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Topic 1   CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:43 PST
Sub: Welcome to Showbits!

Welcome to Showbits!

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Category 1,  Topic 1
Message 1          Sun Sep 07, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:33 PDT

      >>> WELCOME TO THE SHOWBITS COMMUNITY ON SYNDICOMM.COM! <<<
      """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

     Thanks for stopping in!  My name is Ken Gagne and I'm the
Chief Sysop here at the Showbits Community on Syndicomm.com.
The movie industry generates billions of dollars a year, with
films, celebrities, and stories that become indelible parts
of our pop culture and history.  If you enjoy movies, videos,
live theater, celebrities, and entertainment news, then this
is the place you want to be (and where we want you to be :).

Thanks for stopping in; we hope you'll stay for awhile!

-Ken
showbits@syndicomm.com

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Topic 6   CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:43 PST
Sub: Why our bulletin board is like a pub

About the bulletin board.

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Category 1,  Topic 6
Message 1          Sun Sep 07, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:34 PDT

             >>> WHY OUR BULLETIN BOARD IS LIKE A PUB <<<
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WHAT YOU COME HERE FOR is interesting conversations with interesting
"""""""""""""""""""""" people.  Or perhaps you come to take copies of
the files in our library.  Either way, we're glad you're here.
We're so glad, we'd like you to let us know what to call you by
using the NAMe command to give yourself a nickname.  Just type in:

NAM NickName

in the bulletin board and we'll know what to call you.

     To get you to come back, we realize that we have to make you feel
your online fees were well spent.  Syndicomm.com's success depends on
how many times you come back, not on how long you stay each time you
come.  Our goal is to provide you with exactly what you want!

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Topic 7   CLOSED Thu Sep 11, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:56 PST
Sub: What are Categories and Topics

About categories and topics.

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Category 1,  Topic 7
Message 1          Thu Sep 11, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:57 PDT

BULLETIN BOARD MESSAGES ARE ORGANIZED   Don't waste your time by
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   reading lots of bulletin board
messages you aren't interested in.  Syndicomm.com's system makes
avoiding the uninteresting stuff easy by dividing all messages into
specific topics, or "conversations".  The conversations take place in
special categories.

     Here, for example, is a partial listing of the categories in the
Showbits bulletin board:

        Category number
       /
      /      Title                     Types of conversations
     /

    1 Welcome to Showbits!             (How-to, general information)
    2 Community Square                 (Announcements, help, chatter)
    3 Free Trade Zone                  (Films and equipment for sale)
    9 *** Television ***               (Header category)
   10 General Television Discussion    (General television discussion)
   11 Drama                            (Discussion of TV drama shows)
   12 Comedy                           (Discussion of TV comedies)

     You'll notice some category numbers are absent, such as Categories
4-8 in the above listing.  We intentionally leave spaces when create
categories so that future expansions can occur in a logical order,
and without shuffling around existing categories.

     When you enter one of our bulletin boards you will find the
following commands very helpful:

   * CAT     shows you a list of our categories
   * SET n   puts you in category "n"
   * TOP     displays the "conversations" or topic in the category you
             are in
   * INDex   shows a complete index of all categories and topics in
             the bulletin board
   * PROmpt  sets your bulletin board prompt.

     When you first enter one of our bulletin boards, you always start
in category 1 with a "full" prompt.  By full, I mean it looks like
this:

 (command)* = command not implemented yet
 1 CATegories        10 INDex of topics
 2 (NEW messages)*   11 (SEArch topics)*
 3 SET category      12 DELete messages
 4 DEScribe category 13 IGNore topic
 5 TOPic list        14 PROmpt setting
 6 BROwse new msgs   15 (SCRoll setting)*
 7 REAd messages     16 NAMe used in BB
 8 REPly to a topic  17 EXIt exits the BB
 9 STArt a topic     18 HELp with commands
Enter #, <Command> or <HEL>p

     You can set a shorter prompt, known as the "brief" prompt, that
looks like this:

Command: CATegories, TOPics, REAd, REPly
         BROwse, SETcat, EXIt, or HELp
1 ?

by using the PROmpt command.  Try issuing the "PRO BRIEF" command.  If
you'd prefer no prompt at all, you can issue the "PRO NONE" command
and just get a prompt of the category number, a space, and a question
mark.

1 ?

     If you decide you'd like the "full" prompt back, just type in
"PRO FULL" and you'll have it.  The PROmpt command is permanent--it'll
be in effect until the next time you change it.  The next time you
come in to Syndicomm.com, you'll have the same prompt.

     If you decide you'd prefer a "custom" prompt with text you
specify yourself, you can use the PROmpt SET command.  Simply enter:

PROmpt SET "New prompt:"

Which will give you a prompt of

New prompt:

     If you would like to include control characters within the
prompt, use the carat (^) to do so.  For instance, to insert a
Control-A at the end of "Prompt:", use the command:

PROmpt SET "Prompt:^A"

     If you'd like a description of another category, you an use the
DEScribe command, as in:

DES X

where X is the number of the category you'd like a description of.

     Once you're in a category, you'll see that it's further divided
into topics.  For instance, let's take a partial look at Category 3,
the Free Trade Zone.

Category 3: Free Trade Zone

Topic Name
    1 Guidelines For Posting
    2 General Discussion on Buying & Selling
    3 Vendor Database
    4 ...reserved...
    5 ...reserved...
    6 === Hardware For Sale ===
    7 Televisions
    8 VCRs

     So, if I wanted to sell a television, I'd probably want to list
it in Category 3: Free Trade Zone, Topic 7: Television.  If I was
interested in buying a television, I could also read this topic to
see if anyone else was selling one.  Or, I could scroll further down
in the same category and post a message in Topic 26: Video Hardware
Wanted.

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Topic 8   CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:44 PST
Sub: How to READ messages and REPly

Reading and Replying to messages.

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Category 1,  Topic 8
Message 1          Sun Sep 07, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:34 PDT

HOW TO READ THE BULLETIN BOARD   There are two basic strategies that
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   people use in our bulletin boards.
"Conversationalists" read all the existing messages in the topics they
are interested in, leave a message or two of their own, and come back
every few days to read and respond to the new messages in those
topics.  If you are a conversationalist, the bulletin board help files
explain in complete detail how to automatically read just the NEW
messages in the topics you select.

     Other people come to us with a specific question. They usually
don't want to waste a lot of time reading what they don't need to
know. If this sounds like you, you want to post a new message--to do
so, you use the REPly command.  You aren't replying to a specific
message, but rather, a category and topic.  The terms may confuse
those who are used to threaded systems, but it will eventually become
second nature.

     1.) Go into the bulletin board and enter a CAT command to see
         the list of categories.  Write down the category number
         that's most appropriate for your question.
     2.) Enter SET n, where "n" is the number of that category.
     3.) Enter TOP to see a list of the ongoing topics or
         conversations.  Choose the one most appropriate for your
         question.
     4.) Enter READ n, where "n" is the topic number. All the
         existing messages in that topic will be displayed so you can
         see if your question has already been asked and answered.
     5.) When you've read the last message in the topic, you'll be
         asked if you'd like to add a "REPly?". If you haven't found
         everything you need to know, answer "Y"es and type in your
         question.
     6.) Come back after a day or two and enter:

     SET n
          (use the number of the category you left your question in)
     READ o NEW
          (use the number of the topic you left your question in)

     After all the responses have been displayed, you will, once
again, get a chance to add your own message to the topic.  This way
you can "create a conversation" to clarify your questions or the
answers you get.

     Every so often, as text is scrolling down your screen, you will
be presented with a prompt like this:

Scroll?

     This is to limit the amount of text that appears on your screen
at any one time.  If you have a large scrollback or capture buffer and
would like the messages to scroll continuously, add the command
NOSCROLL to your READ command, as in READ 1 NEW NOSCROLL.  If,
however, you would like to stop reading messages immediately when at
the Scroll? prompt, simply hit q and return (think "quit").

     If you'd like to simply have every new message in the bulletin
board be transmitted to you with no breaks, use BRO NOR NOS.

     There are a couple of other things you can do with the bulletin
board.  If you'd just like to read the last message in a topic, you
can use the LAST command in combination with read, as in:

READ 5 LAST

which will read the last message in topic 5.  If you'd like to read
the last 10 messages in topic 5, you can use:

READ 5 LAST 10

     One other thing you can do with the bulletin board is count the
number of messages in a topic, range of topics, categories, or the
entire board.  You do this with the COUNT command.  It uses the same
options as the READ command.

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Topic 9   CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:44 PST
Sub: How to STArt a topic

Starting a new topic.

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Category 1,  Topic 9
Message 1          Sun Sep 07, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:35 PDT

STARTing A NEW TOPIC   If, for some reason, you have a question, subject,
""""""""""""""""""""   or movie you'd like to discuss that doesn't have
an appropriate existing topic, you may want to start a new topic.
If you're sure you want to do this, the command is, simply START, or
STA for short.

     To STArt a new topic, you must be in the category you wish the
topic to go in.  Once you're in that category, simply STA.  The system
will respond:

Enter a name for this topic:

     Pick a name and hit return.  You will be dropped into the editor
(which we will cover shortly) and asked to enter a description of a
few lines.  Go ahead and do that.  After you've completed that, you
can post the first message in your new topic--in fact, the system will
prompt you to ask if you'd like to post the first message.  If you do
(and I assume you do) go ahead and do so.

     Starting new categories is reserved for sysops.  Please contact
showbits@syndicomm.com if you feel a new category is called for.

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Topic 10  CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:45 PST
Sub: Our message editor

About pico, our message editor.

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Category 1,  Topic 10
Message 2          Fri Jun 25, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:19 PDT

PEEK OH!?  PIKE OH?!   The default editor that Syndicomm.com uses for
""""""""""""""""""""   the posting of messages is a modified version
of the Unix editor pico.  Those of you who use the pine email program
on a Unix shell account will likely be very familiar with this
program.  Once you're finished with your message, use Control-X to
post it.

     If you'd like to cancel your message posting, just press Control-Z.
You'll be asked for confirmation before what you've written so far
is erased.  You can also delete messages after you post them - more
on that in the next topic.

     Pico has online help (use Control-G) so we won't go into any detail
here, other than if you're confused, use the help!  If you want to learn
more (although not all of it will apply to the version on Syndicomm.com
for use in posting) there's a pico reference at http://tinyurl.com/2mrx4

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Topic 11  CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:45 PST
Sub: DELeting messages

How to delete a message.

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Category 1,  Topic 11
Message 1          Sun Sep 07, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:35 PDT

DELETING (AND RESTORING!) MESSAGES   If you've decided that you want
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   to delete a message you've
already posted, there is a DELete command.  To delete a message, you
must set the category it is in.  Once that is done, you need to know
the topic the message is in and the message number.  The command is
simple:

DEL X Y

     where X is the topic number and Y is the message number.

     If you find that you've deleted a message inadvertently, you can
restore it, using the REStore command, with the same context:

RES X Y

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Topic 12  CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:45 PST
Sub: New Topic Announcements

Follow this topic for announcements of new topics in other areas of the
bulletin board.

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Category 1,  Topic 12
Message 1          Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:45 PDT

New topics created anywhere throughout the bulletin board, by users or staff,
will be announced here. Be sure to follow this topic to keep up to date.

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Message 2          Wed Sep 24, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:16 PDT

Category 13: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Topic 15: Dr. Who
The perennial sci-fi series from the BBC.

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Category 1,  Topic 12
Message 3          Wed Oct 01, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:41 PDT

Category 11: Drama

Topic 16: The Sopranos
HBO's "family".

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Message 4          Mon Oct 06, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:11 PDT

Category 12: Comedy

Topic 25: M*A*S*H
The wild and wacky tales of the 4077 M.A.S.H. unit in Korea. Broadcast from
1972 to 1983.

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Message 6          Sun Oct 12, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:17 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 5: Lost in Translation
Bill Murray is a has-been actor shooting commercials in Kyoto; Scarlett
Johansson is a Yale graduate in a dead-end marriage.  They meet.

Category 33: Spoilers

Topic 1: Lost in Translation
Spoiler topic for Category 31, Topic 5: Lost in Translation:
http://www.syndicomm.com/communities/SHOWBITS/messages/category=31/topic=5/read
all/

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Message 7          Sun Oct 19, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:16 PDT

Category 35: Movies On Video M-Z

Topic 10: Robocop
Old Detroit's mechanized law enforcement, the former Officer Alex J. Murphy.

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Message 8          Sat Oct 25, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:37 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 6: Timeline
A time travel movie, based on Michael Crichton's sci-fi story.

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Category 1,  Topic 12
Message 9          Thu Nov 06, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:10 PDT

Category 12: Comedy

Topic 27: Dick Van Dyke
The Dick Van Dyke Show, starring Rob and Laura Petrie.

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Message 10         Fri Dec 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:51 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 4: Peter Pan
The live-action take on the tale made famous by Disney animators.

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Message 11         Mon Jan 19, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:58 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 7: Ven Helsing
Legendary monsters prove real enough for Hugh Jackman to kill.

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Message 12         Thu Jan 22, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:55 PDT

Category 40: Directors, Producers, and Writers

Topic 15: James Cameron
Visit the following URL for a complete filmography of James Cameron:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000116/

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Message 13         Sat Jan 24, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:52 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 2: Garfield
Is the silver screen large enough to hold Jim Davis' famous, fat, orange cat?
Based ont he comic strip.  Releases June 18th, 2004.

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Message 14         Wed Feb 18, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:29 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 3: Ender's Game
Based on the Orson Scott Card novel.

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Message 15         Mon May 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:32 PDT

Category 14: Animated Series

Topic 9: ReBoot
Ever wonder what happens inside your computer?  Visit the world of Mainframe
where computer programs fight the User to survive in the Games.

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Message 16         Wed May 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:35 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 5: Alien vs. Predator
Two deadly extraterrestrials face off!

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Message 17         Mon May 31, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:18 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 6: The Day After Tomorrow
Talk about the climactic disaster flick.  Starring Dennis Quaid and Jake
Gyllenhaal.

Category 40: Directors, Producers, and Writers

Topic 16: Alfred Hitchcock
Visit the following URL for a complete filmography of Alfred Hitchock:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/

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Message 18         Tue Jun 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:55 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 7: I, Robot
Will Smith stars in this film based on the works of Isaac Asimov.

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Message 19         Mon Jun 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:59 PDT

Category 35: Movies On Video M-Z

Topic 14: Paycheck
Starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman, directed by John Woo.

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Category 1,  Topic 12
Message 20         Tue Jul 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:07 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 1: Superman
The Man of Steel.

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Category 1,  Topic 12
Message 21         Mon Jul 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:34 PDT

Category 43: Actors & Actresses H-L

Topic 24: Ashley Judd
Visit the following URL for a complete filmography of Ashley Judd:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000171/

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Category 1,  Topic 12
Message 22         Mon Jul 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:03 PDT

Category 33: Spoilers

Topic 2: Spider-Man 2
Spoiler topic for Category 32, Topic 2: Spider-Man 2:
http://www.syndicomm.com/communities/SHOWBITS/messages/category=32/topic=2/read
all/

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Message 23         Tue Jul 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:13 PDT

Category 14: Animated Series

Topic 10: Nicktoons
Doug, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, and others.

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Message 24         Thu Jul 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:40 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 4: Star Trek
To boldly go where no movie has gone before.

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Message 25         Wed Aug 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:51 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 8: The Fantastic Four
Marvel's fab four, after being bombarded with cosmic rays, become world-famous
super-heroes!

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Category 1,  Topic 12
Message 26         Sat Aug 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:00 PDT

Category 2: Community Square

Topic 10: Aged to Perfection
Celebrate celebrities' birthdays here!

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Category 1,  Topic 12
Message 27         Sun Sep 05, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:30 PDT

Category 12: Comedy

Topic 28: Get Smart!
Don Adams and Barbara Feldon are Agents 86 and 99, working for CONTROL and
saving the world from KAOS in this spy genre spoof.

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Message 28         Mon Sep 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:06 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 5: Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Milla Jovovich is stranded in Raccoon City and pursued by an ex-lover-turned-
mutant... who can't relate to THAT?  Sequel to the 2002 film; both based on
the Capcom series of survival horror video games.

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Message 29         Sun Sep 19, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:45 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 4: Fever Pitch
Ben (Jimmy Fallon), a man obsessed with the Boston Red Sox, meets a girl named
Lindsay (Drew Barrymore).  They fall in love, but their future together is
threatened once baseball season comes around.  Based on the Nick Hornby novel.

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Message 30         Wed Oct 20, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:55 PDT

Category 11: Drama

Topic 17: Boston Legal
Somewhere between the ridiculous and the sublime exists the world of Denny
Crane, the co-founder of one of the country's most prestigious law firms.

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Message 31         Thu Oct 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:16 PDT

Category 30: General Movie Discussion

Topic 16: Film in Education
Discuss the use of movies in the classroom here.

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Message 32         Wed Dec 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:11 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 2: Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth in J.K. Rowlings' series.

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Message 33         Mon Dec 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:34 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 2: Spider-Man
The third film in Stan Lee's web-slinging series.

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Message 34         Thu Dec 16, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:05 PDT

Category 30: General Movie Discussion

Topic 17: Quotable Quotes
Memorable movie lines.

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Message 35         Thu Jan 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:33 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 6: X-Men 3
A team of mutants, banded together by Professor Xavier to defend a world that
hates and fears them.

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Message 36         Fri Jan 21, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:27 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 9: The Da Vinci Code
Based on Dan Brown's novel.

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Message 37         Wed Feb 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:56 PDT

Category 34: Movies On Video A-L

Topic 14: Disc
And on the eighth day, God created frisbee!

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Message 38         Wed Feb 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:09 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 5: Shrek 3
Dreamworks' green ogre returns in 2007.

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Message 39         Fri Feb 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:23 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 7: James Bond
"Casino Royale", the next movie based in Ian Fleming's James Bond.

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Message 40         Thu Feb 17, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:46 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 10: Cars
The next CGI film from Steve Jobs' "other" company, Pixar.

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Message 41         Fri Mar 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:24 PDT

Category 34 Movies On Video A-L

Topic 15: Austin Powers
International Man of Mystery, The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Goldmember.
Yeah baby!

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Message 42         Sun Mar 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:20 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 11: Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" comes to life on December
9th, 2005.

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Message 43         Mon Mar 14, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:52 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 12: Ice Age 2
Return with us now to those prehistoric days...

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Message 44         Mon Mar 14, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:00 PDT

Category 34: Movies On Video A-L

Topic 16: Catwoman
Halle Berry's hairball of a superhero film.

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Message 45         Wed Apr 06, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:45 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 5: Ghost Rider
A motorcyclist is bonded with a demon that periodically takes possession in
order to wreak vengeance on the guilty.  Based on the Marvel comic book
character of the same name, and starring Nicolas Cage in the title role.

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Message 46         Sun Apr 17, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:07 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 13: Doom
Based on the perennial first-person shooter video game.

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Message 47         Tue May 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:48 PDT

Category 33: Spoilers

Topic 1: Star Wars Episode III
Spoilers topic for the sixth and final "Star Wars" film.  See Category 32,
Topic 3 for the non-spoiler topic.

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Message 48         Sun May 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:53 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 7: Silent Hill
Based on the survival-horror series of PlayStation video games from Konami.

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Message 49         Sun May 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:09 PDT

Category 39: *** Celebrities & Personalities ***

Topic 18: The Rich and Famous
General discussion of the celebrity world and its inhabitants.
For discussion of specific individuals, please see the appropriate topics in
Categories 40 - 46.

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Message 50         Tue May 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:15 PDT

Category 12: Comedy

Topic 29: The Muppet Show
"The Muppet Show", 1976-1981; and "Muppets Tonight", 1996-1998 - variety shows
starring the biggest stars of the day - and plenty of puppets.

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Message 51         Fri Jun 10, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:13 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 14: Indiana Jones
George Lucas' and Steven Spielberg's fourth film with Harrison Ford as Henry
Jones Junior.

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Message 52         Wed Jun 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:32 PDT

Category 45 Actors & Actresses R-S

Topic 31: Alicia Silverstone
Visit the following URL for a complete filmography of Alicia Silverstone:
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000224/

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Message 53         Sun Jul 17, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:26 PDT

Category 13: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Topic 17: Battlestar Galactica
The new BSG on the Sci-Fi Channel.  After losing the war against the Cylon
robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew speed toward the fabled 13th colony,
Earth while facing waning supplies, crushed morale, and Cylons aboard the ship.

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Message 54         Wed Aug 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:44 PDT

Category 13: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Topic 18: The 4400
Discussion about USA Network's sci-fi series, "The 4400."

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Message 55         Wed Oct 05, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:51 PDT

Category 13: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Topic 19: SeaQuest DSV
Roy Scheider teams up with a talking dolphin to plumb the depths of the oceans.

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Message 56         Sun Jan 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:44 PDT

Category 14: Animated Series

Topic 11: The Tick!
The nigh invulnerable blue-clad super hero, the Tick, is deemed the protector
of "The City", along with his sidekick Arthur, an accountant in a moth costume.
Based on the comic book.

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Message 57         Fri May 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:42 PDT

Category 13: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Topic 20: Star Wars
George Lucas' far, far away galaxy comes to your living room every week in
this live-action television series.

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Message 58         Sat May 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:21 PDT

Category 33: Spoilers

Topic 1: X-Men 3: The Last Stand
Spoiler topic fo X-Men 3: The Last Stand.  See Category 32, Topic 6 for the
non-spoiler topic.

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Message 59         Sat Jul 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:28 PDT

Category 33: Spoilers

Topic 2: Superman Returns
Spoiler topic for "Superman Returns".  For general discussion, see Category 32,
Topic 1.

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Message 60         Sun Jul 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:22 PDT

Category 13: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Topic 21: The Twilight Zone
Rod Serling's original "The Twilight Zone", which ran from 1959 - 1964, along
with assorted spin-offs and sequels.

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Message 61         Sun Jul 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:58 PDT

Category 32: Current/Future Movies M-Z

Topic 3: Transformers
More than meets the eye, they're robots in disguise.  A live-action film based
on the Hasbro toys and produced by Steven Spielberg.  Releases July 4th, 2007.

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Message 62         Thu Jul 06, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:36 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 1: Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth movie basaed on J. K.
Rowling's series of books.

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Message 63         Tue Aug 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:33 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 2: The Dark Knight
The sequel to "Batman Begins", starring Christian Bale as the Dark Knight and
Heath Ledger as The Joker.

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Message 64         Wed Aug 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:41 PDT

Category 46: Actors & Actresses T-Z

Topic 12: Robin Williams
Visit the following URL for a complete filmography of Robin Williams:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000245/

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Message 65         Thu Aug 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:58 PDT

Category 31: Current/Future Movies A-L

Topic 4: Halo
Based on Microsoft's Xbox blockbuster and being released by Universal
Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, and Peter Jackson in 2008.

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Topic 18  CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:46 PST
Sub: Speak Up in Our Real Time Conferences

About our Real Time Conferences.

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Message 1          Sun Sep 07, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:36 PDT

         >>> SPEAK UP IN SHOWBITS'S REAL-TIME CONFERENCES! <<<
         """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

     If you want to chat online with film fans from around the
world, join in on Showbits's Real-Time Conferences (RTC's).  Simply
select option 2 from the Showbits main menu.  You'll then be
transported to the conference center, where you can give yourself a
nickname.  This can be your real name (which is preferred) or a handle
you go by (which is fine by us too).  You can use your Syndicomm.com
username or you can use pretty much whatever you want, within limits -
both the limits of good taste and the length limit of 27 characters.

     Once you've chosen your name, you can choose which conference you
wish to join.  There may be several going on at the same time!  Most
of the action will be going on in Room 1, most likely, so check things
out there.  Folks talk about just about anything gaming-related, or all
kinds of other things.  Hang out, make friends, ask questions, and
answer some too.  The conference is a great way to spend time and have
fun.

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Topic 20  CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:47 PST
Sub: A quick primer to RTC commands

Getting started in the RTC.

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Message 1          Sun Sep 07, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:38 PDT

A QUICK PRIMER TO RTC COMMANDS   Here are some helpful commands for
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   you to remember when you're in
conference.  The commands are not case sensitive.  To use a command,
precede it by a slash (/).  If you wish to start a line with a slash
without having it interpreted as a command, put an additional slash
(/) at the beginning of the line (//).

     ACTION              Display a message in the third person
     AFK / BAK           Toggle between away-from-keyboard and
                         at-keyboard modes
     NPA / BAK           Toggle between not-paying-attention and
                         at-keyboard modes
     BEEP / NOBEEP       Turns on or off beeping when users enter the
                         chat room or send private messages to you.
     BYE                 Leave the chat room and log off of the system
     ECHO / NOECHO       Turn on or off echoing of what you type
     EXIT                Leave the chat room and return to the main
                         menu
     HELP                Show these commands
     IGNORE / UNIGNORE   Ignore or stop ignoring someone
     NAME                Change your nickname
     SEND                Send a private message to another member
     SHOWRN / HIDERN     Turns on or off display of Syndicomm.com
                         usernames
     SHOWTIME / HIDETIME Turns on or off display of timestamps when
                         messages are received
     TIME                Shows the current time and your elapsed time
                         online.
     WHO                 List members in the current room

     Many other commands exist, but these are some of the basics;
use the /HELP command while in conference to see a full list.

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Topic 26  CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:48 PST
Sub: About the Showbits File Libraries

About our file libraries.

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Message 1          Sun Sep 07, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:39 PDT

Our file area is currently accessible to members via FTP.  You need to use
your username and password to login.  From an FTP client, access this address:

ftp://ftp.syndicomm.com/pub/members-only/showbits/

From a web browser, try this URL, where "username" is your username:

ftp://username@ftp.syndicomm.com/pub/members-only/showbits/

Some web browsers may additionally require your password, in this format:

ftp://username:password@ftp.syndicomm.com/pub/members-only/showbits/

The library can be accessed using a web browser or by choosing menu option #3:
File Library from the main Showbits menu (page 840).  You'll be prompted for
your Syndicomm account password, after which the libraries will be displayed
using the Lynx text-based web browser.  Files can be downloaded via Zmodem or
saved to your personal FTP directory.

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Topic 37  CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:49 PST
Sub: All about Syndicomm.com email

About our email system.

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Message 2          Fri Jun 25, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:19 PDT

                >>> ALL ABOUT SYNDICOMM.COM EMAIL <<<
                """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

POP MAIL   If you have a POP3 compliant electronic mail client (such
""""""""   as Eudora, Outlook Express, or Spectrum Automatic Mailer),
you have everything you need to receive email on Syndicomm.com.  All
you have to do is set your client up as follows:

     username: Your Syndicomm.com username
     password: Your Syndicomm.com password
     POP server: mail.syndicomm.com

     To send mail via SMTP, use your ISP's SMTP server.

WEB MAIL   Any web browser can be used to access your Syndicomm mail.
""""""""   Surf to http://www.syndicomm.com/webmail to read and send
from your Syndicomm account.

TEXT MAIL   If you'd prefer to send a message via the text interface,
"""""""""   you can.  Type MAIL or go to page 200 to access Syndicomm
Electronic Mail.

     When sending mail, You will be prompted for a To: address,
followed by a cc: (for carbon copies).  You can separate multiple
addresses in either line using a comma (,).  You will then be prompted
for a Subject: to your email message and dropped into the familiar
pico editor.  When you are done editing your message, use Control-X
to send it.  BE CAREFUL WHEN SENDING--there's no cancelling it once
it's gone.

PINE MAIL   You can also use the email program Pine to send and
"""""""""   receive mail from your Syndicomm address.  Type MAIL or
go to page 200 to access Syndicomm Electronic Mail, including Pine,
which features online help.

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Topic 1   CLOSED Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:57 PST
Sub: Announcements from Showbits

Announcements from the Showbits staff.

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Message 1          Thu Sep 18, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:52 PDT

Welcome to Showbits!  After viewing the message activity in the HelpDesk,
which temporarily hosted movie and television discussion, I determined that
a need existed on Syndicomm Online for a community dedicated to this leisure
pursuit.  With the help of Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd, this board was created,
and is now available to everyone on which to discuss a wider range of
subjects than was ever previously available.

I hope you all enjoy your time here in Showbits, and that you return often.
If you have any questions, comments, or requests, I welcome them in Category 2,
Topic 2: Speak to the Staff.

See you around!

-Ken Gagne
Showbits SysOp

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Category 2,  Topic 1
Message 2          Wed Jan 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:45 PDT

A list of filmic resources has now been posted on the Showbits web site, and
is available at the following URL:

http://www.syndicomm.com/communities/showbits/resources.html

Please feel free to make suggestions for further links in Topic 2 of this
category!

-Ken

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Message 3          Thu Nov 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:04 PDT

"Bless us oh Lord for these thine gifts which we are about to recieve. And
uh... ye Lord, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of no food, I
shall fear no hunger. We want you to give us our day of daily bread. And to
the republic for which it stands... by the powers vested in me, I pronounce us
ready to eat. Amen."
                                           - Whoopi Goldberg, "Sister Act"

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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Category 2,  Topic 1
Message 4          Mon Sep 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:51 PDT

SYNDICOMM TO REFOCUS ON PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND SALES

September 9, 2006--Syndicomm(tm) announced today, following A2Central.com's
announcement that it would be opening free Apple II related forums, that it
will be closing the Syndicomm Online online service in order to focus its
efforts on product development and sales for Apple II and Macintosh computers.
The closure will take effect at midnight Eastern Standard Time on December 1,
2006.

Customers that have business web site accounts with Syndicomm will be able to
continue to have their sites hosted with Syndicomm.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd, the owner of Syndicomm, said, "With A2Central.com in
Sean's capable hands, I feel confident that he can pick up the banner of
providing the ultimate online home for Apple II users.  Since Syndicomm Online
is almost all Apple II users anyway, I felt it was time to close the online
service so my time could be better used elsewhere."

Shepherd added, "The online service has been being supported by the sale of
software products since its inception, while at the same time keeping me too
busy to develop new products.  I feel that my best purpose in the Apple II
world is to develop software, and closing the Syndicomm Online service will
allow me to spend more time doing just that."

"Sheppy and I realized that the best way to serve the Apple II world was for
A2Central.com to provide chat, message boards, and similar services, and to let
Sheppy -- that is, Syndicomm -- write code," Fahey said.  "I look forward to
continuing the legacy of support, comeraderie, and exchange of ideas and
software that's always been the legacy of the Apple II forums operated by
Syndicomm."

PRESS CONTACTS

Eric Shepherd - sheppy@syndicomm.com
Sean Fahey - sfahey@a2central.com

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Message 5          Thu Nov 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:04 PDT

"Bless us oh Lord for these thine gifts which we are about to recieve. And
uh... ye Lord, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of no food, I
shall fear no hunger. We want you to give us our day of daily bread. And to
the republic for which it stands... by the powers vested in me, I pronounce us
ready to eat. Amen."
                                           - Whoopi Goldberg, "Sister Act"

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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Category 2,  Topic 1
Message 6          Mon Nov 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:46 PDT

When Syndicomm Online closes, this bulletin board will go with it.  No viable
alternative has been found or offered for its continued existence, though not
for lack of desire on my part.  A text capture of its contents will be made
available; keep your eyes on Syndicomm.com or Gamebits.net.

It has been a pleasure serving you all these years!  I hope you found that
this forum brought something valuable to your online experience.  Thank you
for your participation.

-Ken Gagne
Sysop, Showbits

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Topic 2         Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:57 PST
Sub: Speak to the Staff

Post here to discuss forum issues with the staff.  If you have a request,
question, or complaint that's appropriate for public discussion, place it
here.

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Category 2,  Topic 2
Message 1          Sun Oct 19, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 18:40 PDT


In the individual Categories would it be possible to get a "General Comments"
type of topic to cover discussions that may not be deserving of a whole topic,
or would it best to just create a topic for it anyway?

Thanks,
Dain
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Message 2          Sun Oct 19, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:17 PDT

Hi Dain,

In which categories would you want general topics created?  There is one in
Category 10 for miscellaneous television discussion, and another in Category
30 for assorted movie chatter.  LMK which other subjects you feel are missing
catch-all topics.

-Ken

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Message 4          Thu Sep 09, 2004
LUMITECH                     at 17:06 PDT

Marker post.
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Message 5          Tue Nov 28, 2006
PETERW                       at 04:52 PDT

Ken Gagne wrote elsewhere:
>When Syndicomm Online closes, this bulletin board will go with it.
>...
>It has been a pleasure serving you all these years!  I hope you found that
>this forum brought something valuable to your online experience.  Thank you
>for your participation.

Since I can't reply to the original post, I'll do it here.

Ken, it's been a pleasure! Showbits has been a highlight of my Syndicomm
experience, and it will be missed.

Make sure you let people know if you find a way to resurrect/reincarnate the
discussions. (Google Groups, maybe? Delphi? I know, none of which are text
accessible AFAIK.)
 --
Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 6          Tue Nov 28, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:28 PDT

Peter,

Thanks for your comments.  Showbits has been one of the busiest fora on
Syndicomm Online, and I appreciate everyone's responsiveness to the chance we
took at spinning out what used to be a single category in the HelpDesk forum.

It's that same level of activity that makes the forum's survival a bit
daunting.  4760 messages may not be much in today's Internet era, but I find
it a valuable resource that I'd like to continue building upon.  There's no
way within my ken that I can import that database into another bulletin board
system, though.  Were I more of a networking and database guy, I think Sheppy
and I could brew up something, but I don't currently have the ability to
explore those options.  That leaves the alternative to be starting from
scratch...

Another consideration is the audience.  I enjoy the Apple II and the
community that's grown around it, but I like acknowledging that there is more
to this multifaceted community than just the computer.  Syndicomm Online, for
better or for worse, has served the Apple II community primarily.  Were I to
run Showbits in a different venue, I don't know that it would attract those
same people - or that it wouldn't attract other people.  And if that's the
case and it proves to be a show business forum with generic appeal - well,
there are enough of those on the Internet already; without the Apple II
focus, I don't know what I could do to distinguish this one.

Anyway, that's the inside scoop.  Thanks again for sharing, both over the
years and today.

-Ken

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Topic 3         Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:58 PST
Sub: Elsewhere on Syndicomm.com

Use this topic to post and discuss happenings in other Syndicomm.com
communities.

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Category 2,  Topic 3
Message 1          Wed Apr 28, 2004
SCHNORENBERG [Roger]         at 18:22 PDT

The MUD is back!

The Empire of Cargotha has reopened its doors.

Come immerse yourself in a world of fantasy adventure.   Assume the persona of
a warrior, wizard, cleric, or thief and explore the world that awaits you.
Battle the monsters of the land either single-handedly or as the member of a
group.  Players may interact with each other in real time, through the internal
mail system, or leave messages on the bulletin boards.

The Empire of Cargotha requires no special software and no extre fees.  Just
telnet to the RPG Forum (Page 833) and choose Menu option 4.
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Message 2          Wed Oct 20, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:04 PDT

The Policy and Politics forum salutes democracy in all its glory on Election
Day (November 2) by holding a real-time conference starting when the polls
close on the east coast -- 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time -- and ending whenever
the networks all agree who will be president for the next four years.  It's
looking likely to be quite the slugfest, so drop by and spend the evening
watching the tally, or pop in and out to share your thoughts.  We're at page
1600, keyword POLITICS.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Topic 4         Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:58 PST
Sub: Introduce Yourself!

Introduce yourself to the Showbits community here!

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Message 1          Thu Sep 18, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:55 PDT

Hi!

Though I haven't had television service for four years, I enjoy the various
cinematic arts.  I'm a former TV junkie, including many sitcoms and even a
soap opera; heck, I belonged to the fan club of that show's villainous actor.
:)
I go to the movies anywhere from 12 to 70 times a year, and often end up at a
live theater about once a month, with me performing a show about every other
month.

I'm also the sysop of Syndicomm's Gamebits, Prolific Quill, and Singles fora.
This month, the Video Gaming Central forum on CompuServe, of which I've been a
sysop for nearly ten years, is shutting its doors.

I'm an Apple II user, a lover of literature and comic books, and a video gamer.

-Ken

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Topic 5         Wed Sep 17, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 13:13 PST
Sub: The Movie Lounge

This is a lounge for general chatter, movie-related or otherwise.

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Message 1          Sun Oct 05, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:35 PDT

My friend Tom Christie recently compiled an alphabetical list of Canadian
celebrities:

Pamela Anderson
Paul Anka
Dan Aykroyd
Genevieve Bujold
Lloyd Bochner
Raymond Burr
Rae Dawn Chong
Susan Clark
John Candy
Len Cariou
Jim Carrey
Tommy Chong
John Colicos
Hume Cronyn
Yvonne De Carlo
Colleen Dewhurst
Marie Dressler
Deanna Durbin
James Doohan
Rosemary Forsyth
Glenn Ford
Michael J. Fox
Brendan Fraser
Chief Dan George
Tom Green
Graham Greene
Lorne Greene
Natasha Henstridge
Phil Hartman
Arthur Hill
Walter Huston
Steve Ihnat
John Ireland
Michael Ironside
Robert Ito
Lou Jacobi
Victor Jory
Margot Kidder
Kristin Kreuk
Mimi Kuzyk
Beatrice Lillie
Eugene Levy
Rich Little
Carrie-Anne Moss
Norm Macdonald
Nick Mancuso
Howie Mandel
Raymond Massey
Rick Moranis
Catherine O'Hara
Michael Ontkean
Mary Pickford
Walter Pidgeon
Oliver Platt
Christopher Plummer
Keanu Reeves
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Norma Shearer
Dorothy Stratten
Mort Sahl
Michael Sarrazin
Mack Sennett
Paul Shaffer
Michael Shanks
William Shatner
Martin Short
Jay Silverheels
David Steinberg
Donald Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
Eva Tanguay
Amanda Tapping
Jennifer Tilly
Meg Tilly
Shannon Tweed
Alan Thicke
Fay Wray
Alan Young

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Message 2          Wed Oct 08, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:47 PDT

Man, those Canadians are sneaky devils.  And they're EVERYWHERE! :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 3          Sat Nov 01, 2003
MARK [Apprentice]            at 17:46 PDT

Don't forget Peter Jennings, ABC News anchor.


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Message 4          Tue Nov 11, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:23 PDT

How is Roy Horn doing?  I haven't heard much since the week following October
3rd, when he was mauled by a tiger and suffered two strokes.

-Ken

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Message 5          Wed Nov 12, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:49 PDT

>>>How is Roy Horn doing?  I haven't heard much since the week following
October 3rd, when he was mauled by a tiger and suffered two strokes.

I only heard about one stroke.  Last I heard he was improving but was still in
serious condition.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 6          Tue Dec 23, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:44 PDT

Following up on the last two messages in this topic, Roy Horn went home today:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/12/23/horn.reut/index.html

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Message 7          Thu Jul 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:15 PDT

Aw, shucks - Hollywood is calling for a ban on silly string:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/07/25/silly.string.ap/index.html

Marlborough, one town over from me, has a ban on both silly string and the
detonation of nuclear devices.  It must be working: not one nuclear device has
been detonated since the law was passed.

It's smart, if you think about it.  We'd probably have a lot fewer terrorist
attacks if we just made them illegal.  I mean, terrorists don't want to get
arrested... OTOH, it could be a rather serious infringement on our freedom.
When I was a kid, we could spray all the silly string and detonate all the
nuclear devices we wanted.  Sure, every now and then a kid would lose a
finger, but it was fun!  Ah, the memories...

-Ken

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Message 8          Fri Aug 06, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:05 PDT

Ken, you're really weird.  Everyone knows that nobody ever lost a finger
playing with nuclear weapons.  You're such a worrywart.


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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 2,  Topic 5
Message 10         Thu Sep 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:25 PDT

OK, this is a weird question.

I remember as a little kid seeing a cartoon in a snippet of which two jungle
cats (leopards?) were pacing a cage.  Every time they passed each other,
they'd say, "Bread 'n butter."  I asked my older brother what that meant, and
he said it's what people say when they pass each other.  Since older brothers
make up everything they don't know, that may not have been accurate, as I've
not heard the saying anywhere or from anyone else.

Has anyone ever heard of this saying, or even seen this cartoon, and can
explain to me its origin and use?

-Ken

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Message 11         Sun Sep 05, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:09 PDT

Aha! A Google search produced this answer:

Dear Word Detective: The expression "bread and butter" was used in a Warner
Brothers cartoon. In it, two leopards were pacing back and forth in a divided
cage. As they passed each other they each said, "bread and butter." To what
does that refer, and from where does it originate? -- Jim Gates, via the
Internet.

I'm glad you asked this question, because I have heard this odd phrase from
my wife for more than 25 years. We will be walking down the street, and every
time we are separated by an obstruction in our path (parking meter, movie
star, alien spacecraft, whatever), she will demand that I say "bread and
butter." Until now I presumed that this quaint ritual was a throwback to her
childhood spent in short-order diners, but apparently this "bread and butter"
business is more widespread than I had thought.

But it's not so widespread as to be well-documented, evidently. Only one
source (the Dictionary of American Regional English, or DARE) of many that I
checked even mentioned the phrase. DARE explains it as "an exclamation used
when two people walking together are momentarily separated by someone or
something coming between them." The earliest citation listed by DARE is from
The Federal Writers Project "Guide to Kansas" published in 1939, where the
"bread and butter" ritual is described as a "ubiquitous" incantation among
schoolchildren of the area. If it was ubiquitous in 1939, the ritual is
probably much older, possibly dating back to at least the 19th century.

"Bread and butter" is not listed in one place I hoped to find it, Iona and
Peter Opie's "The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren" (Oxford University
Press, 1959). As this extraordinarily fine volume (now, unbelievably, out of
print) covers only the British Isles, "bread and butter" may be a native
American creation.

As to its meaning, I think it's simply one of a number of rituals children
follow, on the order of "step on a crack and break your mother's back,"
designed to invoke magical protection from bad luck. In this case, the fact
that bread and butter "go together" gives the ritual power as an affirmation
of togetherness, lest a momentary separation be an omen of permanent one.

Source:
http://www.word-detective.com/100297.html

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Message 12         Wed Sep 15, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:45 PDT

Following up on Messages 4-6 in this topic, CNN asks Roy Horn how he's doing,
and previews the "Siegfried & Roy: The Miracle", an NBC special airing
tonight:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/14/apontv.royhorn.ap/index.html

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Message 13         Tue Dec 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:07 PDT

Here are some vocabulary terms I gave my students last month:

auteur: n. a filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control
over his or her works and has a strong personal style.

boom: n. a long movable arm used to maneuver and support a microphone.

cutaway: n. a brief shot that interrupts the main action of a film, often to
depict related matter or supposedly concurrent action.

wipe: n. an editing technique in which images from one shot are fully
replaced by the images of another, delimited by a definite border that moves
across or around the frame.

noir: adj. genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and
bleak settings.

filmic: adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of movies; cinematic.

gaffer: n. the head of the electrical department; an electrician in charge of
lighting on a movie or television set.

best boy: n. the chief assistant to the gaffer on a movie or television set.

grip: n. worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show
is being made. (the head grip is known as the "key grip")

weenie: n. a term used by Alfred Hitchcock to refer to an item, event, or
piece of knowledge that the characters in a film consider extremely
important, but which the audience either doesn't know of or doesn't care
about. Examples: the engine plans in 39 Steps, The (1935), the identity of
the spy in North by Northwest (1959), and the contents of the briefcase in
Pulp Fiction (1994). Also called a macguffin.

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Message 14         Mon Dec 20, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:03 PDT

CNN.com reflects on what how society was reflected in 2004's entertainment
events:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/12/17/yir.entertainment/index.html

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Message 15         Sat Dec 25, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:46 PDT

Anyone have DVDs as part of their holiday exchange?  I gave my youngest
brother, the lawyer, season three of "West Wing" (he has season one, but I
didn't realize he doesn't have season two), and the first season of "7th
Heaven" to my parents.  My grandmother received "Law & Order" season one, and
a DVD player (she wasn't very happy about that :).

I received:

Spider-Man 2
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
George of the Jungle
Spaceballs
Babe
Mannequin

My family also meant to get me Hunted (1997) and Watership Down (TV series),
but got me The Hunted (2003) and Watership Down (1978) - the former which
I've never seen, and the latter I already have.

-Ken

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Message 16         Sun Dec 26, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 05:10 PDT

I received the Star Wars trilogy on DVD.  That's it for movies.  I was hoping
for a copy of the extended Return of the King, but it didn't happen.  However,
my birthday is in three weeks, so there's still a good chance of that. :)

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 17         Sun Dec 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:11 PDT

Shep,

You were watching the Star Wars DVDs back in September, according to Cat 35,
Top 6.  Was that a rental, or an early Christmas gift? :)

-Ken

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Message 18         Mon Dec 27, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:18 PDT

Back in September, it was a rental from Netflix. :)

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 19         Tue Jan 04, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 14:23 PDT


> Anyone have DVDs as part of their holiday exchange?

As expected, I received the third installment in the (extended) Lord of the
Rings series.

I'm still hoping to host a LOTR marathon at my house sometime this winter.  It
will have to wait until we get our new furniture for the family room.

Ironically enough, our guests from Oklahoma noticed the new movie, and hinted
that they would like to watch the 2d and 3d movies, but I really didn't want to
do that without watching the 1st one, so I tapdanced around that.  (Am I a mean
host, or what? :)

_________
  | homas


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Message 20         Tue Jan 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:05 PDT

Thomas,

I don't think I've ever been a guest and asked to watch a movie.  But borrow,
sure. :)

I once threw a party where, when I wasn't looking, a guest disabled my music
and rewired my setup so that he could play my video games.  Nice of him to
ask. (the answer would've been an emphatic "no". :\)  Needless to say, he's
not welcome here anymore.

So I guess, no, you're not a mean host. :)  Hosts have more leeway than
guests, IMHO; but I'm no Emily Post.

-Ken

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Message 21         Wed Jan 05, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:48 PDT


> I don't think I've ever been a guest and asked to
> watch a movie.  But borrow, sure. :)

If they had been _local_ friends, I certainly would have loaned them the films,
even before I watched them.  They did inquire whether I had the equipment to
copy them, but I hemmed and hawed and tried not to seem condescending as I gave
my ethical objections to that.   Oh well.  They didn't leave with nothing.  I'm
sure we gave them the cold we were sharing.  :)

_________
  | homas


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Message 22         Wed Jan 05, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:19 PDT

I hate having to tell people that I'm not willing to copy stuff for them.  They
often get grumpy about it.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 23         Thu Jan 06, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:22 PDT

Thomas,

> They did inquire whether I had the equipment to copy them, but I hemmed and
> hawed and tried not to seem condescending as I gave my ethical objections to
> that.

Gosh, that was forward of them.  I don't usually bother with ethics; I just
state, "It's illegal," and move on.

Awhile back I lent an audio tape to a friend of mine.  She gave it back the
next day, and when I asked if she's already listened to all of it, she said,
"No, I just made a copy."  I was rather upset, and won't be lending her
anything in the future.

Sometimes when I lend people audio CDs, I do so under the condition that they
not copy it.  Prefacing a loan with that statement can be presumptuous and
insulting, but I've actually had people say "Oh, never mind, then."

-Ken

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Message 24         Tue Apr 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:32 PDT

I received a call tonight from the California Highway Patrol.  Apparently a
gentleman I lived with in college is applying for a position with this
department, and they needed to ask me a number of questions as part of an
intensive background check.

After a thorough interrogation, the officer thanked me for my time and asked
if I had any questions.  Finally!

"Have you ever met Erik Estrada?"

Alas, the answer was in the negatory... considering that, I can't imagine what
perks my former roommate sees in the job.

-Ken

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Message 25         Tue Jun 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:13 PDT

http://similarminds.com/othertests.html

"You are Schindler's List.  You put the needs of others before your own.  You
strive to be helpful to your fellow man."

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Message 26         Mon Jun 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:01 PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court refused on Monday to decide whether the
granddaughter of A.A. Milne, British creator of Winnie the Pooh, can
recapture control of the copyright for stories featuring the children's book
character.

Story continues at http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/26/scotus.pooh.ap/index.html

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Message 27         Thu Jun 29, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 14:32 PDT

Winnie the Pooh OUGHT to be in the public domain.   His granddaughter shouldn't
get the sole right to make money from it, but then again, neither should
whatever corporation owns it now.

_________
  | homas

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Message 28         Wed Jul 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:10 PDT

The 50 greatest sidekicks of all time, from Ed McMahon to Robin to Chewbacca:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1213384_1||233618|1_0_,00.html

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Message 30         Thu Oct 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:18 PDT

Check out "The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived" - that is,
fictional characters.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-10-16-influential-people-list_x.htm

Top Ten:

1. The Marlboro Man
2. Big Brother
3. King Arthur
4. Santa Claus (St. Nick)
5. Hamlet
6. Dr. Frankenstein's Monster
7. Siegfried
8. Sherlock Holmes
9. Romeo and Juliet
10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Other excerpts:

18. Mickey Mouse
33. Dracula
38. Godzilla
41. Bambi
44. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
50. Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock
51. James Bond
57. Atticus Finch
60. Batman
62. Nancy Drew
64. Superman
66. Hal 9000
67. Kermit the Frog
85. Luke Skywalker

Read more about this list at this URL:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-10-16-influential-people_x.htm

And read about the book the list is published in here:

http://www.101influential.com/

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Message 31         Tue Oct 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:44 PDT

Here's a look at how sequels don't always live up to the original, examining
examples such as Metal Gear Solid and Prince of Persia:

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3154508

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Message 32         Tue Oct 31, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:26 PDT

Willian Shatner, Stan Lee, Joss Whedon, Frank Miller, Ben Bova, William
Gibson, and other famous authors each wrote stories to contribute to this
feature:

http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html

The gimmick: each story is exactly six words long.

Among them:

Leia: "Baby's yours." Luke: "Bad news..."
- Steven Meretzky

Can you come up with an original entry?

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Message 33         Wed Nov 01, 2006
PETERW                       at 03:54 PDT

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Steve Wozniak. Apple II. Still loved!
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Once upon a time. The end!
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I said the red wire! BOOM!
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The spell checker is always write!
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This is fun, anyone got more?
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:-)

 --
Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 34         Wed Nov 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:17 PDT

Peter,

> The spell checker is always write!

Not sure that's a story so much as a tagline... ;)

> I said the red wire! BOOM!

This one I like ! :-)

-Ken

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KGAGNE                       at 19:59 PST
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Message 1          Thu Dec 18, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:25 PDT

The earliest known evidence of a reality series is dissected here:

http://www.bobsawyer.com

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Message 2          Tue May 18, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:20 PDT

Here are some of my favorite quotes from "Hollywood Squares" in the Sixties
and Seventies:

Peter Marshall: Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

Peter Marshall: According to Cosmo, if you meet a stranger at a party and you
think he's really attractive, is it okay to come out directly and ask him if
he's married?
Rose Marie: No, wait until morning.

Peter Marshall: In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say "I
love you"?
Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.

Peter Marshall: What are "Do It", "I Can Help" and "Can't Get Enough"?
George Gobel: I don't know but it's coming from the next apartment.

Peter Marshall: As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with
your hands while you are talking?
Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing older question, Peter...and I'll give
you a gesture you'll never forget!

Peter Marshall: According to Zsa Zsa, does black look sexy on a woman?
Redd Foxx: I wouldn't have it any other way.

Peter Marshall: What are "dual purpose" cattle good for that other cattle
aren't?
Paul Lynde: They give milk and cookies...but I don't recommend the cookies!

Peter Marshall: If you find someone lying unconscious in the street, should
you do anything?
George Goebel: I'd probably crawl around him I guess.

Peter Marshall: Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Peter Marshall: Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you
going to get any during your first year?
Charley Weaver: Of course not, Peter. I'm too busy growing strawberries!

Peter Marshall: In bowling, what's a perfect score?
Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Peter Marshall: Eddie, according to the Institute of Motivational Research, a
wife should beware if another woman takes an interest in a certain item of
her husband's clothing. What item?
Ed Asner: Well, shorts immediately springs to my mind.

Peter Marshall: It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at
nudist camps. One is politics. What is the other?
Paul Lynde: Tape measurers.

Peter Marshall: True or false...a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Peter Marshall: Is there a weight limit for bags on airline flights in this
country?
Charley Weaver: If she can fit under the seat, she can fly.

Peter Marshall: During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the
closet?
Rose Marie: Unfortunately, Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.

Peter Marshall: Can boys join the camp fire girls?
Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

Peter Marshall: When you pat a dog on its head he will usually wag his tail.
What will a goose do?
Paul Lynde: Make him bark.

Peter Marshall: True or false, George...experts say there are only seven or
eight things in the world dumber than an ant.
George Gobel: Yes, and I think I voted for six of 'em.

Peter Marshall: If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth
to?
Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

Peter Marshall: According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with
getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army!

Peter Marshall: Is it possible for the puppies in a litter to have more than
one daddy?
Paul Lynde: Why, that bitch!

Peter Marshall: While visiting China, your tour guide starts shouting "Poo!
Poo! Poo!" What does that mean?
George Goebel: Cattle crossing.

Peter Marshall: It is the most abused and neglected part of your body -- what
is it?
Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused but it certainly isn't neglected!

Peter Marshall: Charley, what do you call a pig that weighs more than 150
pounds?
Charley Weaver: A divorcee.

Peter Marshall: Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on
his head, what was he trying to do?
George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

Peter Marshall: According to Movie Life magazine, Ann-Margaret would like to
start having babies soon, but her husband wants her to wait a while. Why?
Paul Lynde: He's out of town.

Peter Marshall: Dennis Weaver, Debbie Reynolds, and Shelley Winters star in
the movie "What's The Matter With Helen?" Who plays Helen?
Charley Weaver: Dennis Weaver -- that's why they asked the question.

Peter Marshall: Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or
your elephant?
Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

Peter Marshall: When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car. The rest is up to him.

Peter Marshall: James Stewart did it over 20 years ago when he was 41 years
old. Now he says it was "one of the best things I ever did." What was it?
Marty Allen: Rhonda Fleming.

Peter Marshall: Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in
them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
Charley Weaver: His feet.

Peter Marshall: If you're going to make a parachute jump, you should be at
least how high?
Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Peter Marshall: Do female frogs croak?
Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water.

Peter Marshall: You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a
man or a woman?
Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.

Peter Marshall: Your baby has a certain object which he loves to cling to.
Should you try to break him of his habit?
Joan Rivers: Yes. It's daddy's turn.

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Message 3          Tue Oct 05, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:10 PDT

Cartoon Law I -- Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made
aware of its situation.

Details: Best to use an example: Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting
further pastureland. He loiters in midair, soliloquizing flippantly, until he
chances to look down. At this point, the familiar principle of 32 feet per
second per second takes over.

Cartoon Law II -- Any body in motion will tend to remain in motion until
solid matter intervenes suddenly.

Details: Whether shot from a cannon or in hot pursuit on foot, cartoon
characters are so absolute in their momentum that only a telephone pole or an
outsize boulder retards their forward motion absolutely. Sir Isaac Newton
called this sudden termination of motion the stooge's surcease.

Cartoon Law III -- Any body passing through solid matter will leave a
perforation conforming to its perimeter.

Details: Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the
speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards
who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a
house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or
matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.

Cartoon Law IV -- The time required for an object to fall twenty stories is
greater than or equal to the time it takes for whoever knocked it off the
ledge to spiral down twenty flights to attempt to capture it unbroken.

Details: Such an object is inevitably priceless, thus the attempt to capture
it will be inevitably unsuccessful.

Cartoon Law V -- All principles of gravity are negated by fear.

Details: Psychic forces are sufficient in most bodies for a shock to propel
them directly away from the earth's surface. A spooky noise or an adversary's
signature sound will induce motion upward, usually to the cradle of a
chandelier, a treetop, or the crest of a flagpole. The feet of a character
who is running or the wheels of a speeding auto need never touch the ground,
especially when in flight.

Cartoon Law VI -- As speed increases, objects can be in several places at
once.

Details: This is particularly true of tooth-and-claw fights, in which a
character's head may be glimpsed emerging from the cloud of altercation at
several places simultaneously. This effect is common as well among bodies
that are spinning or being throttled. A 'wacky' character has the option of
self-replication only at manic high speeds and may ricochet off walls to
achieve the velocity required.

Cartoon Law VII -- Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to
resemble tunnel entrances; others cannot.

Details: This trompe l'oeil inconsistency has baffled generations, but at
least it is known that whoever paints an entrance on a wall's surface to
trick an opponent will be unable to pursue him into this theoretical space.
The painter is flattened against the wall when he attempts to follow into the
painting. This is ultimately a problem of art, not of science.

Corollary: Portable holes work.

Cartoon Law VIII -- Any violent rearrangement of feline matter is
impermanent.

Details: Cartoon cats possess even more deaths than the traditional nine
lives might comfortably afford. They can be decimated, spliced, splayed,
accordion-pleated, spindled, or disassembled, but they cannot be destroyed.
After a few moments of blinking self pity, they reinflate, elongate, snap
back, or solidify.

Corollary 1: A cat will assume the shape of its container.

Corollary 2: Cartoons cats have the uncanny ability to emit piano sounds when
their teeth are transformed into piano keys after having a piano dropped on
them.

Cartoon Law IX -- For every vengeance there is an equal and opposite
revengeance.

Details: This is the one law of animated cartoon motion that also applies to
the physical world at large. For that reason, we need the relief of watching
it happen to a duck instead.

Cartoon Law X -- Everything falls faster than an anvil.

. . .

Cartoon Law Amendment A -- A sharp object will always propel a character
upward.

Details: When poked (usually in the buttocks) with a sharp object (usually a
pin), a character will defy gravity by shooting straight up, with great
velocity.

Cartoon Law Amendment B -- The laws of object permanence are nullified for
"cool" characters.

Details: Characters who are intended to be "cool" can make previously
nonexistent objects appear from behind their backs at will. For instance, the
Road Runner can materialize signs to express himself without speaking.

Cartoon Law Amendment C -- Explosive weapons cannot cause fatal injuries.

Details: They merely turn characters temporarily black and smoky.

Cartoon Law Amendment D -- Gravity is transmitted by slow-moving waves of
large wavelengths.

Details: Their operation can be witnessed by observing the behavior of a
canine suspended over a large vertical drop. Its feet will begin to fall
first, causing its legs to stretch. As the wave reaches its torso, that part
will begin to fall, causing the neck to stretch. As the head begins to fall,
tension is released and the canine will resume its regular proportions until
such time as it strikes the ground.

Cartoon Law Amendment E -- Dynamite is spontaneously generated in "C-spaces"
(spaces in which cartoon laws hold).

Details: The process is analogous to steady-state theories of the universe
which postulated that the tensions involved in maintaining a space would
cause the creation of hydrogen from nothing. Dynamite quanta are quite large
(stick-sized) and unstable (lit). Such quanta are attracted to psychic forces
generated by feelings of distress in "cool" characters (see Amendment B),
which may be a special case of this law), who are able to use said quanta to
their advantage. One may imagine C-spaces where all matter and energy result
from primal masses of dynamite exploding. A big bang indeed.

Cartoon Law Amendment F -- Any bag, sack, purse, etc. possessed by a cool
character is a tesseract -- any number of objects of any size may be placed
in it or removed from it with no change in its outer dimensions.

Cartoon Law Amendment G -- Characters can spin around and change into any set
of clothes appropriate to the situation.

Cartoon Law Amendment H -- Rabbits can dig a burrow from here to there in
less than 20 seconds and emerge spotlessly clean.

Cartoon Law Amendment I -- Movements are accompanied by funny sound effects.

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Message 4          Sun Aug 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:41 PDT

From <http://www.jumbojoke.com/000482.html>:

This is supposedly a list of actual English subtitles used on films made in
Hong Kong:

1. I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.

2. Fatty, you with your thick face have hurt my instep.

3. Gun wounds again?

4. Same old rules: no eyes, no groin.

5. A normal person wouldn't steal pituitaries.

6. Damn, I'll burn you into a BBQ chicken!

7. Take my advice, or I'll spank you without pants.

8. Who gave you the nerve to get killed here?

9. Quiet or I'll blow your throat up.

10. You always use violence. I should've ordered glutinous rice chicken.

11. I'll fire aimlessly if you don't come out!

12. You daring lousy guy.

13. Beat him out of recognizable shape!

14. I have been scared shitless too much lately.

15. I got knife scars more than the number of your leg's hair!

16. Beware! Your bones are going to be disconnected.

17. The bullets inside are very hot. Why do I feel so cold?

18. How can you use my intestines as a gift?

19. This will be of fine service for you, you bag of the scum. I am sure you
will not mind that I remove your manhoods and leave them out on the dessert
flour for your aunts to eat.

20. Yah-hah, evil spider woman! I have captured you by the short rabbits and
can now deliver you violently to your gynecologist for a thorough
extermination.

21. Greetings, large black person. Let us not forget to form a team up
together and go into the country to inflict the pain of our karate feets on
some ass of the giant lizard person.

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Message 5          Mon May 15, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:29 PDT

When I was a kid adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes
about how hard things were when they were growing up, what with walking
twenty-five miles to school every morning uphill both ways through year
'round blizzards carrying their younger siblings on their backs to their
one-room schoolhouse where they maintained a straight-A average despite their
full-time after-school job at the local textile mill where they worked for 35
cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving to death.

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up there was no way in hell
I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it
and how easy they've got it!

But...

Now that I've reached the ripe old age of 30-something, I can't help but look
around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so damned easy! I mean,
compared to my childhood, you live in Utopia.

And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't even know how good you've
got it. I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet -- we wanted to
know something, we had to go to the library and look it up ourselves!

And there was no e-mail! We had to actually write somebody a letter with a
pen. And then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in a
mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

And there were no MP3s! You wanted to steal music, you had to go to the
record store and shoplift it yourself. Try sticking an LP album under your
jacket, buddy. Or we had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and
the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and screw it all up!

We didn't have fancy stuff like Call Waiting. If you were on the phone and
somebody else called they got a busy signal. And we didn't have fancy Caller
ID Boxes, either. When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was -- it could
be your boss, your mom, a collections agent -- you didn't know! You just had
to pick it up and take your chances.

And we didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation videogames with high-resolution
3-D graphics, we had the Atari 2600. With games like Space Invaders and
Asteroids, and the graphics sucked! Your guy was a little square! You had to
use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was
just one screen forever. And you could never win the game, the game just kept
getting harder and faster until you died. Just like life.

Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 20 channels
and there was no onscreen menu! You had to use a little book called a TV
Guide to find out what was on. And there was no Cartoon Network! You could
only get cartoons on Saturday morning. D'ya hear what the hell I'm saying? We
had to wait ALL WEEK for a cartoon, you spoiled little bastards.

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy!
You wouldn't last five minutes back in 1987!

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Message 6          Tue May 16, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 05:58 PDT


> Sure, we had cable television,

_I_ didn't have cable TV, you young whipper-snapper!  I had channels 2, 4, 5,
7, 9 and 11, and that on a 13"  B&W TV.   :D

_________
  | homas

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Message 7          Tue May 16, 2006
CARLK [CarlK]                at 19:23 PDT

Replying to 'TCOMPTER' in Category 2 Topic 6:

> _I_ didn't have cable TV, you young whipper-snapper!  I had channels
2,
> 4, 5,
> 7, 9 and 11, and that on a 13"  B&W TV.   :D

We got cable TV when my kids were young. When I was young, we got a 12"
B&W TV after my father died, back in the 50s. There was ONE channel on
the air. It wasn't too long before we had 3, then 4 when the university
joined in. We didn't have a car until I earned enough to buy one.

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Message 8          Wed May 17, 2006
SCHNORENBERG [Roger]         at 16:36 PDT

> I had channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11, and that on a 13"  B&W TV.

Nice.  We had 3(CBS), 6(ABC), 9(Independent), 10(NBC), and if the wind blew
just right from the north, 2(PBS).  I don't remember the size of the TV, but my
parents stayed with B&W until they no longer manufactured them in a size larger
than about 13".  :)

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Message 10         Sun May 28, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:03 PDT

I was in a play this past weekend, and a friend in the audience caught a joke
that nobody else - not even I - had picked up on, being a product not of the
script but of the casting.

In one scene, I ask a character why his brother looks familiar.  "Maybe he
looks like someone you saw in the movies," he offers.

Taken aback, I snap, "I never go to the movies - I hate 'em!!"

Certainly not a funny line - but when my friend heard me of all people saying
it, he couldn't stop laughing. :-)

It's nice to have an appreciative audience.

-Ken

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Topic 7         Sat Sep 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:59 PST
Sub: Six Degrees

The game made famous by Kevin Bacon.  Can you connect any two actors?

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Message 1          Thu Oct 02, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:57 PDT


Okay, I'll get us started....

Harrison Ford to Jennifer Aniston


Whoever answers, suggests the next pair.
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Message 2          Thu Oct 02, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:12 PDT

OK, so we're trying to connect from Harrison Ford to Jennifer Aniston, right?

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Message 3          Fri Oct 03, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:35 PDT

Sarah,

Both those actors appeared at The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards earlier this
year - Aniston as the winner for Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical
or Comedy, and Ford as the presenter for Best Director - Motion Picture.

But that probably doesn't count. :)

How about this:

Harrison Ford to Michelle Pfeiffer (What Lies Beneath)
Michelle Pfeiffer to Danny DeVito (Batman Returns)
Danny DeVito to Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction)
Bruce Willis to Matthew Perry (The Whole Nine Yards)
Matthew Perry to Jennifer Aniston (Friends)

-Ken

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Message 4          Fri Oct 03, 2003
SARAH                        at 20:13 PDT

Great, Ken!

Now you suggest the next pair.
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Message 5          Fri Oct 03, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:57 PDT

Thanks, Sarah.  I wasn't sure I was allowed to use Danny DeVito in "Pulp
Fiction", since he was on the staff of the film and did not appear in it.

I'm sure the link could be made in fewer than the five steps I used, too.

> Now you suggest the next pair.

OK.  Here's one I can do in three links:

William Shatner to Jonathan Taylor Thomas

-Ken

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Message 6          Sat Oct 04, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 17:03 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 2 Topic 7:

> William Shatner to Jonathan Taylor Thomas

William Shatner was in Star Trek VI playing Captain James T. Kirk with
Christian Slater was in Star Trek VI playing uh.....some guy that says
two words to Captain Sulu I think. I know he was there:)

Christian Slater was in The Name of the Rose playing a subordinate to
Sean Connery who was a monk or something who solved Mysteries.

Sean Connery was in the Hunt For Red October playing the Submarine
Captain Ramus(sp?), and James Earl Jones was like a high ranking member
of the CIA maybe...I forget.

James Earl Jones played the Mighty Mufasa in The Lion King,and played
the father of young Simba played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas.

I had to think a while on this one:)  Plus I am not 100% sure I know the
rules:)

Dain




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Message 7          Sat Oct 04, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:41 PDT

>>>Harrison Ford to Michelle Pfeiffer (What Lies Beneath)
>>>Michelle Pfeiffer to Danny DeVito (Batman Returns)
>>>Danny DeVito to Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction)
>>>Bruce Willis to Matthew Perry (The Whole Nine Yards)
>>>Matthew Perry to Jennifer Aniston (Friends)

You can shorten this up a bit -- Bruce Willis played Jennifer Aniston's
boyfriend for a few episodes on Friends. :)

How about Richard Dreyfuss to Donnie Wahlburg?

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Message 8          Sat Oct 04, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:36 PDT

Dain,

William Shatner to Christian Slater (Star Trek VI)
Christian Slater to Sean Connery (The Name of the Rose)
Sean Connery to James Earl Jones (Hunt for Red October)
James Earl Jones to Jonathan Taylor Thomas (The Lion King)

I haven't seen those two middle movies, so would not have been able to make
those links.  Good job!  Obviously, the better exposed a player is to film,
the more links they can make.

I came up with this solution first:

William Shatner to Alan Ruck (Star Trek Generations)
Alan Ruck to Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
Matthew Broderick to Jonathan Taylor Thomas (The Lion King)

Then I realized I could go this way, as well:

William Shatner to Kirstie Alley (Star Trek II)
Kirstie Alley to Tim Allen (For Richer or Poorer)
Tim Allen to Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Home Improvement)

Good thing Shatner did Star Trek, or we'd all be lost! <g>

> I had to think a while on this one:) Plus I am not 100% sure I know the
> rules:)

Hmm, that might've been a good first message to post in this topic.  I don't
know what links are forbidden, or why any would be.  We seem to be doing
okay, though. :)

Your turn to pick a pair!

-Ken

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Message 9          Sun Oct 05, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 21:13 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 2 Topic 7:

> Hmm, that might've been a good first message to post in this topic.  I
> don't know what links are forbidden, or why any would be.  We seem to
be
> doing okay, though. :)
>
> Your turn to pick a pair!

I didn't realize that TV shows could be used:)  I was going strictly by
movies:)

Cuba Gooding Jr. to Dabney Coleman


Good Luck,
Dain


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Message 10         Mon Oct 06, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:45 PDT

Dain,

That was a tough one, since I didn't know who Dabney Coleman was by name.
I think I got it, though - and without using TV shows :)

Cuba Gooding Jr. to Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets)
Helen Hunt to Tom Hanks (Cast Away)
Tom Hanks to Dabney Coleman (Dragnet)

How about:

Ben Stein to Angelina Jolie

-Ken

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Message 11         Sun Oct 12, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:13 PDT

Rules?  Eh, it depends on who you ask.

My version of the rules say that you can use movies or tv series (but not "they
were both presenters on the Emmys" though).  Some say you can use real-life
relationships (i.e. parent/child or spouse or brother/sister), but that can
make it too easy.  You don't have to name the character, but you have to know
the name of the movie/show (i.e. "Bob and Fred were both in that movie about
cars" doesn't work).

I'd suggest that we just play it by ear until/unless we decide to get creative.

(For example, Eric and I had to make a rule when we play that says we can't use
"The West Wing" because it was making things too easy.)

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Message 12         Sun Oct 12, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:19 PDT


Oh - I forgot to do the game!  :)

Ben Stein to Angelina Jolie....

Ben Stein was in "Ferris Bueller" with Jeffrey Jones (the principal)
Jeffrey Jones was in "Beetlejuice" with Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder was in "Girl, Interrupted" with Angelina Jolie

Next up....  Art Carney to Harrison Ford     :)
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Message 13         Mon Oct 13, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:54 PDT

Sarah,

I tried using Jamie Lee Curtis as a link, but ultimately went this path:

Art Carney to Arnold Schwarzenegger (Last Action Hero)
Arnold Schwarzenegger to Danny DeVito (Twins)
Danny DeVito to Michelle Pfeiffer (Batman Returns)
Michelle Pfeiffer to Harrison Ford (What Lies Beneath)

This is the second time I've used Batman Returns to connect Danny DeVito to
Michelle Pfeiffer, and What Lies Beneath to connect Michelle Pfeiffer to
Harrison Ford. (See Message 3)

How about...

Ben Stiller to Scarlett Johansson

I haven't tested this one out to see how to do it.  I look forward to seeing a
solution!

-Ken

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Message 14         Tue Oct 14, 2003
STEVER                       at 07:48 PDT

 > Ben Stiller to Scarlett Johansson
 >
 > I haven't tested this one out to see how to do it.  I look forward to
seeing
 > a solution!

Ben Stiller and Scarlett Johansson were both in "If Lucy Fell".



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Message 15         Tue Oct 14, 2003
SARAH                        at 12:37 PDT


Good job, Steve!  :)

Now you get to suggest the next pair.
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Message 16         Tue Oct 14, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:37 PDT

>>>Scarlett Johansson

Never heard of her. :)

Waiting for another suggestion... :)

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Message 17         Wed Oct 15, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:25 PDT

> >Scarlett Johansson
>
> Never heard of her. :)

She played the female lead in "Lost in Translation", a young woman married to
Giovanni Ribisi.

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Message 18         Wed Oct 15, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:13 PDT

>>>She played the female lead in "Lost in Translation", a young woman married
to Giovanni Ribisi.

OK, now I have some idea who she is.  Gotcha.

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Message 19         Tue Oct 21, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:25 PDT

It's been a week without a new suggestion, so I'm instituting a new rule: the
next link defaults to the sysop, in the spirit of keeping the game moving.

How about:

Kevin Bacon to Gary Coleman?

Shouldn't be too tough.  Good luck!

-Ken

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Message 20         Wed Oct 22, 2003
SARAH                        at 02:57 PDT


Kevin Bacon was in "A Few Good Men" with Joshua Malina.
Joshua Malina was on "The West Wing" with John Amos.
John Amos was on "Good Times" with guest star Janet Jackson.
Janet Jackson guest starred on "Different Strokes" with Gary Coleman.


Okay.... how about:   Elizabeth Taylor to Madonna
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Message 21         Wed Oct 29, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:00 PDT

Madonna to Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day)
Pierce Brosnan to Elizabeth Taylor (The Simpsons)

I'm not sure if "The Simpsons" link counts, since Taylor and Brosnan were not
in the same episode.  A ruling, Sarah?  If it's valid, then I'll suggest the
next pair - LMK!

-Ken

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Message 22         Tue Nov 04, 2003
SARAH                        at 15:59 PDT


Sarah's Ruling is:

Pierce Brosnan to Elizabeth Taylor can not be directly linked through the
Simpsons if they were not in the same episode.  However, they can be linked
through another Simpsons actor that would have been in both episodes.

At least, that's playing by Sarah's Rules.  <g>
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Message 23         Wed Nov 05, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:05 PDT

>>>At least, that's playing by Sarah's Rules.  <g>

Sounds reasonable.

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Message 24         Wed Nov 05, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:09 PDT

Okay, then:

Madonna to Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day)
Pierce Brosnan to Yeardley Smith (The Simpsons)
Yeardley Smith to Elizabeth Taylor (The Simpsons)

Works for me. :)  Thanks, Sarah.

The next link is

Gary Sinise to Mr. Rogers

Good luck!

-Ken

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Message 25         Thu Nov 06, 2003
SARAH                        at 11:45 PDT


Gary Sinise to Mr. Rogers?!?!?!?!?

You are a cruel, cruel, person.  :)

I can't do it.  But surely there are better people out there than I.

Sarah
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Message 26         Thu Nov 06, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 19:46 PDT


Gary Sinise to Mr. Rodgers...I can do it...

Gary Sinise -> Ben Affleck Reindeer Games
Ben Affleck -> Dogma with Betty Aberlin Betty Aberlin played a Nun in Dogma by
the way:)
Betty Aberlin-> Fred Rodgers in Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood (as Lady Aberlin)

What do I win?

Dain


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Message 27         Thu Nov 06, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:25 PDT

Not bad, Dain.  I didn't know any of Mr. Rogers' castmates had appeared in
other productions.  I had expected someone to use Mr. Rogers' appearance on
"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" to link him to Jane Seymour, and from there to
Christopher Reeve (Somewhere in Time), perhaps.

What's the next link? :)

-Ken

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Message 28         Sun Nov 16, 2003
SARAH                        at 00:10 PDT


Way to go, Dain!  I'm impressed!

Okay, since no one else spoke up....

Who can do Jean Stapleton to Ellen DeGeneres?   ;)
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Message 29         Sun Nov 16, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:59 PDT

Jean Stapleton to Ellen DeGeneres...

Jean Stapleton -> Rob Reiner (All In the Family)
Rob Reiner -> Billy Crystal (Throw Momma From the Train)
Billy Crystal -> Meg Ryan (When Harry Met Sally...)
Meg Ryan -> Bill Pullman (Sleepless In Seattle)
Bill Pullman -> Ellen DeGeneres (Mr. Wrong)

Probably not the fastest way, but it works. :)

Let's try this one:

Dana Carvey to Donnie Wahlberg.

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Message 30         Sun Dec 07, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:09 PDT

For Dana Carvey to Donnie Wahlberg, this one probably could also be tightened,
but let's try:

Dana Carvey to Adam Sandler (Little Nicky)
Adam Sandler to Jack Nicholson (Anger Management)
Jack Nicholson to Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets)
Helen Hunt to Haley Joel Osmont (Pay It Forward)
Haley Joel Osmont to Donnie Wahlberg (The Sixth Sense)

Now let's do...

Raul Julia to Eddie Albert

-Ken

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Message 31         Tue Dec 09, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:07 PDT

I'll have to bow out of this one; I've never heard of Eddie Albert. :)

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Message 32         Tue Dec 09, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:10 PDT

Eddie Albert starred opposite Eva Gabor in the television series "Green Acres".
In addition to many other movies, he has also been a spokesman for the
National Arbor Day Foundation.

I haven't heard of some of the actors I've had to link to.  That's part of the
challenge. :)

-Ken

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Message 33         Tue Dec 09, 2003
CARLK [CarlK]                at 20:58 PDT

Replying to 'Sheppy' in Category 2 Topic 7:

> I'll have to bow out of this one; I've never heard of Eddie Albert. :)

You never watched "Green Acres"?


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Message 34         Wed Dec 10, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:16 PDT

>>>You never watched "Green Acres"?

No, never.

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Message 35         Fri Dec 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:31 PDT

No takers on Eddie Albert to Raul Julia?

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Message 36         Tue Dec 30, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:45 PDT

Well, nobody seems to be able to do that one, Ken.  Can you? :)

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Message 37         Tue Dec 30, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:05 PDT

Eddie Albert to J.T. Walsh (Tequila Sunrise)
J.T. Walsh to Raul Julia (The Big Picture)

Can anyone do this one?

Ken Gagne to Kevin Bacon

-Ken

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Message 38         Sun Jan 04, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 00:29 PDT

>>>Ken Gagne to Kevin Bacon


No. :)

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Message 39         Sun Jan 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:56 PDT

That link is possible using only valid, accredited movies.  I suggest starting
at imdb.com.

-Ken

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Message 40         Mon Jan 05, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:03 PDT

I assumed we weren't allowed to use tools to work these, so I've never pulled
up IMDB trying to figure one out.

But looks like nobody else in that movie Ken Gagne was in is someone I know
either.  Ack. :)

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Message 41         Tue Jan 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:19 PDT

Sheppy,

There are tools out there which will automatically link any two actors.  I
consider those to be cheating.  But databases and other resources are fair
game, IMHO.  There's just too much information out there for a person to be
expected to know it all.

Besides, this is a web community - not a dinner party. :)

One of the leads in Ken Gagne's movie was in two other movies as well.  In
fact, he's probably the only actor in that cast to have multiple credits to
his name.

-Ken

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Message 42         Wed Jan 07, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:27 PDT

OK, here we go...

Ken Gagne -> Tom Roy (Disc)
Tom Roy -> Bob McCracken (Rutland, USA)
Bob McCracken -> Helen Hunt (Pay It Forward)
Helen Hunt -> Tom Hanks (Cast Away)
Tom Hanks -> Kevin Bacon (Apollo 13)

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Message 43         Wed Jan 07, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:29 PDT

And for our next chain:

Daryl Hannah to Tom Skerritt

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Message 44         Thu Jan 08, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:28 PDT

Shep,

Nice link.  You can also use Jay Mohr, who was in "Pay It Forward" with Bob
McCracken, and in "Picture Perfect" with Kevin Bacon.

I've never heard of Tom Skerritt but will tackle it later today. :)

-Ken

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Message 45         Sat Jan 10, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:29 PDT

I was familiar with Tom Skerritt, just not by name.

I accidentally made a link from Daryl Hannah to Daryl Hannah.  I scratched
that, started over, and ended up with this:

Tom Skerritt to Kirstie Alley (Cheers)
Kirstie Alley to Christopher Reeve (Village of the Damned)
Christopher Reeve to Daryl Hannah (Rear Window)

Now, how about:

Joe Lando to Dan Castellaneta

-Ken

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Message 46         Sat Jan 10, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:41 PDT

Joe Lando -> William Shatner (Star Trek IV)
William Shatner -> Patrick Stewart (Star Trek Generations)
Patrick Stewart -> James Cromwell (Star Trek First Contact)
James Cromwell -> Elijah Wood (Deep Impact)
Elijah Wood -> Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Sean Astin -> Dan Castellaneta (The War of the Roses)

Next let's try:

Julia Stiles to Neil Diamond

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Message 47         Mon Jan 12, 2004
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 19:21 PDT

Sheppy Challenges....
>>Next let's try:
>>Julia Stiles to Neil Diamond

Dain Responds.....

Juilia Stiles was in "A Guy Thing" with Jason Lee

Jason Lee was in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" with Jason Biggs who played
himself.

Jason Biggs was in "Saving Silverman" with Neil Diamond who played himself.


Anyone want to try....

Anna Paquin to Dom DeLuise

Dain
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Message 48         Wed Jan 14, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:43 PDT

Anna Paquin to Dom DeLuise:

Anna Paquin -> Ian McKellen (X-Men)
Ian McKellen -> Heather Graham (Six Degrees of Separation)
Heather Graham -> Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights)
Burt Reynolds -> Dom DeLuise (Cannonball Run)

Let's try:

Jason Bateman to Debra Messing

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Message 49         Sat Jan 31, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:31 PDT

OK, had to use a few TV movies for this one...

Debra Messing to Bill Murray (Garfield)
Bill Murray to Michael J. Fox (Poison Ivy)
Michael J. Fox to Justine Bateman (Family Ties)
Justine Bateman to Jason Bateman (Can You Feel Me Dancing?)

Now let's do:

Charlton Heston to Ben Affleck

-Ken

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Message 50         Mon Feb 02, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:39 PDT

This one's pretty easy.

Charlton Heston to Ben Affleck

Charleton Heston -> Roddy McDowall (Planet of the Apes)
Roddy McDowall -> Gene Hackman (The Poseidon Adventure)
Gene Hackman -> Owen Wilson (Behind Enemy Lines)
Owen Wilson -> Ben Affleck (Armageddon)

Let's try this one:

Red Buttons to Pamela Anderson

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Message 51         Mon Feb 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:26 PDT

> This one's pretty easy.

How was that any easier than the others?

Show-off. ;)

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Message 52         Wed Feb 04, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:00 PDT

>>>How was that any easier than the others?

Well, I could do it in only four steps. :)

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Message 53         Sun May 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:37 PDT

Pamela Anderson to Kenneth Tigar (Snapdragon)
Kenneth Tigar to Red Buttons (18 Again!)

How about:

Topher Grace to Richard Dreyfuss

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 54         Wed May 18, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 04:32 PDT

> Topher Grace

Who? :)

That pretty much tells you my chances of pulling this off. :)

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 55         Wed May 18, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:37 PDT

Topher - short for "Christopher" - is in both "That 70's Show" with Ashton
Kutcher, and played Scarlett Johansson's love interest in the movie
"In Good Company".

There's two starting links for you.  How much easier could I make it? :)

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 56         Thu May 19, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:47 PDT

>>>There's two starting links for you.  How much easier could I make it? :)

A lot.  I don't have a clue what else those two have been in. :)

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 57         Mon Aug 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:54 PDT

I recently read the book "The Tipping Point", by Malcom Gladwell, who uses as
anecdotal evidence a scientific analysis on the connectedness of actors.
Seems that the average number of links to connect Kevin Bacon to any other
actor is 2.8312, making him only the 669th most connected actor in Hollywood.

Connectedness is contributed to not only by number of films in which an actor
has appeared, but variety of films, thus exposing them to more actors and
links.  John Wayne, for example, was in 175 films, but since most of them were
Westerns, his average number of links is 2.7173, ranking him at #116.

Among the top fifteen most connected actors are Elliot Gould, Martin Sheen,
Robert Mitchum, Gene Hackman, Donald Sutherland, Shelley Winters, and Burgess
Meredith.

The most connected actor?  Rod Steiger.

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 58         Wed Aug 24, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 05:53 PDT

Wow, that kind of ruins the game. :)

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 59         Wed Aug 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:42 PDT

It's still pretty tough if you don't know which films those actors have been
in.

And none of those actors contribute to the shortest link between me and Kevin
Bacon - so what good are they? :)

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 60         Thu Aug 25, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:12 PDT

LOL

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 61         Sun Mar 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:35 PDT

Richard Dreyfuss was in "Krippendorf's Tribe" with Wendy Worthington
Wendy Worthington was in "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" with Topher Grace

How about:

Michael J. Fox to Queen Latifah

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 62         Thu Apr 06, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:16 PDT

Michael J. Fox to Queen Latifah:

Michael J. Fox was in The Hard Way with Annabella Sciorra.  She was in Jungle
Fever with Queen Latifah.

How about Macaulay Culkin to Richard Dreyfuss?

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 63         Tue Jun 06, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 06:15 PDT


This was pretty easy for the amount of time that it has gone unanswered...

Macaulay Culkin to Elijah Wood in "The Good Son"
Elijah Wood to Richard Dreyfuss in "Oliver Twist"

Ok, how 'bout this one?

Lynda Carter to Ben Affleck


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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 64         Wed Jun 07, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:16 PDT

Lynda Carter was in "The Dukes of Hazzard" movie with Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville was in "Walking Tall" with The Rock
The Rock was in "The Scorpion King" with Bernard Hill
Bernard Hill was in "The Lord of the Rings" with Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett was in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" with Matt Damon
Who was in, like, almost everything else Ben Affleck has made.

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 65         Wed Jun 07, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 10:07 PDT

Hehehe... That was actually a trick question.  Ben Affleck and Lynda Carter
were both in Danielle Steele's "Daddy", which also starred Kate Mulgrew and
Patrick Duffy, of Dallas fame.

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 66         Thu Jun 22, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:12 PDT

Hm... I didn't know Danielle Steele had anything adapted for the big screen; I
only count theatrical films. :)

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 67         Thu Jun 22, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 13:37 PDT


> I only count theatrical films

Ahh, you may have me there.  This movie had all the looks of a "Made for TV"
movie about it.

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 68         Sat Jun 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:50 PDT

"Daddy" was indeed a made-for-TV movie in 1991:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101645/

It's still considered a movie, though.

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 7
Message 69         Sat Jul 15, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:27 PDT

Shoot, I've been avoiding using TV movies.  Lots of good connections there. :)

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Topic 8         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 11:27 PST
Sub: Fade to Black

Obituaries for industry professionals.

 213 messages
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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 1          Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:17 PDT

Sadly, several famous actors and actresses have passed away this year:

Katharine Hepburn: Born 12 May 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut; died 29 June
2003 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

John Ritter: Born 17 September 1948 in Burbank, California; died 11 September
2003 in  Burbank, California, from aortic dissection.

Bob Hope: Born 29 May 1903 in Eltham, London, England; died 27 July 2003 in
Toluca Lake, California, from pneumonia.

Fred Rogers: Born 20 March 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania; died 27 February
2003 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from stomach cancer.

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Message 2          Mon Aug 11, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:12 PDT

Actor-dancer Gregory Hines, whose film debut was in the Mel Brooks movie
"History of the World, Part I", has passed away. :(

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/10/hines.obit.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 3          Thu Sep 18, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:54 PDT

Sheb Woolby, who acted in "High Noon" and 60 other movies, as well as 50
television shows and who recorded several songs, including "Purple People
Eater," has died from leukemia on September 16th.  He was 82.

More at

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/17/obit.wooley.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 4          Wed Sep 24, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:35 PDT

Former animation artist and newspaper publisher Jay Morton died September 6th
at age 92 from a brain aneurysm.  When scripting for the original Superman
animated series, he coined the descriptive phrase:

"Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap
tall buildings in a single bound."

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 5          Wed Sep 24, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:34 PDT

Gordon Jump, who played Mr. Carlson on "WKRP In Cincinnati" and in recent
years was the Maytag repairman in their commercials, passed away this week.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 6          Sun Sep 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:43 PDT

Donald O'Connor, co-star of the classic musical "Singin' in the Rain", died of
heart failure on Saturday, September 28th.  He was 78.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/27/obit.oconnor.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 7          Sun Sep 28, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:50 PDT

We've been losing a lot of great performers this year. :(

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 8          Sun Sep 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:18 PDT

I remember seeing "Out to Sea", a wonderful comedy that starred Jack Lemmon,
Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon, and Brent Spiner.  There was a brief scene that
in which Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds tap-danced together.  It was
their first film together since "Singin' in the Rain".

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 9          Tue Sep 30, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:40 PDT

Donald O'Connor was great in "Singing in the Rain".  Unfortunately that's the
only thing I ever saw him in.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 10         Tue Sep 30, 2003
PETERW                       at 23:37 PDT

You missed the "Francis the Talking Mule" series? They are classic old-style
Hollywood comedy.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 11         Wed Oct 01, 2003
S.BERNBAUM [MT Steve]        at 18:29 PDT



I saw one of the "Francis the Talking Mule" movies when I was five years
old.  My grandmother took me to the movies to see it.  I don't remember
much about it except that it was funny.  That was before most people had
televisions.  Peter, are you saying that these movies are available now
somewhere or are you in my age group and reminiscing?


                            MT Steve



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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 12         Thu Oct 02, 2003
PETERW                       at 01:14 PDT

> are you saying that these movies are available now
> somewhere or are you in my age group and reminiscing?

Something in between, probably - I watched them on television, but certainly
not at the movies!

I'm fairly certain they pop up regularly on the weekend afternoon movies - in
Australia, anyway!

I have no idea whether they've been released on video, but given some of the
rubbish that has I'd be amazed if the hadn't.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 13         Thu Oct 02, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:45 PDT

Well, Amazon.com lists 6 different Francis movies available on VHS.
Unfortunately, they don't seem to have them in stock, the only clickable way to
buy was the "new or used" part which, I think, allows you to purchase from
other vendors/individuals.  But, at any rate, they've been released.  :)


Sarah

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 14         Fri Oct 03, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:13 PDT

I checked for DVDs of Francis, and couldn't find any.  I wonder if these
classics will be reissued in the wake of O'Connor's departure.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 15         Sat Oct 04, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:51 PDT

William Steig, on whose illustrated book the movie "Shrek" was based, died
October 3rd from natural causes.  He was 95.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/10/04/obit.steig.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 16         Tue Oct 21, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:03 PDT

During World War II, Patrick Dalzel-Job led a team of undercover Royal Navy
commandos who performed some extraordinary rescues.  One of the commandos was
Ian Fleming, who later based his literary character James Bond on Dalzel-Job.

Dalzel-Job died October 12 at his home in western Scotland. He was 90.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 17         Tue Oct 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:08 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Rod Roddy, the flashy-dressed announcer on
"The Price Is Right" whose booming, jovial voice invited lucky audience
members to "Come on down!" for nearly 20 years, died Monday. He was believed
to have been 66.

Roddy, who suffered from colon and breast cancer, died at Century City
Hospital, according to his longtime agent, Don Pitts. He had been
hospitalized for two months.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/28/obit.roddy.ap/index.html

I was in the studio audience of "The Price is Right" once in 1998, and prior
to the show, Mr. Roddy did some stand-up comedy.  He was very funny and struck
me as a generally kind man.

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 18         Tue Oct 28, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:50 PDT

I bet that was a kick to see Rod Roddy doing stand-up. :)

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 19         Wed Oct 29, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:30 PDT

Here's a similar story on Rod Roddy's passing:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=1&u=/ap/20031028/ap_en_tv
/obit_roddy

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 20         Sat Nov 08, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:56 PDT

Bobby Hatfield of The Righteous Brothers is dead at 63.

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=3770451

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 21         Tue Nov 18, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:48 PDT

Actress Penny Singleton played Dagwood Bumstead's wife in a series of 28
"Blondie" movies, as well as that character on the radio, and wife Jane on
"The Jetsons".  She died November 12 after a stroke. She was 95.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 22         Tue Nov 18, 2003
PETERW                       at 21:33 PDT

>Actress Penny Singleton played Dagwood Bumstead's wife in a series of 28
"Blondie" movies

Wow, I had no idea there were that many "Blondie" movies. If pressed I might
have said three or four!

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 23         Wed Nov 19, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:20 PDT

Same here, Peter - but so says my source (This Is True's "honorary
unsubscribe").  If anyone hears any other official numbers, please report back
here.  I'll check IMDB later.

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 24         Fri Nov 21, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:45 PDT

Kellie Waymire, who played Ensign Cutler in three first-season episodes of
the currently-running show "Enterprise", died November 13th.  She was 36.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 25         Sun Dec 14, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:35 PDT

Following up on Category 30, Topic 2, Messages 3-, Keiko, the whale star of
the "Free Willy" films, has died:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/12/obit.keiko.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 26         Sun Dec 14, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:36 PDT

Ethen Winant, former senior vice president of talent, casting, and special
projects at CBS, who helped create such shows as "Lost in Space", "Green
Acres", "Hogan's Heroes", "Hawaii Five-O", and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show",
died November 29th from a heart attack and a stroke.  She was 81.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 27         Sun Dec 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:42 PDT

CNN.com has an interactive gallery of people who have died this year, in the
categories of politics, world, entertainment, song and dance, and science:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/yir/interactive/gallery.passages/frameset.excl
ude.html

It's impossible for them to have listed everyone, and I did notice the
exclusion of dancer Donald O'Connor, but it's a fine round-up otherwise.

A lot of important people passed away this year. :(

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 28         Sun Dec 28, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:28 PDT

Yeah, there were a lot of losses in the entertainment business this year.
Seems these days we lose a lot of greats.  Perhaps because now we're losing
many of the stars of the '50s.

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 29         Wed Jan 21, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:34 PDT

PALM SPRINGS, California (AP) -- Noble Willingham, who worked steadily as a
supporting actor over the last 30 years and left his role as a saloon owner on
the series "Walker, Texas Ranger" to run for Congress, has died. He was 72.

More at
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/21/obit.willingham.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 30         Fri Jan 23, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:58 PDT

Bob Keeshan, who hosted the "Captain Kangaroo" children's show, passed away in
the morning of Friday, January 23rd.  He was 76.

More at
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/obit.kangaroo/index.html

This, less than a year after Mr. Rogers died. :(

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 31         Sat Jan 24, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:34 PDT

>>>Bob Keeshan, who hosted the "Captain Kangaroo" children's show, passed away
in the morning of Friday, January 23rd.  He was 76.

I don't recall ever watching Captain Kangaroo, but it's still sad that he's
gone.

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 32         Sun Feb 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:52 PDT

Jack paar, who hosted "The Tonight Show" until Johnny Carson took over in
1962, passed way on Tuesday, January 27th.  He was 85.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 33         Wed Feb 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:12 PDT

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com lists over 6,000 celebrities from all walks of
life (entertainment, politics, etc.), what they're best known for, and their
dates of birth and death, if any.  The purpose of the site is to help you
determine if someone you haven't heard about in awhile is still alive or not.

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 34         Thu Mar 18, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:53 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actress Mercedes McCambridge, who won an Oscar
for the 1949 film "All the King's Men" and later provided the raspy voice of
the demon-possessed girl in "The Exorcist," has died. She was 87.

Continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/obit.mccambridge.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 35         Mon Mar 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:41 PDT

Sir Peter Ustinov, the multifaceted entertainer, globetrotting humanitarian
and lively raconteur, has died at the age of 82.

The actor and writer -- who entertained and delighted generations of audiences
-- died Sunday in Switzerland.

More at http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/29/obit.ustinov/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 36         Tue May 18, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:48 PDT

Tony Randall dead at 84

Actor best known for TV's 'Odd Couple'

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 Posted: 10:38 AM EDT (1438 GMT)

(CNN) -- Tony Randall, the Emmy-winning actor who made the role of fussy
neatnik Felix Unger his own in TV's "The Odd Couple," has died. Randall was
84.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/18/obit.randall/index.html>

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 37         Tue May 18, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:01 PDT

I don't know why Tony Randall's passing was such a surprise to me, but it was.
The fact that he's been unwell has been well known for some time now.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 39         Wed May 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:52 PDT

Andy Kaufman has returned?  Don't you believe it:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/kaufman.asp

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 40         Sat Jun 05, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:39 PDT

Former actor and United States president Ronald Reagan passed away today.  He
was 93.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/05/reagan.health/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 41         Fri Jun 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:21 PDT

(CNN) -- Ray Charles, the innovative singer and pianist whose combinations of
blues and gospel pioneered soul music and earned him the nickname "the
Genius," has died. He was 73.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/10/obit.charles/index.html>

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 42         Fri Jun 11, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:55 PDT

It's sad to lose Ray Charles.  I wasn't a fan, but he was a major part of
American culture, and it's a shame to lose him.

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Message 43         Sun Jun 20, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 02:58 PDT

Richard Biggs, who played Dr. Franklin on Babylon 5, passed away on May 22.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 44         Fri Jul 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:25 PDT

Marlon Brando, dead at 80:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/02/obit.brando/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 45         Fri Jul 23, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:14 PDT

Jerry Goldsmith, one of Hollywood's most prominent composers who left an
indelible mark on Star Trek, died Wednesday night after a long battle with
cancer. He was 75.

Story continues, with links to other obituaries, at

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/6199.html

For a filmography of Mr. Goldsmith's work, visit

http://imdb.com/name/nm0000025/

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 46         Mon Aug 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:04 PDT

Irvin Yeaworth Jr., director of the cult horror classic "The Blob", died July
19 after a car crash at 78.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 47         Tue Aug 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:41 PDT

A more complete obituary of Irvin Yeaworth Jr. can be found here:

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1091185031116490
.xml

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 48         Wed Aug 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:54 PDT

Isabel Sanford, who played Louise Jefferson on "All in the Family" and "The
Jeffersons", died July 9 in L.A. from natural causes.  She was 86.

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 49         Fri Aug 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:14 PDT

Eugene Roche died in Los Angeles on Wednesday from two heart attacks.  He was
75.

Roche is best known to me as the landlord Bill Parker on the television series
"Webster", though he had many other roles.

See the obituary at

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/6340.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 50         Wed Aug 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:29 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fay Wray, who won everlasting fame as the damsel held atop
the Empire State Building by the giant ape in the 1933 film classic "King
Kong," has died, a close friend said Monday. She was 96.

Story continues at

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/09/obit.wray.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 51         Wed Oct 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:03 PDT

Rodney Dangerfield, dead at 82:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/10/05/obit.dangerfield.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 52         Mon Oct 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:46 PDT

Christopher Reeve died yesterday from heart failure:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/11/obit.reeve.ap/index.html

... Mr. Reeve was my hero.  Some people thought it ironic that Superman should
be bound to a wheelchair; those people didn't see how his accident made him
into a Superman.  His determination to walk again was astounding and I truly
believed he would be the one to accomplish the seemingly insurmountable task
of discovering a means for spinal cord regeneration.

Sigh.

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 53         Mon Oct 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:52 PDT

More news about Mr. Reeve's death:

http://www.christopherreeve.org/News/News.cfm?ID=901&c=30

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 54         Mon Oct 11, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:55 PDT


I heard that on the radio this morning, and was saddened by the news.  He
really was a hero, and I truly wish that he HAD achieved his goal of walking
again.

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Message 55         Mon Oct 11, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:38 PDT

I do too.  Christopher Reeve played a hero in the movies, but he was a hero in
real life.  It's sad to see him go; he did great things for medical research
and to lift the spirits of disabled people around the world.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 56         Mon Oct 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:08 PDT

Here's a more exhaustinve obituary than the AP one CNN.com posted this
morning:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/11/obit.reeve/index.html

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Message 57         Mon Oct 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:11 PDT

Here's an article about Reeve's advocacy in the field of stem cell research:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/10/11/reeve.stemcells.reut/index.html

I like this excerpt:

"...the courage and determination Reeve displayed in trying to overcome his
paralysis from a 1995 horse-riding accident far surpassed any of the feats of
the comic book hero."

Another:

"It is because of Reeve that spinal cord injuries... are so widely
discussed... The fact that it happened to Reeve showed it can affect anyone,
even Superman."

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Message 58         Tue Oct 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:06 PDT

Share your condolences with the Reeve family at this URL:

http://www.kintera.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactcustom.asp?c=dkLQK8MNIpG&b=216489

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Message 59         Thu Oct 14, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:27 PDT

Here's a brief article on Reeve's funeral:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/13/reeve.memorial/index.html

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Message 60         Fri Oct 15, 2004
CPERRAULT                    at 09:34 PDT

I just thought I would add my two cents and say it is a sad loss. In some
ways, maybe he is better off than he was before. Still, in spite of all the
pain and suffering, I think he really wanted to stay and further his work. We
can only hope the right people come along and take over for him.

I can't claim to be a huge Christopher Reeve follower, as I only knew him as
Superman when I was a youngster. Still I can remember seeing him back when he
was physically healthy and thinking he wasn't the BIGGEST movie star but their
seemed to be something special about him. He seemed to have a deeper talent
than his biggest successes(in box office terms) showed.

After his accident, it turned out his talents and depth actually went MUCH
further, and it's nice to see one of the good guys get aknowledged. It's too
bad people such as him and John Ritter didn't seem to get their deserved
accolades until tragedy struck. Fortunately Christopher Reeve had time to get
his message across.

Take Care

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Message 61         Fri Oct 15, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:49 PDT

10.12.2004
Carolyn Dowling Kelley, Wife of DeForest, Passes

STARTREK.COM has just learned that Carolyn Dowling Kelley, widow of DeForest
Kelley, (Dr. McCoy) has passed away. DeForest and Carolyn were married for 53
years. (DeForest died on June 11, 1999.)

Story continues at
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/7610.html>

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Message 62         Wed Oct 20, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:24 PDT

Dana Reeve reflects on her husband's last days:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/19/reeve.wife/index.html

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Message 63         Fri Oct 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:48 PDT

Gene Roddenberry died 13 years ago this week, on Oct 24, 1991.

More at
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/7726.html>

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Message 64         Wed Nov 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:49 PDT

BoxOfficeProphets.com has posted a tribute to many recently deceased,
lesser-known actors and actresses:

http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=8623

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Message 65         Sun Nov 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:14 PDT

Broadway musical actor and singer Howard Keel has died at 85 from colon cancer.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/07/keel.obit.ap/index.html

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Message 66         Sun Nov 14, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:43 PDT

BOCA RATON, Florida (AP) -- Harry Lampert, the illustrator who created the DC
Comics superhero "The Flash" and later became known for his instructional
books on bridge, died Saturday. He was 88.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/11/14/obit.lampert.ap/index.html

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Message 67         Fri Dec 10, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:33 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Jerry Scoggins, who sang "The Ballad of Jed
Clampett," which introduced the comical clan on "The Beverly Hillbillies," has
died. He was 93.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/10/obit.scoggins.ap/index.html>

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Message 68         Mon Jan 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:14 PDT

Johnny Carson - who, along with Jack Benny, I consider one of the funniest men
of the 20th century - died Sunday of emphysema.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/carson.obit/index.html

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Message 69         Mon Jan 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:39 PDT

Here's a look back at the 10th anniversary of Mr. Carson's last show:

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/22/johnny.carson/index.html

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Message 70         Mon Jan 24, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:19 PDT

It's interesting how TV changed over the years.  I never knew that Johnny
Carson was a smoker, because by the time I saw "The Tonight Show" for the first
time, smoking wasn't allowed on talk shows anymore.

Sad to see him go.  He was a class act.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 71         Tue Jan 25, 2005
PETERW                       at 04:31 PDT

It's a tribute to Johnny Carson that just about every (successful!) talk show
since, including in other countries, has followed the model he pioneered.

I first saw Johnny Carson well after seeing shows that imitated him. It was
only then I realized just how slavishly they copied the format.

In Australia we now get David Letterman, but we only saw Johnny Carson on odd
occasions. That was certainly our loss.
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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 72         Tue Jan 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:10 PDT

Randy Cassingham, author of online column "This Is True", reflects on Johnny
Carson's legacy:

http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/johnny_carson.html

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Message 73         Tue Jan 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:15 PDT

Jay Leno did a tribute to his predecessor on this week's "Tonight Show";

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/25/carson.tonight.show.ap/index.html

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Message 74         Tue Jan 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:19 PDT

There are many other tributes and reminisces available at cnn.com:

http://search.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=johnny%20carson

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Message 75         Tue Feb 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:15 PDT

TVShowsonDVD.com reports that the Johnny Carson DVD collection is selling out
everywhere:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2809

They described my purchase of this set last week perfectly:

"Tonight Show set, but held off in order to prioritize other purchases, now
want this release very badly in order to see more of Johnny Carson's greatest
moments, and remember him and show him off to a younger generation that may
not know much about who he is."

Here's a review of that collection:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/sitereviews.cfm?ReleaseID=1491

There's also a ten-disc volume:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009V45I/qid=1107256396/sr=1-4/
ref=sr_1_4/102-0766987-2696138?v=glance&s=dvd

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Message 76         Tue Feb 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:31 PDT

David Letterman's monologue last night consisted of jokes Johnny Carson had
written for him in the last few months:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/01/tv.letterman.carson.ap/index.html

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Message 77         Fri Feb 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:44 PDT

ROXBURY, Connecticut (AP) -- Arthur Miller, the Pulitzer prize-winning
playwright whose most famous fictional creation, Willy Loman in "Death of a
Salesman," came to symbolize the American Dream gone awry, has died, his
assistant said Friday. He was 89.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/02/11/obit.miller.ap/index.html>

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Message 78         Sat Feb 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:06 PDT

The Elkhorn Valley Museum in Nebraska, which includes an exhibit about Johnny
Carson, was home to a tribute to the talk show host last month.  Its web site
includes links to popular coverage of the event:

http://www.elkhornvalleymuseum.org/johnny-carson.htm

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Message 79         Thu Feb 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:30 PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- John Raitt, the robust baritone who created the role of
Billy Bigelow in the original New York production of "Carousel" and sang with
Doris Day in the movie "Pajama Game," died Sunday. He was 88.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/20/obit.john.raitt.ap/index.html>

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Message 80         Sat Apr 23, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:49 PDT

LONDON, England (AP) -- Actor Sir John Mills, the quintessential British
officer in scores of films, died Saturday after an Oscar-winning career
spanning more than 50 years that included roles in "Gandhi" and "Ryan's
Daughter." He was 97.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/23/johnj.mills.ap/index.html

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Message 81         Thu May 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:42 PDT

BURBANK, California (AP) -- Actor Frank Gorshin, the impressionist with 100
faces best known for his Emmy-nominated role as the Riddler on the old
"Batman" television series, has died. He was 72.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/18/obit.gorshin.ap/index.html

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Message 82         Tue May 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:34 PDT

FULLERTON, California (AP) -- Thurl Ravenscroft, who provided the rumbling
"They're Grrrrreeeat!" for Kellogg's Tony the Tiger ads and voiced a host of
Disney characters, has died. He was 91.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/24/ravenscroft.ap/index.html

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Message 83         Sat May 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:55 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Eddie Albert, the actor best known as the
constantly befuddled city slicker-turned-farmer in television's "Green Acres,"
has died. He was 99.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/27/obit.eddie.albert.ap/index.html

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Message 84         Sat May 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:57 PDT

I loved "Green Acres" growing up and even had the theme song arranged,
performed, and recorded by an a cappella group (the "Random Noise" CD at
<http://users.wpi.edu/~shm/music.html>).  I sent an autographed copy of the CD
to Mr. Albert; he sent it back after adding his own John Hancock.  I also
appreciated his spokesmanship of the National Arbor Day Foundation.

Sigh.  All my heroes are dying: Christopher Reeve, Howard Keel, Johnny Carson,
now this... :(

-Ken

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Message 85         Sat May 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:04 PDT

Some excerpts from the CNN.com article:

He was a tireless conservationist, crusading for endangered species,
healthful food, cleanup of Santa Monica Bay pollution and other causes.

Green Acres" made Albert a rich man and allowed him to pursue his causes. He
traveled the world for UNICEF. He continued acting into his 80s, often
appearing in television movies.

"Acting was a tenth of his life. The majority of his life was committed to
helping other people," said his son, also an actor. "This guy was, from the
absolute depth of his soul, one of the true heroes of our world."

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Message 86         Wed Jun 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:34 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Anne Bancroft, who won the 1962 best actress Oscar as the
teacher of a young Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" but achieved greater
fame as the seductive Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate," has died. She was 73.

Story continues at
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Message 87         Sat Jun 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:13 PDT

Actor Dana Elcar, of films such as "Fail-Safe" and who co-starred on the
television series "MacGyver", has died.  He was 77.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/10/obit.elcar.ap/index.html

I remember when the actor was in real life losing his sight during the run of
"MacGyver" and they worked it into the story, making an episode of it.  I
thought that was exceptionally brave - not only that he did not hide his
affliction, but that he was willing to work with it.

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Message 88         Wed Jun 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:22 PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lane Smith, a longtime character actor who played a
small-town district attorney who crossed words with Joe Pesci in "My Cousin
Vinny," died Monday. He was 69.

Smith, who also played Richard Nixon in the TV movie "The Final Days" and
Daily Planet editor Perry White in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of
Superman," died at his home in Los Angeles, according to his wife, Debbie
Benedict Smith.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/15/obit.smith.ap/index.html

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Message 89         Sat Jun 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:38 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Trailblazing journalist Shana Alexander, whose
verbal skirmishes with conservative James J. Kilpatrick on CBS' "60 Minutes"
were spoofed in a "Saturday Night Live" skit, has died of cancer. She was 79.

Story continues at
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Message 90         Mon Jun 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:43 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Paul Winchell, a ventriloquist, inventor and
children's TV show host best known for creating the lispy voice of Winnie the
Pooh's animated friend Tigger, has died. He was 82.

<snip>

Winchell voiced memorable characters in numerous animated features over the
years for Disney and Hanna Barbera. He was Gargamel in "The Smurfs," and
Boomer in "The Fox and the Hound."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/26/obit.winchell.ap/index.html

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Message 91         Tue Jun 28, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:37 PDT

I'm told the fellow that voiced Piglet died a couple of days ago, as well.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Message 92         Wed Jun 29, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:20 PDT

Both Phil Baron and John Fiedler have been Piglet, and the IMDb lists neither
as dead... ah, shucks, it just hasn't been updated yet; deadoraliveinfo.com
lists John Fiedler as having passed away this weekend.

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/fnames-nf/Fiedler+John

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Message 93         Tue Jul 12, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:41 PDT

From <http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/ernest_lehman.html>.

A screenwriter, Ernest Lehman turned out an astounding number of Hollywood
classics. Among other films, he wrote Sabrina (1954), The Sound of Music
(1965), The King and I (1956), North by Northwest (1959), West Side Story
(1961), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and Portnoy's Complaint
(1972). He was also the co-writer and producer of Hello, Dolly! (1969), and
directed Virginia Woolf. His incredible work did not go unnoticed: he was
nominated for Academy Awards for screenwriting four times, won five Writers
Guild of America awards, won the WGA's Screen Laurel Award (1972), and in
2001 was the first screenwriter ever to win an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime
Achievement. Yet in his acceptance speech, he acknowledged how anonymous most
screenwriters are. He urged movie reviewers "to please always bear in mind
that a film production begins and ends with a screenplay." But far too often,
the screenwriter still remains anonymous, overshadowed by actors and
directors who were guided by the scripts they followed. (Case in point: could
you have named the screenwriter of any of the classic films listed above?)
Lehman died July 2 from a heart attack at 89.

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Message 94         Wed Jul 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:40 PDT

GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) -- Veteran television character actor Kevin Hagen,
who left behind a string of Western bad guy roles to become the kindly Doc
Baker in "Little House on the Prairie," died Saturday. He was 77.

Hagen died at his home a year after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer,
said his wife, Jan.

Story continues at
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Message 95         Wed Jul 20, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:49 PDT

James Doohan, "Scotty" from Star Trek, passed away this morning from pneumonia
and Alzheimer's Disease.

His portrayal of Scotty inspired geeks for a long, long time.  And on top of
that, he was a good, decent man according to everyone who knew him, and a war
hero to boot.  Not a bad life at all.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/index.html

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Message 96         Wed Jul 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:49 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the
Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures
who responded to the apocryphal command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early
Wednesday. He was 85.

Story continues at
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Message 97         Wed Jul 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:50 PDT

He died on the 36th anniversary of the first manned moon landing.  How
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Message 98         Wed Jul 20, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 14:09 PDT


Heh, He was a lieutenant of Artillery.  I didn't know that.   I also never
noticed a missing finger on screen.

_________
  | homas

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Message 99         Thu Jul 21, 2005
PETERW                       at 06:28 PDT

>I also never noticed a missing finger on screen.

A holographic prosthesis?  ;-)

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 100        Fri Jul 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:51 PDT

A monument will be erected in Scotland in Doohan's honor:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4703419.stm

Meanwhile, his ashes will be blasted into space:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/12988.html

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Message 101        Fri Jul 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:57 PDT

Peter:

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/12920.html>:

You probably never noticed, while watching Star Trek in the first place, that
Doohan always went to great lengths to obscure his right hand. Grab a DVD,
and watch how he sits when he's in the captain's chair. Watch how he clinches
his right hand in a fist when he's standing with his arms to his side. That's
because "Scotty" is missing his middle finger (an incongruity, perhaps, in a
futuristic setting). Well, that handicap, so cleverly hidden for years, is a
direct result of that momentous day in 1944 that changed the course of the
20th century.

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Message 102        Wed Jul 27, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:00 PDT

A genuine war hero.  A great man.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Message 103        Thu Jul 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:28 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Danny Simon, a comedy writer who together with his brother,
Neil, wrote for such classic 1950s television series as "Your Show of Shows,"
has died of complications of a stroke. He was 86.

Danny Simon died Tuesday in Portland, Oregon, Neil Simon said Wednesday.

Story continues at
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Message 104        Sun Aug 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:01 PDT

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Nearly four months to the day since he announced in a hoarse
voice on his evening newscast that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer,
longtime ABC "World News Tonight" anchor Peter Jennings died Sunday, according
to the ABC news network. He was 67.

Story continues at
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Message 105        Sun Aug 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:04 PDT

I will always associate Peter Jennings with my father, as the activities I
remember sharing the most with my family growing up was watching television.
Every evening when the news came on, my father would watch Peter Jennings tell
us what had happened that day.  I noticed with amusement a few years later
that, just as my mother allowed me to skip school on my birthday, Peter
Jennings never worked on his, either.  And when an episode of the television
sitcom "Wings" suggested that even men find Peter Jennings attractive, I
couldn't disagree.

None of those memories are meaningful next to the life and contributions of
the man - yet the personal connection I felt to him through my family makes
his passing all the sadder.

In the past three years, my father, who has been smoking for 45 years, has cut
back from fifteen cigarettes a day to five.  I wonder if he will also be moved
by this loss, and will perhaps give up the habit entirely.

-Ken

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Message 106        Sun Aug 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:30 PDT

Brock Peters, who played Joseph Sisko on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", passed
away last week at age 78 from pancreatic cancer:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/13354.html

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Message 107        Fri Sep 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:52 PDT

Actor Michael Sheard, best known for playing teacher Mr Bronson in
long-running children's TV drama Grange Hill in the 1980s, has died aged 65.

Sheard gained wider fame as Admiral Ozzel in 1980 Star Wars film The Empire
Strikes Back.

His other films included Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade - one of a string
of appearances as Adolf Hitler - and he was a regular guest in Doctor Who.

<snip>

With a series of roles in Doctor Who spanning more than 20 years, he boasted
that he starred alongside more Doctors than any other actor.

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Message 108        Thu Sep 08, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 08:43 PDT

I happened to glance at a newspaper in a newspaper stand the other day, and saw
a notice that Bob Denver (Gilligan)  had died.

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Message 109        Sun Sep 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:03 PDT

That's right, Thomas - thanks for the heads-up.

Mr. Denver died September 2nd at the age of 70 from complications after
surgery for throat cancer.

The Skipper, the Millionaire, and his Wife have passed away, too - survived
by the Movie Star, the Professor, and Mary Ann.

-Ken

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Message 110        Mon Sep 12, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:59 PDT

Here is one obituary for Mr. Denver:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/06/denver.obit.ap/index.html

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Message 111        Sun Sep 18, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:53 PDT

Robert Wise, the legendary film director who first brought Star Trek to the
silver screen, died Wednesday of heart failure in Los Angeles. He had just
celebrated his 91st birthday on Saturday.

Story continues at
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Message 112        Tue Sep 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:17 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who
starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV spoof of
James Bond movies, "Get Smart," has died. He was 82.

Adams died of a lung infection late Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
his friend and former agent Bruce Tufeld said Monday, adding that the actor
broke his hip a year ago and had been in ill health since.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/obit.adams.ap/index.html

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Message 113        Tue Sep 27, 2005
PETERW                       at 06:40 PDT

>Don Adams, ... has died. He was 82.

I thought he was 86!

Sorry about that, Chief - someone had to say it! :-)

Another appropriate comment would be "Missed it by that much!"

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 114        Mon Oct 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:24 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Playwright August Wilson, who won a best-play Tony Award and
two Pulitzer Prizes, died Sunday of liver cancer, a family spokeswoman said.
He was 60.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/10/02/wilson.obit.ap/index.html

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Message 115        Wed Oct 05, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:31 PDT

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- British comedian Ronnie Barker, half of the
famous duo The Two Ronnies and the inimitable Fletch in prison sitcom
Porridge, has died aged 76.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/04/britain.barker.reut/index.html>

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Message 116        Sun Oct 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:48 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/13982.html>:

Versatile musician, comedian and actor Hamilton Camp has died following a
fall at his home in Hancock Park, Los Angeles. He was 70.

Born in London in 1934, Camp started out as a folk musician and later turned
to acting. He will be remembered by Star Trek fans for two roles; on Voyager
he appeared as Controller Vrelk in "Extreme Risk," and Lek in the Deep Space
Nine episodes "Ferengi Love Songs" and "The Magnificent Ferengi."

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Message 117        Sun Oct 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:51 PDT

Hamilton Camp also played H.G. Wells on the TV series "Lois & Clark", Greedy
Smurf on the TV series, and was recently in the video game "Halo 2".

His web site is <http://www.hamiltoncamp.com>.

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Message 118        Sun Oct 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:35 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/13920.html>:

"... it was Doohan's wish that a portion of his cremated remains be shot into
space, in similar fashion to Gene Roddenberry in 1997. The "Memorial
Spaceflight" service is conducted by Space Services Inc. (SSI) based in
Houston, Texas, and the flight containing Doohan's ashes has been cleared for
a launch window of December 6-12. It will take place at Vandenberg Air Force
Base in Lompoc, California (on the coast about two hours north of Los
Angeles).

"... SSI has set up a forum where users can write tribute messages to Doohan.
Those messages will be recorded onto a CD which will become part of the
payload on the flight."

Visit <http://www.nameastarspacelaunch.com/doohan_message.asp?src=startrek> to
write a message.

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Message 119        Tue Oct 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:12 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Comedian Louis Nye, who created a national
catchphrase belting out "Hi, ho, Steverino!" as one of the players on Steve
Allen's groundbreaking 1950s TV show, has died. He was 92.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/11/nye.obit.ap/index.html

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Message 120        Wed Oct 12, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:07 PDT

Nipsey Russell, the comedian whose one-liners and impromptu rhymes made him
one of television's popular talk-show guests and game-show panelists during
the 1970's, died on Sunday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. He was 80 and
made his home in Manhattan.

Story continues at
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/arts/04russell.html

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Message 121        Thu Oct 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:04 PDT

From <http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/devery_freeman.html>:

A writer and TV producer, Freeman wrote for print as well as TV and movies.
In the golden age of TV, he wrote scripts for such shows as Playhouse 90 and
Desilu Playhouse. As an executive, he oversaw classic shows like The Dick Van
Dyke Show, I Love Lucy and The Beverly Hillbillies. And his novel Father Sky
was adapted to the military school movie Taps. But in addition to his
writing, Freeman paid attention to the business of writing: he was a Screen
Writers Guild negotiator and won the right for the union to determine how
writing credits were displayed on films, and helped the Guild reorganize in
1954 to create the Writers Guild of America. He died October 7 of
complications from open heart surgery. He was 92.

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Message 122        Tue Oct 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:50 PDT

American stage and screen actor William Hootkins - who lived and worked for
many years in the UK and was last seen on the London stage in Hitchcock
Blonde - has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Diagnosed
earlier this year, he died yesterday (Sunday 23 October 2005) at St Johns
Hospital in Santa Monica near his Californian home. He was 58.

<snip>

 In a busy career, Hootkins worked regularly on both sides of the Atlantic.
His first film role was in 1977, playing Jedi fighter Jek Porkins in George
Lucas' Star Wars. Though the part was small, it had a big impact. He joked in
a Whatsonstage.com interview two years ago : "In a sense, my career's been
downhill ever since. Fans still come to greet me at the stage door with
action figures of my character and embarrassing photographs for me to sign."

Read the full story at
http://www.whatsonstage.com/dl/page.php?page=greenroom&story=E8821130151838

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Message 123        Wed Oct 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:14 PDT

PALM SPRINGS, California (AP) -- Elmer "Len" Dresslar Jr., who extolled
vegetables to generations of TV watchers as the booming voice of the Jolly
Green Giant, has died. He was 80.

Dresslar died October 16 of cancer, according to daughter Teri Bennett.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/26/obit.greengiant.ap/index.html

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Message 124        Wed Nov 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 02:52 PDT

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) -- Skitch Henderson, the Grammy-winning conductor
who lent his musical expertise to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby before
founding the New York Pops and becoming the first "Tonight Show" bandleader,
died Tuesday. He was 87.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/02/henderson.obit.ap/index.html

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Message 125        Sun Nov 06, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:51 PDT

Michael Piller, best known to television viewers around the world as the
executive producer/co-creator of more than 500 hours of Star Trek, lost his
long battle with an aggressive form of head & neck cancer on Tuesday,
November 1, 2005 at 4:51 a.m. at his home in Los Angeles. He was 57. He is
survived by his wife Sandra, daughter Brent and son Shawn.

Story continues at
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/14414.html

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Message 126        Mon Nov 07, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:25 PDT

The announcement of his passing was the first I'd heard of his cancer.  Shame.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 127        Tue Nov 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:25 PDT

From <http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/ralph_edwards.html>:

A radio and TV producer and host, Edwards was best known for his show, This
is Your Life (1952-1961) -- a biography show that surprised the subject with
a live presentation based on their life, with people from their past present
to tell their part of the story. The show featured a mix of celebrities and
what he called "unknown American Heroes" -- ordinary people who made
extraordinary contributions to society. Edwards started on radio as a writer
and announcer at 16, and in 1940 created, produced and hosted Truth or
Consequences on radio, a hit that later migrated to television, where it ran
into the 1970s. Edwards leveraged his fame and ratings well: in 1948 he
received the first "Gold Heart Award" from former President Herbert Hoover
for raising the money needed to bring the American Heart Association to
national prominence; in 1958 he featured Rear Admiral Samuel G. Fuqua, the
last man to leave the sinking USS Arizona, on This is Your Life, and his
appeals prompted viewers to contribute the seed money for the USS Arizona
Memorial in Hawaii. Edwards won three Emmy Awards, has two stars on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame (one for radio, one for TV), and was given the
Lifetime Achievement Award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in
2001. In 1981 he was still at it, co-producing one of the first courtroom
reality shows, The People's Court; he only fully retired two years ago. He
died in his sleep November 16 at age 92.
From This is True for 13 November 2005

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Message 128        Wed Nov 30, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:11 PDT

From <http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/noriyuki_morita.html>:

[Noriyuki] Morita, an American born in California, spent most of his
childhood in the hospital suffering from spinal tuberculosis. Almost
immediately upon his release he was sent to a Japanese-American internment
camp during World War II. "One day I was an invalid," he said later. "The
next day I was public enemy No. 1 being escorted to an internment camp by an
FBI agent." After the war, he turned to stand-up comedy, but didn't find many
gigs as a Japanese-American comic after the war. He found his niche in
acting, took the name "Pat" Morita, and played sometimes racially demeaning
roles in films like Thoroughly Modern Millie and in TV shows including The
Odd Couple, M*A*S*H and Love, American Style. His big break came when he was
cast as "Arnold" in Happy Days, and then as the Sensei in The Karate Kid film
and its three sequels. He died November 24 at 73. The cause of death was
variously reported as heart failure, or kidney failure while awaiting a
kidney transplant.

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Message 129        Thu Dec 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:53 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actress Wendie Jo Sperber, who starred
opposite Tom Hanks on TV's "Bosom Buddies" and who in his words became "a
walking inspiration" after she contracted cancer, has died. She was in her
40s.

Sperber died at home Tuesday after an eight-year battle with breast cancer,
publicist Jo-Ann Geffen said Wednesday.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/01/obit.sperber.ap/index.html

Sperber also played Michael J. Fox's sister in the first and third "Back to
the Future" movies.

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Message 130        Sun Dec 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:26 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/14894.html>:

Marc Lawrence, a character actor who played two guest roles on Star Trek,
died on Sunday of natural causes at the age of 95.

<snip!>

This reputation preceded him as he was cast to play holographic mob boss
"Carl Zeemo" in Deep Space Nine's "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang." Lawrence was 89 at
the time, and that was one of his final appearances.

About ten years prior, Lawrence was in The Next Generation's "The Vengeance
Factor" as "Volnoth," an Acamarian Gatherer who was murdered by a vengeful
Yuta.

One of Lawrence's most memorable lines over his seven-decade career was as an
unnamed character in the 1971 James Bond film "Diamonds are Forever." He was
the Slumber Inc. henchman who tossed Plenty O'Toole (Lana Wood) through a
high-rise hotel window into a pool. Looking out of the window, Sean Connery
says, "Exceptionally fine shot." A deadpan Lawrence responds, "I didn't know
it was a pool down there."

According to LATimes.com, Lawrence once said that "being a tough guy is easy.
You just give them this hard look and yell, 'Hey, you, get over here!' and
nobody bothers you."

Full obituary at
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lawrence1dec01,0,5190211.story?col
l=la-home-obituaries

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Message 131        Sun Dec 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:43 PDT

(CNN) -- Just days after his 65th birthday, groundbreaking comedian Richard
Pryor died Saturday of a heart attack, his wife told CNN.

Pryor, who had been ill with multiple sclerosis, died at Encino Hospital near
Los Angeles at 7:58 a.m. PT. Jennifer Lee Pryor tried to revive him at their
home before paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital, she said.

Story continues at <http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/10/pryor.obit/index.html>

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Message 132        Mon Dec 12, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:58 PDT

Read this tribute to Richard Pryor:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/11/pryor.appreciation.ap/index.html

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Message 133        Fri Dec 16, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:04 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/snames-nf/Spencer+John>,
John Spencer died December 16th at the age of 58 from a heart attack.  He
played Leo McGarry on the TV series "The West Wing" and Tommy Mullaney in the
series "L.A. Law"

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Message 134        Tue Dec 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:59 PDT

According to
<http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/snames-nf/Schiavelli+Vincent>,
Vincent Schiavelli died 12/26/2005 at the age of 57 from cancer.

As a character actor, he played the subway ghost in the movie "Ghost",
Frederickson in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", and the science
teacher in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", among many other roles.

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Message 135        Sat Dec 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:32 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/vnames-nf/Vale+Michael>,
Michael Vale died on Christmas Eve at the age of 83 from diabetes.

He played the sleepy donut maker whose tag line was "Time to make the donuts"
in a long-running series of Dunkin' Donuts commercials.

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Message 136        Sun Jan 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:55 PDT

Paramount remembers the 17 lumninaries of "Star Trek" it lost this year:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15113.html

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Message 137        Sun Jan 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:47 PDT

LOS ANGELES - Patrick Cranshaw, who achieved cult-like status as fraternity
brother "Blue" in the 2003 comedy "Old School," has died. He was 86.

The veteran character actor died of natural causes Wednesday at his home in
Fort Worth, Texas, his personal manager, Jeff Ross, told the Los Angeles Times.

Story continues at <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060101/ap_en_mo/obit_cranshaw>

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Message 138        Sun Jan 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:00 PDT

Here is a longer obituary for Vincent Schivalli, whose passing was noted in
Message 134, uptopic.  He had also appeared in such sci-fi shows as "Buffy",
"Star Trek TNG", and "The X-Files".

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15068.html
http://tinyurl.com/7f7lh

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Message 139        Sat Jan 14, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:05 PDT

Shelley Winters, the forceful, outspoken star who graduated from blond
bombshell parts to dramas, winning Academy Awards as supporting actress in
"The Diary of Anne Frank" and "A Patch of Blue," has died. She was 85.

Winters died of heart failure early Saturday at The Rehabilitation Centre of
Beverly Hills, her publicist Dale Olson said. She had been hospitalized in
October after suffering a heart attack.

Story continues at <http://tinyurl.com/7wald>

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Message 140        Fri Jan 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:00 PDT

According to http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/fnames-nf/Franciosa+Tony

Tony Franciosa died of a stroke yesterday at the age of 77.  He appeared in "A
Face in the Crowd", "The Long Hot Summer", "A Hatful of Rain" and other movies.

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Message 141        Sat Jan 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:29 PDT

Here's a full obituary for Anthony Franciosa:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/obit.franciosa.ap/index.html

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Message 142        Wed Jan 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:47 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actor Chris Penn, brother of Sean Penn, was
found dead Tuesday at a condominium near the beach in Santa Monica, police
said.

Police said they discovered the 40-year-old actor's body around 4 p.m. Lt.
Frank Fabrega said there were no obvious signs of foul play.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/24/chris.penn.obit.ap/index.html>

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Message 143        Fri Jan 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:40 PDT

Fayard Nichols died on 24-Jan-06 at the age of 91 from a stroke.

He was half of the famous tap dancing team known as the Nicholas Brothers,
with his brother Harold Nicholas, they appeared in a number of films,
including "Down Argentine Way", "Tin Pan Alley", and "Stormy Weather".

Source: <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/nnames-nf/Nicholas+Fayard>

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Message 144        Thu Feb 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:21 PDT

According to
<http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/snames-nf/Shearer+Moira>,
Moira Shearer died on 31-Jan-06 at age 80.  She was a ballerina and actress,
and starred in the ballet-oriented movie "The Red Shoes" and the cult film
"Peeping Tom".

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Message 145        Sat Feb 04, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:34 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/lnames-nf/Lewis+Al>,
Al Lewis died on 03-Feb-06 at age 82.  He played Grandpa Munster on the TV
series "The Munsters", he appeared in the TV series "Car 54, Where Are You?"

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Message 146        Sun Feb 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:21 PDT

Here is a fuller obituary for Al Lewis:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/04/lewis.obit.ap/index.html

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Message 147        Mon Feb 06, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:01 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/bnames-nf/Byron+Jean>,
Jean Byron died on 03-Feb-06 at the age of 80.  She played Natalie Lane on the
TV series "The Patty Duke Show".

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Message 148        Thu Feb 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:46 PDT

BOYNTON BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Alan Shalleck, who collaborated with the
co-creator of "Curious George" to bring the mischievous monkey to television
and a series of book sequels, was found dead outside his home, and police were
treating the death as a possible homicide.

<snip>

Shalleck, 76, was the writer and director of more than 100 short episodes of
"Curious George," which were seen on the Disney Channel.

Story continues at
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Message 149        Thu Feb 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:20 PDT

BOYNTON BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Two South Florida men have surrendered and
confessed to killing Alan Shalleck, who collaborated on bringing the beloved
children's story of the mischievous monkey "Curious George" to television,
police said Thursday.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/09/curious.killers.ap/index.html>

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Message 150        Fri Feb 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:48 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/cnames-nf/Cover+Franklin>
Tom Willis died on 05-Feb-06 of pneumonia at age 77.  He played Tom Willis on
the TV series "The Jeffersons".

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Message 151        Mon Feb 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:51 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/bnames-nf/Benchley+Peter>
Peter Benchley died on 11-Feb-06 at the age of 65 from pulmonary fibrosis.
He wrote "Jaws", "The Deep", and other books.

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Message 152        Mon Feb 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:53 PDT

Phil Brown, who played Uncle Owen in "Star Wars Episode IV", passed away last
week at the age of 89 from pneumonia.

http://www.starwars.com/community/news/family/news20060210.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13860685.htm

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Message 153        Tue Feb 14, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:07 PDT

Here's more on Benchley (see Msg 151, uptopic):

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/02/12/benchley.obit.ap/index.html

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Message 154        Sun Feb 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:20 PDT

Andreas Katsulas, whose striking Greek visage was often obscured by
prosthetic makeup in his several sci-fi roles, died on Monday, February 13,
of lung cancer at the age of 59.

Katsulas played the recurring role of the Romulan "Commander Tomalak" in the
Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "The Enemy," "The Defector," "Future
Imperfect" and "All Good Things..."

<snip>

Katsulas also had his share of movie roles, and perhaps his most famous was
the notorious one-armed man "Frederick Sykes" in "The Fugitive" with Harrison
Ford.

Story continues at
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Message 155        Sun Feb 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:08 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/bnames-nf/Bright+Richard>
Richard Bright died on 18-Feb-06 at age 68 after being struck by a NYC bus.

A fuller obituary exists at
<http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/02/19/bright-obit.html>.

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Message 156        Thu Feb 23, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:12 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15432.html>:

Paul Carr, who played "Lt. Lee Kelso" in the second Star Trek pilot "Where No
Man Has Gone Before," died on Friday, February 17, after a long battle with
cancer. He had just turned 72.

Kelso was a helm officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise when the ship approached
the edge of the galaxy and Gary Mitchell gained god-like powers. Kelso only
appeared in the one episode because he was killed when Mitchell
telekinetically strangled him with a cable.

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Message 157        Sat Feb 25, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:40 PDT

IMHO, Andreas Katsulas's most memorable role was as G'Kar on Babylon 5.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 158        Sat Feb 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:42 PDT

Don Knotts died yesterday at the age of 81 from cancer. :(

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/26/ap/entertainment/mainD8G0H58G0.shtm

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Message 159        Sat Feb 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:46 PDT

Darren McGavin, who played roles from private eye Mike Hammer and Jerry Lewis'
Delicate Delinquet cop buddy in the 50s to the original Carl Kolchak in The
Night Stalker, died this morning in California.  He was 83.

Story continues at
http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/02/25/darren-mcgavin-dead-at-83/

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Message 160        Mon Feb 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:10 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Dennis Weaver, the slow-witted deputy Chester
Goode in the TV classic western "Gunsmoke" and the New Mexico deputy solving
New York crime in "McCloud," has died. The actor was 81.

Weaver died of complications from cancer Friday at his home in Ridgway, in
southwestern Colorado, his publicist Julian Myers said.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/27/obit.weaver.ap/index.html

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Message 161        Tue Feb 28, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:48 PDT

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (AP) -- Retired Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, the World
War II flying ace who told of his exploits in the China-Burma-India theater in
his book "God is My Co-Pilot," died Monday. He was 97.

<snip>

The Georgia-born Scott rose to nationwide prominence during World War II as a
fighter ace in the skies over Asia, then with his best-selling 1943 book, made
into a 1945 movie starring Dennis Morgan as Scott.

Story continues at <http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/27/scott.obit.ap/index.html>

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Message 162        Thu Mar 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:03 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/wnames-nf/Wild+Jack>,
Jack Wild died today of cancer at the age of 53.  He played the Artful Dodger
in the movie "Oliver!" and Jimmy in the TV show "H.R. Pufnstuf".

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Message 163        Tue Mar 07, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:35 PDT

Short Hills, NJ, March 7, 2006) - Dana Reeve, Chair of the Christopher Reeve
Foundation (CRF) and founder of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis
Resource Center, passed away last night at the age of 44. The cause was lung
cancer. Kathy Lewis, President and CEO of CRF, issued the following statement.

Press release continues at <http://tinyurl.com/qyod8>

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Message 164        Wed Mar 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:25 PDT

Gordon Parks, the pioneering black photographer and filmmaker who explored the
African-American experience in his work, including landmark movies "The
Learning Tree" and "Shaft," died on Tuesday in New York, a relative said.
Parks, 93, had been in failing health, said the nephew, Charles Parks, who
lives in Lawrence, Kansas.

Story continues at
<http://english.people.com.cn/200603/09/eng20060309_249171.html>

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Message 165        Mon Mar 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:20 PDT

Maureen Stapleton, an Oscar-winning character actress whose subtle
vulnerability and down-to-earth toughness earned her dramatic and comedic
roles on stage, screen, and television, died Monday. She was 80.

The longtime smoker died from chronic pulmonary disease in the Berkshire
hills town of Lenox, where she had been living, said her son, Daniel
Allentuck.

<snip>

Her other film credits include the 1963 musical "Bye Bye Birdie" opposite
Ann-Margret and Dick Van Dyke, "Johnny Dangerously," "Cocoon," "The Money
Pit" and "Addicted to Love."

In television, she earned an Emmy for "Among the Paths to Eden" in 1967. She
was nominated for "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom" in 1975; "The Gathering"
in 1977; and "Miss Rose White" in 1992.

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Message 166        Mon Mar 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:36 PDT

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Peter Tomarken, host of the hit 1980s game show "Press
Your Luck," and his wife were killed Monday when their small plane crashed in
Santa Monica Bay shortly after takeoff on a volunteer medical transportation
flight, authorities said. Searchers were looking for a third person reported
aboard.

The bodies of Tomarken 63, and wife Kathleen Abigail Tomarken, 41, were
identified by the Los Angeles County coroner's office, said coroner's
spokesman Craig Harvey.

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Message 167        Sun Mar 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:42 PDT

Buck Owens, the Bakersfield rebel who brought a distinctly California flavor
to country music in the '50s and '60s and built a multimedia empire belying
his Hee Haw-bred bumpkin persona, died Saturday. He was 76.

<snip>

His stream of hits opened the door for him to star, with Roy Clark, in their
own network TV variety show. Hee Haw premiered June 15, 1969.

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Message 168        Sun Mar 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:43 PDT

Richard Fleischer, who was born into a family that produced Popeye and Betty
Boop cartoons but chose to direct live action films and made such hits as
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Boston Strangler, Fantastic Voyage and Tora!
Tora! Tora!, has died. He was 89.

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Message 169        Mon Apr 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:12 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/mnames-nf/Monty+Gloria>,
Gloria Monty died at age of 84 on 30-Mar-06 from cancer.

She revolutionized the world of soap operas when she took over as producer of
"General Hospital" in 1978, introducing the Luke and Laura storyline which
eventually led to a wedding watched by 30 million viewers.

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Message 170        Wed Apr 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:58 PDT

Being the class clown paid off for Joseph Bernard.

While growing up in New York, he realized he could turn cutting up in school
into a career. Working as an actor was all he wanted to do with his life, and
he never held a job that wasn't associated with acting, including teaching,
writing and directing.

Bernard died Monday at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. He was 82.

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Message 171        Wed May 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:48 PDT

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- Louis Rukeyser, a best-selling author,
columnist, lecturer and television host who delivered pun-filled, common-sense
commentary on complicated business and economic news, died Tuesday. He was 73.

Rukeyser died at his home in Greenwich after a long battle with multiple
myeloma, a rare bone marrow cancer, said his brother, Bud Rukeyser.

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Message 172        Fri May 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:18 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/tnames-nf/Thomas+Frankie>
Frankie Thomas died on 5/11/2006 at the age of 85 from a stroke.

Thomas starred as Tom Corbett in the 1950s TV series "Tom Corbett, Space
Cadet", and played Ted Nickerson in a series of Nancy Drew movies in the 1930s.

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Message 173        Fri May 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:18 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/anames-nf/Anderson+Lew>,
Lew Anderson died on 5/14/2006 at the age of 84 from cancer.

He was the longest-serving and last man to play Clarabell the Clown on the TV
series "The Howdy Doody Show" and was the only one ever to speak in the role
when, with a tear in his eye, he uttered the show's final words, "Goodbye,
kids".

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Message 174        Mon May 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:59 PDT

Actor Paul Gleason passed away in a Burbank, California, hospital on Saturday
of lung cancer. He was 67.

Gleason played Mace & Cindel's father in the made for TV special "Ewoks: The
Battle for Endor", but is most likely known best for this role as the
principal in the 1985 hit, The Breakfast Club.

"Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns." - Principal
Richard Vernon

More details at
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/gnames-nf/Gleason+Paul

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Message 175        Wed Jun 07, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:53 PDT

Paul Gleason died May 27th at age 67 of lung cancer.

He was best known for playing Principal Vernon in the movie "The Breakfast
Club", Clarence Beeks in the movie "Trading Places", and Deputy Chief Dwayne
Robinson in the movie "Die Hard".

More at

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=329952

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Message 176        Sat Jun 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:29 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/dnames-nf/Donner+Robert>,
Robert Donner died on June 8th at the age of 75 from a heart attack.

Donner played Exidor on the TV series "Mork & Mindy" and made many other TV
appearances, including playing Yancy Tucker on the series "The Waltons".

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Message 177        Sun Jun 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:17 PDT

LOS ANGELES - Robert Sterling, the handsome star of 1940s movies who appeared
with his wife Anne Jeffreys in the television series "Topper," died Tuesday
at his Brentwood home. He was 88.

Although he appeared in dozens of movies, Sterling was best known for the
1953-1956 TV series "Topper," based on the Thorne Smith novel, and the 1937
film starring Cary Grant and Constance Bennett.

Sterling was born William Hart in 1917 in New Castle, Pa., the son of Chicago
Cubs catcher William S. Hart. He attended college in Pennsylvania and worked
as a clothing salesman before breaking into movies.

After "Topper," Sterling retired from acting to become a businessman.

Source:
http://www.localnewsleader.com/olberlin/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=19
3057

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Message 178        Sat Jun 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:11 PDT

Los Angeles - Aaron Spelling captivated generations of television viewers
with shows like Charlie's Angels and Beverly Hills 90210 and left an
indelible stamp on American pop culture, but he never won the critical
acclaim he sought.

One of the most prolific TV producers in history, Spelling chafed at the
lowbrow label critics assigned his many hit series. He called his shows "mind
candy" while critics referred to them as "mindless candy."

Spelling died Friday at his Los Angeles mansion after suffering a stroke on
June 18, according to publicist Kevin Sasaki. He was 83.

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Message 179        Tue Jun 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:03 PDT

It may have been a dog's life, but Moose, the Jack Russell terrier of Frasier
fame, wasn't one to complain.

Kelsey Grammer's canine sidekick, known as Eddie on the long-running show,
died Thursday at the ripe old age of 16 and a half, his trainer, Mathilde
Halberg told People magazine.

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Message 180        Thu Jun 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:45 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pnames-nf/Page+George>,
George Page died on 28-Jun-06 at the age of 71 from cancer.

Page was the narrator of the PBS series "Nature" for close to 20 years (as
well as being the show's creator).

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Message 181        Mon Jul 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:28 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/mnames-nf/Murray+Jan>,
Jan Murray died on July 2nd at the age of 89.

He was a Borscht-belt comedian and actor who hosted the TV game show
"Treasure Hunt" and made frequent appearances on talk shows and the game show
"The Hollywood Squares".

Read more at <http://tinyurl.com/qmd84>.

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Message 182        Fri Jul 07, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:13 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/rnames-nf/Rogers+Kasey>,
Kasey Rogers died on July 6th at the age of 80.  She was best known for her
role as Louise Tate on the television series "Bewitched".

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Message 183        Mon Jul 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:02 PDT

HUNTINGTON, New York (AP) -- Benjamin Hendrickson, an Emmy Award-winning
actor on the "As the World Turns" soap opera, committed suicide this week
with a gunshot to the head, police said.

Suffolk County police officers, called by concerned neighbors to
Hendrickson's Long Island home, said they found him dead in his bed on
Monday.

Hendrickson, 55, was a member of the first graduating class of the Juilliard
School of Drama, along with actors Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone. He appeared
on Broadway in the early 1980s as a replacement in the title role of "The
Elephant Man" and in the 1984 revival of "Awake and Sing!"

He played Chief of Detectives Hal Munson for more than 20 years on CBS' "As
the World Turns," winning a Daytime Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in
2003.

His last air date on the show will be July 12.

Source:
<http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/10/us.obit.hendrickson.ap/index.html>

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Message 184        Tue Jul 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:46 PDT

Petite blonde June Allyson, Hollywood's friendly girl next door in movies of
the '40s and '50s, died Saturday at her home in Ojai, Calif., after a long
illness, her daughter said Monday. She was 88.

Allyson's husband of nearly 30 years, David Ashrow, was at her side, daughter
Pamela Allyson Powell told the Associated Press. The cause of death was
pulmonary respiratory failure and acute bronchitis.

Allyson starred with Elizabeth Taylor in 1949's Little Women and played James
Stewart's wife in The Stratton Story (1949), The Glenn Miller Story (1953) and
Strategic Air Command (1955). She and Stewart were considered the screen's
perfect couple.

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Message 185        Tue Jul 11, 2006
MARK [Apprentice]            at 12:12 PDT

> According to
> <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/rnames-nf/Rogers+Kasey>,
> Kasey Rogers died on July 6th at the age of 80.

I'll always remember her as Miriam Haines in Hitchcock's "Strangers On A
Train".  She played the soon to be murdered wife of a tennis star who was
trying to divorce her.  She had a great role in a great movie.

-- Mark

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Message 186        Wed Jul 12, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:06 PDT

Barnard Hughes (1915 - 2006)
Posted by Clint Morris on July 12, 2006

One of the great - and I think, hugely underrated - actors of our time,
Barnard Hughes, has sadly passed away at the age of 90. Fans of 80s cinema
will probably know Hughes best for his role as the eccentric grandfather
("One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn
vampires") in Joel Schumacher's timeless smasheroo, "The Lost Boys".

Those a little older - say, um, my age - would probably remember Hughes from
the TV series "Mr Merlin" opposite the it-boy-at-the-time Robby Benson. He
also starred in a couple of other TV shows, like "Blossom" and "Doc". He won
an Emmy for his guest stint on "Lou Grant", some years before, too.

On stage, Hughes won a Tony for his role in "Da" - a role he later reprised
for the film.

Hughes, who made his film debut in the 1954 Shelley Winters film "Playgirl",
died after battling from a brief illness.

Some of his most memorable roles include that of Towny in "Midnight Cowboy"
(1969), Dr. Walter Gibbs in "Tron" (1982), and Frank Marvel in "The Cradle
will Rock".

Source:
http://www.moviehole.net/news/20060712_barnard_hughes_1915_2006.html

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Message 187        Thu Jul 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:00 PDT

(07-13) 15:52 PDT Los Angeles (AP) --

Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in
early television and then in a dramatic role won the 1957 Oscar as supporting
actor in "Sayonara," died Thursday. He was 87.

Buttons died of vascular disease at his home in the Century City area of Los
Angeles, publicist Warren Cowan said. He had been ill for some time, and was
with family members when he died, Cowan said.

With his eager manner and rapid-fire wit, Buttons excelled in every phase of
show business, from the Borscht Belt of the 1930s to celebrity roasts in the
1990s.

His greatest achievement came with his "Sayonara" role as Sgt. Joe Kelly, the
soldier in the post-World War II occupation forces in Japan whose romance with
a Japanese woman (Myoshi Umeki, who also won an Academy Award) ends in
tragedy.

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Message 188        Mon Jul 17, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:05 PDT

LOS ANGELES - Actress June Allyson, the perky blonde with the husky voice who
was one of Hollywood's most beloved stars in the 1940s and 1950s, has died.
She was 88.

Allyson died July 8 at her home in Ojai of pulmonary respiratory failure and
acute bronchitis after a long illness, said her daughter, Pamela Powell. David
Ashrow, Allyson's husband of 29 years, was at her si

<snip!>

Among her well-known movies were her breakthrough film, Two Girls and a
Sailor, in which she co-starred with Johnson and Gloria DeHaven; the 1949
remake of Little Women, playing tomboy Jo; and three movies with [Jimmy]
Stewart.

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Message 189        Fri Jul 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:31 PDT

Actor Jack Warden died of heart and kidney failure and other medical problems
on Wednesday, July 19 in a New York hospital. He was 85.

Born on September 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey, Warden had a brief career
as a prizefighter and worked as a nightclub bouncer and lifeguard before
serving as a paratrooper in World War II. His first professional acting job
was with the Margo Jones repertory troupe in 1947. On Broadway, he appeared
in such shows as Golden Boy (1952), Lullaby (1954), A View from the Bridge
(1955), A Very Special Baby (1956), The Body Beautiful (1958), and The Man in
the Glass Booth (1968). His final Broadway show was the notorious flop
Stages. Written and co-produced by Stuart Ostrow, the play closed on its
opening night: March 19, 1978.

Among Warden's many film credits are From Here to Eternity, Edge of the City,
12 Angry Men, Run Silent, Run Deep, Donovan's Reef, All the President's Men,
The Champ, ...And Justice For All, Being There, Problem Child and its sequel,
Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway and Mighty Aphrodite, Things to Do in
Denver When You're Dead, Ed, Bulworth, and The Replacements.

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Message 190        Sun Jul 23, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:50 PDT

In the early days of his acting career, when most roles offered to Asian
American actors were caricatures or stereotypes, Mako took just such a part
and used it to open the doors of Hollywood and Broadway to others.

In the 1966 film "The Sand Pebbles," he played the Chinese character Po-han,
who spoke pidgin English, called the white sailors in the movie "master," and
treated them as such. But through the power of his acting, Mako transformed
Po-han and compelled the audience to empathize and identify with the
engine-room "coolie."

<snip!>

Mako, who in 1965 co-founded East West Players, the nation's first Asian
American theater company, died Friday of esophageal cancer at his home in the
Ventura County town of Somis. He was 72.

<snip!>

In an acting career that spanned more than four decades, Mako was a familiar
face in film and television. His TV roles included appearances on "McHale's
Navy," "I Spy," "MASH," "Quincy," and "Walker, Texas Ranger." In films, he
was a Japanese admiral in "Pearl Harbor" and a Singaporean in "Seven Years in
Tibet." He was Akiro the wizard in "Conan the Barbarian" and "Conan the
Destroyer" with now-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Message 191        Fri Aug 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:37 PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mike Douglas, the affable big band singer who for two
decades hosted a parade of America's biggest stars and newsmakers on his
top-rated daytime talk show, died on Friday on his 81st birthday, friends
said.

Douglas, an Irish tenor on the verge of quitting show business before landing
the TV show that made him a household name, died at a hospital in North Palm
Beach, Florida, according to business associate Bob Patterson.

Patterson said he had no details about the circumstances of the entertainer's
death.

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Message 192        Tue Aug 15, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:36 PDT

LOS ANGELES - Bruno Kirby, a veteran character actor who co-starred in "When
Harry Met Sally," "City Slickers" and many other films, has died at age 57,
his wife said Tuesday.

Kirby died Monday in Los Angeles from complications related to leukemia,
according to a statement from his wife, Lynn Sellers. He had recently been
diagnosed with the disease.

<snip>

Kirby was perhaps best known for his roles opposite Billy Crystal in 1989's
"When Harry Met Sally" and 1991's "City Slickers."

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Message 193        Mon Aug 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:02 PDT

He's not an actor, but...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won a
Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of six World War II servicemen raising
an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, died Sunday. He was 94.

Rosenthal died of natural causes at an assisted living facility in the San
Francisco suburb of Novato, said his daughter, Anne Rosenthal.

"He was a good and honest man, he had real integrity," Anne Rosenthal said.

His photo, taken for The Associated Press on Feb. 23, 1945, became the model
for the Iwo Jima Memorial near Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The
memorial, dedicated in 1954 and known officially as the Marine Corps War
Memorial, commemorates the Marines who died taking the Pacific island in
World War II.

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Message 194        Tue Aug 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:30 PDT

Mike Douglas, who hosted a syndicated daytime talk show for 21 years, died
Friday, his 81st birthday. Douglas estimated that more than 6,000 Mike
Douglas Shows aired during that time, most of them 90 minutes long. In an
interview with the Associated Press, Robert Thompson, who heads the Center
for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, said, "Mike
Douglas was an old-fashioned traditionalist, holding down the fort while the
culture was changing. ... He was always the very friendly talk-show host,
nice to everybody. He would lean toward his guest as if he really cared. He
owned that territory."

Source:
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/former%20talkshow%20pioneer%20mike
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Message 195        Thu Aug 31, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:07 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/fnames-nf/Ford+Glenn>,
actor Glenn Ford died on August 30th at the age of 90.

Ford appeared in many movies, including "Gilda", "The Big Heat", "The
Blackboard Jungle", "3:10 to Yuma" and the movie version of "The Courtship of
Eddie's Father".

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Message 196        Mon Sep 04, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:55 PDT

SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Steve Irwin, the TV presenter known as the
"Crocodile Hunter," has died after being stung by a stingray in a marine
accident off Australia's north coast.

Media reports say Irwin was diving in waters off Port Douglas, north of
Cairns, when the incident happened on Monday morning.

Irwin, 44 was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest,
according to Cairns police sources. Irwin was filming an underwater
documentary at the time.

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Message 197        Wed Sep 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:10 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/cnames-nf/Corley+Pat>,
Pat Corley died on 11-Sep-06 at the age of 76.  He played bar owner Phil on
the TV series "Murphy Brown".

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Message 198        Wed Sep 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:46 PDT

According to <http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/dnames-nf/Douglas+Mike>,
Mike Douglas died August 11th at the age of 81.

He was the host of the TV talk show "The Mike Douglas Show", which was at its
peak in the 1970s.

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Message 199        Sun Sep 17, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:18 PDT

According to

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/jnames-nf/Jones+Robert+Earl

Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl Jones, died on September 7th at the
age of 102.

Mr. Jones was a boxer in his youth and an actor in his later years, perhaps
most famously playing con man Luther Coleman in "The Sting".

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Message 200        Tue Sep 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:43 PDT

Actor and champion bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, Jayne Mansfield's ex-husband
and father of actress Mariska, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 80.

Born in Hungary in 1926, he emigrated to the US after World War II and was
named Mr Universe in 1955. He married Hollywood starlet Mansfield in 1958.

Last month his daughter won an Emmy for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

"Words cannot express how saddened we are by the loss of Mickey," his family
said in a statement.

"At the same time, we are so grateful for who he was and is to all of us, and
the love he gave us in our lives.

"He will continue to be our source of inspiration and strength."

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who played Hargitay in 1982 TV
movie The Jayne Mansfield Story, has offered his condolences.

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Message 201        Tue Sep 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:48 PDT

Following up on Messages 83-85, uptopic: Eddie Albert's son, Edward, died last
Friday at the age of 55 from cancer.

Edward was in many movies and TV shows, including the film "Butterflies Are
Free".

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Message 202        Thu Oct 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:24 PDT

BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- Tamara Dobson, the tall, stunning
model-turned-actress who portrayed a strong female role as Cleopatra Jones in
two "blaxploitation" films, has died.

Dobson, 59, died Monday of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis
at the Keswick Multi-Care Center, where she had lived for the past two years,
her publicist said.

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Message 203        Fri Oct 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:08 PDT

Hal Lynch, who played the baffled 20th-century Air Police Sergeant
accidentally beamed aboard the Enterprise in [the original "Star Trek" series
episode] "Tomorrow is Yesterday," died last Thursday, October 5, of an
apparent suicide. He was 78.

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Message 204        Fri Oct 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:07 PDT

From <http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/jerry_belson.html>:

With his writing partner, Garry Marshall, whom he met in 1962, [Jerry] Belson
wrote scripts for classic comedy TV shows: The Lucy Show, The Danny Thomas
Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and others. He won Emmy Awards for his work on
The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Tracey Ullman Show and Tracey Takes On. But one
show in particular stands out: Marshall and Belson adapted a play to create a
new series for television: The Odd Couple (1970-1975). The show, starring
Jack Klugman as "Oscar" and Tony Randall as "Felix", was a hit. "He was truly
one of the funniest persons I ever met," Marshall said. "He was a brave and
risky writer; he tried everything. I remember he'd write some far-out stuff
and I'd say, 'Jerry, four people are going to get this joke.' He'd always
say, 'More than enough.'" The duo also teamed up to write specials, including
for Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Danny Thomas. Belson died October 10 at home
from prostate cancer. He was 68.

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Message 205        Sun Oct 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:50 PDT

(CNN) -- Actress Jane Wyatt, the prototypical housewife and mother in the
television series "Father Knows Best," has died at age 96, her spokeswoman
told CNN Sunday.

Wyatt died Friday of natural causes in her sleep at her house in Bel Air,
California, said Meg McDonald, Wyatt's goddaughter and publicist.

<snip>

... it was her co-starring role with Robert Young on "Father Knows Best" that
catapulted her to stardom and led her to become the first consecutive winner
of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Emmy Award.

In the late 1960s, she appeared in an episode of "Star Trek" as Spock's
mother, a role she reprised in 1986 in "The Voyage Home," a Star Trek movie.

Story continues at <http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/22/janewyatt.obit/>

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 206        Thu Oct 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:51 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Tommy Johnson, a tuba player whose ominous
notes put teeth into the shark theme for the movie "Jaws," died October 16. He
was 71.

The veteran studio musician died from complications of cancer and kidney
failure at UCLA Medical Center, said his wife, Patricia.

Johnson played on thousands of movie scores over nearly 50 years, including
"The Godfather," the "Star Trek" series and "Titanic." He also did television
work, made recordings and worked with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the
Academy Awards Orchestra and other local musical groups.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/26/obit.johnson.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 207        Fri Oct 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:38 PDT

LOS ANGELES --  Veteran character actor Arthur Hill, whose dozens of
television and movie appearances included the title role in the series"Owen
Marshall, Counselor at Law,"has died. He was 84.

Hill died Sunday at a Pacific Palisades care facility after a long battle
with Alzheimer's disease, his friend Walter Seltzer said Thursday.

Hill, who hadn't worked in the motion picture or television business since
1990, was a well-known face on TV, appearing on"Alfred Hitchcock
Presents,""The Defenders,""Ben Casey,""The Untouchables,""The Nurses,""The
FBI,""Mission Impossible,""The Fugitive"and"Marcus Welby, M.D."

He was the star of"Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law"from 1971 to 1974.

Hill also appeared in the films "Harper,""The Ugly American,""The Andromeda
Strain"and"A Bridge Too Far."

Story continues at
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Oct26/0,4670,ObitHill,00.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 208        Thu Nov 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:02 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- William Styron, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who wrote
"Sophie's Choice," died Wednesday in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

He was 81.

Styron's daughter, Alexandra, said the author died of pneumonia at Martha's
Vineyard Hospital. Styron, who had homes in Martha's Vineyard and Connecticut,
had been in failing health for a long time.

"This is terrible," said Kurt Vonnegut, a longtime friend. "He was dramatic,
he was fun. He was strong and proud and he was awfully good with the language.
I hated to see him end this way."

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/11/01/styron.obit.ap/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 209        Sat Nov 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:26 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor Jack Palance, who won an Oscar with his
comedic self-parody in 1991's "City Slickers," died Friday.

He was 87, said spokesman Dick Guttman, and died of natural causes in his home
in Montecito, California, surrounded by his family.

Known for hard, grizzled roles in numerous Westerns during his six-decade
career, Palance gained a second wind of fame when he won the best supporting
actor Oscar for playing Curly in "City Slickers."

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/10/palance.death/index.html

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 210        Sun Nov 12, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:13 PDT

Ed Bradley, a fixture in American living rooms on Sunday nights for a quarter
century as a correspondent on "60 Minutes" and one of the first black
journalists prominently featured on network television, died yesterday in
Manhattan. He was 65.

Mr. Bradley died at Mount Sinai Medical Center of complications from chronic
lymphocytic leukemia, said Dr. Valentin Fuster, his cardiologist and the
director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai. Mr. Bradley, who
underwent quintuple bypass heart surgery in 2003, learned he had leukemia
"many years ago," Dr. Fuster said, but it had not posed a threat to his life
until recently, when he was overtaken by an infection.

Story cointinues at
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/arts/television/10bradley.html?_r=1&ref=media
&oref=slogin

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Category 2,  Topic 8  [MOVED]
Message 211        Tue Jun 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:52 PDT

According to
<http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/snames-nf/Sherman+Vincent>
Vincent Sherman died 6/18/2006 at the age of 99.

Sherman was a Hollywood director whose movies included "Mr. Skeffington",
"Nora Prentiss", and "The Young Philadelphians".

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 212        Tue Nov 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:29 PDT

Robert Altman, the maverick director who earned a reputation as one of
America's most original filmmakers with landmark movies such as "MASH,"
"Nashville" and "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" has died. He was 81.

Altman, who never stopped producing and directing films, died Monday night in
a hospital in Los Angeles, a spokesman for Altman's Sandcastle 5 Productions
Company in New York City said today. The cause of death was not disclosed.

Story continues at
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/la-112106altman,1,128779.story?coll
=chi-news-hed

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Category 2,  Topic 8
Message 213        Mon Nov 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:35 PDT

Betty Comden, one-half of the Broadway superduo Comden and Green, has passed
away at the presumed age of 89.

Comden teamed with Adolph Green and they composed some of the biggest hits
Broadway has ever seen including, "New York, New York," and the classic,
"Never-Never Land," from Peter Pan.

According to http://www.latimes.com, the Los Angeles Times web site, "[Comden
and Green] amassed seven Tony Awards, starting in 1953 with the musical
Wonderful Town, a romantic comedy that starred Rosalind Russell and was based
on the play My Sister Eileen." The duo also, "wrote the screenplays for such
classic movie musicals as Singin' in the Rain in 1952 and The Band Wagon in
1953."

Story continues at <http://thecelebritycafe.com/features/8210.html>

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Topic 9         Mon Sep 29, 2003
SYNDICOMM                    at 22:18 PST
Sub: Web Sites

Other places to go to see stuff about TV shows and movies.

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 1          Mon Sep 29, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:18 PDT

Here's a site that takes a very interesting approach to reviewing and
recapping television. :)

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 2          Tue Sep 30, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:42 PDT

Hey!  _I_ told you about that site!  :)

This website is really fun to read.  Even if I don't agree with everything
they say, I get a good laugh out of their reviews.  And the nicknames they
come up with for people!  I can personally recommend their reviews on The West
Wing and ER.  I've read several and laughed out loud each time!

Sarah Shepherd

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 3          Mon Oct 27, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:23 PDT

http://www.moviemistakes.com details the various technical and plot errors
that occur in films - such as cars with wrong state license plates,
anachronisms such as a digital watch on the Titanic, or characters being
called by the actors' names.

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 4          Mon Oct 27, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:39 PDT

http://www.badastronomy.com

The webmaster, an astronomer, debunks many astronomical myths and mistruths.
My favorite section is where he reviews movies and TV shows from this
viewpoint, highlighting the bad astronomy and physics they use.  Good stuff.

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 5          Sun Nov 23, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:31 PDT

http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com

'nuff said. :)

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 6          Sun Nov 23, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:48 PDT

Ken...

What's wrong with you, man? :)

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 7          Sun Dec 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:43 PDT

http://www.boxofficeprophets.com

The site is mostly a by-the-numbers look at - you guessed it - box office
profits, but also includes reviews and, most useful, a release schedule.

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 8          Sun Dec 28, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:33 PDT

If you're only interested in the box office receipts,
http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/ has a very nice listing of over 4600 movies
and their receipts, both domestically and worldwide, all ranked.

It's frightening to note that Titanic, at #1 with $1.8 billion in receipts,
earned nearly twice as much as the #2 movie, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's
Stone, which brought in $975.8 million.

The list is updated very frequently, but, oddly, does not yet include Lord of
the Rings: Return of the King.

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 9          Wed Dec 31, 2003
LUMITECH                     at 13:49 PDT

>>> The list is updated very frequently, but, oddly, does not yet include Lord
of the Rings: Return of the King.

It does now. #38.

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 10         Fri Jul 09, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:36 PDT

Just like some computer games, DVDs can have Easter Eggs, too.  Search here:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/eggs/index.php

http://www.dvdangle.com/fun_stuff/easter_eggs/

http://www.dvdreview.com/html/hidden_features.shtml

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 11         Sun Aug 22, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:24 PDT

http://www.movieministry.com/ provides lectors with sermon ideas based on
current and popular movies.

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 12         Sun Aug 22, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:20 PDT

In a similiar vein, this site explores the connection between Hollywood and
religion:

http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/

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Category 2,  Topic 9  [MOVED]
Message 13         Wed Jan 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:45 PDT

A list of filmic resources has now been posted on the Showbits web site, and
is available at the following URL:

http://www.syndicomm.com/communities/showbits/resources.html

Please feel free to make suggestions for further links in Topic 2 of this
category!

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 14         Wed Mar 23, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:02 PDT

Here's a guy who really likes his favorite movie:

http://www.tronguy.net/

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 15         Tue May 10, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:53 PDT

In Category 13, Topic 12, Thomas asked:

> Is there a site (maybe IMDB covers this) that specifically shows what TV
> shows are available on DVD?

Absolutely!  It's <http://www.tvshowsondvd.com>.  You can also search on
<http://www.dvdpricesearch.com>.

Also, as per Message 13, uptopic, visit this URL for an index of these and
other filmic resources on the Internet:

http://www.syndicomm.com/communities/showbits/resources.html

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 16         Wed Jun 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:37 PDT

http://www.epguides.com/ is the definitive web site for television show
episode guides.  It lists every episode and airdate for 2500+ series, and
links to tv.com for descriptions of each individual episode.  Exhaustive!

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 17         Sat Jun 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:27 PDT

The webmasters of TVShowsonDVD.com use Mac computers.  Yay! :)

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 18         Mon Aug 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:28 PDT

View alternative endings to such popular films as "Star Wars: A New Hope",
"Saving Private Ryan", "Braveheart", and "Matrix Revolutions":

http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 19         Tue Aug 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:35 PDT

From <http://www.bonzersites.com/liveplasma.html>:

OK, so you know you love, say, the music of Queen. They're not making any
more, so who else might you like? LivePlasma <http://www.LivePlasma.com/>
shows a map of your search term surrounded by other artists; the closer they
are, the more similar they are in style to your target. So you may find you
like Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer if you like Queen. It works with movies,
too; Dr. Strangelove may help you find classics like On the Beach or Fail
Safe. Click on any item to re-center the map. Plasma says it's a "search and
discovery" engine. Yep; it sure is.

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 20         Thu Feb 23, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:28 PDT

Take a walk through the Muppet Museum:

http://www.kermitage.com/

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 21         Thu Aug 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:58 PDT

This web site lists top domestic grosses, with ticket prices adjusted for
inflation:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Of course, this may not be a meaningful comparison;
http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com does not adjust for inflation for this
reason:

"Movies whose grosses span many years of ticket prices due to re-release (like
Disney features) or perpetual release (like The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
will not submit themselves to such simple adjustment, thus making the effort
meaningless."

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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 22         Tue Aug 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:21 PDT

Here's another web site with movie statistics:

http://www.the-numbers.com/

For example, here are the most expensive films to make ever:

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/budgets.html


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Topic 10        Sat Aug 07, 2004
KGAGNE                       at 09:55 PST
Sub: Aged to Perfection

Celebrate celebrities' birthdays here!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 1          Sat Aug 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:00 PDT

Charlize Theron was born 29 years ago today, in Benoni, South Africa.

That means that when I drooled over her four years ago in "Reindeer Games",
she was the same age that I am now. :)

-Ken

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 2          Sat Aug 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:41 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/6208.html>:

 August Birthdays

 08.07.04 Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 08.14.04 Brannon Braga (Executive producer and co-creator, Enterprise)
 08.19.04 Jonathan Frakes (William Riker, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
 08.19.04 Diana Muldaur (Katherine Pulaski, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
 08.19.04 Gene Roddenberry [1921-1991] (Star Trek creator)
 08.24.04 Jennifer Lien (Kes, Star Trek: Voyager)
 08.28.04 Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher, Star Trek: The Next Generation)

 Happy Birthday to everyone!

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Category 2,  Topic 10  [MOVED]
Message 3          Fri Sep 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:45 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/6568.html>

 09.08.04 Anniversary of Star Trek's first episode (1966)
 09.09.04 Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun & Brunt, Star Trek: DS9 and Shran, Enterprise)
 09.11.04 Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres, Star Trek: Voyager)
 09.14.04 Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov, Star Trek)
 09.15.04 Tom Hardy (Shinzon, "Star Trek Nemesis")
 09.23.04 Rosalind Chao (Keiko O'Brien, Star Trek: TNG and Star Trek: DS9)

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 4          Sat Sep 25, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:42 PDT

Mark Hamill turns 53 today!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 5          Sun Sep 26, 2004
PETERW                       at 07:15 PDT

>Mark Hamill turns 53 today!

I was looking at a poster for the Star Wars trilogy recently, and my first
thought was how young Mark Hamill looked!

Reminds me of the old saying that you know you're getting older when policemen
all start looking young!

 --
Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 6          Wed Sep 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:07 PDT

Today is the 60th birthday of Michael Post, who has written the theme songs
for such television shows as Quantum Leap, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Doogie
Howser, CHiPs, Magnum P.I., and many others:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006236/

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 7          Fri Oct 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:08 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/7040.html>:

10.01 Stephen Collins (Captain Willard Decker, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture")
10.02 Avery Brooks (Captain Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
10.09 Scott Bakula (Captain Jonathan Archer, Star Trek: Enterprise)
10.15 Mark Lenard, 1924-1996 (Ambassador Sarek, Romulan Commander, Klingon
Captain, Star Trek, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," Star Trek: The Next
Generation)
10.23 Ira Steven Behr (Executive Producer, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
10.27 Robert Picardo (The Doctor, Star Trek: Voyager)

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 8          Fri Nov 05, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:04 PDT

This month's Star Trek birthdays:

 11.05 Armin Shimerman (Quark, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 11.09 Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris, Star Trek: Voyager)
 11.12 Max Grodenchik (Rom, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 11.13 Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
 11.19 Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 11.19 Robert Beltran (Chakotay, Star Trek: Voyager)
 11.21 Alexander Siddig (Dr. Julian Bashir, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 11.24 Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar, Star Trek: The Next Generation)

 Happy Birthday to y'all!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 9          Fri Dec 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:05 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/8311.html>:

 12.03 Brian Bonsall (Alexander Rozhenko, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
 12.09 Michael Dorn (Worf, ST: TNG and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 12.15 Garrett Wang (Harry Kim, Star Trek: Voyager)
 12.20 Nicole deBoer (Ezri Dax, ST: DS9)
 12.25 Rick Berman (co-creator and executive producer, Star Trek: Enterprise)
 12.28 Nichelle Nichols (Uhura, Star Trek)

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 10         Tue Dec 21, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:03 PDT

Happy birthday to Samuel L. Jackson, born 12/21/48 !

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 11         Fri Jan 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:27 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/8710.html>:

 01.06 Aron Eisenberg (Nog, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 01.07 Mark Allen Shepherd (Morn, ST: DS9)
 01.08 Dr. Stephen Hawking (special guest star on Star Trek: TNG)
 01.20 DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, Star Trek)
 01.27 James Cromwell (Zefram Cochrane, "Star Trek: First Contact")

Happy Birthday everyone!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 12         Fri Jan 14, 2005
MARK [Apprentice]            at 19:31 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 2 Topic 10:

> 01.20 DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, Star Trek)
>
> Happy Birthday everyone!

He's dead, Jim!  Errrr .... Ken.

 Mark Percival - Apprentice
 Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b11
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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 13         Fri Feb 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:07 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/4373.html>:

 02.01.2005
 February Birthdays


 02.01 Bibi Besch (Dr. Carol Marcus, "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan")
 02.02 Brent Spiner (Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
 02.08 Ethan Phillips (Neelix, Star Trek: Voyager)
 02.14 Andrew Robinson (Elim Garak, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 02.16 LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
 02.22 Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager)
 02.23 Majel Barrett (Christine Chapel, Lwaxana Troi, Ship's Computer)
 02.26 Chase Masterson (Leeta, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Happy Birthday y'all!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 14         Thu Mar 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:53 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9633.html>:

 03.03 James Doohan ("Montgomery Scott," Star Trek)
 03.05 Jolene Blalock ("T'Pol," Enterprise)
 03.18 J.G. Hertzler ("Martok," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 03.19 Connor Trinneer ("Charles "Trip" Tucker III," Enterprise)
 03.20 John de Lancie ("Q," Star Trek: The Next Generation, ST:DS9, Star
Trek: Voyager)
 03.22 William Shatner ("James T. Kirk," Star Trek)
 03.26 Leonard Nimoy ("Spock," Star Trek)
 03.29 Marina Sirtis ("Deanna Troi," ST: TNG)

 Happy Birthday to one and all!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 15         Fri Apr 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:47 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10271.html>:

03.31.2005
April Birthdays

Spring is here and it's time for some people to celebrate! Please join us in
wishing a Happy Birthday to the following Star Trek folk:

04.01 Grace Lee Whitney ("Yeoman Janice Rand," Star Trek)
04.13 Ron Perlman ("Viceroy", "Star Trek Nemesis")
04.20 George Takei ("Captain Sulu," Star Trek)
04.29 Kate Mulgrew ("Captain Kathryn Janeway," Star Trek: Voyager)

Happy Birthday to each and every one!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 16         Fri May 06, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:15 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10647.html>:

May Birthdays

 05.05 Marc Alaimo ("Gul Dukat," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 05.20 John Billingsley ("Phlox," Star Trek: Enterprise)
 05.20 Anthony Zerbe ("Admiral Dougherty," "Star Trek: Insurrection")
 05.22 Paul Winfield ("Captain Dathon", Star Trek: The Next Generation and
"Captain Terrell," "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan")
 05.30 Colm Meaney ("Miles O'Brien," Star Trek: The Next Generation and DS9)
 05.30 Michael Piller (Executive Producer, Star Trek: TNG, DS9 and Voyager)

 Happy birthday to all of you!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 17         Fri Jun 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:47 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/11195.html>:

June Birthdays

 06.01 Rene Auberjonois (Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 06.02 Anthony Montgomery (Travis Mayweather, Star Trek: Enterprise)
 06.13 Malcolm McDowell (Dr. Soran, "Star Trek Generations")
 06.15 Robin Curtis ("Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" and Star Trek: TNG)
 06.22 Tim Russ (Tuvok, Star Trek: Voyager)
 06.28 Alice Krige ("Borg Queen, "Star Trek: First Contact" and ST: VOY)
 06.30 Jeri Taylor (Co-creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Creative
Consultant, ST: VOY; Executive Producer, Writer, ST: TNG; Writer, ST: DS9)

Happy Birthday to everyone!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 18         Fri Jul 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:12 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/12354.html>:

July Birthdays

 07.01 Dominic Keating (Malcolm Reed, Star Trek: Enterprise)
 07.07 Vaughn Armstrong (Admiral Forrest, ST: ENT, plus multiple guest roles
on TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT)
 07.09 Linda Park (Hoshi Sato, ST: ENT)
 07.13 Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
 07.25 Iman (Martia, "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country")
 07.26 Nana Visitor (Kira Nerys, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 07.29 Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher, ST: TNG)
 07.29 David Warner (Gorkon, "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" and
others)

Happy Birthday to everyone!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 19         Sun Jul 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:53 PDT

Happy 43rd birthday, Tom Cruise!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 20         Fri Feb 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:50 PDT

John Williams had a birthday this past Wednesday.  Happy birthday, sir!

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Category 2,  Topic 10
Message 21         Wed Mar 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:56 PDT

Happy Birthday to William Shatner; here's a commentary on our favorite
Trekker:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/4824.html

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Topic 1   CLOSED Thu Sep 11, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:45 PST
Sub: Guidelines for Posting

Welcome to the Showbits Community's Free Trade Zone.  Please take the time to
read through the guidelines before you post anything.  Thanks.

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Category 3,  Topic 1
Message 1          Thu Sep 11, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:01 PDT

As mentioned in the category description, all transactions conducted in
Showbits must not comprise illegal products.  Backup copies of movies,
bootleg copies, or anything of the sort will not be tolerated.  Messages
violating these guidelines will be removed from public sight, and authors of
such messages may face explusion from Showbits or Syndicomm Online.

The sale and trade of home-recorded, commercially-broadcast television shows
is also illegal.  Only officially licensed videos may be transacted here.

Details of transactions, including shipping addresses, should be conducted via
private email.

Please be courteous and remember to post a follow-up message once a
transaction is completed, so other members will know that an item is no longer
wanted/for sale/etc.

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Topic 2         Thu Sep 11, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:46 PST
Sub: General Discussion on Buying & Selling

Have something to say about the movie market?  Here is the place.  Shopper
tips and deals can also be posted here.

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Category 3,  Topic 2
Message 1          Sun Feb 08, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:46 PDT

Best Buy's website is having a special until Valentine's Day, where you can
get two romantic films for $20 total:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?j=1&id=pcmcat23800050011&type=category&
cmp=

Titles include Top Gun, Dirty Dancing, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, Father
of the Bride, What Women Want, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sleepless in Seattle,
and more.

-Ken

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Category 3,  Topic 2
Message 2          Thu Oct 12, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:30 PDT

DeepDiscountDVD.com has 600 dvds that qualify for their "Buy One, Get One Free"
special:

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/promotion/buyAndGetFree_form.cfm?promoName=parab
1g1_1006&page=0

I picked up "Prince of Egypt" and "American Beauty" for $9, including free
shipping!  Offer ends Monday, October 16th.

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Topic 3         Thu Sep 11, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:46 PST
Sub: Vendor Database

Here are some places that buy and/or sell movies and movie equipment.

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Category 3,  Topic 3
Message 1          Sun Sep 05, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:28 PDT

I recently ordered several items from deepdiscountdvd.com, a store I've had a
few dealings with in the past and with whom I've been previously satisfied.
dvdpricesearch.com indicated they were the second cheapest option for the
selections I wanted; the first store was not as highly rated (I've learned to
not shop at stores that rate less than four stars on dvdpricesearch.com).

I was doing a web search for deepdiscountdvd.com coupons, and found reference
to the fact that they price match - a policy I did not see advertised on their
web site!  One of the items I wanted was $7 cheaper at amazon.com (both DDD
and Amazon offer free shipping), so I emailed the URL to DDD.  They cancelled
that portion of my order and re-placed it at the lower price.  Great!

I recommend this store.

-Ken

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Category 3,  Topic 3
Message 2          Fri Jan 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:12 PDT

To reiterate some of the previous message, with an update:

DeepDiscountDVD.com is my favorite online DVD warehouse: they have a great
selection, they almost always have the lowest prices, and they offer free
shipping on all orders.  They are currently offering a "buy two get a third
free" special on several DVDs priced at $9.48 each:

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/promotion/buyTwoGetOneFree_form.cfm

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Topic 16        Thu Sep 11, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:50 PST
Sub: CD/LD/DVD

Movies on disc for sale.

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Category 3,  Topic 16
Message 1          Mon Aug 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:53 PDT

I am currently selling all seven seasons of "Buffy" on DVD as a single set on
eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6424473319

Any member of Syndicomm Online who successfully wins this auction will receive
a 10% discount on the final bid.

-Ken

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Category 3,  Topic 16
Message 2          Thu Aug 18, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:50 PDT

The Buffy set has been sold.  Thanks!

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Message 3          Sat Nov 12, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:20 PDT

I've got a bunch of laserdiscs up for sale on eBay right now...

http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=syndicomm

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Topic 22        Thu Sep 11, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:52 PST
Sub: Memorabilia

Entertainment industry memorabilia, such as posters and pins, for sale.

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Category 3,  Topic 22
Message 1          Wed Apr 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:49 PDT

Here's my latest acquisition:

http://tinyurl.com/f9qww

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Topic 1   CLOSED Mon Mar 14, 2005
KGAGNE                       at 09:17 PST
Sub: About This Category

About this category.

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Category 9,  Topic 1
Message 1          Mon Mar 14, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:17 PDT

Categories 10-28 contain topics about television shows, channels, and
programming.

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Category 10 General Television Discussion
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Topic 1         Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 13:12 PST
Sub: Misc. Television Discussion

Miscellaneous discussion of miscellaneous shows.

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 1          Sat Sep 20, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:17 PDT

The new season is upon us!  Most of the major network shows start premiering
over the next couple of weeks.  I'm particularly looking forward to the
premiere of The West Wing on Wednesday.  Any others I should keep in mind?

--
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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 2          Tue Sep 30, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:46 PDT

Scott Adams, author of the comic strip "Dilbert", recently recommended a BBC
show called "The Office":

"It takes place in a branch office of a paper company. The boss character in
particular is brilliant. He'll stay in your head for hours after you see the
show. If you like Dilbert, and you own a television set, you'll probably like
The Office. I first heard about it when hundreds of you wrote to tell me I had
to watch it.

"The second season starts Oct 12th on the BBC America channel. Check your
digital cable or satellite listings for show times or log on to their website
at http://www.bbcamerica.com/theoffice "

Anyone ever heard of or seen it?

-Ken

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 3          Tue Sep 30, 2003
PETERW                       at 23:42 PDT

I've heard of The Office, although I haven't watched it. (Mainly because I
don't get time to watch much of ANY tv shows!) It's supposed to be pretty good.

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Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager



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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 4          Wed Oct 01, 2003
CARLK [CarlK]                at 19:54 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 10 Topic 1:

> "The second season starts Oct 12th on the BBC America channel. Check
your
> digital cable or satellite listings for show times or log on to their
> website at http://www.bbcamerica.com/theoffice "
>
> Anyone ever heard of or seen it?

I don't have digital cable, and don't know if Cox has that channel on
digital or not. We mainly get old Brit comedies on PBS stations.

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 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 5          Mon Oct 13, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:54 PDT

The first season of The Office, the BBC comedy discussed earlier in this
topic, was released on DVD last week, and can be found at many places for only
$20:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=26603

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 6          Sun Nov 09, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:51 PDT

Sixteen episodes of the Comedy Central comedic talk show "Space Ghost: Coast
to Coast" will be made available on a DVD to be released later this month:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28411

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 7          Sat Nov 15, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:21 PDT

An article on GameSpot.com discusses recent ratings and demographics:

"According to Nielsen Media Research, the primary TV ratings company,
viewership among males aged 18 to 34 was down seven percent from a year ago.
Among males 18 to 24, the drop was even steeper--a whopping 20 percent."

About time. :)

-Ken

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 8          Fri Jan 23, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:05 PDT

CNN.com has a poll: what is the best comedy ever?  Results at

http://www.cnn.com/POLLSERVER/results/8623.content.html

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 9          Thu Feb 19, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:48 PDT

How bad can television get?  Depends how nitpicky you are:

http://www.rev.net/~aloe/tv/entertainment.html

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 10         Sat Feb 21, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:57 PDT

That's a great list. :)

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 11         Wed May 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:35 PDT

Do anyone know anything about a television series called "Vanishing Son"?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0112210/combined

Thirteen episodes aired in 1995 as a follow-up to four made-for-TV 1994
movies.  The series was originally packaged with Kevin Sorbo's "Hercules" as
part of an action pack.  None of the movies or episodes are available on VHS
or DVD.  I caught only a few episodes but loved it.  It was of the "wandering
hero" genre, where every episode has a new setting and supporting cast,
similar to Quantum Leap or The Incredible Hulk.

Russell Wong rocks.

-Ken

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Message 12         Tue Jun 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:18 PDT

Apparently there is a television series based on the movie trilogy "Tremors":

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327375/combined

I loved the first film but the second two were disappointing.  Anyone heard of
or seen the TV show?

-Ken

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 13         Wed Nov 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:15 PDT

Was does everyone think about Hollywood's tendency to adapt classic
television series to the silver screen?  Here are some projects that are
currently in the works:

Knight Rider
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384254/

Dukes of Hazzard
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377818/combined
http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/tickermaster/listing.cfm?TMID=986

A-Term
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429493/combined
http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/tickermaster/movienews.cfm?tmID=1161

Bewitched
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374536/
http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/tickermaster/listing.cfm?TMID=993

Get Smart
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/

Fat Albert
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396592/
http://www.FatAlbertTheMovie.com/

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 14         Thu Nov 04, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 05:40 PDT


> Was does everyone think about Hollywood's tendency to
> adapt classic television series to the silver screen?

Well, my wife hates it, but I generally don't mind, unless they make the movie
as a mockery of the show.  (An example of this that I haven't seen is Starsky
and Hutch, which I understand is a comedy - which the original series was not)

I liked the recursive twist of the "Bewitched" plot though - making a movie
about making a movie adaptation of the show.  I'll probably see it, since I did
have a big crush on Samantha Stephens as a kid.  :)

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 15         Thu Nov 04, 2004
PETERW                       at 07:37 PDT

I agree that the starting point is that the movie version shouldn't be
radically different in style to the TV version.

A problem I have, particularly with the upcoming crop of movies, is that it's
easy enough to use new actors where the original actor was just part of the
story, but in some cases the actor(s) more-or-less *were* the story.

For example, in Bewitched Samantha is (almost by definition) a very ordinary
surburban housewife - it is her background and friends/relations who are the
story. So using another actor to play Samantha doesn't matter so much. Ditto
for Knight Rider where the car is the star.  :-)

On the other hand, in the A-Team the actors were all larger than life, and the
stories revolved around their particular quirks. It's hard to picture anyone
other than Mr T playing B.A. Baracus. :-)

And it seems almost impossible to conceive of anyone other than Don Adams
playing Agent 86.

I guess I felt much the same about Sgt Bilko - Steve Martin is good, but he
wasn't Phil Silvers. And I'm just dreading the day when someone decides to do a
Star Trek remake, with some "stranger" playing Spock!
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Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 16         Thu Nov 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:37 PDT

Thomas,

> I liked the recursive twist of the "Bewitched" plot though - making a movie
> about making a movie adaptation of the show.

How do you mean?  From what I understand of the film, it's set before the
television series, and is about how Darren and Samantha first met.

Did anyone see The Brady Bunch Movie (circa 1997)?  I thought it was a mockery
of the original show, and I loved it. :)

-Ken

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 17         Fri Nov 05, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 09:45 PDT



>> I liked the recursive twist of the "Bewitched" plot though - making a movie
>> about making a movie adaptation of the show.

> How do you mean?  From what I understand of the film, it's set before the
> television series, and is about how Darren and Samantha first met.


From the IMDB:

In this re-imagining of the magical 1960s sitcom, Will Ferrell plays Jack
Wyatt, a difficult Hollywood star who tries to have a career comeback by
playing Darrin Stephens in a big-screen version of the classic TV series. When
Jack sees the beautiful Isabel Bigelow, played by Nicole Kidman, he thinks that
she'd be right for the part of his on-screen wife, Samantha. What he doesn't
know is that Isabel really is a witch, which actually makes her a perfect
casting choice for the role. Isabel's father Nigel (Michael Caine) is concerned
by his daughter's interest in the mortal world, until he's distracted by Iris
Smythson (Shirley MacLaine), the movie star who'll be playing Samantha's mother
Endora in the film.

Summary written by Tony Lagarto


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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 18         Sat Nov 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:51 PDT

Thomas,

Interesting... That's not the same as what Box Office Prophets suggests.  I
wonder which plot outline is more recent?  The IMDB's is reminscent of the film
"Adaptation".

-Ken

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 19         Mon Nov 15, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:37 PDT

OK, this site is fun.  Think of a sitcom character, and it asks questions to
figure out which you're thinking of.  It's pretty neat, if a simple piece of
code to write.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 20         Tue Nov 16, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 01:34 PDT

Oops -- I forgot to paste the URL; I'll get it next time I'm on my main
computer.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 21         Tue Nov 16, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:21 PDT

That sitcom character guessing page is at
http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 22         Mon Jan 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:11 PDT

According to a survey of 5,194 Reader's Digest readers, the top ten TV sitcoms
are:

 1. Friends
 2. M*A*S*H
 3. Seinfeld
 4. The Cosby Show
 5. Everybody Loves Raymond
 6. Home Improvement
 7. The Simpsons
 8. All in the Family
 9. The Golden Girls
10. The Dick Van Dyke Show

Although I'm gratified to see #10, I'm in disbelief that "Cheers" and "Night
Court" were not mentioned.  Any other disagreements?

-Ken

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 23         Mon Jan 24, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:17 PDT

I'm very surprised "Cheers" didn't make the top 10.  I'm not surprised "Night
Court" didn't make it, but I wish it had -- it was fantastically funny.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 24         Tue Jan 25, 2005
PETERW                       at 04:34 PDT

I'm also surprised "I Love Lucy" didn't make it.

A risk with these types of surveys is that the memory of older shows dies off
with the audience. :-(

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 25         Tue Jan 25, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 10:48 PDT


I Love Lucy and Cheers certainly would have topped The Simpsons in my book.

_________
  | homas


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Message 26         Tue Jan 25, 2005
CARLK [CarlK]                at 21:04 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 10 Topic 1:

> Although I'm gratified to see #10, I'm in disbelief that "Cheers" and
> "Night Court" were not mentioned.  Any other disagreements?

It's very hard to decide what Cheers and Night Court could replace on
that list, but I'm sure they would both make the top 20.

  --
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 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2005, July 19-24, 2005 - 175 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 27         Wed Jan 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:03 PDT

Johnny Carson appeared on both "Night Court" and "Cheers"...

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 28         Sun Feb 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:00 PDT

Now that we've discussed comedies, what are people's favorite television
series in general?

Some of mine (not counting many cartoons) are:

Cheers
ReBoot
Night Court
Vanishing Son
Quantum Leap
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Star Trek (any)
The Incredible Hulk
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Tonight Show

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 29         Mon Feb 14, 2005
PETERW                       at 03:45 PDT

I haven't had a lot of opportunity to watch much TV for a few years, but here's
a few that spring to mind.

Star Trek (in general, but Next Generation was my favorite)
Paper Chase (obscure, but I loved it - it reminded me of my college days)
MASH (an all-time favorite in any category)
Chicago Hope (particularly while Mandy Patinkin was still in it)

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 30         Mon Feb 14, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:17 PDT

My five favorite series of all time would probably be:

1. Sports Night
2. Deep Space Nine
3. 24
4. CSI
5. Enterprise

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 31         Fri Mar 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:07 PDT

Animal Planet apparently has some special about dragons coming up on March
20th.  The web site is rather vague, and the details are available only via
PC:

http://dragonsarecoming.3janehosting.com/application/download.php

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 32         Thu Mar 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:58 PDT

Entertainment Weekly lists their top 20 "Monty Python" sketches:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1039070_21_0_,00.html

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Message 33         Tue Apr 05, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:19 PDT

CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- The more television 4-year-old children watch
the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a U.S. study
said on Monday.

At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings
and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies,
said the report from the University of Washington.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/parenting/04/05/bullying.reut/index.html

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 34         Mon Apr 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:57 PDT

This week is the 11th annual TV Turnoff Week!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/25/tv.turnoff.week.ap/index.html
http://www.tvturnoff.org/index.htm

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 35         Tue May 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:30 PDT

"BROTHERHOOD"
OPEN CASTING CALL
The Atrium in the Department of Administration
Powers Building, 1 Capitol Hill, Smith Street, Providence R.I.
Saturday, June 4, 2005
10:00am - 1:00pm, *OR* 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Being "FIRST" in line will *NOT* be to your advantage!
Everyone will be considered equally.

Looking to cast children, adults, seniors, everyone!
Union, and non-union actors.  JUST SHOW UP!
For background extra work, speaking roles, who knows!
All for the new Showtime T.V. Series shooting in Rhode Island
between July 6 and November 22, 2005

-----

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD AN INFO. CARD
FILL IT OUT AND BRING IT WITH YOU TO THE OPEN CASTING CALL
PLEASE BRING A CURRENT PHOTO (or HEADSHOT AND RESUME)
[IT WILL NOT BE RETURNED]

CLICK HERE!


http://www.cpcasting.com/BrotherhoodCARD.pdf




If that link doesn't work, you can also get it at:

http://www.cpcasting.com




Where is The Atrium in The "Powers Building" in Providence, RI?
I've never been there, but I found this by searching on:

http://www.google.com

CLICK HERE!

http://www.planning.ri.gov/misc/directions.htm

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Message 36         Wed Jun 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:37 PDT

http://www.epguides.com/ is the definitive web site for television show
episode guides.  It lists every episode and airdate for 2500+ series, and
links to tv.com for descriptions of each individual episode.  Exhaustive!

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 37         Sun Jun 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:47 PDT

CNN.com notes that today's TV's favorite dads earn much more than dads of the
fifties.  Sixty fathers' salaries were adjusted for inflation and compared to
see who earns the most:

http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/15/pf/tv_dads/index.htm
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/tvdad_salaries/

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 38         Fri Jul 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:03 PDT

I was on the phone the other night and the other person said, "There's a new
'Queer Eye' on."

Since I teach in a math & science school and I don't have TV service at home,
it took several repetitions before I realized it wasn't "There's a nuclear
ion" that was being said. :)

-Ken

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 39         Tue Aug 02, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:14 PDT


Does anyone know, or know where to look to find out, exactly when the new
season starts on TV?

My wife and I are anxious not to miss the season opener of "Desperate
Housewives".   :)

_________
  | homas

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Message 40         Tue Aug 02, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:51 PDT

The new season's start varies not only from network to network but from one
series to the next.

However, according to this list (http://www.knip2.com/date2005.htm), Desperate
Housewives premieres on 9/25.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 41         Sun Aug 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:01 PDT

Looks like eight episodes of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show are available
for download - legally!

http://www.pressthebuttons.com/2005/08/free_legal_onli.html

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 42         Thu Sep 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:59 PDT

Take a look at some of new comedies:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/08/apontv.everybody.chris.ap/index.html

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Message 43         Wed Oct 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:19 PDT

Is Saturday night the "loneliest night" for airing television shows?  Some
networks don't even bother:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/18/apontv.saturdays.dead.ap/index.html

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 44         Tue Nov 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:38 PDT

TV is everywhere - including on your iPod:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/14/tv.television.everywhere.ap/index.html

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 45         Mon Dec 05, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:24 PDT

OK, here's a quirky idea: what television crossovers would you like to see?
If Mork from Ork can be on "Happy Days", and Cliff and Norm can be on "Wings",
then what other possibilities are possible?

The two that immediately jump to my mind are

"The Incredible Hulk" and "Highway to Heaven"
"Star Trek: Enterprise" and "Quantum Leap"

Any others?

-Ken

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Category 10,  Topic 1
Message 46         Tue Dec 06, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:00 PDT

I'd like Superman to show up on Law & Order. :)

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Message 47         Wed Dec 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:35 PDT

I've never seen either, but from what I've heard described, "X-Files" and
"Smallville" would be an interesting crossover.

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Message 48         Thu Dec 08, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 13:33 PDT


I think that Mork was actually a spinoff from Happy Days.
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Message 49         Fri Dec 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:20 PDT

"Happy Days" ran 1974-1984; "Mork & Mindy" ran 1978-1982.

According to <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000245/>, Mork appeared in the
"Happy Days" episode "My Favourite Orkan" (episode # 5.22) on 28 February
1978; and on episode "Mork Returns" (episode # 6.24) on 6 March 1979. (Thanks
also to tv.com for their episode guides.)

Thanks for the correction, Thomas.  I don't remember these shows very well
and wasn't around for their premiere, so I'm glad for the opportunity to
learn more about their origin.

(Mork also appeared in a 30th anniversary reunion of "Happy Days", according
to <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424134/combined>)

-Ken

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Message 50         Fri Jan 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:43 PDT

According to <http://l-o-2.com/Articles/Maxim-100ThingsEveryGuyMustKnow.htm>,
these are the lyrics to the "Bonanza" theme song:

We got a right to pick a little fight
Bonanza!
If anyone fights anyone of us
He's gotta fight with me.
We're not one to stand up and run
Bonanza!
Anyone of us who starts a little fuss
Knows he can count on me.
One for four.
Four for one.
That's how it must be,
We'll make our stand
On our land
This we guarantee!

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Message 51         Wed Mar 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:48 PDT

Anyone seen this new HBO show, "Big Love", about a happily-married polygamist?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/08/apontv.biglove.ap/index.html

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Message 52         Fri Mar 10, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:25 PDT

We quit getting HBO a few months ago; got tired of paying for channels we only
rarely watched.

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Message 53         Tue Mar 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:13 PDT

Here's an article about "Big Love", which premiered earlier this month:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/21/apontv.billpaxton.ap/index.html

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Message 54         Tue Apr 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:32 PDT

Here's a CNN.com article on the women of "Big Love":

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/17/apontv.biglove.wives.ap/index.html

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Message 55         Wed Jul 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:57 PDT

Some movies, like "Buffy", translate well to television series; most do not.
Review past transitionary successes and failures, in preparation for June
28th's launch of the TV series "Blade":

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1207368_3_0_,00.html

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Message 56         Tue Nov 28, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:49 PDT

"TV Land cable network has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases
in TV", according to CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/28/tv.catchphrases.ap/index.html

In alphabetical order, they are:

- "Aaay" (Fonzie, "Happy Days")
- "And that's the way it is" (Walter Cronkite, "CBS Evening News")
- "Ask not what your country can do for you ..." (John F. Kennedy)
- "Baby, you're the greatest" (Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, "The
Honeymooners")
- "Bam!" (Emeril Lagasse, "Emeril Live")
- "Book 'em, Danno" (Steve McGarrett, "Hawaii Five-O")
- "Come on down!" (Johnny Olson, "The Price is Right")
- "Danger, Will Robinson" (Robot, "Lost in Space")
- "De plane! De plane!" (Tattoo, "Fantasy Island")
- "Denny Crane" (Denny Crane, "Boston Legal")
- "Do you believe in miracles?" (Al Michaels, 1980 Winter Olympics)
- "D'oh!" (Homer Simpson, "The Simpsons")
- "Don't make me angry ..." (David Banner, "The Incredible Hulk")
- "Dyn-o-mite" (J.J., "Good Times")
- "Elizabeth, I'm coming!" (Fred Sanford, "Sanford and Son")
- "Gee, Mrs. Cleaver ..." (Eddie Haskell, "Leave it to Beaver")
- "God'll get you for that" (Maude, "Maude")
- "Good grief" (Charlie Brown, "Peanuts" specials)
- "Good night, and good luck" (Edward R. Murrow, "See It Now")
- "Good night, John Boy" ("The Waltons")
- "Have you no sense of decency?" (Joseph Welch to Sen. McCarthy)
- "Heh heh" (Beavis and Butt-head, "Beavis and Butthead")
- "Here it is, your moment of Zen" ("The Daily Show")
- "Here's Johnny!" (Ed McMahon, "The Tonight Show")
- "Hey now!" (Hank Kingsley, "The Larry Sanders Show")
- "Hey HEY hey!" (Dwayne Nelson, "What's Happening!!")
- "Hey hey HEEY!" (Fat Albert, "Fat Albert")
- "Holy (whatever), Batman!" (Robin, "Batman")
- "Holy crap!" (Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond")
- "Homey don't play that!" (Homey the Clown, "In Living Color")
- "How sweet it is!" (Jackie Gleason, "The Jackie Gleason Show")
- "How you doin'?" (Joey Tribbiani, "Friends")
- "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" (Alka Seltzer ad)
- "I know nothing!" (Sgt. Schultz, "Hogan's Heroes")
- "I love it when a plan comes together" (Hannibal, "The A-Team")
- "I want my MTV!" (MTV ad)
- "I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl ..." (Larry, "Newhart")
- "I'm not a crook ..." (Richard Nixon)
- "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV" (Vicks Formula 44 ad)
- "I'm Rick James, bitch!" (Dave Chappelle as Rick James, "Chappelle's Show")
- "Is that your final answer?" (Regis Philbin, "Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire")
- "It keeps going and going and going ..." (Energizer Batteries ad)
- "It takes a licking ..." (Timex ad)
- "Jane, you ignorant slut" (Dan Aykroyd to Jane Curtin, "Saturday Night
Live")
- "Just one more thing ..." (Columbo, "Columbo")
- "Let's be careful out there" (Sgt. Esterhaus, "Hill Street Blues")
- "Let's get ready to rumble!" (Michael Buffer, various sports events)
- "Live long and prosper" (Spock, "Star Trek")
- "Makin' whoopie" (Bob Eubanks, "The Newlywed Game")
- "Mom always liked you best" (Tommy Smothers, "The Smothers Brothers Comedy
Hour")
- "Never assume ..." (Felix Unger, "The Odd Couple")
- "Nip it!" (Barney Fife, "The Andy Griffith Show")
- "No soup for you!" (The Soup Nazi, "Seinfeld")
- "Norm!" ("Cheers")
- "Now cut that out!" (Jack Benny, "The Jack Benny Program")
- "Oh, my God! They killed Kenny!" (Stan and Kyle, "South Park")
- "Oh, my nose!" (Marcia Brady, "The Brady Bunch")
- "One small step for man ..." (Neil Armstrong)
- "Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?" (Grey Poupon ad)
- "Read my lips: No new taxes!" (George H.W. Bush)
- "Resistance is futile" (Picard as Borg, "Star Trek: The Next Generation")
- "Say good night, Gracie" (George Burns, "The Burns & Allen Show")
- "Schwing!" (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth, "Saturday Night
Live")
- "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" (Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle)
- "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids" (Trix cereal ad)
- "Smile, you're on 'Candid Camera' " ("Candid Camera")
- "Sock it to me" ("Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In")
- "Space, the final frontier ..." (Capt. Kirk, "Star Trek")
- "Stifle!" (Archie Bunker, "All in the Family")
- "Suit up!" (Barney Stinson, "How I Met Your Mother")
- "Tastes great! Less filling!" (Miller Lite beer ad)
- "Tell me what you don't like about yourself" (Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy,
"Nip/Tuck")
- "That's hot" (Paris Hilton, "The Simple Life")
- "The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" (Jim McKay, "ABC's Wide World
of Sports")
- "The tribe has spoken" (Jeff Probst, "Survivor")
- "The truth is out there" (Fox Mulder, "The X-Files")
- "This is the city ..." (Sgt. Joe Friday, "Dragnet")
- "Time to make the donuts" ("Dunkin' Donuts" ad)
- "Two thumbs up" (Siskel & Ebert, "Siskel & Ebert")
- "Up your nose with a rubber hose" (Vinnie Barbarino, "Welcome Back,
Kotter")
- "We are two wild and crazy guys!" (Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd as Czech
playboys, "Saturday Night Live")
- "Welcome to the O.C., bitch" (Luke, "The O.C.")
- "Well, isn't that special?" (Dana Carvey as the Church Lady, "Saturday
Night Live")
- "We've got a really big show!" (Ed Sullivan, "The Ed Sullivan Show")
- "Whassup?" (Budweiser ad)
- "What you see is what you get!" (Geraldine, "The Flip Wilson Show")
- "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" (Arnold Drummond, "Diff'rent Strokes")
- "Where's the beef?" (Wendy's ad)
- "Who loves you, baby?" (Kojak, "Kojak")
- "Would you believe?" (Maxwell Smart, "Get Smart")
- "Yabba dabba do!" (Fred Flintstone, "The Flintstones")
- "Yada, yada, yada" ("Seinfeld")
- "Yeah, that's the ticket" (Jon Lovitz as the pathological liar, "Saturday
Night Live")
- "You eeeediot!" (Ren, "Ren & Stimpy")
- "You look mahvelous!" (Billy Crystal as Fernando, "Saturday Night Live")
- "You rang?" (Lurch, "The Addams Family")
- "You're fired!" (Donald Trump, "The Apprentice")
- "You've got spunk ..." (Lou Grant, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show")

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Message 57         Tue Nov 28, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:52 PDT

I recognize 63 of the 100 catchphrases.

What about you? :)

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Message 58         Tue Nov 28, 2006
CARLK [CarlK]                at 19:44 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 10 Topic 1:

> I recognize 63 of the 100 catchphrases.
>
> What about you? :)

I didn't count them, but I know it was way more than that. Of course
several were out of use before you were born. :)

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Message 59         Wed Nov 29, 2006
PETERW                       at 03:41 PDT

I can't believe they didn't include these two from Star Trek:
- He's dead, Jim!
- I'm a Doctor, not a (whatever)!

I'd certainly rate both above Kirk's line that was included.

BTW, here's an interesting link about the second catch phrase:
<http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/I'm_a_doctor,_not_a...>

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Topic 2         Mon Oct 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 07:53 PST
Sub: Television News and Rumors

News and rumors of television shows, channels, and personalities.

 56 messages
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Message 1          Mon Oct 13, 2003
SARAH                        at 13:24 PDT


So, they say that the sitcom is "going away".  The current prime time line-up
certainly seems to support that theory.  According to a statistic I saw (but I
don't remember where) there were 23 new  sit-coms introduced this season
compared to 46 new sit-coms introduced for the 1983 season.

Is this a permanent trend or merely another swing of the pendulum?  Will
sit-coms come back?
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Message 2          Mon Oct 13, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:28 PDT

Sarah,

I'm sure a few years ago they would've said that game shows were the new
trend: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, The Weakest Link, and the like.  I don't
hear them talked much about these days, though.

The low number of sitcoms is probably to make room to accommodate the latest
trend of reality shows; that, too, will pass.

Sitcoms are forever.

-Ken

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Message 3          Mon Oct 13, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 18:32 PDT

Replying to 'SARAH' in Category 10 Topic 2:

> So, they say that the sitcom is "going away".  The current prime time
> line-up certainly seems to support that theory.  According to a
statistic
> I saw (but I don't remember where) there were 23 new  sit-coms
introduced
> this season compared to 46 new sit-coms introduced for the 1983
season.
>
>
> Is this a permanent trend or merely another swing of the pendulum?
Will
> sit-coms come back?

Well, part of it is that there seems to be more interest in these
reality crap shows that are much much cheaper to produce. Eventually
they will go away and something else will take it's place.

I think eventually the sitcoms will make a come back, but it will be a
while.

Dain


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Message 4          Tue Oct 14, 2003
SARAH                        at 12:40 PDT


Ah, yes.  The lovely reality show genre.  (While I ridicule it, I also admit to
watching several of them. <g>)

The other thing that the absence of sit-coms has made room for are the
incredibly awesome dramas that are out there:

The West Wing, CSI, Without a Trace, others I'm sure....
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Message 5          Tue Oct 14, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:38 PDT

Yeah; there are some really good one-hour dramas now.

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 7          Sat Nov 01, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:54 PDT

James Brolin will star in "The Reagans", a CBS miniseries airing November 16th
and 18th.  More details at

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/31/reagans/index.html
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0383139/combined

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Message 8          Tue Nov 04, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:29 PDT

>>>James Brolin will star in "The Reagans", a CBS miniseries airing November
16th and 18th.  More details at

Not anymore.  CBS has pulled it after being slammed by people who disagree
with the negative tack the miniseries took.

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 9          Tue Nov 04, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:28 PDT

Sheppy,

I'd heard it was going to be edited, but you're right, now CBS has passed on
it entirely, handing it off to the Showtime network:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/04/cbs.reagans.ap/index.html

What do y'all think of a show being panned before it's even aired?

-Ken

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Message 10         Tue Nov 04, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:41 PDT


>>  What do y'all think of a show being panned before it's even aired?


Well, I hear a lot of people are screaming censorship, but frankly if CBS paid
for it, they have the right to say "we don't like how it goes".  Apparently
they asked for a love story and got a political agenda.  How accurate that is,
I don't know.

In my opinion, censorship would be if someone _else_ didn't _let_ the owners
(CBS) of the show run it.  CBS's decision is theirs to make.  Logically it
would be financially based.  If the-powers-that-be think they will lose money
by running it, they have the right to pull it.

Sarah

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Message 11         Wed Nov 05, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:07 PDT

>>>What do y'all think of a show being panned before it's even aired?

Well, the script was obtained by a number of people, and folks that
participated in making the film commented on it, and that's how all this
information got out.

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 12         Thu Nov 06, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 19:50 PDT


It seems that the movie will air on Showtime.  It seems kind of funny that
suddenly the TV networks would balk at being controversial suddenly.  It's TV,
no gospel.  They've slammed people for years and suddenly it's a big deal.

This country is way to wimpy about being offended anymore.
Of course it could have just sucked really badly:)

Dain
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Message 13         Tue Jan 27, 2004
BBAKER                       at 08:12 PDT

I think it was a bit embarrassing how slanted this movie turned out.  James
Brolin is Streisand's squeeze for crying out loud.  Would he do a sympathetic
potrayal?  I think not.

Reagan has alzhemirs very badly.  It would be like kicking a man while he is
down.

But yes, if they thought there would be big ratings it would have gone on CBS.
I think it must have been awful as well as insensitive.

Bruce Baker

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Message 14         Tue Jan 27, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:26 PDT

I watched a good portion of the thing on Showtime, and it was pretty dreadful.
Not just from the standpoint of making Reagan look bad, which it didn't as
much as I feared, but the thing was just bad.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 15         Tue Jan 27, 2004
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 20:46 PDT


I've yet to see a good made for TV movie.

I find it really odd that Reagan is both a villian and a hero to so many people
with few indifferent in the matter.  The political left and right tend to give
their favorites more leniency.

Being a politician used to be about a higher calling, it's now about the perks
and getting your business buddies tax breaks and laws passed to net them
billions.

There is a lot of trash to television..unfortunately politicians have become
ideal "candidates" for these types of movies.

We're in dire need of greatness, but I doubt TV would do a movie on that.  My
lifetime has been filled with crooks and snake oil salesmen sitting in the oval
office.

To bring this back to topic, I've noticed lately there is also a really strange
perception from both sides that the media leans the opposite way politically.
Everyone is conspiring against them.

The truth is out there...Good luck finding it..especially if you are looking
for it on television:)

Dain



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Message 16         Wed Jan 28, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:14 PDT

>>>I've yet to see a good made for TV movie.

Hm... I think I've seen one or two, but none come to mind.

I may be thinking of miniseries, of which there have been a couple that are
worthwhile.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 17         Wed Jan 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:26 PDT

I liked "In the Gloaming", starring Glenn Close, Bridget Fonda, and Whoopi
Goldberg, and directed by Christopher Reeve.  This HBO movie was released in
1997.

The 1993 film "To Dance with the White Dog", starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica
Tandy, was also touching.

-Ken

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Message 18         Thu Jan 29, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 08:28 PDT

Dain said:

> Being a politician used to be about a higher calling, it's now
> about the perks and getting your business buddies tax breaks
> and laws passed to net them billions.

I'm of the opinion that politics has always been used for greedy purposes by
greedy individuals.  I'm not so sure that it ever has been a "higher calling"
as much as the average citizen like you and I would like to believe that it
is.  Even the politicians that we revere the most have had their share of
warts.  And all of them have had political bills to pay.

> We're in dire need of greatness, but I doubt TV would do a movie
> on that.  My lifetime has been filled with crooks and snake oil
> salesmen sitting in the oval office.

I think that we have had some greatness, but being the humans that they are,
even presidents have their faults.  Some come to light while they're in
office, and some don't. But I'm sure that every one of them has had some trait
that would seem abhorent to _someone_.

> To bring this back to topic, I've noticed lately there is also
> a really strange perception from both sides that the media leans
> the opposite way politically. Everyone is conspiring against
> them.

The only thing the media cares about is selling advertising for the highest
figure they can, and due to the average prole's ...  errr, person's
fascination with violence, corruption, scandal and bad news, that's what the
media feeds them.   They will do their best to root out the negative side of
anything, because they know that's what sells to the average American (or
Brit, or German, or Australian, etc).

So, yes, the Media DOES conspire against both sides.  (But mostly they
conspire against the conservatives.   ;)

_________
  | homas

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Message 19         Thu Jan 29, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 08:28 PDT

Dain:  >>>I've yet to see a good made for TV movie.

Sheppy: >>Hm... I think I've seen one or two, but none come to mind.
> I may be thinking of miniseries, of which there have been a couple
> that are worthwhile.

I've always thought that the mini-series was the best thing that TV could ever
do.   There were a couple back in the 70's that I thought were good (Rich Man,
Poor Man, for instance).

Trying to turn a book into a movie ALWAYS suffers from "not enough time" to do
it right.  The mini-series alleviates that problem, and I've been very
surprised that they have not been more popular.


_________
  | homas

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Message 20         Thu Jan 29, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:20 PDT

>>>Trying to turn a book into a movie ALWAYS suffers from "not enough time" to
do it right.  The mini-series alleviates that problem, and I've been very
surprised that they have not been more popular.

I think that's an issue with people not wanting to make a multi-night
commitment to something.

To be honest, in this age of TiVo and VCRs, I'm surprised the mini-series
hasn't made a huge comeback; people's viewing schedule is so much more
flexible.

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 21         Fri Jan 30, 2004
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 18:27 PDT


I'm not sure I'd call HBO TV.  Since they aren't pushed by advertising per se.
Perhaps I'm being a bit harsh on TV.  I guess I don't watch enough anymore to
comment all that much.  I tend to spend most of my TV time on th e higher
number channels, HBO, Discovery, History, Wings, TechTV etc...

Dain
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Message 22         Mon Feb 02, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:40 PDT

I like a few sitcoms (a very few) and watch a number of network dramas, as
well as a couple of sci-fi series, but there's not tons of stuff that I watch.
I do watch the channels a friend of mine used to call the "Hitler & lizard"
channels quite a bit. :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 23         Tue Sep 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:15 PDT

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Posted: 1:15 PM EDT (1715 GMT)

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nevada (Reuters) -- A great symbol of the rugged old West, or
at least as it was portrayed by Hollywood, is riding off into the sunset.

The Ponderosa Ranch, an American West theme park where the television show
"Bonanza" was filmed, closed Sunday after its sale to a financier whose plans
for the property are unclear. The show, which ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973,
was the top-rated U.S. program in the mid-1960s.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/09/28/ponderosa.reut/index.html>

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Message 24         Sat Jan 29, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:55 PDT

In November, several ABC stations refused to air "Saving Private Ryan" for
fear of fines by the FCC.  Though the movie had previously been shown without
negative repercussions, that was before the Janet Jackson "wardrobe
malfunction" at Superbowl 2004.

Many stations are taking a conservative approach to avoid potential fines,
such as Fox, which blurred out an animated baby's rear end - even though the
same show was shown without incident five years ago.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/26/apontv.the.jitters.ap/index.html

What do you all think of this?  Are stations being too conservative?  Or is
the FCC?  The trend tends to be to allow more on television than we once did,
but now we seem to be backpedaling.  How effective or necessary is this?

-Ken

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Message 25         Sat Jan 29, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:28 PDT

I think the FCC and network television need to get over it; none of this stuff
is that big a deal.

In particular, "Saving Private Ryan" is an important film with a social value
that transcends any concerns about what's appropriate, as is "Schindler's
List," which the same people also complained about when NBC aired it uncut a
few years ago.  The language and visual impact of the film is an important part
of the storytelling in each of these films, and to strip them out lessens the
film in substantial ways.

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Message 26         Mon Jun 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:23 PDT

Following up on an uptopic discussion, the short film "Fast Forward" depicts a
television cameraman whose monitor displays Reagan being shot - five minutes
before it happens:

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2460056

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Message 27         Wed Jun 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:42 PDT

The American Film Institute has whittled down an original list of 400
nominations to 100, and will present the 100 best movie quotes in a television
special to be aired this coming Tuesday:

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx

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Message 28         Fri Aug 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:45 PDT

HBO series "Six Feet Under" has its fifth-season and series finale this Sunday:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/19/tv.sixfeetunder.finale.ap/index.html

I've never seen the show, but have heard good things about it.  Anyone else?
Maybe it'll be worth catching on DVD; the first four seasons are already
available in that medium.

-Ken

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Message 29         Sun Aug 21, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:01 PDT

I saw one episode one time, and didn't get it, but that may be from not knowing
the characters and whatever ongoing story there may have been.

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Message 30         Mon Aug 22, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 08:32 PDT


Isn't the premise of that show that the family is still interacting (?) with /
being guided by the ghost of their dead mother?

_________
  | homas

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Message 31         Mon Aug 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:51 PDT

Not sure about that, Thomas.  Here is the plot description from imdb.com:

A drama series that takes a darkly comical look at members of a dysfunctional
Pasadena family that runs an independent funeral home. With the prodigal elder
son (Peter Krause) returning home for the holidays to shattering news, the
family must learn to deal with a death of their own, while figuring out how to
go ahead with the business of the living. A funny and emotional look at a
grieving American family...that just happens to be in the grief management
business.

Could the show you're thinking of be "Desperate Housewives", Thomas, wherein
"Out of nowhere, suburban housewife Mary Alice Young takes her own life, then
narrates the events that follow for us"?

-Ken

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Message 32         Tue Aug 23, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 08:20 PDT


> Could the show you're thinking of be "Desperate Housewives", Thomas,
> wherein "Out of nowhere, suburban housewife Mary Alice Young takes her
> own life, then narrates the events that follow for us"?

No, we're actually regular watchers of Desperate Housewives (can't wait for the
new season to start).

I just thought that the other show had a similar premise.  I guess I was wrong.
:)

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Message 33         Tue Aug 23, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:27 PDT

Thomas,

Oops - now that you mention it, I remember you were the one who told me the
premise of "Desperate Housewives" last time I saw you. :)

Seems we're both having a hard time guessing what shows we've never seen are
about!

-Ken

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Message 34         Tue Aug 23, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:14 PDT

Take a look at new series premiering this fall:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/22/apontv.bestfallshows.ap/index.html

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Message 35         Wed Aug 24, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 05:57 PDT

Wow, sounds mostly like junk, although I'm a sucker for stories involving
interesting tricks with time, so I'll probably check out "Reunion." :D

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Message 36         Wed Nov 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:16 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Page Kennedy, who plays a fugitive from the
law on "Desperate Housewives," was fired from the hit ABC drama for improper
conduct, a series spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/08/tv.desperatehousewives.ap/index.html

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Message 37         Sun Nov 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:53 PDT

A new reality TV show is aiming to pull off the biggest hoax in TV history -
by persuading a group of Britons that they have been blasted into space

The new Channel 4 series Space Cadets has been under wraps since the idea
first came about 18-months ago.

Nine people will be told they are set to visit the final frontier as space
tourists and that in preparation they will undergo intensive training in
Russia courtesy of the Space Tourism Agency of Russia, but in reality the
groups will be "trained" for space in a disused airbase in a secret location
in the UK.

Unbeknown to them, their shuttle will be a Hollywood creation, made
originally for the film Space Cowboys.

Story continues at
http://www.thisislondon.com/showbiz/articles/20930127?source=PA&ct=5

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Message 38         Fri Dec 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:31 PDT

Return to "Knots Landing" in tonight's reunion episode:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/02/tv.knotslandingreunio.ap/index.html

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Message 39         Tue Dec 06, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:44 PDT

From <http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/12/20051206070755.shtml>:

Apple has greatly expanded the iTunes Music Store this morning to include a
number of new television show content.

Apple originally launched the video/television portion of their iTunes Store
with limited content -- including only three ABC shows, and two Disney shows.

Today, Apple has launched with a number of new NBC, Sci Fi and USA shows
including:

NBC: Law and Order, The Office, Surface, The Tonight Show, Late Night with
Conan O'Brien, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dragnet, Adam-12, Knight Rider
Sci Fi: Battlestar Galactica, Battlestar Galactica Miniseries
USA: Monk

Most episodes remains $1.99 per episode, and some of the shows offered are
"vintage" episodes of older television shows (Knight Rider, Adam-12, Dragnet,
Alfred Hitchcock). (A few "special" episodes are priced at $9.99 per
episode.)

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Message 40         Tue Jan 17, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:15 PDT

PASADENA, California (AP) -- The Camden family is disappearing from television
in May strictly for financial reasons: the WB's top executive said Sunday that
the network is losing $16 million this year on "7th Heaven."

The family drama, the most popular program in the network's history, will end
its run after 10 years. The decision seems irreversible despite an Internet
campaign to save it, even though "7th Heaven" is still the WB's second
highest-rated show after "Gilmore Girls." (The WB, like CNN, is a division of
Time Warner.)

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/17/tv.7th.heaven.ap/index.html

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Message 41         Fri Jan 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:54 PDT

These folk are pushing for a second season of "Firefly", the TV series that
was the basis for the movie "Serenity":

http://www.fireflyseason2.com/index.asp

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Message 42         Sun Mar 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:36 PDT

Previously, only a "best of" box set of "The Incredible Hulk" TV series was
available on DVD.  It looks like full season box sets will begin being
released this July:

http://www.kennethjohnson.us/HulkBox.html

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Message 43         Tue Apr 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:55 PDT

One of my favorite anthology-type shows from my youth is finally coming to DVD:
look for the first season of Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories" on July 18th!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5494
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5498

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Message 44         Tue Apr 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:47 PDT

"Commander in Chief", starring Geena Davis, may not be back for a second
season:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/24/television.commander.reut/index.html

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Message 45         Tue May 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:37 PDT

Touting Fox as the number one network for young adults and teens, Apple has
added the Fox shows 24, Prison Break, Unan1mous, and Stacked to the iTunes
Store, as well as first seasons of so-called "classic" shows Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Firefly, and Lost in Space.

Apple negotiations with Fox were reported last December.

Episodes are available for $1.99 each.

Story courtesy <http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/05/20060509024902.shtml>

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Message 46         Thu May 11, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:21 PDT

The timing on this was perfect for me -- we missed the 1 AM to 2 AM episode a
couple of weeks ago, and had been piling up later episodes waiting to see that
one we missed. :)

Now I'm all caught up.  Man, things are heating up on "24" :)

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Message 47         Tue May 16, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:17 PDT

I'm disappointed that "Conviction" has been canceled.  I enjoyed it.

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 48         Wed May 17, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:53 PDT

ABC is making some changes to its lineup, including the cancellation of
"Commander-in-Chief":

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/16/new.season.ap/index.html

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Message 49         Sun Jul 16, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:57 PDT

Read about the challenges - and solutions the studios are encountering in
getting "The Wonder Years" on DVD:

http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_4033777

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Message 51         Wed Jul 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:57 PDT

A television series based on the DC superhero "Aquaman" was not picked up, but
the pilot is available for download on the iTMS:

http://www.dc-kingdom.com/index.php?categoryid=30&p2_articleid=34

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Message 52         Tue Aug 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:24 PDT

The S.S. Minnow is for sale:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/28/gilligan.boat.ap/index.html

See also the Gilligan's Island web site:

http://gilligansisle.com/

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Message 53         Thu Sep 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:49 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Mel Brooks is developing an
animated TV series based on his comedy feature "Spaceballs."

Like the 1987 movie, which parodied well-known science-fiction movies,
"Spaceballs: The Animated Series" will spoof current blockbusters as well as
every genre of entertainment from movies and reality TV to culture and
politics.

It is set to debut on cable network G4 in fall 2007. Production has already
started on an initial batch of 13 episodes.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/21/television.brooks.reut/index.html

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Message 54         Tue Oct 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:47 PDT

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Parents now have science to back them up when they
say, "Turn off the TV. It's a school night."

Middle school students who watch TV or play video games during the week do
worse in school, a new study finds, but weekend viewing and gaming doesn't
affect school performance much.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/10/02/tv.academics.ap/index.html

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Message 55         Tue Oct 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:45 PDT

DVD isn't the only place where old sitcoms are finding new life.  Many of them
are also being remade - from scratch - in Russian:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/03/television.russia.reut/index.html

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Message 56         Wed Nov 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:29 PDT

Finally!  Linda Hamilton's "Beauty and the Beast" comes to DVD on February
13th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6560

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Topic 3         Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 13:12 PST
Sub: Commercials

Television advertisements.

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Message 1          Tue Oct 14, 2003
SARAH                        at 12:58 PDT


Has anyone seen the Quizno's commercials with the guy that was raised by
wolves?

::shudder::  Those things give me the serious heeby-jeebies!!!
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Message 2          Tue Oct 14, 2003
CARLK [CarlK]                at 20:16 PDT

Replying to 'SARAH' in Category 10 Topic 3:

> Has anyone seen the Quizno's commercials with the guy that was raised
by
> wolves?
>
>
> ::shudder::  Those things give me the serious heeby-jeebies!!!

Quizno's has a long history of horrible commercials.

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Message 3          Mon Feb 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:36 PDT

I use to love the site adcritic.com, and would download several humorous
commercials from its archives.  The site's been under new management for some
years now, though, and appears to be accessible by subscription only.

I'm certainly not going to sit through the Super Bowl just for the
commercials. :)  Can anyone recommend a site from which to download them?

-Ken

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Message 4          Mon Feb 02, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:41 PDT

AdCritic now pays license fees to distribute the commercials; it's required
since they got sued into shutting down a couple years ago.

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 5          Mon Feb 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:27 PDT

Ah - I wasn't aware of the legal background behind adcritic's change of
status.  Thanks for the information.

-Ken

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Message 6          Tue Feb 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:02 PDT

Speaking of the Super Bowl - any good commercials?

CNN.com reports that "TiVo's top two commercials, based on user behavior, are
both from Bud Light: a romantic sleigh ride interrupted by a flatulent horse
and a sharp-toothed dog demonstrating his unusual way of scoring a beer for
his master."

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Message 7          Mon Feb 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:50 PDT

Anyone have any favorite Super Bowl commercials?  Most of them are online here:

http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/

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Message 8          Sun Mar 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:32 PDT

To advertise Wrestlemania 21, several wrestlers are starring in spoofs of a
variety of famous Hollywood films, such as "Pulp Fiction", "Braveheart", and
"Forrest Gump", in the commercials at this URL:

http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania21/trailers.jsp

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Topic 4         Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 13:13 PST
Sub: Snacks

What to get during the commercials, and eat during the show.

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Message 1          Sat Sep 20, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:36 PDT

Popcorn seems rather cliche to me.  It takes too long to make during a
commercial, and all the salt and butter just make a mess.

What's your favorite TV snack?

-Ken

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Message 2          Sun Sep 21, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:10 PDT

>>>Popcorn seems rather cliche to me.  It takes too long to make during a
commercial, and all the salt and butter just make a mess.

Well, I love popcorn, but wish they could get rid of the bits that stick
between your teeth. :)

Microwave popcorn only takes 4 minutes to make and is perfectly acceptable.

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 3          Wed Sep 24, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 20:25 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 10 Topic 3:

> Popcorn seems rather cliche to me.  It takes too long to make during a
> commercial, and all the salt and butter just make a mess.
>
> What's your favorite TV snack?

My favorite TV snack is actually a good bowl of Ice Cream or a bowl of
cereal.  Not really snacks....still good though:)

Dain Neater


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Message 4          Wed Sep 24, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:27 PDT

>>>My favorite TV snack is actually a good bowl of Ice Cream or a bowl of
cereal.

Mmm... ice cream.

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Topic 6         Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 13:13 PST
Sub: Awards

Nominations and awards for television shows.

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Message 1          Mon Dec 12, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:27 PDT

The AFI has announced their top ten shows of the year:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/11/afi.awards.reut/index.html
http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards05/default.aspx

The shows are as follows (in alphabetical order):

24
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
DEADWOOD
GREY'S ANATOMY
HOUSE
LOST
RESCUE ME
SLEEPER CELL
SOMETIMES IN APRIL
VERONICA MARS

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Message 2          Mon Dec 12, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:00 PDT

>24
>BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

I can get on board with those two for sure.

I'm fairly sure I would like Lost but haven't really seen much of it, just the
pilot, which I bought from the iTunes store.

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Message 3          Mon Jun 05, 2006
BBAKER                       at 08:52 PDT

Veronica Mars is on my short list of shows I watch on TV.  Good plots.

And Seventh Heaven is back unfortunately, booting Everwood, which was a pretty
good show.

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Message 4          Thu Jul 06, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:21 PDT

Read about this year's Emmy nominees:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/06/emmy.nominations/index.html

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Message 5          Mon Aug 28, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:33 PDT

The television Emmy awards were last night:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/27/emmys/index.html

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Topic 1         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:24 PST
Sub: 24

The action adventure series "24".

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Message 1          Thu Nov 08, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 11:07 PDT

Anyone else watch "24" this week?  I thought it was fantastic.  The first
episode takes place from midnight to 1 AM the day before the California
Presidential Primary, in real time.  Really a blast to watch, exciting and
fun.

I look forward to seeing more of this show.  The "Midnight-1:00 AM" episode is
being rerun Friday night; if you missed it, check it out!

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 2          Thu Nov 08, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:18 PDT

Wasn't the pilot episode of this show canned after the WTC attacks?

-Ken

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Message 3          Thu Nov 08, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 15:05 PDT

>>>Wasn't the pilot episode of this show canned after the WTC attacks?

No.  They took a "wait and see" attitude since the premiere wasn't scheduled
until nearly two months after the attacks.  They might have edited a bit; the
plane that blows up does so off-camera, albeit only barely.

A really fun and exciting show, IMHO.  I recommend giving it a try.  It's
fascinating to watch these people multitasking in real time.

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 4          Thu Nov 08, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:00 PDT

Sheppy,

> They might have edited a bit; the plane that blows up does so off-camera,
> albeit only barely.

Thanks; I didn't know that.  I'm glad they didn't have to air a later episode
as the pilot, as they'd originally intended after Sep 11.  I imagine that
would've caused quite a disruption in the show's plot development.

I think I'd read the plane explosion was blamed on Osama bin Laden, and that
reference caused the pilot to originally be pulled.  Do you know if that
reference was edited or aired?

-Ken

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Message 5          Thu Nov 08, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 21:58 PDT

>>>I think I'd read the plane explosion was blamed on Osama bin Laden, and
that reference caused the pilot to originally be pulled.  Do you know if that
reference was edited or aired?

There's no such reference.  There is some sort of what *appears* to be a
domestic plot to assassinate an African-American candidate for President,
involving a foreign assassin hired by domestic terrorists.  But so far, most
of the information we have comes from less than reliable sources. :)

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 6          Wed Nov 14, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 15:16 PDT

This show continues to impress me.  It's very exciting and really keeps you
engrossed.  The story has already had some interesting plot twists, and it's
only 2:00 AM on the day of the California Presidential Primary. :)

Sheppy
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Message 7          Wed Nov 21, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 15:36 PDT

The story continues to get more fascinating.  :)

Anyone else keeping up with "24?"

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 8          Thu Nov 22, 2001
A2.RYAN                      at 19:02 PDT

I feel like my life is 24, the social work version.

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Message 9          Wed Nov 28, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 07:03 PDT

Things continue to heat up on 24.

I'm poking around the show's web site now.  Very cool. :)

http://www.fox.com/24/home.html

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 10         Fri Nov 30, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 08:07 PDT

Argh, I hate this time of the TV season.  I don't want to wait two weeks for
another new episode.  This show rocks!

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Message 11         Wed Dec 12, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 15:41 PDT

Arrgh, this show is so captivating, and once a week just sucks. :)

I wonder where Kim is now.

I'm also curious how they'll handle sunrise, which is coming up either next
episode or the one following it (either in the 5 AM to 6 AM or the 6 AM to 7
AM episode).  It'd be tricky filming an episode that occurs during the
transition from dark to daylight.

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Message 12         Tue Feb 05, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:52 PDT

This show is so cool; tonight's episode just opened up whole new worlds of
complexity. :)

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 13         Sun Feb 17, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:05 PDT

It seems that in "24", the bad guys use PCs and the good guys use Macs.

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50441,00.html

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Message 14         Sun Feb 17, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:01 PDT

Hehe... I don't know that's totally true.  There are a good number of Macs
though; iBooks especially.  But the CIA doesn't use too many, that I noticed.
:)

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Message 15         Tue Feb 19, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:36 PDT

Things continue to heat up, with Kim and Teri now taking matters into their
own hands and making what appears to be the beginnings of an attempt to
escape, and Jack now in possession of "Alan York."  The next episode marks the
halfway point -- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

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Message 16         Wed Feb 20, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:08 PDT

And we reached noon.  Very exciting.  I won't go into any details in case
someone here is watching the encore episode late in the week, but it's a big
one. :)

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Message 17         Wed Mar 06, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:15 PDT

Well, the hits keep on coming.

Is anyone here other than me watching this show? :)

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Message 18         Wed Mar 20, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:16 PDT

Ugh.  I can't believe they're using the tired amnesia cliche.  I'm
disappointed by that move.

Otherwise, things are really fascinating, what with the senator's son getting
involed in things he doesn't understand and the whole Palmer-Bauer
unification.

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Message 19         Thu Apr 04, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:51 PDT

Wow.  The CIA is having a lot of bad luck with suspects getting badly hurt. :)

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Message 20         Wed Apr 10, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:05 PDT

Fox is apparently going for major security as it prepares to film the season
finale of 24.  Sounds exciting. :)

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Message 21         Mon Apr 22, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:55 PDT

As of the end of last week's episode, it's now 9 PM.  Things are coming to a
head, with the discovery that Victor Drazen is alive and in US custody and the
realization that there's more at stake than previously believed.

Just three hours left. :)

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Message 22         Wed Apr 24, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:16 PDT

Well!  Three hours to go (it's now 9 PM) and how the heck did the bad guys
know where Kim was to grab her again?  And how is Jack going to get out of the
mess he's in now?

This thing is building up a full head of steam now, gearing up for the big
finish.

Next new episode is in two weeks.  Stay tuned. :)

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Message 23         Tue May 07, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:23 PDT

New episode of "24" tonight.  I'm all excited. :)

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Message 24         Mon May 13, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:08 PDT

Two hours to go... tomorrow we'll see 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM.  Very exciting!
Jack's in a tough spot and Kim is back in the hands of the terrorists.  And
the Senator's wife continues to be up to no good.

And of course, someone at CTU is still on the wrong side.  Who?  Stay tuned.
:)

I can't believe this show is "on the bubble."  It rocks. :)

I also can't believe more people I hang out with don't watch it.  It totally
rocks. :)

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Message 25         Wed May 15, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:39 PDT

Oh my goodness!  What a twist!  The traitor is revealed and my wife guessed
right but I had refused to accept it until now.  Wow! :)

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Message 26         Tue May 21, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:06 PDT

Season finale is tonight!  11:00 PM to 12:00 AM!  Should be very exciting, now
that we know Nina is the traitor.

And 24 has been renewed for next season, despite its surprisingly low ratings
this year.

I'm curious why more people aren't watching it.

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Message 27         Tue May 21, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:40 PDT

*** Warning; in my excitement, I'm giving away the ending, so stop now if you
have the season finale of "24" taped. :)








         (this space intentionally blank)













Holy cow!  What a finale!  The senator is alive, his wife is on the street
(she deserves it, scheming fiend), Kim Bauer is safe, Nina Myers a.k.a. Yalena
is in custody, Jack is fine aside from a minor bullet wound... but Nina had
time to execute Teri Bauer before she was captured.  Wow, how unexpected is
that!?

I sure hope they put this on DVD; it would be awesome for marathon TV
watching. :)

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Message 28         Wed May 22, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:10 PDT

Of course, the Nina thing now provides an opening for next season.  She didn't
work for the Drazens, she said.  Who did she work for and why?  If she was
talking to someone in Germany, in German, why was she helping out the Serbian
Drazens?

Hmmm.

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Message 29         Tue Aug 27, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:12 PDT

Season two premieres on Tuesday, October 29.  Long way off yet.  I can't wait.

I've heard a rumor that season 1 is coming on DVD later in the fall.  I can't
wait for that either. :)

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Message 30         Wed Aug 28, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:33 PDT

And I confirmed it; "24" comes to DVD in October.  I ordered it from
Amazon.com last night. :)

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Message 31         Wed Aug 28, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:17 PDT

Sheppy,

The release date I have for "24" is September 17th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&amp;tmpCart=19180

Amazon.com's price of $45 is near the lowest you'll find.

-Ken

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Message 32         Tue Sep 03, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:04 PDT

FX ran a "24" marathon yesterday; starting at midnight, they ran every episode
of "24"s first season, straight through, in real-time.  How sweet.  I wish I'd
known about it in advance.  I didn't find out about it until about 6 PM. :)

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Message 33         Thu May 22, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:25 PDT

So... 24 is over for the season.  Anyone else watching it and looking forward
to next season?  Unlike last year, this year ended with the story actually
continuing on for next season, although at a good breaking point.  Things are
definitely looking bad for the USA right now, in the story.

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Message 34         Thu May 22, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:05 PDT

Did the second season of 24 pick up at the hour the first season ended?  It
sounds like this is how the third season is continuing from the second.

Won't that make it hard for third-season newcomers to follow?

-Ken

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Message 35         Fri May 23, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:42 PDT

>>>Did the second season of 24 pick up at the hour the first season ended?  It
sounds like this is how the third season is continuing from the second.

No; the second season begins a little over a year after the first ended and
covers a totally different terrorist incursion.

>>>Won't that make it hard for third-season newcomers to follow?

I don't think so.  The breaking point is a good one; the second season deals
with a plot to detonate a nuke in Los Angeles, and uncovers deeper
conspiracies beneath it.  The season ends with that story wrapped up, but some
newly-discovered members of yet another, deeper, layer of the conspiracy
(literally discovered in the season finale) beginning a new plot to try to
achieve their goals.

The next season should be able to pick up very cleanly where this one left
off.  My only concern is that if it starts at 8 AM the day this season ended
(ie, no break in time), Jack Bauer is going to be useless, because he was dead
for a few minutes this episode and his heart is not cooperating.  But given
the events of the last minute or so of the season finale, I think they'll have
no choice but to pick up at that moment next season.

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Message 36         Wed Jul 09, 2003
MARK [Apprentice]            at 09:22 PDT

Sheppy,

You'll be happy to know that you are not the only one who enjoyed this
series.  Last night my wife and I concluded watching the 1st season DVD
set.  What a cool series for TV.  I only wish that it was available on a
TV station that I subscribe to here.

I am in eager anticipation for the 2nd season DVD box set.

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Message 37         Wed Jul 09, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:25 PDT

>>>I am in eager anticipation for the 2nd season DVD box set.

Season two is due out on DVD on September 23. :)

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Message 38         Wed Jul 09, 2003
MARK [Apprentice]            at 21:05 PDT

Replying to 'Sheppy' in Category 50 Topic 4:

>|>>I am in eager anticipation for the 2nd season DVD box set.
>
> Season two is due out on DVD on September 23. :)

Cool. :)

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Message 39         Tue Sep 09, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:22 PDT

There's a preview of season 3 available at:

http://www.fox.com/24sweepstakes/preview_hi.htm

I'm a little confused.  Last season ended with the president being struck down
by some kind of chemical or biological weapon, but that seems not to have
happened this season.  In fact, this season looks like it takes place some
time later.  I'm not sure what they're doing with that.

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Message 40         Tue Oct 28, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:41 PDT

Holy cow!  Tonight's premiere was really good.  The last two minutes were a
very unexpected twist.  Wow.  Jack's got all kinds of new demons. :)

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Message 41         Tue Nov 04, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:42 PDT


This season is looking to be much better than last season!

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Message 42         Wed Nov 05, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:07 PDT

>>>This season is looking to be much better than last season!

Agreed; so far, so good.

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Message 43         Tue Apr 20, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:31 PDT

This season of "24" is definitely better than last year.  I didn't actually
think Jack would kill Chappelle.  And it was nice to see Kim not screw up in
tonight's episode. :)

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Message 44         Thu Apr 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:19 PDT

A one-shot comic book based on the teleivision series "24" will be released
soon:

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/4766.html

"24: One Shot" derives its name not from its stand-alone nature, but from the
fact that the main character will have only one bullet left in his gun for each
of the book's 48 pages, each representing a half-hour.

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Message 45         Wed May 26, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:14 PDT

Well!  That season finale was good.  Between what Jack had to do to Chase to
get the last vial of the virus to a safe place and his charged emotions
afterward, it was quite a ride.

I look forward to next season... except it won't start until January.  Ack!

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Message 46         Mon Jul 26, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 03:34 PDT


Well.

We were playing cards at a friend's house on Saturday, and the subject of TV
shows came up, and we discussed "24."   I said how I'd heard such great things
about it, (from here) but had never seen  a single episode.

The guy ran out of the room suddenly, and I thought I'd perhaps made a faux
pas, or something.  He rushes back in, and hands me the first 2 seasons on DVD!

So last night, Jeannie and I got through 3 hours of it.  I must admit, it is an
engrossing show, but I would hate to watch it any other way than on DVD.   The
thought of having all those commercials in the middle would drive me nuts.  Not
to mention - what if you missed a week?!?!?  And it's nice to be able to watch
4 hour-long episodes in 3 hours. :)

Now, however, we're debating on our viewing schedule. We do want to finish it
before Labor Day so that we can get our friend his DVDs back, so we'll probably
try to do 3-4 episodes / night over the next week or so (for the first season).
The thing is, the show is so edge-of-your-seat that it's tough to go to bed and
sleep right after watching it, so we need to follow it with "The Golden Girls"
or something like it. :)

Through a supreme act of self-will, I was able to skip over reading the
end-of-season spoiler posted uptopic. :)

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Message 47         Wed Jul 28, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:19 PDT

Woohoo!  Another "24" convert. ;)

It's actually helpful to have the commercials, to keep yourself from falling
off your seat sitting on the edge of it. :)

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Message 48         Thu Jul 29, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 08:35 PDT


> It's actually helpful to have the commercials, to keep yourself from
> falling off your seat sitting on the edge of it. :)

Hehe, sometimes it does have me literally at the edge of my seat, but no
thanks, I'll pass on the commercials.  The 3 second pause they put in there is
enough time to re-compose myself.  And if I need a longer break, I just hit
"pause".

One thing I find very annoying, and I don't know if this was true of the
broadcast version, is the music.  Often in the scene transitions, the volume of
the "exciting" music gets to deafening levels. We have to sit with the remote,
and turn down the volume during the music portions, and then turn it up when
the characters start to speak again.

Last night we got through noon of season 1.

That's the other advantage of the DVD version:  If you really really can't wait
to see the next show, you can!

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Message 49         Sat Jul 31, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:22 PDT

I haven't noticed that about the sound, but I don't pay much attention to that
kind of thing.

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Message 50         Wed Aug 04, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 08:54 PDT

Possible spoiler, in case there is anyone else in the world like me that hasn't
seen Season One of '24'...















Well, my wife and I finished Season One last night.  I was a bit disappointed
at the lack of any kind of denouement regarding the Nina situation.   I had
overheard that she was a bad guy, and I was actually looking for any clues
about that as I watched the series.  I saw none.

Sheppy said uptopic (a couple years ago):

> Of course, the Nina thing now provides an opening for
> next season.  She didn't work for the Drazens, she said.
> Who did she work for and why?  If she was talking to
> someone in Germany, in German, why was she helping out
> the Serbian Drazens?

My question exactly, and if she wasn't working FOR the Drazens, she was at
least working WITH them... why did the Drazens order Jack to kill her?  Oh, but
it wasn't them, it was the other guy that did that, wasn't it?

In any case, there were a whole lot of questions left unanswered, which I hope
will be answered in the next season.

If they ARE answered in season 2, please don't tell me here. :)   Speculation
and comment are welcome, of course.

We're going to take a couple weeks off before starting the second season.  It's
too intense a TV watching experience to continue at this point.  We can't seem
to get anything else done.  :)

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Message 51         Wed Aug 04, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:53 PDT

Enjoy the spoilers:














Season 2 of "24" wasn't as good as the first season, and Nina's role isn't very
substantial, but you do get a little idea what her character is about.

Season 3 was better than season 2, but season 1 remains the best of them.

I think there was an intentional degree of mystery around Nina.  She seems to
be a sleeper, who's gotten very good at hiding her true nature.

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Message 52         Wed Aug 18, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 07:26 PDT


We've started watching Season Two, now, and I'm beginning to wonder if we
should move this topic into the "Fantasy" category.   Though they say
everything is happening in "Real Time" I'd say they're playing pretty fast and
loose with driving times, unless they've got "beaming" technology.  :)

Also, I'm surprised that women's groups haven't protested this show on the
grounds that it makes all women look stupid.  I mean, just about every woman
character on the show does incredibly stupid things, especially Jack's
daughter, (a COMPLETE ninny, whose EVERY decision is wrong) but also the
wedding sisters and right on up to the President's assistant.

And the bit about George Mason's exposure to Plutonium:  First of all, he got
his information from what?  A paramedic?  in the field?  I can't see how he
could say with such certainty that George only had a week to live, since the
health effects of inhaling plutinium are the increased chance of cancer later
on.

Anyway, it's still an exciting show, keeping us on the edge of our seats, but
it's really stretching the old "suspension of disbelief."   :)

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Message 53         Thu Aug 19, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:21 PDT

Well, Season Two has its flaws, but it's not as bad as that.

Mason got irradiated enough that he's suffering from radiation sickness rather
than from the lung cancer that is caused by inhaling plutonium.  If you get
enough radiation, it's pretty easy to tell you're going to die in a hurry. :)

The women in season two do a lot of dumb things, but Michelle will turn around
and be pretty good by the end of the year, and she'll be pretty top notch for
Season Three.

Also, Kate Warner will turn out to be smarter than you think by the end of the
season, as will her sister Marie.

Things take some unexpected turns that will help clear things up.

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Message 54         Fri Aug 20, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:39 PDT


That's good to hear.  :)  I just hope my friends go out and buy the Season when
it is released on DVD so I can see that one too.  :)

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Message 55         Wed Sep 01, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:26 PDT


We finished watching season 2 last night, and I must admit, things picked up at
the end, though they were still playing pretty fast and loose with travel
times.  I was disappointed that the president let the VP stay on.  The cabinet
members made sense, but he should have accepted the VP's resignation.

Anyway, we're looking forward to the 3rd season coming out on DVD  :)  If it
comes out before Season 4 starts airing, (which I doubt will happen) we might
even catch  up to the show.

(Hmm, I suppose we could start taping season 4 WITHOUT watching it, but that
would ba a major pain.)

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Message 56         Sat Sep 04, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:18 PDT

Season 4 isn't starting until January -- they're going to run all 24 hours
straight through week after week until the season ends, with some two-hour
episodes.

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Message 57         Tue Sep 07, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 08:12 PDT


I assume you mean they won't be following the recent abhorent practice of
sticking repeats in the middle of the season before they're finished with the
new shows.

That's good, because that show, of any I've seen, really needs to be seen
exactly in order.

Any chance of Season 3 coming out on DVD before Season 4 shows?

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Message 58         Tue Sep 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:55 PDT

Thomas,

Season 3 of "24" releases on DVD on December 7th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=3997
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-Ken

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Message 59         Wed Sep 08, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:42 PDT


Well, maybe we'll catch up after all  :)

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Message 60         Wed Sep 08, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:53 PDT


I took a look at the DVD set Ken mentioned.

It listed several  "branched deleted scenes."

How are "branched" deleted scenes different than normal deleted scenes?  Does
that mean that they were scenes that would have branched the storyline into a
different direction, (such as the alternative happy ending of the 1st season)
or simply that they were "pruned" like a branch to save time?

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Message 61         Wed Sep 08, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:03 PDT

Well, "24" has never run repeats during the season, but it would go on hiatus
in favor of other stuff from time to time.

Season 4 won't skip any weeks at all -- it will air an episode of 1-to-2 hours
every week.  I'm really looking forward to it.

As for "branched deleted scenes", I think that means you can watch episodes
with the option of viewing them with the deleted scenes inserted back where
they were deleted from, but I'm not sure.

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Message 62         Fri Sep 10, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:27 PDT

The Season 3 DVD will also containe a 10-minute 'mini-episode' preview of
Season 4:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2187&Nav=yes

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Message 63         Sun Jan 02, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:58 PDT

Season 4 of "24" premieres on January 8 with a two-hour episode, followed on
January 9 with a second two-hour episode.  I'm looking forward to a season of
"24" without any breaks. :)

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Message 64         Sat Jan 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:58 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Surprise is what makes "24" tick, and there
should be plenty of it as Jack Bauer embarks on a fourth season of saving the
world from terrorists.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/07/apontv.24.ap/index.html

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Message 65         Sun Jan 09, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:19 PDT

The first hour of "24" was tonight, and it was very good.  Lots of new faces,
and the body count stands at 43 so far. :)

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Message 66         Tue Jan 11, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:43 PDT

The first four hours of "24" were very good... I'm curious to see what the next
few layers of bad guys will look like.  Kinda looks like the first batch is
going down soon. :)

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Message 67         Sat Jan 29, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:30 PDT

I'm really enjoying this season of "24".  It's been better than season 2 by a
long shot; I haven't decided how it compares to season 3, which I generally
liked a lot.

It's exciting to know finally what was inside the briefcase stolen in the first
hour. :)

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Message 68         Tue Feb 08, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:25 PDT

Last night's episode of "24" was another good one.  Things are really moving
along.  I'm curious who's really at the bottom of things; it's starting to look
like this isn't actually a Muslim extremist group responsible for the attack.

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Message 69         Wed Feb 16, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 08:36 PDT

Re:  Message 43, this topic.

We just watched Season 3, 6AM-7AM.

Wow.  This episode was... profoundly disturbing.

On many levels.

I had a hard time getting to sleep last night, pondering the many ethical
dilemmas in this episode.

The thing with Chappelle was the worst.  First, it was a little hard to imagine
how a guy who had been portrayed for 3 seasons as a bureaucratic wanker could
suddenly become a world-class selfless hero, and given his past relationship
with Jack, I'm sure he would have looked for some confirmation from a higher
authority before accepting Jack's workd for it.

But at the end, when he couldn't do it himself, he actually could have made
Jack's life a little easier if he HAD run, knowing Jack would get him anyway.


And Michelle has been a rock, doing her job despite her own impending doom.

ugh.

Disturbing.  Very.

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Message 70         Wed Feb 23, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 10:45 PDT


Ok, we finished season 3 last night.   Good ending, I think.  I was
disappointed in Tony.  So Sad.  Michelle turns out to be studlier than her
husband.

One thing that bothered me, (other than the fact that they somehow made it from
the school to "in surgery" at the hospital in 4 minutes).

A "few hours" ago, people were making such a stink about having a baby in CTU,
where no uncleared people are supposed to be, and yet, in the last hour,
Guyal's wife is allowed to be there?  What's up with that?

All in all, not a bad season. The only thing we have left is the bonus DVD. Is
there anything worthwile on it?


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Message 71         Wed Feb 23, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:04 PDT

I haven't seen the bonus disc.  Season 4 has been better than season 3, so far.
 It's been very exciting, but there's been some character development with the
three or so characters that carried over from season 3.

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Message 72         Thu Mar 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:36 PDT

I usually reserve video game news for the Gamebits forum, but I thought I'd
mention here that a PlayStation 2 game based on the television series "24"
will be released in 2005:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/03/30/news_6121302.html

-Ken

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Message 73         Tue Apr 26, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:04 PDT

This week's "24" was another good one.  I got a kick out of seeing the
perpetually annoying (and pouty) Chloe get to kick a little butt. :)

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Message 74         Wed Jan 11, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:42 PDT

Woohoo!  Season 5 of "24" starts this Sunday! :)

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Message 75         Thu Jan 12, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 11:01 PDT


Woohoo!  Season 4 is in our netflix queue!  ;)

Before it gets here, I need to visit some TV site that synopsizes the first 3
seasons, so I can remember what happened when.  :)


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  | homas

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Message 76         Thu Jan 12, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:26 PDT

How many bad days can one guy have?? :)

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Message 77         Fri Jan 13, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:42 PDT

>>>How many bad days can one guy have?? :)

I dunno... I have had an awful lot of them.

Admittedly, not on a scale like Jack Bauer's.

Which reminds me... I still want one of those Jack Bauer Edition Ford
Explorers. :)

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Message 78         Fri Jan 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:19 PDT

Sheppy,

What makes a Ford Explorer a Jack Bauer edition?

-Ken

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Message 79         Mon Jan 16, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:37 PDT

>>>What makes a Ford Explorer a Jack Bauer edition?

GPS.  Gun safe in the back.  In-dash computer with scanner, fax machine, and
fingerprint analyzer.  That kind of thing. :)

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Message 80         Mon Jan 16, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:38 PDT

Anyone watch last night's 24 premiere?  Wow!  I can't believe they killed off
David Palmer!

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Message 81         Mon Jan 16, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:03 PDT

Sounds like a spoiler, Shep! :)

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Message 82         Mon Jan 16, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:13 PDT

D'oh :)

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Message 83         Tue Jan 24, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:48 PDT

This season of 24 may actually be even better than season 1, which is saying a
lot.  Wow!

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Message 84         Wed Jan 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:45 PDT

Here's an article about this week's episode:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1152249_3_0_,00.html

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Message 85         Fri Feb 17, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:17 PDT

Here's an article about the volatile first wife of "24':

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/16/apontv.jeansmart.ap/index.html

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Message 86         Fri Feb 17, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:38 PDT

Jean Smart does a great job playing Mrs. Logan.

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Message 87         Sat Feb 18, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:45 PDT

Man, this week's episode once again reminds me what a complete and total loser
President Logan is.  (We just got around to seeing it tonight).  Another great
one!

Can't wait to see next week's on Monday. :)

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Message 88         Mon Feb 20, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 11:23 PDT


We just started season 4.   :)

So far, after 4 episodes, it's not quite as "gripping" as previous seasons, and
it's almost a yawner to see Jack once again going out of his way to break all
the rules.  :)

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  | homas

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Message 89         Wed Feb 22, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:36 PDT

Season 4 was actually quite good, although certainly not as good as season 1.
And so far, Season 5 is looking even better than 4 (but still not as good as 1
-- that'd be hard to top).

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Message 90         Wed Mar 08, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:56 PDT

Holy cow, this week's episode was awesome!

The guys that write "24" sure don't have any qualms about killing off regular
characters. :)

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Message 91         Thu Mar 09, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 10:56 PDT


>  The guys that write "24" sure don't have any qualms about
> killing off regular characters. :)

That's one way of not letting your audience get complacent.

Thanks for NOT sharing who it is.  :)

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  | homas

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Message 92         Fri Mar 10, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:25 PDT

>>>Thanks for NOT sharing who it is.

I know we have folks watching this delayed a bit.

It was a great episode, and well done.

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Message 93         Mon Mar 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:22 PDT

Read about the PlayStation 2 video game based on the series "24":

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/03/13/24/index.html

An excerpt from the article (which contains spoilers for those who have not
seen the show's first two seasons, as the game is set between the second and
third seasons):

The game's plot cleverly addresses questions the show left unanswered,
including how Jack and Chase came to work together, who tried to kill
President Palmer, and perhaps the most perplexing question in "24" history:
how did the dim-witted Kim ever manage to wrangle a job at CTU?

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Message 94         Tue Mar 14, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 07:36 PDT


> and perhaps the most perplexing question in "24" history:
> how did the dim-witted Kim ever manage to wrangle a job at CTU?


LOL!

I've always wondered that myself.  :)  Even with her paternal endorsement, it
seemed to me that she demonstrated such astoundingly poor judgement that she
never should have gotten a job anywhere near the place.

_________
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Message 95         Tue May 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:54 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Hail to this chief!

Hail his cowardice and grandiosity, his toxic ambition and wishy-washy
principles. And be sure to pay tribute to that foppish way he cocks his head,
a pretense of authority that only reaffirms his self-doubt.

A commanding blend of scoundrel and boob, President Charles Logan bows to no
one in the annals of television villainy. Little wonder he enjoys a high
approval rating from "24" viewers, who delight in his depravity.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/08/apontv.badguy.prez.ap/index.html

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Message 96         Thu May 11, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:26 PDT

Charles Logan is increasingly proving to be an unstable and evil guy.
Something to see. :)

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Message 97         Wed Aug 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:12 PDT

Cool!  Dr. Bashir (or rather, the actor - Alexander Siddig) from "Deep Space
Nine" will be a villain in the next season of "24":

http://www.trektoday.com/news/100806_01.shtml

The sixth season kicks off in January 2007.

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Message 98         Sun Sep 17, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:39 PDT

Submit your own materials to be included on the "24" season 5 DVD set:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6412

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Message 99         Wed Sep 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:19 PDT

Read an interview with Alexander Siddig about his work on both DS9 and 24:

http://www.treknation.com/interviews/alexander_siddig_06.shtml

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Topic 2         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:24 PST
Sub: Alias

The television drama "Alias".

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Message 1          Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:36 PDT

Alias is available on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=4973

Season 1:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24846

Season 2:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=27124

Season 3:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32546

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Message 2          Wed Jun 07, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:04 PDT

I just started watching Alias this week on DVD, starting with the first disc of
season 1.  Not bad at all.  I can tell it's the kind of show I'd have stuck
with for the entire run if I'd actually seen the pilot when it first aired.

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Message 3          Wed Jun 07, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 09:59 PDT


> I just started watching Alias this week on DVD

Yeah, I was thinking of adding that to my Netflix queue, too.

_________
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Message 4          Tue Jun 13, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:25 PDT

I've watched the second disc of Alias's first season.  It continues to be good.
:)

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Message 5          Thu Jun 22, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:13 PDT

Watching the last disc of season 1 right now.  It's very good indeed.

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Topic 3         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:24 PST
Sub: Boomtown

"Boomtown".

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Message 1          Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:38 PDT

Boomtown is available on DVD:

http://tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=5994

Season 1:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=35391

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Topic 5         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:25 PST
Sub: CSI/CSI: Miami

"CSI" and "CSI: Miami".

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Message 1          Thu Sep 25, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:11 PDT

Tonight's CSI was pretty good.  I hate two-parters. :)

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Message 2          Sat Mar 20, 2004
MARK [Apprentice]            at 14:04 PDT

Anybody heard anything about a new CSI series for next season?  They
were mentioning CSI - New York on the radio here.

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Message 3          Sat Mar 20, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:52 PDT

TV Guide or something was mentioning a new CSI that is going to be called
either "CSI: New York" or "CSI: Manhattan."

I have concerns; CSI isn't working as well as a franchise as Law & Order has.

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Message 4          Wed Mar 24, 2004
MARK [Apprentice]            at 15:01 PDT

Replying to 'Sheppy' in Category 11 Topic 5:

> I have concerns; CSI isn't working as well as a franchise as Law &
Order
> has.

I'm not a big fan of CSI - Miami.  For one thing I can't stand the
character Horatio Caine as played by David Caruso.  That character just
grates a nerve.


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Message 5          Wed Mar 24, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:34 PDT

Horatio Caine is an obnoxious jerk, but that may only be because David Caruso
is an obnoxious jerk. :)

Emily Procter's character is kinda fun, but otherwise the show doesn't really
work well for me.

The original CSI is a great show though.

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Message 6          Sun Mar 28, 2004
MARK [Apprentice]            at 14:15 PDT

Replying to 'Sheppy' in Category 11 Topic 5:

> Emily Procter's character is kinda fun, but otherwise the show doesn't
> really work well for me.

Emily Proctor play a good character but I wish it wasn't such a cold
fish sort of characters.  She came to CSI - Miami from The West Wing
where she play a great reoccuring character.  I feel she was better
there but on CSI - Miami  she has a starring role.  So it goes ....

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Message 7          Thu Apr 01, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:07 PDT

I agree; she was much better on The West Wing.

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Message 8          Sun Apr 18, 2004
A2HISTORY                    at 16:32 PDT

Check out 645;1 Cat 2, Top 13, Msg 139. :-)

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Message 9          Fri May 20, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:07 PDT

Last night's CSI episode, the two-hour season finale, was I think without a
doubt the best episode of the show to date.  It was intense, the acting was
very good, and the crime was truly and genuinely diabolical.  Amazing!

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Message 10         Thu Nov 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:14 PDT

Video games get a bad rap in this pending episode of "CSI: Miami":

http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2005/11/22/csi_gamers/index_np.html

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Message 11         Mon Nov 28, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:04 PDT

It was a pretty screwy episode. :)

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Topic 7         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:25 PST
Sub: E.R.

The emergency room series "E.R."

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Message 1          Thu Sep 25, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:09 PDT

You know... ER has been going downhill for a while, but its decline has
accelerated since Anthony Edwards left.  Tonight's episode seemed so
directionless to me.  The plotlines have gotten so long and tedious that
individual episodes have no sense of direction and leave you feeling as if
nothing actually happened at the end.

They need to tighten up their stories or the show is dead.

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Message 2          Fri Oct 10, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:32 PDT

This week's episode, "Dear Abby," was the first in a good while that actually
felt like an episode of "ER".  Frankly, I liked the show better before they
got so deeply involved in the personal lives of the characters.

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Message 3          Sun Oct 12, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:22 PDT


Ya know, I am seriously getting over E.R.  I really used to love this show, bu
it's just getting tedious to watch.  I think maybe they should have just ended
the show when Anthony Edwards wanted to leave instead of killing him off.

This whole thing in the Conga, is it so that each cast member only has to work
half the time?  The "at work episodes" are for Noah Wiley to have a vacation
and the "Conga episodes" are for the rest of the cast to have a vacation.


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Message 4          Mon Oct 13, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 18:32 PDT

Replying to 'SARAH' in Category 11 Topic 7:

>  I think maybe they should have just ended the show when Anthony
Edwards
> wanted to leave instead of killing him off.

I lost interest in the show when Anthony Edwards left.  It really wasn't
a favorite anyhow.

Dain


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Message 5          Tue Oct 14, 2003
SARAH                        at 12:42 PDT


I can't recall an extended period of good or bad on this show.  It seems to be
good for a short while then bad for a short while.  Maybe that's what keeps the
fans holding on through the bad times -- they know it will get better.  I'm
afraid that it's in a longer bad streak now though.

On the other hand, how bad can a show be that has lasted 10 years?  :)
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Message 6          Tue Oct 14, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:39 PDT

ER was a great show for a long time, but it's lost steam as the original cast
dwindled away.

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Topic 9         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:26 PST
Sub: Dragnet/L.A. Dragnet

The classic series with Jack Webb, and also the modern remake.

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Message 1          Fri Mar 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:09 PDT

Look for the first season of the original "Dragnet" series on DVD this June
7th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4698&LastLogin=Yes

The 2003 TV series has already had its first season release:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28372

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Message 2          Sat Mar 12, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:26 PDT

I liked the new Dragnet series; it was a bummer it didn't last.

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Topic 10        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:26 PST
Sub: Law & Order

The classic lawyer series.

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Message 1          Mon Nov 26, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 00:21 PDT

Anyone else getting a huge kick out of this show?  I think Vincent D'Onofrio is
fantastic in this.

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Message 2          Thu Sep 25, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:11 PDT

I loved last night's premiere of Law & Order.  The guy that played the whacko
serial killer did a fantastic job -- he was really creepy.

The guy who played the legal aid attorney (who was on Spin City) was very good
as well.

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Message 3          Tue Oct 14, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:37 PDT

Tonight's SVU was awesome.  The ending was unexpected. :)

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Message 4          Wed Oct 22, 2003
SARAH                        at 03:00 PDT


Apparently the very, very ending was even kept away from the "spoilers" people.

(Can we talk about how the episode ended now that it's been a week since the
airdate? Or is that still considered a spoiler?)
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Message 5          Wed Oct 22, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:48 PDT

Sarah,

If it has been more than a week since the episode in question, I would
recommend that anyone who hasn't seen it should know better than to read this
topic.

Otherwise, the series premiere could be considered a spoiler. :)

-Ken

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Message 6          Wed Oct 22, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:37 PDT

The drama about the ADA, Alex, was really something.  It was incredibly well
done.

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Topic 11        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:26 PST
Sub: NYPD Blue

The life of the police in New York City.

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Category 11,  Topic 11
Message 1          Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:49 PDT

NYPD Blue is available on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=3106

Season 1:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=21948

Season 2:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=26315

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Message 2          Tue Mar 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:05 PDT

After 12 years, "NYPD Blue" goes off the air after tonight's episode:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/01/apontv.nypdblue.ap/index.html

Any idea why the series is ending in March, and not the usual May?

-Ken

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Message 3          Wed Mar 02, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:15 PDT

Perhaps they're forgoing the usual late-season rash of repeats?

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Topic 13        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:26 PST
Sub: Threat Matrix

"Threat Matrix".

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Message 1          Mon Aug 01, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:55 PDT

Hm, that's an interesting point.  Enterprise was canceled...

My favorite series from, hm, two seasosn ago, was Threat Matrix, which vanished
halfway through the season.  Not unexpected; the poor show was up against the
final season of Friends.  Not a great place for a new show to go.

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Topic 14        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:27 PST
Sub: The West Wing

Follow the very top of government in this fictional White House.

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Message 1          Tue Sep 23, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:16 PDT

The first season of "The West Wing" releases on DVD on November 18th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28172

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Message 2          Wed Sep 24, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:34 PDT

Anyone else vaguely disappointed by tonight's premiere of The West Wing?  It
wasn't anything specific, it just felt a little slack to me.

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Message 3          Wed Oct 15, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:41 PDT

Anybody know why NBC pulled their lineup tonight and ran repeats instead of
their new episodes?  I had really been looking forward to The West Wing
tonight, and instead got a repeat of Law & Order: CI that I'd seen recently as
it was.

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Message 4          Thu Oct 16, 2003
LUMITECH                     at 12:18 PDT

>>>Anybody know why NBC pulled their lineup tonight and ran repeats instead of
their new episodes?  I had really been looking forward to The West Wing
tonight, and instead got a repeat of Law & Order: CI that I'd seen recently as
it was.

I, too, was really looking forward to it. At first, I thought it might have
been because of the baseball playoffs, but then realized that Fox was carrying
those. I can't imagine why.

Jeff

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Message 5          Fri Oct 17, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:05 PDT

Turns out both NBC and CBS decided to pull their entire lineups instead of
competing with the playoffs.  Sucks for people that don't care about any of
these teams. :)

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Message 6          Tue Oct 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:10 PDT

CNN talks about that phenomenon in this story, Sheppy:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/28/apontv.stableschedule.ap/index.html

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Message 7          Fri Sep 10, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:40 PDT

West Wing: Season 3 releases on November 2nd:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=38214

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Message 8          Tue Feb 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:05 PDT

The fourth season of "West Wing" will be released on DVD on April 5th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=42263

Also watch that day for a box set containing seasons 1-4:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=42327

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Message 9          Tue Mar 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:59 PDT

Here is a complete list of the bonus features to be found on the fourth season
of "The West Wing" when it releases on DVD on April 5th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3105

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Message 10         Tue Mar 15, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:05 PDT

This season of "The West Wing" has been better than last, I think.

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Message 11         Tue Apr 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:22 PDT

Look for the fifth season of "The West Wing" on DVD with this box art - no
release date is announced yet:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3316

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Message 12         Sat Nov 05, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:02 PDT

Watch a real-looking, but not real-sounding, presidential debate on "The West
Wing":

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/04/apontv.westwing.ap/index.html

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Message 13         Mon Nov 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:22 PDT

Read the results of last night's debate between Jimmy Smits and Alan Alda:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/07/west.wing.debate.ap/index.html

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Message 14         Mon Nov 07, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:18 PDT

I enjoyed the debate immensely.  I only wish real debates were that honest and
up-front.

Ah well.

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Message 15         Mon Nov 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:24 PDT

> I only wish real debates were that honest and up-front.

I wasn't sure whether or not to laugh after I caught myself telling a
co-worker today, "I want to watch last night's 'West Wing' to see what a real
debate looks like."

-Ken

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Message 16         Tue Nov 08, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 14:25 PDT


The previous link that Ken put up (before the fact) indicated that there would
be separate "live" versions for the east and west coasts.   Did they actually
shoot it twice, so that west coasters saw a different show than east coasters?

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Message 17         Wed Nov 09, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:41 PDT

Yes, they actually did two performances; from what I understand, the second
one, for the West Coast, went somewhat more smoothly than the first, although
there were no significant issues with the first performance.

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Message 18         Wed Nov 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:39 PDT

Now they get to include both on the season DVD. :)

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Message 19         Tue Dec 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:48 PDT

How will "The West Wing" deal with actor John Spencer's death?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/19/television.spencer.reut/index.html

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Message 20         Tue Dec 20, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:46 PDT

The easy way to deal with John Spencer's passing, in the long term, is to have
Senator Vinick win the upcoming election.

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Message 21         Sun Jan 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:18 PDT

PASADENA, Calif. - The new president on "The West Wing" will be a real
short-timer: NBC announced Sunday it was pulling the plug on the Emmy-winning
political drama in May after seven seasons.

<snip!>

The decision to cancel it was made before actor John Spencer, who played
former presidential chief of staff Leo McGarry, died of a heart attack Dec.
16, said Kevin Reilly, NBC entertainment president.

"There's a point when you look at the ratings and say, it feels like it's
time," Reilly said.

The series finale will be May 14, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. The
campaign to replace the fictional Josiah Bartlet as president will be
settled, NBC said.

Story continues at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060122/ap_en_tv/tv_nbc_west_wing

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Message 22         Tue Jan 24, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:49 PDT

I'm not surprised "The West Wing" is being canceled, but I'm disappointed.
Although it's not as good as it was in its heyday, it's still a good show.

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Message 23         Wed Jan 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:49 PDT

Look for the 6th season of "The West Wing" on DVD on May 9th, immediately
prior to the airing of the May 14th series finale:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4977

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Message 25         Mon May 15, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:20 PDT

Read about "The West Wing"'s finale (including spoilers):

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/15/west.wing.finale.ap/index.html

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Message 26         Sun Jun 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:40 PDT

"The West Wing" may soon be available in a box set that collects the entire
series:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5822

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Message 27         Wed Jul 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:46 PDT

Look for the seventh season of "The West Wing" on November 7th - as well as a
box set that includes all 154 episodes on 45 DVDs.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6129

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Topic 15        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:27 PST
Sub: Without A Trace

"Without A Trace".

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Category 11,  Topic 15
Message 1          Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:50 PDT

Without a Trace is available on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=6101

Season 1:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=36010

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Topic 16        Wed Oct 01, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 19:40 PST
Sub: The Sopranos

HBO's "family".

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Category 11,  Topic 16
Message 1          Wed Oct 01, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:40 PDT

Season four of The Sopranos comes out on DVD on October 28th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=27787

You can also get the entire first four seasons on DVD:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28098

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Message 2          Thu Mar 10, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:53 PDT

Look for the fifth season on DVD on June 7th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4695
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=43292

Or buy all five seasons:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=43267

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Message 3          Thu Jul 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:58 PDT

Season five of this series was released on DVD on June 7th of this year:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=43292

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Message 4          Tue Nov 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:10 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Sopranos" actor Vincent Pastore pleaded guilty Monday to
attempting to assault a former girlfriend last spring.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/21/sopranosactor.plea.ap/index.html

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Message 5          Wed Jul 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:38 PDT

The last two actors to sign their contracts have done so, ensuring a return of
the full cast for the final season of "The Sopranos":

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/05/television.sopranos.reut/index.html

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Message 6          Fri Jul 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:39 PDT

Look for Season 6, Part 1 (the first 12 episodes) of "The Sopranos" on DVD
this November 7th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6094

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Message 7          Fri Aug 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:42 PDT

On November 7th, "The Sopranos" will become the first TV show released in
HD-DVD format:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6235

Look for Blu-ray in 2007.

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Topic 17        Wed Oct 20, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:27 PST
Sub: Boston Legal

Somewhere between the ridiculous and the sublime exists the world of Denny
Crane, the co-founder of one of the country's most prestigious law firms.

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Category 11,  Topic 17
Message 1          Wed Oct 20, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:38 PDT

I admit it.  I started watching this show because William Shatner was in it.

Long thought by his fans and critics to be overwhelmingly conceited, the actor
seems, in recent years, to be coming to grips with his fame and his infamy, and
having fun with it along the way.

It seems to me that he is playing this character as a caricature of himself:
ill at ease with the fact that he is over the hill, and worried about his own
demise, both physically and professionally.

But enough of the character analysis.  The show itself is pretty funny,
highlighting the fact that even though most lawyers try to pass themselves off
as cool and collected, if nothing else, they are real people with real fears
and problems.   There is a lot of fast banter between the rival lawyers in the
firm, particularly by the one really sleazy, totally unscrupulous guy, who
revels in his own shallowness.

BTW, the only other actor I recognized in the show was Rene Aber-whatever, who
played Odo on Deep Space Nine, (and the chaplain in the movie version of
M*A*S*H).

It's worth a watch.

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Topic 18        Tue Jan 25, 2005
KGAGNE                       at 04:36 PST
Sub: A-Team

Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent
while on the run from the military.  With George Peppard, Mr. T, et al.

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Message 1          Tue Jan 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:36 PDT

I've created this topic in the Drama category, but the IMDb also lists it as a
comedy.  Is this the best category for this topic?

-Ken

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Message 3          Tue Jan 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:39 PDT

Season 1 of the "A-Team" is on DVD":

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=33457

Look for Season 2 on April 12th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=41956

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Message 4          Fri Jan 28, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:52 PDT

This would be the right place to put it as far as I'm concerned.  I loved The
A-Team as a kid. :)

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Topic 19        Thu Apr 06, 2006
SYNDICOMM                    at 12:57 PST
Sub: Lost

ABC's hit "Lost."

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Message 1          Thu Apr 06, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:58 PDT

Anyone else hooked on "Lost?"

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Message 2          Wed May 31, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:16 PDT

UBISOFT AND TOUCHSTONE TEAM UP TO CREATE "LOST" VIDEO GAME

Interactive Game Based on ABC's Emmy Award-Winning Hit Series to Debut in
2007

SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 22, 2006 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest
video game publishers, announced a long-term worldwide licensing agreement
with Touchstone Television to develop and publish a video game based on the
Emmy Award-winning television series 'Lost.' Developed by Ubisoft's
award-winning Montreal studio and scheduled to hit retail shelves worldwide
in 2007, the game will be offered for home and portable consoles as well as
PCs.

"We are delighted to work with Bryan Burk, one of the biggest producers in
Hollywood and with Touchstone Television," said Yves Guillemot, chief
executive officer of Ubisoft. "That they have chosen us for the adaptation of
the cult series 'Lost' is the best homage that a producer can make to the
creativity of Ubisoft."

"This deal is another example of how truly powerful the 'Lost' brand is,"
said Bruce Gersh, senior vice president, business development, ABC
Entertainment and Touchstone Television. "We are excited to work together
with Ubisoft to create a gaming experience that will allow fans to further
immerse themselves into the mysteries and intrigues of the series."

"The creative appeal of 'Lost' transcends borders with its character driven
stories and addictive mysterious mythology," said Julia Franz, executive vice
president, Touchstone Television. "It's not enough for fans worldwide to just
watch 'Lost,' the game is a wonderful opportunity to organically extend this
creative phenomenon into an interactive consumer experience."

"Many of us on 'Lost' have been hardcore gamers for years and the chance to
work with Ubisoft, a company behind some of our favorite titles, has excited
us to no end," said 'Lost' executive producer Bryan Burk. "With the ability
to tell new interactive stories within the 'Lost' universe, we're giddy to be
developing a game that, once completed, will be as engaging and fun to play
as it is to create."

J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof co-created "Lost" and also serve as executive
producers, along with Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse. "Lost," which
is filmed entirely on location in Hawaii, is from Touchstone Television.

About 'Lost'
After Oceanic Air flight 815 tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a seemingly
deserted Pacific island, its survivors were forced to find inner strength
they never knew they had in order to survive. The band of friends, family,
enemies and strangers has become reluctant heroes who must work together
against the cruel weather and harsh terrain if they want to stay alive.
Danger and mystery loom behind every corner on the island, and those they
thought could be trusted may turn against them. Even heroes have secrets.

'Lost' stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko, Naveen Andrews as Sayid,
Emilie de Ravin Caire as Claire, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley,
Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline
Lilly as Kate, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie, Terry O'Quinn as Locke, Harold
Perrineau as Michael, Michelle Rodriguez as Ana Lucia and Cynthia Watros as
Libby.

'Lost' is the fastest-selling TV series in Buena Vista International
Television's (BVITV) history, having been licensed in over 210 territories
worldwide. Across countries such as Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong,
Indonesia, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Singapore, Sweden, the UK and Russia,
'Lost' has consistently been No. 1 in its timeslot. In the UK, 'Lost'
delivered Channel 4's biggest-ever audience for a U.S. series launch, and on
Seven Australia it was consistently one of the top two series on the network
and held the second-biggest premiere in Australia's television history. The
series has been a Top 3 U.S. series on free TV channels in every
international territory it has aired.

About Touchstone Television
Touchstone Television has established itself as one of Hollywood's leading
production companies, supplying critically acclaimed, quality entertainment
to the broadcast and cable television industry. The studio's 14 new and
returning scripted series on broadcast television in the 2006-07 season
include the international franchise phenomenons 'Lost,' 'Desperate
Housewives' and 'Grey's Anatomy.'

About Ubisoft
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive
entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through its
strong and diversified lineup of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has
offices in 21 countries and sales in more than 50 countries around the globe.
It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to
consumers. Ubisoft generated revenue of 547 million Euros for the 2004-2005
fiscal year, an increase of 3 percent over the previous fiscal year at
constant exchange rates. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

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Message 3          Mon Jun 05, 2006
BBAKER                       at 08:54 PDT

I watch Lost,  hooked might be too strong.  It's one of about five shows I
watch but I have to say I've been less interested in this second season.

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Message 4          Thu Jun 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:09 PDT

A very special episode of "Lost":

http://www.gocomics.com/boundandgagged/2006/06/08/

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Message 5          Thu Oct 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:22 PDT

Last night's season premiere of "lost" answers some questions while raising
others:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/05/tv.lostpremiere.ap/index.html

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Message 6          Tue Oct 31, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:43 PDT

Was last week's episode of "Lost" like "The Empire Strikes Back"... and what
does it portend for the future?

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1550210_3_0_,00.html

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Topic 1         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:28 PST
Sub: Cheers

The series that ran for a decade, set in a Boston bar and starring Ted Danson.

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Message 1          Wed Mar 12, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:46 PDT

Good God!  I'm finally getting my wish: the television series "Cheers" on DVD!

This is one of my all-time favorite television shows.  To have every episode
would be sublime.

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&amp;tmpCart=24119

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Message 2          Thu Mar 13, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 05:21 PDT

>>>Good God!  I'm finally getting my wish: the television series "Cheers" on
DVD!

Oof, that's a lot of box sets. :)

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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 3          Fri Mar 14, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:57 PDT

Sheppy:

Fortunately, Cheers costs a bit less than Star Trek to produce. :)  A season
of Cheers is on par with a season of Buffy ($35-45 for a boxed set).

-Ken

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Message 4          Sun Oct 05, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:58 PDT

The final episode of Cheers was, IMHO, probably the best finale I've ever seen
of any series.  It not only reintroduced a long-lost character (Diane), but it
did so purposefully, as a means for the character of Sam Malone to grow; by
the end of the episode, he's used the experience to become much more aware of
himself and his surroundings.  Not only that, but every character has been
uplifted in some way (Woody's wife becomes pregnant, Norm and Cliff get
promotions, etc.) - and yet, despite these changes, we're given the unspoken
promise that what's so great about Cheers isn't going to change, and that the
characters will continue engaging in the light-hearted antics they and we have
so appreciated over the years.

Cheers, indeed!

-Ken

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Message 5          Sun Oct 05, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 21:13 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 12 Topic 1:

> The final episode of Cheers was, IMHO, probably the best finale I've
ever
> seen of any series.

I find in great when series get to go out with a great episode.  I
really enjoyed the Cheers one.  I find it really annoying when they end
series without ending shows.  They just leave them hanging, especially
series that have an ongoing plot.


Dain




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Message 6          Wed Oct 08, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:53 PDT

>>>I find in great when series get to go out with a great episode.  I
really enjoyed the Cheers one.  I find it really annoying when they end
series without ending shows.  They just leave them hanging, especially
series that have an ongoing plot.

Absolutely.  I agree completely.  The Cheers finale did a good job; it gave
you a sense of conclusion without actually ending anything. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 7          Sun Oct 12, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:34 PDT

Season 2 of Cheers will be released on DVD on January 6th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=29099

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Message 8          Sun Oct 12, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:25 PDT


Yes, definately a great series finale.  I had sort of drifted away from
watching that show it's last few years (no reason in particular) but it was
nice to come back and watch the last few episodes, and in particular the finale
and find enough stuff that was the same, so that I recognized what I was
watching, but, as Ken said, enough stuff different/new that it was worth
enjoying.  :)

Sarah
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Message 9          Tue May 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:41 PDT

Season 3 of Cheers will be released on DVD on May 25th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32945

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Message 10         Sun Aug 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:38 PDT

The first three seasons of Cheers can be had in one DVD pack:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34410

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Message 11         Tue Nov 09, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:35 PDT

Looks like Season 4 of "Cheers", which introduced the characters of Woody and
Lilith, will be released in February:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2399&Nav=yes

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Message 12         Thu Dec 09, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:47 PDT

Follow-up to the previous item: Season 4 of Cheers will be on DVD on February
1st:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=40321

A box set consisting of the first four seasons will also be available that day:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=40320

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Message 13         Tue Dec 14, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:19 PDT

TVShowsonDVD.com reports:

"Look for three more releases of Cheers in 2005, with pencilled-in plans
calling for Season 5 in the Spring, S6 in the Summer, and S7 in the Fall. Stay
tuned for more on these as Paramount announces them."

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Message 14         Tue Apr 05, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:28 PDT

Season 5 of "Cheers" will release on May 17th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=43077

Pick up the first five seasons in a box set!

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=43078

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Message 15         Sun Jun 12, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:35 PDT

Look for the sixth season of "Cheers" (the season when Kirstie Alley joined
the cast as Rebecca Howe) on Septemebr 13th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3514

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Message 16         Thu Aug 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:11 PDT

The seventh season of "Cheers" will hit DVD on November 15th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=47744

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Message 17         Sat Feb 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:04 PDT

Look for season 8 of "Cheers" on DVD on June 13th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5147

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Topic 2         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:28 PST
Sub: Frasier

This spinoff from "Cheers" stars Kelsey Grammer, John Mahoney, and David Hyde
Pierce.

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Message 1          Sun Mar 23, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:40 PDT

Well, that's clever: the release of the first season of "Cheers" on DVD
coincides with the first season release of "Frasier":

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&amp;tmpCart=24140

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Message 2          Tue May 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:42 PDT

Season 2 of Frasier came out on DVD in January:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=29121

Season 3 comes out on May 24th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32948

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Message 3          Fri May 14, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:22 PDT

CNN.com reviews the final episode of "Frasier", which aired last night:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/13/finale.frasier/index.html

Note: contains spoilers.

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Message 4          Thu May 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:57 PDT

Did anyone watch the finale of this series?  What did you think?

Kelsey Grammar has been playing Frasier for so many decades; I wonder if he's
relieved to have a break.

-Ken

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Message 5          Thu May 27, 2004
MARK [Apprentice]            at 19:05 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 12 Topic 2:

> Kelsey Grammar has been playing Frasier for so many decades; I wonder
if
> he's relieved to have a break.

From what I understand, ending the series wasn't his idea.

 Mark Percival - Apprentice
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Message 6          Thu May 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:35 PDT

I can imagine, Mark.  After playing that character for so long, will Grammar
ever be able to get work without being thought of as Frasier?

Then again, I remember actually liking "Down Periscope".

-Ken

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Message 7          Fri May 28, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:05 PDT

Kelsey Grammer actually has another series starting in January, on Fox.  It's a
sketch comedy show.

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 8          Sat Oct 30, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:48 PDT

Leapfrogging from seasons 1-3, the final season of "Frasier" will be available
on DVD on November 16th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37747

That same day, pick up the final season with seasons 1-3 in a box set:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=38192

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Message 9          Mon Nov 01, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 07:28 PDT


Was there only 4 seasons of Frasier?

_________
  | homas

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Message 10         Mon Nov 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:20 PDT

Thomas,

There were 11 seasons of Frasier.

-Ken

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Message 11         Tue Nov 02, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 07:48 PDT


"Was there..."  geez, what country did I  learn english in?

Ok, so  I guess I just wonder why they're bundling seasons 1-3 with the last
season.

_________
  | homas

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Message 12         Tue Nov 09, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:34 PDT

Season 4 of "Frasier" will release on February 1st.

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Message 13         Tue Dec 14, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:19 PDT

TVShowsonDVD.com reports:

"Look for three more releases of Frasier in 2005, with pencilled-in plans
calling for Season 5 in the Spring, S6 in the Summer, and S7 in the Fall. Stay
tuned for more on these as Paramount announces them."

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Message 14         Tue Mar 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:16 PDT

Look for "Frasier" season 5 on DVD on June 7th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3138
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=43095

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Message 15         Sun Jun 12, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:37 PDT

Look for the sixth season of "Frasier" on DVD on September 13th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3504

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Message 16         Sun Aug 21, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:06 PDT

Look for Season 7 on DVD on November 15th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3921

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Message 17         Tue Nov 29, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:58 PDT

Does anyone know if David Hyde-Pierce is related to Alex Hyde-White, who
played Mr. Fantastic in the canned 1994 "The Fantastic Four" film?

-Ken

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Message 18         Thu Aug 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:54 PDT

I remember reading about how the part of Maris, Niles' ex-wife, was eventually
going to be cast.  Was the character ever shown on TV?

-Ken

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Topic 3         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:28 PST
Sub: Wings

From the people who brought you "Cheers" comes a small airplane business on
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

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Message 1          Sun Nov 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:38 PDT

The first two seasons of "Wings" may be packaged together for a DVD release in
2006:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4487

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Message 2          Sun Feb 12, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:27 PDT

Look for the first two seasons of "Wings" on DVD this May 23rd:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5059

Seasons 3-4 should also be out by the end of 2006.

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Message 3          Thu Jul 06, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:45 PDT

Tony Shalhoub joins the cast of "Wings" in Season 3, which releases on DVD on
October 24th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5997

To be honest, I don't remember him ever not being a part of this show.

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Topic 4         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:29 PST
Sub: Night Court

A night court in Manhattan.  Starring Harry Anderson.

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Category 12,  Topic 4
Message 1          Thu Jan 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:43 PDT

Look for the first season of "Night Court" on DVD on February 8th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4178
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=40562

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Message 2          Sat Jan 22, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:49 PDT

Oooh... Night Court is one of my favorite sitcoms ever. :)

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Message 3          Sat Jan 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:34 PDT

I remember growing up with "Cheers" and "Night Court", but the second one
never seemed as popular to other people as the first one.  The latter was
raunchier, though, so I can understand why my parents may not have wanted me
watching it. :)

-Ken

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Message 4          Thu Dec 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:33 PDT

Look for a six-episode "Television Favorites" disc of "Night Court" on
February 28th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4700

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Topic 7         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:30 PST
Sub: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

A British improvisational comedy show, with an American rendition hosted by
Drew Carey.

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Message 1          Sun Jul 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:26 PDT

This series finally comes to DVD on September 26th - in two different formats:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5965

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Message 2          Thu Jul 06, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:08 PDT

Here is the official press release for the DVD edition of this show:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5993

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Topic 8         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:30 PST
Sub: Home Improvement

Tim "The Toolman" Taylor, played by Tim Allen, messes up things at home and on
the set of his home improvement television show, Tool Time.

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Category 12,  Topic 8
Message 1          Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:54 PDT

Home Improvement is available on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=1691

Season 1 (available Nov 23):

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=38069

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Message 2          Fri Feb 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:19 PDT

Season 2 of this show will be released on DVD in mid-2005:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2841

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Message 3          Tue Apr 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:27 PDT

Look for Season 2 on DVD on June 7th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3282

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Message 4          Sun Aug 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:57 PDT

Look for Season 2 of this series on DVD on November 22nd:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3797

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Message 5          Mon Aug 08, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 04:55 PDT

I find it interesting that Home Improvement is only just now about to release
season 2, when so many much stupider shows have plunged ahead at a rapid pace.

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Message 6          Mon Aug 08, 2005
CARLK [CarlK]                at 19:10 PDT

Replying to 'Sheppy' in Category 12 Topic 8:

> I find it interesting that Home Improvement is only just now about to
> release season 2, when so many much stupider shows have plunged ahead
at
> a rapid pace.

Maybe that's an indication of how well it did in syndication. If it does
poorly, might as well dump it to DVD to finish miliking it. If it does
well, for a long time, why hurry to kill it's syndication value. :)

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Message 7          Fri Aug 12, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:57 PDT

Maybe, although there are other shows that are very successful in syndication
that went to DVD pretty quickly... Hm.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Topic 9         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:31 PST
Sub: King of Queens

A comedy set in Queens, New York.

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Message 1          Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:53 PDT

King of Queens is available on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=2606

Season 1:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28711

Season 2:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32352

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Topic 10        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:31 PST
Sub: Malcolm in the Middle

"Malcolm in the Middle".

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Category 12,  Topic 10
Message 1          Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:52 PDT

Malcom in the Middle is available on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=2189

Season 1:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=19286

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Message 2          Wed Jan 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:28 PDT

PASADENA, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Fox's veteran comedy "Malcolm in
the Middle" will end its seven-season run May 14, while "That '70s Show," now
in its eighth season, will bow out four days later, the network said Tuesday.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/television.fox.comedies.reut/index.htm
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Topic 11        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:31 PST
Sub: Everyone Loves Raymond

... or do they?

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Message 1          Mon May 17, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:16 PDT

"Raymond" will be back for a ninth and final season next year:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/16/leisure.raymond.reut/index.html

I didn't realize this show had been on for so long.

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Message 2          Tue May 18, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:01 PDT

Me neither; I've never watched it. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Topic 12        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:31 PST
Sub: That 70's Show

Too young to enjoy nostalgia?  Too bad.  The Seventies are back!

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Message 1          Mon Aug 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:31 PDT

The complete first season of "That 70s Show" will be released on a four-disc
DVD set on October 26th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37274

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Message 2          Wed Jan 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:28 PDT

PASADENA, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Fox's veteran comedy "Malcolm in
the Middle" will end its seven-season run May 14, while "That '70s Show," now
in its eighth season, will bow out four days later, the network said Tuesday.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/television.fox.comedies.reut/index.htm
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Topic 13        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:32 PST
Sub: MST3K

"Mystery Science Theater 3000", which ran for seven years on Comedy Central and
three years on the Sci-Fi Channel.  Hosted by Joel Hodgson for the first five
years before head writer Michael J. Nelson took over.  We have movie sign!

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Message 1          Sat Oct 25, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:38 PDT

I think Mystery Science Theater 3000 is probably THE funniest show ever.
There are good and bad episodes, sure, but the series regularly hits me with
a 1-2-3 punch of comedy that leaves me breathless from laughter with tears
rolling down my face.

MST3K took old, bad movies and showed edited versions, adding the silhouettes
of three viewers who would provide a running commentary of jokes, gags, and
snipes.   The show ran for seven years on Comedy Central before being picked
up for a final three years on the Sci-Fi Channel.  After the first five
years, host Joel Hodgson stepped down, replaced by head writer Michael J.
Nelson.  A theatrical release of MST3K debuted in 1996; the final episode
aired in 1999.

Unfortunately, Sci-Fi does not have the rights to rerun Comedy Central
episodes, and seems to have forsaken the option to run many of the Sci-Fi
episodes, instead showing the same handful.  Their contract expires in
January 2004, at which time MST3K will no longer be on the air, for the first
time in 15 years.  Check the current schedule at this web site:

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/satnews/sched.html

The official MST3K web site resides here:

http://www.scifi.com/mst3000

-Ken

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Message 2          Sun Feb 08, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:51 PDT

Four box sets, each with four episodes, of this show are available on DVD.  A
fifth one will be released on March 9th and will contain these episodes:

 851: Time Chasers
 908: Touch Of Satan
1003: Merlin's Mystical Shop Of Wonders
1006: Boggy Creek II

The airing of episode #1003 was delayed due to legal issues, and was not
actually shown until after the series finale - making it the last new episode
to ever be shown.

All these episodes are from the show's three-year run on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Episodes from its seven years on Comedy Central are also available on DVD,
tape, and in other box sets.  See this URL:

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/satnews/catalog/Catalog1.htm

-Ken

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Message 3          Tue Jul 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:48 PDT

The latest project from the MST3K team is this web site:

http://www.filmcrewonline.com/

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Message 4          Tue Jul 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:02 PDT

A disc of two MST3K episodes will be released on 8/31, featuring "Santa Claus
Conquers the Martians" and "Manos, Hands of Fate":

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=36893

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Message 5          Sun Aug 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:00 PDT

Order "The Essentials" (the two-episode compilation mentioned in the last
message) and get "Shorts Vol. 3" DVD free!

http://www.mst3000dvd.com/

Unfortunately, the price of the item when ordered directtly is $24.95 + $4.95
S&H, as opposed to, say, $17.47 + S&H from Amazon.com (see link in previous
message) - so it doesn't add up to being free.

-Ken

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Message 6          Sat Aug 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:06 PDT

A sixth MST3K collection will be released on DVD on September 21st, containing
these episodes:

 Assignment Venezuela
 Teenagers From Outer Space
 Mr. B Natural
 Gunslinger

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4000

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Message 7          Thu Nov 25, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:49 PDT

On Friday the 19th, exactly four months after I bought it, I finished reading
"A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey" (ISBN 0060937866), by
Kevin Murphy, who played Tom Servo on the television series "Mystery Science
Theater 3000".  In this book, the author dedicates himself to seeing a movie
in a public venu at least once a day for every day of the year 2001.  He
travels around the world, seeing films in igloos, outbacks, biker bars, and
more.

I liked the variety of the 52 chapters.  Though each begins with a list of
what movies Mr. Murphy saw and where that week, the chapter could be about a
single one of the movies, or about a particular theater he went to, or a
person he met at such a theater.  This variation helps defeat the monotony of
works such as "MST3K" host Mike Nelson's two books of short essays.

Many of the weeks have a theme, as well.  In one week, Mr. Murphy is
committed to eating nothing but theater food; in another, he takes a
different woman out every night on a date (each one to the same movie, of
coure).

Though I stopped reading the book halfway through for a few months, it was
easy to pick back up and read chunks at a time, even between other books.  It
was easy to read, especially since Mr. Murphy does not try very hard to be
funny, like Mr. Nelson does in his writing.  Mr. Murphy's style is natural
and affable.

Recommended. :)

-Ken

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Message 8          Thu Dec 09, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:02 PDT

A sixth volume of MST3K was released in October, and includes these episodes:

511: Gunslinger
404: Teenagers From Outer Space
406: Attack of the Giant Leeches

and about six shorts.

Details at
http://www.mst3kinfo.com/satnews/dvds/index.html#coming
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4000
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=38379

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Message 9          Mon Jan 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:13 PDT

Used copies of the discontinued DVD of "MST3K: The Movie" sell on amazon.com
for $140 - $200.

They ain't takin' mine. :)

-Ken

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Message 10         Thu Jan 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:02 PDT

Don't understand a joke made in an episode of MST3K?  Visit The Annotated MST:

http://www.annotatedmst.com/

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Message 11         Sun Jan 23, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:05 PDT

According to <http://www.mst3kinfo.com/satnews/dvds/index.html#coming>, a
seventh box set of MST3K is planned for April 2005.

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Message 12         Fri Feb 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:19 PDT

A seventh volume of MST3K will be released in April.  Episode list at this
URL:

http://www.mst3k.com/#LATEST
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2856

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Message 13         Fri Feb 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:35 PDT

Michael J. Nelson updates us on the whereabouts of the MST3K cast since the
show's finale:

http://www.geocities.com/avmst/Cast.mov

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Message 14         Tue Feb 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:09 PDT

The 7th volume listed in Message 12 will likely be released on April 19th.

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Message 15         Sun Mar 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:53 PDT

Some new MST3K material will air tomorrow (Monday) night on ESPN:

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/#LATEST

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Message 16         Mon May 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:02 PDT

Apparently, the seventh box set of "MST3K" had some missing dialogue.  A
corrected disc is now available:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3394

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Message 17         Fri Jul 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:05 PDT

Looks like an eighth volume of MST3K on DVD is in the works, with two of its
four episodes announced:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3626

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Message 18         Mon Jul 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:02 PDT

Vote for which MST3K episodes you want to see on a future DVD release:

http://www.mst3k.com/poll.html

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Message 20         Sat Sep 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:09 PDT

Look for the eighth volume of MST3K on DVD on November 8th, according to

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4056
http://www.mst3kinfo.com/#LATEST

Click the links to see which episodes the set will include!

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Message 21         Wed Oct 05, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:27 PDT

According to these URLs:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=48728
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=5265
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BI1YS8

The eighth MST3K box set will release on November 8th.  See uptopic for a list
of episodes this set contains.

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Message 22         Sun Oct 23, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:12 PDT

Read an article about MST3K's worst movie ever roasted, "Manos: Hand of
Fate", and a reflection from one of the film's original crew, here:

http://tinyurl.com/afzb6

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Message 23         Mon Dec 12, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:51 PDT

Enjoy some MST3K fan fic!

http://www.mst3k-fic.com/

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Message 24         Mon Dec 12, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:49 PDT

Here's one of my favorite MST3K skits:

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/Bit812.html

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Message 25         Thu Mar 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:48 PDT

Look for a ninth box set of "MST3K" on May 16th!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5266

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Message 26         Mon Jun 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:07 PDT

Only a month after the ninth box set of MST3K shipped, we can expect Volume 10
on August 8th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5872

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Message 27         Tue Jun 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:14 PDT

Make that August 29th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5879

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Message 28         Fri Jun 30, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:37 PDT

Here is a list of the episodes to be included in the tenth MST3K box set:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5943

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Message 30         Sun Aug 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:36 PDT

Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy have been providing comedic commentary tracks in
MP3 format for various films, courtesy rifftrax.com.  "Road House", "The Fifth
Element", and "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" are among the selections:

http://www.rifftrax.com/

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Message 31         Mon Sep 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:20 PDT

Look for an eleventh box set of MST3K in February:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6405

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Topic 14        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:32 PST
Sub: I Love Lucy/The Lucy Show

Starring Lucille Ball.

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Message 1          Tue Oct 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:38 PDT

"I Love Lucy" debuted 51 years ago today.

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Message 2          Tue Nov 09, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:37 PDT

Season 3 of this show will release on DVD on February 1st:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2392&Nav=yes

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Topic 15        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:32 PST
Sub: Bob Newhart

Whether he's a psychiatrist in Chicago, an innkeeper in Vermont, or an artist,
he's still Bob.

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Message 1          Tue Jan 18, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:32 PDT

Look for Season 1 of "The Bob Newhart Show" on DVD on April 12th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2716
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2722
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=41809

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Message 2          Sat Jul 16, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:25 PDT

Look for season 2 of "The Bob Newhart Show" in October 4th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3681

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Topic 16        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:33 PST
Sub: Saturday Night Live

One of the longest-running prime-time comedies ever.

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Message 1          Fri Feb 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:17 PDT

Look for Natalie Portman to host "Saturday Night Live" on March 4th:

http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Natalie_Portman_To_Host_Saturday_Night
_Live_96976.asp

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Message 2          Sun Feb 19, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:44 PDT

Mmm... Natalie Portman. :)

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Topic 17        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:33 PST
Sub: Seinfeld

A show about nothing - starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis
Dreyfuss, and Michael Richards.

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Message 1          Thu Sep 18, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:16 PDT

I read once that Jerry Seinfeld worked Superman into every episode of his show
- be it a visual reference, a line in the script, or some other hidden
connection.

Now I've learned that Jerry's father's name is Kal - presumably as in Kal-El,
Clark Kent's Kryptonian name.

I wonder if Jerry loves Superman so much, he had his father renamed? :)

-Ken

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Message 2          Sun Oct 05, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:54 PDT

I thought the final episode of Seinfeld was one of the worst finales I'd ever
seen.  It basically put the characters on trial and ultimately in prison for
having engaged in exactly the activities we had laughed at for so many years.
I should think they'd be rewarded for such a successful run, not punished -
especially when the promise of a syndicated television series for Jerry's
character was within his grasp.

The showcase of past characters and George's admission that he cheated in the
contest were all either pointless or demeaning of previous episodes.

Fie.

-Ken

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Message 3          Mon Oct 06, 2003
BBAKER                       at 11:29 PDT

Oh no no.  That's what made the ending great.

Seinfeld never expected us to like these schmoos.  They were self centered
jerks from the start.

They got what they deserved in the end.

Bruce

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Message 4          Wed May 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:37 PDT

Preeeesenting.... The Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman!

http://www.jerry.digisle.tv

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Message 5          Fri Sep 24, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:16 PDT

Seinfeld will be hosting a Thanksgiving retrospective on the series:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/23/seinfeld.retrospective.reut/index.html

Seasons 1-3 are all releasing two days previously on November 23rd.  Seasons
1-2 will be on one volume, and Season 3 on another; or, all three seasons can
be had in one "Re-Gift" bundle.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=3743

Seasons 1-2:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37515

Season 3:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37516

Seasons 1-3:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37514


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Message 6          Fri Mar 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:10 PDT

Season four of "Seinfeld" releases on DVD on May 17th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=43151
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3079

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Message 7          Sun Sep 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:08 PDT

Look for Seasons 5 & 6 as separate DVD box sets on November 22nd:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4088

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Message 8          Wed Jul 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:00 PDT

A "Seinfeld" star seems to have finally found another successful gig.  Why is
it so difficult for that cast to have done so?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/18/overcoming.curse.ap/index.html

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Topic 18        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:33 PST
Sub: Friends

Six friends of whom we just can't get enough.

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Message 1          Thu Sep 25, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:08 PDT

Sarah and I got hooked on Friends a couple of years ago.  Badly hooked.

Tonight's season premiere was IMHO so-so, but it does open up interesting
places to go.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 2          Thu Feb 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:05 PDT

One critic calls "Friends" the most overrated comedy ever:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/12/apontv.friends.ap/index.html

The series ends in May.  Any fans here sorry to see it go?

-Ken

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Message 3          Sat Feb 14, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:44 PDT

I'm sorry to see it go, in that it's fun but mindless entertainment that you
can enjoy without having to devote yourself to it.

But on the other hand, after 10 years, it's hard to keep a show running, and
it's time to end it.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 4          Thu Apr 22, 2004
BBAKER                       at 07:47 PDT

My children were all great fans of Friends, even when I tried to keep it off
my TV.  They have all the old shows on computer I think.

Two of my kids won a pretty hard trivia contest on the cruise I took them on
during a summer cruise I took them on.  So whether they do good in school on
not they would ace a test on Friends.

Me?  I could watch for a few seconds if Jennifer Aniston was on the screen but
when one of the "men" came onto the screen, I immediately lost intererst and
changed channels or left the room.

The men were always such whooses.  That turned me off.

Bruce Baker

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Message 5          Thu Apr 22, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:14 PDT

I like the guys on Friends because they remind me of myself. :)

Ross, the geek who's got bad social skills but is a really nice guy.  Chandler
who makes wisecracks whenever he gets uncomfortable and puts his foot in his
mouth all the time.  Joey, well, not so much, but he's funny. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 6          Thu May 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:52 PDT

The Friends finale airs tonight - and releases on DVD this coming Tuesday:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=33993

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Message 7          Thu May 06, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:48 PDT

I'm so annoyed.  Our ReplayTV quit recording the Friends finale with 10 minutes
left in the episode.  We don't know why.  All I know is that we didn't see the
end.

I preordered the DVD a couple of weeks ago, but I'm still annoyed.  :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 8          Fri May 07, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:57 PDT

Turns out the problem is that for whatever reason, NBC was running a few
minutes behind last night.  Our other ReplayTV, set to record "ER", recorded
the end of Friends, so I did get to see it after all.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 9          Mon May 10, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:29 PDT

Comedic columnist Steve Hofstetter writes this week about "Friends" - its
finale, its cast, and its very nature:

http://www.stevehofstetter.com/obhutemplate.cfm?ID=96

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Message 10         Mon May 10, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:39 PDT

I disagree with that guy's opinion that you can judge the real success of a
show by the ability of its stars to find work afterward.  There have been any
number of successful -- even critically acclaimed -- series whose stars never
worked in any substantial roles again.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 11         Sat Sep 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:57 PDT

CNN.com talks about the premiere of "Joey", the "Friends" spin-off:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/10/joey.debut/index.html

Did anyone catch the pilot?

-Ken

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Message 12         Sat Sep 18, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:58 PDT

I've seen the first two episodes of "Joey" so far.  It's funny but nowhere near
as good as "Friends" was.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 13         Fri Jun 10, 2005
BBAKER                       at 10:27 PDT

I never could identify with the guys.  Perhaps because I am so much older.

But truth be told, they are all much better socially than I ever was at theat
age.  They all got cute girls too.  ;-)

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Topic 19        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:33 PST
Sub: The Bernie Mac Show

... starring Bernie Mac!

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Message 1          Thu Jul 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:01 PDT

Season 1 of this series was released on DVD on September 14, 2004:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32822

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Topic 20        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:34 PST
Sub: MADtv

It's a mad, mad, mad world.

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Message 1          Thu Jul 06, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:09 PDT

The complete first season of this show is available on DVD:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37027

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Topic 23        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:34 PST
Sub: Will & Grace

"Will & Grace".

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Message 1          Tue Apr 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:37 PDT

Expect this show back on the air this fall for an eighth season:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/26/tv.will.grace.ap/index.html

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Topic 25        Sun Oct 05, 2003
PETERW                       at 22:00 PST
Sub: M*A*S*H

The wild and wacky tales of the 4077 M.A.S.H. unit in Korea. Broadcast from
1972 to 1983.

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Message 1          Sun Oct 05, 2003
PETERW                       at 22:00 PDT

How could we not have a topic for the show that could make me laugh and cry all
in the same episode?

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Message 2          Wed Oct 08, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:54 PDT

Oversight!

M*A*S*H remains a great show.  If it's on, and it's on a lot, it's great to
tune in because even now, some 32 years after it premiered, it's still darned
funny.

I tend to prefer later episodes, though.  McLean Stevenson just annoys me. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 3          Thu Oct 09, 2003
PETERW                       at 03:25 PDT

>McLean Stevenson just annoys me. :)

Oh, Henry wasn't so bad! Even if I did prefer Col. Potter (except when he got
all sentimental about horses).

Now Frank Burns was annoying...   :-)

(As you can tell, I never was much good at actors' real names!)

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Message 4          Thu Oct 09, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:55 PDT

I always thought Lary Linville was brilliant as Frank Burns.  He made that
character officious and annoying while still comically vulnerable.
Unfortunately they overdid it and the character became a joke in and of
itself.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 5          Sat Oct 11, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 18:48 PDT

Replying to 'Sheppy' in Category 12 Topic 25:

> I tend to prefer later episodes, though.  McLean Stevenson just annoys
> me. :)

I prefer the later ones too.  I felt the tone of the later episodes
better reflected a war situation. (still far from reality, but at least
less wacky).

The death of Col. Blake episodes was pretty stirring.

Great show....

Dain


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Message 6          Sat Oct 11, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:05 PDT

>>>I prefer the later ones too.  I felt the tone of the later episodes
better reflected a war situation. (still far from reality, but at least
less wacky).

Yeah.  The earlier episodes relied too much on slapstick humor; the later ones
had more wit.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 7          Sun Oct 12, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:31 PDT


Disclaimer:  I love M*A*S*H.  I tend to be more critical with shows/movies that
I really like than those I don't care for.


   >> Yeah.  The earlier episodes relied too much on slapstick humor; the
   >> later ones had more wit.

Some of that slapstick was downright hysterical though!

Many of the later episodes got a little preachy.  Whether you are for or
against war, it's not usually why you choose to watch a sitcom, so I don't
really care for the preachiness in that venue.

I heard that the author of the original movie (or was there a book first?) was
annoyed about the direction that Alan Alda took the show, and in particular
took Hawkeye.  (I had a major crush on Alan Alda when I was a teenager.)

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Message 8          Mon Oct 13, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 12:30 PDT

Sarah Said:
> Many of the later episodes got a little preachy.  Whether you
> are for or against war, it's not usually why you choose to watch
> a sitcom, so I don't really care for the preachiness in that
> venue.

> I heard that the author of the original movie (or was there a
> book first?) was annoyed about the direction that Alan Alda took
> the show, and in particular took Hawkeye.  (I had a major crush
> on Alan Alda when I was a teenager.)

There was a book and a movie.  I think the book was first, but I'm not 100%
sure.   I agree that Alan Alda took the character and the show way off the
original mark, and that later shows were a little preachy.

Sheppy said:
> I always thought Lary Linville was brilliant as Frank Burns.
>  He made that character officious and annoying while still comically
> vulnerable. Unfortunately they overdid it and the character became
> a joke in and of itself.

Now, talk about a character that was really different than the movie version!
I always thought that they made a mistake making the character in the TV
series with as weak a personality as they did.  It raised the question of:
"What did Margaret ever see in him anyway?"

I guess you really have to treat the movie and the TV series as 2 separate
entities, with only very slight similarities in storyline.

By the way, did anyone else like the spinoff: "Trapper John MD?"

_________
  | homas

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Message 9          Mon Oct 13, 2003
SARAH                        at 13:27 PDT



   >> By the way, did anyone else like the spinoff: "Trapper John MD?"

I loved that show, but I was (and still am) a sucker for hospital-setting
shows.  What about the other spin-off, "After M*A*S*H" ?  I really wanted to
like it.  I tried to like it.  I was, like most of the country, unsuccessful.
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Message 10         Mon Oct 13, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 18:32 PDT

Replying to 'SARAH' in Category 12 Topic 25:

> I heard that the author of the original movie (or was there a book
> first?) was annoyed about the direction that Alan Alda took the show,
and
> in particular took Hawkeye.  (I had a major crush on Alan Alda when I
was
> a teenager.)

Interestingly enough, I have a real difficult time watching the original
M*A*S*H movie.  I didn't exactly find it to be preaching.  It was
however obviously stating what the shows producers thought.  To me this
is okay.  I really like to see all points of view.  If anything it's
good to be reminded that there are other opinions out there.

Personally I am not a huge fan of war.  I see that cause is sometimes
necessary and just, but I'd prefer it not be.

I don't pretend to know enough about Korea to make a decision either
way.  My guess is that drafted doctors would have a hard time siding
themselves in the Pro-War category though.   Of course, I also took from
the show that they hated the war but would do anything in their power to
save the lives of the injured.

I prefer the later episodes, but still find the early ones funny.  I
think in the early 70's people really needed something to laugh at.

Dain



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Message 11         Mon Oct 13, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 18:33 PDT

Replying to 'SARAH' in Category 12 Topic 25:

> What about the other spin-off, "After M*A*S*H" ?

Can you say "Joanie Loves Chachi"?   I think I watched the first one,
and like the rest of America used the "clicker" and tuned into something
else.

Dain


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Category 12,  Topic 25
Message 12         Tue Oct 14, 2003
SARAH                        at 12:47 PDT


Okay.... Sarah-Poll...

What was your favorite M*A*S*H episode?

You may pick two episodes if they have at least 2 primary cast members
different.  (i.e. one from the Henry Blake/Trapper John era and another from
the Col. Potter/B.J. or Charles era)
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Category 12,  Topic 25
Message 13         Tue Oct 14, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:40 PDT

>>>What was your favorite M*A*S*H episode?

My favorite is the one where there's a clock on the screen counting down until
the guy will lose his leg due to lack of blood flow.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 12,  Topic 25
Message 14         Wed Oct 15, 2003
PETERW                       at 03:00 PDT

I have real trouble (reel trouble?) remembering individual episodes - it mostly
seems like a blur of scenes now. (I do have a favorite scene or two if that
question comes up!)

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager



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Category 12,  Topic 25
Message 15         Thu Oct 16, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 20:03 PDT

Replying to 'SARAH' in Category 12 Topic 25:

> What was your favorite M*A*S*H episode?

I always thought Five O'clock Charlie was pretty funny in the earlier
episodes.

In the Sherman Potter Era, I think I liked "Good-bye Farewell and Amen".
 It was pretty depressing  for the first part of it, but once they got
past all the bad stuff happening to people, it ended really well.


Dain


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Category 12,  Topic 25
Message 16         Fri Oct 17, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:06 PDT

I'll agree that the series finale was good.  Having all that bad stuff happen
was frustrating, but it offset well against the joyfulness of hearing about
the truce talks going well, followed by the actual ceasefire and the departure
homeward.

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 12,  Topic 25
Message 17         Mon Oct 20, 2003
PETERW                       at 01:40 PDT

Hawkeye and B.J. saluting Col Potter in the final episode was one of my most
memorable moments. (AFAIK it is the only time in the entire series that Hawkeye
salutes *anyone*!) Such a simple action became the greatest compliment they
could give.

 --
Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager



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Message 18         Mon Oct 20, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:46 PDT

>>>Hawkeye and B.J. saluting Col Potter in the final episode was one of my
most memorable moments. (AFAIK it is the only time in the entire series that
Hawkeye salutes *anyone*!)

Actually, Hawkeye salutes one or two other times, but always in goodbye type
episodes.  I think he salutes Radar when he leaves.

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 12,  Topic 25
Message 19         Wed Oct 22, 2003
SARAH                        at 03:03 PDT


Peter (and anyone), feel free to list your favorite episodes or favorite
scenes.  :)


One that I really liked was when Hawkeye and BJ wouldn't shower and Charles
wouldn't stop playing his french horn.  :)
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Category 12,  Topic 25
Message 20         Sat Oct 25, 2003
PETERW                       at 04:31 PDT

I just typed in a long response about favorite scenes. However my session had
timed out just before I started and even though I reentered my userid and
password and got the "posting" entry screen, when I hit the "post" button I got
the timeout screen again. (I didn't think I'd been *that* long, although I
guess it's possible.) Unfortunately, hitting the Back button did NOT take me
back to the post entry screen like it normally does - so I lost the whole post!
 :-(

I'm afraid I can't quite face trying to recreate the post right now. Sorry!
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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager



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Category 12,  Topic 25
Message 21         Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:03 PDT

M*A*S*H is available on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=2143

Season 1:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=14076

Season 2:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=17692

Season 3:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=21137

Season 4:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24676

Season 5:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28833

Season 6:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=33634

Season 7 (available Dec 7):

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37861

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Topic 26        Fri Oct 17, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 20:25 PST
Sub: 8 Simple Rules

8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.  Based on the book by
Bruce Cameron.

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Category 12,  Topic 26
Message 1          Fri Oct 17, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:26 PDT

This television series starred John Ritter, who passed away suddenly during
the filming of the show's second season.  Three episodes were shot before he
died on September 11th, 2003.

CNN.com reports that Suzanne Pleshette and James Garner will join the cast, at
least temporarily, as the parents of Ritter's character's widow.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/17/leisure.pleshette.reut/index.html

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Category 12,  Topic 26
Message 2          Fri Dec 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:29 PDT

ABC has signed James Garner to continue as a regular actor on "8 Simple
Rules", playing the father-in-law of the late John Ritter's character.

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Category 12,  Topic 26
Message 3          Fri Dec 26, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:28 PDT

That sounds good.  Hopefully they can keep things going.

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 12,  Topic 26
Message 4          Mon Feb 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:37 PDT

The web site for the author of the book upon which this television series is
based is

http://www.wbrucecameron.com

He puts out a regular e-newsletter that can be pretty funny.

-Ken

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Category 12,  Topic 26
Message 5          Mon Feb 02, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:43 PDT

The site doesn't work very well -- most of the pictures and a lot of the links
don't work. :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 12,  Topic 26
Message 6          Mon Feb 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:28 PDT

Hmm - all the pictures and links I tried worked fine.

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Category 12,  Topic 26
Message 7          Wed Feb 04, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:01 PDT

I somehow got into a side version of the site that wasn't fully implemented.
:)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Topic 27        Thu Nov 06, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:04 PST
Sub: Dick Van Dyke

The Dick Van Dyke Show, starring Rob and Laura Petrie.

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 1          Thu Nov 06, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:09 PDT

On April 26th, I posted to gamebits.net the desire for this show to be
released in DVD format.

I wish has come true: the first two seasons are now on DVD.

Season One:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28049

Season Two:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28050

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 2          Tue Nov 11, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:16 PDT

A friend of mine commented to me today that she didn't like this show because
she doesn't like slapstick.  That's hardly how I'd classify the Dick Van Dyke
Show!  Anyone else disagree with her classification?

-Ken

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 3          Tue Nov 11, 2003
PETERW                       at 22:14 PDT

I certainly wouldn't have classified it as slapstick. On the other hand,
although I don't remember any specific cases, I wouldn't be at all surprised to
find there were episodes that played up Dick Van Dyke's ability in the
"physical comedy" area. I certainly have some (non-specific) memories of the
gangly Dick Van Dyke being all arms and legs and clumsy for a laugh (probably
in one or more movies).
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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager



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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 4          Wed Nov 12, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:49 PDT

Peter,

> I certainly have some (non-specific) memories of the gangly Dick Van Dyke
> being all arms and legs and clumsy for a laugh (probably in one or more
> movies).

Or tripping over an ottoman in the opening to the TV show. :)  I don't argue
that there were physical elements to some of the episodes, but the thrust of
the show was the wit of the main characters - they were writers for a comedy
show, for goodness' sake. :)

-Ken

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 5          Thu Nov 13, 2003
CARLK [CarlK]                at 19:45 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 12 Topic 27:

> A friend of mine commented to me today that she didn't like this show
> because she doesn't like slapstick.  That's hardly how I'd classify
the
> Dick Van Dyke Show!  Anyone else disagree with her classification?

While slapstick was definitely a part of the show, it had plenty of
other kinds of humor.

  --
 Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Thu  13 Nov 03  8:21:42 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2004, July 20-25, 2004 - 250 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 6          Sun Feb 08, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:01 PDT

Season 3 of this show releases on DVD on February 24th.

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 7          Thu Feb 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:15 PDT

Season 4 of this show releases on DVD on April 27th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32557

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 8          Tue May 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:16 PDT

A reunion episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is currently in the works:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/07/dick.van.dyke/index.html

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 9          Wed May 12, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:16 PDT

It's actually not considered a reunion, because instead of just being a "where
are the actors now" kind of thing, it's actually picking up the characters all
these years later.  They consider it a new episode of the series, instead.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 10         Wed May 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:37 PDT

Bummer.  I must've misread that news article; the reunion episode wasn't just
in the works, it actually aired earlier this month.

Anyone catch it?

-Ken

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 11         Thu May 27, 2004
CARLK [CarlK]                at 21:12 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 12 Topic 27:

> Bummer.  I must've misread that news article; the reunion episode
wasn't
> just in the works, it actually aired earlier this month.
>
> Anyone catch it?

Yes, and it was very good. The surviving cast memebers were all there,
playing the same roles. Those who had passed on were seen in vintage
flashbacks. They even used some of the same old gags in the new parts.

  --
 Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Thu  27 May 04  10:23:40 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2004, July 20-25, 2004 - 54 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com

 Eschew Obfuscation.


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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 12         Thu May 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:45 PDT

Carl,

> Yes, and it was very good.

Bah.  My parents taped it, but they have the attention spans of gnats: they
didn't like the first ten minutes and so they stopped and taped over it.

Does anyone else still have this show on tape?  The Dick Van Dyke show is one
of my all-time favorite comedies.

-Ken

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 13         Fri May 28, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 08:10 PDT


I'm really sorry I missed that too.   Ken, if you ever come up with a copy of
it, please let me know!

_________
  | homas


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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 14         Tue Feb 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:08 PDT

A 25-disc box set will package all five seasons together:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2894

Look for it on May 24th.

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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 15         Tue Feb 15, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 07:35 PDT


I'm surprised that there were only 5 seasons.  I watched that show ALL through
my childhood, but I guess I may have been watching it in syndication and not
known it.


_________
  | homas


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Category 12,  Topic 27
Message 16         Fri Mar 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:26 PDT

The complete "Dick Van Dyke" (or DVD for short? :) series is now listed with
most major retailers.  Its 25 discs has an MSRP of $250, but most retailers
are listing it at $175 - though one has it for $133:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=42987

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Topic 28        Sun Sep 05, 2004
KGAGNE                       at 07:17 PST
Sub: Get Smart!

Don Adams and Barbara Feldon are Agents 86 and 99, working for CONTROL and
saving the world from KAOS in this spy genre spoof that ran from 1965 - 1970.

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Category 12,  Topic 28
Message 1          Sun Sep 05, 2004
PETERW                       at 07:29 PDT

Continuing my reply from the Star Trek:Next Generation topic, Get Smart has
certainly added it's fair share of cliches to our language!

"Sorry about that, Chief!"
"Would you believe...?"
"And, loving it!"

And I've heard references to the "Cone of Silence" from managers in board
rooms!
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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 2          Sun Sep 05, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:10 PDT

The show ran from 1965 to 1970, with two follow-up films: "The Nude Bomb" in
1980, and "Get Smart, Again!" in 1988.  The former contains very few of the
original cast; by all accounts, the 1988 sequel is much better, and the DVD
is available for only about $5.  However, "it is a poorly done release, with
no extras and a video quality that is actually below a VHS", according to
wouldyoubelieve.com.

Sign a petition to get the original series on DVD!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/669946544

For a complete cast list and some trivia on this show, see

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058805/combined

The best Get Smart! web site I've found, with plenty of pictures, trivia, and
the like, is

http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/

In 1995, seven episodes of an attempted sequel television series, also called
"Get Smart", were aired.  The show starred Andy Dick as the son of 86 and 99
(who also appeared), as well as Elaine Hendrix as Agent 66.  The show was a
flop.

There have been efforts in the last five years to create a new Get Smart
film; see <http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/faq.html#movie> for more details.

Feldon, Adams, and Bernie Kopell (Siegfried) will be together signing
autographs in Hollywood this month:

http://www.berniekopell.com/news.html

Dick Gautier, who played the robot Hymie, also has a web site:

http://www.dickgautier.com/

Mr. Gautier is also an author and artist.  Check out his caricature of Don
Adams:

http://www.dickgautier.com/don-adams.html

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Category 12,  Topic 28
Message 3          Sun Sep 05, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:10 PDT

Peter,

Would you believe... the Cone of Silence appeared in only nine episodes?
"And loving it!" was in 14; "Would you believe...", 29.

For a complete list of catchphrases, and in how many episodes they appeared,
see

http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/phrases.html

-Ken

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Category 12,  Topic 28
Message 4          Sat Oct 30, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:42 PDT

Back in August, it was reported that actor Steve Carrell has been cast as
Maxwell Smart in a new film based on the classic television series:

http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/news/index.cfm?newsID=149
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/combined

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Category 12,  Topic 28
Message 5          Mon Feb 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:13 PDT

Rumor has it that "Get Smart!" will hit DVD sometime between September 2005
and May 2006, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the show's first season.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3013

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Category 12,  Topic 28
Message 6          Thu Aug 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:13 PDT

Some rumors suggest that DVDs of this series may be available in 2006:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3888

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Category 12,  Topic 28
Message 7          Mon Sep 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:49 PDT

Would you believe... "Get Smart" is coming to DVD in 2006, courtesy HBO!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4144
http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/faq.html

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Category 12,  Topic 28
Message 8          Wed May 31, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:10 PDT

Time Life will bring all five seasons of "Get Smart" to DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5762

Extras will include actor and director commentaries, a gag reel, and more!

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Category 12,  Topic 28
Message 9          Fri Sep 15, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:41 PDT

Finally!!

All five seasons of "Get Smart" will be released in a box set on November 13th!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6421

Individual seasons will be released later.  IMHO, it's a nice change to see
this order, rather than getting all the seasons individually then discovering
a complete set will feature bonus materials, as I experienced with "Buffy".
Me, I want all 138 episodes and 25 DVDs off the bat! :-)

-Ken

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Topic 29        Tue May 24, 2005
KGAGNE                       at 05:10 PST
Sub: The Muppet Show

"The Muppet Show", 1976-1981; and "Muppets Tonight", 1996-1998 - variety shows
starring the biggest stars of the day - and plenty of puppets.

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Category 12,  Topic 29
Message 1          Tue May 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:10 PDT

Check out season one of this show on DVD on August 9th!

The announcement:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3430

The features:

http://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/2005/05/muppet-show-season-one-features.htm
l

The ordering page:

https://disney.videos.go.com/General/BVHE/Muppet/Index

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Topic 1         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:34 PST
Sub: Star Trek General Discussion

General discussion of the Star Trek universe.

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Message 1          Sat Nov 03, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 18:59 PDT

I won two tickets to visit "Star Trek: The Experience" at the Las Vegas
Hilton.  I have the tickets here but don't expect to be in Vegas before the
tickets expire on 12/31.  If anyone would like to have them, email me and I'll
send them to you, no charge.  First come first served. :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 2          Sat Nov 03, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:38 PDT

Sheppy,

The Star Trek Experience is worth the trip to Las Vegas.  Take a week off from
work and get in your car.  You won't regret it.

-Ken

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Message 3          Sat Nov 03, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 23:22 PDT

>>>The Star Trek Experience is worth the trip to Las Vegas.  Take a week off
from work and get in your car.  You won't regret it.

I've been -- and recently, too.  That's why I'm looking for someone else that
would like to go. :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 4          Sun Nov 04, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:20 PDT

William Shatner, Denise Crosby, Wil Wheaton, LeVar Burton, John de Lancie,
Armin Shimmerman, Robert Picardo, and Roxann Dawson will be on "The Weakest
Link" game show on Monday, Nov 26.

Full story at <http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=121691>.

-Ken

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Message 5          Sun Nov 04, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 22:17 PDT

>>>William Shatner, Denise Crosby, Wil Wheaton, LeVar Burton, John de Lancie,
Armin Shimmerman, Robert Picardo, and Roxann Dawson will be on "The Weakest
Link" game show on Monday, Nov 26.

That'll be entertaining. :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 6          Mon Nov 05, 2001
TCOMPTER                     at 06:49 PDT

> I won two tickets to visit "Star Trek: The Experience"
> at the Las Vegas Hilton.  I have the tickets here but
> don't expect to be in Vegas before the tickets expire
> on 12/31. If anyone would like to have them, email me
> and I'll send them to you, no charge.

You don't know how much I'd like to take you up on that.  A friend of mine was
there, and said it was just incredible.  Unfortunately, my company does no
business in Las Vegas, so I can't arrange any kind of boondoggle there.  :)

_________
  | homas

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Message 7          Tue Dec 11, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 16:13 PDT

I still have two free passes to "Star Trek: The Experience" at the Las Vegas
Hilton.  I'll mail them to the first person that wants them, no charge (not
even shipping).  I can't use them.  The passes must be used by the end of the
year.

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 9          Tue Dec 25, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:05 PDT

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the ship,
Not a circuit was buzzing, not one microchip;
The phasers were hung in the armory securely,
In hope that no alien would get up that early.

The crewmen were nestled all snug in their bunks,
(Except for the few who were partying drunks);
And Picard in his nightshirt, and Bev in her lace,
Had just settled down for a neat face-to-face....

When out in the hall there arose such a racket,
That we leapt from our beds, pulling on pant and jacket.
Away to the lifts we all shot like a gun,
Leapt into the cars and yelled loudly "Deck One!"

The bridge red-alert lights, which flashed through the din,
Gave a luster of Hades to objects within.
When, what on the viewscreen, our eyes should behold,
But a weird kind of sleigh, and some guy who looked old.

But the glint in his eyes was so strange and askew,
That we knew in a moment it had to be Q.
His sleigh grew much larger as closer he came.
Then he zapped on the bridge and addressed us by name:

"It's Riker, It's Data, It's Worf and Jean-Luc!
It's Geordi, And Wesley, the genetic fluke!
To the top of the bridge, to the top of the hall!
Now float away! Float away! Float away all!"

As leaves in the autumn are whisked off the street,
So the floor of the bridge came away from our feet,
And up to the ceiling, our bodies they flew,
As the captain called out, "What the Hell is this, Q?!"

The prankster just laughed and expanded his grin,
And, snapping his fingers, he vanished again.
As we took in our plight, and were looking around,
The spell was removed, and we crashed to the ground.

Then Q, dressed in fur from his head to his toe,
Appeared once again, to continue the show.
"That's enough!" cried the captain, "You'll stop this at once!"
And Riker said, "Worf, take aim at this dunce!"

"I'm deeply offended, Jean-Luc" replied Q,
"I just wanted to celebrate Christmas with you."
As we scoffed at his words, he produced a large sack.
He dumped out the contents and took a step back.

"I've brought gifts," he said, "just to show I'm sincere.
There's something delightful for everyone here."
He sat on the floor, and dug into his pile,
And handed out gifts with his most charming smile:

"For Counsellor Troi, there's no need to explain.
Here's Tylenol-Beta for all of your pain.
For Worf I've some mints, as his breath's not too great,
And for Geordi LaForge, an inflatable date."

For Wesley, some hormones, and Clearasil-plus;
For Data, a joke book, For Riker a truss.
For Beverly Crusher, there's sleek lingerie,
And for Jean-Luc, the thrill of just seeing her that way."

And he sprang to his feet with that grin on his face
And, clapping his hands, disappeared into space.
But we heard him exclaim as he dwindled from sight,
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good flight!"

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Message 10         Tue Jan 08, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:03 PDT

You know a member of StarFleet is a redneck when:

- His shuttle craft has been up on blocks for over a month
- He paints flames and a NRA sticker on the warp nacelles
- He refers to Klingons as "Critters"
- He refers to Photon Torpedoes as "Popguns"
- He has the sensor array repaired with a bent coat hanger and aluminum foil
- He installs a set of bullhorns on the front of the saucer section
- He says "Got your ears on, good buddy" instead of "open hailing frequencies"
- He hangs fuzzy dice over the view screen
- He rewires his communicator into his belt buckle
- He keeps a six-pack under his command chair and a gun rack above it
- He says "Yee-Ha!" instead of "Engage"
- He has a hand-tooled holster for his phaser
- He insists on calling his executive officer "Bubba"
- He sets the foreword view screen to reruns of "Bassmaster"
- He programs the food replicator for beer, ribs, and turnip greens
- He refers to a Pulsar as a "Blue Light Special"
- His moonshine is stronger than Romulan Ale
- His idea of a dress uniform is CLEAN bib overalls
- He wears mirrored shades on the Bridge
- He sets his phaser to "Cajun"

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Message 11         Thu Jan 24, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:28 PDT

Alan Ruck - who's known for playing Ferris' friend Cameron in "Ferris
Bueller's Day off", the captain of the Enterprise in "Star Trek Generations",
Stuart on the TV show "Spin City" - has been hospitalized in New York since
December 23 while fending off a strep infection that caused kidney failure,
startrek.com reports.

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Message 12         Thu Jan 31, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:20 PDT

Amazon.com is listing a $10 DVD movie called "Star Wars vs. Star Trek", due
for release in late February.  I can't find any other details about it though.

-Ken

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Message 13         Fri Feb 08, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:11 PDT

It appears that Paramount and EarthLink will be establishing StarTrek.net, a
new Trek-themed ISP.

http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=122728
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,82904,tk,dn020602X,00.asp

-Ken

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Message 14         Fri Feb 08, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:14 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=122685>, some February
birthdays in the Trek universe:

02.02.02 Brent Spiner ("Data") Star Trek: The Next Generation
02.08.02 Ethan Phillips ("Neelix") Star Trek: Voyager
02.14.02 Andrew Robinson ("Elim Garak") Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
02.16.02 LeVar Burton ("Geordi La Forge") Star Trek: The Next Generation
02.22.02 Jeri Ryan ("Seven of Nine") Star Trek: Voyager
02.23.02 Majel Barrett ("Christine Chapel," "Lwaxana Troi," Ship's Computer),
Star Trek, ST: TNG, ST: DS9, ST: VOY
02.26.02 Chase Masterson ("Leeta") Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

-Ken

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Message 15         Tue Feb 26, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:26 PDT

The afore-mentioned "Star Wars vs Star Trek" film came out on DVD today.

I've still no idea what it is about.

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Message 16         Wed Feb 27, 2002
PETERW                       at 00:09 PDT

>The afore-mentioned "Star Wars vs Star Trek" film came out on DVD today.
>I've still no idea what it is about.

You mean you haven't bought it yet so you can tell us about it?   ;-)

At the very least, don't the cover notes say anything?

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Message 17         Wed Feb 27, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:50 PDT

Well... Amazon.com doesn't even appear to have it listed anywhere.  I'm not
sure that's a bad thing. ;)

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Message 18         Wed Feb 27, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:30 PDT

Peter: there are no cover images of this disc that I've found.

Sheppy: if you search Amazon's DVD section on either "Star Wars" or
"B00005UQ9D", this movie should pop up.

-Ken

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Message 19         Thu Jan 23, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:55 PDT

Artist Al Hirschfeld, whose famed portfolio of celebrity caricatures included
many Star Trek characters, died Monday at his home in New York just five
months shy of this 100th birthday.

Obit continues at <http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=127340>

Caricatures of Star Trek casts at
<http://www.lightspeedfineart.com/Hirschfeld.html>

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Message 20         Mon May 19, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:24 PDT

Is there a Klingon in the house?

http://oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/105256813916000.xml

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Message 21         Sun Jun 08, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:01 PDT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2325286755

STAR TREK APARTMENT - RELOADED
Item # 2325286755

Price US $2,000,000.00 ~
List date May-25-03 ~07:46:33 PDT
Location Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Country United Kingdom

This is an apartment for the ULTIMATE Star Trek Fan. Originally a Studio
Apartment but after just over 3 years it has been transformed into the
interior of the starship Enterprise. Designed and built by interior designer
Tony Alleyne the Star Trek Apartment has made world news and been featured on
many television and radio shows around the world. There will be a feature of
the Star Trek Apartment and it's designer on British TV this summer 2003...

More description, also photos.

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Message 22         Sun Jun 08, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:48 PDT

Doesn't really look much like the Enterprise to me. :)

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Message 23         Mon Jun 09, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 09:24 PDT


> Doesn't really look much like the Enterprise to me. :)

I guess my question would be: WHICH Enterprise?  It looks more like the
Enterprise D to me.

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Message 24         Mon Jun 09, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:55 PDT

Doesn't really look like the Enterprise D either. :)

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Message 25         Thu Jun 19, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:06 PDT

Is it true that the Prime Directive does not apply when dealing with
warp-capable civilizations?

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Message 26         Thu Jun 19, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:48 PDT

>>>Is it true that the Prime Directive does not apply when dealing with
warp-capable civilizations?

I'm not sure that's true, but I know the rules change when a civilization gets
warp capability.

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Message 27         Fri Jul 25, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:59 PDT

Shucks - the guy after whom are named the Jefferies Tubes died:

http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=129357

Fortunately, he was honored while he was still alive:

http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=129157

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Message 28         Sat Sep 13, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:23 PDT

 > Could someone tell me what a Star Trek character is doing on a Power
Rangers
 > television series?

That's just bizarre. :)

Hey, speaking of Star Trek, George Takei plays Transportation Secretary Norman
Mineta in the new Showtime "docudrama" called "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis."



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Message 29         Mon Sep 15, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:48 PDT

> Hey, speaking of Star Trek, George Takei plays Transportation Secretary
> Norman Mineta in the new Showtime "docudrama" called "DC 9/11: Time of
> Crisis."

And Penny Johnson Jerald ("Kasidy Yates") plays National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice.

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Message 30         Mon Sep 15, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:44 PDT

 > > Hey, speaking of Star Trek, George Takei plays Transportation Secretary
 > > Norman Mineta in the new Showtime "docudrama" called "DC 9/11: Time of
 > > Crisis."
 >
 > And Penny Johnson Jerald ("Kasidy Yates") plays National Security Advisor
 > Condoleezza Rice.
 >

That's right.  I saw here there, but these days I equate her with "24" more
than DS9.



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Message 31         Fri Sep 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:17 PDT

Some neat facts about the financial and cultural popularity of the Star Trek
franchise:

http://www.illegalalienproductions.com/sci-fi_facts.asp

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Message 32         Wed Oct 22, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:08 PDT

What is your favorite Star Trek series?  Why?  What does it have or not have
that the other series don't or do?

-Ken

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Message 33         Fri Oct 24, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:49 PDT

Gene Roddenberry died 12 years ago today.  More on the impact he's had on the
world in this story:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/3289.html

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Message 34         Fri Oct 24, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:28 PDT

My favorite Trek series is Deep Space Nine.  I loved the ongoing storyline.

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Message 35         Fri Oct 24, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:35 PDT


I'd have to vote for "The Next Generation" as my favorite.  In fact, I hated
Star Trek and thought it was completely stupid before that.  Didn't like the
movies and _hated_ the original series.  I have since come to terms with the
early movies and have accepted the existance <g> of the original series.  But I
have never really "bonded" with those characters.

Of course, Will Riker is my secret tv boyfriend.  O:)
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Message 36         Sat Oct 25, 2003
PETERW                       at 04:58 PDT

I agree, the Next Generation series was my favorite - I felt like the crew were
almost family. I *cared* about what happened to them.

I like DS9 (Australians are FINALLY seeing the final episodes over the next few
weeks!) although it gets a little too metaphysical at times. (One of my
favorite episodes was Trials and Tribblations.)

Voyager (we are still to see the final season) has been the hardest to like,
although the Doctor is interesting and it's hard to ignore Seven of Nine's,
umm, attributes.

The original series was a "must watch" at the time, although it seems primitive
and corny now. And it was interesting that when they replayed the entire
original series a few years ago, I realised that I had not seen many of the
first season episodes. Spock in the earliest episodes is nothing short of
hysterical to watch now. Technically he's still all logical, but he shouts,
frowns, smiles, all at the drop of a hat!

Enterprise. I like it a lot, yet find it really frustrating what has been
sacrificed in the name "good television". The almost seem to have to invent
limitations to stop the NX-01 appearing way better than Kirk's Enterprise.
Ditto for meeting various alien species for the zero'th time (well it can't be
the first - which were in later series!). And at the same time there are so
many species that we *haven't* ever seen in the later episodes. And the whole
time-war thing seems wrong for what this series is about, namely the initial,
fumbling exploration efforts. Still, I do enjoy it - and we are only half a
season behind! (We have just finished Season 2.)
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Message 37         Sun Oct 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:37 PDT

A rule of thumb is that a person's first Trek is his favorite Trek, and for a
long while, TNG was my favorite.

But as time went on, and even as the series ended and I've had more time to
reflect on it, I think DS9 is probably my favorite Trek series.

One of the things I liked about it was the constantly changing cast.  TNG had
Dr. Pulaski substituting for Dr. Crusher for awhile, and Tasha Yar died.
Voyager replaced Kes with Seven.

But DS9 had a revolving door policy.  Worf, Leeta, Vic, Martok, Nog, Jadzia,
Ezri, Opaka, Winn, Dukat, Damar, and Ziyal all came and went (not always in
that order).  There are a lot of faces who were integral to the development
of the series, whereas with TNG, most episodes were interchangeable regarding
when in TNG's continuity they took place.  Perhaps that made it easier for a
less dedicated viewer to enjoy, but as a diehard Trekker, I preferred DS9's
more involving continuity.

-Ken

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Message 38         Mon Oct 27, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 08:25 PDT

Peter said:
> I like DS9 (Australians are FINALLY seeing the final episodes
> over the next few weeks!) although it gets a little too metaphysical
> at times. (One of my favorite episodes was Trials and Tribblations.)

hehe, I have a video 'gift set' of the original "The Trouble with Tribbles"
and "Trials and Tribblations"  which includes your very own Tribble, which
makes the cute little cooing noise.  It's really fun to watch them back to
back.

Ken said:
> as a diehard Trekker, I preferred DS9's more involving continuity.

In Oklahoma, we couldn't get DS-9 during its original run, so I've only seen
about 10% of the episodes, but what I've seen I liked.  I also like the
connected storyline.   Not as serial as a soap opera, but you get the
impression that there  is some continuity.   I like continuity.  (Is there any
surprise why D&D is my favorite game?)  The later seasons of TNG had some plot
strings from one episode to another, and I think that definitely improved the
series.    (Everyone was curious to see if the Riker/Troi thing was ever going
to work out, and I was always interested to see Worf's family history play
out, and we saw some development in the Klingon Empire.)  Actually, as I think
about it, we learned more about Klingon politics than we did about Federation
politics.  Interesting.

Anyway, as I was watching the special features on the Nemesis DVD, I saw the
ad for all seven seasons of DS-9 on DVD.   Now that would be cool to sit down
and watch.  :)

Peter, re: Enterprise:

> And the whole time-war thing seems wrong for what this series
> is about, namely the initial, fumbling exploration efforts.

I sure agree with that!   I think that the Time War thing is just too over the
top and too big a concept.  I guess though, if there are any dangling
paradoxes/inconsistancies at the end of the series, they can correct them with
a Time Travel event.

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Message 39         Tue Oct 28, 2003
PETERW                       at 00:37 PDT

>I guess though, if there are any dangling paradoxes/inconsistancies at the end
>of the series, they can correct them with a Time Travel event.

You mean like waking up to find Bobby in the shower?

:-)

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Message 40         Tue Oct 28, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:54 PDT

Hehehe

Trials and Tribblations was amazing to watch.  Really impressive.  And a good
deal of fun, too.

I really enjoyed the progression of events including the first contact with
the Dominion, the Federation-Klingon war, and the Dominion War.  It was really
impressive and fascinating to watch.

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Message 41         Thu Nov 06, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:21 PDT

Earlier this year, Syndicomm user Steve Bernbaum kindly forwarded to me an old
Internet posting that detailed the rules for the 3D chess game that has often
been seen being played on various Star Treks.  I am reposting that
information below, original headers and all.

 -------------------------------------------------------------

Subj: Three Dimensional Chess Rules
From: Daren Critelli #1 Last on: 1/3/92
To  : All
Date: Mon, Oct 14, 1991 9:48:58 PM

     The Following is the contents of a Tri-Dimensional Chess Rulebook  that
was published many years ago.  There are no credits anywhere in this
booklet.
 A very good diagram of the chessboard appears in the original Star Trek
Technical Manual.  A text version appears below.
ENJOY!                                David Mc
___________________________________________________________________


     Tri-dimsional chess is an extremely beautiful and logical game, known
and respected from one edge of the galaxy to another. From Cestus III to  the
planet Vulcan, from Sol III to the very heart of the Klingon Empire, it is
played by numerous forms of intelligent life and honored for its cool  logic.
It is not generally known however, that the standard form of the game, so
widely played in the united Federation of Planets, can be traced to its
basic form on 2Oth century Earth. . . .

      A standard tri-dimensional chess set consists of three main boards  and
four moveable attack boards. The lowermost board holds White's chessmen at
the opening of the game and is termed "White's Board (W)". The middle  board
is the "Neutral Board (N) and the top board is "Black's Board (B)". The
attack boards start the game on the rear pegs of the Black and White Boards,
and are referred to as "Queen's Level (QL)"  and "King's Level (KL)"
depending upon which Level  holds the King and Queen at the start of the
game. (See illustration of starting arrangement.) The easiest way to learn
Tri-D  chess is to begin by looking at the chess board from the top. When
this is done, the three main boards form one board, eight squares long and
four wide,  with the attack boards overhanging the corners. Imagine this
overview as one  flat board; any move you can make in a standard chess game
(flat board), You  can make in Tri-D chess, but you have the option of
deciding which level you  wish it to land on. Since every overlapping squares
the same color, you can  land on either. For this reason, two chessmen of the
same (or different) colors can occupy the same square (on different levels).
For notation purposes,  the main board is listed in four files (Queen's
Knight, Queen's Bishop, King's Bishop and King's Knight, from left to right)
and eight ranks, followed by the board which the piece lands on (Example:
Queen to QKt6,N).
      The attack boards, when occupied by a pawn or less, may move to any
adjacent pin position and such action constitutes one move. The attack
boards are fantastic devices; in three quick moves you can move your pawn
into  your opponent's "Queening Zone" (the last rank of the B or W boards, or
the  attack boards) and reclaim a captured Queen.
    The Levels have their own notation; Queen's Level One is the square in
which the Queen starts the game, QL2 is the Queen's Pawn's starting
position, QL3 is the QR, and QL4 is the QRP. Reversely, KLl holds the King,
KL2 is  KP, KL3 is KR, and KL4 is the KRP. This notation is like the ranks;
when  looking at your opponent's attack boards, you number them exactly like
your own.
    There are different ways of opening a Tri-D chess game: you may open
with, a Knight (Example: Kt-QB3,N) or with one of the four pawns on the main
board (P-QKt4,W). Notice that the pawns on the main board must be moved to
clear the way for the pawns on the attack boards.  (See overview of game
board). Additionally, once the King's pawn and Queen's pawn have been moved,
the  Rook, Queen and King have the ability to leave the attack boards and
enter game play.
     The pins at the four corners of each board are listed in this manner:
all pins on the King's side of the board are "King's Pins," and all those on
the Queen's side of the board are "Queen's Pins." On each board, the  closest
pin is designated One, the one farthest away is Two. Thus, the attack  boards
begin the game on QPl and KPl.
     After three pieces have left the QL or KL, you are left with one pawn
which overhangs the main board. To free it, you may move (for example)
QL-QP1,N and in your next move cross to the other side of the board: QL-KPl,N
thus placing the pawn over the board. Once the attack boards have left the
opening position, the become capturable pieces. An attack board (lets say
White's) can be captured in this manner: the attack board is occupied by one
of  White's pieces. If one of Black's chessmen can capture White's piece, and
become  the only piece on the attack board, the board is considered Black's
property. Black would then control three attack boards instead of the two he
started the game with. White can recapture the Level in the same manner, and
so it goes. If you can capture the attack board with a pawn, you can begin
moving it immediately! Empty Levels are effectively "neutral" and remain the
property of the original owner, free to  maneuver. To be captured, an attack
board must be occupied by a chessman.
     Any time after the first move a King may "castle" by exchanging  places
with the King's Rook. To castle on the Queen's side you must move the  Queen
out of QLl. Once this square is clear, You move K-QLl and QR-KLl, thus
castling.
     A piece may not drop down a level to the same square. Such a move,  when
viewed from above, would be the same as standing still. When making a move
that remains on one board, all moves are the same as on a regular chess
board. When in doubt on a move that crosses up or down a level (for example,
you wish to move a Queen from QLlI B, to Qkt8,W) you must look down from the
top of the board. If a piece is visibly blocking your move (Just as if the
squares were on one flat board), You can't make the move. You can, however,
move  your piece onto the square just above of below the block and attempt
the move  in more than one turn.
     The strategy of Tri-D chess is simple: by deploying your men all over
the levels you increase the possibility that your opponent will overlook  one
of your key men. Conversely, you must check out your moves carefully  before
making them, or you may discover that your Queen has been taken by a Pawn
that was hidden three levels down. This is also the main reason for moving
and inverting (QL X) the main attack boards, which by the way, counts as  one
move. Just one more out-of-the-way square to be overlooked by your  opponent.
Although looking at the game from the top is a good way to learn how to
play, by the time you have played a few games you should be able to play
without standing up, by just envisioning the moves in you mind.

   Remember, a good working knowledge of standard chess is essential  before
attempting this challenging game. Good luck, and may Tri-Dimensional chess
bring you many hours of enjoyment!

                -------------------------
                I     I     I     I     I
                -------------------------
                I P   I P   I P   I P   I
-----------     -------------------------     ------------
I P  I P  I     I Kt  I B   I B   I Kt  I     I P   I P  I
-----o-----     o-----------------------o     ------o-----
I R  I    I                                   I K   I R  I
-----------                                   ------------

                  STARTING POSITIONS
__________________________________________________________________

     QUEEN'S LEVEL           KING'S LEVEL
     -------------           -------------
     I  4  I  3  I           I  2  I  4  I
     ------o------ --------- ------o------       ]
     I  3  I  1  I     I     I  1  I  3  I       ]
     ------------- --------- -------------       ]
QKt FILE --I-->  I     I     I     I             ] BLACK
           o-----------------------o             ]
QB FILE  --I-----I-->  I     I     I             ] BOARD )
           -------------------------             ]       )
KKt FILE --I-----I-----I-->  I     I             ]       ) NEUTRAL
           o-----------------------o                     )
KKt FILE --I-----I-----I-----I-->  I             }       ) BOARD
           -------------------------             }       )
           I     I     I     I     I             } WHITE )
           o-----------------------o<-PIN (typ.) }
           I     I     I     I     I             } BOARD
     ------------- --------- -------------       }
     I  4  I  2  I     I     I  2  I  4  I       }
     ------o-----------------------o------       }
     I  3  I  1  I           I  1  I  3  I
     -------------           -------------
     QUEEN'S LEVEL           KING'S LEVEL

            OVERVIEW OF THE BOARD

Digitized in with a Lightning Scan GS and InWords.     DMc

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Message 42         Mon Nov 17, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:14 PDT

Where, if ever, was the death of Sarek's wife, Amanda, mentioned?  When did he
marry Perrin?

Also, I read that, decades before TNG< Picard attended Spock's "bonding
ceremony."  This event must've occurred in a book.  Anyone know which?

-Ken

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Message 43         Wed Nov 19, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:20 PDT

>>>Where, if ever, was the death of Sarek's wife, Amanda, mentioned?  When did
he marry Perrin?

This is never covered.

>>>Also, I read that, decades before TNG< Picard attended Spock's "bonding
ceremony."  This event must've occurred in a book.  Anyone know which?

Why must it have occurred in a book?  The movies and TV series generally
ignore stuff that happen in books.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 44         Thu Nov 20, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:29 PDT

Sheppy

>> Where, if ever, was the death of Sarek's wife, Amanda, mentioned?  When did
>> he marry Perrin?
>
> This is never covered.

So he just showed up on TNG with a new wife one episode?  That's odd.

>> Also, I read that, decades before TNG Picard attended Spock's "bonding
>> ceremony."  This event must've occurred in a book.  Anyone know which?
>
> Why must it have occurred in a book?

Because I don't remember seeing any episodes of Star Trek that took place
decades before TNG, especially one detailing a meeting between Spock and a
young Jean-Luc.

-Ken

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Message 45         Fri Nov 21, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:15 PDT

>>>Because I don't remember seeing any episodes of Star Trek that took place
decades before TNG, especially one detailing a meeting between Spock and a
young Jean-Luc.

Doesn't mean it happened in a book.  The writers on Star Trek are allowed to
invent their own back stories. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 46         Fri Nov 21, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:36 PDT

Sheppy,

> Doesn't mean it happened in a book. The writers on Star Trek are allowed to
> invent their own back stories. :)

True.  But like I said, Picard's attendance at Spock's bonding ceremony was
something I read about.  In a book.  I never heard it mentioned in a televised
episode.  It's possible the book author was making it up and that such a
meeting was not related in another novel, but it seems an odd thing to invent,
as it didn't add much to the story on its own.

-Ken

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Message 47         Tue Nov 25, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:06 PDT

Of all the Star Trek books out there, this is a coincidence: in the course of
my usual leisure reading, I found the details of Spock's bonding ceremony.  It
occurs in the first chapter of "Vulcan's Heart", published in 1999.

-Ken

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Message 48         Tue Nov 25, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:22 PDT

What Star Trek captain are you?

http://quizilla.com/users/moebius/quizzes/What%20Star%20Trek%20Captain%20are%20
you%3F/

The quiz is pretty shallow, but it's fun to read the choices because they so
obviously reflect different Star Trek captains.

As for me?  "You're Jonathan Archer, the first Captain.  Until they decide to
make a new one. But hey, you have a hot Vulcan, a bright crew, and a sense or
moral ego not seen since last THursday's ER."

-Ken

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Message 49         Tue Nov 25, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:34 PDT

As for me...

"You are Captain Benjamin Sisko. You were Captain Benjamin Sisko. You will be
Captain Benjamin Sisko. Time is irrelevant to you, Emissary."

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 50         Tue Dec 02, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:17 PDT

Current relativity theory states that, the higher speed a body moves at, the
more slowly time passes.  For example, if a twin travelled in a spaceship at
light speed, when he came back to Earth, he'd be younger than his twin
brother.

How does moving at warp speed affect the bodies of Starfleet members?

-Ken

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Message 51         Tue Dec 02, 2003
PETERW                       at 23:19 PDT

I think the short answer is that time dilation due to relativity is
conveniently ignored in Star trek!

It would make things like sub-space radio a little flaky. Imagine issuing an
order to a warp vessel (which receives it in real time courtesy of sub-space
radio). It could be weeks, months or years on Earth before the "mission
complete" message appears, even though it may have only been days to the crew!

Hmmm, I just had a thought. The whole concept of warp drive is, of course,
*theoretically* impossible (although we can always hope!) because the speed of
light is the absolute maximum as stated by the theory of relativity. The usual
explanation for warp drives in SF is that they "warp" local space around the
ship so that relativity as we know it doesn't apply.

One way of looking at this might be that the ship itself may not be travelling
all that large a percentage of the speed of light within the warp bubble, it is
the bubble itself which is moving faster than light. So this could explain why
the relativity effects seem to be minimal.

I know, I know, it's stretched a bit, but we *are* talking about science
*fiction* here!  :-)

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager



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Message 52         Wed Dec 03, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 05:43 PDT

I had prepared a response to Ken's question yesterday, but since it was almost
identical to Peter's, I'll skip it.   :D


_________
  | homas

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Message 53         Tue Jul 06, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:32 PDT

Sarah and I had an interesting discussion last night -- if we were creating a
new Star Trek series, what would it be?

We pretty much agreed that we'd do a show about a Klingon vessel, set in the
time period shortly after the events of Star Trek VI.  That'd be quite
different from any previous Trek, would really appeal to fans, and would
provide a lot more action potential since you don't have as much known history
to contend with, and no Prime Directive. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 54         Wed Jul 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:08 PDT

Sheppy,

I remember a poll going around before "Enterprise" was launched, asking what
the basis for a new Trek series should be.  Some of the options included a
human colony on an alien world; an alien vessel; Starfleet in the 22nd
century; and Starfleet in the 26th century.

I'm not sure how much general appeal a Klingon series would have.  I'd also
get tired of reading all the subtitles. :)  Would be neat, though.

-Ken

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Message 55         Wed Jul 07, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:16 PDT

Well, obviously you'd have the Klingons speaking English in the show, since
they do that most of the time anyway.  But the amount of action you could put
into a Klingon show would be very cool.

My other thought would be a series that takes place in the 27th century, aboard
a Federation timeship; we've seen them before, protecting the timeline from
tampering. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 57         Thu Jul 08, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:47 PDT

Sheppy,

> My other thought would be a series that takes place in the 27th century,
> aboard a Federation timeship; we've seen them before, protecting the timeline
> from tampering. :)

With all the time-travelling Trek does in general, I think all the past Trek
ships should be nominated for honorary timeship status. <g>  Is TNG the only
series where they didn't go back in time to sometime between 1940 and 2004?
(course, they had Dixon Hill for that...)

Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski has pitched an idea to Paramount for
a new Trek series:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-tv.html?2004-06/21/10.00.tv

-Ken

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Message 58         Fri Jul 23, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:13 PDT

This article talks about the recent 35th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing,
why the space program has stagnated since then, and why it shouldn't:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/6180.html

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Message 59         Sun Aug 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:11 PDT

Star Trek: The Animated Series is rumored to be making its way to DVD in 2005:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1698
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#0614
http://www.gerrold.com/

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Message 60         Tue Aug 17, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:19 PDT

This WMV movie is a trailer for an episode/movie/storyline that brings Kirk
back to the Trek universe:

http://bbk.darthdavid.com/

Regardless of what you think of the concept or plot (which unites all five
Trek captains), the melding of audio and video from computer games and all
five series is inspired (though sometimes stilted, to the point where I felt
like I was watching "Weekend at Bernie's" :).

Supposedly, http://www.bringbackkirk.com has another such trailer, but I
didn't immediately see it.  Anyone else have the URL?

-Ken

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Message 62         Thu Sep 16, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:40 PDT

A German news web site has started offering its service in Klingon:

http://klingon.dw-world.de/english/index.php
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/15/germany.klingon.reut/index.html

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Message 63         Fri Oct 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:42 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/6772.html>:

Shatner Gets "Ketchuppy" with Heinz

 Heinz Ketchup is teaming with celebrities, including William Shatner ("James
T. Kirk") by creating limited-edition, collector's item ketchup bottles with
celebrity quotes printed on them. Shatner's edition reflects his enduring Star
Trek fame by announcing that Heinz Ketchup "Fixes Burgers at Warp Speed!"

 In addition to the promotion featuring bottles in stores, on October 24,
Heinz will be auctioning off a Shatner-autographed, jeweled ketchup bottle in
New York, with the proceeds of the sale to benefit the Nerine Shatner
Foundation. More details on how fans can bid on this one-of-a-kind Shatner
collectable will follow in a future News Roundup.

 The 24 and 36 ounce Heinz Ketchup bottles are in stores now, for a limited
time only.

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Message 64         Sun Dec 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:52 PDT

A friend of mine played me a recording of "Jingle Bells" in Klingon.  Does
anyone know where this recording comes from?  Is it commercially available on
an album, or is it a freeware MP3?

-Ken

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Message 65         Tue Dec 14, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:17 PDT


I don't know, but if you find out, please share -- I'd love to have that!  :)

_________
  | homas


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Message 66         Tue Jan 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:19 PDT

We can likely expect "The Animated Series" to release on DVD on March 15th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2641

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Message 67         Fri Feb 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:28 PDT

A history of the stages that have held various Star Trek sets is detailed here:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9513.html

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Message 68         Sun Feb 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:33 PDT

Why Captain Picard was fired (warning - some profanity):

http://geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/649.html

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Message 69         Sun Feb 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:01 PDT

Some guys have all the luck!

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/001_300/296.html

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Message 70         Tue Mar 01, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:04 PDT

Hehehe... I married a girl like that. :)

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 71         Fri Mar 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:21 PDT

VIACOM CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND ACTIVISION REACH AGREEMENT TO SETTLE "STAR TREK"
VIDEO GAME LICENSE DISPUTE

New York, NY and Santa Monica, CA - March 11, 2005 -- Activision, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ATVI), a leading developer, publisher and distributor of interactive
entertainment software products, and Viacom Consumer Products Inc., today
jointly announced that they have reached an agreement that settles their
legal disputes regarding their license agreement for "Star Trek" video games.
As a result of the settlement, all pending lawsuits filed by each party in
the Superior Court in Los Angeles regarding this matter have been dismissed.
All other terms of the settlement agreement will remain confidential.  Both
companies said that they were very pleased to resolve the matter amicably and
look forward to working together in the future on other projects.

About Viacom Consumer Products

Viacom Consumer Products Inc. is a part of Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer
Products (N&VCP). N&VCP manages the worldwide merchandise licensing, home
video, music, book and interactive software businesses for Nickelodeon brands
and characters as well as the properties of Comedy Central, Spike TV and MTV
Networks International, as well as some non-Viacom properties. In addition,
N&VCP manages the worldwide merchandise, interactive, book, and wireless
licensing for Paramount Pictures properties. The N&VCP business represents
over $4 billion in retail sales. N&VCP maintains office in New York, Los
Angeles, Miami, London, and Singapore. Nickelodeon, MTV Networks, Comedy
Central, and Spike TV are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
About Activision, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading
worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment
and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $948
million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Scandinavia, Spain and the
Netherlands. More information about Activision and its products can be found
on the company's World Wide Web site, which is located at www.activision.com.

The statements made in this press release that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements are based on
current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and
uncertainties. The Company cautions readers of this press release that a
number of important factors could cause Activision's actual future results to
differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking
statements. Such factors include, without limitation, product delays, retail
acceptance of our products, industry competition, rapid changes in technology
and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of
relationships with key personnel, vendors and third-party developers,
international economic and political conditions, integration of recently
acquired subsidiaries and identification of suitable future acquisition
opportunities. These important factors and other factors that potentially
could affect the Company's financial results are described in our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most
recent Annual report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Readers
of this press release are referred to such filings. The Company may change
its intention, belief or expectation, at any time and without notice, based
upon any changes in such factors, in the Company's assumptions or otherwise.
The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

# # #

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Message 72         Sun Mar 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:56 PDT

Take a look at the history, evolution, material, and use of Star Trek
uniforms:

http://www.startrekuniformguide.com/index3.html

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Message 73         Mon Mar 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:40 PDT

This five-page article lists the Easter Eggs on every DVD of every season of
every Star Trek and each movie:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/10275.html

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Message 74         Fri Apr 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:46 PDT

Several April Fool's stories were posted to the Trek web site
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/index.html> today:

Your Mirror Universe Twin and You (FAQ):
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10360.html

BBC to Remake Star Trek:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10352.html

Enterprise Saved... With Strings Attached:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10349.html

Several New Star Trek Pilots Rejected:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10348.html

Non-Production Report: Episode 99 "The Rest is Silence"
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10346.html

Bakula Debunks "Holodeck" Rumor:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10344.html

New Series Announced: Klingon Eye for the Starfleet Guy:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/5110.html
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/galleryview?id=5082

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Message 75         Tue Apr 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:20 PDT

StarTrek.com is letting the fans choose which episodes will go into their
"Best-Of" DVD releases!  Vote here:

http://www.startrek.com/surveys/dvd/intro.jsp

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Message 76         Sat May 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:55 PDT

In reference to Messages 12, 15-18 uptopic: the

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=PAS001519

provides the cover art and a brief description of the "Star Wars vs. Star Trek"
DVD:

"This documentary showcases the ongoing rivalry between the very devoted fans
of entertainment's two best sci-fi sagas. The program features an in-depth
comparison of the two space stories created by George Lucas and Gene
Roddenberry. From conception and development to worldwide merchandising, a
chronological line of STAR WARS and STAR TREK is explored through the eyes of
the creators and enthusiasts alike."

A library local to me appears to have it in stock, but I can't seem to
request it through interlibrary loan...

-Ken

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Message 77         Mon May 16, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:47 PDT

Forbes examines Star Wars vs. Star Trek:

http://forbes.com/home/technology/2005/05/16/cx_de_0516match.html

Amazing how much more money "Star Wars" has made in movie tickets and
merchandising with only six films and no television series under its belt.

It hadn't occurred to me that both are going "off the air" this month ("Star
Trek" for the first time in 18 years; "Star Wars" with its sixth and final
film).

-Ken

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Message 78         Fri May 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:54 PDT

StarTrek.com takes a look at the historical mark of 700 episodes of "Star
Trek":

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/11001.html

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Message 79         Fri Jul 29, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:22 PDT

This woman's son was suspended from grade school for reciting a modified
Pledge of Allegiance inspired by Star Trek:

http://blogs.salon.com/0003522/2005/06/06.html#a576

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Message 80         Fri Aug 05, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:10 PDT

Preview the first three strips in the new "Trek Life" comic:

http://www.startrek.com/custom/include/feature/treklife/treklife001.html

The first one had me LOLing.  I love inside jokes. :)

-Ken

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Message 81         Sun Aug 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:05 PDT

What is the reality of surviving unprotected exposure to empty space?  In
films such as "Event Horizon" and "Hitchhiker's Guide", the human body is able
to sustain tolerable damage within a brief period; but in "Mission to Mars"
and a "Star Trek" short story I'm reading, death is instantaneous.  Which is
realistic?

-Ken

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Message 82         Mon Aug 08, 2005
PETERW                       at 04:26 PDT

>What is the reality of surviving unprotected exposure to empty space?

There is a fairly large number of SF stories (none of which come to mind right
now, of course) where the human body can survive briefly in space. I'm fairly
sure some of them were from authors who usually research the "science" fairly
well.

Alternatively, it could be like the classic urban myths. Someone dreams it up
as a possibility and everyone else thinks it would be "cool" if it were true,
and also uses the idea.

Even if you follow all the "rules" (close your eyes, breathe out completely,
etc), if I had to bet I'd say it wouldn't work.  :-(
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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 83         Mon Aug 08, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 04:57 PDT

I'm fairly confident that nobody's actually tried it to see how long they
survive unprotected in space. :)

I doubt it would be for very long.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 84         Mon Aug 08, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:18 PDT


I imagine the effects would be like having the bends (like deep sea / scuba
divers surfacing to fast) to infinity.  IOW, all the gasses in your body would
want to expand, rupturing blood vessels and cell walls.

_________
  | homas

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Message 85         Mon Aug 08, 2005
CARLK [CarlK]                at 19:11 PDT

Replying to 'TCOMPTER' in Category 13 Topic 1:

> I imagine the effects would be like having the bends (like deep sea /
> scuba divers surfacing to fast) to infinity.  IOW, all the gasses in
your
> body would want to expand, rupturing blood vessels and cell walls.

In the case of the bends, nitrogen is the main culprit. Sometimes helium
is substituted in deep diving situations just for that reason. In
spacewalks, the total pressure is lowered and pure oxygen is used, again
to eliminate nitrogen.

  --
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 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
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Message 86         Tue Aug 09, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 05:59 PDT


> In the case of the bends, nitrogen is the main culprit.

Right; I was just thinking that in an unprotected space-walk, the other gasses
would act like the nitrogen does in deep sea diving, since the pressure
differential is essentially infinite.

_________
  | homas
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Message 87         Sun Oct 09, 2005
SCHNORENBERG [Roger]         at 19:25 PDT

> Right; I was just thinking that in an unprotected space-walk, the other
gasses would act like the nitrogen does in deep sea diving, since the pressure
differential is essentially infinite.

Actually, the pressure differential is 1 atmosphere (atm) or 14.70 pounds per
square inch (psi).  In scuba diving the pressure increases by 1 atmosphere for
every 33 feet of depth in sea water:

- 1 atm at the surface

- 2 atm at 33 ft

- 3 atm at 66 ft

- 4 atm at 99 ft

- 5 atm at 132 ft

135 feet is the limit for recreational diving with ordinary air.  Below that
depth, as Carl mentioned, special air mixtures are used that contain helium or
other inert gases instead of nitrogen.  This is to prevent Nitrogen Narcosis, a
medical condition where in nitogen has an intoxicating effect similar to
excessive alchohal consumption.

"The Bends" is caused by the rapid decompression of the body as it ascends too
quickly from depths of 3 atm or more.  It is not usually a concern at a change
in preassure of only 1 atmosphere.

Roger
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Message 88         Mon Oct 10, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:35 PDT

Yeah, this is a key issue people forget is that there's only an approximately
16 PSI difference between sea level and outer space, whereas there are huge
pressure differentials underwater.

It's vastly easier to build a spacecraft to withstand the vacuum of space than
it is to build a submersible that can withstand hundreds (or thousands) of
pounds per square inch of water pressure.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 89         Sun Nov 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:39 PDT

The animated "Star Trek" series could see a release in 2006:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4485

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Message 90         Sun Nov 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:41 PDT

On March 7th, look for a four-disc, ten-episode box set collecting the best
Borg episodes from TNG, Voyager, and Enterprise:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4463

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Message 91         Fri Nov 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:53 PDT

Get every "Star Trek" movie and television episode on DVD in one box set!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4572

Such a Deal!

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Message 92         Mon Nov 28, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:05 PDT

Well, $2499 isn't a bad price for all that content.  It's just a lot to swallow
all at once. :)

And, of course, I personally would only really be interested in having DS9, the
movies, and *maybe* TNG. :)

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 93         Sun Dec 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:04 PDT

Following up on Message 90 uptopic, which announced a Borg-themed collection -
a month after its release, look for a time travel set on April 4th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4683

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Message 94         Sun Dec 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:26 PDT

"Star Trek: The Animated Series" has been confirmed for a 2006 DVD release:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4711
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4718

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Message 95         Sun Jan 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:55 PDT

Paramount remembers the 17 lumninaries of "Star Trek" it lost this year:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15113.html

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Message 96         Sat Jan 07, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:03 PDT

There's a really neat section of NASA's web page that explains the theory
behind warp drive, what's needed to get there, what progress is being made,
etc.

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/warp.htm

-Ken

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Message 97         Tue Jan 17, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:23 PDT

Get personalized autographs from either William Shatner ($120) or Patrick
Stewart ($100) until February 10th at this URL:

http://www.creationent.com/auto-sign/

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Message 98         Sun Jan 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:58 PDT

Here's a thread in which people nominate saddesst moments in "Star Trek":

http://forums.sb254.com/viewtopic.php?t=2986

What moments do you suggest?

-Ken

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Message 99         Tue Jan 24, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:54 PDT

I'd have to agree with the first poster in that thread -- Spock's death in Star
Trek II was well-handled.

I'd also say that the episode of TNG where you watch Sarek struggling with the
loss of his self-control is pretty sad as well.

There's also the deaths of the two women in Worf's life.  First K'Ehleyr, at
the hands of Duras, and Jadzia Dax, at the hands of Gul Dukat.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Message 100        Sun Feb 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:19 PDT

Here's the list of the 14 episodes of various "Trek"s that will appear in the
Borg-themed DVD release:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5039

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Message 101        Sun Feb 12, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:21 PDT

Here is a list of the 12 episodes in the four-disc time travel-themed box set
of "Star Trek" DVDs:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5087

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Message 102        Wed Feb 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:30 PDT

Here's another Star Trek themed DVD set - this one featuring ten episodes of
Q, and coming out on Junen 6th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5170

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Message 103        Thu Feb 23, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:06 PDT

These themed sets are kind of bizarre to me.  Why not just buy the complete
set?

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 104        Thu Feb 23, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:11 PDT

Sheppy,

I like the themed sets.  The complete season sets are just too expensive.

-Ken

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Message 105        Sat Feb 25, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:41 PDT

It would drive me crazy to just have a few random episodes of a series.  Ugh.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 106        Mon Feb 27, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 06:22 PDT


While I would LIKE to have a complete set, I'd have to agree with Ken that
they're just too expensive (Paramount is really milking their cash cow, but
hey, that's capitalism).

I think the themed sets are a nice compromise, especially if they cover some of
the "story arcs" that were common in that series.  I'd love to see a "Worf"
set, for instance, that deals with Worf's struggle with the corrupt family of
old what's-his-name Dar-something.

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  | homas

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Message 107        Mon Feb 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:50 PDT

What Thomas said.  The complete TNG & DS9 series are on my wish list, but the
themed (not random!) nature of the other box sets are a neat way to get the
best of the best, especially across multiple series.

The idea for a Worf set that covers TNG & DS9 would be cool.  How about a
"Mirror Universe" box set? :)

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Message 108        Thu Mar 16, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:36 PDT

Read how William Shatner and "Star Trek" changed the world:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/16/apontv.williamshatner.ap/index.html

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Message 109        Sun Apr 16, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:43 PDT

Look for a Klingon-themed box set of "Star Trek" episodes on August 1st:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5453

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Message 110        Thu Apr 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:28 PDT

Here are the 12 episodes, encompassing all five series, that will be included
in the Klingon box set being released on August 1st:

http://www.scifiuniverse.net/dvd/StarTrekFanCollective/Klingon/

Hmm... "Trials and Tribble-ations" was already in the time travel box set.  Be
neat to have it side-by-side with "The Trouble With Tribbles", though.

-Ken

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Message 111        Thu Apr 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:34 PDT

Here's a neato "Star Trek" screen saver that emulates the LCARS interface.
It's for Windows and Mac.

http://mewho.com/system47/download1.htm

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Message 112        Thu Apr 20, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 13:48 PDT

>Hmm... "Trials and Tribble-ations" was already in the time travel box set.
> Be neat to have it side-by-side with "The Trouble With Tribbles", though.

I got a gift set of those two episodes in VHS -- along with a tribble.   :)

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  | homas

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Message 113        Fri Apr 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:03 PDT

Did you ever notice how often "Star Trek" uses the number 47?  Here's proof,
and why:

http://www.schlock.net/the47s.html

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Message 114        Wed Apr 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:20 PDT

The Klingon-themed box set has been moved from August 1st to November 6th.

In the meantime, look for a box set that collects all 12 of Q's "Star Trek"
appearances on 6/6/6:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/store/news/article/15960.html

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Message 115        Mon May 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:47 PDT

Back in Message 53, Sheppy proposed a new take on a "Star Trek" series.
Here's one possible tactic:

Why has "Star Trek" been limited to the sci-fi genre?  Why can't the setting
it has established expand to murder-mysteries, comedies, and more?  We could
have CSI:Kronos, or a bunch of Friends in Ten-Forward.  Sounds ridiculous, but
it might make the series have more mass appeal.

Here's a farcical look at such an approach:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10348.html

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Message 116        Mon May 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:51 PDT

"Hamlet" - in the original Klingon:

http://tinyurl.com/kzt25

... and - the Bible:

http://klv.mrklingon.org/

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Message 117        Fri May 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:09 PDT

Has anyone heard of the "Spock vs. Q" audio books?  They're each 54 minutes
long and are available from both Amazon and the iTMS.  Sound amusing...

-Ken

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Message 118        Sun May 07, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:54 PDT

It seems the second "Spock vs. Q" episode is available as a $4.97 download
from audible.com.  Having now listened to both, though, I can say the first
"Spock vs. Q" is the much better of the two.

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Message 119        Tue May 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:45 PDT

Is a cloaking device actually possible?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4968338.stm

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Message 120        Fri May 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:24 PDT

BREAKING NEWS: FULL PRESS RELEASE

SET PHASERS TO STUN:

CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK TO MARK STAR TREK'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH FIRST-EVER
OFFICIAL AUCTION OF STAR TREK STUDIO ITEMS

40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection

October 5 - 7, 2006

New York -- In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek, Christie's
is honored to be holding a remarkable auction on October 5 - 7, 2006 of
official Star Trek contents from the archives of CBS Paramount Television
Studios. Over 1,000 lots from the never-before-released archives of CBS
Paramount Television will include material from all of the Star Trek
television series and movies, encompassing costumes, props, weapons, set
dressings, detailed models of the Enterprise and various alien ship and space
stations.

Over the past 40 years, Star Trek in its various incarnations has had a
monumental influence on pop culture, inspiring a global fan base to become
one of the most popular franchises in television and movie history. First
conceived by author Gene Roddenberry in the mid-1960's, Star Trek has spawned
six television series and ten feature films, and has launched the successful
careers of many of Hollywood's most respected actors and actresses. Today, it
still captivates millions of fans around the globe and lives on in
syndication and home video.

Cathy Elkies, Director of Special Collections at Christie's says, "Star Trek
has been a cornerstone of American popular culture for forty years, and
continues to impact generations of fans around the globe. Christie's is
thrilled to bring this unprecedented collection to market and to partner with
CBS Paramount Television in paying tribute to this seminal television and
movie phenomenon."

The collection includes items representing each chapter of the Star Trek
story, from the very first television series to the most recent movie,
"Nemesis." The items for auction range from costumes and small props, to
models, large-scale props and sets. Never has a collection of this scope and
depth come to the auction market, nor will it ever again.

Auction Highlights include:

Set dressing:
 * The highlight among the set dressing pieces is a replica of Captain James
Kirk's chair from the original television series made for the 1996 Deep Space
Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (estimate: $10,000-15,000)
 * Also created for "Trials And Tribble-ations" are two console sections made
as replicas of the Starship Enterprise bridge from the original television
series (estimate: $6,000-8,000)

Of over 60 special effects models, highlights include:
 * Starship Enterprise-A miniature used in visual effects for "Star Trek VI:
The Undiscovered Country" (estimate: $15,000-25,000)
 * Romulan Warbird Ship used in several episodes of Star Trek: The Next
Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (estimate: $10,000-15,000)

Costumes worn by all major original main characters: Captain Kirk, Spock,
Scotty, and Uhura:
 * Starfleet uniform worn by Captain Kirk in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of
Khan" (estimate: $7,000-9,000)
 * Officer's uniform worn by Spock in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"
(estimate: $7,000-9,000)
 * Starfleet jumpsuit worn by Uhura in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"
(estimate: $6,000-8,000)
 * Mustard Starfleet mini-dress uniform worn in original series (estimate:
$4,000-6,000)

Costume highlights form the later generations of Star Trek include:
 * Starfleet jumpsuit worn by Captain Picard (estimate: $8,000-12,000)
 * Deanna Troi Starfleet mini-dress worn in pilot episode for The Next
Generation, "Encounter at Farpoint" (estimate: $3,000-5,000)
Auction:
40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection
October 5 - 7, 2006
Viewings and Tours:
 * FedCon, Star Trek and Sci Fi Convention - Fulda, Germany, May 19 - 21
 * Comic-Con Convention - San Diego, July 20 - 23
 * Christie's South Kensington - 85 Old Brompton Road, London, August 3 - 8
 * Creation Star Trek Convention - Las Vegas, August 17 - 20
 * The Science Fiction Museum at Experience Music Project - Seattle,
September 8 - 10
 * Christie's Los Angeles - 360 N. Camden Drive, September 12 - 16
 * Christie's New York - 20 Rockefeller Plaza, September 29 - October 4
Auction Inquiries Phone:
212.468.7100
For a complete Q & A, please click here
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/16219.html>.

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Message 121        Wed May 31, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:04 PDT

Here's an interview with John de Lancie:

http://www.treknation.com/interviews/john_de_lancie_q_dvds.shtml

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Message 122        Sun Jun 04, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:13 PDT

The complete animated series will hit DVD on November 21st.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5748

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Message 123        Tue Jun 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:16 PDT

In no particular order, here are the Top 40 Reasons Why We Love Star Trek:

1. Phasers. They shoot, they score! And they can heat rocks.
2. Tricorders. Because they can detect anything a plot requires.
3. The transporter. For when you want to get away.
4. The original U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701. (No bloody A, B, C, D, E or NX!)
5. Triskelion. Because humans are just damned good entertainment value.
6. Trelane. Auditions for the role of Q start here.
7. Hyposprays. Much better than hypersprays.
8. Kirk. Because he can beat up any captain in Starfleet. And most aliens.
Don't leave home without him.
9. Spock. Because he defies logic.
10. McCoy. Immortal lines for an immortal character. Alas, he's dead Jim.
11. Uhura. The real lady in red.
12. Chekov. Because Khan remembered him.
13. Sulu. Because of his half-naked sword time.
14. Scotty. He is smart. He makes things go.
15. Captain Pike. Still rockin' it on Talos IV.
16. The Talosians. It seems it all went to their heads.
17. All those beautiful guest stars. In soft focus, of course.
18. The Passion of the Kirk. Inspiration through the ages.
19. Those short, short skirts. Those skimpy outfits! When will designers
incorporate these fashions for real?
20. Mudd's women. A great threesome.
21. Klingons. They weren't really bad, just written that way.
22. Romulans. Sometimes a straight bowl cut says it all.
23. Tranya. Because things go better with it.
24. Balok. You know, the one that gave you nightmares.
25. The Gorn. Once again, Kirk was smarter. But then again, the Gorn was
reptilian. Probably too hot for him out there at Vasquez Rocks.
26. Kirk vs. Computers. The original computer hacker.
27. Edith Keeler.The Sergeant Sarah Brown of Star Trek. (If they ever do a
Star Trek musical.)
28. Tribbles. Because they taste like chicken.
29. Fizzbin. A perfect game for any day. Except Tuesdays.
30. Redjac. What you get when you mix Jack Daniels and Redrum.
31. Gary Seven's "exceiver." We don't know what it does, but we hear it's now
available in Japan.
32. The Wild Wild West. No, not the other '60s TV show. We're talkin' the
fake West, with the OK Corral and Chekov gettin' all shot up.
33. Spock's goatee. You have to ask?
34. The Mugato. Because it's fun to pronounce.
35. Dr. M'Benga slapping Spock. Let's face it, haven't we all wanted to at
some point?
36. Kirk's stunt double. Because of the uh, close resemblance.
37. Spock with a heater. 'Nuff said.
38. Tongo Rad. To this day, the coolest character name ever devised for a TV
show.
39. Hippie Jam. Who knew Spock could have played with the Grateful Dead?
40. Spock's Brain. Best episode ever? O.K. Chief, would you believe worst
episode ever?

Source:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/17535.html

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Message 124        Sat Jul 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:49 PDT

Join Captain Kirk and the rest of the Federation as they celebrate freedom in
this montage of "Star Trek" clips:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/videoview?id=6025

Also watch this interstellar fireworks show as a variety of Federation ships
and worlds explode to the tune of the "1812 Overture":

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/videoview?id=6016

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Message 125        Tue Jul 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:38 PDT

Here's an online dating service for fans of science fiction!

http://www.trekpassions.com/

A news story about it is here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/30/tech/main1769988.shtml

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Message 126        Wed Jul 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:42 PDT

Look for some "TreK" alumni to reunite for a three-part web series celebrating
the 40th anniversary of the show:

http://startrekofgodsandmen.com/

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Message 127        Sat Jul 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:46 PDT

The design of this corn maze celebrates the 40th anniversary of "Star Trek":

http://www.cnn.com/offbeat/gallery/content.1.11.html

Doesn't look all that complicated.

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Message 128        Wed Aug 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:11 PDT

More than 1,000 "Star Trek" items will be auctioned in the first official such
event:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/08/02/startrek.auction.ap/index.html

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Message 129        Tue Aug 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:56 PDT

A new, bimonthly "Star Trek Magazine" launches this August 22nd:

http://www.trektoday.com/news/080806_02.shtml

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Message 130        Mon Aug 14, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:36 PDT

"Star Trek: Legacy", an Xbox 360 and Windows game launching this fall,
features the voice acting of all five captains (Shatner, Picard, Brooks,
Mulgrew, and Bakula).  It's the first time all five actors have participated
together in a "Star Trek" project - they've never even all attended a
convention together.

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/store/news/article/21995.html

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Message 131        Fri Aug 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:25 PDT

A new fan site has arisen to celebrate "Star Trek"'s 40th anniversary:

http://www.trekkersforever.com/

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Message 132        Wed Aug 30, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:27 PDT

A 90K-word thesis on "Star Trek" has received top honors:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/now-for-star-treks-enterprising-thesis/2
006/08/27/1156617211732.html

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Message 133        Fri Sep 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:58 PDT

Shatner and Nimoy talk about their best, worst, and incomplete work in TOS,
TNG, and the second through fifth movies:

http://www.trektoday.com/news/310806_01.shtml

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Message 134        Wed Oct 04, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:42 PDT

"Star Trek: Of Gods and Men," an independently produced feature-length
"webisode" featuring a great deal of talent from the studio-produced shows,
held its last few days of shooting this past weekend at locations around the
Los Angeles area, with Tim Russ directing...

That was one of the production's most extensive shooting days, involving a
host of Trek stars including Nichelle Nichols, Cirroc Lofton, Walter Koenig,
Alan Ruck, Grace Lee Whitney, Arlene Martel, Lawrence Montaigne, Celeste
Yarnell, Jack Donner, and several others including Russ himself playing
"Tuvok." Most of those actors reprised the roles they're most famous for, with
a few exceptions -- Lofton, for instance, did not play "Jake Sisko" but rather
a Vulcan character...

"Of Gods and Men" will be a free Internet download rolled out in three parts,
with the first targeted for this Christmas. Watch for updates at
StarTrekOfGodsandMen.com -- and be sure to view the trailer.

Excerpted from <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/29215.html>

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Message 135        Thu Oct 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:52 PDT

An auction of forty years worth of "Star Trek" memorabilia began today at
Christy's in New York, with items selling for far higher than anticipated:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/05/startrek.auction.ap/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0610/gallery.auction.star.trek/frameset.exclu
de.html

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Message 136        Mon Oct 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:00 PDT

Christie's predicted the audction would raise $3 million.  Final sum: $7.1
million.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/07/trek.model.ap/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/07/startrek.auction/index.html

http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/07/news/funny/startrek2/index.htm

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Message 138        Sat Oct 14, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:32 PDT

Yay!

"...if Star Trek XI became successful, [director J.J.] Abrams would likely end
up in charge of a new Star Trek television franchise."

From <http://www.trektoday.com/news/141006_02.shtml>.

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Message 139        Sat Oct 14, 2006
PETERW                       at 21:51 PDT

We can only hope!

(Starting with the film being successful!)

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 140        Fri Oct 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:25 PDT

Read about the original and licensed music that has permeated episodes of
"Star Trek" throughout the years:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/21683.html

My favorite comment:

"(All the Klingon Opera tunes you heard in DS9 had to be composed as originals
so as to avoid any risk of violating Klingon copyright laws -- which are, to
put it lightly, really really severe.)"

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Message 141        Mon Oct 23, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 06:36 PDT

Wow, first it was the automatic (airport) doors, and now a cloaking device!
When will this "Life imitates Art" ever end?

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-cloak20oct20,0,5997139.story?coll=la
-home-headlines

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Message 142        Tue Oct 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:06 PDT

It's been 15 years today since Gene Roddenberry passed away... What would he
think of "Star Trek" today?

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/31455.html

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Message 143        Sun Oct 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:36 PDT

As some of you know, I've recently befriended someone who has no knowledge,
background, or experience with anything that defines a geek: video games,
"Star Wars", or "Star Trek".  I've introduced her to the former two, to which
she has adapted well - but I don't know where to begin with "Star Trek",
which isn't just two trilogies, like George Lucas' work, but ten films and
600+ television episodes.

Any suggestions of where to start?  Pilot episodes are by nature
introductory, but they may not necessarily be exemplary of "Star Trek" -
think how much each series matured as the years progressed.  Should I try to
introduce her to characters, meaning I should pick one series and show her
select episodes?  Or to concepts, such as transporters, holodecks, and
economy of the future?

It's all rather overwhelming!

-Ken

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Message 144        Mon Oct 30, 2006
PETERW                       at 05:31 PDT

I don't know that I'd start with TOS, it's a little dated now. (Particularly
the really early episodes, although the pilot wasn't all bad.) OTOH, you
kind-of *have* to show some of TOS to demonstrate the iconic characters: Spock,
Bones, Uhura, etc. (Most people would put Kirk first, but I always felt he was
actually fairly interchangeable - basically a generic "ship's captain", but
within the Trek ideals and boundaries). I think Amok Time would be good, and
Trouble With Tribbles. I think you'd need to have seen a few TV episodes before
getting into the TOS movies. Then maybe movies II, III and IV. (But definitely
not I!)

In general I think TNG was the most accessible of the series. That was the
series that actually got my wife interested in Star Trek, but DS9, Voyager and
Enterprise never really caught her interest in the same way. Personally I'd
steer clear of the "magic" episodes (typically involving Q) to start with.
(Ditto for TOS episodes, BTW.) Other people's opinions may vary there.

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 145        Sun Nov 12, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:20 PDT

Hey, all right!  The Klingon, Borg, Time Travel, and Q themed box sets were
sufficiently successful to warrant consideration of more such sets.  So
Paramount is asking for your suggestions of what episodes should be in two
new proposed new sets:

- The Captains Collective Edition will include favorite episodes featuring
the five captains PLUS notable episodes from other "honorary" captains; and

- The Alternate Realities Collective Edition will feature all eight episodes
from the mirror universe plus favorite episodes from other alternate
realities.

Cast your vote today!

http://www.startrek.com/surveys/dvd/intro.jsp

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Message 146        Mon Nov 13, 2006
PETERW                       at 04:00 PDT

>all eight episodes from the mirror universe

Only _eight_ mirror universe episodes? I would have thought there were more
than that across all the series.

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager

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Message 147        Mon Nov 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:22 PDT

Peter,

> Only _eight_ mirror universe episodes? I would have thought there were more
> than that across all the series.

I think there was one each on TOS and Enterprise, and six on DS9.

TNG encountered the mirror universe in novel form only.

-Ken

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Message 148        Wed Nov 15, 2006
PETERW                       at 04:29 PDT

>I think there was one each on TOS and Enterprise, and six on DS9.

Given that it's many years since I've seen them, I suppose I can be forgiven
for vaguely "remembering" two episodes in TOS (probably different scenes from
the one episode).

However as they were only shown in the last two weeks in Australia, I can
guarantee you there were two Enterprise episodes! (Although I suppose you could
argue they were a single two-part episode.)

The six episodes in DS9 probably explains my memory of "lots" of episodes.

And I'm genuinely surprised that there were no mirror episodes in TNG!

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Message 150        Wed Nov 15, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:35 PDT

Peter,

> Given that it's many years since I've seen them, I suppose I can be forgiven
> for vaguely "remembering" two episodes in TOS (probably different scenes from
> the one episode).

I think there was one mirror universe episode, but yet another episode where
the teleporter split Kirk into good and evil halves.  Maybe you're thinking of
that?

I haven't seen the fourth season of "Enterprise" yet...

-Ken

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Message 151        Thu Nov 16, 2006
PETERW                       at 05:17 PDT

>another episode where the teleporter split Kirk into good and evil halves.
>Maybe you're thinking of that?

Good point, that certainly sounds plausible.

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 152        Sat Nov 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:58 PDT

There's a new Thanksgiving-themed Star Trek desktop pattern available for
download!

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/store/downloads/desktops.html

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Message 153        Sat Nov 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:01 PDT

In a recent interview, George Takei proposed that a new "Star Trek" animated
series be launched.  And with so many of the original cast members and writers
around, it'd be possible to relaunch TOS an animated form:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/34575.html

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Message 154        Mon Nov 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:57 PDT

Going back to Messages 143-144, uptopic, I thought of another way to hook a
particular someone onto "Star Trek": I mentioned to her, "Hey, did you know
that there's an entire 'Star Trek' movie set in Montana?"  She immediately
perked up to hear her home state be so featured!  She was also a bit
incredulous as to how a space movie could be set in the woods of Earth, but I
think that worked to pique her interest all the more. :)

-Ken

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Message 155        Wed Nov 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:16 PDT

All 22 episodes of "The Animated Series" were released in a single box set
yesterday.  Read an overview and review here:

http://www.treknation.com/reviews/the_complete_animated_series.shtml

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Message 156        Tue Nov 28, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:59 PDT

Read about the new "Star Trek" game, "Legacy", written by a TOS writer and
featuring all five captains' voices:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/11/28/star.trek.games.reut/index.html

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Topic 2         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:37 PST
Sub: Star Trek: The Original Series

ST:TOS launched creator Gene Roddenberry's vision from 1966 to 1969.
Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei,
Walter Koenig, James Doohan, and Nichelle Nichols.

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Message 1          Sat Mar 20, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:52 PDT

This article, and the links at the bottom, examine how technologies from
ST:TOS are being realized today:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/4914.html

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Message 2          Sat Mar 20, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:54 PDT

It's always fascinating to see that kind of comparison.

I'm still waiting for more news on the progress toward teleportation
technology; I haven't heard anything since a couple of teams managed to beam
multiple photos from one place to another.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
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                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 3          Wed May 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:36 PDT

TOS is currently available on DVD only as individual discs containing a few
episodes each.

But the original series will garner the same treatment TNG, DS9, and Voyager
have had starting this August, when full-season box sets sstart being
released:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1570&Nav=Yes

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Message 4          Wed Jul 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:05 PDT

It was announced today that James Doohan has Alzheimer's disease.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/07/people.doohan.ap/index.html

He's already had for awhile Parkinson's disease, diabetes, and fibrosis.

His last convention appearance ever will be next month.

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Message 5          Sat Aug 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:03 PDT

It looks like the first season of ST:TOS will be released on DVD this Tuesday,
August 31st:

http://tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=3771

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Message 6          Fri Oct 15, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:49 PDT

10.12.2004
Carolyn Dowling Kelley, Wife of DeForest, Passes

STARTREK.COM has just learned that Carolyn Dowling Kelley, widow of DeForest
Kelley, (Dr. McCoy) has passed away. DeForest and Carolyn were married for 53
years. (DeForest died on June 11, 1999.)

Story continues at
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/7610.html>

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Message 7          Fri Dec 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:07 PDT

Shooting for the first Star Trek pilot, "The Cage", occurred 40 years ago
this season:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/8260.html

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Message 8          Fri Oct 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:01 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- George Takei, who as helmsman Sulu steered the
Starship Enterprise through three television seasons and six movies, has come
out as a homosexual in the current issue of Frontiers, a biweekly Los Angeles
magazine covering the gay and lesbian community.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/28/people.georgetakei.ap/index.html

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Message 9          Fri Oct 28, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:18 PDT

I'm amazed he was able to keep it to himself for so long.  Well done! :)

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Message 10         Fri Nov 18, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:03 PDT

Did you know that Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics to the the TOS theme song?

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/trek1.htm

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Message 11         Fri Nov 18, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:42 PDT

Wow, those are really bad lyrics too. :)

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Message 12         Mon Nov 21, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:05 PDT


It's disappointing to learn that Roddenberry pulled such a sleazy trick.

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Message 13         Mon Nov 21, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:39 PDT

Thomas,

I agree.  Granted, "Star Trek" was probably not the moneymaker when it first
aired that it ultimately became, and Roddenberry might've felt needier to
resort to such a trick.  I wonder if he ever used the empire he built to pay
back Mr. Courage?

It would've been interesting to know how the show might've turned out had they
been able to keep the original composer.

-Ken

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Message 14         Sat Jan 07, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:00 PDT

The latest issue of "Equality" has an interview with George Takei.  It's
available online here:

http://tinyurl.com/accuj

Or in audio format:

http://anon.newmediamill.speedera.net/anon.newmediamill/podcast/takei.mp3

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Message 15         Tue Mar 07, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:39 PDT

Look for "Star Trek 2.0", an "interactive" take on TOS, coming to the G4
network next month:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15471.html

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Message 16         Fri Apr 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:20 PDT

Yesterday was George Takei's birthday.  An exclusive, 29-minute video
interview with him is available online at

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/firstperson/article/15857.html

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Message 17         Sat Jul 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:57 PDT

According to <http://www.trektoday.com/news/270706_01.shtml>:

The Digital Bits reported on DVD rumours as well, as Bill Hunt noted that he
had learned Paramount was planning to release The Ultimate Star Trek Movie
Collection in high-definition on HD-DVD. In addition, he wrote, "the studio
is quietly remastering all 79 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series for
eventual high-def disc release as well" and already has "sparkling high-def
masters of all 4 seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise to release."

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Message 18         Thu Aug 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:53 PDT

Look for the original "Star Trek" series on TV Land, starting this fall:

http://www.trektoday.com/news/020806_01.shtml

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Message 19         Thu Aug 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:05 PDT

Here's a somewhat strange story about seven wax figures representing the
original crew of the Enterprise, and how three fans refused to let them be
split up:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/20915.html

The official web site:

http://www.enterprisewax.com/

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Message 20         Tue Aug 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:42 PDT

The TOS series is being remastered for HD-DVD:

http://www.trektoday.com/news/280806_04.shtml

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Message 21         Thu Aug 31, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:56 PDT

A clarification of the last message: TOS is being remastered for HDTV, not
HD-DVD.

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/23775.html>, here
are the most significant changes that will be seen in the remastered TOS:

 * Space ship exteriors - The Enterprise, as well as other starships, will be
replaced with state of the art CGI-created ships. The new computer-generated
Enterprise is based on the exact measurements of the original model, which
now rests in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

 * Show opening - The Enterprise and planets seen in the main title sequence
will be redone, giving them depth and dimension for the first time.

 * Galaxy shots - All the graphics of the galaxy, so frequently seen through
the viewscreen on the Enterprise's bridge, will be redone.

 * Exteriors - The battle scenes, planets and ships from other cultures
(notably the Romulan Bird of Prey and Klingon Battle Cruisers) will be
updated.

 * Background scenes - Some of the iconic, yet flat, matte paintings used as
backdrops for the strange, new worlds explored by the Enterprise crew will
get a CGI face-lift, adding atmosphere and lighting.

The refurbished episodes also feature higher quality sound for the famous
opening theme. The original score by Emmy Award-winning composer Alexander
Courage, has been re-recorded in state-of-the-art digital stereo audio with
an orchestra and a female singer belting out the famous vocals. A digitally
remastered version of William Shatner's classic original recording of the
38-word "Space, the final frontier..." monologue continues to open each
episode.

There is no confirmation as yet if, or when, these episodes will eventually
appear on DVD, HD-DVD or Blu-Ray. More news as it breaks!

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Message 22         Fri Sep 01, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:03 PDT

This is an interesting idea.  I'll be curious to see what they look like.

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Message 23         Sun Sep 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:13 PDT

Has I not been out of town and AFK this past Friday, I would've acknowledged
that day as the 40th anniversary of "Star Trek".  The first episode of the
original series aired on September 8th, 1966.

Shatner and Nimoy reflect on how "TreK" made it this far:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/06/star.trek.40/index.html

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Message 24         Mon Sep 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:21 PDT

Here's an official retrospective on the debut of TOS:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/editorials/article/25215.html

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Message 25         Mon Sep 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:10 PDT

Win a contest by drawing Pavel Chekov in a non-"Trek" setting:

http://www.chekovsite.com/artcontest.html

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Message 26         Sun Sep 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:41 PDT

For 30-second previews of three remastered TOS episodes, click here:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/26395.html

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Message 27         Thu Oct 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:18 PDT

According to

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/31155.html

Cable channel TV Land will begin airing TOS, starting with a three-day
marathon the weekend of November 17th.  "Star Trek II" will be a part of this
marathon.

"n the week leading up to that launch, TV Land will schedule special
programming in tribute to Star Trek, including a repeat of the William
Shatner edition of "Living in TV Land" which premiered last March. In
addition, the network will run a series of episodes from other classic TV
shows that feature Star Trek cast members, such as Gunsmoke with Shatner,
Bonanza with Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley, and Miami Vice with George
Takei. Also during the week of Nov. 13th, it will air special "space-themed"
episodes from such classic shows as I Love Lucy, Green Acres and Benson."

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Message 28         Tue Oct 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:04 PDT

A variation of Category 2, Topic 8, Message 205 follows...

Jane Wyatt, television icon and mother to Spock, died peacefully at her
Bel-Air home in California last Friday. She was 96.

A stage, film and television star, Wyatt is best remembered as the supportive
and iconic mother Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best, alongside Robert
Young. It was for this role that she won three Emmys in a row (1958-60). Star
Trek fans will of course remember Wyatt as Spock's caring mother and Sarek's
devoted wife Amanda in "Journey to Babel," a role she reprised in "Star Trek
IV: The Voyage Home."

Story continues at
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/31355.html

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Topic 3         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:38 PST
Sub: Star Trek: The Next Generation

ST:TNG revitalized Star Trek from 1987 to 1994.  Starring Patrick Stewart,
Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton,
and Gates McFadden.

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Message 1          Mon Oct 01, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:10 PDT

TNN (The National Network) begins a 5-day, 72-episode (I think) marathon of
The Next Generation today.

-Ken

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Message 2          Thu Jan 10, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:08 PDT

Star Trek: The Next Generation television series will be released in DVD, a
seven-disc box set for each of the seven seasons.  Season One will be released
on March 26, with a new season to follow every month thereafter.  Each set is
expected to cost "under $100."

Full story at <http://www.startrek.com/news/productnews.asp?ID=122425>

-Ken

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Message 3          Thu Jan 10, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:34 PDT

Mmmm... sounds good to me.  It better be a good bit under $100 though, or my
wife won't let me get them. :)

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Message 4          Tue Jan 22, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:06 PDT

Some online order houses have finally listed the Season One box set for The
Next Generation.  It consists of seven discs, with about four episodes per
disc.  The lowest price so far is $97.99.

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=15668

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Message 5          Sun Mar 31, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:51 PDT

Star Trek: TNG Season One came out on DVD last week.  A related news story on
StarTrek.com states that "a new season will be released every other month."

I thought the original plan was for one season every month, so that they'd all
be available for Christmas.  If I'm reading the above correctly, we won't see
Season Seven until March 2003.

-Ken

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Message 6          Mon Jul 08, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:44 PDT

I heard that Tasha Yar was killed off from TNG because Denise Crosby posed
nude for a magazine.  Is that true?

-Ken

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Message 7          Mon Jul 08, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:57 PDT

>>>I heard that Tasha Yar was killed off from TNG because Denise Crosby posed
nude for a magazine.  Is that true?

I've never heard that.  What I heard is that she was fed up with basically
being eye candy and decided to leave.

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 8          Tue Jul 09, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 06:05 PDT


>>>Ken Surmised
>>I heard that Tasha Yar was killed off from TNG because Denise Crosby
>> posed nude for a magazine.  Is that true?

If that were the case, they probably wouldn't have brought her back as Seela.
Hmmm, of course that might have been after Roddenberry died.

>>>Sheppy's take was
> I've never heard that.  What I heard is that she was fed up with basically
> being eye candy and decided to leave.

What _I've_ heard, or read (though this might just be the company line) is
that Gene Roddenberry wanted to impress on the viewers that space was a
dangerous place, and it was dangerous to EVERYONE, not just the poor schlepp
in the orange shirt that got picked to beam down with Kirk and the regular
crew.   (Everyone knew in TOS that the guy you didn't recognize on the away
team was toast.)

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Message 9          Sun Jan 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:35 PDT

Brent Spiner will be guest-starring on an episode of "Frasier" next month:

http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=127357

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Message 10         Thu Apr 10, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:34 PDT

Remember that 3D chess game that was always being played on The Next
Generation's Ten-Forward?  Was it eventually made into a real game?  If so,
what is it called, and where is it available - anyone know?

-Ken

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Message 11         Fri Apr 11, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 08:54 PDT

Ken asked:

> Remember that 3D chess game that was always being played on The
> Next Generation's Ten-Forward?  Was it eventually made into a
> real game?  If so, what is it called, and where is it available
> - anyone know?

I believe that I heard of someone "inferring" the rules from watching Spock
and Kirk play in TOS.   I'm afraid I don't know where they can be found.

I have also seen sets for sale, but I think they were all custom jobs, and not
produced in volume.

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Message 12         Thu Apr 17, 2003
S.BERNBAUM                   at 17:13 PDT


Someone was looking for rules for Star Trek 3D chess.  I have found a set of
rules in my archives that I downloaded from somewhere in 1992.  If you would
like a copy, let me know and I will email it to you.


              MT Steve

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Message 13         Tue Jun 10, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:15 PDT

I know that Geordi LaForge is named after the real-life George LaForge, but
who is that?  I thought it was Gene Roddenberry's barber, but the only
information I can find on the web is at this URL:

http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/st-tng/trivia/did-you-know.html

Did You Know...

... That Geordi LaForge is named after a real Star Trek fan named George
LaForge? George LaForge died from muscular dystrophy in 1975.

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Message 14         Sat Jun 21, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:59 PDT

Not Star Trek, but the NY Times has a wonderful piece on Levar Burton (Geordi
LaForge)'s PBS series, "Reading Rainbow":

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/15/arts/television/15DEDE.html

Free registration to the NY TImes web site is necessary to read the article.

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Message 15         Fri Oct 17, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:31 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/3229.html>

Stewart and Neuss Split

Patrick Stewart ("Jean-Luc Picard") has filed for legal separation from his
wife Wendy Neuss-Stewart, according to the Associated Press. Stewart cited
irreconcilable differences in the court papers, filed earlier this week.
Neuss-Stewart, a former Trek producer, also executive produced several
projects with Stewart, including the recent TV movie "King of Texas." The
couple married in August 2000.

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Message 16         Mon Dec 15, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:28 PDT

Diana Muldar played Dr. Pulaski for a year while Dr. Crusher headed Starfleet
Medical.  What was Gates McFadden doing in that time?

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Message 17         Wed Dec 17, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:29 PDT

I think she left the show because she wasn't happy with the direction her
character was going, then a year later got bored and returned.  I *think* she
did some theater while she was away.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 18         Fri Jun 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:17 PDT

In 1991, Ronald Reagan visited the set of Star Trek: TNG:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/5757.html

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Message 19         Fri Jun 11, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:56 PDT

I like that Reagan said the Klingons reminded him of Congress. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
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                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 20         Sat Jun 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:30 PDT

The band "Ookla The Mok" did a song called "Mr. Worf":

http://www.otmfan.com/html/audio.htm

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Message 21         Tue Jul 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:08 PDT

On 8/3, a two-disc, seven-episode collection of TNG will be released:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfmReleaseID=3607
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2cmd=calc&tmpCart=34490

"The Jean-Luc Picard Collection" contains these episodes:

 *  Disc 1
    "The Big Goodbye" (Season 1)
    "Sarek" (Season 3)
    "Family" (Season 4)
    "The Drumhead" (Season 4)

 *  Disc 2
    "Darmok" (Season 5)
    "The Inner Light" (Season 5)
    "Tapestry" (Season 6)
    Bonus Features

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Message 22         Wed Jul 28, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 08:36 PDT


    "The Inner Light" (Season 5)
    "Tapestry" (Season 6)

These were 2 of my favorite episodes.  How much is it selling for?

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Message 23         Wed Jul 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:42 PDT

The DVD Price Search link puts its MSRP at $29.95, with most stores selling
it in the $20 range.

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Message 24         Sat Sep 04, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 18:57 PDT

I find it amusing how ubiquitous Star Trek has become in our society.  I got
an email advertisement from Academic Superstore, an online merchant
specializing in Academic Discounted software.

In the announcement section was the following  (//emphasis_mine//):

"Back to school is here! //_Resistance_is_futile_!_// Get your back-to-school
essentials at Academic Superstore!"

There was no other mention of Star Trek or any reference to ANY sci-fi on the
page.

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Message 25         Sun Sep 05, 2004
PETERW                       at 07:08 PDT

>I find it amusing how ubiquitous Star Trek has become in our society.

There's quite an incredible number of similar expressions that have become
commonplace. How often do you hear or read lines like the following:

"It's dead, Jim!" (Usually in reference to some piece of technology!)
"Beam me up, Scotty" (Which was never actually said by anyone in Star Trek!)

Moving on from Star Trek:
"Danger, Will Robinson" (usually accompanied by waving arms)
"Exterminate" (for a long time it seemed this was the only English evil aliens
knew!)

And moving away from Science Fiction altogether:
"Doh!"
"Excellent!" (The evil intonation is important here!)

And who would dream of ordering a "stirred" martini?

Actually, it's scary how many quotes from the Simpsons have become part of the
general language. I know and use them and I don't even watch the show that
often! Of course, I blame my kids...  :-)
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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager

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Message 26         Tue Oct 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:21 PDT

Get the entire TNG series in a 48-disc box set:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37708

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Message 27         Tue Oct 12, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:51 PDT


Wow.  I like Star Trek, but $825 is a bit pricey for me.  :)

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Message 28         Tue Oct 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:10 PDT

Thomas,

Fortunately, $825 is only the MSRP; the lowest price online is $525.

Consider that the individual seasons have an MSRP of $140/each, equalling $980
for all seven - a savings of $155 to $455 by buying all seven together.

For less than the MSRP, the individual seasons can be had for $90/each (lowest
online price), producing a total of $630 - a savings of $105 by buying all
seven together.

-Ken

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Message 29         Sat Nov 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:36 PDT

The DS9 "Season 8" books feature Gul Macet, supposedly the cousin of Gul
Dukat, though the uncanny resemblance between the two makes many people
uncomfortable

I just realized that in TNG fourth season episode "The Wounded", Marc Alaimo,
who played Gul Dukat on DS9, played Gul Macet.

That explains the family resemblance... :)

-Ken

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Message 30         Sat Nov 06, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:31 PDT

Hehehe... yeah. :)

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Message 31         Fri Jul 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:25 PDT

Ya know, after all this time, I still think one of the most depressing and
tragic moments in television fiction is the destruction of the crystalline
entity.  I still get upset about it to this day.

Sigh.

-Ken

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Message 32         Fri Oct 14, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:58 PDT

How come Dr. Crusher was replaced by Dr. Pulaski for a year?  Was Gates
McFadden pursuing another role or raising a family in her time off from "Star
Trek"?

-Ken

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Message 33         Fri Oct 14, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:04 PDT

IIRC, Gates McFadden wasn't happy with her character's direction and amount of
screen time after the first season and left for that reason.  I'm not sure why
she returned, although after she came back, she started getting a lot more
stories revolving around her to at least some extent.

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Message 34         Mon Dec 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:10 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- G4 is about to boldly go
where many networks have gone before.

The Comcast-owned cable network is close to acquiring the syndication rights
to the original "Star Trek" and one of its spinoffs, "Star Trek: The Next
Generation" from Paramount Domestic Television, sources said. "Trek" has been
a syndication fixture since the first edition blossomed there after its brief
network run in the late '60s.

Story continues at
<http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/19/television.startrek.reut/index.html>

Here's a gallery of "Star Trek"

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/entertainment/0505/gallery.star.trek/frameset.ex
clude.html

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Message 35         Sat Dec 24, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:51 PDT

Interesting.  I thought SpikeTV had a very long-term license for TNG.

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Message 36         Mon May 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:38 PDT

All the themed DVD sets coming out makes me wonder: what are *your* favorite
TNG episodes?

A local poll many years ago produced these five results:

"The Inner Light"
"Relics"
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
"The Best of Both Worlds, Part I"
"The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"

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Message 37         Tue May 02, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 05:46 PDT


That list catches most of mine, though I'd have to also include the one (I
forgot the name of the episode) where Picard gets zapped, and loses his
artificial heart, and Q takes him back to his academy days.

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Message 38         Tue May 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:48 PDT

Thomas,

"Tapestry" is included in the Q collective box set, coming out June 6th! :-)

"Is there a Gene-Luck Pikerd here?"

-Ken

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Message 39         Thu May 11, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:28 PDT

My favorite TNG episodes would have to be:

The Inner Light
Darmok
The Best of Both Worlds Part I
Yesterday's Enterprise
Timescape
Encounter at Farpoint paired with All Good Things...

If I can consider the pilot and finale as one entity, they're freaking cool.
Seperately, they don't make my list.

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Message 40         Wed Jul 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:49 PDT

Was a sequel of "Inner Light" planned?

http://www.trektoday.com/news/250706_02.shtml

Doesn't sound very good, IMHO.

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Message 41         Thu Jul 27, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 10:28 PDT


I agree, Ken, the descriptions sounds a little over the top.

Inner Light was one of my favorite episodes, though I do wish they had come up
with a more plausible vehicle for telling the story than the "probe".  I always
thought that a civilization that had the technology to beam memories into
someone's head surely should be able to invent space transport.

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Message 42         Thu Jul 27, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:54 PDT

Well, development of technology can vary depending on where your priorities
are.

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Message 43         Fri Jul 28, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:20 PDT

Thomas,

> I always thought that a civilization that had the technology to beam memories
> into someone's head surely should be able to invent space transport.

I don't know about that.  Here on Earth, for example, I'd say we're closer to
the former than the latter.

OTOH, equally disproportionate was the episode that featured an alien race
able to wipe the Enterprise crew's memory and plant an android on the bridge -
yet their offensive weaponry was insufficient to win a war. :\

-Ken

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Message 44         Fri Jul 28, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:21 PDT

Sheppy,

> Well, development of technology can vary depending on where your priorities
> are.

Spoken like a true Civilization fanatic. :)

-Ken

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Message 45         Wed Aug 02, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:42 PDT

>>>Spoken like a true Civilization fanatic. :)

Your point? :)

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Message 46         Sun Aug 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:19 PDT

Thomas,

> I agree, Ken, the descriptions sounds a little over the top.

I wonder if the imagined sequel to "Inner Light" was the basis for the episode
where La Forge meets Dr. Leah Brahms?

-Ken

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Message 47         Thu Aug 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:53 PDT

Was there an episode of TNG that briefly featured Data trying to escape from a
Chinese finger trap?  I seem to recall such an incident, but I can't place
it...

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Message 48         Thu Aug 24, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 13:45 PDT


> Was there an episode of TNG that briefly featured Data trying to escape
> from a Chinese finger trap?  I seem to recall such an incident, but
> I can't place it...

I recall something like that too, but I certainly couldn't place the episode.

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Message 49         Fri Aug 25, 2006
PETERW                       at 05:27 PDT

The ST:TNG episode "The Last Outpost" has Data caught in a chinese finger trap.

"Data is the victim of the prank at first, but the Enterprise crew eventually
beams a box of the toys over to a belligerent Ferengi vessel as "thanks" for
their aggression."

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Message 50         Fri Aug 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:49 PDT

Peter,

Thanks!  I believe "The Last Outpost" was the episode that introduced the
Ferengi, and even featured Armin Shimmerman as a representative of the race.

-Ken

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Message 51         Fri Sep 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:02 PDT

Joseph Stefano, who wrote the episode "Skin of Evil", in which Tasha Yar died,
has died.

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/24775.html

Stefano is most famous for writing the screenplay to Alfred Hitchcock's
classic thriller "Psycho," and was instrumental in establishing The Outer
Limits as a classic science fiction TV series.

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Message 52         Tue Sep 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:58 PDT

Today is the 19th anniversary of the debut of TNG!

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Message 53         Wed Oct 04, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:48 PDT

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Who :

"There have also been many references to Doctor Who in popular culture and
other science fiction franchises, including Star Trek: The Next Generation."

Can anyone think of such a reference to "Dr. Who" in TNG?

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Message 54         Fri Oct 06, 2006
PETERW                       at 08:43 PDT

>Can anyone think of such a reference to "Dr. Who" in TNG?

No, so I tried Google!  :-)

It threw up this link to a list of "in jokes" including Dr Who references:
<http://stng.36el.com/st-tng/trivia/in-jokes.html>

I saw many of these confirmed elsewhere during my surfing.
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Message 55         Sat Oct 07, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:03 PDT

Thanks, Peter!

I also found <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS#Popular_culture>:

 * "Time's Orphan", an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, featured Chief
O'Brien using, among other equipment, a hexagonal console with outward-facing
control panels (visible in the background) in his effort to recover his
daughter from a time vortex.

 * An episode of Star Trek: Enterprise entitled "Future Tense" paid homage to
the TARDIS by having the crew encounter a timeship that is bigger on the
inside than on the outside.

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Message 56         Sun Oct 08, 2006
PETERW                       at 05:56 PDT

I'm going to have to start checking wikipedia first!  :-)

Re the "bigger inside than outside" reference - that's actually what I expected
to find when I first went searching. I was thinking there might be some
reference to an alien ship or artifact that was "bigger on the inside than on
the outside" leading to a throw-away comment about "just like the Tardis".
Nothing so obvious!
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Message 57         Tue Oct 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:38 PDT

TNG will return to the comic book format in January

http://www.trektoday.com/news/071006_01.shtml

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Message 58         Tue Nov 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:48 PDT

Check out the Patrick Stewart alphabet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjNKyoRudOQ

Can anyone tell me the source for this?

See also the original music video, "The Picard Song":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjNKyoRudOQ

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Message 59         Wed Nov 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:43 PDT

From <http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Ode_to_Spot>:

"Ode to Spot"

Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.

I find myself intrigued by your sub-vocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.

A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents,
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.

Oh Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array;
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.

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KGAGNE                       at 15:42 PST
Sub: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

ST:DS9, set on a stationary space station orbiting the planet Bajor and
situated next to a wormhole leading to the Gamma Quadrant.  Ran 1993 - 1999
and starred Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton, Nana Visitor, et al.

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Message 1          Fri Jan 11, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:44 PDT

I hope Deep Space Nine DVDs are not too far off.  I missed some of the earlier
episodes, and caught some of the later ones out of sequence.  I'd be great to
finally have them all.

Beginning with the fourth season, DS9 featured the best storytelling Star Trek
has ever experienced, IMHO.

-Ken

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Message 2          Fri Jan 11, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:16 PDT

>>>Beginning with the fourth season, DS9 featured the best storytelling Star
Trek has ever experienced, IMHO.

I agree completely.

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Message 3          Mon Jan 14, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 10:08 PDT

>> Beginning with the fourth season, DS9 featured the best storytelling
>> Star Trek has ever experienced, IMHO.

> I agree completely.

Yeah, I really like series that have a storyline.   I think the writers of
DS-9 might have taken their cue from Babylon 5, which had a solid storyline
that ran the entire length of the series.

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Message 4          Mon Jan 14, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:20 PDT

> I think the writers of DS-9 might have taken their cue from Babylon 5

I think I saw that there's a Babylon 5 TV movie coming out, subtitled "Space
Rangers" or something?

-Ken

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Message 5          Wed Dec 18, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:31 PDT

With Star Trek: TNG Season 7 due on DVD by the end of this year, what's next
for Paramount discs?

According to dvdpricesearch.com, Season 1 of Deep Space Nine will be released
in a six-disc box set on February 25th, 2003:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&amp;tmpCart=22507

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Message 6          Fri Dec 20, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:20 PDT

>>>According to dvdpricesearch.com, Season 1 of Deep Space Nine will be
released in a six-disc box set on February 25th, 2003:

I'm really looking forward to that.  I like DS9 a lot.

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Message 7          Mon Mar 03, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:52 PDT

Season 2 of Deep Space Nine will be released on April 1st - no foolin'!

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&amp;tmpCart=23313

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Message 8          Sun Mar 09, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:45 PDT

On the ten-year anniversary of its premiere, Deep Space Nine is recollected at
StarTrek.com:

http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=127466

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Message 9          Mon Apr 14, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:29 PDT

Seasons 1 & 2 of Deep Space Nine are currently available on DVD.  The rest of
the seasons will be released later this year:

Season 3: 06/03
Season 4: 08/05
Season 5: 10/07
Season 6: 11/04
Season 7: 12/02

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Message 10         Fri Aug 08, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:03 PDT

This article takes a look at some of the best episodes of Star Trek: Deek
Space Nine's fourth season:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/1889.html

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Message 11         Wed Oct 29, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:02 PDT

Official web site for Andrew J. Robinson, who played Garak on DS9:

http://www.andrewrobinson.us

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Message 12         Fri Oct 31, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:31 PDT

Andrew Robinson as Garek is one of my favorite recurring characters in Star
Trek.  He was hilarious and so very serious all at once.

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Message 13         Fri Mar 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:14 PDT

3.22.2004
 Spike TV Launches DS9 with Marathon

 Spike TV, where fans can catch episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation,
is about to double its Trek quotient with the addition of Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine to its lineup. Beginning in April, DS9 will debut on Spike TV with
a weeklong "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 9-Hour Marathon."  From Monday, April
5 through Friday, April 9 Spike TV will broadcast nine hours daily of DS9
episodes from the first two seasons (and two episodes from Season Three), in
consecutive order. From noon through 9:00 PM, ET/PT each day, fans can watch
episodes from "Emissary, Part I" at noon on Monday and on through "The
Search, Part II" at  10:00 p.m. on Friday.

Story continues at
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/4961.html

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Message 14         Sat Mar 27, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:01 PDT

I'm very jazzed up about DS9 finally coming back to TV.  I loved this series,
and I'm going to try to record every episode. :)

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Message 15         Sun Apr 04, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:55 PDT

I have my ReplayTV set up to record 41 hours of DS9, to give me time to pull
them to my Mac and burn DVDs, since we don't have a VCR on the TV anymore. :)

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Message 16         Tue Oct 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:23 PDT

Get the entire DS9 series in a 48-disc box set:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=38211

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Message 17         Wed Oct 13, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:33 PDT

For anyone that's interested, DS9 is wrapping up season 7 on SpikeTV this week,
and I presume will wrap back to season 1.  So if you're looking for a chance to
watch it from the beginning, your chance is about to arrive.

They're now running two episodes back to back each weekday at 11 AM and noon
Eastern time.

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Message 18         Fri Oct 15, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:49 PDT

Today SpikeTV aired "Emissary", so they've wrapped back to season 1.  They
skipped the second to last episode from season 7, which was annoying.  I
presume because they wanted to run both parts of "What You Leave Behind" back
to back.

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Message 19         Fri Oct 15, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:20 PDT

I'm reminded once again how excellent an episode "Emissary" was.  Easily the
best of the Star Trek pilots.

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Message 20         Sat Oct 30, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:52 PDT

Pick up the individual seasons of Deep Space Nine at the lowest possible
prices:

Season 1:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=22507

Season 2:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=23313

Season 3:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24528

Season 4:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24608

Season 5:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24609

Season 6:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24610

Season 7:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24611

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Message 21         Thu Nov 25, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:07 PDT

The author of one of my favorite DS9 episodes - the only episode the
novelization of which I've read - recently published a new book:

TNG Writer Zicree Pens New Modern Fantasy Epic

Marc Scott Zicree, the man responsible for Story for the TNG episode "First
Contact" and the DS9 episode "Far Beyond the Stars ," has a new novel about to
debut from HarperCollins. "Magic Time - Ghostlands" is the final book of the
author's Magic Time trilogy, a modern-day fantasy where the machines of today
stop working and magic returns.

Story continues at
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/7646.html>

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Message 22         Fri Dec 17, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:44 PDT

It looks like the discrepancy in the appearance of Klingons, as observed in
the DS9 episode "Trials and Tribble-ations", will be addressed in an upcoming
episode of Enterprise...

I'd prefer they just leave it alone, personally.

-Ken

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Message 23         Fri Dec 17, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:40 PDT

I'm actually curious to see how they address it.

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Message 24         Fri Dec 17, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:47 PDT

There was a "Strange New Worlds" short story that addressed it, as well as
four funny takes in a DS9 comic book.  I prefer leaving it to the imagination.
:)

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Message 25         Sat Jan 29, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:39 PDT

I have two questions about the Dominion.

- Can the Jem'Hadar fire when cloaked?  A published short story suggests "no",
but I can't see why.

- The Founders breed Jem'Hadar to be soldiers, not engineers.  Who builds
Dominion/Jem'Hadar ships?

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Message 26         Sat Jan 29, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:29 PDT

The Jem'Hadar are never seen firing while shrouded; they always deshroud before
engaging in battle, so I presume that they can't fire while shrouded.

As for who builds the ships -- the Dominion holds many, many worlds in the
Gamma Quadrant.  I'm sure there are many worlds there with excellent engineers
and laborers.

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Message 27         Sun Jan 30, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:23 PDT

Sheppy,

> The Jem'Hadar are never seen firing while shrouded; they always deshroud
> before engaging in battle, so I presume that they can't fire while shrouded.

I don't understand why.  Maybe it's some weird sense of honor.  That wouldn't
be very efficient, but we've seen the Jem'Hadar to have some unusual
traditions.

-Ken

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Message 28         Mon Jan 31, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 07:01 PDT


Since I was not able to watch much of Deep Space 9, I can't speak specifically
for the Jem Hadar, but as for the Romulans and their cloaking device, it was
definitely a technology issue -- I believe is was a power issue, that is, the
cloak took so much ships power that there wasn't enough left to power their big
weapons, especially the dreaded Plasma Torpedo.

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Message 29         Mon Jan 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:55 PDT

Thomas,

> I can't speak specifically for the Jem Hadar, but as for the Romulans and
> their cloaking device, it was definitely a technology issue

Which always made me wonder why Shinzon's ship in "Nemesis" had no trouble
firing cloaked... (I'll have to rewatch ST6 to remember how Chang's ship fired
cloaked)

The Jem'Hadar's cloaking was a biological function, though, allowing
individual soldiers to move invisibly on a planet's surface.

-Ken

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Message 30         Sun Aug 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:06 PDT

Did DS9 maintain a (geosynchronous?) orbit around Bajor, or around its sun?
I always wondered why they had to take runabouts down to the planet instead of
using the transporter; were they that far away?

-Ken

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Message 31         Mon Aug 08, 2005
PETERW                       at 04:28 PDT

>Did DS9 maintain a (geosynchronous?) orbit around Bajor, or around its sun?

Given that the Wormhole always seemed to be in the same position, you have to
wonder whether they orbited at all!

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Message 32         Mon Aug 08, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 04:58 PDT

DS9 originally orbited Bajor, but in the pilot episode (Emissary), they moved
it to a fixed position near the mouth of the wormhole, so they could protect it
from the Cardassians.  It no longer orbits the planet.

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Message 33         Mon Aug 08, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:14 PDT


> DS9 originally orbited Bajor, but in the pilot episode (Emissary),
> they moved it to a fixed position near the mouth of the wormhole,
> so they could protect it from the Cardassians.
> It no longer orbits the planet.

Which of course raises the question of:  Did the Wormhole orbit the sun, or was
it fixed relative to the galaxy?

_________
  | homas

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Message 34         Fri Aug 12, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:00 PDT

You know... now that I think of it... it's possible the wormhole orbits Bajor.
It's in the Donorios Belt, which is Bajor's equivalent of Earth's Van Allen
Belts (more or less).

Hm.

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Message 35         Thu Oct 20, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:20 PDT

I wonder if an assimilated Jem'Hadar would still be reliant upon ketracel
white...

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Message 36         Sat Oct 22, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:16 PDT

That's an interesting question.  My guess is that the Borg could fix that.

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Message 37         Sun Jan 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:16 PDT

Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager will soon be
available online through the new Google Video Store.

On Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Google co-founder
Larry Page announced the planned opening of the Google Video Store, a
marketplace where online users can buy and rent a wide range of video
content. Among that content will be a number of CBS properties, which include
the Star Trek TV series.

Story continues at
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15157.html>

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Message 38         Thu Jan 26, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:22 PDT

I still want a DS9 movie.

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Message 39         Fri Jan 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:08 PDT

Shep,

I copied your message here; there's some overlap in the discussion and I
wasn't sure which would be the appropriate topic.

A DS9 movie would be hard to do, since so many of the main characters (Sisko,
Worf, O'Brien, Odo) left at the end of the series finale.  The story continues
in a non-canon "season eight" series of novels, though.

-Ken

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Message 40         Sat Jan 28, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 05:51 PDT

Yeah, but non-canon novels don't do it for me. :)

Besides, there's a long history in Trek of bringing back together people that
have been separated.

I still wish there had been a movie set amid the Dominion War.  I know that
Insurrection took place during the war, but it was removed from the front
lines, so that doesn't really count.

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Message 41         Tue May 30, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:08 PDT

Rick Berman reflects on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", its choice of setting
and characters (who else was considered to play Sisko?), and its popularity:

http://www.trektoday.com/news/300506_03.shtml

http://scifipulse.net/Trek_ArchiveII/May2006/Rick_Berman.html

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Message 42         Sat Jun 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:47 PDT

What are your top five favorite episodes of "Deep Space Nine"?

Mine would include

"The Visitor"
"Far Beyond the Stars"
"Take Me Out to the Holodeck"
"What You Leave Behind"

-Ken

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Message 43         Sat Jul 01, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:11 PDT

My favorite DS9 episodes would include:

"Emissary"
"Move Along Home"
"Duet"
"Whispers"
"Starship Down"
"Trials and Tribble-ations"
"Call to Arms"
"Who Mourns for Morn?"
"In the Pale Moonlight"
"The Sound of Her Voice"
"The Dogs of War"
"What You Leave Behind (Part 1)"

"In The Pale Moonlight" is probably my favorite.  Great story.

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Message 44         Wed Sep 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:19 PDT

Read an interview with Alexander Siddig about his work on both DS9 and 24:

http://www.treknation.com/interviews/alexander_siddig_06.shtml

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Topic 5         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:42 PST
Sub: Star Trek: Voyager

ST:Voy, set on the ship Voyager, lost in the Delta Quadrant.  Ran from 1995 -
2001 and starred Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Ducan
McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, and Jeri Ryan.

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Message 1          Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:59 PDT

Could someone tell me what a Star Trek character is doing on a Power Rangers
television series?

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0373587/combined

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Message 2          Sat Sep 13, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:23 PDT

 > Could someone tell me what a Star Trek character is doing on a Power
Rangers
 > television series?

That's just bizarre. :)

Hey, speaking of Star Trek, George Takei plays Transportation Secretary Norman
Mineta in the new Showtime "docudrama" called "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis."



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Message 3          Wed Oct 29, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:44 PDT

Tim Russ (Tuvok)'s web site:

http://TimRussWebPage.Net/

Currently on the auction block is a Doctor Hallmark ornament and t-shirt.

-Ken

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Message 4          Tue Dec 16, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:31 PDT

I'm questioning the size of the Milky Way galaxy, and its division into four
quadrants.

One light year equals six trillion miles.

I read that the galaxy is 60,000 trillion miles from one end to the other.
That makes it 10,000 light years.

But in Voyager, it was a 60,000 light-year journey from the Delta Quadrant to
Earth.  That's six times the size of the galaxy.

Is my math wrong?

-Ken

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Message 5          Wed Dec 17, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:30 PDT

The Milky Way is actually about 100,000 light years across; the central bulge
alone is 30,000 light-years across.

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Message 6          Sun Jan 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:50 PDT

Just as I suspected. :)  A season of TNG every two months in 2002, followed by
same of DS9 in 2003.

Season 1 of Voyager will be released on DVD on February 24th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=30384

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Message 7          Fri Mar 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:16 PDT

ST:Voyager will be available on the Spike TV network starting late 2006.

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Message 8          Mon May 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:36 PDT

Season 2 of Voyager comes out on DVD on May 18th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32954

Look for Season 3 on July 8th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34137

A box set of the first three seasons will also be available that day:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34243

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Message 9          Sun Oct 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:42 PDT

Have $829.95 lying around to spend on the MSRP for the seven-season box set of
Voyager?

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=38683

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Message 10         Sun Jan 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:16 PDT

Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager will soon be
available online through the new Google Video Store.

On Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Google co-founder
Larry Page announced the planned opening of the Google Video Store, a
marketplace where online users can buy and rent a wide range of video
content. Among that content will be a number of CBS properties, which include
the Star Trek TV series.

Story continues at
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15157.html>

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Message 11         Sun Jul 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:37 PDT

Anyone have favorite "Voyager" episodes?

Mine would include

- "Timeless": when an older Harry Kim tries to send a message back in time to
prevent Voyager's destruction.

- "Blink of an Eye": with the planet that rotates at one day per second.

- "Ship in a Bottle": Robert Picardo meets the latest version of the EMH,
played by Andy Dick.  Hilarious!

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Message 12         Wed Jul 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:15 PDT

Here is the official web site for the actress who played Naomi Wildman for
three seasons of "Voyager":

http://www.scarlettpomers.com/enter.html

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Message 13         Sat Jul 15, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:50 PDT

Harder to pick favorite Voyager episodes as there were so few that weren't IMHO
total groaners.

However, "Ship In a Bottle" was fun.

I also liked "Living Witness", "One Small Step", "Blink of an Eye", "Friendship
One", and "Shattered".

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Message 14         Wed Jul 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:50 PDT

Jeri Ryan is engaged:

http://www.trektoday.com/news/170706_03.shtml

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Message 15         Tue Aug 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:58 PDT

Kate Mulgrew talks about Alzheimers, which afflicted her mother, who passed
away last month:

http://www.alznyc.org/_menu.left/newsletter/summer06/12.asp

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Topic 6         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:45 PST
Sub: Star Trek: Enterprise

The fifth Star Trek series (not counting the animated series), set in the 22nd
century as a prequel to all other Star Trek series.  Premiered in 2001,
starring Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, et al.

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Message 1          Tue Sep 25, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 21:47 PDT

Here's a place to talk about the new series, Enterprise.

Since we don't have a TV forum, or a SciFi forum, we'll set up shop here for
now.

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Message 2          Wed Sep 26, 2001
KIMHOWE                      at 04:24 PDT

> Here's a place to talk about the new series, Enterprise.

I can only say I'm looking forward to seeing it, but for me it could be a
while. (We're still waiting for Voyager to finish...)

I guess I can enjoy it vicariously through your posts for a while :)

Kim Howe
Newton Forum Host

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Message 3          Wed Sep 26, 2001
PETERW                       at 07:11 PDT

For that matter, we're still waiting for DS9 to finish.

I love the concept of Enterprise, so it will be frustrating to hear about,
knowing we won't see it (if at all!) for probably a couple of years.

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Message 4          Wed Sep 26, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 10:07 PDT

>>>For that matter, we're still waiting for DS9 to finish.

Ouch.

I'm really looking forward to the Enterprise premiere tonight.  It sounds like
a great idea for a series.

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Message 6          Wed Sep 26, 2001
BADAVIS                      at 10:37 PDT

Hi all;

This is my first post on Syndicomm. Major GEnie flashback ;-)

I just finished watching the opening credit sequence for Enterprise. I am very
impressed. It's like nothing Star Trek has opened with before. I won't
describe the sequence out of respect for those of you who will be watching the
premiere tonight. I know that I shouldn't judge a show by its cover, but this
could be just what the Star Trek franchise needs to revitalise (resurect)
itself.

The last time I was this enthusiastic about Star Trek was the premiere of Next
Generation.

Brian

== The last Apple II user of New Brunswick ==

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Message 7          Wed Sep 26, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:00 PDT

I had heard that this show took place either 100 or 150 years from now; it
appears to be 150, since it's been 100 years since First Contact, in 2063.
That places the show 100 years before Kirk.

I saw the pilot and didn't know what to expect.  It's hard to reconcile the
fact that this is pre-Kirk, since the technology for creating television shows
has progressed quite a bit in the last 40 years; "Enterprise" looks much more
technologically sophisticated than TOS.  I felt more like I was watching "TNG
Lite".

More thoughts later...

-Ken

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Message 8          Wed Sep 26, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 22:10 PDT

It was... interesting.

The story was a little hard to follow.  I'm just not sure what happened. :)

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Message 9          Thu Sep 27, 2001
PETERW                       at 02:46 PDT

Pilots and/or first episodes can often be a bit hard to follow as they try to
get all the characters defined.

As in, "Never mind the plot, look at the cast!"  ;-)

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Message 10         Thu Sep 27, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:11 PDT

Hey - welcome to Category 50! :)

Why was there a Klingon on Earth?

-Ken

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Message 11         Thu Sep 27, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 10:17 PDT

>>>Why was there a Klingon on Earth?

As I understand it, he was a courier in a shuttle and was attacked by the
Suliban; his ship crash-landed in that corn field after taking extensive
damage.

The show has definite promise... it's just that this pilot was a one-hour
episode stretched into two hours.

Not as good as "Emissary", the DS9 pilot, which is the best (IMHO) of the Star
Trek series pilots.

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Message 12         Fri Sep 28, 2001
SCHNORENBERG [Roger]         at 00:20 PDT

I liked the pilot and had no trouble following the storyline.  Having
read the novel 'Enterprise' may have helped there.  That novel and the
movie 'Startrek: First Contact' provide the social, political and
cultural background for the last 100+ years before the pilot takes
place.

In a nutshell, World War III put mankind about half way back to the
Stone Age.  After the Vulcans showed up, mankind pulled his head out of
the mud and started to reach for the stars again.  Star Fleet was
created for this effort to reach the stars (think of NASA back in the
60's).  The United Federation of Planets (UFP) does not exist yet.  When
it is created by Earth and Vulcan in the future Star Fleet will become
its military arm.  At this time Vulcan is trying not to interfere with
Earth's development by giving Mankind advanced technology.  This is
frustrating the hell out of some Earthlings. :-)  This practice will
later become the Prime Directive after the formation of the UFP.

I hope this helps clear some things up for you.


 Roger A. Schnorenberg - Roger
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Message 13         Fri Sep 28, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 07:05 PDT

I understand all the backstory -- but the plot of "Broken Bow" was a little
odd.  It didn't help that the music was so loud I couldn't hear what was being
said half the time.  Or that our puppy was romping throughout.  Distracting.

I'll watch it again tonight or tomorrow, see if I can catch the stuff I missed
the first time around.

I look forward to more episodes.  I'm curious about the Suliban.  I already
have a theory about who they are and who's giving them orders. :)

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Message 14         Fri Sep 28, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:16 PDT

> I already have a theory about who they are and who's giving them orders. :)

Would sharing fall under the Spoiler category?

McCoy was in the pilot for TNG; TNG was in the pilot for DS9; and DS9 helped
launched Voyager.  I figure there's gotta be some connection between one of
the series and Enterprise. :)

-Ken

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Message 15         Fri Sep 28, 2001
ACHOWELL33                   at 11:07 PDT

My husband and I were big DS9 fans.  I'm actually
watching the last season of DS9 in syndication for
the first time.  The last episode will be this Sunday.
We didn't like TNG or Voyager very much.
I didn't expect much from Enterprise.  I suppose
I watched it mostly to make fun of "Sam Beckett"
in space.  (sorry!)  But I must say it was an
entertaining show.  This was definitely the best
pilot of all the series.  It shows much promise.
I'll certainly be watching it next week.

I liked the beagle.  We have begun calling our
half-beagle "Offensive Stimulant"   That was funny.
My husband complained about the darkness of the set.
We both thought the opening theme song was just
too corny.

Angie.

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Message 16         Fri Sep 28, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 12:04 PDT

I love that they have a dog on board.  The captain having a pet is going to be
fun.  Beats heck out of Picard's fish. :)

My theory: the Suliban are being manipulated through time by the Founders --
the race of shapeshifters defeated by the Federation-Klingon-Romulan alliance
at the end of Deep Space 9.

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Message 17         Fri Sep 28, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:19 PDT

Since this message discusses the end of DS9, it may be a spoiler for those
watching it in syndication.

> the Suliban are being manipulated through time by the Founders

NOOOO! :)

The Founders have never demonstrated time travel technology.  Plus at the end
of DS9 and in the books that take place immediately thereafter, the Great Link
is in a period of contemplation, and want nothing more than to be left alone.
For them to try to undo their defeat at the hands of the Solids makes Odo's
sacrifice pointless.

Plus I'm tired of the Founders. :)  DS9 went off the air in 1999 but I didn't
see the last six episodes until summer 2000, and I read the sequel novels just
a few months ago.

BTW, there's a book coming out that takes place immediately after Voyager the
Voyager finale.  It's by Christie Golden and is called "Homecoming".  Oughta
be good.  I always thought Voyager should get home prior to the finale and let
the next few episodes deal with what occurs afterward.

-Ken

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Message 18         Fri Sep 28, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 17:13 PDT

The books aren't relevant -- it's a known fact they're not considered to be
official.

>>>The Founders have never demonstrated time travel technology.  Plus at the
end of DS9 and in the books that take place immediately thereafter, the Great
Link is in a period of contemplation, and want nothing more than to be left
alone.

a. Just because they never demonstrated time travel technology doesn't mean
they don't have it.

b. There's no time travel here.  Just communications through time.  The
Founders contact the Suliban through time and feed them information and
orders, using the holographic communications device we see in the core of the
space station.

c. It's entirely possible (and IMHO likely) that the Founders involved are
from farther in the future than Deep Space 9.

d. The shadowy figure in the holographic communicator looks vaguely
Founder-like, what little you can see.

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Message 19         Sun Sep 30, 2001
PETERW                       at 03:43 PDT

A rumour in Australia is that a different channel has taken the rights to
Enterprise (Ch 7 as against Ch 9 for the other ST series). And that we might
get to see it in around 6 months!

Please, oh please, let this not be "only" a rumour!

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Message 20         Sun Sep 30, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 10:57 PDT

>>>Please, oh please, let this not be "only" a rumour!

Good luck :)

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Message 21         Sun Sep 30, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:59 PDT

> d. The shadowy figure in the holographic communicator looks vaguely
> Founder-like, what little you can see.

And

e. the Suliban appear to have been enhanced with some slight shape-shifting
abilities.

Despite your logical statements and your contradictions to my illogical ones,
Sheppy, I still don't like this line of thinking. :)

> Federation-Klingon-Romulan alliance at the end of Deep Space 9.

Don't forget another race which contributed heavily to the final victory.
800,000 people suffered genocide at the hands of the Founders before the war
was ended.

-Ken

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Message 22         Sun Sep 30, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 20:49 PDT

>>>Don't forget another race which contributed heavily to the final victory.
800,000 people suffered genocide at the hands of the Founders before the war
was ended.

I almost mentioned the Cardassians, but that was a very last minute
participation.

>>>Despite your logical statements and your contradictions to my illogical
ones, Sheppy, I still don't like this line of thinking. :)

You're basically just crippled by your emotions.  Foolish human. :)

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Message 23         Mon Oct 01, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:37 PDT

>> Despite your logical statements and your contradictions to my illogical
>> ones, Sheppy, I still don't like this line of thinking. :)
>
> You're basically just crippled by your emotions.  Foolish human. :)

Hey, we're still early in humanity's development here.  Things such as pride
and expectations are still very much a reality. :)

-Ken

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Message 24         Mon Oct 01, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:45 PDT

I tried to get some non-Trekkers (Trekkies?) interested in the new series.
It's a great launch pad for the entire Star Trek universe, since no Star Trek
that's ever been aired has "happened" yet (except maybe for First Contact).

My friends still weren't interested though.  I guess if you don't like sci-fi,
you don't like sci-fi.

The showdown in the temporal displacement chamber was way cool, though -
moreso in concept than visuals. :)

-Ken

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Message 25         Mon Oct 01, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 21:04 PDT

>>>The showdown in the temporal displacement chamber was way cool, though -
moreso in concept than visuals. :)

I liked the visuals. :)

>>>TNN (The National Network) begins a 5-day, 72-episode (I think) marathon of
The Next Generation today.

Some marathon.  They ran one and are now showing something else. :)

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Message 26         Thu Oct 04, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:16 PDT

I have a better feel for this series after last night's episode than I did
after the pilot.

The lack of technology doesn't seem significant to me, but humanity really is
new to space-exploration.  Captain Archer and his crew are being faced with
situations that wouldn't be significant decisions to Picard, but are at this
point in our journey into space.

The climax was surprisingly exciting, and had me holding my breath.  Afterward
I couldn't help but say, "That was cool." :)  A Trek hasn't made me do that in
awhile.  The closing metaphor was too close to the climax to have any
subtlety, though.

-Ken

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Message 27         Thu Oct 04, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 09:17 PDT

Last night's episode was cool.  I'm more enthusiastic about the series now.
Seeing them basically creating Starfleet policy from the ground up is
fascinating.

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Message 28         Thu Oct 04, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:09 PDT

> Seeing them basically creating Starfleet policy from the ground up is
> fascinating.

Exactly.  We've been seeing situations handled "by the book" for years.  Now,
there is no book.

-Ken

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Message 29         Thu Oct 04, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 14:28 PDT

>>>Exactly.  We've been seeing situations handled "by the book" for years.
Now, there is no book.

And in some cases they also have to learn the language so they can write it.
:)

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Message 30         Fri Oct 05, 2001
PETERW                       at 07:47 PDT

The local (Australian) paper had an article about the various Star Trek
series, including Enterprise. I can think (or is that hope?) of only one
reason they would bother doing that. I just hope it's soon...    :-(

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Message 31         Thu Oct 11, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:00 PDT

Nothing too special about last night's episode.  I figured out pretty quickly
what was going on, and was surprised when T'Pol didn't.

I'm also not sure what we were supposed to get from it, other than the idea
that humans have some pretty strong emotions against Vulcans - which was made
clear in the pilot.

I haven't decided yet if I like the theme song, but I definitely like the
opening visuals. :)

-Ken

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Message 32         Thu Oct 11, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 09:58 PDT

>>>Nothing too special about last night's episode.  I figured out pretty
quickly what was going on, and was surprised when T'Pol didn't.

Same here.  I knew what was going to happen the instant I saw that crewman
sniff the flower. :)

>>>I'm also not sure what we were supposed to get from it, other than the idea
that humans have some pretty strong emotions against Vulcans - which was made
clear in the pilot.

Things we got from this episode:

1. Although we knew the humans weren't fond of the Vulcans, and even dislike
them, we now know that they're repressing a deeper resentment and distrust.

2. Starfleet doesn't yet have sensible policies about surveying a planet
before landing on it.

3. The transporter really is a little quirky still.

4. The drug anaprovalene (or however they spell it) used so frequently in TNG
already exists.

>>>I haven't decided yet if I like the theme song, but I definitely like the
opening visuals. :)

I like both very much.

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Message 33         Thu Oct 11, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:22 PDT

Sheppy,

> 3. The transporter really is a little quirky still.

They've used it twice in three episodes; I was hoping for a bit less than
that.

Regarding the opening song, it's no Goldsmith.  I think I'll like it a lot,
once I get used to it.

-Ken

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Message 34         Fri Oct 12, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 06:35 PDT

>>>They've used it twice in three episodes; I was hoping for a bit less than
that.

Well, they only use it when they have no other choice.  And I'd point out that
in 50% of the cases in which it's been used so far, it malfunctioned to some
extent. :)

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Message 35         Fri Oct 12, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:54 PDT

> in 50% of the cases in which it's been used so far, it malfunctioned to some
> extent. :)

But he recovered, meaning the technological gaffe wasn't nowhere near as
gruesome as I'd hoped. :)

I want The Fly, dang it!

-Ken

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Message 36         Fri Oct 12, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 23:51 PDT

>>>I want The Fly, dang it!

How about the transporter accident from Star Trek: The Motion Picture? :)

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Message 37         Sat Oct 13, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:22 PDT

> How about the transporter accident from Star Trek: The Motion Picture? :)

Not gruesome enough.  I want a non-fatal accident. :)

-Ken

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Message 38         Sat Oct 13, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 10:58 PDT

>>>Not gruesome enough.  I want a non-fatal accident. :)

Eeew. :)

The accident in TMP alone should have bumped that movie to a PG rating; I
can't believe it got rated G the first time around. :)

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Message 39         Tue Oct 23, 2001
STEVER                       at 01:17 PDT

I finally managed to get a look at this show, just in time for the obligatory
"alien gets crew member pregnant" episode.  :)

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Message 40         Tue Oct 23, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 06:53 PDT

>>>I finally managed to get a look at this show, just in time for the
obligatory "alien gets crew member pregnant" episode.  :)

At least it was an unusually funny "alien gets crew member pregnant" episode.
:)

So far the second episode is my favorite ("Fight or Flight").

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Message 41         Mon Oct 29, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:36 PDT

I just saw episode "Unexpected" and am confused about the ending, so far as it
concerns the Klingons and the holographic chamber technology.  They don't
actually get it, do they?  Remember the Voyager Hirogen?  Eek...

-Ken

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Message 42         Mon Oct 29, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 14:45 PDT

>>>I just saw episode "Unexpected" and am confused about the ending, so far as
it concerns the Klingons and the holographic chamber technology.

The episode seems to indicate that they do, but in TNG times, there's no
evidence whatsoever that the Klingons have such technology; in fact, there are
occasions on which they seem genuinely surprised by its existence.

Perhaps it was too complex for them to do anything with?  Maybe we'll hear
more about what comes of it over the course of the series.

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Message 43         Wed Oct 31, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 21:04 PDT

Wow, tonight's episode was great.  Really get to see a lot of interesting
Vulcan stuff, and it knocks the Vulcans down a couple notches. :)

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Message 44         Thu Nov 01, 2001
TCOMPTER                     at 08:56 PDT


> it knocks the Vulcans down a couple notches. :)

heh, It did sort of reveal a "darker" side of the vulcans.  But you have to
admit, it was certainly logical of them to hide the array behind the
"retreat".  If you're going to spy on your adversaries, it's logical to hide
the fact taht you're spying on them.

On the other hand, I seem to recall Spock claiming at one point that Vulcans
_couldn't_ lie, and this episode definitely conflicted with that theory.


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Message 45         Thu Nov 01, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 09:39 PDT

>>>On the other hand, I seem to recall Spock claiming at one point that
Vulcans _couldn't_ lie, and this episode definitely conflicted with that
theory.

This got dumbed down a lot later on.  They can lie, but they rarely if ever
see a logical need to do so.

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Message 46         Fri Nov 09, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:22 PDT

I just watched "The Andorian Incident".  Nice title - gives a historical
connotation.

It was fun to watch the Andorian leader played by Jeffrey Combs, who played
Weyoun the Vorta and Brunt the Ferengi on Deep Space Nine, and also appeared
in an episode of Voyager.  How he left things with Archer seemed out of
character for a "militant, suspicious race" though.

I'm confused about the integrity of Vulcans though.  I thought in some of the
TOS movies and TNG episodes, the point was made that Vulcans cannot lie.  Yet
they seemed pretty deceitful in this episode.

I was surprised to find an off-world Vulcan monastery; I would think such
rituals would be conducted in the homeworld.  Same with the storage of highly
valuable relics, though they may have been moved there as a more authentic
cover for the satellite array.  If so, the Vulcan leader should not have let
the humans into the catacombs, for fear they could discover their secret.

Great episode.

-Ken

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Message 47         Fri Nov 09, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 17:57 PDT

Well, first, it's not true that Vulcans can't lie, although they've been known
to say that (hence the first sign that they can in fact lie ;).

They just choose not to because in their minds it's rarely logical to lie.

Second, the monastery may have been built off-world to isolate it from the
rest of Vulcan society, much like monasteries on Earth are often built in the
middle of nowhere -- to ensure peace and quiet.

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Message 48         Fri Nov 09, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:55 PDT

> the monastery may have been built off-world to isolate it from the rest of
> Vulcan society, much like monasteries on Earth are often built in the middle
> of nowhere -- to ensure peace and quiet.

True.  And I know the books aren't canon, but one I read had Spock and McCoy
at a monastery on Vulcan.  It had been there since the days of Surak.  Perhaps
I was a bit hoping to see that same monastery on this episode of Enterprise.
:)

-Ken

"I cannot tell a lie," the Vulcan lied.

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Message 49         Fri Nov 09, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 19:57 PDT

>>>True.  And I know the books aren't canon

Quite the contrary; they're can(n)on fodder. :)

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Message 50         Fri Nov 09, 2001
A2.RYAN                      at 21:29 PDT

> I know the books aren't canon, but one I read had Spock and McCoy
> at a monastery on Vulcan.

Perhaps they have different sects on Vulcan vs. off Vulcan.

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Message 51         Sat Nov 10, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:07 PDT

> Perhaps they have different sects on Vulcan vs. off Vulcan.

The book and Enterprise episode agreed on just about everything regarding the
Kolinar, except for the planet on which the monastery was located.

-Ken

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Message 52         Mon Nov 12, 2001
TCOMPTER                     at 09:02 PDT

> It was fun to watch the Andorian leader played by
> Jeffrey Combs, who played Weyoun the Vorta and
> Brunt the Ferengi on Deep Space Nine,

I thought he looked familiar!

> How he left things with Archer seemed out of
> character for a "militant, suspicious race" though.

Hmm, and I thought that in the final scene, he gave a definite impression of:
"This ain't over yet, bucko"


> Same with the storage of highly valuable relics,
> though they may have been moved there as a
> more authentic cover for the satellite array.

But who's to say that the artifacts were really "highly valuable"?  I got the
impression that they were just as bogus as the whole monestary.

> If so, the Vulcan leader should not have let the
> humans into the catacombs, for fear they could
> discover their secret.

He did try to disuade them, and I think that sending the one vulcan down with
them was an attempt to keep them away from the real secret, but you're right,
it was a pretty weak attempt for someone as intelligent as Vulcans are
supposed to be.

Which brings up an interesting question.  Humans have a wide spread of
intelligence.  Mightn't Vulcans also?  Why have we never seen an idiot Vulcan,
or even one that was a tad slow?  Just because they espouse the virtues of
logic doesn't mean that they are all super-brains.

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Message 53         Mon Nov 12, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:45 PDT

Thomas,

> Hmm, and I thought that in the final scene, he gave a definite impression of:
> "This ain't over yet, bucko"

I interpreted that as "It really irritates me to say this, but I owe you one."

> He did try to disuade them

From going to the relic quarry, or whatever it was called.  But the initial
introduction of the secret passages (to reach the transmitter) was the idea of
the Vulcans, who were content to let the thing play out without it.

-Ken

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Message 54         Sun Nov 18, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:25 PDT

The TOS books I've recently started reading used to seem antiquated during
Voyager's run.  Now, after watching Enterprise, TOS seems refreshingly
sophisticated. :)

-Ken

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Message 55         Sat Dec 01, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:52 PDT

In the pilot, "Broken Bow," the ship's linguist was needed for even broken
communication with the Klingons in that episode.  But in "Unexpected", Capt.
Archer and T'Pol talked with the captain of a Klingon ship without any
difficulties.  Had the Universal Translator been improved that much between
the two episodes?

-Ken

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Message 56         Mon Dec 03, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 06:44 PDT

As I understand it, the Universal Translator is an on-again, off-again
technology in terms of reliability.  Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it
doesn't.  Also, the device may have had more time to work on Klingon
vocabulary and language structure since then.

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Message 57         Tue Dec 04, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:40 PDT

Last week's episode ("Cold Front", I think), was not one of the better ones.
I'm more confused than ever about this "temporal cold war".  There was also
something of a causality loop: was the Suliban trying to capture Daniels'
equipment, or was Daniels trying to capture the Suliban?  Whose presence
necessitated the appearance of the other?

Whoever or whatever Daniels was, I don't trust him.  He's certainly not from
the Temporal Agency that we saw on Voyager, because he observed nothing akin
to a Temporal Prime Directive.  I also didn't like the finger gadget that
Archer used.  Such tricks were done better in TNG, especially the episode
where Geordi and Ro were "cloaked".

And the Universal Translator worked fine for aliens they'd never met.

Eh.

-Ken

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Message 58         Tue Dec 04, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 15:22 PDT

I agree that Cold Front wasn't their best episode, but the evolution of the
temporal cold war is interesting.  It's supposed to be confusing; keep in mind
that threads of that plot are expected to last throughout the entire course of
the series.

>>>Whoever or whatever Daniels was, I don't trust him.  He's certainly not
from the Temporal Agency that we saw on Voyager

I certainly don't trust him.  There's obviously something iffy going on.

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Message 59         Tue Dec 04, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:16 PDT

> keep in mind that threads of that plot are expected to last throughout the
> entire course of the series.

Really?  I didn't know that.

I'm just glad that religious group didn't proclaim Archer their emissary. :)

-Ken

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Message 60         Tue Dec 04, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 23:04 PDT

>>>Really?  I didn't know that.

Yeah, that's according to some kind of interview with Rick Berman I read
somewhere.

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Message 61         Wed Dec 05, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:01 PDT

Sheppy,

That gives the series a long-term direction and goal, similar to DS9 &
Voyager.  Should be interesting.

-Ken

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Message 62         Wed Dec 05, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 11:22 PDT

>>>That gives the series a long-term direction and goal, similar to DS9 &
Voyager.  Should be interesting.

Yes.  The Dominion threat and war was a very engaging continuing plotline in
DS9 that I really enjoyed.

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Message 63         Wed Dec 05, 2001
TCOMPTER                     at 12:02 PDT


>> Whoever or whatever Daniels was, I don't trust him.

Is he even still alive?  I thought the suliban guy killed him.


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Message 64         Wed Dec 05, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:15 PDT

>> Whoever or whatever Daniels was, I don't trust him.
>
> Is he even still alive? I thought the suliban guy killed him.

If he's dead, you can put my statement in the past tense. :)  His death looked
odd though (was he even human?), and the final scene showing the locking of
his quarters was unusual.  I half-expected to see a gaseous Daniels slipping
in through the doorframe.

-Ken

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Message 65         Wed Dec 05, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 16:25 PDT

I look forward to the episode where they unseal Daniels' quarters. :)

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Message 66         Wed Dec 26, 2001
PETERW                       at 06:31 PDT

At last! Teaser ads for Enterprise (and Smallville) are being shown on
Australian TV. Presumably it will be shown when the ratings season starts again
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Message 67         Wed Dec 26, 2001
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:02 PDT

>>>At last! Teaser ads for Enterprise (and Smallville) are being shown on
Australian TV.

Cool, you guys won't be too far behind us then.

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Message 68         Tue Jan 01, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:45 PDT

Any new episodes yet?

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Message 69         Tue Jan 01, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:48 PDT

Hasn't been one in like three weeks.  They better get their butts in gear. :)

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Message 70         Tue Jan 08, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:29 PDT

Looks like they're rerunning "Broken Bow" currently, but that five new
episodes start next week (Jan 16) with "Silent Enemy".

-Ken

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Message 71         Wed Jan 09, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 06:13 PDT



> Looks like they're rerunning "Broken Bow" currently, but that
> five new episodes start next week (Jan 16) with "Silent Enemy".

Well, it's about time!  I was beginning to wonder if they had even shot a full
season.

How many _new_ shows have already aired?  It seems to me like there have been
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Message 72         Wed Jan 09, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:11 PDT

Thomas,

> How many _new_ shows have already aired? It seems to me like there have been
> less than 10.

I think there were about a dozen.  I can't name them all, but I did record
them, and I filled up about a tape and a half.

-Ken

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Message 73         Wed Jan 09, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:05 PDT

About freaking time they run new episodes.  It's been like two months.

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Message 74         Fri Jan 18, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:28 PDT

Finally, a new episode this week!  I haven't seen it yet; any thoughts from
those who have?

-Ken

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Message 75         Fri Jan 18, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:14 PDT

>>>Finally, a new episode this week!  I haven't seen it yet; any thoughts from
those who have?

It was pretty good.  Not fabulous, but good.

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Message 76         Mon Jan 21, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:07 PDT

OK, I caught "Silent Enemy" tonight.  It's too bad they can't let us really
get to know any of the new aliens they're introducing in this series, but that
would totally muck with the timeline, I suspect.

For the first half hour of the episode, the secondary plot seemed more
important than the primary one.  Weird. :)

-Ken

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Message 77         Wed Jan 30, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:47 PDT

Being a week behind, I just saw the episode "Good Doctor".  Fantastic episode,
IMHO.  There was a slightly similar episode early in TNG, but nothing as
ethically dramatic as this one.  The "internal monologue" was done by Data
once, and is a useful plot device that worked well here.

I also liked that some regular members of the crew had no more than five
seconds of screen time in this episode.  It allowed the story to focus more on
Phlox, without throwing in extraneous characters simply because "they're the
show's stars".

Would the Enterprise-D have not gone to the planet at all?  I'm a bit unsure
how the Prime Directive works, since 24th-century Starfleet has been involved
in non-Federation planets to an extreme degree, such as Bajor and Cardassia.
Even after the Dominion War, Starfleet has provided aide to Cardassia.

-Ken

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Message 78         Wed Jan 30, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:20 PDT

>>>Would the Enterprise-D have not gone to the planet at all?

I don't think they would have.  Bajor and Cardassia are both warp-capable
worlds; the Prime Directive basically says that you can't get involed with
pre-warp civilizations.

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Message 79         Wed Jan 30, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:05 PDT

> the Prime Directive basically says that you can't get involved with pre-warp
> civilizations.

That's true for First Contact.  It applies even with warp civilizations,
though.  I remember an early TNG episode where Picard had to settle a dispute
over two factions who both claimed possession of medicine that was needed to
soothe a plague.  It turned out to be a drug addiction, so Picard used the
Prime Directive to not get involved and keep the medicine out of the addicts'
hands.

It's a tricky directive.  I don't see how Starfleet can have both the Prime
Directive and First Contact.  It's impossible to be warp-capable and not
"interfere" with other civilizations to some degree.

-Ken

P.S. Congrats, Sheppy, on posting this topic's 100th message. :)

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Message 80         Tue Feb 05, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:18 PDT

Anyone know why this show is filmed in letterbox format?  I tried to explain
to my father it's not so that it can be released in DVD format, but I didn't
have a different explanation to offer.

-Ken

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Message 81         Tue Feb 05, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:51 PDT

>>>Anyone know why this show is filmed in letterbox format?  I tried to
explain to my father it's not so that it can be released in DVD format, but I
didn't have a different explanation to offer.

Because HDTV is natively in the widescreen format, and Enterprise is filmed
in HDTV format.

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Message 82         Thu Feb 07, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:10 PDT

Last night's episode was interesting in that I think it's starting to stir up
some sense that the Human/Vulcan relationship could be more bilateral and
beneficial to both parties.  It also establishes that T'Pol is the first
Vulcan to successfully integrate into a human starship crew, thereby proving
that it can be done.

This might be the very earliest sign of an eventual growth of mutual respect
between the Vulcans and the Humans.

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Message 83         Wed Feb 13, 2002
PETERW                       at 21:43 PDT

At last!

Australia (well, Melbourne at least) gets to see Enterprise, starting Wednesday
February 20th on channel 9!   8-))

And it's on relatively "early" by Australian Star Trek standards - only
10:30pm.  :-(

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Message 84         Wed Feb 13, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:21 PDT

>>>Australia (well, Melbourne at least) gets to see Enterprise, starting
Wednesday February 20th on channel 9!  8-))

Congrats!  Get ready for a fun ride.

I enjoyed tonight's episode.

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Message 85         Thu Feb 14, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:28 PDT

I've not seen my tapes of the last three weeks of episodes, but I'll post my
comments on each as soon as I get to them...

-Ken

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Message 86         Thu Feb 21, 2002
PETERW                       at 06:15 PDT

Well, Australia has finally joined the "Entrprise" world.

I pretty much like/feel comfortable with what I've seen, although I keep
getting the feeling that the Vulcans (and the ambassadors in particular) just
don't have the emotional "cool" that familiar characters like Sarek have.
Although not blatant, I kept getting subliminal "emotion" messages from the
Vulcans (or maybe just the actors).  (My, don't we get picky after a while!
:-)

I seem to remember people having mixed feelings about the opening credits
music. I didn't mind it as such (I remember strongly disliking the opening
music for DS9 - luckily it did grow on me), but I thought it sucked badly when
used as a lead-in to the ad breaks. (Or was that just done by our local
station?)

Anyway, I'm certainly looking forward to future episodes!

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Message 87         Thu Feb 21, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:51 PDT

>>>I seem to remember people having mixed feelings about the opening credits
music. I didn't mind it as such (I remember strongly disliking the opening
music for DS9 - luckily it did grow on me), but I thought it sucked badly when
used as a lead-in to the ad breaks. (Or was that just done by our local
station?)

That was local to you; they didn't do that here.

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Message 88         Wed Mar 13, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:58 PDT

I'm finally catching up on some episodes of Enterprise:

"Shuttlepod One": I really liked how the story started at what could've been
the end of a previous episode.  It gave some nice backstory that we'll never
see.

"Equilibrium": I'm glad the aliens encountered in this episode weren't
Romulans, but it seems incongruous to suggest that the Vulcans have not
preserved the ritual of the mind meld.

-Ken

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Message 89         Thu Mar 14, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:11 PDT

>>>"Equilibrium": I'm glad the aliens encountered in this episode weren't
Romulans, but it seems incongruous to suggest that the Vulcans have not
preserved the ritual of the mind meld.

Why?  At this stage in Vulcan history, they're pretty adamantly avoiding doing
anything they did back in the bad old days.  Apparently they haven't lightened
up yet. ;)

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Message 90         Thu Mar 14, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:09 PDT

> At this stage in Vulcan history, they're pretty adamantly avoiding doing
> anything they did back in the bad old days. Apparently they haven't lightened
> up yet. ;)

They've been practicing the teachings of Surak for a long time now - perhaps a
millenia - and the meld seems a powerful mental discipline.  They've abandoned
emotions, not their limited telepathy.  To me, the mind meld is as natural to
a Vulcan as pon farr.

Such disregard for their innate capabilities seems... illogical. :)

-Ken

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Message 91         Thu Mar 14, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:06 PDT

>>>To me, the mind meld is as natural to a Vulcan as pon farr.

Yes, but they won't even talk about the pon farr.  How logical is that? :)

The Vulcans are very prone to avoid even discussing subjects that remind them
of their more illogical past.

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Message 92         Thu Mar 14, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:16 PDT

> Yes, but they won't even talk about the pon farr. How logical is that? :)

But we know it at least exists.  They prolly don't discuss it because Vulcans
consider physical contact very unnecessary; pon farr is such unnecessary
activity to the extreme.

Many humans don't discuss their reproductive process with others, either. <g>

> The Vulcans are very prone to avoid even discussing subjects that remind them
> of their more illogical past.

True.  I'm reading a novel right now that includes a story from Spock's
childhood.  A human teenager asks him who are the "sundered cousins"
(Romulans); Spock's answer is the Vulcan equivalent of "I'd tell you, but then
I'd have to kill you."

-Ken

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Message 93         Fri Mar 15, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:37 PDT

>>>Many humans don't discuss their reproductive process with others, either.
<g>

You haven't spent enough time hanging around with guys in a bar. :)

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Message 94         Mon Apr 01, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:58 PDT

I just saw episode "Acquisition".  As amusing as it is to see Star Trek
reusing actors, it's becoming a bit distracting.  Jeffrey Combs has already
played two recurring roles on DS9 (including another Ferengi), and has a
recurring role on Enterprise.  And, of course, Ethan Phillips has seven years
of being Neelix to overcome.

Nice to see the Ferengi using whips, though.

-Ken

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Message 95         Mon Apr 01, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:45 PDT

>>>Nice to see the Ferengi using whips, though.

I thought so too.  Now instead of those early TNG episode being a fluke, you
can think of them as the last remnants of Ferengi using the whips. :)

As for Jeffrey Combs... he's made up well enough when he plays a Ferengi that
it's hard to tell it's him.

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Message 96         Tue Apr 02, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:06 PDT

> he's made up well enough when he plays a Ferengi that it's hard to tell
it's
> him.

I found his and Ethan Phillips' face, voice, and mannerisms familiar -
though, to their credit, they are good actors with good makeup.

-Ken

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Message 97         Tue Apr 02, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:50 PDT

>>>I found his and Ethan Phillips' face, voice, and mannerisms familiar -
though, to their credit, they are good actors with good makeup.

The voice is the biggest giveaway for both of them, although it took me a good
while to be sure I recognized Ethan Phillips.

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Message 98         Tue Apr 02, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:51 PDT

I think this is just a Star Trek tradition, having bad guys played by the same
actors. :)

IIRC Mark Lenard played Sarek only a couple of episodes after he played a
Romulan bad guy back on the original series. :)

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Message 99         Tue Apr 02, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:12 PDT

In "Acquisition", I enjoyed the quarrelling between Archer and Trip in the
cargo bay, regarding the value of Trip's wife.  When the captain started
making offers, I was almost convinced Trip was actually angry. <g>

-Ken

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Message 100        Tue Apr 02, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:54 PDT

]>>>In "Acquisition", I enjoyed the quarrelling between Archer and Trip in the
cargo bay, regarding the value of Trip's wife.  When the captain started
making offers, I was almost convinced Trip was actually angry.

That was pretty funny.  And a good ploy. :)

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Message 101        Thu Apr 04, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:52 PDT

Oasis was a little predictable for my tastes.  It was very much like an old
DS9 episode, in which an entire colony turns out to be all holograms, except
for one old guy that programmed it.

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Message 102        Fri Apr 05, 2002
JUSTDAVE                     at 16:27 PDT

That storyline again?  There was a TOS episode like that, too.

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Message 103        Mon Apr 08, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:36 PDT

Sheppy,

I remember that DS9 episode, too.  Odd that, then, the protagonist to discover
the non-holographic person in colony was Odo; and in "Enterprise", the only
non-holographic person in the colony was played by Odo.

This actor recycling is really getting to me. :)

-Ken

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Message 104        Mon May 27, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:06 PDT

Well, that was some season finale!  Quite a pickle the captain has gotten
himself into, eh? :)

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Message 105        Tue Jun 04, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 12:50 PDT

> Well, that was some season finale!  Quite a
> pickle the captain has gotten himself into, eh? :)

AAAARRRRRGGHHHH!!!!!

Someday, I'm going to learn how to program my *#*($)%^!@(@&^   VCR!

I was SURE I had it set up right to record that while I was away, but I got
nothing when I returned.

Does anyone know if they are going to re-broadcast it any time soon?

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Message 106        Tue Jun 04, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:22 PDT

>>>Does anyone know if they are going to re-broadcast it any time soon?

I assume it will be rebroadcast at the end of the summer.

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Message 107        Fri Jun 07, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:06 PDT

What was the airdate of the season finale?

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Message 108        Fri Jun 07, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:27 PDT

>>>What was the airdate of the season finale?

May 22.

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Message 109        Thu Jul 04, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:57 PDT

I watched the finale tonight.  Quite a pickle, indeed.  The climax seemed
reminiscent of something, but I can't tell what... "Sliders", perhaps...
Who is Daniels working for??

The previous episode which had the crew on shore leave didn't seem very
purposeful to me.

Has anyone noticed that not a single episode of "Enterprise"'s first season
has been about a spatial or temporal anomaly?  Every story has been character-
and conflict-driven.  I don't think any Star Trek series has ever avoided such
devices for so long a stretch.

-Ken

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Message 110        Fri Jul 05, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:47 PDT

>>>Has anyone noticed that not a single episode of "Enterprise"'s first season
has been about a spatial or temporal anomaly?

Probably because the Temporal Cold War storyline is expected to last the
entire run of the series.

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Message 111        Fri Jul 05, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:14 PDT

> Probably because the Temporal Cold War storyline is expected to last the
> entire run of the series.

True, but once the Dominion entered into "Deep Space Nine", there was still
the occasional temporal glitch around which an episode was based.

I really liked the episode in which the Captain and some crewmates were
captured by a creature in their cargo hold.  The conflicts between the
remaining crew were something we'd never have experienced on, say, TNG.  The
language barrier between Enterprise and the offended aliens was absolutely
silly; I loved it. :)

-Ken

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Message 112        Sat Jul 06, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:19 PDT

>>>True, but once the Dominion entered into "Deep Space Nine", there was still
the occasional temporal glitch around which an episode was based.

Except the DS9 conflict with the Dominion wasn't about a temporal conflict. :)

If Enterprise is going to have a temporal war as a major recurring storyline,
they'll probably avoid temporal incidents that aren't related to it.

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Message 113        Tue Aug 27, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:52 PDT

Anyone know when the new season starts?

-Ken

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Message 114        Tue Aug 27, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:10 PDT

September 18.

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Message 115        Thu Sep 19, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:21 PDT

Well, my cable cut out last night 45 minutes into "Shockwave, Part II".  I
didn't get it, nor "Twilight Zone", taped.  Will either be rerun?  If not, did
anyone else catch "Enterprise" on video?  Email me. :)

Thanks,

-Ken

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Message 116        Fri Sep 20, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 07:31 PDT


> Well, my cable cut out last night 45 minutes into "Shockwave,
> Part II".  I didn't get it, nor "Twilight Zone", taped.  Will
> either be rerun?  If not, did anyone else catch "Enterprise"
> on video?  Email me. :)

Well, around here (adelphia, east coast) Shockwave Pt II is supposed to run
again Saturday evening, (6PM?) and again on Sunday.(7PM?)    I'm going to try
to catch it on tape on Saturday,  and if I don't, I'll try again on Sunday.

However, lately, I seem to be unable to successfully program my VCR.  I guess
it has something to do with age.   When I was a teenager, I knew it by
instinct.   By the time I was in my 30's, I had to resort to using the manual.
Now I can't seem to do it at all.  :(

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Message 117        Wed Sep 25, 2002
PETERW                       at 05:53 PDT

I was just browsing the www.startrek.com site, not particularly looking for
anything. A link about the episode "Two Days and Two Nights" winning an Emmy
award caught my attention, and I surfed to the episode description.

After reading part of the text (to avoid spoilers, it screens next week for
me!) I did something I rarely do - I looked at the guest star list. One name
caught my attention as it would for many people here:

"Stephen Wozniak as Latia Male"

OK, many of you will have seen this episode - is that who I think it is?

It certainly wouldn't be without precedent. Star Trek has a habit of
occasionally throwing in big names as guest stars. Stephen Hawking is one that
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Message 118        Wed Sep 25, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:51 PDT

>>>"Stephen Wozniak as Latia Male"

No, it's someone else with a remarkably familiar name. :)

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Message 119        Mon Sep 30, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:15 PDT

Thomas,

Thanks for the rerun info for "Shockwave, Part II".  We caught it on tape the
Saturday after its premiere.  Not a very exciting episode, IMHO.

Did anyone see last week's episode, "Carbon Creek"?  What do you think of
T'Pol's story: more fact or fiction?  There were some inconsistencies in the
story:

- The male Vulcans' names did not begin with 'S';
- No mention was made of the dead males' katras;
- I sincerely doubt that, even in the absence of a Prime Directive, the
  Vulcans would allow such "cultural contamination" as Velcro to be
introduced.

I was told today that the inventor of Velcro was actually involved in Star
Trek: TOS.  Not sure if that's true, but neat if so.

I found Trip's mention of "The Twilight Zone" unnecessary.

-Ken

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Message 120        Tue Oct 01, 2002
PETERW                       at 00:26 PDT

>Thanks for the rerun info for "Shockwave, Part II".

Rerun? RERUN?!? Here in Melbourne Australia we get to see Shockwave, Part I
tonight - finally!

And that marks the end (of just the first series, I hope) of Enterprise for a
while.

Maybe we'll get to see the remaining episodes of DS9 and/or Voyager.

<Sigh!>

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Message 121        Tue Oct 01, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 09:30 PDT

> Did anyone see last week's episode, "Carbon Creek"?

We saw it.

> What do you think of T'Pol's story: more fact or fiction?

The handbag at the end seemed to confirm that it was at least partially fact.

> - There were some inconsistencies in the story:
> - The male Vulcans' names did not begin with 'S';

Is that a rule?  Or just a family tradition in Spock's family?

> - No mention was made of the dead males' katras;

If you mean, why didn't they try to retrieve the katra, a'la "Search for
Spock," I'd say it was because they didn't take the time to "transfer" it
before they died.

> - I sincerely doubt that, even in the absence of a Prime
> Directive, the Vulcans would allow such "cultural
> contamination" as Velcro to be introduced.

I was surprised, because I think Velcro was invented much later than the 50's.
70's maybe?

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Message 122        Tue Oct 01, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:49 PDT

- The male Vulcans' names did not begin with 'S';

That's not a rule.  We've met Tuvok and Tauvik and others that start with a
"T" before.

- No mention was made of the dead males' katras;

If they're already dead, it's too late.

- I sincerely doubt that, even in the absence of a Prime Directive, the
  Vulcans would allow such "cultural contamination" as Velcro to be
introduced.

Probably not.

>>>I was surprised, because I think Velcro was invented much later than the
50's.  70's maybe?

Velcro was actually invented in the late '40s, as I understand it.

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Message 123        Tue Oct 01, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:25 PDT

> Is that a rule?  Or just a family tradition in Spock's family?

All male Vulcans are named beginning with 'S' in honor of Surak, who brought
logic to Vulcan.

(Of course, any information I glean from Star Trek novels isn't canon,
right?)

Oops - and as Sheppy just pointed out:

>  We've met Tuvok and Tauvik and others that start with a "T" before.

Hmm.

>> - No mention was made of the dead males' katras;
>
> If you mean, why didn't they try to retrieve the katra, a'la "Search for
> Spock," I'd say it was because they didn't take the time to "transfer" it
> before they died.

Ah, of course.  I saw Star Trek III for the first time just last week; I
should've known that a katra can be retrieved from only a living Vulcan.
Thanks, Thomas.

-Ken

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Message 125        Wed Oct 02, 2002
STEVER [Steve]               at 19:39 PDT

 > I found Trip's mention of "The Twilight Zone" unnecessary.

I'm sure it is just coincidental that the show is immediately
followed by a new revival of "The Twilight Zone".  Ick.

I was expecting the kid to turn out to be some famous astronomer or
mathematician or something, like the bellhop in "Time's Arrow" was
Jack London.

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Message 126        Thu Oct 03, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:37 PDT

> I was expecting the kid to turn out to be some famous astronomer or
> mathematician or something, like the bellhop in "Time's Arrow" was Jack
> London.

My thoughts exactly.  I'm glad they did nothing with it; that would've been a
bit too much cultural contamination.

My father suggested the young man was Zefram Cochrane, until I explained to
him the time period was all wrong.

-Ken

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Message 127        Thu Oct 03, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:01 PDT

>>>I was expecting the kid to turn out to be some famous astronomer or
mathematician or something, like the bellhop in "Time's Arrow" was
Jack London.

I was expecting something like that as well.

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Message 128        Sat Oct 05, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:10 PDT

The presence of Romulans in the episode "Minefield" worried me.  I'd hate for
the writers to throw the continuity of TOS and TNG to the wind by making
something stupid happen.

For example: shouldn't T'Pol have recognized the Romulan language as being
very similar to Vulcan?

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Message 129        Sat Oct 05, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:04 PDT

>>>For example: shouldn't T'Pol have recognized the Romulan language as being
very similar to Vulcan?

Not necessarily; would you necessarily recognize someone speaking a Germanic
language of 1,000 or 2,000 years ago as speaking a language similar to
English?

My concerns with the Romulan presence mostly center around Romulan technology
at this point in the timeline; according to most information we have from past
Trek, the Romulans don't have warp drive at this point in history.  Those
ships sure looked like they had warp nacelles.

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Message 130        Sat Oct 05, 2002
STEVER [Steve]               at 19:28 PDT

 > shouldn't T'Pol have recognized the Romulan language as being very similar
 > to Vulcan?

Hoshi should have, certainly.

The way I rationalize it is that, after the Romulans split off, the Vulcan
language underwent some radical "logicalization" (of the sort that English
needs :).

All through this episode I was afraid they were going to screw up the
continuity by showing the Romulans on the viewscreen (Romulans weren't
supposed to have been seen by humans until the original series episode
"Balance of Terror").  Thankfully they didn't, but I imagine it must have
seemed odd to casual viewers.

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Message 131        Wed Oct 23, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:44 PDT

The novelization of "Shockwave", the Enterprise two-parter that concluded with
this season's premiere, was released this month.  It's by Paul Ruditis with a
cover price of $19.95 and an ISBN of 0743464559.

-Ken

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Message 132        Wed Oct 23, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:12 PDT

>>>The novelization of "Shockwave", the Enterprise two-parter that concluded
with this season's premiere, was released this month.  It's by Paul Ruditis
with a cover price of $19.95 and an ISBN of 0743464559.

I thought part II was weak given the promising beginning.

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Message 133        Thu Oct 24, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:46 PDT

I agree, Sheppy; I was surprised that TPTB thought the episode warranted a
novelization.

-Ken

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Message 134        Thu Oct 24, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:11 PDT

>>>I agree, Sheppy; I was surprised that TPTB thought the episode warranted a
novelization.

Well, part I was very good.  But part II, as often happens in Trek, was mostly
a "let's wrap things up as lamely as we can" episode.

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Message 135        Fri Oct 25, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 09:41 PDT


>>>I agree, Sheppy; I was surprised that TPTB thought the episode
>>> warranted a novelization.

> Well, part I was very good.  But part II, as often happens in Trek,
> was mostly a "let's wrap things up as lamely as we can" episode.


Personally, I think it's foolish of the producers to make Time
travel such an integral part of this series.  It's very hard to
avoid the paradixes if you have too many instances of Time Travel.
And I mean the plot paradoxes, not the physical ones.

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Message 136        Mon Nov 18, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:45 PDT

I just saw the episode in which T'Pol searched for a Vulcan fugitive, played
by Bruce Davison - Senator Kelly from the movie "X-Men".  I hate him, he's so
smarmy. :)

-Ken

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Message 137        Mon Nov 18, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:19 PDT

>>>I just saw the episode in which T'Pol searched for a Vulcan fugitive,
played by Bruce Davison - Senator Kelly from the movie "X-Men".  I hate him,
he's so

Smarmy at least. :)

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Message 138        Thu Dec 05, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:06 PDT

The episode "Singularity" I think presented the first time the threat to
Enterprise came from a spatial anomaly, and not another ship/race/culture.  I
wonder if they're moving the series to be more like other Treks.  I don't
think so, since it was really the inter-crew conflicts that was the focus of
this episode.

-Ken

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Message 139        Thu Dec 05, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:31 PDT

I'm really curious for another story in the "temporal cold war" storyline.
I'm quite curious to find out just who is manipulating things.  I'm kind of
betting it's a bad guy we've seen before (or a member of a bad guy race we've
seen before).

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Message 140        Thu Dec 05, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:51 PDT

If the Cold War is going to run through all of Enterprise's (probably seven)
seasons, then we're not likely to discover the mastermind's identity anytime
soon.

I'm thinking it probably is someone familiar to Trekkers, though I hope it
isn't, as I don't see how that wouldn't wreak some sort of temporal havoc.
Also, Enterprise is aimed at first-time Trekkers, isn't it?  They'd probably
be frustrated to not "get" the bad guy's identity.

-Ken

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Message 141        Fri Dec 06, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:25 PDT

>>>If the Cold War is going to run through all of Enterprise's (probably
seven)  seasons, then we're not likely to discover the mastermind's identity
anytime soon.

That's pretty obvious.  Probably not until the second to last or last season.

>>>I'm thinking it probably is someone familiar to Trekkers, though I hope it
isn't, as I don't see how that wouldn't wreak some sort of temporal havoc.

Well, I don't see that it necessarily has to be.  There are certainly ways to
make the whole thing work out, given all the stuff they've done to the Star
Trek timeline already.

>>>Also, Enterprise is aimed at first-time Trekkers, isn't it?  They'd
probably be frustrated to not "get" the bad guy's identity.

Possibly, but on the other hand, we're seeing other bad guys for the "first
time" in Enterprise, too, like the Klingons.

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Message 142        Sun Dec 08, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:05 PDT

Sheppy,

>> we're not likely to discover the mastermind's identity anytime soon.
>
> That's pretty obvious.

Perhaps.  There wasn't quite the same build-up to Odo finding his people, or
the revelation of who the Dominion's Founders were - but those were both
revealed in rather short order. :)

-Ken

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Message 143        Mon Dec 09, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:20 PDT

>>>Perhaps.  There wasn't quite the same build-up to Odo finding his people,
or the revelation of who the Dominion's Founders were - but those were both
revealed in rather short order. :)

But they became a key player in the series from then on.

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Message 144        Wed Dec 11, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:40 PDT

Episode "Vanishing Point":

Spoiler. :)

I was a bit irritated with the ending - though it does explain how they were
able to get away with the various moments of illogic throughout the episode.
When Hoshi first reappeared on the transporter, I thought there was a temporal
anomaly involved, but no... the whole episode was written off.

Interesting perspective, though - what a pattern dreams when in the buffer.
Not sure it really works that way (or does anymore) though.

-Ken

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Message 145        Wed Dec 11, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:18 PDT

>>>Interesting perspective, though - what a pattern dreams when in the buffer.
Not sure it really works that way (or does anymore) though.

The TNG episode "Realm of Fear" it's disclosed that people are conscious for a
good portion of the transport process, although the highly energetic particles
you encounter during transport can cause some interesting sights.

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Message 146        Thu Dec 12, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:43 PDT

Sheppy,

> The TNG episode "Realm of Fear"

Was that the episode where Barclay rescued a ship of officers from a pattern
buffer, despite his own fear of transporting?

It seems the effects of the transporter can be instantaneous or take awhile,
depending on the need for that particular episode.

"Vanishing Point" reminded me most of one of my favorite TNG eps, when Geordi
and Ro were "cloaked" and presumed dead. :)

-Ken

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Message 147        Thu Dec 12, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 09:59 PDT

> "Vanishing Point" reminded me most of one of my favorite TNG eps,
> when Geordi and Ro were "cloaked" and presumed dead. :)

Me too; in fact, I thought that this was another "borrowed" plot.

This weeks episode, with the "Most high Monarch" or whatever was also very
reminiscent of the TOS episode where the Enterprise was transporting the
"Arrogant little princess."   Funny, I couldn't find that in the episode
guide, but I KNOW I saw the episode.

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Message 148        Thu Dec 12, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:27 PDT

>>>Was that the episode where Barclay rescued a ship of officers from a
pattern buffer, despite his own fear of transporting?

Yes, that's the one.

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Message 149        Tue Dec 17, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:29 PDT

Also in "Vanishing Point", I found it amusing to note that a staple of a
Starfleet expedition is essentially a digital camera. :)

BTW, does anyone know how often the Enterprise saucer section separated in the
TNG series?  Off the top of my head, I can remember only "Encounter at
Farpoint".

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Message 150        Thu Jan 02, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:40 PDT

Episode "Precious Cargo" had some pretty stereotypical plot devices, but I
enjoyed watching the characters handle them.  I think I liked Archer's
handling more than Trip's. :)

-Ken

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Message 151        Sun Jan 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:35 PDT

Brent Spiner will be guest-starring on an episode of "Frasier" next month:

http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=127357

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Message 152        Tue Feb 04, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:36 PDT

New episode this week - supposedly - finally!

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Message 153        Sun Feb 09, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:10 PDT

Episode "Stigma" was really good.  Some of its subject matter was
uncomfortable.  I enjoy how the conflicts in "Enterprise" come from
people, not spatial anomalies.

I was surprised there was so much intolerance among Vulcans.  This must
be an era before Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations (IDIC).

-Ken

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Message 154        Sun Feb 09, 2003
PETERW                       at 23:53 PDT

>I was surprised there was so much intolerance among Vulcans.  This must
>be an era before Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations (IDIC).

Or is it simply that IDIC, like the control of emotions, is an admirable goal
rather than an actual genetic trait?

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Message 155        Mon Feb 10, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 07:56 PDT

> Episode "Stigma" was really good.  Some of its subject matter
> was uncomfortable.  I enjoy how the conflicts in "Enterprise"
> come from people, not spatial anomalies.

> I was surprised there was so much intolerance among Vulcans.
>  This must be an era before Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations
> (IDIC).

It wasn't until seeing "Enterprise" that I realized that NOT ALL Vulcans could
do mind-melding.  (Have we seen that implied in any of the movies or other
shows?)  Or that it was once considered a 'bad' thing.   It certainly seems
that by Spock's time this once eschewed behavior had become commonplace, and
well-regarded.

The fact that the "message" of the show was a very lightly veiled social
commentary about the current AIDS epidemic _was_ a bit disturbing.

>>I was surprised there was so much intolerance among Vulcans.  This must
>>be an era before Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations (IDIC).

> Or is it simply that IDIC, like the control of emotions, is an
> admirable goal rather than an actual genetic trait?

Well, the Vulcans, in this series, are almost the bad guys, at least from
earth's perspective, because they've been "stingy" with technology transfer,
etc.

I think that one of the long term aims of the show is to show how contact with
the human race has helped the Vulcan society become "more enlightened."

I'm personnally predicting that at the end of this show's 7 year run, (or
after the 4-5th movie) we'll see Archer and T'Pol getting married, setting a
precedent for a future famous marriage between Vulcans and humans.

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Message 156        Mon Feb 10, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:20 PDT

Actually, last season it was established that mind-melding was an ancient
practice that has been lost, and is only just being rediscovered.

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Message 157        Tue Mar 11, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:43 PDT

There's an episode coming up that deals with fallout from the events of "Star
Trek: First Contact."  Apparently an Arctic research team stumbles upon the
debris of the Borg sphere destroyed in 21st century Earth orbit and finds two
Borg drones, which revive and begin to assimilate the team.

Sounds like it could be interesting; we'll see how it's done.

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Message 158        Sun Mar 16, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:15 PDT

I think that counts as a spoiler, Sheppy. :)

Regardless, I'm not too keen on that plot.  It mucks with continuity too much,
and I don't see Archer approaching this new threat in a way that would make it
as frightening as it did when Picard and crew first encountered them.

-Ken

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Message 159        Sun Mar 16, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:24 PDT

It's not a spoiler if I'm revealing nothing more than the promos do. :)

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Message 160        Sun Mar 16, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:35 PDT

I stopped watching promos halfway through Voyager's run.  I found them too
spoilerish.

-Ken

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Message 161        Tue Apr 08, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:35 PDT

On the latest new ep, "The Crossing":

How come the shuttlecraft had power, but Enterprise did not?

How did Trip get possessed when he was on the catwalk?  Did it occur before
the evacuation?

-Ken

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Message 162        Wed Apr 09, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 10:26 PDT

> How come the shuttlecraft had power, but Enterprise did not?


I asked the same question!  :)

Really, plot-wise, a pretty dry episode, IMHO.


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Message 163        Wed Apr 09, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:51 PDT

>>>How come the shuttlecraft had power, but Enterprise did not?

Don't shuttlecraft have their own power plants on board? :)

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Message 164        Fri Apr 25, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:32 PDT

I watched an episode from earlier this month, "The Judgment".  Though bravo to
J.G. Hertzler for his fine performance as Archer's advocate, why must
Paramount recycle actors so often?  He has now been on DS9, Voyager, and
Enterprise, as has Jeffrey Combs.

It'd be interesting if the advocate was an ancestor of Chancellor Martok.

Was the penal colony featured the same as in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered
Country?

-Ken

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Message 165        Sun Apr 27, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:33 PDT

>>>Was the penal colony featured the same as in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered
Country?

Yes.

As for recycling actors, I'm not sure why they do it, but I suspect it's a lot
because they find actors with a knack for playing certain types of aliens and
like to use them because they help to "define" that race.

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Message 166        Sun Apr 27, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:06 PDT

Now that I think about it: how did the Klingons capture Archer, anyhow?

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Message 167        Sun Apr 27, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:11 PDT

>>>Now that I think about it: how did the Klingons capture Archer, anyhow?

I don't recall.  It was suggested at but not really gotten into in any real
detail.

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Message 168        Mon Apr 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:38 PDT

Sheppy suggested:

> they find actors with a knack for playing certain types of aliens and like to
> use them because they help to "define" that race.

That's passable for Hertzler, as I see resemblance between the Klingons and
Hirogen he's played.  But Jeffrey Combs as both Vorta and Andorian, and Rene
Auberjoinis as Changling and a lonely old man in a holographic colony... in
the latter case, the characters themselves had some similarities, but not
necessary the races.

-Ken

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Message 169        Sun May 11, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:01 PDT

The episode "Cogenitor" was a good one; I like to see reasons leading to the
creation of the Prime Directive.  I wonder if that race will now have nothing
to do with humans.  It would explain why humans were never recorded to have
benefitted from that race's long experience in space-travel.

I wonder, though.  What happens when parents conceive a child that is a
cogenitor, as I would assume happens 3% of the time?  Do they simply accept
that that child will have no place in society?

As things with Trip heated up, the side story with Malcolm and the female
alien abruptly disappeared.  I guess we can imagine what happened with that.

-Ken

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Message 170        Wed May 21, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:37 PDT

What did y'all think of the episode "Regeneration"?  I was pretty irritated:
now Starfleet knows about the pending invasion and, even given the relative
low technology during Enterprise's time, have two centuries to prepare
countermeasures - one of which Phlox successfully demonstrated, but which we
never saw in any other Star Trek.

Interesting that the Borg that Archer encountered are actually more advanced
than the first ones Picard met.  Good thing they didn't send any of their tech
specs back home.

Also, what about all the crashed technology on Earth?  Can't Starfleet now
mine that?

-Ken

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Message 171        Thu May 22, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:20 PDT

>>>What did y'all think of the episode "Regeneration"?  I was pretty
irritated:  now Starfleet knows about the pending invasion and, even given the
relative low technology during Enterprise's time, have two centuries to
prepare countermeasures - one of which Phlox successfully demonstrated, but
which we never saw in any other Star Trek.

This has been a problem since Voyager showed Anika Hanen's (Seven of Nine's)
family traveling around studying the Borg in the star date 37000 range, well
before The Next Generation even begins.  This means the Federation was aware
of the Borg before Picard met them, so I'm not sure what the deal is with
that.

Perhaps the information discovered in Enterprise is misplaced somehow, or
maybe it's so deeply classified that nobody knows about it by the 24th
century.  Maybe the mysterious Section 31 for some reason decided to eradicate
all information about the Borg from the records.  Who knows?

>>>Also, what about all the crashed technology on Earth?  Can't Starfleet now
mine that?

Yeah, that's another problem.

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Message 172        Thu May 22, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:23 PDT

So, what'd people think of "The Expanse," the season finale?

I think this could be interesting, but I have concerns about the continuing
mucking with Star Trek history that's going on.

I did enjoy seeing Duras surprised by the addition of the photonic torpedoes
to Enterprise's arsenal though. :)

I also liked that we get a glimpse of NX-02, and the 14-month to launch
timeline.  Means we're likely to see another Starfleet Warp 5 ship out and
about, possibly as soon as next season, given that this episode took something
along the lines of six months (3 months to get home, refit time, 2 more months
to get to the Delphic Expanse).

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Message 173        Mon May 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:04 PDT

Sheppy,

> since Voyager showed Anika Hanen's (Seven of Nine's) family traveling around
> studying the Borg in the star date 37000 range, well before The Next
> Generation even begins.

I thought that Seven's family had travelled beyond Federation space and was
not able to communicate back to them any findings they had of the Borg.

-Ken

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Message 174        Mon May 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:04 PDT

Some episodes I watched over the weekend:

"First Flight": I'm surprised that, with such a blemish on his record, Archer
still became captain of the first warp five starship.  Also that, in his
lifetime, we went from the clunky warp two test ships we saw, to a
full-fledged starship.

"Bounty": reminded me much of the episode "The Judgment", which it tied in
with: Archer gets captured and tries to make friends with his captor.  The
pon'farr subplot made me aware that T'Pol prolly offers to Enterprise much of
what Seven offered Voyager: sex appeal.

"The Expanse": I wonder what Archer isn't being told by the Suliban and their
leader.  It's likely that the true objective here isn't to save humanity, but
to destroy the aliens in the Delphic Expanse.  I wonder how long this
particular plot will carry though into the next season?  It didn't say "To Be
Continued," so it's likely to be more than a two-parter.  Since T'Pol is not a
member of Starfleet, does she have any capacity in which to serve as a science
officer?  I mean, can Archer appoint a civilian to a bridge post?

The name "Duras" sounds familiar.  Isn't there a House of Duras in Worf's time?

-Ken

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Message 175        Mon May 26, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:03 PDT

>>>I thought that Seven's family had travelled beyond Federation space and was
not able to communicate back to them any findings they had of the Borg.

Yes, but they set out on that mission for the express purpose of studying the
Borg, so clearly the Federation is aware of their existence.

>>>"First Flight": I'm surprised that, with such a blemish on his record,
Archer still became captain of the first warp five starship.  Also that, in
his lifetime, we went from the clunky warp two test ships we saw, to a
full-fledged starship.

I won't speak to the blemish on his record, but considering that Enterprise
begins less than 150 from now (the date on "The Expanse" was in, IIRC, 2153),
that kind of progress doesn't seem that outlandish.  Especially given that
there was a major world war that decimated the planet only about 50 years from
now.

>>>"Bounty": reminded me much of the episode "The Judgment", which it tied in
with: Archer gets captured and tries to make friends with his captor.  The
pon'farr subplot made me aware that T'Pol prolly offers to Enterprise much of
what Seven offered Voyager: sex appeal.

I was aware of this in the pilot, in which there's a long, drawn out sequence
in which T'Pol rubs decon cream all over herself in slow motion. :)

>>>"The Expanse": I wonder what Archer isn't being told by the Suliban and
their leader.  It's likely that the true objective here isn't to save
humanity, but to destroy the aliens in the Delphic Expanse.  I wonder how long
this particular plot will carry though into the next season?  It didn't say
"To Be Continued," so it's likely to be more than a two-parter.  Since T'Pol
is not a member of Starfleet, does she have any capacity in which to serve as
a science officer?  I mean, can Archer appoint a civilian to a bridge post?

What I assume is they're just worrying about someone making so major an impact
on the past and how it might affect the timeline leading up to the time in
which the shadow dude lives.  I also think we're eventually going to discover
that the shadow guy is human, which would make saving humanity part of his
best interest.

>>>The name "Duras" sounds familiar.  Isn't there a House of Duras in Worf's
time?

Yes.  The House of Duras is responsible for the murder of Worf's father and
his mate.  Duras' father killed Mogh (Worf's father) and framed him for the
Khitomer massacre, and Duras killed Worf's mate.  My assumption here is that
the Duras we saw this season on Enterprise is a grandfather or
great-grandfather.

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Message 177        Tue May 27, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:53 PDT

> Yes, but they set out on that mission for the express purpose of studying the
> Borg, so clearly the Federation is aware of their existence.

When the Romulans reappeared in TNG, it was because something had been going
around, scooping up their cities.  We even saw such a crater in one episode.
I figured that Starfleet knew there was "something" out there, but only the
Hansens had any ideas - theories which were considered crackpot, so they set
off on their own to find out what was out there.

Sheppy, I'm not sure how your comments on the timing of the "Enterprise"
series relates to my surprise at how quickly technology developed in Archer's
lifetime (re: "First Flight")?  Are you saying that such technological
progress occurs faster 150 years from now than it does nowadays?

> I also think we're eventually going to discover that the shadow guy is human,
> which would make saving humanity part of his best interest.

That's what I figured as well.  It would explain why he disappeared in the
season two finale.

Some other thoughts on "The Expanse": it was good to see some other Starfleet
vessels, albeit briefly.  For most of Enterprise's two-year journeys, they've
been as alone as Voyager was.

How does "quantum dating" work?  I would think that if something was created
in the year 2999, and a year later, was sent back to the year 2000, it'd
still be only a year old - not negative 1000.  And, of course, the raw
material of a device is millions of years old, regardless of when the device
was manufactured...

-Ken

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Message 178        Tue May 27, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:42 PDT

>>>Sheppy, I'm not sure how your comments on the timing of the "Enterprise"
series relates to my surprise at how quickly technology developed in Archer's
lifetime (re: "First Flight")?  Are you saying that such technological
progress occurs faster 150 years from now than it does nowadays?

No, I'm just saying if they can get from nearly wiped out by thermonuclear war
to warp travel in fifty years, surely they can get to warp five in another
fifty or so.

>>>How does "quantum dating" work?  I would think that if something was
created in the year 2999, and a year later, was sent back to the year 2000,
it'd still be only a year old - not negative 1000.

I assume that the premise is that the quantum signature of matter is based
upon its natural time period rather than the time in which it happens to be.
I'm not sure that's scientifically sound, but it seems to be how they're
working it.

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Message 179        Wed May 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:33 PDT

> if they can get from nearly wiped out by thermonuclear war to warp travel in
> fifty years, surely they can get to warp five in another fifty or so.

I agree.  But the advances made between episodes "First Flight" and "Broken
Bow" seemed like a lot.  That's all.

-Ken

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Message 180        Wed May 28, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:37 PDT

>>>I agree.  But the advances made between episodes "First Flight" and "Broken
Bow" seemed like a lot.  That's all.

I don't really think so.  From warp two to warp five in a few years?  That's
not all that much, considering how rapidly air flight advanced.  We went from
the first powered airplane flight to regular commercial air travel in less
than 30 years.

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Message 181        Fri May 30, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:03 PDT

Speaking of sex appeal, this comes from
<http://www.startrek.com/news/news.asp?ID=128937>:

Blalock Named Sixth Sexiest

Jolene Blalock ("T'Pol") was deemed one of the world's sexiest women by FHM
magazine. The actress tied for sixth place with Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Minogue,
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Anna Kournikova. Blalock also placed on Maxim's
recent Hot 100 list, coming in at #97.

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Message 182        Mon Aug 18, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:14 PDT

CNN.com talks about Enterprise's third season:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/18/weekendtv.enterprise.ap/index.html

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Message 183        Mon Aug 18, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:03 PDT

Well... it sounds... interesting.  We'll see.  I have reservations about
introducing a whole never-before-mentioned conflict into the mix.

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Message 184        Mon Aug 18, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:14 PDT

Sheppy,

I don't see it as never-before-mentioned (you mean the Xindi, right?).  It's
just another aspect of the temporal cold war - and when it comes to temporal
mechanics, just because something's never been mentioned, doesn't mean it
hasn't happened. :)

-Ken

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Message 185        Tue Aug 19, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:43 PDT

That's true.  For all we know, the series will wind up with none of this stuff
having ever happened. :)

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Message 186        Thu Aug 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:03 PDT

I was surfing the web looking for an "Enterprise" episode guide, and instead
found treknation.com.  At that site, critic Michelle Erica Green offers plot
synopses and reviews of each episode.  Her writing demonstrates not only a
depth of analysis and Trek knowledge and savvy, but an ability to communicate
that makes for some fascinating reading - whether or not you agree with her.

-Ken

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Message 187        Fri Aug 29, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:47 PDT

The third season of "Enterprise" premieres September 10th.

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Message 188        Fri Aug 29, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:50 PDT

A photo gallery of all "Enterprise" characters (except Malcom Reed) as they
appear in Season 3 begins at this URL:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/galleryview?id=2417

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Message 189        Fri Sep 05, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 10:31 PDT

Well, for those that may not be paying attention, the season premiere is this
coming week!

_________
  | homas

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Message 190        Fri Sep 05, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:22 PDT

>>>Well, for those that may not be paying attention, the season premiere is
this coming week!

I'm ready. :)

Should be an interesting season.  I'm uncertain whether that'll be a good
thing or a bad thing.

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Message 191        Mon Sep 08, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:18 PDT

I'm told that, starting this season, "Enterprise" will now be known as
"Star Trek: Enterprise".  Anyone else heard this?

-Ken

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Message 192        Mon Sep 08, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:10 PDT

>>>I'm told that, starting this season, "Enterprise" will now be known as
"Star Trek: Enterprise".  Anyone else heard this?

There's nothing about that on the Star Trek web site, so I think it's untrue.

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Message 193        Fri Sep 12, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:15 PDT

Regarding the last two messages, here is an official word from
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/2300089.html>:

"To quell any confusion regarding the title of the current Star Trek TV show,
Enterprise is still Enterprise. UPN has run promos using the words 'Star Trek'
above 'Enterprise' to reinforce the show's association with the franchise, but
this is not indicative of a name change for the series."

I haven't watched the first episode of Season 3 yet, but I'm told it says
"Star Trek" in the title; also, that the theme song has been re-recorded.

-Ken

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Message 194        Fri Sep 12, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:58 PDT

 > I haven't watched the first episode of Season 3 yet, but I'm told it says
 > "Star Trek" in the title; also, that the theme song has been re-recorded.

It does not have "Star Trek" in the title, or didn't when I watched it.  The
theme song has been rerecorded and is a little faster-paced now.  I actually
liked the old version better; it had this sense of longing and looking to the
future that I liked.

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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Message 195        Mon Sep 15, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 08:27 PDT

>>Sheppy said:

> The theme song has been rerecorded and is a little faster-paced now.
> I actually liked the old version better; it had this sense of
> longing and looking to the future that I liked.

re-recorded or just re-mixed?  I couldn't tell for sure. In any case, although
the rhythm is kinda nice, I agree that the older version is more appropriate
to the theme of the show.

Then again, maybe it's just my natural inclination to like the original
versions of songs better than re-makes.  :D

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Message 196        Mon Sep 15, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:44 PDT

 > re-recorded or just re-mixed?  I couldn't tell for sure. In any case,
although
 > the rhythm is kinda nice, I agree that the older version is more
appropriate
 > to the theme of the show.

I'm pretty sure it's actually just a remix.  I presume they decided they
needed a faster-paced theme, since this season is more goal-oriented.

 > Then again, maybe it's just my natural inclination to like the original
 > versions of songs better than re-makes.  :D

I have a "single" version of the Deep Space Nine theme that I like a lot.  Has
a guitar solo in it, which is... different... but it sounds cool. :)



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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 197        Thu Sep 18, 2003
SYNDICOMM                    at 08:46 PDT

What do folks think of this season so far?  I've enjoyed the episodes, but I'm
uncertain what this is going to be like long-term.

-- Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com Owner, Syndicomm
http://www.syndicomm.com I enjoyed last night's special effects.  I'm not sure
which I liked better, the spilled coffee and mug hanging in midair forever, or
that ripple that ran through the ship, knocking people over in corridors. :)
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Message 198        Fri Sep 19, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:46 PDT

Enterprise's First Assistant Director, Jerry Fleck, passed away this month;
he was 54.

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/2687.html

Scott Bakula will host a live chat on Monday, Sep 22nd, at StarTrek.com:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/2783.html

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Message 199        Fri Sep 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:09 PDT

Following up on the previous message, the transcript from the Bakula
conference is now available at this URL:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/community/chat/archive/transcript/2903.ht
ml

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Message 200        Sun Sep 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:48 PDT

A spoof of the season premiere exists at this URL:

http://www.treknation.com/reviews/fiver/the_xindi.shtml

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Message 201        Wed Oct 01, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:09 PDT

Apparently it really is now called "Star Trek: Enterprise" -- ReplayTV and my
cable company both say so -- and it broke my record settings in my ReplayTV.
Grr.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
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                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 202        Thu Oct 02, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:49 PDT


> and it broke my record settings in my ReplayTV.  Grr.

Your life's really hard, isn't it sweetie.  ;)



Mrs. Sheppy
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Message 203        Thu Oct 02, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:13 PDT

>>>Your life's really hard, isn't it sweetie.  ;)

You're just mean! :P

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Message 204        Fri Oct 17, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:33 PDT

Tying in with the discussion in Category 50, Topic 1, Enterprise will now be
broadcase in HDTV format, according to
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/3218.html>

-Ken

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Message 205        Fri Oct 17, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:28 PDT

>>>Tying in with the discussion in Category 50, Topic 1, Enterprise will now
be broadcase in HDTV format, according to

Cool!  Now I just need an HDTV set. :)

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Message 206        Wed Oct 22, 2003
SARAH                        at 03:06 PDT


>>   Cool!  Now I just need an HDTV set. :)


Yeah - dream on, babe.  ;)
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Message 207        Wed Oct 22, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:38 PDT

>>>Yeah - dream on, babe.  ;)

::dreaming about a babe draped across an HDTV set::

Mmmm... :)

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Message 208        Fri Oct 24, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:35 PDT


>>  Mmmm... :)


::THWAP!::
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Message 209        Sat Dec 20, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:28 PDT

I've been behind on my "Enterprise" viewing, and didn't want to comment on
episodes that everyone else had probably seen weeks or months ago, but I want
to comment on the episode "Twilight", which I really liked.

Of course it reminded me of several previous Trek episodes, among them
Voyager's "Year of Hell", and the TNG episode wherein Riker woke up 20 years
in the future as captain of the Enterprise.  Unlike that latter episode,
though, "Twilight" was not an elaborate deception, and had real repercussions
- and the stakes could not have been higher.  The future painted for us was so
bleak as to be almost nightmarish, IMHO.

Also poignant was that the symptoms of Archer's malady afflict people in real
life.  The inability to transfer short-term memories to long-term is a
terrible condition, and to see it strike a favorite character was sad.

"Twilight" is the most recent episode I've watched this season, and my
favorite thus far.

-Ken

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Message 210        Sun Dec 21, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:45 PDT

"Twilight" was a fantastic episode.  I really enjoyed it, both in terms of the
visuals (the attack on Earth at the beginning was cool), and in terms of the
story, which could have been stupid but was well-constructed.

"Year of Hell" from Voyager was also really cool, although the undoing of it
all at the end kind of frustrates you a little... stories where the whole
thing never happened are a little tiresome, and happen too often in Trek.

But "Twilight" was so well conceived that you don't mind the change-up at the
end.

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Message 211        Thu Feb 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:31 PDT

Enterprise ratings are down from last year, which may lead to the show being
moved to Fridays, or being cancelled, reports the Scripps Howard News Service:

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/24hour/entertainment/story/1146347p-7986983c.html

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Message 212        Sat Feb 14, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:44 PDT

Canceling it would be a mistake; it's awfully fun to watch.

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Message 213        Thu Feb 19, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:28 PDT

Here's some of the bad astronomy you can find in Star Trek:

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/enterprise.html

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Message 214        Fri Apr 16, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:15 PDT

USA Today is having a poll of shows that are on the chopping block, letting
fans voice whether or not they should be kept.  "Enterprise" is one of the
shows:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/save-our-shows.htm

There's a related web site at http://www.saveenterprise.com/

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Message 215        Wed Apr 21, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:10 PDT

Tonight begins the last five episodes of the season.  I wonder what's still to
happen that'll take that many episodes.  This is kinda like DS9; I like it. :)

-Ken

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Message 216        Wed Apr 21, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:41 PDT

I like it too.

From what I gather, there's an episode or two of recovering from the last big
battle episode, along with some negotiations with certain Xindi factions.
Should be interesting to see.

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Message 217        Thu Apr 22, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:59 PDT

Last night's episode of "Damage" was neat.  Archer's in a difficult situation
and we finally learn why T'Pol's emotions have been out of control.

I was surprised to see Casey Biggs (DS9's Damar) in this episode.  Funny:
there are so many new actors on this series, but when they recast an old one,
he sticks out like a sore thumb.  I always did like Damar, though; too bad he
had such a small role here.

BTW, I never watch an episode of "Enterprise" without following by reading the
review on Trek Nation, a great web site with articles by a learned Trek
critic.  The review of "Damage" is at

http://www.treknation.com/reviews/enterprise/damage.shtml

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Message 218        Fri Apr 23, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:33 PDT

>>>Casey Biggs

I spotted him too.  I like Jeffrey Combs as the Andorian captain, too.  There
were several actors on DS9 that were so good that it's nice to see them again,
even in other roles.

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Message 220        Fri Apr 30, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:03 PDT

According to <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/5237.html> and
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-04-25-sos-results-main_x.htm
>,
70% of voters on the USA Today poll (see uptopic) have voted to keep
Enterprise on the air.

Here's to hoping!

-Ken

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Message 221        Mon May 03, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:05 PDT

I've really enjoyed these last few episodes, although I hope next season has
more of the original formula back.

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Message 222        Fri May 14, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:11 PDT

UPN will announce its fall lineup on Thursday, May 20th.

Let's hope it includes Enterprise!

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Message 223        Fri May 14, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:12 PDT

Yeah... I sure hope UPN is smart enough to keep Enterprise around.

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Message 224        Thu May 20, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:30 PDT

05.20.2004
Enterprise Renewed For Fourth Season

Star Trek: Enterprise fans rejoice! The show has been picked up for a fourth
season, as UPN will reveal this morning at the annual "upfronts" in New York.
The show, whose future had not been guaranteed, has finally been given the
thumbs up by the network. One significant change: It looks like the show will
be moving from Wednesday nights at 8:00 p.m. to Friday nights at 9:00.
(America's Top Model is slated to fill the previous Enterprise Wednesday night
slot.)

Story continues at
<http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/5218.html>

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Message 225        Thu May 20, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:22 PDT

That's great news!

Last night's episode was good; I'm hoping next week's finale will be as
exciting as it looks like it will be.

At least we know Earth doesn't get destroyed. ;)

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Message 226        Thu May 20, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:38 PDT

> At least we know Earth doesn't get destroyed. ;)

Are you sure?  It already has once this season...

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Message 227        Sun May 23, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:09 PDT

Well... that was an alternate timeline.  Ah, Star Trek loves those.

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Message 228        Wed May 26, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:15 PDT

Season finale of Enterprise airs tonight!  Hopefully "Zero Hour" will be good.
:)

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Message 229        Wed May 26, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:25 PDT

Well... that was certainly interesting.  I'm sure I enjoyed it right up until
the last five minutes.  Those last five minutes reminded me terribly of "Planet
of the Apes". :)

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Message 230        Fri May 28, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 08:17 PDT

>> Sheppy said:
> I'm sure I enjoyed it right up until the
> last five minutes.  Those last five minutes
> reminded me terribly of "Planet of the Apes". :)

Haha!  I'm sure it won't be that bad, Sheppy.   I can imagine how the future
Federation guy might have jumped in and saved Archer to preserve him for
posterity, but then how did the Enterprise get moved back?  Are the aquatics
talking to the federation time traveler now too?

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Message 231        Fri May 28, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:12 PDT

I'm just not sure what to think.  It's possible that the alien arriving in the
past like that, and apparently pitching in with the Nazis, causes an extension
of WWII into the Enterprise's present day.  Although that seems pretty bizarre.

Everything hinges on how they start next season.

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Message 232        Fri Jun 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:17 PDT

Dominic Keating and Linda Park (Malcolm Reed and Hoshi Sato) have birthdays
this month, and have asked for donations to be made to various children's
charities:

http://www.dominickeating.com/directory.htm
http://www.lindapark.tv/announcements.htm

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Message 233        Sun Jun 20, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:53 PDT

Randy Oglesby, who played Degra in the third season of Enterprise, has played
several characters on almost all the Star Trek series:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644750/

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Message 234        Sun Jun 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:57 PDT

I finally caught up enough on my Trek today to have finished the third season.

Regarding season four: I don't think Enterprise was thrown back in time, as
the Xindi seemed unaffected.  As for what exactly did happen, I have no idea.
It'd be neat if they could tie it in with the Suliban and the temporal cold
war.  Otherwise, I see no connection between this cliffhanger and the rest of
the season. (How did Archer survive?)  They should've picked up some
discrepancies earlier, though - lack of buildings or radiation or general
radio traffic or something.  Also, Mayweather didn't say anything about the
stars not being where they're supposed to be. ;) (Which I wasn't sure was an
accurate comment for episode "E2" - do stars move that much in 117 years?
That episode was a lot like DS9's "Children of Time", BTW)

What was Shraz's motivation for helping Archer?  How did he track him through
the vortex?  Hmm.

-Ken

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Message 235        Sun Jun 27, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:29 PDT

Well, the Andorians have to start getting along with the humans, since they're
one of the four founding members of the Federation, so it only makes sense that
he would help -- especially given that he knows that the stuff going on in the
Expanse will hurt them too, eventually.

As for the Xindi -- we don't know they weren't taken back in time as well; for
all we know, when they left, they were headed back to their world in the past
without realizing it.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Message 236        Mon Jun 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:58 PDT

Sheppy,

The Andorians don't know that they're going to found the Federation.  And that
being why they're helping humanity is something of a causality loop.

> it only makes sense that he would help -- especially given that he knows that
> the stuff going on in the Expanse will hurt them too, eventually.

The Expanse had already been reverted to normal space, and the spherebuilders
banished, by that point, though; saving Earth was unrelated.

> As for the Xindi -- we don't know they weren't taken back in time as well

True.  I wonder why Enterprise, at least, was not affected by this temporal
shift?

-Ken

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Message 237        Mon Jun 28, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:59 PDT

Well, two things:

1. The Enterprise has clearly gone back in time as well -- the shuttlepod got
attacked by WWII fighters, after all. :)

2. The Andorians don't know they're going to create the Federation, but they do
have to make leanings in that direction eventually.  But at the time the
Andorians help destroy the sphere, they don't necessarily know that the Expanse
has been fixed.

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Message 238        Mon Jun 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:18 PDT

> 1. The Enterprise has clearly gone back in time as well -- the shuttlepod got
> attacked by WWII fighters, after all. :)

It's possible that Earth is still in the 22nd century, but that a change in
history has caused Enterprise to return to a timeline where a WWII-like
environment is the current setting.  Remember in TOS, not only when they found
the WWII-like planet, but the other planet where Rome never fell?  Maybe WWII
never ended on this Earth.

> 2. The Andorians don't know they're going to create the Federation, but they
> do have to make leanings in that direction eventually.

Sure, if "they" are TPTB.

Is there any documentation of the Andorians being founding members of the
Federation?  They seem awfully suspicious and xenophobic for that.

-Ken

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Message 239        Sat Jul 03, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 15:23 PDT

Well, it's been known by fans for years that Andor is a founding member of the
Federation, but if you want proof, you can just look at the last episode of
Enterprise for last season (Zero Hour), in which Daniels shows Archer the day
the Federation Charter is signed, and says that representatives of the four
founding members of the Federation are there: Earth, Vulcan, Andor, and Telar.


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Message 240        Sun Jul 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:29 PDT

Sheppy,

I remember Daniels pointing that out, but I was wondering if there had been
any previous reference to that historical occasion.  There are some elements
of the Trek timeline with which Enterprise is playing fast and loose, and I
wasn't sure if this was one of them. (for example, there's no prior reference
to this huge war with the Xindi - which Daniels also pointed out)

The way Daniels kept pulling Archer out of the timeline and informing him of
his destiny reminded me of how the Prophets interacted with Sisko.

-Ken

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Message 241        Tue Jul 06, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:30 PDT

Well, yeah, the whole Xindi war was caused by someone tinkering with the
timeline; I'll be interested to see how things resolve out of that once the
whole thing is over with (since clearly it's not, yet, since Archer & co. are
experiencing increasingly screwed up history).

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Message 242        Wed Jul 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:07 PDT

Sheppy,

I remember the Suliban's unknown, temporal benefactor wanted Archer to prevent
the Xindi war.  But do we know of any other temporal interference that caused
this arc?  The spherebuilders were able to predict the future, but were not
from the future, as far as I could tell.

-Ken

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Message 243        Wed Jul 07, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:14 PDT

Hm.  The spherebuilders helped some Xindi Reptilians travel back in time to
Earth in 2004 to attempt to unleash a bioweapon there.  I think that counts. :)

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Message 244        Thu Jul 08, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:33 PDT

I'm told that "Rick Berman said in an interview that the evil Nazi alien
cliffhanger will be resolved within three episodes and afterwards there will
be only mini-arcs throughout the season - of two to four episodes. He said
that it would go a bit more in the direction of the Original Series in terms
of story continuity. We might also see familiar faces, he said."

-Ken

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Message 246        Thu Jul 08, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:46 PDT

Sheppy,

> The spherebuilders helped some Xindi Reptilians travel back in time to
> Earth in 2004 to attempt to unleash a bioweapon there.  I think that counts.

Ah.  I'd forgotten that.  Hmm.  How'd they manage that?

-Ken

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Message 247        Fri Jul 09, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 00:34 PDT

I don't remember that we ever become aware of exactly how the Xindi reptilians
go back in time, except that the spherebuilders arranged it.

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Message 248        Mon Jul 19, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:24 PDT

As previously reported on CNN.com, Brent Spiner will appear on Star Trek as an
ancestor of Dr. Noonien Soong:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/19/television.spiner.reut/index.html

William Shatner may also be appearing in a similarly ancestral role.

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Message 249        Mon Jul 19, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:17 PDT

I'd heard about Spiner, but not the rumors about Shatner.

There are rumors that a 3-story arc is being planned for Robert Picardo from
Voyager as well.

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Message 250        Sun Aug 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:05 PDT

Season 4 of Enterprise launches Friday, October 8th, at 8:00 PM.  See the
30-second trailer at

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/videoview?id=6218

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Message 251        Sun Aug 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:07 PDT

Oops.  That new trailer is simply a collection of shots from Season 3.  Nice
commercial, though.

A timeline of the entire third season can be found here:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/5581.html

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Message 252        Sun Aug 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:11 PDT

Message 59 in Topic 1 of this category talks about The Animated Series being
released on DVD; these reports also indicate Enterprise may begin seeing DVD
release in 2005, after Voyager completes its DVD releases in 2004.

-Ken

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Message 253        Fri Sep 10, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:34 PDT

Okay, for real this time - Enterprise season four trailers:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/videoview?id=6664
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/videoview?id=6667

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Message 254        Fri Sep 17, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 10:19 PDT


Anyone know when the season premiere is?

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Message 255        Sat Sep 18, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:47 PDT

The Enterprise premiere is on October 8, I believe.

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Message 256        Sat Sep 18, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:44 PDT

Right - October 8th.  Remember that the show has moved from Wednesdays to
Fridays.  Check your local listings.

-Ken

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Message 257        Sat Sep 18, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:56 PDT

My cable company switched UPN channels; for a few weeks we didn't have UPN,
which made me nervous, but we're good to go again.

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Message 258        Sun Oct 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:31 PDT

Look for "Enterprise" on DVD in 2005:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2268&Nav=yes

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Message 259        Tue Oct 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:34 PDT

Anyone watch the season premiere last week?  Any thoughts?

-Ken

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Message 260        Wed Oct 13, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 08:32 PDT



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Well, since it's a two parter, I'll reserve final judgement, but so far my only
objection is that the show is really stretching my suspension of disbelief.

Phasers and FTL travel and even time travel I could believe, but as racially
prejudiced as the Nazis were, I find it hard to accept that they would
collaborate  with the aliens.
I thought it was a cute though, that the leaders of the resistance were the
mafia.

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Message 261        Wed Oct 13, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:35 PDT

I have issues, too, with the notion of the Nazis accepting aliens, although
given Hitler's arrogance, he might be willing to put up with it as a means to
an end.  After all, I'd have considered it unlikely that he would ally himself
with the Japanese for much the same reason.

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Message 262        Thu Oct 14, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 09:48 PDT

> After all, I'd have considered it unlikely that he would
> ally himself with the Japanese for much the same reason.

Ahh, good point.

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Message 263        Fri Oct 15, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:17 PDT

I'm watching tonight's Enterprise right now (Storm Front, Part II).  The
newsreel at the beginning was creepy and well done. :)

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Message 264        Mon Oct 18, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:07 PDT

Well, the conclusion of Storm Front wasn't as bad as I feared it would be.  It
was a little farfetched, but it *is* science fiction. :)

I liked the reception Enterprise gets at the end.

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Message 265        Tue Oct 19, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 12:51 PDT


The thing I don't like about all this time-traveling in Enterprise is that it
kind of takes the wind out of the sails of the later series where it was
considered something special.

IOW, why didn't CPT Kirk (and crew) know all about the time travel experience
of Archer and Crew?  I'd have thought it would have worked its way into the
Academy curriculum.  Yet I believe Spock also claimed that the Vulcans had no
knowledge of Time Travel before that first episode where they go back to earth
in 1967.

After all, what we DIDN'T see was the stereotypical scene with the characters
forgetting that it happened because once the timeline was restored it never
happened after all anyway.

I guess I'm worried that the overuse of it will really eventually produce
completely unexplainable paradoxes, which will, of course, wreak havoc on my
ability to suspend disbelief.   :)

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Message 266        Wed Oct 20, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:05 PDT

It's also possible that something will happen to erase all this stuff from
history. :)

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Message 267        Fri Oct 22, 2004
PETERW                       at 21:17 PDT

There are times I feel that Enterprise is more like "a story inspired by Star
Trek" rather than a real part of the Star Trek universe. It's not that the
various plot ideas are all bad or anything, but they just don't seem to gell
with Enterprise's place in "history". Anachronisms and potential paradoxes just
seem to keep coming.

While I'm on the subject, I was always a little disappointed that they didn't
start back a bit further in the history of Starfleet. It always seems to me
that Archer's Enterprise is only about 20 years behind Kirk's Enterprise. I had
hoped that there would have been more made of the "discovery" of various bits
and pieces. Some attempt was made with the Transporter, but it's "invention"
*during* the series would have made for some good plot lines. Ditto for
shields/hull plating, phasors (again, some effort was made here) and maybe even
sensor technology.
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Message 268        Sun Oct 24, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:23 PDT

Well, they don't have photon torpedos yet.  They have torpedos, but they're not
photons.

I'm more interested in seeing the founding of the Federation than the invention
of these technologies, though.

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Message 269        Tue Oct 26, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 06:35 PDT

> Ditto for shields/hull plating,

As I understand it, they don't have shields yet -- they're still working with
hull plating, enhanced with trellium, or whatever to avoid the "expanse"
distortion fields.


BTW, did anyone watch this week's show?   The wedding cliffhanger has me on the
edge of my seat.  Are we going to see another wedding fight like we did in TOS?

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Message 270        Tue Oct 26, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:17 PDT

I did see it; I'm not sure what's going to happen.  I have a sneaking suspicion
that the wedding goes off as planned, though, which will just add to tension
between T'Pol and Trip.

The next three episodes are the Arik Soong trilogy, with Brent Spiner.  After
that comes a three-part Vulcan arc, with a young T'Pau leading a group trying
to change Vulcan society.

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Message 271        Thu Nov 25, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:35 PDT

I finally watched the two-part "Storm Front".  I wonder if we've seen the end
of Silik - especially since, as you say, none of this ever happened.  And I
wonder how Archer's interference with the Nazi plans impacted Lenin's fate?

-Ken

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Message 272        Sun Nov 28, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 04:59 PDT

What does Lenin have to do with it?

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Message 273        Sun Nov 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:32 PDT

Sheppy,

In the "Storm Front" timeline, Lenin was assassinated in 1916, preventing the
Bolsheviks from ever coming to power, so the Soviet Union never became
Communist, and never became a threat to Nazi Germany, allowing Hitler to
concentrate his forces on Western Europe.

But all that happened before Enterprise showed up in 1944...

-Ken

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Message 274        Sun Nov 28, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:09 PDT

Ah, right.

Well, according to dialogue in the episode, stopping the aliens on Earth from
returning home will have a ripple effect that will correct all the damage
they've done.

That sounds pretty fishy to me, but apparently it worked.

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Message 275        Mon Nov 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:25 PDT

Perhaps Lenin's assassination was arranged by the episode's villain, after his
return to the 29th century...

-Ken

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Message 276        Tue Dec 07, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 02:27 PDT

Enterprise will be released on DVD in 2005:

- Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1: May 3, 2005
- Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 2: July 12, 2005
- Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 3: September 6, 2005
- Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 4: November 1, 2006

News from

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2518
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2547

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Message 277        Sat Jan 29, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:32 PDT

Reports are that it's very unlikely that Enterprise will be picked up for
another season.  This is very disappointing to me; I don't understand why more
people aren't watching it -- it's been very good, especially this season.

The three-part arc that's running now seems to be showing the beginning of
alliance between the humans, Andorians, and Tellarites, as well as possibly the
Vulcans -- the four founding members of the Federation.  That's pretty danged
cool. :)

It's interesting to see that the Romulans appear to have unintentionally caused
this to happen while trying to stir up trouble.

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Message 278        Sun Jan 30, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:51 PDT

News of some surprising guest stars on the season finale of "Enterprise" is
being reported:

http://www.trektoday.com/news/250105_05.shtml

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Message 279        Mon Jan 31, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 07:15 PDT


I'm a little confused --In the recent episode, we saw that the Romulans were
running around with a Warp Capable ship.  In the original series, when Kirk
first meets the Romulans, they don't have warp capable ships.   What's up with
that?  Can the writers really be ignoring history that much?

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Message 280        Mon Jan 31, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 07:51 PDT


Sheppy mentioned:
> Reports are that it's very unlikely that Enterprise will be picked up
> for another season.  This is very disappointing to me; I don't understand
> why more people aren't watching it -- it's been very good,
> especially this season.

I'm very disappointed too, but I think I understand why more people aren't
watching it.

I like continuity is a TV series, but I think that the show went overboard in
season 3 with the entire season being one story.  It was almost a soap opera,
where you had to watch every show or be lost.

Even this season, the 2 and 3 part episodes are ok, but then they end right
there, and you don't here about them again.  (One exception is the evolving
relationship of T'Pol and the Engineer.)

I think the best example of good continuity was in TNG, where you saw
continuity between long separated episodes, such as the evolution of the
Riker-Troi relationship, Worf's continual problems with his Klingon nemesis
Duras, and the problems with his son Alexander,  young Wesley growing up, etc.
  (DS-9 did this well, too, I think.  I haven't seen enough episodes to be
sure.)

Anyway, to get involved with a series, I think viewers (other than hard-core
trek fans, who will watch anything Trek-related anyway) need to see the
characters develop more, and that's what has been missing (IMHO) in the new
series.


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Message 281        Tue Feb 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:11 PDT

Here's a look at the packaging, inside and out, for "Enterprise" DVDs:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2815

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Message 282        Tue Feb 01, 2005
PETERW                       at 04:31 PDT

>I'm a little confused --In the recent episode, we saw that the Romulans were
>running around with a Warp Capable ship.  In the original series, when Kirk
>first meets the Romulans, they don't have warp capable ships.

I don't remember much about the initial (Kirk) Romulan meetings, like whether
they had warp capability or not. But I'd have trouble believing they didn't!
How did they get to Romulus from Vulcan? I can't see them forgetting everything
that the rest of the Vulcans knew about warp travel.

Although now that I think about it, I do seem to remember that the Romulans
used to use borrowed Klingon technology. (I used to get confused between the
Klingons and Romulans when I watched the original series as a kid, partly
because the ships were the same! And the Klingons weren't very "Klingon" as we
know them today!) Anyway, that would make some sense - not enough techology
carried over to actually build warp drives, but enough to run them.

Remembering that I'm several seasons behind you :-( , are you saying the
Romulans have their own warp-drive ships?
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Message 283        Tue Feb 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:46 PDT

Peter,

> I used to get confused between the Klingons and Romulans when I watched the
> original series as a kid, partly because the ships were the same!

I don't recall it being mentioned on the shows, but I've learned from the
books that the Romulans buy their ships from the Klingons.

I, too, am behind on "Enterprise"; I've seen only 2-3 episodes this season.

-Ken

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Message 284        Tue Feb 01, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:44 PDT


> I used to get confused between the Klingons and Romulans when I watched the
> original series as a kid, partly because the ships were the same!

Not to mention that they didn't look as different as they do these days.  :)

I think in the original series, the REAL reason they used the same ships was to
save production costs (fewer models to build).   This was later justified by
saying that the Romulans bought ships (and warp capability) from the Klingons.

My memory fails me, but it could be that in the very first episode of TOS where
we see romulans, they don't have warp, but by the second, they do.

At least, that's how it's explained by the Amarillo Design Bureau, creators of
the incredibly cool game "Starfleet Battles" which has been made into the even
better computer version called "Starfleet Command."

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Message 285        Tue Feb 01, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:02 PDT

All the Star Trek "historical" literature says the Romulans didn't get warp
drive until after the Earth-Romulan war.

As for those guest stars... all I can say is "What the...?"

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Message 286        Tue Feb 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:36 PDT

> As for those guest stars... all I can say is "What the...?"

Hey - Sisko was a guest star on an episode of TOS. :)

Also, it didn't say Riker and Troi were guest stars.  Weyoun, Martok, Odo, and
Data have all been on Enterprise, too, after all.

-Ken

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Message 287        Wed Feb 02, 2005
PETERW                       at 03:52 PDT

>Weyoun, Martok, Odo, and Data have all been on Enterprise, too, after all.

The actors or their characters? (I REALLY hate being so far behind!)

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Message 288        Wed Feb 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:08 PDT

Peter,

In this case, I mean the actors. :)  Which makes it possible for the guest
stars rumored for the season finale to appear.

Of course, temporal anomalies (or Q) can make anything possible... :)

-Ken

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Message 289        Thu Feb 03, 2005
PETERW                       at 05:14 PDT

>Of course, temporal anomalies (or Q) can make anything possible... :)

Which is exactly why I had to ask!  :-)

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Message 290        Thu Feb 03, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:27 PDT


I caught this on CNN this morning:    :(

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/03/television.startrek.reut/index.html

It looks like the sad rumors may be true.   I hope they will at least allow for
some character and story resolution, though I expect they'll leave that for the
novelizations.

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Message 291        Thu Feb 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:13 PDT

Also on Trek's official web page:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9469.html

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Message 292        Thu Feb 03, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:40 PDT

Arrrghh.  Enterprise is easily my second favorite Trek series, and this season
has been so *good*!

This sucks.

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Message 293        Thu Feb 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:44 PDT

Make your voices heard:

http://www.saveenterprise.com/
http://www.enterpriseproject.org/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6902611

After having had a Trek on TV for the last 18 years, I can't imagine a world
without one...

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Message 294        Fri Feb 04, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:03 PDT

Tonight's episode of Enterprise, "Unity," was great.  I look forward to
chatting about it once everyone in all our time zones has had a chance to see
it.

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Message 295        Sat Feb 05, 2005
PETERW                       at 03:48 PDT

You could be waiting a few years before this time zone gets to see it!  :-(

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Message 296        Sat Feb 05, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:12 PDT

You guys down under... where are you on Enterprise at this point?

Hope you don't mind seeing the occasional spoiler (one follows)...








It was exciting to see the very first rumblings of the Federation in this
episode, with the four founding members cooperating in a joint military
operation.  It was also very cool to see the Tellarites and Andorians start to
earn each other's respect at the end.  It will be interesting to see how things
progress through the end of the season (and, sadly, the series).

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Message 297        Sat Feb 05, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:13 PDT

One two-part episode coming up later this season will be a mirror universe
story that ties into the TOS episode "The Tholian Web".  While it sounds like a
fun story, given that the series is coming to an end, it's a shame to waste two
episodes on a story that apparently takes place entirely in the mirror
universe.

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Message 298        Sat Feb 05, 2005
PETERW                       at 23:49 PDT

>You guys down under... where are you on Enterprise at this point?

We're slightly better off than I remembered - I thought we were still in season
2 (the series has been on again/off again here). However we are actually in
Season 3 and we've just seen Episode 59, "The Shipment".

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Message 299        Fri Feb 18, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:31 PDT

An ad in the L.A. Times earlier this week sought to rally people to save
"Enterprise":

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/cda/html/images/feature/news/050215_save_ad.ht
ml

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Message 300        Sat Feb 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:28 PDT

Here's a CNN.com article about the bid to save "Enterprise":

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/16/tv.startrek.ap/index.html

And another web site intent on the same goal:

http://www.trekunited.com/

... except that site is asking for money - not sure what they intend to do
with it...

-Ken

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Message 301        Wed Feb 23, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:05 PDT

There's a group trying to raise money to pay production costs for whoever they
can talk into carrying the series.  I'm pretty sure that won't go anywhere. :)

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Message 302        Mon Feb 28, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 10:56 PDT


It seems to me that Paramount went to a lot of trouble (spending two episodes)
to explain the anomaly found in DS-9's "Trials and Tribble-ations."  Still, I'm
glad they DID explain it.   My only real complaint was that the technique of
"merging the warp bubbles" to pass a person between ships seems a little
advanced for this early a time period.  I would have expected something like
this in Geordie LaForge's time period, but not in Trip's.

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Message 303        Fri Mar 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:23 PDT

Fans gathered outside Paramount studios to show their support for
"Enterprise":

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9656.html

A gallery of the signs and pickets they carried can be viewed here:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/galleryview?id=9703&count=4&ads=0&clicks=30&
episodeid=0&expanded=false

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Message 304        Sat Mar 05, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:43 PDT

I'm sure going to miss Enterprise.  Sigh.

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Message 305        Mon Mar 07, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 07:55 PDT

Any idea when the next _new_ episode is going to be?

Are they going to run the entire season over before they do the final few
episodes?

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Message 306        Mon Mar 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:05 PDT

Thomas,

According to <http://www.treknation.com/episodes/enterprise/#season4>, it
looks like there is a bridge of reruns between "Divergence" (25-Feb-05) and
"Bound" (22-Apr-05).

-Ken

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Message 307        Mon Mar 07, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:20 PDT

Hm... contributors from the commercial space flight industry have donated $3
million to SaveEnterprise.  Interesting. :)

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Message 308        Mon Mar 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:11 PDT

HHoly cow... That's fantastic news.  Thanks, Sheppy!

Here's the official story:

http://www.saveenterprise.com/3m_contribution.htm

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Message 309        Tue Mar 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:07 PDT

I don't know how many episodes of "Enterprise" $3 million will buy, but it's
incredibly symbolic.  We consumers are always told to vote with our dollars;
I don't think Paramount expected Star Trek to have so much impact as to
motivate such a significant and vocal vote.

-Ken

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Message 310        Tue Mar 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:11 PDT

This rather impassioned editorial makes it clear that Trek fans want more, and
the reasons they're not getting it are bull - "Enterprise" doesn't need to be
retired, it's Brannon Braga and Rick Berman that do:

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/593/593734p1.html

In addition to the Sci-Fi Channel, maybe Spike TV would consider picking up
"Enterprise"; after all, don't they have exclusive cable rights for TNG & DS9?

-Ken

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Message 311        Wed Mar 09, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:37 PDT


The second part of that article talked about the repeat cycle for this season,
and how it let people that didn't like the first season (and gave up watching)
come back and look at what the series had become.

That made me think that ALL of the trek series since the TOS have started with
the first couple seasons being rather weak, until the characters began to
develop over the course of several seasons.  (Have I mentioned this before?  I
think so. :)

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Message 312        Fri Apr 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:13 PDT

From <http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10510.html>:

In order to put the record straight on the current state of affairs
concerning the future of Star Trek: Enterprise, we are reproducing a recent
letter sent by John Wentworth (Executive Vice President, Marketing and Media
Relations, Paramount Television) to Tim Brazeal, founder and campaign leader
for SaveEnterprise.com.

 Dear Mr. Brazeal,

 Paramount Network Television and the producers of Star Trek: Enterprise are
very flattered and impressed by the fans' passionate outpouring of attention
for the show and their efforts to raise funds to continue the show's
production.

We share your love for the series and the entire Star Trek franchise, which
the studio has fostered and developed over four decades. However, the recent
decision to conclude the show's run on UPN is final.

 We can not and will not be able to accept funds from viewers to produce Star
Trek: Enterprise or any other series.

Paramount Network Television is extremely proud of Star Trek: Enterprise and
the accomplishments of its actors and producers and the entire crew, but we
must bid farewell to the show. We believe the franchise is still very vital
as evidenced by the fans' demand for books, DVDs and all sorts of related
merchandise.

We are grateful for the fans' rich history of unwavering enthusiasm for all
things Trek, and we hope they'll join us in looking forward to the next
chapter of this enduring series in the future.

Sincerely,

John Wentworth

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Message 313        Fri Apr 15, 2005
PETERW                       at 05:46 PDT

>looking forward to the next chapter of this enduring series in the future.

That's an interesting statement to make. We can only hope!

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Message 314        Sat Apr 16, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:32 PDT

"Bound" was a very original series like episode in many respects, and IMHO not
a great episode in general, although... (spoiler alert)















It was nice to see Trip and T'Pol start to sort out their issues a bit; at
least they're both aware something's going on.  And it was very cool to hear
that they're on a mission to identify possible locations for the first
Starbase.

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Message 315        Mon Apr 18, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 16:40 PDT

Re: Bound:

Did anyone happen to tape or TiVO that episode?  I didn't realize that they
were back on new episodes already.  I though I had until may.



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Message 316        Mon Apr 18, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:31 PDT

I have Bound on my ReplayTV...

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Message 317        Tue Apr 19, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 05:32 PDT


> I have Bound on my ReplayTV...

I was thinking of asking you to tape that and send it to me, but nevermind, I'm
sure it will be on this summer sometime, right?  Or are they not doing re-runs
of it?

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Message 318        Tue Apr 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:47 PDT

StarTrek.com is giving away ten copies of the first season of "Enterprise" on
DVD.  You may enter the giveaway once per day until May 16th:

http://www.startrek.com/custom/exclude/giveaways/050411_fancollective/detail.js
p

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Message 319        Wed Apr 20, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:08 PDT

I have no idea, actually, if they'll be rerunning this season, given that the
show's been canceled.

Anyway, I don't own a VCR, it occurs to me. :)

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Message 320        Fri Apr 22, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:59 PDT

Tonight's episode, "In a Mirror, Darkly" was much better than I expected.  The
opening moments were classic. :)

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Message 321        Mon Apr 25, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 09:40 PDT


I agree, it was a pretty good episode.   Do you suppose that they felt obliged
to do a dark universe episode just because all the other Star Trek series did
one?

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Message 322        Mon Apr 25, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:31 PDT

Possibly...

I do like that this episode *seems* to clear up the very moment at which the
two universes split off from one another, and in very clever fashion.

I also very much enjoyed that they redid the credits sequence.  It was very
cool.

I've always enjoyed the mirror universe episodes, although it seems a waste
here with only a handful of new episodes of Enterprise left.  I bet they'd have
skipped it had they known at the time.

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Message 323        Tue Apr 26, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:53 PDT


Sheppy said:

>I do like that this episode *seems* to clear up the very moment
> at which the two universes split off from one another, and
> in very clever fashion.

What do you mean by this?   Did I miss something?

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Message 324        Tue Apr 26, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:08 PDT

At the very beginning of the episode, when Zephram Cochrane makes his...
interesting... new decision.  It's hinted at later in the episode that this
might be the moment at which the two universes split, when one character asks
of a Vulcan (T'Pol, I think), "I wonder what would have happened if Zephram
Cochrane hadn't put a stop to your invasion of Earth?"

Those two things lead me to suspect that Cochrane's decision to do what he does
changed everything.

I loved that change; they did a very good job of pulling that off.

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Message 325        Wed Apr 27, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 08:53 PDT


Ok, now I understand.

> I loved that change; they did a very good job of pulling that off.

Cinematically, yes, it was very good.  Although, during that scene in the
original movie, the TNG crew was standing off in the shadows:  Surely they
wouldn't have let that go if the universes hadn't split before that moment.
(Insert more time travel paradoxes here. ;)


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Message 326        Wed Apr 27, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:38 PDT

Ah, but in that universe, the future Enterprise might not be in a position
where it has to go back in time. :)

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Message 327        Thu Apr 28, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 07:04 PDT


> Ah, but in that universe, the future Enterprise might not be in a
> position where it has to go back in time. :)

Because.... because... in that universe, they got no beef wit da borg? Or maybe
they kicked the borg's butt early on?   hehehe...    good point.  :)

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Message 328        Sun May 01, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:29 PDT

Well, given the different politics in the other universe, I wouldn't be
surprised if they'd never met the Borg.  Similarly, they hadn't discovered the
wormhole either in the DS9 era.

This week's "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" was also good.  Archer's quite nuts.
:)

I enjoyed the twist at the end. :)

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Message 329        Mon May 02, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:04 PDT


> I enjoyed the twist at the end. :)

Yes, that was unexpected, and cute.

I'll bet the actors got a kick out of playing the "bad guys" for a change.

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Message 330        Tue May 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:12 PDT

The first season of "Enterprise" releases on DVD today:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?releaseID=4558
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=42638

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Message 331        Tue May 10, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:36 PDT

This web site lists the extras that will be included in the second season DVD
set of "Enterprise";

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3393

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Message 332        Tue May 10, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:12 PDT

It's kinda corny and not the greatest resolution, but here's a neat pic of the
"Enterprise" cast:

http://startrekpics.cc/entcrewbkrndone.jpg

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Message 333        Fri May 13, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:29 PDT

So, what did everyone think of the finale?

I thought it was okay, but nothing like some of the others.

I didn't like being left in the lurch at the end particularly, but I did get a
kick out of the plot device of revisiting the TNG episode "The Phoenix," even
though Frakes and Sirtis are visibly much older than they were when that
episode was originally filmed, which stresses some of that to the limit of
believability.

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Message 334        Fri May 13, 2005
PETERW                       at 23:34 PDT

>revisiting the TNG episode "The Phoenix"

I think you mean "The Pegasus". (At least that's the name according to the TV
Tome web site.)

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Message 335        Sun May 15, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:12 PDT

Yes, yes, "The Pegasus."  I've always gotten those two ships' names backward
for some reason.

Anyway, it was a pretty neat concept for an episode although IMHO not a great
season finale.  It actually felt more like an episode of TNG. :)

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Message 336        Mon May 16, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 07:54 PDT


I was on a family reunion when it aired -- I'm looking forward to watching it
tonight.  Hopefully the ending didn't get cut off due to lack of tape.

_________
  | homas

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Message 337        Fri Jun 10, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:38 PDT

"Enterprise" will begin appearing in syndication on September 17th, 2005,
according to

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/11442.html

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Message 338        Sun Jul 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:03 PDT

Look for the second season of "Enterprise" on DVD on the 26th of this month:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=44848

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Message 339        Sun Jul 03, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:34 PDT

I enjoyed Enterprise; I continue not to be able to figure out why so many
people didn't like it.  It was easily the second best of all the Star Trek
series, after only Deep Space Nine.

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Message 340        Fri Jul 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:20 PDT

"Enterprise" recently garnered three Emmy nominations:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/12720.html

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Message 341        Sat Jul 16, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:41 PDT

It's always a little sad when a canceled show gets a bunch of award
nominations.

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Message 342        Sun Jul 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:06 PDT

Paramount has released details regarding the DVD release of the fourth season
of "Enterprise":

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3786

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Message 343        Sun Jul 31, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:55 PDT

Man, I'm going to miss Enterprise this coming season.

It's amazing how many shows I like don't last. :)

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Message 344        Sun Jul 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:35 PDT

Sheppy,

Maybe you should stop liking shows. :)  It's the same reason I stopped reading
Marvel comics: every one I subscribed to was cancelled (including "Star Trek:
Starfleet Academy", to stay on topic).

-Ken

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Message 345        Mon Aug 01, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:55 PDT

Hm, that's an interesting point.  Enterprise was canceled...

My favorite series from, hm, two seasosn ago, was Threat Matrix, which vanished
halfway through the season.  Not unexpected; the poor show was up against the
final season of Friends.  Not a great place for a new show to go.

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Message 346        Sun Aug 28, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:31 PDT

Catch "Enterprise" in syndication; here's the schedule:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/13434.html

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Message 347        Sun Aug 28, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 22:03 PDT

That's bizarre -- they're not even running them in any kind of logical order!

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Message 348        Tue Aug 30, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:51 PDT

Sheppy - maybe it's a temporal anomaly...?

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Message 349        Tue Apr 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:26 PDT

According to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dax_%28Star_Trek%29#Tobin_Dax

Tobin Dax, the second host of the Dax symbiont (Jadzia Dax was the eighth, as
seen on "Deep Space Nine"), was originally to be a character on "Enterprise".

That would've rocked!  It'd be a really neat and viable means of continuity.

-Ken

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Message 350        Wed Apr 19, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:39 PDT

Yeah, seeing Tobin would have been very neat.

I miss "Enterprise".  It was my second-favorite of all the Trek series, after
DS9.

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Message 351        Thu Apr 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:24 PDT

I still haven't seen the fourth season - though I gave the DVD set to my
father for Christmas.

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Message 352        Fri Apr 21, 2006
PETERW                       at 05:39 PDT

Ken wrote
>I still haven't seen the fourth season

<grumble> Neither have I - they still haven't shown it in Australia!  :-(

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Message 353        Fri Apr 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:07 PDT

Peter,

I think it'd be easier to just get yourself a region-free DVD player and some
season box sets...? (Easier, maybe, but not cheaper)

-Ken

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Message 354        Fri May 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:13 PDT

Here's an interview with Anthony Montgomery and what he's been up to since
"Enterprise" and the character of Travis Mayweather went off the air:

http://tinyurl.com/jfy7w

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Message 355        Sat Jul 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:57 PDT

According to <http://www.trektoday.com/news/270706_01.shtml>:

The Digital Bits reported on DVD rumours as well, as Bill Hunt noted that he
had learned Paramount was planning to release The Ultimate Star Trek Movie
Collection in high-definition on HD-DVD. In addition, he wrote, "the studio
is quietly remastering all 79 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series for
eventual high-def disc release as well" and already has "sparkling high-def
masters of all 4 seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise to release."

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Message 356        Thu Aug 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:53 PDT

The Sci-Fi Channel has acquired rerun rights to "Enterprise":

http://www.trektoday.com/news/030806_01.shtml

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Message 357        Sun Aug 13, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:20 PDT

I really wish there'd been one more season of Enterprise, just so they could
have better covered the forming of the Federation.

Without that, the series is kind of hard to want to watch again.

Sigh.

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Message 358        Sun Oct 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:38 PDT

"Enterprise" will be on the Sci Fi Channel, though no premiere date has been
announced:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/21155.html

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Message 359        Wed Nov 29, 2006
PETERW                       at 03:53 PDT

I had originally planned to make a post along these lines next week, but of
course that would be too late...  :-(

This coming Sunday will see the end of an(other) era. Here in Melbourne,
Australia the final episode of Enterprise will be broadcast. (Finally - in
several senses of the word!)

It's hard to believe after so many years that there will be no more episodes of
Star Trek to anticipate. (I'll believe the rumored "new" series when I see it.
And even if released, seeing it over here is not a given!)

I'm far from a Trekkie, but I can honestly say:
"RIP Star Trek, you will be missed!"
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Category 13,  Topic 6
Message 360        Wed Nov 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:21 PDT

I've *still* not seen the final season of "Enterprise", though I gave it to
my father for Christmas last year...

Maybe I'm hesitant to watch it, because then I'll be in the same boat as you,
Peter: no more "Star Trek" to watch. :(

(I started reading a "Star Trek" anthology this month, and I almost
immediately felt sad, because I knew it'd eventually be over... Fortunately,
the number of Trek books being published does not seem to be diminishing, and
in fact, with all the series over, there may be even more of an effort to
continue the storylines, now that there is no competition or overlap with the
broadcasts.)

-Ken

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Topic 7         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:46 PST
Sub: Babylon 5

B5 ran from 1994 to 1998 and was set on a space station in neutral territory.

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Message 1          Mon Jan 14, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:46 PDT

>>>I think I saw that there's a Babylon 5 TV movie coming out, subtitled "Space
Rangers" or something?

Yes.  It first airs on January 19.  I'm looking forward to it.

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Message 2          Thu Jan 17, 2002
STEVER [Steve]               at 12:28 PDT

 > Babylon 5 TV movie coming out, subtitled "Space Rangers" or something?

That's "Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers".  "Space Rangers" was an entirely
different show (though Marjorie Monaghan was in that, too).

B5: LOTR also has nothing to do with that other LOTR.  Well, it does have
Rangers.  And Lorien.  Wizards/technomages.  Evil shadowy dudes.  Power rings.
Khazad-Dum/Z'ha'dum.  Nevermind.

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Message 3          Sun Jan 20, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 00:35 PDT

"Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers" was quite good, and is clearly a pilot for
a possible series.  I'd enjoy seeing a new B5 series.  I was quite
disappointed when Crusade was canceled.

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Message 4          Mon Jan 21, 2002
PETERW                       at 05:00 PDT

>I was quite disappointed when Crusade was canceled.

I particularly miss the Techno Mages. I used to hope each week would bring
another Techno Mage storyline.

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Message 5          Mon Jan 21, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:12 PDT

>>>I particularly miss the Techno Mages. I used to hope each week would bring
another Techno Mage storyline.

Yeah, they were quite fascinating.

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Message 6          Mon May 27, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:06 PDT

Anyone hear anything on whether the Legend of the Rangers has been picked up
as a series?  I heard a rumor it had been.

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Message 7          Fri May 31, 2002
STEVER [Steve]               at 11:01 PDT

 > Anyone hear anything on whether the Legend of the Rangers has been
 > picked up as a series?  I heard a rumor it had been.

Haven't heard anything official.  JMS is working on his Jeremiah show for
Showtime, so he may not be available for another series right now.

The Sci Fi Channel is rerunning all of the B5 movies this Sunday starting at 1
p.m. Eastern.

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Message 8          Sun Nov 03, 2002
STEVER [Steve]               at 21:02 PDT

The Babylon 5 Season 1 DVD set will be released on November 5.

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Category 13,  Topic 7
Message 9          Mon Sep 15, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:21 PDT

Other seasons of Babylon 5 are now available on DVD:

The complete second season:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=22939

The third season:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=25865

And, in addition to separately, seasons one and two can be had together:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=26012

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Message 10         Mon Nov 24, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:26 PDT

The first four seasons will be released in one comprehensive box set on
January 6th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=30398

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Message 11         Mon Nov 24, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:03 PDT

That's kind of weird, to do it without season 5.

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Category 13,  Topic 7
Message 12         Tue Nov 25, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:06 PDT

Sheppy,

How many seasons were there?  Just the five?

-Ken

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Message 13         Tue Nov 25, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:34 PDT

Yeah, there were five seasons of Babylon 5.

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Category 13,  Topic 7
Message 14         Tue Jul 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:06 PDT

On 8/17, a Babylon 5 DVD set containing five discs and movies will be
released:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=3667
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=35492

The collection contains "The Gathering" (1993), "In the Beginning" (1998),
"Thirdspace" (1998), "River of Souls" (1998), and "A Call to Arms" (1999).

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Message 15         Wed Jul 28, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:20 PDT

I bet that's pricy.

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Category 13,  Topic 7
Message 16         Wed Jul 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:41 PDT

The DVD Price Search link puts its MSRP at $59.98., with most stores selling
it in the $40 range.

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Topic 8         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:46 PST
Sub: V

The alien invasion begins!

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Message 1          Thu Jul 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:37 PDT

This complete series was recently released on DVD:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34642

Three discs; 19 episodes, I believe.

Can anyone tell me anything more about this series?  I remember its existence,
but not its structure, from my childhood.  Was it based on a movie?

-Ken

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Message 2          Fri Jul 30, 2004
TCOMPTER                     at 07:32 PDT


I thought it was a mini-series or two.  I remember watching 6 hours of it over
two nights at a friend's house in 1984.  I think there was then a second
miniseries, follwed by the regular series.  But then again, maybe they just
repackaged the two miniseries into a regular weekly series. I'm not sure.

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Message 3          Tue May 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:08 PDT

Look for a second generation of "V" later this year:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366112/combined

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Topic 9         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:46 PST
Sub: The X-Files

The truth is out there.

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Category 13,  Topic 9
Message 1          Fri Dec 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:58 PDT

Bu the X-Files on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=4741

Season 1:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=5327

Season 2:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=7399

Season 3:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=10308

Season 4:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=12949

Season 5:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=16427

Season 6:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=19611

Season 7:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=23336

Season 8:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28280

Season 9:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32940

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Message 2          Tue Mar 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:34 PDT

The entire "mythology" "X-Files" storyline will be released on DVD.  The first
collection compiles the relevant episodes from the show's first three seasons:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4703

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Message 3          Tue May 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:04 PDT

Check out the second volume in the "mythology" series on August 2nd:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4848

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Category 13,  Topic 9
Message 4          Sun Dec 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:34 PDT

From <http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4607>:

Fox has announced plans to reduce the price of The X-Files Seasons 4, 5 and 6
from the original price of $149.95 when they were first announced, to $49.98
($69.98 CAN).

<snip!>

The sets will appear in stores on March 28.

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Message 5          Tue Jan 17, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:16 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- The creator of "The X-Files"
has sued 20th Century Fox Television for breach of contract, contractual
interference and other claims over payments allegedly owed to him from the hit
television series.

Chris Carter accuses the studio of reneging on terms of the deal because they
were found to be "too favorable" to him, according to the lawsuit, filed in
December in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/17/television.xfiles.reut/index.html

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Topic 10        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:47 PST
Sub: Sliders

Parallel dimensions?  Yes!

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Category 13,  Topic 10
Message 1          Sun Aug 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:13 PDT

The first two seasons of Sliders is being released on DVD:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34239
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/sitereviews.cfm?ReleaseID=3582

MSTP of $90, but available for $55 from most places for all 22 episodes.

-Ken

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Message 2          Tue Mar 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:58 PDT

According to these URLs:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3106
http://www.scifi.com/events/month.php3?date=7/15/2005&type=0

Season 3 of "Sliders" is being released on DVD on July 19th.

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Message 3          Tue May 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:11 PDT

Look for season 3 of "Sliders" on DVD on July 19th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3323

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Message 4          Sat May 14, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:44 PDT

Here's a description of the bonus material that will be included in the third
season of "Sliders" on DVD, scheduled for a July 19th release:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3403

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Message 5          Tue May 31, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:11 PDT

"Sliders" was one of those shows that had a cool premise but ran out of steam
once the novelty wore off (for me, at least).  Once they took the tired route
of introducing some kind of war or conflict to start tying stories together, it
got a little too contrived for my tastes.

Anyone here watch the show regularly?

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Message 6          Tue May 31, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 12:11 PDT


> one of those shows that had a cool premise but ran out
> of steam once the novelty wore off

Yeah, like it could have made a pretty cool movie or 3, but a series was just
too much of a good thing.

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Message 7          Tue May 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:01 PDT

The Sci-Fi channel showed some of the "best of" episodes before they launched
their continuation of the series.  I liked those selections from the first few
seasons, but the war agains the Kromags and the constantly fluctuating main
cast (they added Jerry O'Connell's real-life brother, then wrote them both
off?), turned me off.

-Ken

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Message 9          Mon May 15, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:23 PDT

"Quinntum Leap", anyone?

http://www.slidersweb.net/otherworlds/1712/newpilot.mov

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Topic 11        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:47 PST
Sub: Superman/Smallville

Whether it's Superman, Superboy, or just Clark Kent, the Kryptonian creation
of Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster has been explored on television many times.

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Message 1          Mon Oct 15, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:38 PDT

"Smallville" premieres tomorrow night (Oct 16th) on the WB, I believe.  It
stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent, Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang, and Michael
Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor.  The show is being advertised as a cross between
X-Files, Roswell, and Dawson's Creek.

When Kal-El's birthing matrix chamber rockets onto a Kansas farm, it brings
with it a meteorite shower of kryptonite that seeds itself into the
surrounding lands.  As Clark grows up, strange things begin happening around
Smallville.

This is not a "Superboy" show and Clark will not be donning a red, blue, and
yellow costume to fight evil.

-Ken

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Message 2          Mon Oct 15, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 11:12 PDT

This sounds like a goofy show to me. :)

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Message 3          Mon Oct 15, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:41 PDT

Sheppy, I dunno about "goofy," but I am concerned.  I remember watching the
live-action "Superboy" show when I was younger, and having a blast.  Sure,
it'd be interesting to watch "Beverly Hills 90210" if Brandon or Dylan had
superpowers - but that wouldn't be Superman.

I'm not sure this new show will be, either.

The meteorite shower sounds strange, but if the producers want the show to
take place in Smallville, they needed to come up with some supernatural
conflict.  Supervillains don't normally go on crime sprees in the middle of
Kansas.

The fact that Lex Luthor is present is really weird though.  This IS the
middle of Kansas, after all.  From what I've heard of the TV character's
background, it's different from comic book continuity in two ways:

- Lex is too young (he should be 10 - 20 years older than Clark).
- Lex's father is alive (the Luthors died in a car accident when Lex was in
  his early teens).

I've also never known Lex's full name to be Alexander - but now I'm just
getting petty. :)

-Ken

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Message 4          Tue Oct 16, 2001
A2.RYAN                      at 00:20 PDT

All comics have weird histories that change as time goes on, but I swear
that when I've followed Superman, it's been different everytime.  Sometimes
Clark's powers surfaced as an infant, sometimes as a boy, sometimes as a
teen, sometimes not until he's fully grown.

Weird.

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Message 5          Tue Oct 16, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:59 PDT

> Sometimes Clark's powers surfaced as an infant, sometimes as a boy, sometimes
> as a teen, sometimes not until he's fully grown.

There were prolly a dozen different versions rampaging around the DC Universe
prior to 1988.  They didn't introduce the "Superboy" concept until many years
after his first appearance, further confusing things.  Probably one of the
best-known examples of Clark's powers was in the first movie, when he arrived
on Earth as a young boy and lifted a large truck.

In 1988, DC ran the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" storyline, and thereafter
began retelling the Superman story from scratch.  In this version, Clark's
powers grew and grew as he got older, but still slowly.  It wasn't until late
in high school he realized he could fly, and sometime after that that he
discovered he was bulletproof.  It was also a year or two after he first
donned the Superman costume that he found out he was Kryptonian, not human.

I think "Smallville" producers have stated that Clark's powers will be on the
weak end of the scale, and we may not even see Clark flying right away.

-Ken

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Message 6          Tue Oct 16, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:51 PDT

BTW, most people prolly think of Clark as a high school klutz, as he appeared
in the first Superman movie - but in the comics, he was the football team's
star player.  Whether this was a result of his growing powers or not, I don't
know, but Clark was not intentionally "cheating".  Considering his powers had
still not yet fully matured, that's believable.

Another change made in Superman comics in 1988:

- Jonathan Kent, Clark's father, did not die of a heart attack when Clark was
young (as Jon did in the first movie, the George Reeves TV series, etc.).

- Not everyone suspects that Superman has a hidden identity.  In earlier
comics and in the Reeves TV show, Lois was always trying to discover who
Superman "really" is.  In the new comic book continuity, people assume
Superman is the only person Superman is, since he doesn't wear a mask to
conceal his identity like Batman does.

Lex Luthor especially believes that no one with as much power as Superman
would ever try to live as a normal person.  In fact, in one early (1989)
issue, a supercomputer deduced for Lex that Clark Kent was Superman.
"Preposterous!" he exclaimed, and had the programmer fired. :)

I don't even know why I'm bothering to post all this background, as it's
likely to be thrown out the window for the TV series. <g>

-Ken

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Message 7          Tue Oct 16, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:57 PDT

This show aired from 9:00 to 10:10 for me.  That's really odd.

One thing I don't like about the retelling of Superman's origin story is that
the meteor swarm that accompanied Kal-El's rocketship brought so much death
and destruction.  It taints Superman's image.  So far, the world is a WORSE
place for his arrival.

Also, we don't know how the Kents ever explained that they suddenly had a
three-year-old boy in their family.

-Ken

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Message 8          Tue Oct 16, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 22:21 PDT

>>>Also, we don't know how the Kents ever explained that they suddenly had a
three-year-old boy in their family.

The meteor storm made it hell for the stork to get there on time. :)

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Message 9          Wed Oct 17, 2001
SCHNORENBERG [Roger]         at 20:18 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 50 Topic 2:

> One thing I don't like about the retelling of Superman's origin story
is
> that the meteor swarm that accompanied Kal-El's rocketship brought so
> much death and destruction.  It taints Superman's image.  So far, the
> world is a WORSE place for his arrival.

But it's great for character development.  Clark Kent will now have a
guilt complex about being the cause of so much death (including Lana's
parents).  This in addition to shyness, establishing a new self image
(he's not from Kansas any more), girls, and the rest of the problems of
being a teenager.



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Message 10         Wed Oct 17, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:29 PDT

Roger,

> But it's great for character development. Clark Kent will now have a guilt
> complex ... shyness, establishing a new self image (he's not from Kansas any
> more), girls, and the rest of the problems of being a teenager.

Oh, I agree.  The show's not wanting for teenage angst, that's for sure.

It's just that the show seems more about teenagers than it does about
Superman.

I realize that's what they're aiming for, and it's what I expected; it's just
not what I want. :)

-Ken

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Message 11         Wed Oct 17, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:34 PDT

John Glover, who played Lionel Luthor in the pilot, also played The Riddler in
the animated Batman series.

Annette O'Toole, who plays Clark's mother, Martha Kent, also played Lana Lang
in the movie Superman III.  In "Smallville", Lana Lang is Clark's love
interest.

-Ken

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Message 12         Thu Oct 18, 2001
A2.RYAN                      at 00:25 PDT

One of the things brought up by Jonathan Kent's death (or non death) is the
over trivialization of comic book character deaths.  Peter Parker's Aunt
May died, causing Peter (and his clone) great anguish, but later was found
to have been a stand in, and Aunt May was fine; Jonathan Kent had a near
death experience which he used to resurrect his adopted son during "The
Death of Superman", and Supes eventually returned.

This saying nothing of the most offensive non-death of all, Jean Gray of
the X Men.

Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org
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Message 13         Thu Oct 18, 2001
A2.RYAN                      at 00:25 PDT

Perhaps we need an Entertainment RT to handle comic books and television :)

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Message 14         Thu Oct 18, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 07:11 PDT

Yes, we do need an Entertainment forum.  You volunteering? ;)

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Message 15         Thu Oct 18, 2001
A2.RYAN                      at 22:33 PDT

> Yes, we do need an Entertainment forum.  You volunteering? ;)

Yes.

I volunteer we need an Entertainment forum.

I volunteer someone else run it.

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Message 16         Thu Oct 18, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 23:25 PDT

>>>I volunteer someone else run it.

Hehehe :)

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Message 17         Fri Oct 26, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:04 PDT

Did anyone watch the second episode?  Any thoughts?

-Ken

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Message 18         Tue May 21, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:22 PDT

I haven't seen this show since the pilot.  Has anyone else?

A related comic book is planned.

-Ken

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Message 19         Tue May 21, 2002
SCHNORENBERG [Roger]         at 20:03 PDT

> I haven't seen this show since the pilot.  Has anyone else?

I've been watching it.  The story line has taken on a depth that I did
not believe possibly when I saw the pilot.  While I have not followed
the comic books, The characters are more three dimensional that any of
the other movies or television series that I've seen.  To the best of my
knowledge, I've seen them all the way back to the 1950's television
series.


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Message 20         Tue Jun 04, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 12:51 PDT

> I haven't seen this show since the pilot.  Has anyone else?

I've watched it occasionally, and have been pretty impressed.   I especially
like the development of the love/hate relationship with Lex Luthor.

_________
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Message 21         Mon Sep 30, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:42 PDT

Has the live-action Superman series done well?  I didn't watch beyond the
pilot so I don't know if it's been an artistic or ratings success.

DC Comics isn't stopping with Clark Kent, though.  Premiering Wednesday,
October 9th, on your local WB station is "Birds of Prey", a live-action
television series.  The print advertisement states, "Batman's little girl is
all grown up," and shows a woman with short, black hair wearing black
leather, no mask, and a cape.

Who is this woman?  In the comic book of the same name, the main characters
are Dinah Lance, a black-leather-wearing blonde who has nothing to do with
Batman; and Oracle, the former Batgirl, a brown-haired, bespectacled woman in
a wheelchair.  If the woman in the ad is either of these people, then some
artistic license is being taken.

-Ken

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Message 22         Tue Oct 01, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 09:30 PDT

> Has the live-action Superman series done well?  I didn't watch beyond the
> pilot so I don't know if it's been an artistic or ratings success.

You mean the one with George Reeves? Yeah, I'd say it was a success. I watched
it all the time when I was a kid.

Oh, was there another?   ;)

(Actually, I rather did like "Lois and Clark,"  but I guess that's not the one
you're talking about either. )

_________
  | homas

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Message 23         Wed Oct 02, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:36 PDT

The cast of "Birds of Prey" is listed at this URL:

http://www.imdb.com/Details?0312098

Characters include Black Canary, Oracle, the Huntress, Batman, Joker, and
Harley Quinn.

-Ken

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Message 24         Sat Oct 05, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:58 PDT

Thomas,

> (Actually, I rather did like "Lois and Clark," but I guess that's not the one
> you're talking about either. )

Did you know that Dean Cain, who played Superman in the TV series you
mentioned, recently worked as a voice actor in the PlayStation 2 video game,
"Grandia Xtreme"?  It's true; read all about it here on Syndicomm on Page
850, Category 27, Topic 3, Messages 132-133.  Or click this link:

http://www.syndicomm.com/communities/gamebits/messages/category=51/topic=3/read
all

</blatant plug>

-Ken

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Message 26         Tue Sep 23, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:08 PDT

The first season of Smallville was released on DVD today:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=26818

DC Comics is having a drawing to give away copies of Season 1.  Enter at

http://www.dccomics.com/biggestfan/

If you don't want the whole season, you can buy just the pilot:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=17458

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Message 27         Sun May 09, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:52 PDT

The second season of Smallville releases on DVD on May 25th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32732

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Message 28         Wed May 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:37 PDT

Preeeesenting.... The Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman!

http://www.jerry.digisle.tv

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Message 29         Mon Oct 11, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:04 PDT

"Lois & Clark" is supposedly due for a 2005 release on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2304

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Message 30         Tue Mar 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:13 PDT

Look for Season 1 of "Lois & Clark" on June 7th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4723
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=43593

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Message 31         Tue Mar 22, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:08 PDT


That ought to hit big for a DVD sale now, since Terri Hatcher is such a hot
ticket now.

_________
  | homas

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Message 32         Fri Mar 25, 2005
MARK [Apprentice]            at 19:56 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 14 Topic 3:

> Expect to see Season 2 of "Superman: The Animated Series" on DVD by
> Christmas, with the third volume coinciding with the June 2006 release
of
> the new
> "Superman" feature film (see Category 32, Topic 1 for more details):

How about the old Superman TV series starring George Reeves as the "man
of steel" on DVD?  This series ran from 1952 to 1957 and I got to see it
in reruns when I was a kid.  This was my favorite TV show when I was 5.
:)

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Message 33         Sat Mar 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:01 PDT

Mark,

Reports indicate that the George Reeves "Superman" show will be released at an
indeterminate date in the summer of 2005:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2802

-Ken

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Message 34         Tue Mar 29, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:39 PDT

The third season of "Smallville" released on DVD on November 16th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37954

Look for season 4 (currently airing) in September/October, which will include
a "Lois Lane Retrospective" bonus featurette:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3170

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Message 35         Wed Apr 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:18 PDT

Season 4 of "Smallville" will hit DVD on September 13th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3244

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Message 36         Sun Jul 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:35 PDT

Look for all 26 episodes in the first season of the 1950s black-and-white
"Superman" TV series on DVD on October 18th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3610

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Message 37         Sun Aug 21, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:44 PDT

Look for Carrie Fisher on "Smallville" on October 27th in a potentially
repeating role:

http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Carrie_Fisher_On_Smallville_94321.asp

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Message 38         Sun Oct 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:57 PDT

It's not Superman, but it is one of his DC neighbors: look for all 22 episodes
of "The Flash" TV series on a six-disc DVD set on January 10th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4238

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Message 39         Wed Oct 19, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:41 PDT

Look for Season 2 of "Lois & Clark" on DVD on January 17th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=5305

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Message 40         Sat Oct 29, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:36 PDT

Look for James Marsters, better known as the vampire Spike on "Buffy the
Gampire Slayer", this season as the villain Brainiac on "Smallville".

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Message 41         Wed Nov 30, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:12 PDT

Read an interview with Dean Cain and his comments on other Superman actors,
past and future:

http://tinyurl.com/dbctk

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Message 42         Mon Jan 30, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:35 PDT

Finally!  The "Superboy" series that ran from 1988-1992 will be available on
DVD later this year:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5016

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Message 43         Wed Feb 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:17 PDT

The first season of "Superboy", with 26 episodes, will be released on DVD on
June 20th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5069

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Message 44         Wed Feb 08, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:45 PDT

Look for the third season of "Lois & Clark" on DVD on June 20th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5071

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Message 45         Wed Mar 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:27 PDT

Here's more news on season 1 of "Superboy" on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5210

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Message 46         Wed Mar 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:41 PDT

As summarized at <http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5213>:

Just to recap the news about "SuperDay" - Justice League Season 2, Superman:
The Animated Series volume 3, SuperBoy Season 1, Adventures of Superman:
Seasons 3 & 4, and now Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Season 3
will all be released on June 20. Quick, take out a mortgage on the house,
'cause you're going to need it if you intend on buying all those sets.

Regarding Season 3 of "Lois & Clark":

Warner Bros will also distribute free Movie Money certificate valued at $10.50
for any admission to see Superman Returns in theaters inside specially marked
packages. The movie comes out a few days after "SuperDay."

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Message 47         Mon Mar 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:00 PDT

Not quite the right topic for this, but can't find a better one, so...

Here's Burt Ward's official web site! :-)

http://www.robintheboywonder.com/

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Message 48         Fri May 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:21 PDT

From <http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5571>:

For those of you who haven't gotten into the whole "Superman-on-DVD" thing
yet, Warner is taking the 1st Season sets of three of the most popular
super-programs of all time and putting them out together in a single package!
The 1st Seasons of Lois & Clark, of Smallville, and of the orginal Adventures
of Superman. We don't think you should expect any special packaging on this,
just the 3 existing packages pulled together in shrinkwrap or a bellyband. The
cost is $159.99 SRP, which is a small savings over the list prices of getting
these separately. Expect the 17 DVDs to have the same episodes, specs and
extras as those in the separately-sold sets.

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Message 49         Wed May 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:24 PDT

"Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman" is a documentary about
this American icon and all his incarnations:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499516/

See the trailer in streaming video at

http://tinyurl.com/zbm8f

Read a review:

http://www.bluetights.net/news.php?id=279

Look for it on DVD on June 20th:

http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=2913

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Message 50         Wed Jun 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:15 PDT

A reminder that the following Superman DVDs were released today:

Adventures of Superman - The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons
Justice League - Season Two
Lois & Clark - The New Adventures of Superman - Season Three
Superman - The Animated Series - Volume Three
Krypto the Superdog Volume 1: Cosmic Canine
Superboy The Complete 1st Season
Superman, The Animated Series: Brainiac Attacks
Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman

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Message 51         Wed Jun 21, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 14:29 PDT


You know, I really liked Lois and Clark, and can't figure out why it was so
short-lived.

Or maybe that explains it.  :)

__________
  | homas

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Message 52         Wed Jul 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:56 PDT

Read about Justin Hartley as Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) on "Smallville":

http://www.kryptonsite.com/hartleyinterview.htm

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Message 53         Wed Aug 16, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:26 PDT

The DVD release of the fourth and final season of "Lois & Clark" has been
announced:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6281

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Topic 12        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:48 PST
Sub: Quantum Leap

Scott Bakula as Professor Sam Beckett leaps into different people throughout
history, setting right what once went wrong - and hoping that each leap will
be the leap home...

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Message 1          Tue Apr 01, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:32 PDT

This is interesting...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JM3A/qid=1049218282/sr=1-2/
ref=sr_1_2/002-8904505-7776002?v=glance&amp;s=dvd

Seasons of Quantum Leap are not available on DVD, but Amazon.com is taking
names of people who are interested to show to the production house.  When and
if the product becomes available in the future, you will be notified.

Material I read elsewhere indicates that putting QL on DVD is a
work-in-progress.  It may be worthwhile for those interested in it to sign up
at the above URL.

-Ken

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Message 2          Sun Oct 05, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:52 PDT

I loved the finale of this series.  It brought together a lot of assorted
elements and characters, while introducing some new ones and leaving the
series very open-ended.

The one QL novel I read was supposed to be the leap immediately prior to the
last episode.  Unfortunately, it was a pretty lousy story.

The pilot episode was releases on DVD five years ago, and now sells for $50
for a used copy.  I keep reading comments saying that the entire series is
coming out on DVD eventually (one report said in 2003), but maybe that's just
wishful thinking... (see previous message in this topic as well)

-Ken

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Message 3          Wed Oct 08, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:56 PDT

>>>I loved the finale of this series.  It brought together a lot of assorted
elements and characters, while introducing some new ones and leaving the
series very open-ended.

I agree.  The finale was touching and fun, and just well done in general.  I
did find it interesting that the actor that played the bartender/God in the
finale played a military man in the pilot, during Sam's first leap.  I wonder
if that means anything.

--
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Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 4          Thu Feb 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:07 PDT

Season One comes out on DVD on June 8th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32725

... finally. <sigh of relief>

-Ken

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Message 5          Thu Feb 26, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:39 PDT

Oooh.  That's good news.  I'll have to put that on my Amazon.com wish list.

Speaking of which, you can set a 1-5 priority level for the items on your wish
list now.  Handy. :)

--
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Message 6          Sun Mar 14, 2004
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 21:32 PDT

A pretty good show that I didn't follow too closely.  It might be a great buy
on DVD.  I won't feel like I am paying for something that I've already seen:)

Dain

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Message 7          Tue Mar 16, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:48 PDT

QL was a really good show, although there were episodes that were a little
goofy.  But when it was good, it was really, really good.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Message 8          Fri May 28, 2004
CPERRAULT                    at 11:02 PDT

I remember this series because, while I wasn't a diehard fan, I did watch
consistently for a pretty good stretch. I always liked the show but never did
get to catch the final episode. Can anyone recap what happened?

If I rememember correctly I thought he was supposed to be able to make his
last 'leap' to a regular life and  time, but was somehow not able to do it. I
don't
know if I heard that right, but it sounded like the ending was on a somewhat
depressing note.

Am I even close?

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Message 9          Fri May 28, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 12:17 PDT

The series finale has Sam leaping into a strange place in which he meets up
with people who look just like folks he's encountered during past leaps, and a
bartender who knows who he really is and turns out to be either responsible for
his leaping or at least played a hand in it (Sam is convinced the bartender is
God).

Sam also sees another Leaper come through this place; it's apparently a hub for
various people who over the years invented Leaping technology and were
sidetracked by the powers that be to help correct things that go wrong in time.

At the end, God (or whoever he is) tells Sam that Sam has always been in
control of his own destiny and can leap home whenever he wants to, but that he
has work to do still.

Sam then chooses to leap to help Al by telling Beth, the love of Al's life,
that he's not been killed in Vietnam, and to keep waiting for him.  He'll be
home soon.

After that, Sam resumes his Leaping, continuing his mission to help fix the
past.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Message 10         Sun Aug 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:34 PDT

At last!  A release date for the second season of Quantum Leap: December 14th.

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=36862

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Message 11         Tue Jan 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:41 PDT

Look for Season 3 of "Quantum Leap" on May 10th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2773

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Message 12         Tue Mar 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:57 PDT

According to these URLs:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3110
http://www.scifi.com/events/month.php3?date=12/15/2005&type=0

Season 4 of Quantum Leap will arrive on December 13th of this year.

A reminder that Season 3 is due on May 10th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=42710

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Message 13         Wed May 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:48 PDT

I recently sent this email to a student of mine who likes "Quantum Leap":

Each of the shows listed below, like Quantum Leap, focuses on a hero (often a
tragic one) who, in each episode, finds himself in a new setting surrounded by
new characters and compelled to do good.

"The Incredible Hulk" (please forget you ever saw the movie - it was terrible)
is about Dr. David Banner, who is presumed dead, killed by a mysterious hulk.
Of course, they are one in the same, and Dr. Banner assumes various aliases as
he drifts from town to town, hoping to find a cure, while being relentlessly
pursued by an investigative reporter, Jack McGee.  Dr. Banner often finds
himself employed by a do-gooder who is being threatened; it is only a matter
of time before Banner's nature reveals itself, resolves the conflict, and
forces him to move along.

"Highway to Heaven" stars Michael Landon, of "Bonanza" and "Little House on
the Prairie" fame, as an angel - a human back from the dead, sent on missions
by God.  It is very much like Quantum Leap (he is aided by a grizzled cynic,
this time played by Victor French) and is far less preachy than a more recent,
similar show, "Touched by an Angel".

"Vanishing Son" is a show no one has heard of; it ran for only a season and
was based on a series of made-for-TV movies.  It starred Russell Wong (the
villain from the Jet Li film "Romeo Must Die") as a martial artist and illegal
immigrant, wrongly accused of murder, wanted by the FBI, and haunted by the
ghost of his dead brother.  This series was originally packaged with
"Hercules", starring Kevin Sorbo, as part of TNT's "Action Pack".

Now that I think of it, the TV series "Starman", based on the movie of the
same name, is also similar.  It features an alien who takes the form of a
recently-deceased human.  He teams up with his human son and tries to find the
boy's mother while evading the FBI.  They carry with them small marble-like
devices with strange, alien capabilities.

The first two shows are available on DVD ("Highway to Heaven" as of last
month); the other two are not.

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Message 14         Wed May 04, 2005
PETERW                       at 06:23 PDT

The "Kung Fu" series (starring David Carradine) probably fits into the same
category. The main character "Caine" is constantly on the move to avoid bounty
hunters, and typically ends each episode by helping someone out - usually by
beating the bad guys to a pulp!  :-)

I always liked the Shaolin philosphy quoted in the opening credits: "Run away
rather than hurt; hurt rather than maim; maim rather than kill."
 --
Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 15         Wed May 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:31 PDT

Thanks, Peter.  I've never seen "Kung Fu" (except a snippet during the movie
"Office Space" :) but suspected it might be like "Vanishing Son".  I know
we're going off-topic here, but do you recommend the original "Kung Fu"
(1972), the first two seasons of which are on DVD?  I remember there was a
1992 "The Legend Continues" series, wasn't there?

I'm watching the first season of "Quantum Leap" on DVD this week, and it had
never occurred to me before that all his leaps occur within the United States.
I wonder why that is?

-Ken

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Message 16         Wed May 04, 2005
CARLK [CarlK]                at 20:44 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 13 Topic 12:

> I'm watching the first season of "Quantum Leap" on DVD this week, and
it
> had never occurred to me before that all his leaps occur within the
> United States.  I wonder why that is?

Perhaps going to another country would have required actual travel, and
cost money. Much cheaper to stay home and use American actors. :)

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Message 17         Thu May 05, 2005
PETERW                       at 07:03 PDT

Ken, when it first aired in 1972, "Kung Fu" was one of my favorite shows! I
didn't think a lot of the recent sequel, but that may be due to both the actors
and me being 30 years older!  :-)

You should definitely watch at least some of the original series if only to
pick up the references that are now part of our pop culture.

You have much to learn, Grasshopper!   ;-)
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Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 18         Sat May 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:34 PDT

Here are some "QL" fanfics, organized as five seasons continuing beyond the
television series:

http://www.quantumleap-alsplace.com/

From reading the episode summaries, it sounds *very* soap opera-ish, with as
much focus on Project Quantum Leap in 1999 as on Sam himself.

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Message 19         Sat May 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:34 PDT

Now that "Enterprise" is off the air, what's next for Scott Bakula?... perhaps
a return to "Quantum Leap"?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383588/

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Message 20         Mon May 09, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 08:18 PDT


Hmm, that's interesting.

BTW, how many seasons of Quantum Leap were there in total?   Have all of them
made it to DVD?   That might make a great Netflix series.

_________
  | homas
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Message 22         Mon May 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:02 PDT

Thomas,

There were five seasons of "Quantum Leap"; the third hits DVD tomorrow!

-Ken

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Message 23         Tue May 10, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 05:45 PDT


Ok, I guess I should wait until they all get to DVD before I start watching the
series.   We went through the first two seasons of Dallas before we realized
that that's all there was!  (At least, that's all that's available on Netflix.
)

Is there a site (maybe IMDB covers this) that specifically shows what TV shows
are available on DVD?

_________
  | homas

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Message 24         Wed Jun 01, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:07 PDT

Hey, that does sound interesting.  I hope it doesn't suck. :)

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 25         Thu Jun 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:34 PDT

There's some talk on IMDb that the new "Quantum Leap" is not a two-hour
reunion movie, but possibly a pilot for a new TV series.  Dean Stockwell is
listed as returning to play Al, but Scott Bakula isn't signed on yet.  If he
doesn't return, can the show continue without him?

-Ken

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Message 26         Thu Jun 02, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:27 PDT


> If he doesn't return, can the show continue without him?

It might, as long as he DOES appear in the pilot, and if the pilot is a
"passing of the torch" kind of thing.  After all, we know that "Next
Generation" type shows _can_ succeed. :)

What WOULDN'T work is trying to cast someone else as Sam Becket.

_________
  | homas

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Message 27         Sun Dec 11, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:39 PDT

Look for Season 4 on DVD on March 28th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4635
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4640

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Message 28         Mon Jan 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:47 PDT

In Category 10, Topic 1, I asked what TV crossovers people would like to see.
From the Wikipedia entry on "Quantum Leap" available at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Beckett>:

A crossover with Magnum, P.I. (also produced by Donald Bellisario) was
planned, in which Sam would leap into Thomas Magnum himself. Plans for a
Magnum, P.I. movie led to the crossover being cancelled, although some
footage was filmed, including the initial leaping in sequence, usually put at
the end of the preceding episode (the "Oh boy..." bit). This featured Scott
Bakula, dressed in Magnum's classic red Aloha shirt, turning towards the
camera and comically raising his eyebrows, just as Tom Selleck does at the
end of the opening credits to Magnum, P.I. This would actually have created a
continuity issue, since in an earlier episode a character is seen watching
Magnum, P.I. on television.

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Message 29         Mon Jan 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:49 PDT

The IMDb entry for a possible "Quantum Leap" sequel TV series - now subtitled
"A Bold Leap Forward" as a Sci-Fi Channel original series - is now accessible
by only IMDbPro subscribers:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383588/

A brief entry on the series is available in the Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bold_Leap_Forward

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Message 30         Mon Feb 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:07 PDT

The fourth season DVD set of "Quantum Leap" will include one bonus episode
from the fifth and final season:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5118

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Message 31         Thu Mar 30, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:26 PDT

The Season 4 box set of "Quantum Leap" was released two days ago, on March
28th.  It included a coupon for $5 off the purchase of the fifth season box
set.  No previous news or release date about such a set had been previously
announced; however, the coupon expires 01-Dec-06 and includes a picture of the
box art for the fifth season.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5403

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Message 32         Tue Aug 15, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:30 PDT

Finally!  The fifth and final season of "Quantum Leap" comes to DVD on
November 14th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6276

And remember that Season 4 owners have a $5-off coupon:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5403

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Topic 13        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:48 PST
Sub: Hercules & Xena

The mythological hero Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) and the spin-off series starring
warrior princess Xena (Lucy Lawless).

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Message 1          Wed May 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:18 PDT

Several seasons of these shows are available on DVD:

Hercules Season 1:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=25592

Hercules Season 2:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28305

Hercules Season 3:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32273

Hercules Season 4 (releases 7/13):
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34200

Xena Season 1:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24097

Xena Season 2:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=27346

Xena Season 3:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=29456

Xena Season 4 (releases 6/15):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001US6D2/qid=1085627875/sr=1-1/
ref=sr_1_1/103-7148561-2635814?v=glance&s=dvd

Series Finale:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=15972

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Message 2          Tue Nov 09, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:37 PDT

Look for Season 5 of "Hercules" on January 11th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2384&Nav=yes

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Message 3          Tue Dec 28, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:30 PDT

The sixth and final season of Xena will be released on March 8th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2610

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Message 4          Tue Apr 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:14 PDT

A seven-disc 10th Anniversary DVD set of "Xena" will release on July 26th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3292

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Message 5          Fri Jun 17, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:30 PDT

Look for a seven-disc 10th Anniversary Collection of "Xena" on DVD next month:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4921&LastLogin=Yes

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Topic 14        Mon Sep 15, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 06:15 PST
Sub: Buffy & Angel

Sarah Michelle Gellar hunts vampires in Sunnydale (1997 - 2003) while the
spin-off (1999 - 2004) has David Boreanaz redeeming himself in Los Angeles.

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Message 1          Sat Nov 03, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:13 PDT

This week's episode of Buffy is a musical.  It airs here on Tuesday at 8:00 PM
on UPN.

I've never seen Buffy before, but this I gotta see. :)

-Ken

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Message 2          Sat Nov 03, 2001
SYNDICOMM                    at 23:23 PDT

>>>This week's episode of Buffy is a musical.

I'm genuinely horrified by the notion. :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 3          Mon Nov 05, 2001
TCOMPTER                     at 06:49 PDT

> I've never seen Buffy before, but this I gotta see. :)

Ken, aren't you the world's foremost SMG fan? How can it be that you've never
seen Buffy?   (I haven't seen it either, btw)

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  | homas


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Message 4          Mon Nov 05, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:46 PDT

Thomas,

> Ken, aren't you the world's foremost SMG fan? How can it be that you've never
> seen Buffy?

Moving pictures with sound leave little to the imagination. :)

-Ken

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Message 5          Sun Nov 11, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:08 PDT

The musical episode of Buffy was kinda fun.  It wasn't Broadway, but the songs
weren't half bad and the actors and actresses had fun with it.  I liked the
new connotation of the warning, "She needs backup!" :)

Some pieces were intended to be funny, and others were plot-advancing; others
were neither and were almost painful to watch.  In fact, the entire show was
really, really corny - though that could be standard for this show.

The climax was somewhat anti-climatic - the showdown with the responsible
demon was no showdown at all.

And I could've done with a lot more Buffy.

-Ken

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Message 6          Fri Jan 04, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:05 PDT

After more than a year of delays, Buffy: Season One DVD set comes out Jan
15th.  Preorder prices are about $24 + shipping.

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Message 7          Sat Jan 26, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:29 PDT

I picked up Buffy Season One on DVD this week (a three-disc set for less than
$25!), but before opening it I rented the original 1992 movie off which the
series is based.  It stars Kristy Swanson, not Sarah Michelle Gellar; the cast
also includes Donald Sutherland as the Watcher, Luke Perry, David Arquette,
and Paul Reubens.  I was surprised to see that last name; I didn't recognize
Pee-Wee Herman as one of the main vampires.

I think the movie is supposed to be a comedy, but I got only a few chuckles
out of it.  I don't find "Valley girls" intrinsically funny, so all the talk
of shopping and facials didn't do much for me.

Not a great movie.  I got more of a kick out of the DVD feature/bonuses, which
included a three-minute trailer for the first Batman movie - starring not
Michael Keaton, but Adam West.  "Holy Memorandum, Batman - make a note to see
this movie!" :)

-Ken

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Message 8          Sun Jan 27, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:27 PDT

I've watched six of this show's first twelve one-hour episodes.  The two-part
pilot was much better than the 1992 movie, and the rest of the episodes are
keeping up with it.

The show starts with the movie as background, with Buffy moving to a new city
(Sunnydale, CA) and starting at a new school after being kicked out of her
old one.  She's the new girl for about fifteen minutes, before vampires show
up and, being the only one who knows what's going on, becomes the resident
expert.

Unlike the movie, the series keeps the "Valley Girl"-type characters to a
minimum, thankfully.

I'm waiting to see Armin Shimmerman (Quark from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
show up as the school's principal.  I'm not sure if that happens in the first
season, but I think it was the third season when the censors made a big stink
about how he was written off.

-Ken

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Message 9          Tue Feb 26, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:19 PDT

Today (Feb 26) only, Buffy: Season One DVD is only $20 at North American DVD.

http://207.139.9.141/northamericandvd/

I bought Buffy from them last month and am happy with the service and price.
This same item costs $30-$35 retail.

-Ken

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Message 10         Fri Apr 19, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:33 PDT

Sarah Michelle Gellar turned 25 this past Sunday.

I am probably the only person in this forum who can appreciate her as an
older woman. :)

-Ken

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Message 11         Fri Apr 19, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:23 PDT

>>>I am probably the only person in this forum who can appreciate her as an
older woman. :)

You're so sad. :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 12         Thu May 30, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:47 PDT

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Second Seasion: Special Edition DVD
boxed set releases on June 11th.

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=16709

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Message 13         Thu Jul 04, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:58 PDT

I picked up Season II of "Buffy" a six-disc set.  Surprisingly, the video
quality can be awfully poor - grainy, especially during dark scenes.  I don't
think the DVDs were mastered from the originals, as my VCR would've obtained
similar quality off the original broadcasts.

-Ken

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Message 14         Sun Dec 08, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:06 PDT

The third season of Buffy will be released in a six-disc DVD set on
January 7th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&amp;tmpCart=20660

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Message 15         Thu Jan 02, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:44 PDT

As mentioned, Buffy Season 3 is released next week on DVD.

On February 11th, in DVD format is released Angel Season 1, a darker series
which originally aired concurrently with Buffy Season 4.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JLEW/qid=1041514914/sr=2-1/ref=sr_
2_1/102-6669662-7464158

For Christmas, I received the soundtrack CD to the musical episode of Buffy,
"Once More, With Feeling":

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006J3WH/qid=1040861815/sr=2-1/ref=sr_
2_1/102-9859531-6912958

-Ken

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Message 16         Thu Feb 27, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:37 PDT

The fourth season of Buffy will be available in a six-disc boxed set on June
10th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24115

Average price is $40.

Why does 22 one-hour episodes of this show cost less than half as much as the
same about of Star Trek material?

Speaking of which, I just watched Buffy episode 312, "Weakness".  The actor
who plays Lt. Malcom Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise appears briefly in this
episode as a henchman who is murdered and becomes a vampire.  Oops. :)

-Ken

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Message 17         Thu Feb 27, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:46 PDT

>>>Why does 22 one-hour episodes of this show cost less than half as much as
the same about of Star Trek material?

Star Trek costs more to make. :)

It's apparently been announced that the current season of Buffy will be the
last one.  I don't watch the show, but I saw a piece about this earlier today
on CNN.

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Message 18         Sun Mar 02, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:04 PDT

The official news release from PR Newswire concerning the current seventh
season of Buffy being the last can be found here:

http://library.northernlight.com/FE20030227270000029.html?cb=0&amp;dx=1006&am
p;sc=0#doc

The Unofficial SMG Fan Club is planning a project in honor of Sarah's 26th
birthday next month, as well as her seven years on the air as Buffy.  After I
read the details of the Birthday and Appreciation Project (BAP), it's one I
can fully get behind.  More details at

http://www.smgfan.com/bap.htm

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Message 19         Mon Mar 03, 2003
TCOMPTER                     at 13:50 PDT

> http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24115
> Average price is $40.

> Why does 22 one-hour episodes of this show cost less than half
> as much as the same about of Star Trek material?

This is the theory of Supply and Demand.  No not really, since Supply could be
infinite.  No, it's the theory of "If you have a monopoly, price at the
highest the market will bear."

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Message 20         Wed Mar 12, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:57 PDT

This past weekend I finished watching season three of "Buffy", which was
released on DVD in January.  I've seen only one episode of the show when it
originally aired, and have caught the first two seasons on DVD.

Several important characters were introduced in the third season,
specifically this season's villain, Mayor Richard Wilkins III, whom we'd
previously only heard referenced, or spoken to in phone conversations.  We
also meet Faith, a Slayer like Buffy but with a dark streak.  And, of course,
Angel returns, before spinning off into his own series.

The first seven or so episodes had me wondering if the show had lost its
appeal.  A lot of the same jokes were being made, and things just seemed
darker and slower.  I was especially struck by what bad friends Buffy has.
Each time they maltreated her, I was waiting to see what mystical artifact
was affecting their behavior - but more often than not, they were just being
themselves.

Things *really* picked up after those first few episodes, though, starting
around episode "Revelations", which I think had the first Slayer vs. Slayer
fight. :)  Ultimately, season three produced some of the finest moments I've
ever witnessed in any television series, ever.  At least two literally had me
out of my seat, shouting or screaming "NO WAY!"

One thing I didn't like is that though story and environmental changes
progressed throughout the season, character and relationship ones didn't
always.  For example, in one episode, Buffy tells Giles, her Watcher, "Touch
me and I'll kill you" - and she means it.  The next episode presents no
animosity or distance between the two.

Something similar happens in the season's strangest episode, "The Zeppo".  In
this episode, Buffy and Co. face their greatest threat ever... and we don't
get to see it.  This episode focuses on Xander and how he handles his own
threat while everyone else is busy literally saving the world.  We see the
"real" threat only when Xander's path crosses other character's.  Though this
is amusing, it's also incredibly frustrating.  I feel like I was cheated out
of an intense story.  I like the character development that occurs in Xander
by the time the show is done, but again, it doesn't carry over into the next
episode.

Several episodes include extra features: original scripts, director
commentary, and the like.  The downside is that these bonuses are written for
an audience that saw these episodes when they originally aired, and is
already familiar with Buffy lore.  As a result, the interviews and galleries
give away much that has yet to happen as one progresses through the season.
I watched all 22 episodes, then went back and watched the extras that
interested me.

-Ken

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Message 21         Fri May 09, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:47 PDT

Tuesday the 13th will be the final episode of Buffy.

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Message 22         Thu Jun 05, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:06 PDT

Season 2 of Angel, the Buffy spinoff, will be released on DVD on September 2nd.

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=26053

As mentioned in Msg 16, Buffy Season 4 released on DVD next week.

And, I lied: the final episode was on Tuesday, May 20th, not the 13th.

-Ken

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Message 23         Tue Sep 02, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:23 PDT

Season 2 of "Angel", the Buffy spin-off (and which is still in production),
released on DVD today:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=26053

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Message 24         Tue Sep 23, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:32 PDT

Buffy Season 5 will release on DVD on December 9th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28790

Buffy Season 6 will release on DVD on July 6th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28791

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Message 25         Wed Oct 22, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:59 PDT

The success of the current season of "Angel" thus far is detailed in this
CNN.com article:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/22/tv.revampingangel.ap/index.html

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Message 26         Fri Oct 24, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:54 PDT

The third season of "Angel" will hit DVD on February 10th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=29547

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Message 27         Tue Dec 23, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:28 PDT

Someone has taken the music to the musical episode of Buffy ("Once More, With
Feeling") and rewritten the lyrics to apply to "The Lord of the Rings".

Visit the "Once More, With Hobbits" web site at

http://www.omwh.com

MP3s coming soon!

-Ken

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Message 29         Tue Jan 20, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:31 PDT

I just finished watching Season Five of Buffy, which was released on DVD last
month.  In this year, There were a few cast changes.  Buffy's family both
grew and shrank; probably best known is the addition of Michelle Trachtenberg
as her sister.  I expected this to be some half- or step-  or long-lost
sister, added to the mix just to keep things fresh, but she was actually
pivotal to this season's storyline and her introduction was not immediately
explained.

A lot of the characters finally grew up this season.  Significant others took
on more significant roles, with Emma Caulfield getting an opening credit title
as Anya, Zander's 1000-year-old ex-demon girlfriend; and Amber Benson as Tara
finally became an accepted member of the Scooby Gang.  Her girlfriend, Willow,
was the most powerful member of the team, with her spells having evolved far
from her Season 3 ability to... levitate pencils.  Spike shed some of his
monstrousness, making him an original and integral part of the cast.  And
Xander was much more mature: less cowardly, more outspoken, and more
intelligent.  That especially was an appreciated growth.

Some plots seemed familiar.  Whereas Season 2 or 3 had a "Willow evil twin"
episode, Season 5 had the same for both Xander and Buffy.  Each even jokingly
referenced the previous one, but each was done in a unique way and for reasons
that made each one acceptable.  The Buffy clone episode especially had some
minor but important threads that came up later.

One episode, "The Body", was very artsy.  It had a lot of shots that had no
significance other than to depict the surrealism of the episode and how the
characters must be seeing and feeling.  What struck me most was the complete
lack of background music throughout.  It made many of the events much more
poignant.

The final threat and its solution was a bit too similar to the Season 2
finale, IMHO.  But I like that each season is a story within itself.  It's a
bit formulaic (each season can be defined by who the villain was, who usually
appears in the first episode and is vanquished in the last), but I find it a
pleasant alternative to a series of discrete episodes (as in "The Incredible
Hulk", "Star Trek: TNG", and many other shows).

A pretty good season, overall.  The only one that I think made me cry.

-Ken

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Message 30         Mon Mar 22, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:51 PDT

"Angel" is scheduled for cancellation this May - but fans aren't putting up
with it:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/22/television.angel.reut/index.html

Some web sites are collecting money and signatures to support another season
of "Angel":

http://www.savingangel.org
http://www.saveangel.org

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Message 31         Thu May 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:56 PDT

As reported in message 24, Buffy Season 6 is scheduled for DVD release on July
6th - but Amazon.com is reporting a release date of May 25th.

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Message 32         Mon May 10, 2004
S.BERNBAUM [MT Steve]        at 18:11 PDT

I saw a trailer on a video that I had rented last fall about what I thought
was a "Buffy" movie.  I have been looking for it at the video rental store but
have never found it.  Is there such a movie or was the trailer really for the
TV show?

                 MT Steve

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Message 33         Mon May 10, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:36 PDT

Steve,

The Buffy television series, which ran from 1997 - 2003, was based on a movie
of the same name (starring Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens
[Pee-Wee Herman], and Luke Perry) that came out in 1992.  There have been no
other movies associated with the license; the only other related work is the
spin-off television series, Angel.

Maybe the trailer you saw was for one of the Buffy video games; the first was
released in 2002, and the sequel, "Chaos Bleeds", in 2003.

How old was the movie on which you saw the trailer?

-Ken

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Message 34         Wed May 12, 2004
S.BERNBAUM [MT Steve]        at 17:38 PDT

I don't recall what movie it was but it was one that was just released on
video last year.  The trailer showed the same actress that stars in the TV
series.  Since then I have noticed that some trailers are actually ads for a
TV series rather than a movie.  Perhaps that was it.  OTOH, has the series
either come out or been scheduled to come out on video?  If so, that may have
been what the trailer was for.

                 MT Steve

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Message 35         Wed May 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:10 PDT

Steve,

Five of the show's seven seasons have been released on DVD, with season six
due later this month.

-Ken

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Message 36         Tue May 18, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:42 PDT

Despite fans' efforts to preserve the series, "Angel"'s finale airs tomorrow
night:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/18/tv.angels.armageddon.ap/index.html

Note: includes spoilers.

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Message 37         Tue May 18, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:51 PDT

An interactive gallery of characters in the Buffy universe:

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/entertainment/0305/buffy.character/frameset.excl
ude.html

Some biographies are woefully undetailed; others contain spoilers.

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Message 38         Wed May 26, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:49 PDT

Season 6 of Buffy came out on DVD yesterday.

No release date on the seventh and final season yet...

-Ken

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Message 39         Sat Jul 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:14 PDT

Amazon.com is now selling a bundle of Buffy Seasons 1-4:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000CEODG/ref=pd_qpt_gw_1/103-1333882-5
029439

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Message 40         Fri Jul 09, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:42 PDT

Which Buffy character are you?

http://www.cifnet.com/~geenius/buffyquiz.html

I'm Angel.  I have my own series! :)

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Message 41         Sun Aug 29, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:29 PDT

Finally!  A release date for Buffy Season 7 - November 11th.

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37842

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Message 42         Sun Oct 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:35 PDT

Season 4 of Angel is out:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=36313

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Message 43         Sun Oct 24, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:07 PDT

I watched Season 6 of Buffy last week.  This was the first season that did not
have a demonic antagonist driving the season-long plot.  There was a
continuous threat, but it wasn't as pervasive as past foes have been.

Instead, this season is character driven.  Season 5 ended on a sour note, and
that mood continues in Season 6.  Much of the angst comes from relationships
both new and old: Anja and Xander, Willow and Tara, and Buffy and Spike all
have trouble getting or staying together.  Almost everyone makes some bad and
hurtful decisions at some point.  It's also a dark season, with at least three
murders and two attempted rapes.  Though this season may not have been as
action-packed as previous ones, it traversed variety of emotions.

Season 6 has the musical episode "Once More, With Feeling", which was simply
ingenious.

The seventh final season releases on DVD next month.

-Ken

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Message 44         Sun Oct 24, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:14 PDT

Joss Whedon is hosting parties tonight to support John Kerry:

http://www.highstakes2004.com/

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Message 45         Tue Nov 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:39 PDT

The fifth season of Angel will be released on DD on February 15th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4141

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Message 46         Sun Jan 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:57 PDT

I finished watching the seventh and final season of "Buffy" last night.  It
was a fairly dark season, not as funny as previous ones, though they employed
some creative plots and storytelling techniques.  There were a few dark scenes
that were a bit grainy, and I don't know if the problem was with the audio or
the actors or me, but sometimes I couldn't tell what was being said; thank
goodness for subtitles.

The finale was intricate and touching, but not very satisfying.  I like series
finales that provide closure; "Cheers", "Star Trek: TNG", and "Star Trek: DS9"
are what I'd use as examples of effective finales.  "Buffy" left me hanging,
and I think I'll need to go watch the four seasons of "Angel" to understand
more, though the full story will never be told.

Also, "Buffy" continues to have some of the worst outtakes reels of any DVD
releases.  They're just totally unfunny and are mostly montages of actors
laughing.

Well, sigh.  No more "Buffy" ever...

-Ken

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Message 47         Sun Jan 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:22 PDT

Hmm.  I re-took the quiz in Message 40.  This time, I'm Giles:

"You should never be cowed by authority. Except, of course, in this instance,
where I am clearly right and you are clearly wrong."

I can live with that. :)

-Ken

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Category 13,  Topic 14
Message 48         Sat Jan 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:21 PDT

**** SPOILERS ****




Having never seen "Buffy" except on DVD, and with the recent release of the
seventh and final season on disc, I've now watched the entire series.  The
finale was intricate and touching, but the more I think about it, the more
pissed off I get - for so many reasons:

- After all of Spike's efforts to be resouled, untriggered, and repentent, he
dies?  I guess he showed up later in "Angel", a show I've never seen, so
don't ruin it for me.

- Anya died a senseless death.  I realize that all wars have casualities, but
Buffy, Angel, Tara, Miss Calendar - their deaths were all given appropriate
screen time and impact.  Anya was treated like a throwaway, like a Potential.
And since Sunnydale is no more anyway (though they couldn't have known that
was coming), their defense of the upper school was pointless.

- If anyone should've died, it should've been Andrew.  His two other buddies
were killed; might as well reunite the trio.  And so what if he repented over
killing Jonathan (whose life Buffy saved and who was adorable and never
should've died or even been evil)?  Anya forsook her vengeance demon ways,
and did a lot more than cry over it - she was willing to give her life to
take it back.

- Buffy gets *run through* - and a few minutes later she's running and
jumping from buildings with no major internal bleeding?

- Xander loses his ex-fiance AND an eye?  I feel she and Anya would've gotten
back together, and we saw hints of this toward the end.  Maybe "white magic
goddess" Willow will delve into the healing arts and give him back his
eyeball, at least.

- The First was never encountered nor defeated - only his army of Turok-Hans.
Perhaps The First cannot be defeated, since it is evil incarnate - but I
can't consider this a victory.

- The very town Buffy was sworn to protect (minus its inhabitants) is now
dust.  Again: this is a victory?

- There are Slayers everywhere now - and this is a good thing?  Sure, Buffy
isn't alone anymore, but neither is she unique.  Buffy rose to each occasion
because if she didn't, no one else would.  How many Slayers will shirk their
duties, expecting someone else to pick up the slack?  And how many of those
ex-Potentials had Watchers to train them?  How do we know they'll use their
powers to hunt vampires, and not to be another Faith?  Superpowered human
villains - great.

- There's a Hellmouth in Cleveland?  I get the connection with the
"Doppelgangland" episode, but if there are two Hellmouths and only one
Slayer, why did all the baddies gravitate to Sunnydale, and not the
unprotected one elsewhere?




**** SPOILERS ****

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Message 49         Tue Feb 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:11 PDT

A single, $10 disc of Buffy, labeled as a "Starter Set", will be released on
March 22:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4518&LastLogin=Yes

More details as they're available.

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Category 13,  Topic 14
Message 50         Tue Feb 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:34 PDT

The "Starter Set" DVD will contain the first two episodes of Season 1, cost
only $10 MSRP, and comes with a $10 coupon for any one complete season of
Buffy on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2882

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Category 13,  Topic 14
Message 51         Sun Feb 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:22 PDT

The FCC recently ruled than an episode of "Angel" was not indecent:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/25/fcc.indecency.ap/index.html

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Message 52         Sun Feb 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:33 PDT

The fifth and final season of "Angel" was released earlier this month.  Msg 45
uptopic posted an incorrect URL for this release; the correct one is

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=40101

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Message 53         Tue May 03, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:10 PDT

Looks like a four-episode Spike-themed "Buffy" DVD set is being planned:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3346

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Message 54         Sat May 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:50 PDT

What is the origin of the phrase "five-by-five" (meaning "okay")?  The "Buffy"
character Faith used it all the time, and there was even a brief scene where
two other characters debated, "What does that mean?  Five what by five what?"
But then I heard it used in the 1964 film "Fail-Safe", so perhaps it's
militaristic in nature.

-Ken

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Message 55         Sat May 07, 2005
LUMITECH                     at 15:15 PDT

Try this link...

http://www.strategypage.com/messageboards/messages/31-80.asp

Basically, it's a rating of how well a radio transmission is understood, i.e. 5
x 5 = Loud and Clear

Jeff

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Message 56         Sat May 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:57 PDT

Jeff,

Neat!  Thanks.  Sounds like "it's a measure (on scales of 1 to 5, 5 being
best) of signal strength and signal clarity."

In the context of "Fail-Safe", that makes sense.  "We read you five-by-five"
was the line, I think.

-Ken

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Message 57         Mon May 09, 2005
SCHNORENBERG [Roger]         at 09:56 PDT

The system was introduced to the military during WW II as a result of the large
number of Ham (Amateur Radio) operators being drafted into the signal corp.  It
is an adaptation of the RST (Readability, Strength, and Tone) system used to
report signal reception for CW (Continuous Wave - ie. Morse Code) radio
transmissions.  As voice communications became more widely used, Ham operators
droped the Tone measurement when reporting signals.  Both systems are still
used today in thier respective modes.

Due to the need for interoperability between different branches of the service
as well as our allies, the current standard (ACP 126 - Allied Communications
Procedures, Part 126) is to use plain language to describe the signal ie. Weak
and Garbled, Moderate and Readable, Load and Clear.

Roger
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Category 13,  Topic 14
Message 58         Sun Aug 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:59 PDT

Look for a complete series DVD box set of "Buffy" on November 15th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3825

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Message 59         Mon Aug 15, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:53 PDT

See Category 3, Topic 16, Message 1 regarding my auction of the complete
"Buffy" series on DVD.

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Message 60         Sun Nov 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:38 PDT

Watch clips from the bonus disc included in the 400-disc complete Buffy
series, shipping this Tuesday:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4491

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Message 61         Fri Nov 18, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:22 PDT

Entertainment Weekly feels the complete Buffy box set, released this week, is
a missed opportunity:

"That geek lust explains why some were disappointed with Fox's first "Buffy"
DVD sets. The handful of commentary tracks, documentaries, even the
occasional full script couldn't satisfy our jones for more dirt. And now, in
offering a $200 collection that, let's be honest, only the diehards are gonna
buy, Fox has still failed to deliver the mother lode of extras. A few new
docs and an admittedly nice Whedon-hosted roundtable featuring some of
"Buffy's" most valuable players don't cut it.

"Where are the audition tapes, so we can see why Charisma Carpenter, Selma
Blair, or Julie Benz wasn't fit to be the Slayer? Where's that first
abandoned pilot, with Riff Regan playing Willow? Where are the deleted
scenes? I find it hard to believe that someone as geek-to-the-core as Whedon
wouldn't have saved this stuff; why not let those of us willing to pony up
for this set -- and you know most will be buying these seven seasons for a
second bloody time -- finally have the goods?"

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/17/ew.dvd.buffy/index.html

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Message 62         Thu Dec 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:10 PDT

Message 60 uptopic has a typo; the complete "Buffy" box set has 40 discs, not
400.

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Message 63         Sun Feb 12, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:21 PDT

The individual season box sets of "Buffy" will be re-released on May 30th at a
lower price and in smaller boxes:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5086

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Message 64         Mon Mar 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:02 PDT

Seth Green, Star Wars fan!

http://www.starwars.com/community/news/rocks/f20060324/index.html

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Message 65         Tue Jun 20, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:35 PDT

A two-disc, eight-episode "best of" set of "Buffy" will release on Sep 5:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5886

Noticeably absent: the "Once More, With Feeling" musical episode.

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Topic 15        Wed Sep 24, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:14 PST
Sub: Dr. Who

The perennial sci-fi series from the BBC.

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Message 1          Wed Sep 24, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:15 PDT

Dr. Who was a sci-fi show about a futuristic being who travelled through
Earth's history in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), which,
though a vast and complicated facility on the inside, appeared as nothing more
than an English phonebox on the outside.

Each time the Doctor died, he began a new life, cast as a new actor - allowing
the series to continue through seven such lives.

For reviews of some Dr. Who episodes on VHS and DVD:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/dvdvideo/first.shtml

-Ken

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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 2          Thu Sep 25, 2003
PETERW                       at 05:11 PDT

Last week, Channel 2 in Melbourne Australia started replaying the entire Dr Who
series from the beginning (with William Hartnell playing the Doctor). This week
they have just met the Daleks for the first time.

For the record, the Dr Who theme music is one of my all-time favorites. There's
not may TV themes that I would choose to listen to for general enjoyment, but
the Dr Who theme is one of them!

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager



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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 3          Thu Oct 02, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:04 PDT

Peter,

It was word of that marathon which prompted me to start this topic, actually.
:)

Another connection with Down Under comes from when I was in Melbourne three
years ago.  I always make a habit of visiting new & used book stores when
travelling overseas, and in one shop I found "The Doctor Who File", by Peter
Haining (ISBN 0863791697).  Despite being published in '86 or '89, the book
is, surprisingly, still available, according to both amazon.com and
amazon.co.uk.  I've never read it, but I grew up watching Doctor Who on PBS
when I was just a toddler, so I'm happy to have the book as part of my
library. :)

-Ken

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Message 4          Wed Oct 15, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:25 PDT

Dr. Who ran from Nov 23, 1963, to 1989 on the BBC.  A made-for-TV movie with
Paul McGann as the Doctor aired in 1996.  I thought he would be the last
Doctor... but now it seems Eddie Izzard will play the role in a new series,
starting in 2005:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3158624.stm

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Message 5          Thu Oct 16, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:11 PDT

An excerpt from the web site posted in the previous message:

PAST DOCTORS

William Hartnell 1963-66
Patrick Troughton 1966-69
Jon Pertwee 1970-74
Tom Baker 1974-81
Peter Davison 1981-84
Colin Baker 1984-86
Sylvester McCoy 1987-89
Paul McGann 1996

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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 6          Thu Oct 16, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 20:03 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 13 Topic 15:

> but now it seems Eddie Izzard will play the role in a new series,
> starting in 2005:

I've not actually seen Dr. Who, but isn't a stand-up comedian a strange
choice for the lead character in that series?

I did see, a stand-up performance by Eddie Izzard on HBO where his
comedy was basically a funny take on the history of the world.

Dain


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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 7          Mon Oct 20, 2003
PETERW                       at 01:45 PDT

While I admit that the casting choice does seem a little "out there", when you
remember that the good Doctor is definitely on the "eccentric" side it is
perhaps not so strange to have him played by a comedian.

 --
Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager



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Message 8          Mon Nov 17, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:46 PDT

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3810346

Reuters reports that an animated Dr. Who short is now available on the BBC web
site.  Download it at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/shalka/

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Message 9          Sun Apr 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:57 PDT

Not it seems that Christopher Eccleston is to be the next Doctor:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3556795.stm

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Message 10         Thu May 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:16 PDT

A new "Dr. Who" series is taking the UK by storm:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/26/apontv.dr.who.ap/index.html

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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 11         Fri May 27, 2005
PETERW                       at 07:11 PDT

With almost unheard-of haste, in Australia we actually saw the first episode of
the new series last weekend.

Although I was never a rabid Dr Who fan (the effects *were* pretty awful at the
time, and some of the story lines were pretty silly), I did and do think the
Daleks were a great take on the "evil alien" theme. (And besides, I got to
"drive" a Dalek built by the SF club at college!)

Anyway, it meant I was interested enough to watch the first episode, and I've
got to say I was impressed! It was quirky, and English humour can be
"different", but once the episode got moving (having "introduced" the
characters, etc) it was very enjoyable. The special effects are 21st century
instead of Sixties, and the Doctor's role definitely has a stronger comedic
side to it. (Of the sort seen with Arnie, Clint Eastwood or Sean Connery where
wisecracks are delivered with a straight face.)

One thing that is already disappointing is that the actor playing the Doctor
(Christopher Eccleston) has not re-signed for a second season to avoid being
"typecast". It's a shame because I already think of him as one of the better
Doctors.

Anyway, I'll be watching the next episode tomorrow night where I'll get to see
the end of the world 5 billion years from now (shades of Douglas Adams).
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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 12         Fri May 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:03 PDT

Peter,

Thanks for the first-hand report.

> the actor playing the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) has not re-signed for a
> second season

What does that mean... there is no second season?  They're recasting him
already?  I thought the Doctor from the 1996 TV movie was supposed to be the
"last" doctor...

-Ken

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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 13         Sat May 28, 2005
PETERW                       at 01:09 PDT

A second season is planned. They have even have got as far as casting David
Tennant as the new Doctor.

Dr Who would have to be unique in the entertainment industry - it's a series
where replacing the actor in the lead role on a semi-regular basis is built
into the story line!

For those that don't know the story, Dr Who is a member of an alien race. He is
a Time Lord who can "regenerate" when his current body is worn out or dying.
Apparently there is a limitation of 12 regenerations and there have been 8 so
far. (Ecclestone is the ninth Doctor.)

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 14         Sat May 28, 2005
PETERW                       at 01:13 PDT

Here is a good summary of the Dr Who background.

A figure of mystery when Doctor Who premiered in 1963, the Doctor was later
revealed to be a Time Lord, one of a race of ancient masters of time, from the
planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. He renounced Time Lord
society and travels through time, usually with several companions. Time Lords
have two hearts, a respiratory bypass system (which allows them to feign death)
and when they die, they "regenerate" their bodies. A Time Lord can regenerate
12 times - so far, the Doctor has used eight regenerations, played by William
Hartnell (1963-1966), Patrick Troughton (1966-1969), Jon Pertwee (1970-1974),
Tom Baker (1974-1981), Peter Davison (1981-1984), Colin Baker (1984-1986),
Sylvester McCoy (1987-1989) and Paul McGann (1996). The new series begins with
the ninth doctor, Christopher Eccleston (2005).

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager


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Message 15         Sun Jul 31, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 10:58 PDT

My near-complete inability to deal with British humor has kept me from watching
Dr. Who... like... ever. :D

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 16         Sun Oct 23, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:47 PDT

From <http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4331>:

We've been looking at the possibility of Canada receiving a set of the 2005
Doctor Who series for awhile now, and it's finally paid off. The BBC posted a
press release talking about their sales successes in Canada, and there's a
mention of a Canadian season one set scheduled for February 14, 2006.

There aren't any plans to release the set in the US at this time, since no US
broadcaster has picked up the rights to air the series. The good news is that
Canada and the US are both region 1, so you'll have no problem picking it up
if you live South of the border.

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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 17         Sun Dec 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:06 PDT

Look for the first season of the ninth doctor on DVD on February 14th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4599
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4730

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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 18         Wed Jan 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:38 PDT

The first season may be delayed from its initial release date of Feb 14th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4870

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Category 13,  Topic 15
Message 19         Mon Mar 13, 2006
SCHNORENBERG [Roger]         at 16:35 PDT

The Sci-Fi channel will begin airing Dr. Who this friday evening.  they will be
showing the first two episodes featuring the 9th doctor (Christopher
Eccleston).

Roger.

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Topic 16        Tue May 31, 2005
SYNDICOMM                    at 06:11 PST
Sub: Stargate: SG-1 / Stargate Atlantis

Discussions about the two Stargate TV series based on the hit movie.

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Category 13,  Topic 16
Message 1          Tue May 31, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:15 PDT

I lost touch with Stargate: SG-1 early on in its run, back when it was still on
Showtime, when I canceled Showtime fairly early in its first season.  I enjoyed
it, but that wasn't enough to justify paying for Showtime when we were barely
able to pay the bills.

I've lately been getting myself gradually caught up, with all seven (!) of the
seasons available on DVD gradually flowing my way through my Netflix queue.  I
just finished watching season 1 this past week.

So far I've enjoyed it immensely.

The biggest surprise for me has been that aside from the pilot, they didn't
really take advantage of the fact that they were on cable.  The language and
content is all pretty PG-rated.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Category 13,  Topic 16
Message 2          Wed May 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:15 PDT

Look for a third "Stargate" TV series to be kicked off by a feature film:

http://www.trektoday.com/news/090506_01.shtml

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Category 13,  Topic 16
Message 3          Thu May 11, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:33 PDT

I've only just recently gotten fully caught up on SG-1, and am working on
getting my hands on Season 2 of Atlantis, so I can be caught up there -- the
goal being to add both to my regular viewing schedule next season.

They're both good series in their own ways, although Atlantis took a while to
grow on me.

I look forward to seeing more.  The advantage to the Stargate franchise is its
flexibility.  There's an entire universe of Stargates out there they can use to
take you to new and weird places for the action to take place.

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Category 13,  Topic 16
Message 4          Sat Aug 19, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:29 PDT

Jay Edwards recently reported that an Apple IIe can be seen on the 200th
episode of "Stargate SG-1", which was filmed with marionettes akin to the
film "Team America".

I've confirmed neither aspect of this episode.

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Topic 17        Sat Jul 16, 2005
SYNDICOMM                    at 20:39 PST
Sub: Battlestar Galactica

The new BSG on the Sci-Fi Channel.  After losing the war against the Cylon
robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew speed toward the fabled 13th colony,
Earth while facing waning supplies, crushed morale, and Cylons aboard the ship.

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Category 13,  Topic 17
Message 1          Sat Jul 16, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:41 PDT

Anyone else watching BSG?  This is a great show!  Exciting, engaging, and with
a lot of good action and acting.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Category 13,  Topic 17
Message 2          Sun Jul 17, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:27 PDT

I thought there already was a "Battlestar" series where they found the planet
Earth?

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Category 13,  Topic 17
Message 3          Sun Jul 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:34 PDT

Looks like Season One of this show is already on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3723
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3734

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Message 4          Wed Jul 27, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:04 PDT

The new series is a "reimagining" of the original.  Many similar characters and
concepts but most of it is quite different.  Instead of being a campy, cheesy
show, it's actually fantastic space action-drama.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Category 13,  Topic 17
Message 5          Sun Oct 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:05 PDT

Look for the second season of "Battlestar Galactica" on DVD on December 20th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4203

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Category 13,  Topic 17
Message 6          Wed Jan 11, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:42 PDT

BSG's second season resumed last Friday, with a very exciting episode called
"Resurrection Ship."  I look forward to the continuation this week. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 7          Sat Feb 18, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:45 PDT

Wow, "The Captain's Hand" was great!  Seeing Lee Adama doing so well for
himself rocks. :)

The preview for next week makes me antsy though. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 8          Mon Mar 13, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 00:43 PDT

Wow, that was some season finale!  Sheesh.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Category 13,  Topic 17
Message 9          Fri Jul 21, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 10:00 PDT


After reading all the critical acclaim that this show got, we ordered the first
season on Netflix.

The first disk came, and it said "Disk 2 of 4, Disk 1 of Season Content"

Now, WTH does THAT mean?  Apparently it means that they don't include the pilot
as part of the 1st season set.  I deduced that I had to order the Miniseries in
order to get the pilot.

So I sent back the last DVD we had, and pushed the miniseries to the top of my
queue, and am currently awaiting its arrival.

Meanwhile, last night, wanting to watch SOMETHING, I was perusing my video
collection, and I found a tape labeled "Battlestar Galalctica".  Thinking it
was the original series pilot, I stuck it in the VCR, and lo and behold, it was
the NEW series pilot.

Grrrr...

Not wanting to watch the VCR quality show while I have the DVD on the way, I
sadly shelved the tape and watched "Blind Date" instead.

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  | homas

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Category 13,  Topic 17
Message 10         Wed Aug 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:12 PDT

Is a prequel series, entitled "Caprica", in the works for this show?

http://www.trektoday.com/news/090806_02.shtml

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Category 13,  Topic 17
Message 11         Sat Aug 12, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:41 PDT

"Caprica" sounds like an interesting, but probably bad, idea. :)

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Topic 18        Tue Aug 30, 2005
SYNDICOMM                    at 17:12 PST
Sub: The 4400

Discussion about USA Network's sci-fi series, "The 4400".

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Category 13,  Topic 18
Message 1          Tue Aug 30, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:13 PDT

The first season of "The 4400" just ended.  Has anyone else here been watching
it?

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Category 13,  Topic 18
Message 2          Wed Aug 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:43 PDT

I've never heard of it, Sheppy.  What's it about?

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Category 13,  Topic 18
Message 3          Wed Aug 31, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:59 PDT

The series started 4,400 people who had vanished over the years suddenly and
all at once reappearing on a lake shore in the Seattle area, none of them aged
at all since their disappearance, and one of them recall what happened while
they were gone.

Then it becomes apparent that some of them have returned with new abilities:
one can kill people with a thought (although only when enraged), one can heal
at a touch, one little girl who disappeared back in the '40s has visions that
are always right.

Over the course of the series, clues are found indicating where they all went
and why they were returned -- and why they have these special abilities.

There are also issues about how society deals with these people, how they fit
back in (even when they don't have special powers) given that some of them have
been gone for decades -- and some only just long enough that their loved ones
have moved on with their lives.

It mostly focuses on a few central returnees, plus a couple of federal agents
whose job it is to keep tabs on the returnees with special abilities, and to
investigate suspected new abilities.

There's also a gradually developing plotline about a war of some kind that's
brewing.  Details are sketchy, but it's presumed that there will be a conflict
between the returnees and everyone else.  At least, that's what the little girl
that can see the future seems to think.

It's really fascinating, and a lot of fun, and is fairly original sci-fi.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Category 13,  Topic 18
Message 4          Mon Sep 05, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:51 PDT

>>>The series started 4,400 people who had vanished over the years suddenly and
all at once reappearing on a lake shore in the Seattle area, none of them aged
at all since their disappearance, and one of them recall what happened while
they were gone.

Wow, that's got multiple typos.  Try this version:

The series started with 4,400 people who had vanished over the years suddenly
and all at once reappearing on a lake shore in the Seattle area, none of them
aged at all since their disappearance, and none of them recall what happened
while they were gone.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Category 13,  Topic 18
Message 5          Fri Jun 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:36 PDT

Ira Steven Behr compares "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" to "The 4400":

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/17436.html

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Category 13,  Topic 18
Message 6          Tue Jun 13, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 18:29 PDT

I just watched this season's premiere of "The 4400".  I hadn't realized it was
a two-hour episode.  It was very good.  Reminded me why I like the show. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Topic 19        Wed Oct 05, 2005
KGAGNE                       at 06:50 PST
Sub: SeaQuest DSV

Roy Scheider teams up with a talking dolphin to plumb the depths of the oceans.

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Category 13,  Topic 19
Message 1          Wed Oct 05, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:50 PDT

Looks like this series is finally coming to DVD!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4242

Look for the first season on... December 26th, the day after Christmas.
Shucks - this would be a perfect holiday gift for my father.

-Ken

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Topic 20        Fri May 05, 2006
KGAGNE                       at 05:42 PST
Sub: Star Wars

George Lucas' far, far away galaxy comes to your living room every week in
this live-action television series.

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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 1          Fri May 05, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:42 PDT

A weekly television series based on the "Star Wars" franchise has been talked
about for the last year.  Though the show is still a ways off, I figure it's
time to give it its own topic.

Rick McCallum, producer of many "Star Wars" films, recently offered some tips
as to the series' possible timeframe and characters:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=35849&type=0

What do you think?  Could this series maintain the quality of the films, or is
it a cheap spin-off/knock-off?

-Ken

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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 2          Mon May 08, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 10:54 PDT


> Could this series maintain the quality of the films, or is it a cheap
spin-off/knock-off?

It's hard to imagine that a TV series could keep up the quality and dramatic
momentum of the films, not to mention the special effects, which always seem to
get watered down in TV spin-offs.

OTOH, since many of the special effects are digital now, maybe it's no longer a
big problem.

The article mentioned that the time period might be in between episodes III and
IV, and I see a potential problem there.  With no "active" Jedi around, there
won't be any light sabers, and a Star Wars show without light sabers is like...
like... a Star Trek without phasers.

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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 3          Tue May 09, 2006
PETERW                       at 07:38 PDT

>With no "active" Jedi around

I always pictured the situation as being "few" rather than "no" Jedi. And the
few with unfortunately short life expectancies.

Certainly some of the bad guys still had light sabers!

(It always used to amaze me reading the post-movie books, the number of Jedi -
former, partly-trained, whatever - who seemed to keep popping up from time to
time!)

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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager

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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 4          Tue May 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:03 PDT

I always kinda thought the "bringing balance to the Force" part of Anakin's
prophecy partly reflected the ending of "Episode III", wherein there were two
Sith Lords and two Jedi left.  Sounds pretty balanced to me...

-Ken

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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 5          Thu May 11, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 08:25 PDT

Ken --

It's generally accepted that at the end of Episode III, there are still some
straggler Jedi left alive other than just Obi-Wan and Yoda. Vader spends
several years tracking them all down and killing them during the years leading
up to Episode IV.

I think that could make for an interesting timeframe for a TV series, although
it'll be interesting to see how it comes together.

The effects shouldn't be a big problem.  Many of the digital models have
already been created using the budgets for feature films -- starships, robots,
etc.  They have a vast library to work with already, so that saves a huge
amount of money, which can be used to create whatever new stuff they need.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 6          Sat May 13, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 22:16 PDT

Sheppy,

> It's generally accepted that at the end of Episode III, there are still some
> straggler Jedi left alive other than just Obi-Wan and Yoda.

That's realistic, and seems to be the basis for many novels.  But, as you
always point out, novels are usually non-canon.  Is there any canonical
literature that identifies other Jedi to survive the Emperor's slaughter?

-Ken

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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 7          Sun May 14, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:14 PDT

Well, I take the reversal of the "come home" signal by Obi-Wan in Episode III
as a sign that any remaining Jedi would have been warned to go into hiding, but
there's no direct canonical evidence that there are other surviving Jedi at
that point.

However, there's nothing in canon that says there aren't any, either, and if
there's a TV series coming down the pike, odds are pretty good they'll
establish that canon soon enough.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 8          Sun May 14, 2006
PETERW                       at 06:50 PDT

I can't quote chapter and verse from the movies, but I have a clear
recollection from the early days (Episode IV or V) of somebody commenting that
Darth Vader had hunted down and killed all the (remaining) Jedi.

At the time it just seemed like part of the general image-building of the evil
Darth Vader. But it makes more sense having seen Episode III that some Jedi
survived the initial killing spree, and of course it is an obvious lead-in to
the upcoming series.
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Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 9          Mon May 15, 2006
TCOMPTER                     at 07:31 PDT

Peter mentioned:
> but I have a clear recollection from the early days
> (Episode IV or V) of somebody commenting that Darth Vader
> had hunted down and killed all the (remaining) Jedi.
>
> At the time it just seemed like part of the general
> image-building of the evil Darth Vader.  But it makes more
> sense having seen Episode III that some Jedi survived the
> initial killing spree, and of course it is an obvious
> lead-in to the upcoming series.

Also supporting the argument that ALL the jedi were eventually killed off is
the scene at the end of Episode V, when Yoda is talking to the ghost of
Obi-Wan, and Obi-Wan says something to the effect of "He is our last hope" and
Yoda says "No, there is one other" (referring to Leia).  Had there been other
survivors, there would have been other hopes.

_________
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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 10         Mon May 15, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:40 PDT

Thomas,

I don't dispute that there are only two Jedi left by the beginning of Episode
IV; I just wonder how many were left at the end of Episode III.

-Ken

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Category 13,  Topic 20
Message 11         Tue May 16, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 16:15 PDT

Yes, during the 19 years that pass between the end of Episode III and the start
 of Episode IV, Vader hunts down and kills the remaining Jedi, except for
Obi-Wan and Yoda.


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Topic 21        Sun Jul 02, 2006
KGAGNE                       at 07:22 PST
Sub: The Twilight Zone

Rod Serling's original "The Twilight Zone", which ran from 1959 - 1964, along
with assorted spin-offs and sequels.

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Category 13,  Topic 21
Message 1          Sun Jul 02, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:22 PDT

All five seasons of this show are available separately on DVD, but on October
3rd, "The Complete Definitive Collection" will release with an MSRP of $299:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5952

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Topic 1         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:51 PST
Sub: The Simpsons

Matt X. Groening's animated family in Springfield.  Starring Homer, Marge,
Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson.

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 1          Sun Nov 23, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:34 PDT

Tony Blair will appear in this weekend's episode of "The Simpsons":

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/22/blair.simpsons/index.html

The show is in its 15th season and is contracted for at least one more.

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 2          Tue Apr 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:53 PDT

There's a lengthy and interesting article about Yeardley Smith, the voice of
Lisa Simpson, at this URL:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/06/theater.yeardley.smith.ap/index.html

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 3          Tue Apr 06, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:43 PDT

That is a good article.  Very enlightening.  Thanks for pointing it out.

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 4          Wed Apr 07, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 20:34 PDT

There's going to be a "The Simpsons" feature film in a few years, with
production to begin after the show's last season.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/07/film.simpsons.movie.ap/index.html

Apparently the show has at least two seasons left under current contracts, and
production of the movie is expected to take up to three years.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 5          Sat May 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:17 PDT

The cast of "The Simpsons" have settled their salary dispute:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/01/simpsons.ap/index.html

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 6          Fri Aug 20, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:32 PDT

CNN.com interviews Dan Castellaneta:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/19/apontv.homers.voice.ap/index.html

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Message 7          Mon Oct 25, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:38 PDT

Season 5 of "The Simpsons" debuts on DVD in December:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2354&Nav=yes
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=39256

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 8          Fri Feb 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:16 PDT

Timed with the release of Star Wars: Episode III, a Simpsons collection known
as "Bart Wars" will be released on DVD on May 17th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2862

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 9          Tue May 24, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:05 PDT

Look for season six on DVD on August 16th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4841

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 10         Wed May 25, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:42 PDT

This show just keeps on going.  The current contracts for the voice actors now
lasts through, what, season 21?

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 11         Wed May 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:48 PDT

Sheppy,

Have their contracts been renewed again?  I missed that news story; have any
links?

-Ken

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 12         Fri May 27, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:50 PDT

I don't have a link, but yes, indeed, their contracts were renewed a while back
through two more seasons.

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 13         Tue May 31, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:58 PDT

Based on countless episodes and contextual clues, fans have put together this
map of Springfield:

http://www.mapofspringfield.com/

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 14         Mon Aug 01, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:40 PDT

Guest stars for the coming 17th season of "The Simpsons" are being named:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/01/tv.thesimpsons.ap/index.html

Look (or listen) for Alec Baldwin, Kelsey Grammer, William H. Macy, Dennis
Rodman, Lily Tomlin, and Richard Dean Anderson.

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 15         Tue Aug 02, 2005
TCOMPTER                     at 06:04 PDT


> 17th season of "The Simpsons"

Holy crap.  Has it really been on for that long?  That's amazing longevity for
a TV show.

And doesn't that kid ever grow up?   :)   Should they rename the show to Peter
Pan in Suburbia?

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 16         Tue Aug 02, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:53 PDT

IIRC, at the end of this season, The Simpsons will become the longest-running
show in prime-time TV history.  Maybe it's after next season.  Anyway, the cast
is contracted through season 19 now, IIRC.

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Message 17         Mon Apr 03, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:14 PDT

Coming in 2007 to a theater near you:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thesimpsonsmovie/teaser/

Also check out a real-world re-creation of "The Simpsons"' opening sequence:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/real-life-simpsons-intro.html

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Message 18         Tue Jul 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:39 PDT

Check out the guest stars slated for the 18th season of "The Simpsons":

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/25/tv.simpsons.ap/index.html

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 19         Sun Sep 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:18 PDT

Matt Groening doesn't predict an end to "The Simpsons", which has been
renewed through its 19th year.  Read about this, the show's 400 episode, and
the 2007 silver screen movie:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/08/tv.simpsonsat18.ap/index.html

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Message 20         Wed Sep 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:32 PDT

Bart and Principal Skinner fought to the music of "Duel of the Fates" in a
recent episode of "The Simpsons".  See the entire clip online:

http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Duel_Of_The_Fates_On_The_Simpsons_1004
66.asp

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Message 21         Sun Oct 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:53 PDT

Look for season 9 of "The Simpsons" on DVD on December 19th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6455

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Category 14,  Topic 1
Message 22         Wed Oct 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:22 PDT

The Season 9 DVD set of the "Simpsons" TV show will include a sneak preview of
the feature-length movie that is coming to theaters next year:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6494

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Topic 2         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:54 PST
Sub: Futurama

From "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening comes Futurama, set in the 31st century.

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Message 1          Sun Jul 17, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:23 PDT

Looks like a direct-to-DVD movie of this series, which ran 1999 - 2003, is in
the works:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3696

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Message 2          Sun Sep 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:17 PDT

Look for this series to return in 2008:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/08/tv.simpsonsat18.ap/index.html

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Topic 3         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:52 PST
Sub: Batman/Superman/Justice League

The world's mightest superheroes band together to find injustice.  Starring
Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Hawkman, Martian Manhunter, and
Wonder Woman.  Also other DC series.

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Message 1          Mon Dec 17, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:54 PDT

"Justice League" is an animated adaptation of the DC Comics superhero comic
book, "Justice League of America".  This cartoon builds on the individual
Batman and Superman cartoons which have appeared on Saturday mornings for the
last decade or so.

This latest incarnation of the JLA features a roster that includes Superman,
Batman, Green Lantern (John Stewart), the Flash (Wally West), Wonder Woman,
Hawkgirl, and J'onn J'onzz (Martian Manhunter).

Visit http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/jl for airtimes and episode information.

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Message 2          Mon Dec 17, 2001
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:56 PDT

I've finally watched the pilot for the "Justice League" cartoon.  I have mixed
thoughts.  Keep in mind I'm a fan of the comic books, so I'm likely to be a
bit more critical than the average viewer. :)

Despite the episode name of "Secret Origins", I caught no introductions for
Hawkgirl or Green Lantern.  We've seen Kyle Rayner as GL in the Superman
cartoon, but I've never spotted John Stewart in the role before, and I've
definitely never seen Hawkgirl (though it seems Batman has?).  I like
Hawkgirl's mace, but if the next energy construct GL makes is another bubble,
I'll be sorely disappointed in his lack of imagination.

It's unusual for Wonder Woman to be a newbie; she doesn't look much older than
Wally, the team's youngest member.  I don't think anyone has even called her
"Wonder Woman" yet.

Too bad they couldn't keep the same voice actor for Superman that they used in
his television series.

I like that, as with the real JLA, it was an alien invasion that brought the
team together - but these White Martian wannabes were pretty lame.  I found
the large, tripedal monsters too... War of the Worlds-ish.

I wasn't expecting Snapper Carr to show up.  It was fun to see him in that
role, though I'd have to see more of him to say whether or not it was really
Snapper Carr. :)

Snapper is only the tip of the iceberg, though.  Justice League could prove to
be a real tour de force of the DCU.  In episode "Enemy Below", it was neat to
see the pre-Ocean Master appearance of Aquaman's brother, Orm; and I was
definitely *not* expecting to see Deathstroke the Terminator.  I felt a
mistake was made in giving Atlantis an oxygen-based atmosphere (Aquaman
ability to breathe air is what makes him unique among Atlanteans), and in
Aquaman's final handling of his brother; however, the new origin of Aquaman's
prosthetic hand was dynamite.  I wholeheartedly approve. :)

I'll keep watching... for now. :)

-Ken

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Message 3          Sun Jan 20, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:27 PDT

A recent two-part episode of Justice League, called "In Blackest Night",
included Rene Auberjonois (Deep Space Nine's Odo) as the space pirate
Kanjar-Ro.

I found it hard to hear that voice and not picture Odo.

-Ken

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Message 5          Mon Jan 21, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:58 PDT

Many of the world's mightest superheroes comprise this rendition of the
Justice
League's roster:

Superman: the sole-survivor of the planet Krypton.  Superman has the powers of
flight, superstrength, superspeed, X-ray vision, heat vision, telescopic
vision, and superbreath.  His one weakness is Kryptonite, radiated fragments
of
his homeworld.  When he's not fighting for truth, justice, and the American
way, he's Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper.

Batman: secretly millionaire Bruce Wayne, who watched his parents' murder when
he was just a boy.  Since then he has honed his mind and body to make him the
ultimate detective and crimefighter.

Green Lantern: John Stewart was given a power ring by the Guardians of Oa, who
oversee the Green Lantern Corps, a galactic peacekeeping force.  The ring can
create energy constructs of anything the bearer can imagine, with the only
limitation being his strength of will.  I don't know if the cartoon Green
Lantern has the traditional GL weaknesses: a constant need to recharge, and an
inability to affect anything of the color yellow.

Flash: Wally West is the Fastest Man Alive.  His superspeed includes an
increased metabolism, and the ability to create air vortices, whirlwinds, and
more.

Wonder Woman: Princess Diana of the Amazons has come to man's world on a
mission of peace.  Besides superstrength and flight, she also carries
bracelets
capable of deflecting bullets, and an unbreakable magical lasso that compels
its prisoner to truthfulness.

Hawkgirl: a police officer from the planet Thanagar, Hawkgirl bears the hood
and wings of a hawk.  She can fly and wields a powerful energy mace.

J'onn J'onzz: the Martian Manhunter is the sole survivor of a once-thriving
Martian civilization.  He has flight, superstrength, Martian vision that fires
energy beams, the ability to turn immaterial and/or invisible, and a powerful
telepathy that can exert control over other people's minds.  His original role
in Martian society can best be equated to a bounty hunter, except one who
worked under and within the law, for the purpose of serving his people.

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Message 6          Sat Apr 13, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:30 PDT

DC is releasing a number of animated superhero DVDs on April 23rd:

"Batman: The Animated Series: The Legend Begins"
1992 premiere of the Batman television series.
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=15578

"Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero"
Batman, Robin, and Batgirl face off against Mr. Freeze in this sequel to
"Batman: Mask of the Phantasm".
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=15576

"The Batman Superman Movie"
The first meeting of the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, who previously had
separate television shows, as they team up to fight Lex Luthor and the Joker.
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=15577

"Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker" (Original Uncut Version/Special Edition)
The first feature-length film featuring the Batman of the future.
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=15756

"Justice League"
premiere of the animated television series
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=15586

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Message 7          Wed Apr 09, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:39 PDT

More episodes of various DC animated series will be released on DVD on April
22nd:

Batman: Tales of the Dark Knight

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&amp;tmpCart=22670

Challenge of the Superfriends

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&amp;tmpCart=22585

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Message 8          Sun Nov 09, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:52 PDT

A new feature length animated movie, "Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman", is now
available on DVD:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28356

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Message 9          Sun Jun 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:37 PDT

Season one of Batman: The Animated Series arrives on DVD on July 6th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34763

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Message 10         Sat Sep 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:16 PDT

Season 2 of Batman and Season 1 of Superman will be released on DVD on January
25th.

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Message 11         Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:21 PDT

I recently watched "The Batman and Superman Movie" (aka "World's Finest")
animated film, which originally aired as a three-episode television special.
I thought the concept was insufficient for that length a movie, and it got a
bit tedious after awhile.  It was also almost insulting how vapid Lois Lane
is - hitting on Superman in the opening scene, then falling for Bruce Wayne
at first blush.

I was also reminded how bland this era of art style was.  After also watching
some original episodes of the 1992 "Batman" animated series, I remembered how
they completely revamped the animation some years later to a style that had
fewer colors and details, making the characters more cookie cutter and much
less interesting in appearance.  Also, in the early Batman cartoons, Batman
was a more personable figure, even laughing and smiling (more so in his Bruce
Wayne persona).  The later Batman is more akin to the cartoons: dark, moody,
and uncooperative.  Bleh.

-Ken

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Message 12         Mon Feb 21, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:57 PDT

A collection of both the Season 1 and Season 2 box sets of Batman: The
Animated Series is either available as of Jan 25, or will be tomorrow (2/22),
depending on your source:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=42551

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Message 13         Sat Feb 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:49 PDT

Volume 3 of Batman will release on 6/17, coinciding with the new Batman movie:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2969

The new 2004 cartoon, "The Batman", will also DVD release this spring:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2985

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Message 14         Tue Mar 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:15 PDT

Expect to see Season 2 of "Superman: The Animated Series" on DVD by Christmas,
with the third volume coinciding with the June 2006 release of the new
"Superman" feature film (see Category 32, Topic 1 for more details):

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3147

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Message 16         Sat Mar 26, 2005
LUMITECH                     at 14:02 PDT

Marker post.
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Message 17         Sun Nov 13, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:40 PDT

Rumors indicate season sets of "Batman Beyond" and "Justice League" are
possibilities:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4481

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Message 18         Fri Nov 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:32 PDT

Look for season 3 of the original Batman animated series on DVD on December
6th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=48217

Pick up all four seasons together:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=48216

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Message 19         Wed Dec 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:54 PDT

Look for the first season of "Batman Beyond" on DVD on March 21st:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4648

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Message 20         Thu Dec 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:10 PDT

Message 18 uptopic has a typo; it was the fourth season, not the third, that
came out on DVD this week.

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Message 21         Wed Jan 11, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:37 PDT

Catch the first two episodes of the new Cartoon Network series "Krypto the
Superdog" when you buy this Kevin & Krypto action toy set!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4867

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Message 22         Sun Jan 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:39 PDT

This news story reports that a direct-to-DVD animated Superman movie, entitled
"Superman: Brainiac Attacks", will be out sometime this year:

http://www.supermanhomepage.com/news.php?readmore=1509

More details in the Jan 30th edition of TV Guide.

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Message 23         Wed Mar 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:41 PDT

As summarized at <http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5213>:

Just to recap the news about "SuperDay" - Justice League Season 2, Superman:
The Animated Series volume 3, SuperBoy Season 1, Adventures of Superman:
Seasons 3 & 4, and now Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Season 3
will all be released on June 20. Quick, take out a mortgage on the house,
'cause you're going to need it if you intend on buying all those sets.

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Message 24         Wed Mar 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:04 PDT

Here's a cast gallery for "The Super Friends":

http://heroicimages.net/toons/superfriends.html

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Message 25         Wed Jun 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:15 PDT

A reminder that the following Superman DVDs were released today:

Adventures of Superman - The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons
Justice League - Season Two
Lois & Clark - The New Adventures of Superman - Season Three
Superman - The Animated Series - Volume Three
Krypto the Superdog Volume 1: Cosmic Canine
Superboy The Complete 1st Season
Superman, The Animated Series: Brainiac Attacks
Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman

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Topic 4         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:52 PST
Sub: Samurai Jack

Cartoon Network's "Samurai Jack".

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Message 1          Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:18 PDT

Samurai Jack is available on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=5144

Season 1:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=32588

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Topic 5         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:52 PST
Sub: Looney Tunes/Tiny Tunes/Animaniacs

Bugs Bunny, Buster Bunny, Yakko Warner, and all their compatriots.  Classics!

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Message 1          Tue Jan 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:51 PDT

Has anyone heard of a TV series launched in 2002 called "Baby Looney Tunes"?
I saw it on TV for the first time today.  Apparently someone saw it necessary
to put all our favorite cartoon characters - Bugs, Daffy, Tweety, etc. - into
diapers, similar to "Muppet Babies".  But wasn't that the point of the
cartoon "Tiny Tunes" - a new generation of Looney Tunes?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338580/

-Ken

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Message 2          Thu Oct 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:47 PDT

Look for both "Animaniacs" and "Pinky and the Brain" on DVD in mid-2006:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4384

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Message 3          Thu Nov 10, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:05 PDT

Look for "Animaniacs" and "Pinky and the Brain" very tentatively on July 25th,
206, on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4475

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Message 4          Thu Dec 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:11 PDT

Message 3 uptopic has a typo; look for these DVDs in the year 2006, not 206.

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Message 5          Sat Dec 10, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:21 PDT

Having DVDs released in the year 206 would have been interesting. :)

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Message 6          Sun Apr 23, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:53 PDT

Steven Spielberg Presents...

ANIMANIACS VOLUME 1
And
PINKY AND THE BRAIN VOLUME 1

Two DVDs Sure To Make You Zany To The Max!

Available July 25, 2006 from Warner Home Video!

Burbank, CA (April 19, 2006) - Lock the Warner water tower and guard the
laboratory because the Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain are escaping to DVD
on July 25, 2006 from Warner Home Video. For the first time, fans can own
Animaniacs Volume 1 including 25 episodes featuring the crazy Yakko, Wakko,
Dot and crew. Fans can also add to their classic animation DVD collection the
22 episodes from the Emmy nominated series Pinky and the Brain as they
attempt to take over the world in Pinky and The Brain Volume 1. Both DVDs are
priced to own for $44.98 each and have an order date of June 20, 2006.

Follow the adventures or misadventures of the Warner Brothers, Yakko and
Wacko, and the Warner Sister, Dot, in Animaniacs Volume 1. Executive produced
by Steven Spielberg, the ensemble cast of off-the-wall Warner Bros.
characters, appear in a wide variety of roles as they continuously escape the
water tower and run amuck all over the Warner Lot. Animaniacs Volume 1 is a 5
disc collectors set filled with over 12 hours of zany adventures along with
DVD bonus materials including Animaniacs Live! featuring comic Maurice
LaMarche hosting an in studio style interview via satellite big screen TV
with Animaniac friends as they comment on the historical show.

The witty, slapstick humor with pop culture parodies and cartoon wackiness is
a must own for all collectors of classic animation. Animaniacs first aired on
Fox where it ran successfully for 2 years. The show then appeared on The WB
as part of the "Kids WB" afternoon block.

Pinky and the Brain are two laboratory mice living at Acme Labs whose genes
have been spliced. Before each night is over they scheme to formulate a plan
to conquer the world. The Brain is a genius who leads the master plan,
whereas Pinky is quite insane and the comedic relief for the series.

Pinky and The Brain Volume 1 is a 4 disc collectors set, with 22 fun-filled,
classic episodes from Steven Spielberg, executive producer of the Emmy
nominated series. Observe Pinky and The Brain take on each attempt to conquer
the world with a dry wit and humor. Originally aired on the WB Television
Network, these are two mice allowed to enter your living room!

"We are very excited to bring these two one-of-a-kind animation shows to
DVD," said Dorinda Marticorena, WHV Vice President WHV Vice President, Kids
and Sports Marketing. "Fans of both shows have been eagerly asking about
their availability on DVD and even created a petition gathering over 9,000
signatures. We are happy to make these fantastic boxed DVD sets available to
their core fans as well as a new generation of animation viewers."

Animaniacs Volume 1 special features include:
ANIMANIACS LIVE! - Comic Maurice LaMarche hosts an in studio style interview
via satellite big screen TV with Animaniac friends as they comment on the
historical show.

Pinky and the Brain Volume 1 special features include:
Pinky and The Brain: The Start of All Things Wacky - Featurette with Senior
Producer Tom Ruegger, Writer Peter Hastings, the voices of Pinky and the
Brain stars, Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche, and voice director Andrea
Romano as they discuss antidotes and antics about Steven Spielberg and why
they had so much fun at work.

Animaniacs Volume 1
 * $44.98 SRP
 * Street Date: July 25, 2006
 * Languages: English
 * Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
 * Running time: 750 minutes (With 20 minutes of enhanced content)

Pinky and the Brain Volume 1
 * $44.98 SRP
 * Street Date: July 25, 2006
 * Languages: English
 * Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
 * Running time: 660 minutes (with 20 minutes of enhanced content)

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Topic 6         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:53 PST
Sub: Transformers

More than meets the eye, these robots in disguise include Optimus Prime,
leader of the Autobots; Megatron, ruler of the Decepticons; and all their
ancestors and descendants.

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Message 1          Tue Sep 30, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:38 PDT

The first two seasons of Transformers, as well as a recent CGI sequel called
Beast Wars (from the people who brought you ReBoot), are both available on
DVD.

The first half of the third season will release on DVD on October 14th:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28650

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Message 2          Sun Oct 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:25 PDT

Here are some neat Transformers web sites:

http://www.botcon.com

Official site for BotCon, a Transformers convention held in Pasadena,
California.  Registration has opened for the June 2004 event, which will be
the last BotCon, as the show is being discontinued in favor of the Official
Transformers Collectors' Convention.  Preregistration for BotCon is only $30
for both Saturday and Sunday, and includes admission to a panel hosted by
Peter Cullen (the voice of Optimus Prime).

http://www.otfcc.com/

The Official Transfortmers Collectors' Convention.  Pregistration for the 2004
event is not yet open.  Membership in the fan club is $35/year and includes
exclusive merchandise.

http://www.transspoof.net/

Black-and-white comic book that parodies The Transformers.  Only eight issues
from June 1994 to July 2001, and some of it amateurishly drawn.  Still funny,
though.

-Ken

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Message 3          Sun Aug 22, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:31 PDT

Ever want to turn your game of Quake into the world of Transformers?

http://www.telefragged.com/transformers/

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Message 4          Sat Oct 23, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:50 PDT

Here are some neat and official Transformers wallpapers:

http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/energon/pl/PAGE.wallpapers/dn/default.cfm

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Message 5          Wed Nov 02, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:47 PDT

Look for the entire "Beast Machines" series - the follow-up to "Beast Wars" -
on DVD on February 28th (delayed from the original date of November 15th):

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4422

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Message 6          Sun Jan 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:23 PDT

This soldier changed his real-life name to Optimus Prime:

http://wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=3828
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28person%29

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Message 7          Mon Apr 17, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:53 PDT

Download this MPEG movie file for a commercial for a car that dances around
like a Transformers robot:

http://www.citroen.co.uk/c4/CitroenC4_advert.zip

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Message 8          Sun Oct 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:59 PDT

Look for a November 11th release of the 20th anniversary special edition of
"Transformers: The Movie":

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=60259

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Message 9          Sun Oct 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:10 PDT

Although Rhino already released the original Transformers show to DVD, it
looks like SonyWonder will re-release it next year:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6530

How about a series box set?  I wouldn't mind that. :)

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Topic 8         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:53 PST
Sub: South Park

Comedy Central's foul-mouth series about kids living in South Park.

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Message 1          Fri Dec 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:00 PDT

Buy South Park on DVD:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaselist.cfm?ShowID=3907

Season 1:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34845
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=19650

Season 2:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=24194
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34846

Season 3:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=28267

Season 4:
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=33814

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Message 2          Tue Jan 04, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:17 PDT

The fifth season releases on DVD on March 1st:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4426&LastLogin=Yes

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Message 3          Tue Mar 14, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:44 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Soul singer Isaac Hayes said Monday he
was quitting his job as the voice of the lusty character "Chef" on the satiric
cable TV cartoon "South Park," citing the show's "inappropriate ridicule" of
religion.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/13/south.park.hayes.reut/index.html

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Message 4          Tue Mar 21, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:08 PDT

Are Tom Cruise and "South Park" at odds?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/20/leisure.southpark.reut/index.html

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Message 5          Thu Mar 23, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:42 PDT

Oh my God - they killed Chef!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/23/south.park.hayes.ap/index.html

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Message 6          Fri Apr 14, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:05 PDT

"South Park"'s latest episode criticizes Comedy Central for its own censorship:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/13/southpark.muhammad.ap/index.html

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Message 7          Sun Jul 16, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:36 PDT

The creators of "South Park" are still upset that they can't lampoon either
Tom Cruise or Muhammad:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/14/television.southpark.reut/index.html

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Message 8          Sat Sep 23, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:44 PDT

"South Park" launches its tenth season on October 4th:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/22/tv.southpark10th.ap/index.html

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Message 9          Sun Oct 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:08 PDT

World of Warcraft meets South Park, and vice versa:

http://media.southparkstudios.com/media/SPinWoW.mov

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Message 10         Sat Nov 18, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:20 PDT

Here's how the World of Warcraft episode of "South Park" was made, as detailed
in an interview with the show's production crew:

http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=459

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Topic 9         Mon May 03, 2004
KGAGNE                       at 20:31 PST
Sub: ReBoot

Ever wonder what happens inside your computer?  Visit the world of Mainframe
where computer programs fight the User to survive in the Games.

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Message 1          Mon May 03, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:32 PDT

Season 4 of ReBoot comes out on DVD tomorrow:

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=34476

For a review of Season 3 on DVD, see

http://www.gamebits.net/other/reboot.shtml

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Message 2          Sun Jan 30, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:47 PDT

Apparently, the first two discs (eight episodes) of Season 3 of "ReBoot" are
being re-released on DVD.  I'm not sure why, or what will be different, other
than the price (now $10/disc).

For a review of the initial release of this season DVD, see the URL in this
topic's previous message.

-Ken

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Message 3          Sat Feb 26, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:19 PDT

The aforementioned re-releases of "ReBoot" Season 3 on DVD have been
indefinitely postponed:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2996

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Topic 10        Tue Jul 27, 2004
KGAGNE                       at 19:13 PST
Sub: Nicktoons

Doug, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, and others.

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Message 1          Tue Jul 27, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:13 PDT

Seasons 1 & 2 of "The Ren & Stimpy Show", comprising 18 episodes, will be
released on DVD on 10/12:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=3862
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=37039

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Topic 11        Sun Jan 22, 2006
KGAGNE                       at 08:35 PST
Sub: The Tick!

The nigh invulnerable blue-clad super hero, the Tick, is deemed the protector
of "The City", along with his sidekick Arthur, an accountant in a moth costume.
Based on the comic book.

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Message 1          Sun Jan 22, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:36 PDT

It looks like this show will finally be coming to DVD in 2006!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4963

Along with "Freakazoid" and "Earthworm Jim", this show is one of my favorite
sleeper hits of the Nineties.  I can't wait to have it on disc!

-Ken

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Topic 2         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:55 PST
Sub: Jeopardy

What is a game show hosted by Alex Trebek?

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Message 1          Sun Sep 12, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:20 PDT

CNN.com talks to Merv Griffin about the origins of "Jeopardy", and about Ken
Jennings, who is the current champion with a 42-show winning streak:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/10/tv.jeopardy.griffin.ap/index.html

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Message 2          Wed Dec 01, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:32 PDT

Ken Jennings' winning streak is over as of last night's episode of "Jeopardy!":

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/30/tv.jennings.ap/index.html

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Message 3          Sun Oct 16, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:18 PDT

Read the questions that were asked Thursday night in the "Star Wars Forever"
category on Jeopardy!:

http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Star_Wars_On_Jeopardy_95272.asp

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Topic 3         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:55 PST
Sub: The Price is Right

Bob Barker offers all this and more... if the price is right!

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Message 1          Tue Oct 28, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:08 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Rod Roddy, the flashy-dressed announcer on
"The Price Is Right" whose booming, jovial voice invited lucky audience
members to "Come on down!" for nearly 20 years, died Monday. He was believed
to have been 66.

Roddy, who suffered from colon and breast cancer, died at Century City
Hospital, according to his longtime agent, Don Pitts. He had been
hospitalized for two months.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/28/obit.roddy.ap/index.html

I was in the studio audience of "The Price is Right" once in 1998, and prior
to the show, Mr. Roddy did some stand-up comedy.  He was very funny and struck
me as a generally kind man.

-Ken

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Message 2          Tue Oct 28, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:50 PDT

I bet that was a kick to see Rod Roddy doing stand-up. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 15,  Topic 3  [MOVED]
Message 3          Wed Oct 29, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:30 PDT

Here's a similar story on Rod Roddy's passing:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=1&u=/ap/20031028/ap_en_tv
/obit_roddy

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Category 15,  Topic 3
Message 4          Sun Mar 21, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:59 PDT

I came across a song called "Come On Down (2001 White Label mix)" by the
artist Crystal Waters.  It's a dance song that starts with 1:45 of a simple
beat, then segues into a remix on the "The Price is Right" theme song.

Pretty surprising, and neat.  I like remixes. :)  It's available in CD single
format with eight different tracks/mixes.

-Ken

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Category 15,  Topic 3
Message 5          Wed Nov 01, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:16 PDT

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Bob Barker is heading toward his last
showcase, his final "Come on down."

The silver-haired daytime-TV icon is retiring in June, he told The Associated
Press on Tuesday.

"I will be 83 years old on December 12," he said, "and I've decided to retire
while I'm still young."

He'll hang up his microphone after 35 years as the host of "The Price Is
Right" and 50 years overall in television.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/31/tv.bobbarker.retires.ap/index.html

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Topic 4         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:56 PST
Sub: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Regis Philbin offers multiple-choice questions for big bucks.  Will you need
to use a lifeline?

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Category 15,  Topic 4
Message 1          Fri Aug 25, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:48 PDT

A gentleman talks about his experience auditioning for this game show:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/23/tv.millionaire.reject.ap/index.html

Another person reflects on being on the show:

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/05/millionaire/index.html

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Topic 6         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:56 PST
Sub: Hollywood Squares

When this many celebrities start improving their lines, hilarity ensues.

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Category 15,  Topic 6  [MOVED]
Message 1          Tue May 18, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 19:20 PDT

Here are some of my favorite quotes from "Hollywood Squares" in the Sixties
and Seventies:

Peter Marshall: Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

Peter Marshall: According to Cosmo, if you meet a stranger at a party and you
think he's really attractive, is it okay to come out directly and ask him if
he's married?
Rose Marie: No, wait until morning.

Peter Marshall: In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say "I
love you"?
Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.

Peter Marshall: What are "Do It", "I Can Help" and "Can't Get Enough"?
George Gobel: I don't know but it's coming from the next apartment.

Peter Marshall: As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with
your hands while you are talking?
Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing older question, Peter...and I'll give
you a gesture you'll never forget!

Peter Marshall: According to Zsa Zsa, does black look sexy on a woman?
Redd Foxx: I wouldn't have it any other way.

Peter Marshall: What are "dual purpose" cattle good for that other cattle
aren't?
Paul Lynde: They give milk and cookies...but I don't recommend the cookies!

Peter Marshall: If you find someone lying unconscious in the street, should
you do anything?
George Goebel: I'd probably crawl around him I guess.

Peter Marshall: Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Peter Marshall: Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you
going to get any during your first year?
Charley Weaver: Of course not, Peter. I'm too busy growing strawberries!

Peter Marshall: In bowling, what's a perfect score?
Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Peter Marshall: Eddie, according to the Institute of Motivational Research, a
wife should beware if another woman takes an interest in a certain item of
her husband's clothing. What item?
Ed Asner: Well, shorts immediately springs to my mind.

Peter Marshall: It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at
nudist camps. One is politics. What is the other?
Paul Lynde: Tape measurers.

Peter Marshall: True or false...a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Peter Marshall: Is there a weight limit for bags on airline flights in this
country?
Charley Weaver: If she can fit under the seat, she can fly.

Peter Marshall: During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the
closet?
Rose Marie: Unfortunately, Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.

Peter Marshall: Can boys join the camp fire girls?
Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

Peter Marshall: When you pat a dog on its head he will usually wag his tail.
What will a goose do?
Paul Lynde: Make him bark.

Peter Marshall: True or false, George...experts say there are only seven or
eight things in the world dumber than an ant.
George Gobel: Yes, and I think I voted for six of 'em.

Peter Marshall: If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth
to?
Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

Peter Marshall: According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with
getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army!

Peter Marshall: Is it possible for the puppies in a litter to have more than
one daddy?
Paul Lynde: Why, that bitch!

Peter Marshall: While visiting China, your tour guide starts shouting "Poo!
Poo! Poo!" What does that mean?
George Goebel: Cattle crossing.

Peter Marshall: It is the most abused and neglected part of your body -- what
is it?
Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused but it certainly isn't neglected!

Peter Marshall: Charley, what do you call a pig that weighs more than 150
pounds?
Charley Weaver: A divorcee.

Peter Marshall: Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on
his head, what was he trying to do?
George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

Peter Marshall: According to Movie Life magazine, Ann-Margaret would like to
start having babies soon, but her husband wants her to wait a while. Why?
Paul Lynde: He's out of town.

Peter Marshall: Dennis Weaver, Debbie Reynolds, and Shelley Winters star in
the movie "What's The Matter With Helen?" Who plays Helen?
Charley Weaver: Dennis Weaver -- that's why they asked the question.

Peter Marshall: Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or
your elephant?
Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

Peter Marshall: When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car. The rest is up to him.

Peter Marshall: James Stewart did it over 20 years ago when he was 41 years
old. Now he says it was "one of the best things I ever did." What was it?
Marty Allen: Rhonda Fleming.

Peter Marshall: Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in
them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
Charley Weaver: His feet.

Peter Marshall: If you're going to make a parachute jump, you should be at
least how high?
Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Peter Marshall: Do female frogs croak?
Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water.

Peter Marshall: You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a
man or a woman?
Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.

Peter Marshall: Your baby has a certain object which he loves to cling to.
Should you try to break him of his habit?
Joan Rivers: Yes. It's daddy's turn.

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Topic 1         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:57 PST
Sub: All My Children

"All My Children".

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Category 16,  Topic 1
Message 1          Mon Nov 27, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:27 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story unusual even for a soap opera and believed to be a
television first, ABC's "All My Children" this week will introduce a
transgender character who is beginning to make the transition from a man into
a woman.

The character, a flamboyant rock star known as Zarf, kisses the lesbian
character Bianca and much drama ensues. The storyline begins with Thursday's
episode of the daytime drama.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/27/tv.soap.transgender.ap/index.html

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Topic 4         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:57 PST
Sub: Days of Our Lives

Like sands through the hourglass...

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Category 16,  Topic 4
Message 1          Thu Nov 20, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:44 PDT

It seems there's a serial killer loose in Salem (again! viva la Salem
Strangler!).  Already, four characters who have each been on the show for
decades have died: Abe Carver; Maggie Horton; Caroline Brady; and Jack
Devereaux.

I read that Abe Carver was daytime television's longest-running black
character.  Quite an impressive run.

-Ken

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Category 16,  Topic 4
Message 2          Sat Nov 29, 2003
SARAH                        at 19:51 PDT


Wow - sounds like they are cleaning house.  How sad.  Those long-running
characters were the only good thing left on this soap opera.  Not that I watch
it anymore, but still.  :(
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Category 16,  Topic 4
Message 3          Wed Feb 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:32 PDT

And the serial killer is...

Dr. Marlena Evans?!

How can that be?  An interview with Soap Opera Digest reveals that it's not a
brain chip, evil twil, or demonic possession (all storylines we've seen with
this character, apparently).  It must be some sort of multiple personality
disorder.  There's no other way a renowned psychologist could murder so many
people - especially her own ex-husband, Roman Brady, with whom she was in
love!

-Ken

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Category 16,  Topic 4
Message 4          Wed Jun 02, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 23:05 PDT

From what little I gathered from a magazine and from watching the show at the
gym the other day, none of the characters recently murdered on "Days of Our
Lives" are actually dead.  They seem to be trapped on a remote island...

I don't understand it myself, or who's behind it.  Anyone else?

-Ken

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Category 16,  Topic 4
Message 5          Fri Jun 04, 2004
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 04:42 PDT

Heh... I heard something about this the other day; I dunno from whom -- I'm not
aware that I know anyone that watches the show regularly.  It must have seeped
into regular entertainment news somewhere.

It would certainly help deal with the surprise everyone seemed to have over all
the key people who got bumped off. :)

 --
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 16,  Topic 4
Message 6          Fri Jun 04, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:42 PDT

I wonder if this was their intention all along, or if the outcry from fans
over so many favorite characters dying was such that they backpedaled and
reversed their decision.

Even if not, I wonder how many fans already quit watching the show after the
"deaths".

-Ken

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Category 16,  Topic 4
Message 7          Mon Sep 06, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:23 PDT

I'm not sure what the point of this site is, but - it's all about children
actors who have appeared on "Days of Our Lives":

http://www.childrenofsalem.com/

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Topic 6         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 15:57 PST
Sub: General Hospital

"General Hospital".

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Category 16,  Topic 6
Message 1          Tue Nov 14, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:00 PDT

Read about Luke and Laura's second wedding, coming this Thursday:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/14/tv.luke.laura.ap/index.html

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Topic 10        Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:00 PST
Sub: The Young and the Restless

"The Young and the Restless".

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Category 16,  Topic 10
Message 1          Thu Feb 09, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:02 PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS' "The Young and the Restless" earned a leading 18 Daytime
Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including best soap opera, although no one from
its cast was nominated in the lead acting categories.

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/08/daytime.emmys.ap/index.html

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Category 16,  Topic 10
Message 2          Mon Jun 05, 2006
BBAKER                       at 09:00 PDT

I watched this for about ten years but my family finally shamed me into
stopping.  Of course I really wouldn't have stopped if I truly had cared much.
All things have to come to an end, right?

I started during the big trial that echoed the O.J. Simpson trial, that caught
my attention.  But they just keep exchanging partners, how long can that be
interesting?

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Topic 1         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:00 PST
Sub: Survivor

Who will be voted off the island?

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Category 17,  Topic 1
Message 1          Fri May 26, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:14 PDT

Seems a recent "Survivor" winner let the fame go to his head, to the
detriment of his day job:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/26/survivor.investigation.ap/index.html

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Category 17,  Topic 1
Message 2          Fri Sep 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:13 PDT

The ethnic divisions in the latest round of "Survivor" was ended after two
episodes:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/29/tv.survivor.ap/index.html

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Topic 3         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:01 PST
Sub: The Bachelor/Bachelorette

Someone may not be single for much longer!

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Category 17,  Topic 3
Message 1          Sun Oct 12, 2003
SARAH                        at 22:53 PDT


My sister is totally hooked on "The Bachelor".  It's kind of sad, really.  But,
since I go over there every Wed night after choir, I end up "getting" to watch
it.  The best part is at the end of the episode when he hands out roses to the
chicks who get to stay.  What makes that fun is watching the "rejects" get
interviewed afterwards....

     "<sob> I can't believe I had my heart broken <sob> on national
      television! <sob>"  (this was on the first episode!

     "I'm a virgin <sob> and I was <sob> saving myself for Bob!"

     "Bob and I had such a connection!  I can't believe I didn't get
      a rose! <sob>"

It's really a hoot!  <grin>
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Topic 1         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:02 PST
Sub: Johnny Carson/Jay Leno

"The Tonight Show".

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Category 18,  Topic 1
Message 1          Thu Sep 30, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:21 PDT

Jay Leno has announced that he will retire in 2009, to be replaced as host of
"The Tonight Show" by Conan O'Brien.

Full story at <http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/27/leno.obrien/index.html>

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Topic 3         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:02 PST
Sub: Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien.

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Category 18,  Topic 3
Message 1          Thu Sep 30, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 17:21 PDT

Jay Leno has announced that he will retire in 2009, to be replaced as host of
"The Tonight Show" by Conan O'Brien.

Full story at <http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/27/leno.obrien/index.html>

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Category 20 Children's Shows
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Topic 1         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:07 PST
Sub: Sesame Street

Everything's A-OK.

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Category 20,  Topic 1
Message 1          Fri Apr 08, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:42 PDT

"Sesame Street"'s Cookie Monster is now advising healthful living:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/07/tv.cookie.lessmonster.ap/index.html

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Category 20,  Topic 1
Message 2          Fri Apr 08, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:28 PDT

That's just not right.  The Cookie Monster isn't about healthy eating... he's
about the joys of tasty treats. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.



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Category 20,  Topic 1
Message 3          Sun Sep 10, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:18 PDT

Look for a three-disc, seven-hour set of "Sesame Street: Old School", spanning
the show's years from 1969 to 1974:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6386

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Topic 2         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:07 PST
Sub: Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood

Who are the people in your neighborhood?  Hosted by Fred Rogers.

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Category 20,  Topic 2
Message 1          Fri Dec 26, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 14:49 PDT

CNN.com still has their original obituary for Fred Rogers, who passed away on
February 27th.  The article includes links to several other stories about Mr.
Rogers and his show.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/27/rogers.obit/index.html

In October, a hardcover book entitled "The World According to Mister Rogers"
was published, and collects many of his quotes and views on life.  The ISBN is
1401301061.

-Ken

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Category 20,  Topic 2
Message 2          Tue Oct 05, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:00 PDT

DVDs of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood will be available next year:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2283&Nav=yes

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Category 20,  Topic 2
Message 3          Tue Jan 18, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:30 PDT

Look for a "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" DVD on April 12th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2708

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Category 20,  Topic 2
Message 4          Tue Jan 25, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 04:44 PDT

Another "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" DVD comes with a toy - a Trolley, or a
"Speedy Delivery" Mail Truck.

All "Mr. Rogers" DVDs released on that day come warmly bundled in their own
sweater:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2752

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Category 20,  Topic 2
Message 5          Fri Jan 28, 2005
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:54 PDT

Hehehe... that' kinda neat. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.


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Category 20,  Topic 2
Message 6          Sun Aug 07, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:00 PDT

Look for a special "Going to School" themed DVD box set of this show on August
16th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3856

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Topic 3         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:08 PST
Sub: Captain Kangaroo

"Captain Kangaroo" ran from 1955 - 1984 and was hosted by Robert Keeshan.

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Category 20,  Topic 3
Message 1          Fri Oct 03, 2003
SARAH                        at 20:16 PDT

Anyone else think that Angelina Jolie's lips are remniscent (sp?) of the lips
on Grandfather Clock on this show?  :)

Sarah
a.k.a. Mrs. Sheppy

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Category 20,  Topic 3
Message 2          Sat Oct 04, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 17:42 PDT

>>>Anyone else think that Angelina Jolie's lips

Her lips are at the center of a weird face in general.  If I met her in
person, I'd be worrying that she was about to go for my throat. :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 20,  Topic 3
Message 3          Fri Jan 23, 2004
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 11:59 PDT

Bob Keeshan, aka Captain Kangaroo, passed away this morning.

More details in Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 30.

Mr. Keeshan had the same birthday as my mother.  I'm sorry they won't be able
to celebrate together anymore. :(

-Ken

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Topic 6         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:10 PST
Sub: Reading Rainbow

LeVar Burton introduces kids to some of the best children's books.

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Category 20,  Topic 6
Message 1          Sun Dec 18, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:05 PDT

"Reading Rainbow" is once again up for cancellation.  Sign this online
petition to keep it going strong:

http://savereadingrainbow.org/

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Topic 7         Sat Sep 13, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 16:10 PST
Sub: Blue's Clues

Can you solve the mystery?  Blue will help!

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Category 20,  Topic 7
Message 1          Tue Mar 22, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 03:14 PDT

"Blue's Clues: The Legend of the Blue Puppy" will be included on this DVD
release of Nick Jr shows on May 24th:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=4720
http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=43131

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Topic 3         Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 17:47 PST
Sub: A&E

Arts & Entertainment.

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Category 23,  Topic 3
Message 1          Wed Sep 17, 2003
SYNDICOMM                    at 15:29 PDT

I miss being able to watch Law & Order six hours a day on A&E. :)

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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Topic 7         Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 17:50 PST
Sub: CBS

Columbia Broadcasting Service.

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Category 23,  Topic 7
Message 1          Fri Oct 31, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 15:14 PDT

75 years of CBS:
Network celebrates diamond anniversary with Sunday special

NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS is pitching its 75th anniversary bash as "your favorite
stars all in one room for one night only!"

Story continues at
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/31/apontv.cbsat75.ap/index.html

See also:
http://www.cbs.com/specials/cbs_75/

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Category 23,  Topic 7
Message 2          Wed Mar 09, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:11 PDT

Dan Rather will sign off from the "CBS Evening News" tonight:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/09/tv.cbs.rather.ap/index.html

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Category 23,  Topic 7
Message 3          Fri Mar 24, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:08 PDT

CBS: coming soon to your local produce aisle.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/03/23/cbs.supermarkets.ap/index.html

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Topic 28        Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 17:56 PST
Sub: PBS

Public Broacast System.

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Category 23,  Topic 28  [MOVED]
Message 1          Sun Jul 10, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:49 PDT

In case anyone ever receives a forwarded email regarding funding for PBS and
"Sesame Street" and the like being cut, please don't forward it further:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/arts/pbs.asp

PBS is safe for now.

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Category 23,  Topic 28
Message 2          Sun Jul 10, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:50 PDT

Has anyone seen the PBS documentary "Triumph of the Nerds"?  Cast list at
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115398/>, where it has a 9/10 fan rating, and
sold at <http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=1978852> where it
is described as follows:

"It happened more or less by accident; the people who made it happen were
amateurs; and for the most part they still are. From his own Silicon Valley
garage, author Bob Cringely puts PC bigshots and nerds on the spot, and tells
their incredible true stories. Like the industry itself, the series is
informative, funny and brash."

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Topic 30        Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 17:57 PST
Sub: Sci-Fi Channel

Science fiction's home.

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Category 23,  Topic 30
Message 1          Wed Sep 17, 2003
SYNDICOMM                    at 15:31 PDT

I miss when Babylon 5 was on every day on SciFi at a reasonable hour of the
day.  It's on ridiculously early now. :)

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Topic 31        Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 17:57 PST
Sub: Showtime/Flix

Showtime/Flix.

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Category 23,  Topic 31
Message 1          Thu Oct 27, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 08:01 PDT

Watch Showtimes' "Masters of Horror" series, beginning tomorrow night:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/27/apontv.mastersofhorror.ap/index.html

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Topic 32        Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 17:57 PST
Sub: Spike TV

Spike TV (formerly The Nashville Network, or TNN).

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Category 23,  Topic 32
Message 1          Wed Sep 17, 2003
SYNDICOMM                    at 15:33 PDT

Talk about a bizarre concept.  These guys are airing a twisted combination of
science fiction, semi-pornographic cartoons, and tacky sports.

I wish there were a better place to get my Star Trek TNG fix, but apparently
Spike has a lock on all the modern-era Star Trek series for the forseeable
future.

--
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                    sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                      http://www.syndicomm.com
                       Building communities, bit by bit.

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Category 23,  Topic 32
Message 2          Wed Sep 24, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 20:25 PDT

Replying to 'SYNDICOMM          ' in Category 23 Topic 32:

> Talk about a bizarre concept.  These guys are airing a twisted
> combination of science fiction, semi-pornographic cartoons, and tacky
> sports.

Even more bizarre.  Spike TV, is what is left of The National Network
(TNN) that before that was The Nashville Network.  I believe the concept
behind the network is supposed to be a network for "guys".

Bizarre Stuff indeed.


Dain Neater
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Topic 36        Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 17:58 PST
Sub: UPN

United Paramount Network.

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Category 23,  Topic 36
Message 1          Wed Sep 17, 2003
SYNDICOMM                    at 15:33 PDT

Is there anything on UPN worth watching other than Enterprise?

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Message 2          Wed Sep 24, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:53 PDT

I doubt it, Sheppy.  After UPN's first year on the air, they cancelled all
their launch shows except Star Trek: Voyager.

Is the new Twilight Zone that I didn't care for still on?  What about Jake 2.0,
is that any good?

-Ken

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Message 3          Wed Sep 24, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:35 PDT

>>>Is the new Twilight Zone that I didn't care for still on?  What about Jake
2.0, is that any good?

I generally have liked the new Twiligyht Zone fairly well.

I saw the premiere of Jake 2.0 and it was interesting.  I'm not sure it will
work in the long run, but it was kind of fun to watch.  I meant to record it
tonight and forgot.

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Message 4          Thu Sep 25, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 05:21 PDT

Does UPN have the same market penetration as the other networks?  I recall
that when Voyager first aired, its ratings were lower than previous Star
Treks, due partly to it being the first one to be carried on Paramount's own
channel and not one of the existing, major ones.

-Ken

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Message 5          Thu Sep 25, 2003
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 14:30 PDT

>>>Does UPN have the same market penetration as the other networks?

It's pretty close nowadays.

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Category 23,  Topic 36
Message 6          Thu Sep 25, 2003
A2.DAIN [Dain]               at 21:13 PDT

Replying to 'Ken' in Category 23 Topic 36:

> Does UPN have the same market penetration as the other networks?  I
> recall that when Voyager first aired, its ratings were lower than
> previous Star Treks, due partly to it being the first one to be
carried
> on Paramount's own channel and not one of the existing, major ones.

We don't have an official UPN network here.  There is a Fox network that
carries Star Trek, and it used to carry Buffy the Vampire slayer.

So there are still some gaps.

Dain


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Message 7          Sun Jan 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:35 PDT

UPN and The WB Combine to Form "The CW"

The United Paramount Network, UPN -- which launched 11 years ago with the
premiere of Star Trek: Voyager and was also home to Star Trek: Enterprise --
will cease to exist later this year as it merges with The WB to form a new
network, called "The CW."

The announcement -- which caught the business world by surprise -- was made
this morning by executives of CBS Corp. and Warner Bros. Entertainment, which
each will own 50% of the joint venture.

"This new network will serve the public with high-quality programming and
maintain our ongoing commitment to our diverse audience," said Leslie
Moonves, chief executive of CBS. "It will clearly be greater than the sum of
its parts."

The CW Television Network will combine the programming of UPN and WB,
including Smallville, Supernatural, Veronica Mars, Everybody Hates Chris, WWE
Smackdown, etc. The new fifth network will launch in the fall of 2006, and
will be carried on Tribune Broadcasting stations -- such as WGN in Chicago,
WPIX in New York, and KTLA in Los Angeles -- along with selected other UPN
and WB affiliates.

Story continues at
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15254.html

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Message 8          Mon Jun 05, 2006
BBAKER                       at 09:01 PDT

Does anyone watch Supernatural.

It also will include Gilmore Girls, Seventh Heaven, and One Tree Hill.

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Message 9          Wed Jun 07, 2006
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:05 PDT

I thought this past season was the last season of 7th Heaven.

I can't imagine "The CW" ditching Gilmore Girls, but who knows... I don't think
they've decided yet what to keep and what to toss.

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Message 10         Sat Jul 29, 2006
BBAKER                       at 18:41 PDT

Gilmore Girls and Seventh Heaven stay with CW.  I lost interest a long time
ago but Seventh Heaven keeps on plugging along.

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Topic 37        Tue Sep 16, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 17:58 PST
Sub: WB

Warner Bros.

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Message 1          Sun Jan 29, 2006
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:35 PDT

UPN and The WB Combine to Form "The CW"

The United Paramount Network, UPN -- which launched 11 years ago with the
premiere of Star Trek: Voyager and was also home to Star Trek: Enterprise --
will cease to exist later this year as it merges with The WB to form a new
network, called "The CW."

The announcement -- which caught the business world by surprise -- was made
this morning by executives of CBS Corp. and Warner Bros. Entertainment, which
each will own 50% of the joint venture.

"This new network will serve the public with high-quality programming and
maintain our ongoing commitment to our diverse audience," said Leslie
Moonves, chief executive of CBS. "It will clearly be greater than the sum of
its parts."

The CW Television Network will combine the programming of UPN and WB,
including Smallville, Supernatural, Veronica Mars, Everybody Hates Chris, WWE
Smackdown, etc. The new fifth network will launch in the fall of 2006, and
will be carried on Tribune Broadcasting stations -- such as WGN in Chicago,
WPIX in New York, and KTLA in Los Angeles -- along with selected other UPN
and WB affiliates.

Story continues at
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/15254.html

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Topic 1   CLOSED Mon Mar 14, 2005
KGAGNE                       at 09:18 PST
Sub: About This Category

About this category.

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Message 1          Mon Mar 14, 2005
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 09:18 PDT

Categories 30-38 contain topics about movies, theaters, and Hollywood.

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Topic 1         Wed Sep 17, 2003
KGAGNE                       at 13:23 PST
Sub: Misc. Movie Discussion

Discussion for miscellaneous movies, whether on video or in theaters.

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Message 1          Wed Sep 17, 2003
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:23 PDT

Anyone ever want to clack coconut shells together?  This castle's curator can
lend you some:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/09/15/python.castle.ap/index.html

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Message 2          Sun Apr 07, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 11:54 PDT

Sarah and I went to see Clockstoppers last night.  It was a cute movie.
Definitely targeted at a teenage and pre-teen audience though.  Still, kind of
fun.

Sarah and I had a long discussion about relativity theory afterward. :)

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Message 3          Sun Apr 07, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 18:10 PDT

Hey, is this a new topic?  I've been wondering where to post stuff like this.
:)

I like time-based movies, but the reviews of Clockstoppers were very negative.
Basically called it a one-gimmick show.

-Ken

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Message 4          Sun Apr 07, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:18 PDT

>>>I like time-based movies, but the reviews of Clockstoppers were very
negative.

Well, I thought it was okay.  The visual effects are great; watching things
happen in extreme slow motion as the characters interact is amazingly cool.

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Message 8          Mon Apr 15, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 07:10 PDT

>>>10 out of 10? Nope. Worth seeing? Yep!

Thanks for the review! :)

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Message 9          Fri Apr 26, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 13:39 PDT

I saw "The Scorpion King" today.  It's a basic action-adventure film, like its
predecessors (which you need not have seen at all).  The Rock gives a solid
(heh) performance; his acting, build, and the presence of the sidekick gives
the movie a very "Hercules"/Kevin Sorbo feel to it.

Also, the language - vocabulary, flow, and accents - are modern.  When a film
is set in a distant time or place, I like to feel I'm really there.  "The
Scorpion King" didn't excel in this area.

-Ken

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Message 10         Fri Apr 26, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 19:40 PDT

>>>Also, the language - vocabulary, flow, and accents - are modern.

This does make the film more accessible to the less educationally gifted. :)

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Message 11         Wed May 01, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 09:57 PDT

Well, I've gone to see three movies that were really on my "I'd like to rent
that someday" list.  Since Sarah's out of town, I get bored. :)

"Panic Room" was great, and if you haven't seen it yet, check it out.  It's a
good bit of fun, and is fairly original in some respects.

"Changing Lanes" was IMHO kind of dull.  A so-so movie made even less
interesting because the trailer and TV ads give away 90% of the story.

"The Scorpion King" was eye candy, and not exactly great eye candy.  It was
moderately fun to watch but wasn't very engaging, and for an 88-minute movie,
it was a pretty long two hours. :)

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Message 12         Tue Jun 04, 2002
KWS                          at 05:55 PDT

I saw "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" a couple days ago.  If you like
collegial (as in, college level) grossout humor, you'll love this movie.

It's sort of like if Ferris Bueller went to college for 7 years (and not
because he was getting his doctorate!)

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Message 13         Tue Jun 04, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 06:17 PDT

I recently rented "Waking Life", an animated film that had a small release
last fall and was released on video & DVD on May 7th of this year.  It uses a
very interesting art style: the entire movie was filmed with live people, who
were then painted over to produce an animated film. (Macintosh computers were
used for much of this process)

The movie is a series of vignettes that contain deep discussions on the
meaning of life.  It's a very cerebral film that requires you pay attention.
Some parts are a bit overbearing, but overall it's a fun film.

-Ken

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Message 14         Tue Jun 04, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 06:55 PDT

>>>I recently rented "Waking Life", an animated film that had a small release
last fall and was released on video & DVD on May 7th of this year.  It uses a
very interesting art style: the entire movie was filmed with live people, who
were then painted over to produce an animated film.

Hm.  I haven't heard of this one.  Interesting, doing an entire film with
rotoscoping.

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Message 15         Tue Jun 04, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 10:08 PDT

> Interesting, doing an entire film with rotoscoping.

Thanks, Shep - that is indeed the right word for this technique.

Almost everything in "Waking Life" is moving; almost nothing is the same from
one animation frame to the next.  Tables shift, bottles float, squiggles on a
wall move.  But the characters and their movements are incredibly lifelike,
and additional animated extras help visualize what they're talking about.
There are some funny bits, too.  Good flick.

The only reason I heard of this film at all was from the Apple e-newsletter
"QuickTime News".

-Ken

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Message 16         Tue Jun 04, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 12:49 PDT


>>>I recently rented "Waking Life", an animated film that had a small release
last fall and was released on video & DVD on May 7th of this year.  It uses a
very interesting art style: the entire movie was filmed with live people, who
were then painted over to produce an animated film. <<<<

That's how the first "Lord of the Rings" movie was done, BTW.

> The only reason I heard of this film at all was from the Apple
> e-newsletter "QuickTime News".

You know, I was surprised, last night, to follow a link from the Quicktime
news, to the Atom Films website, only to find that the clip they were
promoting in the Quicktime News was not available in Quicktime format?  I had
to install the Windows Media player (blechh) to see the clip. Why would they
do that?

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Message 17         Sat Jun 08, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:07 PDT

Sarah and I went to see "The Sum of All Fears" today.  It was pretty good,
although I agree with Sarah that the nuking of Baltimore got short shrift.  It
could have been more spectacular. :)

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Message 18         Wed Jul 10, 2002
CINDYADAMS [Cindy]           at 06:40 PDT

I have been very interested in the Navajo Codetalkers since I moved to
Arizona. So of course, I was very excited to go see Windtalkers.  Wrong!

There was very little about the Codetalkers and their jobs. It was defintely a
blood and guts WWII movie, if that's what you like.

Cindy

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Message 19         Wed Jul 10, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 12:13 PDT

Cindy,

I saw Windtalkers a few weeks ago.  The main character is definitely Nicholas
Cage, not the Windtalker.  Fairly unrealistic in its action, too: Cage escaped
at least grenades exploding immediately in front of him.

I've never noticed this about other war movies, but in Windtalkers, I saw that
every Japanese death was a glorious victory, while each American casualty was
portrayed in horrifying and painful slow motion.  A bit biased...

-Ken

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Message 20         Wed Jul 10, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 13:39 PDT

>>>There was very little about the Codetalkers and their jobs. It was
defintely a blood and guts WWII movie, if that's what you like.

John Woo movie.  What do you expect? :)

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Message 22         Thu Aug 01, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 07:40 PDT

I keep hearing that "The Bourne Identity" with Matt Damon is a remake of an
older film.  True?  If so, what is that older film?

-Ken

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Message 23         Thu Aug 01, 2002
STEVER [Steve]               at 11:27 PDT

 > I keep hearing that "The Bourne Identity" with Matt Damon is a remake of an
 > older film.  True?  If so, what is that older film?

The book was first made into a TV miniseries starring Richard "Mr. Miniseries"
Chamberlain in 1988.  Whether that qualifies the recent theatrical release as
a remake is debatable.

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Message 24         Tue Aug 13, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 20:34 PDT

This weekend I rented "GalaxyQuest", featuring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver,
and Alan Ruckman.  Everyone told me it was great, but I was hesitant; the ads
made it look goofy.  It turned out to be a really good film - not as good as
all my friends think, but still enjoyable.

Tony Shalhoub, formerly of the TV show "Wings", was great here. :)

This movie is made funnier if you're a Trekkie/Trekker.  There are plenty of
spoofs of both the show and its audience.

-Ken

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Message 25         Tue Aug 13, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 23:10 PDT

GalaxyQuest is a lot of fun.  Not a great movie, but a very fun one to watch,
especially with friends -- and even more so, if you and your friends are
Trekkies. :)

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Message 26         Wed Aug 14, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 11:52 PDT

> > >Ken mentioned:
> This weekend I rented "GalaxyQuest",

I thought it was a cute movie.  I loved the fact that the teenage fans knew
more about the ship than the actors.  That was the most realistic thing about
the movie. :)

Another one not to be missed, (but don't bother watching a second time) is
"Free Enterprise", where these 2 aspiring film-makers, who just happen to be
avid trekkies, run into and befriend William Shatner, played by himself.  One
of the funny aspects of the film is that Shatner protrays himself as someone
with a self-esteem problem.

Of course, anyone who has bothered to pay attention knows that one thing old
Bill DOESN'T lack is self-esteem. :)

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Message 27         Fri Aug 16, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:10 PDT

Tonight I saw, for the first time, the movie "WarGames", starring Matthew
Broderick.

What a great movie!  It makes me wish I'd been born sooner, that I could more
fully appreciate the early days of computing.  Forget "Terminator 2"; SkyNet
has nothing on WOPR. <g>

There were some fantastic moments throughout the movie, and the last 10-15
minutes or so really had me excited.  I feel almost silly admitting that,
considering how primitive the computers in the movie are compared to today's
standards.  Then again, not many people don't have computers capable of
global thermonuclear war.

Eek.  Is there a sequel? :)

-Ken

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Message 28         Sat Aug 17, 2002
CINDYADAMS [Cindy]           at 08:24 PDT

>for the first time, the movie "WarGames",

What a classic!! We still say lines from that movie!

Cindy

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Message 29         Sat Aug 17, 2002
SYNDICOMM [Sheppy]           at 21:16 PDT

>>>Tonight I saw, for the first time, the movie "WarGames", starring Matthew
Broderick.

Good lord.  You've lived a sad, sad, deprived life. :)

WarGames is THE computer geek movie. :)

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Message 30         Mon Aug 19, 2002
TCOMPTER                     at 09:13 PDT


> Tonight I saw, for the first time, the movie "WarGames", starring Matthew
> Broderick.

Wow, I thought everybody had seen that one.  A classic in the "Let's make a
movie about computers and ignore all reality about what computers are capable
of." genre.  Actually, is may have been THE movie to establish the "teenager
computer hacker" cliche' in hollywood.   It certainly made use of the "all
military personnel, especially officers, are idiots" cliche'.

(Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie too.   :)


> Eek.  Is there a sequel? :)

Not that I'm aware of.

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Message 31         Tue Aug 20, 2002
KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 21:20 PDT

Another movie I recently rented is "Final Destination", starring nobody in
particular (except maybe Stiffler from "American Pie") and released in 2000.
The premise of the film is that seven high school students cheat death by
disembarking a plane shortly before it takes off and explodes.  Now death is
out to collect on what should've been its from the beginning: those seven
lives.

It's a tense movie with plenty of red herrings.  It throws out teasers that
keep you on the edge of your seat, and finally, when thi