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Report this Sep. 28 2006, 4:47 pm

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Yes, story involved major advertisers threatening to pull their business and pressuring others as well unless the station pulled the song. At first the manager (Gordon Jump) takes them at face value and agrees to this on the basis of decency, etc. But when the others (Johnny, Venus) fight back and he actually listens to Imagine, he takes the proper stand. I really love that show. Too bad nobody's aired it in a long time. I have a bunch of it on tape, though. Beta.

Personal favorites: Johnny buys a condo; Venus teaches a kid about the atom

Venus: There are three gangs on the street, right?
Arnold: Yeah yeah, three gangs.
Venus: And this right here is the territory. Now here (drawing a circle on the wall) is the neighbourhood. Got that?
Arnold: Yeah.
Venus: And right in the middle of this neighbourhood is a gang called the New Boys.
Arnold: Yeah, the New Boys. Good name.
Venus: Out here on the outside, on the edge of the neighbourhood, is another gang. These are real negative dudes. Really negative, right?
Arnold: Right.
Venus: They call themselves the Elected Ones.
Arnold, bored: All right, the Elected Ones.
Venus: You got that? Really negative, they don't like nothing!
Arnold: Right.
Venus: They spend all their time out here circling around the neighbourhood, just circling. Checking out the New Boys. Now the New Boys see this, and they guess, they figure, something's wrong here. So they make a deal with another gang - a gang of very happy-go-lucky guys. They call themselves the Pros. The Pros. Now, the Pros are very positive cats. See, they got all the good-lookin' women, right?
Arnold, interested: Yeah!

Venus: Now you see right here, the Pros and the New Boys, they call their hangout the Nucleus. Now see, that's a real tough word. It's Latin. I kinda think it's Swahili. And it means center.
Arnold: Yeah? What is it?
Venus: Nucleus. Say it.
Arnold: Nucleus. Is that really African?
Venus: Say it!
Arnold, with exaggeration: Nucleus!
Venus: All right. I'll give you another Swahili word. It's, uh, it's "tron." It means "do."
Arnold: Yeah, "tron, do."
Venus: All these gangs like that name so well that they all decide to use it. Fr'instance, the Pros right here in the middle start calling themselves the Protons, and the New Boys, they start calling themselves the Neutrons. And out here on the edge, the Elected Ones, they start calling themselves the Elec--?
Arnold: The Electrons. The Protons, and the Neutrons.
Venus: And all this right here, this is the neighbourhood. This is block after block of nothing. You understand block after block of nothing.
Arnold: Yeah, I know all about that, and your time is up, Professor DJ.
Venus: Good. I was finished anyway. Now, you go on back to school.
Arnold: School! Man, all I know about is a bunch of damn gangs that live in a round neighbourhood!

Venus: I did lie about one thing, those words being Swahili. Black kids seem to learn faster when it's about their own culture. Just a little white lie, okay?

Johnny: That atom stuff was terrific! I never understood it before.
Venus: Why didn't you tell me you were back there?
Johnny: I tried, but I was asleep.

I actually thought it was on on TVland or Nick at Night maybe 6 months ago or so. Such a great show. I forgot about those two episodes. There is also the one when Jonny's daughter gets 'married' and he is uncharacteristically uptight about it. An interesting generational gap story.
Great show...You still have a working Beta deck? Color me impressed.
I think you can rent/buy them on DVD now, FYI.

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Report this Sep. 28 2006, 11:41 pm

Back to TOS. I created a rudimentary short test video using a scale model and PC based software. It will hopefully be a precursor of a full length story to be filmed using some virtual sets and regional talent. I threw in some of the original Alexander Courage sound track. The video is in my Yahoo Group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planetxmodelclub/ You will need a yahoo ID as well as quick time player
Enjoy, Michael

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 12:11 am

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But, seriously. Â¿If this is just for random jottings....
This week, a very close work friend of mine passed away. Â¿When I say work friend, I mean that he and I never socialized outside of work...but we developed a pretty good friendship here at work. Â¿He was much older than I. Â¿He died after a lengthy illness. Â¿What is kind of hard is that due to the nature of his position here, he wasn't on many folks radar...most people are asking, "who was so and so anyhow"? Â¿Despite the fact that he held an important mission critical positon. Â¿Makes me mad and very sad. Â¿This is the first friend I have lost to death. Â¿It's been a difficult week.

Sorry for your loss.

You say this is your first friend you lost to death? A playmate of mine died when I was 6. He was about the same age.

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 12:24 am

We just went through a typhoon. We had power out yesterday so I was not able to log in. Lots of uprooted trees and debris still scattered around though the sky is clear.

Silencer, the typhoon's on the way up there to HK and Taiwan. Take care!

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 4:24 am

Sorry for both your losses Peregrine and Suresh.
I never experienced a typhoon in my area,thank God. Besides the uprooted trees and powerloss, good to hear your ok Suresh.

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 4:55 am

Yes, we're fine now. Internet access is still spotty though. Thanks for the concern.

I think Silencer's not posting because the typhoon must be in HK by now.

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 5:20 am

Let's hope he gets through it ok.

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 5:26 am

I like those commercials for HDTV powered by DLP with the girl and the elephant.

"It's the mirrors..."

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 7:02 am

*goes to ruminate in the flower field with the elephant*

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 7:04 am

bush got big ears

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 7:08 am

Quote (love_those_spacemen @ Sep. 29 2006, 7:02 pm)

*goes to ruminate in the flower field with the elephant*

I think you should go to the ladies room for that... :laugh:

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 7:15 am

Men may ponder the universe on their thrones, but not I. :laugh:

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 7:19 am

Oh sorry, I thought you said "urinate". :laugh:

( kidding, male humor ) .

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Report this Sep. 29 2006, 11:04 am

Glad to hear that you're OK, Suresh; I had been wondering if Xangsane had caused you any trouble. I lost power in my house for ten days when Hurricane Isabel hit Richmond three years ago, so I know what can happen.