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From: mppg9231@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael Peercy)
Subject: Re: Cable Re-Regulation
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 07:17:32 GMT

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."

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.

Society is in a tragic place when the pat solution to problems caused
by government interference is more government interference.

| Am I the only person who almost chokes when they hear the commercials
| from the cable companies against this bill?  They actually expect people
| to believe that they're against the bill because it would cause customer's
| rates to go UP?  They want us to believe that they are AGAINST making more
| money from us?  That suddenly they have OUR interests at heart?

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.

Now if we looked for the real backers of the bill, who would it be?
The broadcasters who have lost market share to cable.  This bill is
nothing more or less than a protectionist measure for the broadcast
industry, and it will bring nothing but stagnation in broadcast and
cable entertainment.

And the really sad thing is we will never see or know what is lost.

Mike Peercy
peercy@crhc.uiuc.edu
From: cegtitd@prism.gatech.EDU (Tim Dodd)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: ARRRGGHH! "Sky fits heaven..." GO AWAY!
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:53:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: hydra.69371
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Sep29.194152.16742@galileo.cc.rochester.edu+ hfir_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Hoss 'macromolecular' Firooznia) writes:

[ stuff about stupid GAP jeans commercial deleted ]

+Yeah, every time I see that pretentious bastard I feel like choking him. >:-)
+Anyone seen that stupid Levi's ad?  You know, the one where hordes of doofy
+looking men are running around on the beach, playing with big bed linens or
+some such, while ominous music drones in the background, and such profound
+messages as "Everything basic... EVOLVES" flash up on the screen?

Speaking of profound messages in advertising, my all-time favorite is an
old Monsanto line:  "Without chemicals, life itself would be impossible."
Thank you Monsanto!

Tim
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them.  To choose too carefully is to become pedantic, closing the imagination to
wider visions, yet to err the other way is to invite anarchy into one's mind."
   -- Christopher Priest, _The Affirmation_
From: WJT101@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: You Bet Your Life
Date: 29 Sep 92 15:41:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: psuvm.92273.114115WJT101
Organization: Penn State University

Hello,
After watching a recent episode of "YBYL", as the credits rolled by, I saw
"Robbi Chong" as "Renfield."  Why do they need to use an alias for the co-host
of a game show??  Why do they call her "Renfield" and not her real name?
Just curious!!!
From: eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL idea
Date: 5 Oct 92 13:06:37 GMT
Reply-To: eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, ekho@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (amanda rothman) says:

>eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse) writes:
>
>> 
>> In a previous article, lightnin@oconnor.WPI.EDU (Paraaaaaaaaade of Shoooooooo
>> 
>> >>>>>> On 24 Sep 92 07:37:33 GMT, bbs.lar@tsoft.sf-bay.org (Larry Greenfield)
>> >
>> >lar> Here's an idea for a QL show.. how about... Sam Leaps into
>> >lar> Jean-Luc Picard?  No?  Just a wacky ideafor your brain to mull
>> >lar> on... :) :::::Larry:::::
>> >
>> >Couldn't happen.  Sam can only leap within his lifetime.  Now, he could
>> >leap into Patrick Stewart.  That would be interesting.
>> >
>> 
>> Actually, it has been done, sort of.  Sam leaped into Data in one
>> of the zines.  Of course, the Enterprise had come back in time to
>> do....well, something, and Sam also had to fix something and it was
>> a rather well written story, and I really loved the interaction between
>> Sam/Data and Jean-Luc Picard.  
>> 
>
>  OOOOH! OOOOH!  Which fanzine is this from, so I'll know which one to 
>order? (Name and Address to SASE to?)  My Thanks! ;)
>
>      Stay Safe!
>
>           Yours in Time and Space,
>
>              Ekho (Killer Queen, Dynamite with a Laser Beam)
>


There's a lot of good stuff in the zine.  I think the price is
about $30.  There are tons of good stories in this one.  To be
on the safe side send a SASE.


Play It Again 2
Kate Nuernberg
6713 Schroeder Road #2
Madison WI  53711



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From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Subject: Re: Laurie Hill actor
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 21:14:38 GMT

In article <3855@randvax.rand.org> pboren@rand.org (Pat Boren) writes:

>The husband on Laurie Hill (whatever it's called) appeared in
>what other show as a regular?  Thanks in advance.

His name is Robert Clohessy.

He first appeared on tv, I believe, as a regular on the last season of
Hill Street Blues.  He was a young Irish-American uniformed cop (can't
recall the character name) and was partnered with Lucy Bates (Betty
Thomas).

He was also a regular on Pat Morita's series Ohara, which lasted a
couple seasons.  He was his partner, both on the police force and when
they went into the private eye business.

He was also a lead in a short-lived series that was on for a few
Saturday nights a couple years ago, as a widowed father who hired Maria
Conchita Alonso as his housekeeper.  (No, I am NOT thinking of I Married
Dora...this was another series.)

He also had a semi-recurring role as a priest on Tattinger's.

So that's 3 or 4 previous series for Mr. Clohessy.

Jon Alan Conrad
From: gasarch@cs.umd.edu (William Ian Gasarch)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Rockford Files info request
Date: 1 Oct 92 20:35:56 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

Is there a list floating around on-line of all the episodes
of THE ROCKFORD FILES (possibly with descriptions).

If not, is there some book available.

Please email to gasarch@cs.umd.edu with information
(or respond to me automatically through the net)
but do not post to the net as I don't usually read it.


				bill
From: batman@sgi.com (The Reverend Doctor Karl Elvis MacRae)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: YIJC Re: Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Date: 3 Oct 92 23:32:51 GMT
Reply-To: batman@lenny.corp.sgi.com
Distribution: na
Organization: Tattooed Love Boys

In article <1992Sep29.170714.13878@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> njs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (nicholas.j.sauer) writes:
>
>P.S.  I just read the Doc Savage novel Escape from Loki where Doc has to 
>escape from a WWI German prison camp.  It's going to be interesting watching
>Indiana do the same thing!

	It looked to me like the same castle/prison that was the
	setting of a great prison-escape film I've seen; I can't 
	recall the title, but it featured Doug McClure (I think)
	as an american pilot; the escape features an elaborate
	plan to build a glider that's launched from the roof
	of the castle. (Great movie, by the way; anyone recall the
	name?). 

	If that's true, it should require some elaborate plot for
	Indy to pull an escape!


			-Karl



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From: rsopicki@pro-amber.cts.com (Randy Sopicki)
Subject: Re: Sci-Fi Channel-- Anyone got it yet?
Organization: ProLine [pro-amber] -- Spring Valley, Ca
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 13:55:24 PDT

Its not on in the San Diego, Ca area either.
From: jtruss@realsoon.WPI.EDU (Free the Expo 67!)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: SNL: October 3, Really Bad.
Date: 4 Oct 1992 23:56:57 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: realsoon.wpi.edu

In article <LIGHTNIN.92Oct4182214@bernoulli.WPI.EDU> lightnin@bernoulli.WPI.EDU (Paraaaaaaaaade of Shoooooooooes) writes:

>The "Cooking with Dennis Miller" sketch I thought was the worst.  It might
>have been ok, if it was actually Dennis Miller in a guest appearance, but
>as it was, it seemed like the crew was saying, "You left, and then your
>show got cancelled, Neener."


Don't forget the closing line of that skit... "On tomorrow night's show, 
Victoria Jackson!"

Not funny, guys.

And is it just me, or does a large percent of the cast only have one character
they can play?  I can't remember the real names offhand, but the two women in
the "World's Nicest Pimp" skit are the first two that come to mind.

(Ok, so Victoria Jackson and Dennis Miller didn't cover an amazing range of
characters...at least they were funny.)

>The only "funny" moment was in the Update during James Spade's Hollywood
>report.  After being generally rude and insulting to all the stars, they 
>flash up a picture of James's picture, and he says "burning bridges."

Should have shown a picture of the entire cast.

>Sad to say, but American Gladiators (which is on after SNL in our area) was
>more entertaining, even without the MST3K treatment we usually give it.

And to make matters worse, SNL has gotten almost too bad to MST...

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From: flournoy@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Raymond Suke Flournoy)
Subject: Re: Schoolhouse Rock
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:44:05 GMT

In article <5328@balrog.ctron.com> lawrence@olympus.ctron.com (Gary St. Lawrence) writes:
>Personally, my favorite were the "Constitution Rock" shorts. Thanks
>to them, to this day, I remember the Preamble to the Constitution
>by singing that song in my head.
>
>"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish
              ^^^
"...of the United States..."

>justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common 
>defense, promote general welfare, and secure the blessings of
>liberty for ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish
>this Constitution for the United State of America."

  The exclusion of that one phrase is the only flaw with this great
song, and it's one way to tell if someone remembered the Preamble off
of the tube, or the old fashion way.


--Raymond Flournoy        
======================================================================
flournoy@cs.stanford.edu                 "Throwing away happiness with 
Computer Science Dept.                    both hands, since 1966."
Stanford University, CA
From: tchambers@trentu.ca (Terrence Chambers)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Charlie's Angels Characters
Date: 25 Sep 92 19:25:00 GMT
Organization: Trent University Computer Services Department
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <Sep.24.20.48.09.1992.28491@yoko.rutgers.edu>, czako@yoko.rutgers.edu (Gabor M. Czako) writes...
>I remember the actresses who played the original Angels (Kate Jackson,
>Jaclyn Smith, Farah Fawcett), but what were their names on the show?
>Also, who played the replacement Angels later on in the show?
> 
>Gabe

Here you go - Kate Jackson played Sabrina Duncan.
              Jaclyn Smith played Kelly Garrett.
              Farah Fawcett played Jill Munroe.
              Cheryl Ladd played Kris Munroe (Jill's sister)
              Shelly Hack played Tiffany Welles.
              Tanya Roberts played Julie Roberts.
              David Doyle played John Bosley.
              John Forsythe played Charlie Townsend.

Hey, so I'm a fan!!!

Terrence Chambers

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From: bbs.lar@tsoft.sf-bay.org (Larry Greenfield)
Subject: QL idea
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 07:37:33 GMT

Here's an idea for a QL show.. how about... Sam Leaps into Jean-Luc 
Picard?  No?  Just a wacky ideafor your brain to mull on... :)
:::::Larry:::::

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From: mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: SNL BAD?????
Date: 6 Oct 92 07:30:07 GMT
Organization: MV Communications, Inc.

In article <1992Oct5.155536.22837@hemlock.cray.com> jeffy@cray.com (Jeffrey Neau) writes:
>I watched Perot on 'Today' this morning and realized how close Carvey's
>impersination really was.  I loved it expect for when he began to laugh it
>seemed too much like his George Bush impersination.

I agree that he does a pretty good Perot impression.

But he does a good Bush, too.  Remember when Bush was in front of the
cameras and said something like, "I don't want to do a Dana Carvey
here, but..."

Not that he does the voices to precision.  But as caricature, he is
great.

-mm-

PS: I generally hate spelling flames.  But consider what the
root of "impersonation" is.

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From: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise)
Subject: Re: Sci-Fi Channel-- Anyone got it yet?
Originator: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu
Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 19:45:13 GMT

From article <1992Oct6.190512.23479@ncar.ucar.edu>, by wildcat@niwot.scd.ucar.edu (Wes Wildcat):
> 
> 	Seems like the majority of the people don't have the Sci-Fi channel, I
> wonder if anyone got the cartoon channel yet.  It was sort of promised here
> and there was an available channel but it was put on hold because of the many
> request for the Sci-Fi channel, but I did call TCI and the lady said it was
> more likely to get the cartoon network instead of Sci-Fi.
> 
	Hell, we don't even get Comedy Central...my parent's have a dish
at home, and it absolutely spoiled me...

 TTYL
 Chris

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From: simon1@bass.bu.edu (Simon Streltsov)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.video.cable-tv
Subject: Participating in ratings
Date: 2 Oct 92 03:23:03 GMT
Reply-To: simon1@bass.bu.edu (Simon Streltsov)
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv
Organization: Boston University

My friend was approached by a rating company.
They want to measure what programs are watched, etc.

Does anybody has experience with them, or heard something
about them?

Please e-mail, I'll summarize all funny stories, if any.

Simon,
simon1@bass.bu.edu
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From: lksmith@truth.mitre.org (Smith)
Subject: Re: NX Premiere "Northwest Passages"
Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Ma.
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:05:01 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.140351.7153@newsance.att.com> kimi@newsance.att.com (Kimiye Tipton;ball of confusion) writes:

(...)

>



And another (...) ...

>
>It looks like Maggie and Joel are back to status quo, almost.
>Interesting that they completely dropped the plot from the Juneau/
>Wedding episodes.  On the other hand, once I thought about it, that
>is what people really do.  You have some huge confrontation, get it
>all out in the open (well, most of it), and then the next time you
>see each other, you both act like it didn't happen.  Later, much
>later, you finally talk about it again.
>
>
(...)

>...with occasional peaks into 9, like the last scene with Maggie and
>Joel in the hospital.  If I'm ever lying around in a hospital, please
>have Rob Morrow come in and give me one of those crinkly smiles, 
>and I'll be just fine.
>

My take on the relationship now, based on that very hospital room
scene, was that there have indeed been some changes.  The very fact
that Joel would ride on a helicopter (a medevac one, I assume), which
he admits he's terrified of...and that he was up for 36 hours straight,
obviously waiting through the surgery till she woke up...a little
past the average level of concern of the doctor for the patient. :-)
Then there was that kiss...

I especially liked Joel's closing the blinds and curling up in the
chair to stay with her.  Finally they sleep together...more or less! :-)

Linda
lksmith@truth.mitre.org

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From: mgtaylor@eos.ncsu.edu (Mary Molly G Taylor)
Subject: Re: democrats
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 20:17:33 GMT

>>In article <1992Oct2.213021.15001@news.columbia.edu> egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy) writes:
>>>>dyrda@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (The Conservative) writes:
>>> 
>>>>=-=-=-=-= JFK, LBJ, McGovern, Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton =-=-=-=-=
>>>What's wrong with the above series???
>>

Enough Already!  Please let us know the answer and be done with it.


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From: rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Profess'nal Agitator)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Young Indy: Continuity..YES!!
Date: 3 Oct 92 13:29:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: sdcc12.38927
Organization: MAWL - Mudd Alums Without Lives

In article <92276.214728EMW107@psuvm.psu.edu> EMW107@psuvm.psu.edu (Young Indy) writes:
>
>   Well as most of you know, the Verdun episode (episode 4) takes place after
>the Battle of Somme and next week's program featuring Indy in a German prison.
>Ok, with that, let's get into some cool continuity that I think will carry over
>into Monday's airing of YIJC.
>   In the Verdun episode, Indy visits Remy in a ward of some sort, where he is
>mentally unstable. He then offers Remy a pack of German cigarettes. Remy, sur-
>prised by this, asks Indy where he got the German smokes. Indy responds that
>he acquired them in prison from someone in exchange for some chocolates. This
>almost HAS to be referring to the prison Indy was sent to after the Battle of
>Somme.

Hmm, forgot about that part.

>   Also, during the Verdun episode, Indy writes a letter to someone named "Ned"
>...and if my memory serves me right, there was no Ned mentioned as of last
>week's show. Now, I thought maybe he said Ted, so I rewound the tape and he
>most definately said Ned, so I think Ned is gonna be a prisoner or some contact
> Indy makes in this coming Monday's episode...any commments??

For someone with an alias of "Young Indy," you're missing a major
element of the show.

"Ned" is none other than Sir T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia).  He was the
very first historical figure to appear, in the first half of the
premiere episode.  (This was to the 9-year old Indy.)

Part of Indy's reason for leaving the Mexican Revolution and signing
with the Belgian Army was because Ned was fighting in WW I, too.
There is a short argument with Miss Seymour over him joining the army
in the London episode (the third).

New topic:  the 9-year old Indy

I'm not yet convinced that the 9-year old Indy has been written out of
the story.  Otherwise, they might have changed the opening credits so
that his picture doesn't appear in them.  Also, noticed that everyone
has been dropped from the credits except Flanery and Hall.  I don't
remember if this was the case last year.  For example, in the Africa
two-parter, were his parents and tutor included in the credits?  I'm
pretty sure his parents were included in the credits for "London" even
though they never appeared in it.

Agitator
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From: tflynn@encore.com (Tonya Flynn)
Subject: Re: NX Premiere "Northwest Passages"
Organization: Encore Computer Corp., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 16:21:35 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.164651.1249@u.washington.edu> iho@cac.washington.edu writes:
>
>This is a bit tacky, but I gotta pass it on.  A coworker made the
>observation, so don't blame me.  She said that when Maggie was in
>Joel's examining room, she (my coworker) kept wondering if this was
>Maggie's annual pelvic exam.
>

My immediate thought was that this "annual" examination might be
part of the annual physical required for her pilot's license.
In that case, I don't think a pelvic is required.  I also think
that, due to the nature of Joel and Maggie's relationship, her
pelvic examination is probably done in Juneau by an 'uninvolved'
physician instead of by our resident Cicely doctor.

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From: ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles Blair)
Subject: NEXP: The picnic scene (SPOILERS)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 13:31:11 GMT


   One of Maggie's lovers shouts ``Burgers are ready!'' and the
others gather around the grill.

   Maggie says, ``Wait!  It's important for us to work through
our problems.  How can you think of food at a time like this?''

   The lovers sit down and start eating.  One of them perfunctorily
shoves a plate toward Maggie while the others ignore her.

   Suddenly a bear shows up.  It growls and waves its paws a little.
The lovers scatter.

   ``No, hold it,'' Maggie says.  ``It's not what you think...''

   In seconds, Maggie and the bear have the picnic table completely
to themselves.

   ``Arthur, I'm so glad to see you.  You're the only one...''

    Arthur grunts, turns away from Maggie, and starts pawing 
through the trash can.

    [Sorry, I don't have access to alt.tv.northern-exposure]
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