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LDShupe

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Jun 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/28/97
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Not sure if this has been brought to everyones attention yet, but have you
seen the new fX channel's "X-Files: Behind The Scenes" commercials yet?!
I've caught 3 of them so far, and they are awesome!

One of them is a spotlight on Fox Mulder, and includes interviews with DD
( on the set during the filming of "Gethsemane"--same sweater anyway), as
well as the actor who plays Langley, and several other behind-the-scenes
type of people (writers, etc.) *Very* cool. The other is about the
official web site and has the guy who set it up and maintains it (he talks
about how internet fans names were used on an episode's airplane manifesto
list--not sure what ep this is.) The other commercial I've seen is an
interview with Mark Snow about how he wrote the theme music. All these
spots end with "August 19 Is Day One."

I'm wondering if all this GREAT interview footage and could be part of a
"Behind The Scenes" special fX or Fox might show to kick off
syndication??? They sure are promoting it heavily on fX! Anyone hear
anything, or see any other spots yet?
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Pat Gonzales

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Jun 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/30/97
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In article <19970628214...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, lds...@aol.com
(LDShupe) wrote:

> The other is about the
> official web site and has the guy who set it up and maintains it

That's Chris Fusco, he's been involved with XF for quite some time, he was
the head of the XF area on Delphi, which was, before Internet web sites
took over, the "official" place for X Files talk.

> (he talks
> about how internet fans names were used on an episode's airplane manifesto
> list--not sure what ep this is.)

This is "Little Green Men," from Season 2. The names on the airline
passinger manifests Scully looks at are names of Internet fans of the show
from the summer of 94.

Pat G.
Who's three up from "George Hale"
and gets about 3 seconds of screen time :-)

Geoff

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Jul 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/2/97
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Champey wrote:
>
> In article <19970628214...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
> lds...@aol.com (LDShupe) writes:
>
> >They sure are promoting it heavily on fX! Anyone hear
> >anything, or see any other spots yet?
>
> Only caught the tailend of one tonight ... hoping to get to see the others
> in time ... I do trust they will be repeated many times and if they are
> for promotion purposes I'm sure they will ... Guess we'll have to watch fX
> exclusively for awhile huh???
>
> Barbara

fX is going to start airing the X-FIles on August 19. They are starting
with episode #1 and will be showing all epiodes ever made in order.

munchkyn@*%best.com

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Jul 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/4/97
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In article <pagonz0-ya0236800...@news.uky.edu>,
pag...@pop.uky.edu (Pat Gonzales) wrote:

> (LDShupe) wrote:
>
> > The other is about the
> > official web site and has the guy who set it up and maintains it
>
> That's Chris Fusco, he's been involved with XF for quite some time, he was
> the head of the XF area on Delphi, which was, before Internet web sites
> took over, the "official" place for X Files talk.

They're interviewing CHRIS??? I gotta get out my VCR.

>
> > (he talks
> > about how internet fans names were used on an episode's airplane manifesto
> > list--not sure what ep this is.)
>
> This is "Little Green Men," from Season 2. The names on the airline
> passinger manifests Scully looks at are names of Internet fans of the show
> from the summer of 94.
>
> Pat G.
> Who's three up from "George Hale"
> and gets about 3 seconds of screen time :-)


Hey, at least you made the screen!!! "Stegall" was too far down on the
list to make it into the shot.

Sarah
wishing Mulder had travelled as "Orville Thrushbaum" or something.

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Ginny F.

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Jul 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/4/97
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: Only caught the tailend of one tonight ... hoping to get to see the

others
: in time ... I do trust they will be repeated many times and if they are
: for promotion purposes I'm sure they will ... Guess we'll have to watch
fX
: exclusively for awhile huh???


Ohhh, sure....rub it in.....go ahead. Just go ahead and watch fX
exclusively; don't worry about us poor people who don't have it. No
really, we're fine........we'll just watch TXF once a week...out of
order....if our *&#^#&# Fox affiliate even decides to carry it.

Ginny F.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Life is stranger than any of us expected,
There is a somber, imponderable fate.
Enigma rules, and the heart has no certainty."
:Richard Eberhart - "Flux"

JN Cotton

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Jul 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/7/97
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In article <19970706204...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
aut...@aol.com (Autumn T) wrote:
>Just my luck I finally catch one of these comercials and it is Shiban
>discussing "Teso dos Bichos". I kid you not. At least he appears to know
>just how bad it was...
>
>
>Autumn Tysko
>"Mulder, they're worms" / Sister of OBSSE
>My episode reviews available at (email me for mailing list info):
>http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/1411/main_rev.html
>
Okay, my interest is peaked:

What the heck did he say???? I've GOT to know!

Nancy (no clever sig)
Order of the Blessed St. Scully the Enigmatic
Visit the OBSSE Sanctuary at:
http://www.security-one.com/obsse

JN Cotton

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Jul 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/7/97
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In article <19970707033...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
aut...@aol.com (Autumn T) wrote:
>In article JN Cotton <jnco...@ix.netcom.com> writes:

>
>>In article aut...@aol.com (Autumn T) wrote:
>>>Just my luck I finally catch one of these comercials and it is Shiban
>>>discussing "Teso dos Bichos". I kid you not. At least he appears to know
>>>just how bad it was...
>>>
>>Okay, my interest is peaked:
>>
>>What the heck did he say???? I've GOT to know!
>
>How he was the one who wrote the episode about the killer cats and how
>there were two problems with the episode (HELLO??? Two???).

Uh, maybe you missed the part where he said "Two Thousand". Yeah,
maybe they had to edit that part out....


>he talked about how cats just didn't look menacing

Uh...stray domestic cats not looking menacing?
Geez, who would have ever thunk it.

> and how Gillian was alergic to
>them (they did intercut this with the lovely and talented Gillian Anderson
>explaining she was indeed and some of the problems in filming that rabbit
>fur covered cat on a stick scene).

Uh oh! Did someone say "Rabbit Fur Covered Cat on a Stick"????
I think I see another Summertime Craft Project for the OBSSE sisters
and brothers!!!!

Then he said he actually named the
>character Mona Wuswhatever AFTER HIS MOTHER.

Wow! He REALLY must have some issues with his mum.

>This was interspersed with
>clips of Mulder & Scully saying her name (differently) in the episode
>every time.

Really? I have to go rewatch that...Oh, quick! Someone slap me!
Rewatch Tesos? What the HELL was I thinking! Quick, Sis, mix me a
margarita!

Also, apparently his parents were none to thrilled that he
>named a stupid character who gets torn apart in a rat infested bathroom
>after his Mom.

Yeah, well, the guy thinks stray domestic cats are menacing. Go figure.

>He was smiling and kinda laughing a goofy laugh while relating these
>stories about his masterpiece.

Did he have a twitch? Just wondering.


>Autumn Tysko
>"Mulder, they're worms" / Sister of OBSSE
>My episode reviews available at (email me for mailing list info):
>http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/1411/main_rev.html
>

Nancy (no clever sig)


Order of the Blessed St. Scully the Enigmatic

Visit the OBSSE's Sanctuary at:
http://www.security-one.com/obsse

Autumn T

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Jul 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/7/97
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In article JN Cotton <jnco...@ix.netcom.com> writes:

>Uh oh! Did someone say "Rabbit Fur Covered Cat on a Stick"????
>I think I see another Summertime Craft Project for the OBSSE sisters
>and brothers!!!!

Oh, I don't know if those were the words or I was projecting. Though I
don't think a summer craft project could be better than the OBSSE St.
Scully on a stick.

>>This was interspersed with
>>clips of Mulder & Scully saying her name (differently) in the episode
>>every time.
>
>Really? I have to go rewatch that...Oh, quick! Someone slap me!
>Rewatch Tesos? What the HELL was I thinking!

Don't scare me. It was funny to hear them say it many different ways in
*SHORT* clips edited together, but to go through 43 minutes of pain again
just for that... not worth it. Though I do get an odd thrill out of that
drug induced song in the beginning because I like to make up words to
it... Did I type that outloud??

Turtle1019

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Jul 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/9/97
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I just saw the one on Jose Chung. Darin Morgan said that since it was his
last one, he wanted to throw everything he could into the episode. The
guy who plays Byers talked about how it doesn't get much better than "Jose
Chung," or something like that. Then GA talked about how funny Charles
Nelson Reily was. DM said that his favorite line in the episode was "this
is not happening," and he held his arms to his head like the alien did in
the show. I hope they get all this footage and make a special out of it.

Turtle
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I did not name the stakes,
I just happen to like apples,
and I'm not afraid of snakes - Ani Difranco
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Roe

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Jul 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/14/97
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I just thought I'd post to tell everyone that FX has made about 40 or so
of these promos. As far as a "making-of" special incorporating all of
the footage, I haven't heard anything.

Champey

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Jul 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/15/97
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They may have 40 however so far they have only played about 15 of them ...
when do they plan to show the rest ...

Pat Gonzales

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Jul 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/15/97
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In article <19970715033...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
turtl...@aol.com (Turtle1019) wrote:

> In article <33CA8E...@earthlink.net>, Roe <we...@earthlink.net> writes:

> And why is it the only one I keep catching on seeing is the one about the
> damn maggots?

*I* seem to always stumble on the one with our [in]famous Mr. Shiban and
those damn kitties! Hey, I want to see a DD one! And there's got to be a
Mitch Pileggi one, doesn't there?? Doesn't there????

Pat G.
Your Syndication Information Station
August 19 is Day One!

Tina 7256

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Jul 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/15/97
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I don't know about anywhere else but on my fx the x-files commercials
are on 9:00p.m. or 9:30 p.m. CT time.

Champey

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Jul 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/16/97
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In article <pagonz0-ya0236800...@news.uky.edu>,
pag...@pop.uky.edu (Pat Gonzales) writes:

>*I* seem to always stumble on the one with our [in]famous Mr. Shiban and
>those damn kitties!

They do seem to play that one alot (and why I don't know!!)

>Hey, I want to see a DD one!

This one *and* the GA one do seem to come very infrequently ...

>And there's got to be a Mitch Pileggi one, doesn't there?? Doesn't
there????

I have yet to see one for him yet either ... which does seem rather
strange since they have done CSM

>
>Pat G.
>Your Syndication Information Station
>August 19 is Day One!
>
>

"Willing to believe in extreme possibilities..."
Barbara

Champey

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Jul 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/16/97
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In article <19970716001...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
lds...@aol.com (LDShupe) writes:

>I've only seen 2 so far that focus on DD--one is about the Mulder
>character, and the other is with Randy Stone about how they begged DD to
>give up some HBO movie and do the X-Files. Have yet to see MP in any of
>them.

Wow -- I have only seen the first one - I'll have to look for the begging
one ...

Barbara

Megadee Meggers Meg Meg

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Jul 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/20/97
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lds...@aol.com (LDShupe) wrote:

>pag...@pop.uky.edu (Pat Gonzales) writes:
>
>>*I* seem to always stumble on the one with our [in]famous Mr. Shiban and

>>those damn kitties! Hey, I want to see a DD one! And there's got to be a


>>Mitch Pileggi one, doesn't there?? Doesn't there????
>>
>>
>

>I've only seen 2 so far that focus on DD--one is about the Mulder
>character, and the other is with Randy Stone about how they begged DD to
>give up some HBO movie and do the X-Files. Have yet to see MP in any of
>them.

While on vacation, I got to see fx (I wanna move!)...and in the week I
was there, I saw the one about WOTC twice, with Kim Manners describing
his direction of the roches. I also saw a few with Gillian in them,
including the JCFOS one where she says in a VERY flat voice "Charles
Nelson Reilly was very funny..." or something like that.

I am not who I am!
Meg
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SIM Being

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Jul 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/27/97
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Has anyone seen the one about props for the show? They givev Mulder's
liscense number: 123-321-321

Just thought you should know :)

SIMB...@aol.com

RFRANK

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SIMB...@aol.com wrote....

>Has anyone seen the one about props for the show? They givev Mulder's
>liscense number: 123-321-321
>
>

I think we need to form a committee RIGHT NOW to figure out the
significance of these numbers...people get to work!!! They HAVE to mean
SOMETHING. I'll bet the answer to the whole show is in these numbers.


Let me know--
Kathy

Coleen Sullivan-Baier

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Jul 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/27/97
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In <19970727141...@ladder01.news.aol.com> rfr...@aol.com
(RFRANK) writes:

1+2+3=6 3+2+1=6 3+2+1=6

Mulder's liscense -- 666


NEXT!!!


XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(absolutly the BEST at making SOMETHING out of NOTHING)


Cybertron

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Jul 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/27/97
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Coleen Sullivan-Baier wrote:
>
> In <19970727141...@ladder01.news.aol.com> rfr...@aol.com
> (RFRANK) writes:
>
> >SIMB...@aol.com wrote....
> >>Has anyone seen the one about props for the show? They givev Mulder's
> >>liscense number: 123-321-321
>
> >I think we need to form a committee RIGHT NOW to figure out the
> >significance of these numbers...people get to work!!! They HAVE to
> >mean SOMETHING. I'll bet the answer to the whole show is in these
> >numbers.
>
>
> 1+2+3=6 3+2+1=6 3+2+1=6
>
> Mulder's liscense -- 666
>
> NEXT!!!

Oh, that's easy. There are three sets of three numbers, and the last
two sets are the same as the first, only backwards, symbolizing what
Scully said to Mulder in Never Again; the X-files go in an endless line,
one step forward and two steps back.


>
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> (absolutly the BEST at making SOMETHING out of NOTHING)

-Cybertron

Helen Ensikat

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Jul 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/28/97
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>>
>> 1+2+3=6 3+2+1=6 3+2+1=6
>>
>> Mulder's liscense -- 666
>>
>> NEXT!!!

>Oh, that's easy. There are three sets of three numbers, and the last
>two sets are the same as the first, only backwards, symbolizing what
>Scully said to Mulder in Never Again; the X-files go in an endless line,
>one step forward and two steps back.

Oh I like this explanation a *lot*!!! Let's have more 'deep and
meaningful' please!! :) (BTW, how perceptive of you...)

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LDShupe

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Jul 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/29/97
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>giz...@ix.netcom.com(Coleen Sullivan-Baier) wrote:
>
>
>>SIMB...@aol.com wrote....
>>>Has anyone seen the one about props for the show? They givev Mulder's
>>>liscense number: 123-321-321
>
>
>>I think we need to form a committee RIGHT NOW to figure out the
>>significance of these numbers...people get to work!!! They HAVE to
>>mean SOMETHING. I'll bet the answer to the whole show is in these
>>numbers.
>
>
> 1+2+3=6 3+2+1=6 3+2+1=6
>
> Mulder's liscense -- 666
>
>
> NEXT!!!
>
>
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> (absolutly the BEST at making SOMETHING out of >NOTHING)

Shouldn't it be 666, Jr.??
Has anyone checked his scalp?--oh here, let me do it! (No really...I
insist!)


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Jul 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/30/97
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LDShupe (lds...@aol.com) wrote:

: ********************************
1=unity sameness whole truth
2=binary oppisition ex. good evil
3=resolution of two heaven the spirit.
6=inverted trinity space without the centre.
translation= Mulder is searching for the truth while being caught up in
the conflict between good and evil. Three is his belief in the
supernatural and his search for self discovery. Six repersents the
consortium. Since he is constantly being thwrated in his quest the last
numbers are inverted.
Hillary
For a more invovled descripition of the symbolism of numbers email me
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Mike Bishop

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Aug 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM8/2/97
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On 27 Jul 1997 14:17:17 GMT, rfr...@aol.com (RFRANK) wrote:

>
>SIMB...@aol.com wrote....
>
>>Has anyone seen the one about props for the show? They givev Mulder's
>>liscense number: 123-321-321
>>
>>
>
>I think we need to form a committee RIGHT NOW to figure out the
>significance of these numbers...people get to work!!! They HAVE to mean
>SOMETHING. I'll bet the answer to the whole show is in these numbers.
>
>

123 = 6
321 = 6
321 = 6
hmmmmm 6-6-6. Now where have I heard that before.....
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