Movie info: _Once Upon a Honeymoon_
Petrea Mitchell
ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON AT&T 1956 14.5 min color
produced by Jerry Fairbanks Productions
Jeff, a young composer, struggles to write a hit tune as Mary, his wife,
dances to her wishing song. The rhythmical click of the dial telephone
inspires Jerry's song. Shows how the color and convenience of today's
telephone arrangements keep pace with modern living.
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>
> I came across this in _Educational Film Guide 1954-1958_...
>
> ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON AT&T 1956 14.5 min color
> produced by Jerry Fairbanks Productions
>
> Jeff, a young composer, struggles to write a hit tune as Mary, his wife,
> dances to her wishing song. The rhythmical click of the dial telephone
> inspires Jerry's song. Shows how the color and convenience of today's
> telephone arrangements keep pace with modern living.
>
> You figure it out, folks. ObPlug: this info has been added to
> http://www.mvp.com/~pravn/mst3k/season7.html
>
An AT&T promtional film? On MST3K?
Forgive me while I feel somewhat...proud...for just a moment.
<*Attach Mike-and-Darrin.posed.proudly.in.front.of.an.AT&T.Logo.JPG*>
Mike "That's enough of that, I think...." Czaplinski
mike.cz...@washingtondc.attgis.com
Tony Redman
Petrea Mitchell <pem...@is2.nyu.edu> wrote:
> I came across this in _Educational Film Guide 1954-1958_...
>
>ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON AT&T 1956 14.5 min color
>produced by Jerry Fairbanks Productions
>
>Jeff, a young composer, struggles to write a hit tune as Mary, his wife,
>dances to her wishing song. The rhythmical click of the dial telephone
>inspires Jerry's song. Shows how the color and convenience of today's
>telephone arrangements keep pace with modern living.
>
that you would have access to _Educational Film Guide 1954-1958_.
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YOU WILL.
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Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, pem...@is2.nyu.edu (Petrea Mitchell) says:
> I came across this in _Educational Film Guide 1954-1958_...
>
>ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON AT&T 1956 14.5 min color
>produced by Jerry Fairbanks Productions
>
>Jeff, a young composer, struggles to write a hit tune as Mary, his wife,
>dances to her wishing song. The rhythmical click of the dial telephone
>inspires Jerry's song. Shows how the color and convenience of today's
>telephone arrangements keep pace with modern living.
It sounds like a cross between "A Young Man's Fancy" and "Design for
Dreaming." Oooh, I feel unwell.
Bridget, get your Nuveena costume ready!
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
who has never danced within 15 feet of a telephone, not after that
restraining order...
--
Doug Elrod
<mike.cz...@washingtondc.attgis.com> wrote:
> pem...@is2.nyu.edu (Petrea Mitchell) wrote:
> > I came across this in _Educational Film Guide 1954-1958_...
> > ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON AT&T 1956 14.5 min color
>
> An AT&T promtional film? On MST3K?
> Forgive me while I feel somewhat...proud...for just a moment.
> <*Attach Mike-and-Darrin.posed.proudly.in.front.of.an.AT&T.Logo.JPG*>
>
> Mike "That's enough of that, I think...." Czaplinski
Has anyone seen a short that the Bell System put out about
safe driving? It starred David Wayne. It might be too good
for MSTing because it seemed to have a subtle sense of humor about
fatal accidents (or maybe I am just seeing things through an
MST3K perspective :-)).
-Doug Elrod (dr...@cornell.edu) "Why don't they look?"
Mike Czaplinski
>
>
> In a previous article, pem...@is2.nyu.edu (Petrea Mitchell) says:
>
> >
> >ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON AT&T 1956 14.5 min color
> >
> >Jeff, a young composer, struggles to write a hit tune as Mary, his wife,
> >dances to her wishing song. The rhythmical click of the dial telephone
> >inspires Jerry's song. Shows how the color and convenience of today's
> >telephone arrangements keep pace with modern living.
>
> It sounds like a cross between "A Young Man's Fancy" and "Design for
> Dreaming." Oooh, I feel unwell.
>
> Bridget, get your Nuveena costume ready!
>
Oh, don't torture me like that, Perri.....
Mike "Don't get my...hopes...up like that...." Czaplinski
mike.cz...@washingtondc.attgis.com
Petrea Mitchell
: I don't know what's scarier: the description of this short or the fact
: that you would have access to _Educational Film Guide 1954-1958_.
Say what you will about NYU, but it has one of the best film/video
schools in the country, and the library holdings to prove it!
ObMST3K: I also have access to _Educational Film Guide 1953_, which de-
tails an apparent sequel to _X Marks the Spot_: _Joe Doakes and the Five-
Quart Gallon_. It doesn't say anything about whiny guardian angels, but
neither does its description of _X Marks the Spot_...
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: "DID YOU KNOW...that before infomercials companies had to make short movies
: tying in their products with whatever lame concept they could dream up?
: YOU WILL.
: And the company that brought it to you? AT&T..."
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, mike.cz...@washingtondc.attgis.com (Mike Czaplinski) says:
>> It sounds like a cross between "A Young Man's Fancy" and "Design for
>> Dreaming." Oooh, I feel unwell.
>>
>> Bridget, get your Nuveena costume ready!
>>
>
>Oh, don't torture me like that, Perri.....
But Mike, I live to torture you... to dangle thoughts of Nuveena blithely
dancing through the SOL, clad in wispy white dress and serenading you
like a nightengale in a dream...
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
who won't even mention her hair, softly scented with wisteria...
--
Amy Ashton
>>Oh, don't torture me like that, Perri.....
>
>But Mike, I live to torture you... to dangle thoughts of Nuveena blithely
>dancing through the SOL, clad in wispy white dress and serenading you
>like a nightengale in a dream...
You know Perri, what with the Coleman Francis in Speedo reference,
you're asking for it...
Amy
... she may very well be sentenced to TOR-CHAR!!
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, cj...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Amy Ashton) says:
>
>>>Oh, don't torture me like that, Perri.....
>>
>>But Mike, I live to torture you... to dangle thoughts of Nuveena blithely
>>dancing through the SOL, clad in wispy white dress and serenading you
>>like a nightengale in a dream...
>
>You know Perri, what with the Coleman Francis in Speedo reference,
>you're asking for it...
Do your worst... remember, I spent four years living in Silicon Valley,
interacting with (and dating) only engineers and programmers. I am immune
to further psychological damage!
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
standing tall against the forces of evil,
an amazing feat for someone who's 4'11"
--
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) says:
>: >You know Perri, what with the Coleman Francis in Speedo reference,
>: >you're asking for it...
>
>: Do your worst... remember, I spent four years living in Silicon Valley,
>: interacting with (and dating) only engineers and programmers. I am immune
>: to further psychological damage!
>
> Five minutes talking with me face-to-face would change your mind,
>I'm sure. I have these phermones, ya see... they drive 1 woman in 100
>absolutely crazy with lust, have no effect on 9 in 100, and make 90 out of
>100 think I'm psychotically dangerous.
> I think I'm going to start wearing leather and stuff so maybe I
>can pass for the attractive kind of psychotic dangerous...
Don't forget the chains worn looped around your neck and waist. I
simply cannot resist a man who can double as a snow tire.
>: standing tall against the forces of evil,
>: an amazing feat for someone who's 4'11"
>
> 4'11"? If you're a brunette, I'm moving to Buffalo. :)
I am indeed a brunette... but if you go to Buffalo, all you'll find are
spicy chicken wings and a freenet board to which I telnet (because I'm
too cheap to pay for a shell account yet).
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
soon to be hn...@freenet.Cleveland.edu because Buffalo is kicking out
non-NY residents at the end of the year
(and I'm not in Cleveland, either...)
--
emily w. salus
Perri E. Mongan <bp...@freenet.buffalo.edu> wrote:
>
>Don't forget the chains worn looped around your neck and waist. I
>simply cannot resist a man who can double as a snow tire.
Perri, You are one froopy chick. I like you. And Col Di's comment was
also worth several gold stars as well...lewd, but amusing...
>soon to be hn...@freenet.Cleveland.edu because Buffalo is kicking out
>non-NY residents at the end of the year
>
>(and I'm not in Cleveland, either...)
A pity. It's only 2 1/2 hours away...
emily-mike, trapped in the hell that is NW Ohio...
emily w. salus
>Subaru, I once drove through the aftermath of a snowstorm with great
>confidence and traction... didn't realize until I got home that I still
>had regular tires rather than snow tires... I love Subarus...)
Subaru owners of the universe unite! (So there, Blair! :P )
Though they do such an amazingly hideous job of plowing around here that
I do tend to slide around a bit on the road if I'm not really careful.
That fine art of plowing so there's just enough snow left to melt, freeze
overnight, and cause catastrophes in the morning... Not to mention that
around here they plow the snow into the center line of the road so that
turning cars have to go over or through it and driving lanes are
decreased in width by about 2 or 3 feet.
emily, looking forward to another hideous winter...
Soundwave [Chad Gould]
: > That's okay. If it weren't allergy season (and I had something to
: >go on, I'd just track you by scent). As it is, I'll probably have to
: >resort to the "Mike Hammer" method of investigation to find you. (For
: >people unfamiliar with the Mike Hammer character, the usual method of
: >solving a mystery involved beating the crap out of people who might know
: >something).
: The scent you need to track is a combination of Estee Lauder
: "Sunflowers", laser printer toner, and cat fur. Since all four cats are
: shedding right now, the latter is the strongest clue.
So, the only obstacle left now is for Kevin not to take the Ator method
of finding someone (ie, getting so hopelessly sidetracked by doing
goodwill missions that the original mission is all but lost until one
builds a hangglider.)
(I personally must be warned, for I have four cats. And Kevin "Mike"
Hammer could come around and accidentally beat the crap out of me.)
: > So I'll split the difference and wade around in Lake Erie.
: You'll dissolve.
Mmm... sugary dissolvy cotton candy in Lake Er... <collapse>
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internet: cgo...@gate.net (Hell Inc.) |-----"MOVE YOUR CAR!!!!!!!"-----|
Have you hugged your llama today? |Make Happy the Harmonica Happy!!|
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Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, esa...@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu (emily w. salus) says:
>In article <DF81L...@freenet.buffalo.edu>,
>Perri E. Mongan <bp...@freenet.buffalo.edu> wrote:
>>
>>It's an AWD Subaru. We don't need no stinkin' snow chains. (in a previous
>>Subaru, I once drove through the aftermath of a snowstorm with great
>>confidence and traction... didn't realize until I got home that I still
>>had regular tires rather than snow tires... I love Subarus...)
>
>Subaru owners of the universe unite! (So there, Blair! :P )
>
>Though they do such an amazingly hideous job of plowing around here that
>I do tend to slide around a bit on the road if I'm not really careful.
The trouble around here is only partially related to plowing. The locals
aren't too calm about snow, even though we get it every winter. "AAHH!
SNOWFLAKES! PANIC!!!!" A couple centimeters of the stuff, and it's chaos
time. Plus it's not the coldest spot around, so the top layer melts in the
daylight and freezes over at night. Hills are always entertaining! I once
visited a friend who lived high in the hills of lovely Pasadena. As we
drove up steep and winding streets, my first thought was "how do they
manage this in the winter?" Guess I'll never pass for a native
Californian. Even after living there for four years, I still looked at
steep roads with trepidation and thoughts of snow chains. :-)
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
who was equally amused by the Californians who freaked out when it rained
--
Perri E. Mongan
(changing the thread title in a vain effort to stay on topic...)
In a previous article, esa...@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu (emily w. salus) says:
>In article <DF837...@freenet.buffalo.edu>,
>Perri E. Mongan <bp...@freenet.buffalo.edu> wrote:
>
>>who has seen the hell that is SE Ohio... egads
>
>My sincere sympathy. I've driven down I-75 through Cincinatti, East on
>both I-80 and I-90 through Cleveland and west on I-80. Anything to get
>out of this state... This harkens back to the while-ago thread on the
>most boring highway to drive...
I drove coast-to-coast once, and for sheer boredom, it was difficult to
top I-70 through Ohio. I thought that it would be exciting compared to
the entire I-70 stretch through Nebraska and eastern Colorado, but I
actually enjoyed the bleak rolling landscape. (Coleman Francis would have
loved it!) I-80 along the Great Salt Lake was the worst-smelling stretch
of highway, even worse than the Delaware Memorial Bridge and its chemical
plants (which is at least short - the lake goes on for about 100 miles).
My older brother used to live in SE Ohio. Not one of your more thrilling
residential areas, but at least he lived on the WV-OH border - the fabled
Ohio Effect didn't have time to kick in.
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
who will fly the next time she needs to go to California
--
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) says:
>: It's an AWD Subaru. We don't need no stinkin' snow chains. (in a previous
>: Subaru, I once drove through the aftermath of a snowstorm with great
>: confidence and traction... didn't realize until I got home that I still
>: had regular tires rather than snow tires... I love Subarus...)
>
> I always end up doing that in big, American cars with rear-wheel
>drive and near-bald tires. Fun fun.
I've done that, too. That's why I switched to Subarus. (mind you, I
wouldn't say no to an AWD Porsche 911 as a substitute...) But I do kinda
miss the 1971 Plymouth Valiant that I drove in my high school days.
Painfully ugly car (inherited from grandma - 'nuff said), but nostalgia
puts a glossy sheen (or a Martin Sheen?) over anything.
>: The scent you need to track is a combination of Estee Lauder
>: "Sunflowers", laser printer toner, and cat fur. Since all four cats are
>: shedding right now, the latter is the strongest clue.
>
> Hm, cat fur. One of the few substances on earth I'm *not*
>allergic to (got two of my own). Of the three, "Sunflowers" is the only
>scent I don't know--kind of a sad statement on my life, really. "Old man
>Mowery? Well, he has these cats, and he can smell laser printer toner a
>mile away, but can't identify "sunflowers"."
Well, it doesn't smell like the sunflowers in my garden (which smell like
birds). It's one of those pretty, floral, ridiculously overpriced
designer fragrances. But I like it.
>: I think the only person here who knows where I live is Amy Ashton. But I
>: warn you, she's got a mean left hook.
>
> Well, I'm gonna get beat up, it might as well be be a femal
>MiSTie. I'd rather, in fact.
Hey Amy! Kevin has given you permission to beat him up! Opportunities
like this should not be wasted...
> And besides again, aren't stupid, near-fatal gestures seen in a
>romantic light anymore?
If you want a stupid, near-fatal gesture, show up on my doorstep and ask
to bathe Coaster. He's a very powerful, very easily-startled, very very
stupid cat. And he needs a bath. I'll provide the shampoo, you bring your
HMO paperwork.
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
--
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, cgo...@gate.net (Soundwave [Chad Gould]) says:
>So, the only obstacle left now is for Kevin not to take the Ator method
>of finding someone (ie, getting so hopelessly sidetracked by doing
>goodwill missions that the original mission is all but lost until one
>builds a hangglider.)
Don't forget the little bombs that he could drop from his hangglider.
I've never been terribly fond of one of my neighbors...
Does this mean I have to wear a pie plate and fur, come *this* close to
being killed several times, and *still* lose the guy in the end? "Kevin,
I know you have much dangerous work ahead of you. Uh, don't expect me to
wait around while you're saving the world."
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
Penelope, I ain't
--
Kevin Mowery
: In article <DF837...@freenet.buffalo.edu>,: >
: >It's several hours away from here... it's been about ten years since I
: >was last in Cleveland! All I remember is a traffic jam. Do they have
: >buildings as well?
: Well, from a distance there seem to be, but once you're there, it's just
: traffic. And dead man's curve. Who was the brilliant person who put a
: right angle turn on an interstate in the middle of a congested city?
If you watch "Ghost in the Machine", Cleveland also has mountains
and palm trees.
: >who has seen the hell that is SE Ohio... egads
: My sincere sympathy. I've driven down I-75 through Cincinatti, East on
: both I-80 and I-90 through Cleveland and west on I-80. Anything to get
: out of this state... This harkens back to the while-ago thread on the
: most boring highway to drive...
It's just a different form of hell from the rest of Ohio.
: emily, not as off-topic as it might seem, or at least trying to justify
: her posts.
--
Kevin "No Nickname" Mowery (kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us)
The other day upon the stair/I met a man who wasn't there/
He wasn't there again today/I think he's with the C.I.A.
--MAD Magazine
Kevin Mowery
: (changing the thread title in a vain effort to stay on topic...)
: In a previous article, esa...@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu (emily w. salus) says:
: >In article <DF837...@freenet.buffalo.edu>,
: >Perri E. Mongan <bp...@freenet.buffalo.edu> wrote:
: >
: >>who has seen the hell that is SE Ohio... egads
: >
: >My sincere sympathy. I've driven down I-75 through Cincinatti, East on
: >both I-80 and I-90 through Cleveland and west on I-80. Anything to get
: >out of this state... This harkens back to the while-ago thread on the
: >most boring highway to drive...
: I drove coast-to-coast once, and for sheer boredom, it was difficult to
: top I-70 through Ohio. I thought that it would be exciting compared to
: the entire I-70 stretch through Nebraska and eastern Colorado, but I
: actually enjoyed the bleak rolling landscape. (Coleman Francis would have
: loved it!) I-80 along the Great Salt Lake was the worst-smelling stretch
: of highway, even worse than the Delaware Memorial Bridge and its chemical
: plants (which is at least short - the lake goes on for about 100 miles).
The truly exciting thing about I-70 in Ohio is that it marks the
pronunciation barrier. North of I-70, we say "wash" and "greasy". South
of it, they say "warsh" and "greazy".
Kinda sad that it's the *truly exciting thing* I guess.
: My older brother used to live in SE Ohio. Not one of your more thrilling
: residential areas, but at least he lived on the WV-OH border - the fabled
: Ohio Effect didn't have time to kick in.
State Motto of Ohio: You've got a relative in West Virginia.
: Perri
: bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
: who will fly the next time she needs to go to California
: --
Bob Church
kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) writes:
>
> Shyeah, right. As if! My idea of dangerous work is lifting boxes
> (hey, I could hurt my back!). 'Course, I *do* lift boxes. And I *do*
> therefore have much dangerous work ahead of me. But it's not saving the
> world (if someone doesn't get their copy of "I Want to Tell You" from the
> library in a timely fashion, I doubt it'll have earth-shaking
> consequences). And it's only a few hours a day.
>
> --
> Kevin "No Nickname" Mowery (kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us)
> The other day upon the stair/I met a man who wasn't there/
> He wasn't there again today/I think he's with the C.I.A.
> --MAD Magazine
Well, you were brave enough to see National Lampoons latest. I forget
what it's called. Instead of dropping bombs, Ator style, you spend good
money to see them.
Stay the course!
Bob Church
Kevin Mowery
: In a previous article, cgo...@gate.net (Soundwave [Chad Gould]) says:
: >So, the only obstacle left now is for Kevin not to take the Ator method
: >of finding someone (ie, getting so hopelessly sidetracked by doing
: >goodwill missions that the original mission is all but lost until one
: >builds a hangglider.)
: Don't forget the little bombs that he could drop from his hangglider.
: I've never been terribly fond of one of my neighbors...
No bombs, but maybe a flaming bag of cat turds on their doorstep.
: Does this mean I have to wear a pie plate and fur,
I'll ask really nicely...
: come *this* close to
: being killed several times, and *still* lose the guy in the end? "Kevin,
: I know you have much dangerous work ahead of you. Uh, don't expect me to
: wait around while you're saving the world."
Shyeah, right. As if! My idea of dangerous work is lifting boxes
(hey, I could hurt my back!). 'Course, I *do* lift boxes. And I *do*
therefore have much dangerous work ahead of me. But it's not saving the
world (if someone doesn't get their copy of "I Want to Tell You" from the
library in a timely fashion, I doubt it'll have earth-shaking
consequences). And it's only a few hours a day.
: Perri
: bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
: Penelope, I ain't
: --
Darrin Cardani
>==========Perri E. Mongan, 9/21/95==========
>
>
>(changing the thread title in a vain effort to stay on topic...)
>
>In a previous article, esa...@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu (emily w. salus) says:
>
>>In article <DF837...@freenet.buffalo.edu>,
>>Perri E. Mongan <bp...@freenet.buffalo.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>who has seen the hell that is SE Ohio... egads
>>
>>My sincere sympathy. I've driven down I-75 through
Cincinatti, East on
>>both I-80 and I-90 through Cleveland and west on I-80.
Anything to get
>>out of this state... This harkens back to the while-ago
thread on the
>>most boring highway to drive...
Did you ever notice how on I-75 between Dayton and Bowling Green
there's a stretch of highway where you pass County Road 120 (I
think) about 4 times. I swear to God I thought I was going in
circles. "Honey, get out the map. I think we're in the Twilight Zone."
[...]
>My older brother used to live in SE Ohio. Not one of your more
thrilling
>residential areas, but at least he lived on the WV-OH border -
>the fabled
>Ohio Effect didn't have time to kick in.
Driving through West VA is no picnic, either.
Darrin
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Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) says:
>: Does this mean I have to wear a pie plate and fur,
>
> I'll ask really nicely...
Sorry, I called Lands' End, and they don't sell fetching little fur and
leather outfits. They do have pie plates, but only in russet and mocha
and other colors that look dreadful on me. Drat.
>: come *this* close to
>: being killed several times, and *still* lose the guy in the end? "Kevin,
>: I know you have much dangerous work ahead of you. Uh, don't expect me to
>: wait around while you're saving the world."
>
> Shyeah, right. As if! My idea of dangerous work is lifting boxes
>(hey, I could hurt my back!).
I've got an even deadlier challenge for you to conquer, something both
painful and pointless beyond human comprehension... watch "Sidehackers",
"Castle of Fu Manchu", and "Teenage Crime Wave." Consecutively. Sober.
Did I mention these would be the unMisted versions?
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
who FINALLY managed to watch "Sidehackers" in its entirety without giving
up in despair, and will never do it again
--
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, Darrin....@AtlantaGA.ATTGIS.COM (Darrin Cardani) says:
>>>>who has seen the hell that is SE Ohio... egads
>>>
>>>My sincere sympathy. I've driven down I-75 through
>Cincinatti, East on
>>>both I-80 and I-90 through Cleveland and west on I-80.
>Anything to get
>>>out of this state... This harkens back to the while-ago
>thread on the
>>>most boring highway to drive...
>
>Did you ever notice how on I-75 between Dayton and Bowling Green
>there's a stretch of highway where you pass County Road 120 (I
>think) about 4 times. I swear to God I thought I was going in
>circles. "Honey, get out the map. I think we're in the Twilight Zone."
I haven't traveled to the Dayton area since mid-childhood. Thank goodness
for small miracles. What Ohio needs is its own South of the Border, with
billboards marking your journey towards this wonderland of overpriced
fast food, tacky souvenirs, acceptably clean toilets, garish motels, etc.
>>My older brother used to live in SE Ohio. Not one of your more
>thrilling
>>residential areas, but at least he lived on the WV-OH border -
>>the fabled
>>Ohio Effect didn't have time to kick in.
>
>Driving through West VA is no picnic, either.
It used to be mildly entertaining to wait for the "Welcome to Mary Lou
Retton Country!" that greets you as you enter Marion County. I don't
recall the sign being in place last time I drove through there, alas.
Luckily, my brother moved to Annapolis, a decidedly more civilized place
(albeit an equally dull drive).
I think we should give Ohio to Canada in exchange for, say, Nova Scotia.
They get a couple good amusement parks, we get pretty scenery and
inexpensive fish. Sounds like a fair trade to me...
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
hn...@freenet.Cleveland.edu
I'm gonna eat you, little fishie
--
Kevin Mowery
: In article <43tfaa$n...@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>
: kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) writes:
: >
: > Shyeah, right. As if! My idea of dangerous work is lifting boxes
: > (hey, I could hurt my back!). 'Course, I *do* lift boxes. And I *do*
: > therefore have much dangerous work ahead of me. But it's not saving the
: > world (if someone doesn't get their copy of "I Want to Tell You" from the
: > library in a timely fashion, I doubt it'll have earth-shaking
: > consequences). And it's only a few hours a day.
: >
: > The other day upon the stair/I met a man who wasn't there/
: > He wasn't there again today/I think he's with the C.I.A.
: > --MAD Magazine
: Well, you were brave enough to see National Lampoons latest. I forget
: what it's called. Instead of dropping bombs, Ator style, you spend good
: money to see them.
Brave, bored, whatever.
And I wish I had spent my bad money (that is, the piles of pennies
that are taking over my room and car).
: Stay the course!
: Bob Church
Kevin Mowery
: In a previous article, kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) says:
: >: Does this mean I have to wear a pie plate and fur,
: >
: > I'll ask really nicely...
: Sorry, I called Lands' End, and they don't sell fetching little fur and
: leather outfits. They do have pie plates, but only in russet and mocha
: and other colors that look dreadful on me. Drat.
Well, maybe not a pieplate. But I'm sure we could dig up a shiny
chrome hubcap for one o' them little furrin cars...
: >: come *this* close to
: >: being killed several times, and *still* lose the guy in the end? "Kevin,
: >: I know you have much dangerous work ahead of you. Uh, don't expect me to
: >: wait around while you're saving the world."
: >
: > Shyeah, right. As if! My idea of dangerous work is lifting boxes
: >(hey, I could hurt my back!).
: I've got an even deadlier challenge for you to conquer, something both
: painful and pointless beyond human comprehension... watch "Sidehackers",
: "Castle of Fu Manchu", and "Teenage Crime Wave." Consecutively. Sober.
I'm tellin' ya--I watched Senior Trip sober. *And* I saw
Footloose in the theater (I was young, I didn't have a choice). And I
thought Timerider was cool. And I used to watch Kung-Fu Theater on USA
all the time.
No sweat.
: Did I mention these would be the unMisted versions?
Just now, yeah.
: Perri
: bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
: who FINALLY managed to watch "Sidehackers" in its entirety without giving
: up in despair, and will never do it again
Lightweight! Wimp! Girlie (well, it's *true*)!
Trying moderately hard for that beating,
Kevin Mowery
: In a previous article, Darrin....@AtlantaGA.ATTGIS.COM (Darrin Cardani) says:
: >>>>who has seen the hell that is SE Ohio... egads
: >>>
: >>>My sincere sympathy. I've driven down I-75 through
: >Cincinatti, East on
: >>>both I-80 and I-90 through Cleveland and west on I-80.
: >Anything to get
: >>>out of this state... This harkens back to the while-ago
: >thread on the
: >>>most boring highway to drive...
: >
: >Did you ever notice how on I-75 between Dayton and Bowling Green
: >there's a stretch of highway where you pass County Road 120 (I
: >think) about 4 times. I swear to God I thought I was going in
: >circles. "Honey, get out the map. I think we're in the Twilight Zone."
: I haven't traveled to the Dayton area since mid-childhood. Thank goodness
: for small miracles. What Ohio needs is its own South of the Border, with
: billboards marking your journey towards this wonderland of overpriced
: fast food, tacky souvenirs, acceptably clean toilets, garish motels, etc.
<shaking from flashback to Zombie Nightmare and the reference to
Canada's South>
: >>My older brother used to live in SE Ohio. Not one of your more
: >thrilling
: >>residential areas, but at least he lived on the WV-OH border -
: >>the fabled
: >>Ohio Effect didn't have time to kick in.
: >
: >Driving through West VA is no picnic, either.
: It used to be mildly entertaining to wait for the "Welcome to Mary Lou
: Retton Country!" that greets you as you enter Marion County. I don't
: recall the sign being in place last time I drove through there, alas.
: Luckily, my brother moved to Annapolis, a decidedly more civilized place
: (albeit an equally dull drive).
: I think we should give Ohio to Canada in exchange for, say, Nova Scotia.
: They get a couple good amusement parks, we get pretty scenery and
: inexpensive fish. Sounds like a fair trade to me...
I don't wanna be a Canadian! It's like America Lite! Plus they
have a real thing for censorship, and no-one in the USA would ever think
of me, unless Lorne Michaels put me on a comedy show.
Besides, Columbus apparently decided to spare the world the giant
ugly statue of Christopher Columbus (which saddens me deeply, as I really
*did* want that hideous monster looming over downtown, reminding me daily
of the Simpsons episode where Bart imagines the Curies grown huge from
radium wrecking a city).
: Perri
: bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
: hn...@freenet.Cleveland.edu
: I'm gonna eat you, little fishie
: --
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) says:
>: Sorry, I called Lands' End, and they don't sell fetching little fur and
>: leather outfits. They do have pie plates, but only in russet and mocha
>: and other colors that look dreadful on me. Drat.
>
> Well, maybe not a pieplate. But I'm sure we could dig up a shiny
>chrome hubcap for one o' them little furrin cars...
Hmmm. Not a great alternative... the cars either have plastic wheel
covers (too tacky) or those throwing-star-like alloy wheel covers which
don't cover a lot of territory, if you catch my drift. (winter is coming,
which would make those alloy covers both too revealing and not warm enough)
>: > Shyeah, right. As if! My idea of dangerous work is lifting boxes
>: >(hey, I could hurt my back!).
>
>: I've got an even deadlier challenge for you to conquer, something both
>: painful and pointless beyond human comprehension... watch "Sidehackers",
>: "Castle of Fu Manchu", and "Teenage Crime Wave." Consecutively. Sober.
>
> I'm tellin' ya--I watched Senior Trip sober. *And* I saw
>Footloose in the theater (I was young, I didn't have a choice). And I
>thought Timerider was cool. And I used to watch Kung-Fu Theater on USA
>all the time.
> No sweat.
That's not courage - that's a foolhardy disregard for your life.
>: who FINALLY managed to watch "Sidehackers" in its entirety without giving
>: up in despair, and will never do it again
>
> Lightweight! Wimp! Girlie (well, it's *true*)!
Hey! I once watched "Monster A-Go-Go", "Bride of the Monster", and "Manos" -
consecutively! I made it through "Castle of Fu Manchu" without sobbing. I
ENJOY the Coleman Francis epics. This entiles me to a little bit of
leeway when it comes to Ross Hagen movies and tolerance thereof.
>Trying moderately hard for that beating,
My devoted cats are on your trail right now. Oops, never mind, they've
spotted a sock to play with instead. You're safe - for now.
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
hn...@freenet.Cleveland.edu (from which I'll be posting soon...)
steely-eyed and steely-clothed
--
Soundwave [Chad Gould]
: : >: Does this mean I have to wear a pie plate and fur,
: : > I'll ask really nicely...
: : and other colors that look dreadful on me. Drat.
: Well, maybe not a pieplate. But I'm sure we could dig up a shiny
: chrome hubcap for one o' them little furrin cars...
Only if it's from an older car. Today's cars have hubcaps that are
probably designed so that people don't steal them. Unless you really ARE
going for the Ator look; in which case, even a plastic hubcap from a Neon
would probably do.
: : I've got an even deadlier challenge for you to conquer, something both
: : painful and pointless beyond human comprehension... watch "Sidehackers",
: : "Castle of Fu Manchu", and "Teenage Crime Wave." Consecutively. Sober.
: I'm tellin' ya--I watched Senior Trip sober. *And* I saw
: Footloose in the theater (I was young, I didn't have a choice). And I
: thought Timerider was cool. And I used to watch Kung-Fu Theater on USA
: all the time.
: No sweat.
<shudder> But, seriously, we're talking about _CASTLE OF FU MANCHU_
unMistied. Scientists have used this movie for years to induce people to
deep rests in various sleep experiments- you think you can survive it?
If you add Monster A-Go-Go, the result would be so powerful that you
probably would be induced in a coma for life.
Bob Church
kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) writes:
>
> I never said I was brave. That was Bob.
> --
> Kevin "No Nickname" Mowery (kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us)
That's right. It was I that said Kevin was brave. And I'm willing to
stand by my words. I challenge anyone in the bar to fight my friend
Kevin. C'mon, step right up you wussies!!
Bob (anything for a friend) Church
Amy Ashton
>I think we should give Ohio to Canada in exchange for, say, Nova Scotia.
>They get a couple good amusement parks, we get pretty scenery and
>inexpensive fish. Sounds like a fair trade to me...
That's funny. In high school American History, we were planning
on annexing Canada to restore Ohio to its former premier position
in the House of Representatives. We figured no one would ever
notice.
Amy *ducking and running from incoming Canadian shells*
Stephan A. Manchir
>From: bn...@yfn.ysu.edu (Amy Ashton)
>Subject: Re: Boring highways revisited
>Date: 25 Sep 1995 20:48:24 GMT
Ha! Here at CWRU (Cleveland) in my systems engineering class last year,
our running answer to any enviromental/montary/etc... problem with anything
was always "Annex Canada" We figured no one would notice either...
*running and ducking with Amy*
-Steve
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Stephan A. Manchir sa...@po.cwru.edu; D.MA...@Genie.geis.com
I should have something witty or funny here, but no one understood the last one,
so I figured, what's the point, really? I don't know. Oh, well.
WWW server: http://b61548.Student.CWRU.Edu
Kevin Mowery
: In a previous article, kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) says:
: >: Sorry, I called Lands' End, and they don't sell fetching little fur and
: >: leather outfits. They do have pie plates, but only in russet and mocha
: >: and other colors that look dreadful on me. Drat.
: >
: > Well, maybe not a pieplate. But I'm sure we could dig up a shiny
: >chrome hubcap for one o' them little furrin cars...
: Hmmm. Not a great alternative... the cars either have plastic wheel
: covers (too tacky)
I agree.
: or those throwing-star-like alloy wheel covers which
: don't cover a lot of territory, if you catch my drift. (winter is coming,
: which would make those alloy covers both too revealing and not warm enough)
:
You know, I just can't see a down-side to this!
: >: > Shyeah, right. As if! My idea of dangerous work is lifting boxes
: >: >(hey, I could hurt my back!).
: >
: >: I've got an even deadlier challenge for you to conquer, something both
: >: painful and pointless beyond human comprehension... watch "Sidehackers",
: >: "Castle of Fu Manchu", and "Teenage Crime Wave." Consecutively. Sober.
: >
: > I'm tellin' ya--I watched Senior Trip sober. *And* I saw
: >Footloose in the theater (I was young, I didn't have a choice). And I
: >thought Timerider was cool. And I used to watch Kung-Fu Theater on USA
: >all the time.
: > No sweat.
: That's not courage - that's a foolhardy disregard for your life.
I never said I was brave. That was Bob.
: >: who FINALLY managed to watch "Sidehackers" in its entirety without giving
: >: up in despair, and will never do it again
: >
: > Lightweight! Wimp! Girlie (well, it's *true*)!
: Hey! I once watched "Monster A-Go-Go", "Bride of the Monster", and "Manos" -
: consecutively! I made it through "Castle of Fu Manchu" without sobbing. I
: ENJOY the Coleman Francis epics. This entiles me to a little bit of
: leeway when it comes to Ross Hagen movies and tolerance thereof.
I was kind of asleep when I watched "Beast of Yucca Flats", and I
never have sat all the way through "Skydivers", so you have me beat there.
I was watching Batman:TAS the other day and I noticed that
Clayface's last name is Hagen. His first name is Matt, not Ross, but even
that's kinda close in form.
: >Trying moderately hard for that beating,
: My devoted cats are on your trail right now. Oops, never mind, they've
: spotted a sock to play with instead. You're safe - for now.
Well, I'm not looking to get attacked by your cats. I just
watched "Are You Being Served" for the first time in months last night
(episode "Take-over") and I have a joke/comment to add to the previous
statement, but this is a family show--I mean newsgroup.
: Perri
: bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu
: hn...@freenet.Cleveland.edu (from which I'll be posting soon...)
: steely-eyed and steely-clothed
An actual shiver just went down my spine, I kid you not. 'Course,
I think it's about 50 degrees in here and I'm in shorts, but still.
: --
--
Kevin "No Nickname" Mowery (kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us)
Jeffrey Johnson
>
> >I think we should give Ohio to Canada in exchange for, say, Nova Scotia.
> >They get a couple good amusement parks, we get pretty scenery and
> >inexpensive fish. Sounds like a fair trade to me...
>
> That's funny. In high school American History, we were planning
> on annexing Canada to restore Ohio to its former premier position
> in the House of Representatives. We figured no one would ever
> notice.
>
That's really funny. In biology, our Congressional Committee On
Biodiversity planned to misappropriate funds to liberate the smallpox
virus from CDC instead of saving cute seals and butterflies like everyone
else's Congressional Committee. The TA gave us serious prison time.
JSJ 'I _am_ Panama's worst nightmare' 1TG
Bob Church
>
> >I think we should give Ohio to Canada in exchange for, say, Nova Scotia.
> >They get a couple good amusement parks, we get pretty scenery and
> >inexpensive fish. Sounds like a fair trade to me...
>
> That's funny. In high school American History, we were planning
> on annexing Canada to restore Ohio to its former premier position
> in the House of Representatives. We figured no one would ever
> notice.
Take off 'eh!! I've lived, like, my whole life in Southeast Ohio, like,
and we're like, nothing like Canucks. We ain't lettin some hosers hork
our state.
Bob (Mc) Church
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) says:
>: or those throwing-star-like alloy wheel covers which
>: don't cover a lot of territory, if you catch my drift. (winter is coming,
>: which would make those alloy covers both too revealing and not warm enough)
>:
> You know, I just can't see a down-side to this!
That's why I won't wear the alloy wheel cover - don't want to show my
down-side to the world. My momma always said that if you show a man your
downside before the fifth adventure, he won't respect you enough to save
your father from evil men who wear birds on their heads.
>: My devoted cats are on your trail right now. Oops, never mind, they've
>: spotted a sock to play with instead. You're safe - for now.
>
> Well, I'm not looking to get attacked by your cats. I just
>watched "Are You Being Served" for the first time in months last night
>(episode "Take-over") and I have a joke/comment to add to the previous
>statement, but this is a family show--I mean newsgroup.
Some poor soul (to whom English was a second or third language) once
posted an innocent query to rec.pets.cats asking about good toys for her
kitty. Unfortunately, she used Mrs. Slocombe's preferred word instead.
Must have been some interesting e-mail responses...
-------------------------------------------------
Perri Mongan "I'm the wind, baby"
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu/pmo...@CapAccess.org
-------------------------------------------------
--
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, sa...@po.cwru.edu (Stephan A. Manchir) says:
>In article <4474io$h...@news.ysu.edu> bn...@yfn.ysu.edu (Amy Ashton) writes:
>
>>>I think we should give Ohio to Canada in exchange for, say, Nova Scotia.
>>>They get a couple good amusement parks, we get pretty scenery and
>>>inexpensive fish. Sounds like a fair trade to me...
>
>>That's funny. In high school American History, we were planning
>>on annexing Canada to restore Ohio to its former premier position
>>in the House of Representatives. We figured no one would ever
>>notice.
>
>>Amy *ducking and running from incoming Canadian shells*
>
>Ha! Here at CWRU (Cleveland) in my systems engineering class last year,
>our running answer to any enviromental/montary/etc... problem with anything
>was always "Annex Canada" We figured no one would notice either...
Many moons ago, "All Things Considered" chose, as its annual April Fool's
joke, to announce that the United States had sold Arizona to Canada. This
brought up an interesting legal discussion concerning the St. Louis
Cardinals (the football version), who were about to be relocated to
Phoenix. The problem was that the NFL forbids its teams from locating out
of the country, and as Phoenix would now become a foreign city...
Perri
bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu/pmo...@CapAccess.org
I say we annex the Canadian national anthem - at least it can be sung
--
Bob Church
Darrin Cardani <Darrin....@AtlantaGA.ATTGIS.COM> writes:
>
> >==========Perri E. Mongan, 9/25/95==========
> [...]
> >Perri
> >bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu/pmo...@CapAccess.org
> >
> >I say we annex the Canadian national anthem - at least it can be sung
> >--
>
> Yes! The Canadian National Anthem Rocks! An old band I was in
> used to open with it. It was great.
>
> Darrin
>
Well, the music is great, but I have a hard time listening to it
anymore. All the nasty things that Bachman said, and then Turner
fighting back, have left a bad association with the song.
Bob Church
Amy Ashton
>Ohio hell! Check out any West Texas road, particularly those near
>Terlingua.
AUGH! I was born in Lubbock.
More flashbacks!
My parents like to tell the story about when I was but a wee lass,
we drove up onto a freeway overpass, and I made some comment
about how high up we were. They, raised in a more mountainous
part of the country, decided then and there it was time to move
me to greener pastures.
Amy
--
***********************************************
"You know, there are certain flaws in this film."J- Tom Servo
***********************************************
cek...@pomona.edu
>>on annexing Canada to restore Ohio to its former premier position
>>in the House of Representatives. We figured no one would ever
>>notice.
>
>>Amy *ducking and running from incoming Canadian shells*
>
>Ha! Here at CWRU (Cleveland) in my systems engineering class last year,
>our running answer to any enviromental/montary/etc... problem with anything
>was always "Annex Canada" We figured no one would notice either...
"Canadian Bacon", ought to put this thorny issue to rest for once and for all.
(I don't care whether it's any good or not, I'm just glad that "Wagons East!"
will not be John Candy's last film.)
This of course assumes that there will remain a Canada to annex, and not, as
Dave Barry would put it, a slew of republics the size of throat lozenges with
names like "Huzzah-begonia."
Chris Ekman = cek...@pomona.edu
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - Hunter S. Thompson
Darrin Cardani
>==========Perri E. Mongan, 9/25/95==========
[...]
>Perri
>bp...@freenet.Buffalo.edu/pmo...@CapAccess.org
>
>I say we annex the Canadian national anthem - at least it can be sung
>--
Yes! The Canadian National Anthem Rocks! An old band I was in
used to open with it. It was great.
Darrin
--
Bruce Wright
Terlingua.
It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there....
Bruce W.
Darrin Cardani
>Darrin Cardani <Darrin....@AtlantaGA.ATTGIS.COM> writes:
>
>> used to open with it. It was great.
>>
>> Darrin
>>
>
>
>anymore. All the nasty things that Bachman said, and then Turner
>fighting back, have left a bad association with the song.
>
>Bob Church
Please explain. I assume you mean something about BTO (Bachman
Turner Overdrive (no, not Kathleen Turner Overdrive for all you
youngins)). Did they ever do the song or something?
Soundwave [Chad Gould]
: >Ha! Here at CWRU (Cleveland) in my systems engineering class last year,
: >our running answer to any enviromental/montary/etc... problem with anything
: >was always "Annex Canada" We figured no one would notice either...
: Michael Moore's (that is the TV Nation guy, right) upcoming documentary,
: "Canadian Bacon", ought to put this thorny issue to rest for once and for all.
Are they finally releasing this one? That's good... I heard it ran into
some problems in the studio...
: This of course assumes that there will remain a Canada to annex, and not, as
: Dave Barry would put it, a slew of republics the size of throat lozenges with
: names like "Huzzah-begonia."
Well, there is also the aspect that, as Dave Barry put it, Canada's
population is about the size of the audience on "Donahue", only quieter.
It really shouldn't be too much of a problem...
Bob Church
Darrin Cardani <Darrin....@AtlantaGA.ATTGIS.COM> writes:
> >In article <DFIL6...@attatl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
> >Darrin Cardani <Darrin....@AtlantaGA.ATTGIS.COM> writes:
> >
> >> Yes! The Canadian National Anthem Rocks! An old band I was in
> >> used to open with it. It was great.
> >>
> >> Darrin
> >>
> >
> >
> >Well, the music is great, but I have a hard time listening to it
> >anymore. All the nasty things that Bachman said, and then Turner
> >fighting back, have left a bad association with the song.
> >
> >Bob Church
>
> Please explain. I assume you mean something about BTO (Bachman
> Turner Overdrive (no, not Kathleen Turner Overdrive for all you
> youngins)). Did they ever do the song or something?
>
> Darrin
Well, same people, but before BTO. Uhh, they were talking about
'American Woman' weren't they?
Bob Church
emily w. salus
Soundwave [Chad Gould] <cgo...@gate.net> wrote:
>cek...@pomona.edu wrote:
>: >Ha! Here at CWRU (Cleveland) in my systems engineering class last year,
>: >our running answer to any enviromental/montary/etc... problem with anything
>: >was always "Annex Canada" We figured no one would notice either...
>: Michael Moore's (that is the TV Nation guy, right) upcoming documentary,
>: "Canadian Bacon", ought to put this thorny issue to rest for once and for all.
>
>Are they finally releasing this one? That's good... I heard it ran into
>some problems in the studio...
They are, I"m not sure exactly when since I stopped reading the TV Nation
group. I think they delayed it a bit also 'cause they took it to Cannes...
emily
Rick Hodge
> I'm tellin' ya--I watched Senior Trip sober. *And* I saw
>Footloose in the theater (I was young, I didn't have a choice). And I
>thought Timerider was cool. And I used to watch Kung-Fu Theater on USA
>all the time.
> No sweat.
Kung-Fu Theater, huh? Ever see "Super Ninjas"? I've been
trying to get up the nerve to watch that one again.
regards,
Rick Hodge
"See the dizzy spell. I would like a dizzy spell, too."
--Paul Merton, "Whose Line is It, Anyway?"
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, bn...@yfn.ysu.edu (Amy Ashton) says:
>
>>Ohio hell! Check out any West Texas road, particularly those near
>>Terlingua.
>
>AUGH! I was born in Lubbock.
>
>More flashbacks!
>
>My parents like to tell the story about when I was but a wee lass,
>we drove up onto a freeway overpass, and I made some comment
>about how high up we were. They, raised in a more mountainous
>part of the country, decided then and there it was time to move
>me to greener pastures.
Yeah, the Midwest is FULL of mountains...
"Guys, this is so NOT Illinois."
Perri
--
Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, cgo...@gate.net (Soundwave [Chad Gould]) says:
>cek...@pomona.edu wrote:
>: >Ha! Here at CWRU (Cleveland) in my systems engineering class last year,
>: >our running answer to any enviromental/montary/etc... problem with anything
>: >was always "Annex Canada" We figured no one would notice either...
>: Michael Moore's (that is the TV Nation guy, right) upcoming documentary,
>: "Canadian Bacon", ought to put this thorny issue to rest for once and for all.
>
>Are they finally releasing this one? That's good... I heard it ran into
>some problems in the studio...
The reviewers have not been kind to this movie. Pity, because I loved the
basic concept of it... President's popularity is slipping, can't whip up
anti-Soviet feelings because of the breakup of the USSR, so why not hate
Canada?
Perri
willing to hate Canada as a freelancer if it helps
--
emily w. salus
But of course! Right here in town we've got this street that actually
goes *UP* a slope about 4 feet high! That's so the railroad tracks and
the street are at the same level. 'Course, down on E. Wooster Street,
the pavement is flat and the tracks are at the same level as the street.
The south side o' town is definitely where it's at since we've got that
keen 4 foot hill!
emily, who grew up in Toronto and on the East and West coasts and wants
to live on a coast again, but we've done that thread already...
cek...@pomona.edu
Really? The L.A. Times reviewer was fairly kind to it, if I recall, saying
only that it started falling apart near the end.
At any rate, if I ever get to The Brothers McMullen, The Usual Suspects, and
about half a dozen others that I must be forgetting presently, I'll try
Canadian Bacon, and I'll be happy to report back.
Chris "D'oh! Almost forgot Showgirls!" Ekman - cek...@pomona.edu
Amy Ashton
>Yeah, the Midwest is FULL of mountains...
My parents weren't raised in the Midwest. And Ohio
is definitely *greener* than Texas, albeit not much
more hilly.
>"Guys, this is so NOT Illinois."
*looks around*
Y'know what, she's right!
Amy
--
"Excuse me while I have a strange interlude." -CrowJ
Never cross a woman with blades on her boots.
Everything above is the pure, unadulterated truth.
Kevin Mowery
: >Yeah, the Midwest is FULL of mountains...
: My parents weren't raised in the Midwest. And Ohio
: is definitely *greener* than Texas, albeit not much
: more hilly.
However, Ohio also doesn't have the Gulf Coast. OTOH, it also
doesn't have the thick, throat-clogging air of cotton farms in the summer
as you're travelling to get to the Gulf Coast.
And Columbus doesn't flood quite as badly as San Antonio. But
Columbus doesn't have the Riverwalk.
It's a trade-off, really. Texas has unholy heat, Ohio has the
weather patterns of a shake-up snowglobe (mostly without the snow anymore).
: >"Guys, this is so NOT Illinois."
: *looks around*
: Y'know what, she's right!
: Amy
: --
: "Excuse me while I have a strange interlude." -CrowJ
: Never cross a woman with blades on her boots.
: Everything above is the pure, unadulterated truth.
Steven Kent Munger
> kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Mowery) wrote:
>
>
> > I'm tellin' ya--I watched Senior Trip sober. *And* I saw
> >Footloose in the theater (I was young, I didn't have a choice). And I
> >thought Timerider was cool. And I used to watch Kung-Fu Theater on USA
> >all the time.
> > No sweat.
>
> Kung-Fu Theater, huh? Ever see "Super Ninjas"? I've been
> trying to get up the nerve to watch that one again.
Get up the nerve?!? Why, we used to watch Super Ninjas every day at the
video store I used to work at (until the owner found out, and made us
stop)! I love that movie!! Everyone should see it, if only for the
spectacular special effects (lots of film of ninjas jumping around in
shots where the film was obviously run backwards, etc.)
Steven 'I'm just a poor little orphan girl' Munger
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Middleton
> In article <DFoyF...@freenet.buffalo.edu>, bp...@freenet.buffalo.edu (Perri E. Mongan) writes:
> >>: Michael Moore's (that is the TV Nation guy, right) upcoming documentary,
> >>: "Canadian Bacon", ought to put this thorny issue to rest for once and for
> >>: all.
> >>
> >> Are they finally releasing this one? That's good... I heard it ran into
> >> some problems in the studio...
> >
> > The reviewers have not been kind to this movie. Pity, because I loved the
> > basic concept of it... President's popularity is slipping, can't whip up
> > anti-Soviet feelings because of the breakup of the USSR, so why not hate
> > Canada?
>
> Really? The L.A. Times reviewer was fairly kind to it, if I recall, saying
> only that it started falling apart near the end.
Quoth my favorite movie reviewer(Peter Travers):
"Political satire is so rare in films today that Michael Moore (Roger and
Me) at least deserves credit for trying. But the barbed laughs are few
and far between in this surprisingly tepid tale of a U.S. president(Alan
Alda) who declares war on Canada to up his approval rating. Despite a
cast of prime clowns, including Rip Torn, Rhea Perlman, and the late John
Candy, the film aims its darts at Operation Desert Storm= media hypocrisy
without the wit or dexterity required to hit home."
Sigh...
Anyway, I heard John Candy plays a TV reporter, but that's all I know.
Jay Middleton
emily w. salus
Kevin Mowery <kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
>
> However, Ohio also doesn't have the Gulf Coast. OTOH, it also
>doesn't have the thick, throat-clogging air of cotton farms in the summer
>as you're travelling to get to the Gulf Coast.
> And Columbus doesn't flood quite as badly as San Antonio. But
>Columbus doesn't have the Riverwalk.
> It's a trade-off, really. Texas has unholy heat, Ohio has the
>weather patterns of a shake-up snowglobe (mostly without the snow anymore).
Kevin, did you KNOW I was going to be in San Antonio in 2 1/2 weeks or what?
emily, you have entered...the MiSTing Zone...
SMITH, JASON ALEXANDER
> However, Ohio also doesn't have the Gulf Coast. OTOH, it also
> doesn't have the thick, throat-clogging air of cotton farms in the summer
> as you're travelling to get to the Gulf Coast.
> And Columbus doesn't flood quite as badly as San Antonio. But
> Columbus doesn't have the Riverwalk.
(snip)
Being from San Antonio, not only can i attest to the flooding thing, but
i might as well put in my 2 cents worth about this phenomenon
(do-doo, doo-doo-doo)...
You see, being a flooding town, S.A. has an extremely high number of
Low Water Crossings. In fact, i think its #1 in the US. Anyway, every
heavy rainfall, we seem to get at least 5 people who think that they can
drive through six feet of water, and inevitably get stranded. The county
then proceeds to spend lots of money saving these people's lives.
This brings up two questions:
1) Why is it called a "Low Water Crossing"? Obviously, if the water is
crossing the road, it ain't low.
2) Why do we bother to spend all this money on saving people who should
know better than to try and drive through 6 feet of water? If ever
there was a time for humans to practice Survival of the Fittest, this is
it. In short, if these people are dumb enough to do this, do we really
want them reproducing?? And creating more people who will grow up only
to get stuck at a low water crossing???
(We call this theory "High Water Darwinism")
Just a thought ;)
Jason "Boy am i gonna get flamed for this" Smith
William Howald
> > >all the time.
> > > No sweat.
> >
> > Kung-Fu Theater, huh? Ever see "Super Ninjas"? I've been
> > trying to get up the nerve to watch that one again.
>
> Get up the nerve?!? Why, we used to watch Super Ninjas every day at the
> video store I used to work at (until the owner found out, and made us
> stop)! I love that movie!! Everyone should see it, if only for the
> spectacular special effects (lots of film of ninjas jumping around in
> shots where the film was obviously run backwards, etc.)
I remember seeing this on our local independent station in the early '80's
was shown at 12:00-1:00(??) and called"kung-fu theater" as well...
Try to see "The invincible armor" too. It's not gross at all,
has cool music,has some great fighting sceens,(some reversed jumps)
lots of Hmm../Ha../Hmmp,and a cool opening sequence too!
And the last 5 minutes had me ROTF(a good movie to MST..hint hint hint)
as the ememy gets it in a very vulneralble area...
I wish I could really understand these movies...all the fight scenes
are wonderfully done...(are these the equivalent of bad movies here???)
These were made under a totally different culture system,
so you watch them,but don't really SEE what's going on(if you know what I
mean) and the bad dubbing, and removal of the original music and sound
effects don't help either...
Another movie I remember, and haven't found yet
has the main character staying in a(house/library/temple???) for many
nights and dealing with some naughty ghosts!!!
This is still the same type of movie, but this one had a lot of
walking through walls,disappearing/transperent people,and the ghost costumes
were cool too... anyone know the title???
"It's the groin! The groin!!!!! "(Duh)
TaTaForNow,
Aaron
Kevin Mowery
: In article <44q3v0$s...@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
: Kevin Mowery <kemo...@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
: >
: > However, Ohio also doesn't have the Gulf Coast. OTOH, it also
: >doesn't have the thick, throat-clogging air of cotton farms in the summer
: >as you're travelling to get to the Gulf Coast.
: > And Columbus doesn't flood quite as badly as San Antonio. But
: >Columbus doesn't have the Riverwalk.
: >weather patterns of a shake-up snowglobe (mostly without the snow anymore).
: Kevin, did you KNOW I was going to be in San Antonio in 2 1/2 weeks or what?
No. I'm from San Antonio originally. I still have family down
there, though I haven't seen them in a few years.
: emily, you have entered...the MiSTing Zone...
Take me with you!
Oh, San Antonio or the MiSTing Zone. Whatever.
Soundwave [Chad Gould]
: These were made under a totally different culture system,
: so you watch them,but don't really SEE what's going on(if you know what I
: mean) and the bad dubbing, and removal of the original music and sound
: effects don't help either...
Having recently just seen the Woo film "Hard Boiled", which seemed to be
one of the most explosive action films I have ever seen that has
absolutely no plot, I wonder just how much the culture over there
affects the films they produce. A lot of the films seem to be in that
same mindset. (Hard Boiled would probably get a NC-17 if released
theatrically...)
: Another movie I remember, and haven't found yet
: has the main character staying in a(house/library/temple???) for many
: nights and dealing with some naughty ghosts!!!
That isn't "Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave", is it? I only vaguely
remember that movie from a while back, and it vaguely sounds vaguely
similar.
Anne Middlebrook
nly can i attest to the flooding thing, but
>i might as well put in my 2 cents worth about this phenomenon
>(do-doo, doo-doo-doo)...
>
>You see, being a flooding town, S.A. has an extremely high number of
>Low Water Crossings. In fact, i think its #1 in the US. Anyway, every
>heavy rainfall, we seem to get at least 5 people who think that they can
>drive through six feet of water, and inevitably get stranded. The county
>then proceeds to spend lots of money saving these people's lives.
>
> there was a time for humans to practice Survival of the Fittest, this is
> it. In short, if these people are dumb enough to do this, do we really
> want them reproducing?? And creating more people who will grow up only
> to get stuck at a low water crossing???
> (We call this theory "High Water Darwinism")
>
>Just a thought ;)
>
>Jason "Boy am i gonna get flamed for this" Smith
>
"Evolution in Action". I'm one of those people who believes in the
modern Darwinisms. Years ago, disease used to be the killer of the
young. Now, alcohol, drugs, and fast cars are weeding out the stupid. Go
figure.
Anne "Boy, am I gonna get flamed for this" Middlebrook
Steven Kent Munger
In article <44sqoo$s...@news.gate.net>, cgo...@gate.net (Soundwave [Chad
Gould]) writes:
> William Howald (how...@u.washington.edu) wrote:
> : These were made under a totally different culture system,
> : so you watch them,but don't really SEE what's going on(if you know what I
> : mean) and the bad dubbing, and removal of the original music and sound
> : effects don't help either...
>
> Having recently just seen the Woo film "Hard Boiled", which seemed to be
> one of the most explosive action films I have ever seen that has
> absolutely no plot, I wonder just how much the culture over there
> affects the films they produce. A lot of the films seem to be in that
> same mindset. (Hard Boiled would probably get a NC-17 if released
> theatrically...)
>
> : Another movie I remember, and haven't found yet
> : has the main character staying in a(house/library/temple???) for many
> : nights and dealing with some naughty ghosts!!!
>
> That isn't "Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave", is it? I only vaguely
> remember that movie from a while back, and it vaguely sounds vaguely
> similar.
Another one to try is CyberNinja. Classic cheesy Japanese Martial
arts/sci-fi film complete with models shot to look real big,
kabuki-reject style villans, and losts of bad dialogue. Great to MST,
or even enjoy on its own merits.
Steven 'Hai-keeba!' Munger
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Perri E. Mongan
In a previous article, esa...@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu (emily w. salus) says:
>In article <44p4qj$j...@news.ysu.edu>, Amy Ashton <bn...@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>You live in Bowling Green, right? Is that the hill right next to
>>the man-made pond? I suppose the thought was, "Well, we have
>>to put the dirt *somewhere*!"
>
>Nope, no hill. No man-made pond (unless you count Lake Erie...) Just
>flat, flat, and more flat at the western edge of what was once the Great
>Black Swamp...they did fill in the swamp, but I get the feeling that the
>whole area is metaphoric mulch anyway...
>
>emily, if I have to live in a former swamp, couldn't I live in Boston or DC?
>
I live near the latter renovated swamp (D.C.), but I wouldn't be so
low-rent as to actually live at the swamp itself.
No, not me. I live out in the 'burbs, in a former gravel pit.
Perri
add your own joke about life being the pits...
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