On Oct 29, 5:54 pm, Matthew L Martin <
mlmar...@teranew.com> wrote:
> On 10/29/2011 8:46 AM, madge wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:04:06 +0100, cuthulu <
dr.goode...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I think Keanu Reeves would be a great Jim Rockford in any TV remake.
> >> Also, instead of a dad, his mom could be a character, played by Joan
> >> Rivers. His lawyer/girlfriend could be that chick who played seven of
> >> nine in battles stars galacticon. Angel could be that Zach guy who was
> >> in that movie with Iron Man guy. Also, Herman Cain could guest star as
> >> a recurring villain made of steak, or perhaps just beef.
>
> > Who are you going to get to play the DISBELIEVING PUBLIC.
>
> Having seen parts of some original episodes recently, I can only say:
> Why bother?
>
> Matthew
>
> --
>
> "Do the arithmetic or be doomed to talk nonsense." -- John McCarthy
I don't remember him in any of the Rockford Files eps, but John
McCarthy was especially honest and also, in his own realistically
patient way, kept the AI faith. I went to a celebration of Minsky's
teaching career at MIT some years back, and McCarthy spoke
illuminatingly--he'd gone to Stanford sometime before then and after
his time working with Minsky in the Dartmouth Conference years. Sad
news of McCarthy's passing a few days ago.