiers that are out there to amplify the
>broadband signal.  ...more technical stuff and details omitted

What I want to know is if my cable company supplies Disney on cable
channel 61, does this excuse apply to them. When I called and asked
about this channel, I was told that they can only 'broadcast 36
channels.' Since Disney is up there, I really do not beleive them. 

Inquiring minds want to know.
-- 
brian
oplinger@ra.crd.ge.com

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From: gillmore@picard.slc.mentorg.com (Mike Gillmore (Consultant))
Subject: Re: ARRRGGHH!  "Sky fits heaven..."  GO AWAY!
Reply-To: mike_gillmore@mentorg.com
Organization: Mentor Graphics Corp.,  Murray, Utah
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:00:55 GMT

In article <jpc.717785565@avdms8.msfc.nasa.gov>, jpc@avdms8.msfc.nasa.gov (J. Porter Clark) writes:
> rick@sadtler.com (Rick Morris) writes:
> 
> >I kinda get a kick out of that commercial.  Yes, I've seen it too many times
> >(Nick is constant background noise as I poison my children's minds with too
> >much TV), but I think it is effective and fun.  And I'd rather see that than
> >Pantene hair goo or "We have a free video for men interested in Rogaine with
> >Monoxadile".  Now THERE's an annoying dude!
> 
> I don't care for this commercial, but every time that Gap Jeans
> commercial starts up with that guy reading what we used to call beat
> poetry, I want to throw something hard and heavy at the screen.  That
> must be the most annoying commercial yet.  They must show it every 15
> minutes on some stations!  I will *NOT* have any Gap Jeans in my house,
> thank you.
> 
> J. Porter ("...made to do just that") Clark
> -- 
> J. Porter Clark    jpc@avdms8.msfc.nasa.gov or jpc@gaia.msfc.nasa.gov
> NASA/MSFC Communications Systems Branch
> 
> ICON: A picture or symbol that stands for a word.  Icons are often used
> in programs for young children who cannot yet read.
> 	-- some doctor's waiting-room magazine


Speaking of _ANNOYING_ commercials, we have not purchased an Eveready
battery in our house for at least two years for the same reason ...
-- 
Mike "Okie" Gillmore
no .sig, no glory
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From: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise)
Subject: Re: Marc Singer
Originator: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu
Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 21:09:56 GMT

From article <srh3.717455458@Ra.MsState.Edu>, by srh3@Ra.MsState.Edu (Steven R. Hollis):
>      Someone please refresh my memory.  What has this actor been on?
> 

	V...
 
 TTYL
 Chris
From: rick@sadtler.com (Rick Morris)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: MURPHY BROWN
Keywords: great show, good response
Date: 2 Oct 92 11:44:28 GMT
Organization: Sadtler Research Laboratories

In article <1375@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM> lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow) writes:
>In article <aewV03b=8eaQ00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> jsp@pls.amdahl.com writes:
>>margaret@cs.arizona.edu (Margaret Newman) writes:
>>
>>What I think is the most interesting aspect of this whole thing is the
>>rather bizarre blurring of the distinction between reality and fantasy
>>that's going on here.  I mean, first we have the VP using a fictional
>>character to make a point about the real world.  Then we have the fictional
>>character reacting to the real VP as if the VP had been talking about a
>...........etc. etc.
>
>Did you know that the (real, sort of) Vice-President also sent a
>gift and a note to (fictional) Murphy's (fictional) baby?  
>.

Quayle was using Murphy Brown as an example of how the Pop Culture is
glorifying non-Republican values.  Murphy Brown is an example of that.
He was not using Murphy Brown as an example of an irresponsible unwed
mother, or he could have used a Real Life person (if he could find one).

Quayle is trashable, but don't trash him on what the Press says he
says.  Trash him on what HE says.  I heard that speech, and I heard the
press reports, and let me tell you...What the Press says Quayle said
is not what Quayle said.  Like him or not, he IS being unfairly accused!

-Rick.
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Rick Morris                            Email:  rick@sadtler.com
Sadtler Research Labs, Philadelphia   -But I speak for myself
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From: leaper@ddsw1.mcs.com (Maria C. Munoz)
Subject: Re: QL: What happened to the regular people?
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 23:15:26 GMT
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Chicago, IL
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

jhitch@crash.cts.com (Jeffrey Hitchin) writes:

: 
	It is still there.

: what truly got to me were that these people were nothing special.  They
: weren't intriguing historical figures.  They weren't rich and powerful.
	The historical figures were ONCE regular people too..they were
not always famous..until their time came. Like Buddy Holly...Marilyn
Monroe wasn't MM until she got discovered...Lee Harvey Oswald although
odd as he is portrayed wasn't in the limelight until he was accused to
assasinating JFK.  So, you are wrong in a way.

: 	Are there going to be any more episodes like the early ones with
: just a good old-fashioned story and no "let's see how clever we are with
: leap technology?  If there aren't, and they're going to try and pull
: more tricks with us, I'm not going to watch it anymore.
	There have only been about 5 noted 'historical figure/famous
people' episodes they are....well, lemme ^L a little..for all those who
DON'T wanna know.





















	THere have been words on Sam leaping into as you already
know...in the last days of Marilyn Monroe's life...not necessarily MM
either....Lee Harvey Oswald (already past)...Dr. Ruth...Nixon...and
Elvis.  So, think about it....that FIVE episodes out of *22* episodes
for the whole season.  That is not ALL historical figures or famous
people..so, I don't think it would be plausible to give up on Quantum
Leap now. I mean LHO was just one of the five...I don't think they'll
put it all in a row..I'm sure they will spread them out.  So, don't give
up!
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Leaper - "Net.Saint" -Micki Duncan - Internet    leaper@ddsw1.MCS.COM
President of Quantum Leap Enterprises Inc.   "Where A LIFE Is A LEAP Away!"     
					       ** Back To School Special **
From: jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Cable Re-Regulation
Date: 28 Sep 92 23:48:06 GMT
Reply-To: jsp@pls.amdahl.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

mppg9231@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael Peercy) writes:

}jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston) writes:

}| If I had a choice, I'd love to be able to vote with my feet.  But I want
}| to get CNN and Nickelodeon and A&E and The Discovery Channel and USA and
}| right now there's only one way for me to do that.  I'm not willing to
}| "cut off my nose to spite my face" by completely dropping my cable service
}| just because it's not perfect.  So until the phone company really gets into 
}| the cable TV business and provides some real competition, I have no problem 
}| with the government stepping in.

}I love this.  "So until the phone company really gets into the cable TV
}business and provides some real competition...."  You act as though it
}was the phone company's fault they didn't compete with cable.  It was
}against the law!  By FCC decree.  By government's prior "stepping in."

You did an amazing job of reading something that I never wrote.  I "act"
as though it was the phone company's fault?  I "acted" no such way.  I
simply stated that, barring a true competitive market, I prefer a government
regulated monopoly to an unregulated monopoly.  How the hell you got from
that that it's the phone company's fault is beyond me.

}It may be a reflex action for you to call for government intervention
}to alleviate government-caused problems, but I think you ought to look
}harder for a more reliable solution.  Cable monopolies are due to
}locally granted franchises.  If you want the government to do
}something, get the government to make it illegal for the government to
}grant monopoly powers.

Fine, I'm all for that.  Is there such a bill before Congress that I can
support?

}You know, I have yet to hear the supporters of this bill claim that the
}cable industry pulls in huge profits.  This leads me to believe that
}cable prices are not going to drop.  And since extra burdens are placed
}on cable companies by this bill, I wouldn't doubt it if their rates
}did go up.

Well, I can't cite you a specific source, but it is my understanding
that cable industry profits have increased dramatically since the previous
de-regulation.  I'd be interested to hear if you have information that
that is incorrect.

--James Preston

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