FORKNI-L
Digest - 17 Jan 1996 - Special issue
Wed, 17 Jan 1996
There are 35 messages totalling 1028 lines in this issue.
Topics in this special issue:
1. Last Rites 9/? (3)
2. Need a French lesson (6)
3. CHARITY: Update 1/17
4. Call to arms for the cast and crew! (5)
5. Subscribe error mistake
6. Names, names, names
7. I tried
8. GWD: mother of all commutes...
9. Questions....
10. YKYBW...
11. FORKNI-L Digest - 17 Jan 1996 - Special issue
12. Sundry Matters II (2)
13. attn toni holm
14. pre-wedding day jitters?
15. Sent flowers (2)
16. Viacom,Ger in CA, flyers
17. Last Rites 9/? (fwd)
18. THE SCI-FILE #12 (fwd)
19. Satellite folks? LA
20. SOS-NAPTE bag fund update 1/17
21. Charity Drop Off Report
22. GER - AOL - 1/20 at 10 pm!
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:09:38 -0500
From: Judith Freudenthal <JudithF955@a.......>
Subject: Re: Last Rites 9/?
I need one kind soul to send me Part 9 of Last Rites. For some reason I have
never received it.
Thanks.
Judy
JudithF955@a.......
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:15:11 -0500
From: Stephanie Babbitt <stephanie.babbitt@g.......>
Subject: Need a French lesson
Okay, Cousins. Give me a hand here. For some reason, the French lessons I
took in kindergarten haven't stuck with me lo these many years.
I'm a third-season newbie, so much of this is unfamiliar to me. When
watching "Sons of Belial" last night, I was interested to hear Nick
pronounce LaCroix's name. Now, he was under some stress when he called to
LaCroix, so his pronounciation may have been a little strained. But I want
to know how LaCroix would wish to have his own name spoken.
Being a southern U.S. resident, my tendency would be to say La CROY.
What little I recall of French, I would guess the pronounciation to be
La QUA (with that almost imperceptible hint of koo-ah and the "ah" almost
swallowed).
It sounded to me like Nick said La KWAA.
Okay, it's all retentive, I know. But these things interest me.
Thanks for pointers!
Stephanie Babbitt
Vaquera in training
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:19:03 -0500
From: Lisa Anne Prince <Moonlight@g.......>
Subject: CHARITY: Update 1/17
Hey, Hey Everyone :)
Just a gentle reminder, the charity drive is open until February
14th, so if you haven't sent, you still have plenty of time :)
That said, our new total is . . .
$6,245.50
And, if the post about our sending half the electronic postcards is
true, we've already surpassed Sony's donation and I think we all
deserve a hand <clap-clap-clap, standing ovation, wolf whistle>
For those still feeling a little discouraged, the happy quote
fanatic <wave> has come up with the following:
"Who Lives Most?"
We live in deeds, not years;
in thoughts, not breaths;
in feelings, not in figures on a dial.
We should count time by heart-throbs.
He most lives who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.
-- Philip James Bailey --
We, my friends, are most certaining acting the best :)
Lisa Prince (Moonlight@g.......) Official Charity Drive Organizer
Please make checks payable to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Send to: Lisa Prince, PAF "Forever Knight" Group Charity,
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Rage, my friends, rage against the dying of the Knight
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:28:09 -0500
From: "Sharon A. Himmanen" <romana@p.......>
Subject: Re: Call to arms for the cast and crew!
On Jan 17, 1996 13:17:47, 'Heather Thornburg <penni@w.......>' wrote:
>do you want the actors or the directors, ect.?
Everybody.
Actors, grips, best boys, make-up, stunt people. costume, assistants to . .
., producers, editors, stand-ins, composers (Hi, Fred!), etc.
Everybody!
Sharon
--
Sharon A. Himmanen * NatPack * http://www.users.nyc.pipeline.com/~romana/
romana@p....... * romana@a....... * shimmane@s.......
"Boy, this stuff makes vampires look like cute little schoolbots."
--Natalie, "Dead Air"
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:46:14 -0500
From: Hugo Trepanier <pio@m.......>
Subject: Re: Subscribe error mistake
Hello!
On reply of my apologies, Diane Rayno said:
>You really shouldn't be so hard on yourself. Calling yourself stupid is
>really not necessary. Everyone makes mistakes and is entitled to a few now
>and then whether they be 'newbies' or old bees.
Thanks. I didn't really mean to call myself stupid anyway, I know I'm not! ;)
Nobody is. It's just that I was a bit stressed out when I wrote this,
because that's not the only mistake I made in the last few hours!!! (Don't
ask!) :)
Anyway, I later realized my message never made it to the list! That's
because the LISTSERV knew I had the wrong address. Sorry to cluther the list
with this post...
Hugo Trepanier
pio@m.......
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:26:57 -0500
From: "Susan M. Garrett" <susang@v.......>
Subject: Names, names, names
Thanks to Toni M. and all of the people who have compiled cast lists!
Please, everyone, make an attempt to send cards and notes and neat stuff to
these people. They NEVER hear from us. And FK would NOT get made without
the grips and the editors and all those other wonderful people.
Regards
When we get a fourth season, the hair GOES.
susang@v....... -- http://www.vitinc.com/~susang
Get all your info for Saving Forever Knight from:
http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:44:38 -0400
From: Antonia Mandry <MA97AD14@a.......>
Subject: Re: Last Rites 9/?
what is Last Rites?
Toni M.
Ma97ad14@a.......
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:51:33 -0400
From: Antonia Mandry <MA97AD14@a.......>
Subject: Re: Call to arms for the cast and crew!
Hey, did my thing go through?! I sent the crew list for "Strings" but I don't
know if it got delivered. Please drop me a note guys if it went through!
Thanks!!!!!!!
Toni M.
MA97AD14@a.......
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 18:04:40 -0500
From: "Gaylin J. Walli" <gjwalli@m.......>
Subject: I tried
Well, I did the best I could. Called the people and place I was supposed
to call (Detroit, Chicago, some place in Wisconsin). And I was all hyped
up to get ready to pass out when I gave blood (it's just *my* blood I
can't stand to see, not anyone else's) when *BOOM* ear infection.
Antibiotics are not condusive to donating blood. Soooooo, regardless of
the show, I promise to donate blood as soon as I'm allowed to once I've
been off the antibiotics for a while.
But there ain't no way I'm cutting the hair. I'll dye it, but I ain't
cuttin' it.
Forever,
Jasmine, Faithful Ravenette
gjwalli@m.......
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:57:50 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: GWD: mother of all commutes...
On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Inanna Arthen wrote:
> Katrin Dyballa inquires:
>
> >Ger moved to California, is this right? I know, that Nick has incredible
> >powers, but Ger would be the first human who can split up in order to be at
> >two different places: Toronto and California. How Ger should manage this? ^
> That doesn't mean Ger will want to do it. And I wouldn't blame him too
> much, sigh.
Just to unmong one rumor that's been floating around: this
moving-to-California deal started a Long Time Ago. GWD bought the Santa
Barbara house in mid-May 1995. That is before season three even began
filming. Accordingly, I believe him when he says the big concern about a
fourth season is getting one that is adequately funded.
Apache
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 18:10:37 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: Re: Questions....
On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Dianne Therese DeSha wrote:
>
> I of course don't want to be doing anything to give the cast and crew
> grief-- no one does-- but if they really do want us to just give up
> and go away (*which I have yet to hear!*)... they've taken their sweet
> time about letting us know.
Dianne, Diane E., Cyn, Lisa, and everyone,
I just want to underscore what Laurie CF said on this point. We
wrote and asked point-blank if they wanted to bail, if they *wanted* not
to have a fourth season. We *asked* to be told if they wanted us not to
go forward, not to spend money on various things, not to write letters,
and so on.
*No one* wrote back and said, yeah, please quit.
There may be plenty of skepticism about whether it's possible, but
to the extent that we got signals, they were affirmative. And, speaking
for myself, I've heard from a few people that the PAF contributions in
particular really knock them out.
One person at Paragon [old huge-news], apprised of the
resolutions regarding Spam and other matters, expressed [with just the
*smallest* note of sarcasm] pleasure at being able to help so many people
with their good resolves.
Cheers,
Laura
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 15:03:38 -0800
From: Roni Power <bach@c.......>
Subject: YKYBW...
Hi all,
You know you've been watching too much FK when....a co-worker is going
to have surgery and she is asking if anybody has A negative blood and you
reply that Schanke is A negative.
Schanke-He's a *Good* Cop! With |Pinky are you pondering what I'm pondering?
*Good* Instincts! Become A FoD! | I think so Brain but if we didn't have
Roni Power bach@c....... O+ FoD| ears, we'd look like weasels.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 18:24:08 -0500
From: Kristina Mairi Buhrman <kmb19@c.......>
Subject: Re: Need a French lesson
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Stephanie Babbitt wrote:
> Being a southern U.S. resident, my tendency would be to say La CROY.
>
> What little I recall of French, I would guess the pronounciation to be
> La QUA (with that almost imperceptible hint of koo-ah and the "ah" almost
> swallowed).
>
> It sounded to me like Nick said La KWAA.
Well, I'll ask my actual french friend (who knows stuff like the midi
accent), but according to my limited "Parisian" student french (and my
linguistics training), it would be
La Kr(uvular "r". It's said back in the throat with the uvula (that
danglely thingy))-ah.
Or the way I would usually say it, La Krah.
The uvular "r"
can sound a bit like a "w", because it's a liquid said in roughly the same
area of the throat.
Where's Brabant anyway? What type of french accent would they have there?
hm... oh well, language drift would've probably changed the accent by now
anyway.
What I want to know is why I speak German and Russian (and even Gaelic)
with a French accent. My German teacher says that I sound like Swiss-French.
Of course, I don't speak *French* with a french accent. *sigh*
-Kristina kmb19@c.......
(silly keyboard doesn't have the international phonetic symbols)
Perkulator
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 18:45:33 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: Re: Call to arms for the cast and crew!
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Lynn McAlpine wrote:
> Of COURSE they could use cheering up. Everything else aside, do you realize
> how COLD it is in Toronto this time of year? Maybe I'll send them a carton of
> hot chocolate.
Spam Spam Spam Spam <humming a little tune> Spam Spam Spam Spam...
Guess we better not, though.. we want them to *like* us.
A.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 18:47:25 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: Re: FORKNI-L Digest - 17 Jan 1996 - Special issue
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Shannon Thompson wrote:
> Hiya!
>
> Just made my call to my local syndicated station. The programming manager
> is *gone*.
Or.... get a number/hotel name in Las Vegas? Send him/her flowers
*there* -- this is business, after all.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 16:00:13 -0800
From: Wendy Marie Christensen <wendy@i.......>
Subject: Re: Need a French lesson
>
> Being a southern U.S. resident, my tendency would be to say La CROY.
>
> What little I recall of French, I would guess the pronounciation to be
> La QUA (with that almost imperceptible hint of koo-ah and the "ah" almost
> swallowed).
>
> It sounded to me like Nick said La KWAA.
I am glad I am not the only one who thinks that way!!
Wendy Marie
wendy@i.......
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:17:04 -0500
From: patrick kortner aiex <paiex@i.......>
Subject: Sundry Matters II
Gang:
First, let me offer an apology to Angela (NO e-mail address!) for bla-
tantly violating Netiquette by posting her address in my own post. Bad Pat.
No biscuit.
I wrote a letter to my local affiliate, WXIN FOX 59, and I received
a reply today. Here is what it says:
January 15, 1996
Dear Patrick:
Thank you for your letter and concern for "Forever Knight." We ap-
preciate hearing from our viewers.
Our contract for "Forever Knight" does not expire until September 8,
1996. I've checked with the syndicator for the program and I've been assured
that we will receive a full season of new episodes.
As for the fourth season, it has not been offered to us yet, but we
will keep your comments in mind when it comes time to renew.
Sincerely,
Wendy R.E. Logsdon
Program Coordinator
Then she even tells me that for the next two weeks, FK will be pre-
empted, but will run at later than scheduled times. Nice of her.
I realize that she didn't get the message -- that if she wants a
fourth season, she's gonna have to *ASK* for it. I'm going to call the sta-
tion and tell her that.
Did I do good? <pathetically begging for praise>
Pat -- the Lone Nanette
. . . and B-Negative FoD
. . . and Possible Perkulator
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:19:10 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: Re: Last Rites 9/?
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Judith Freudenthal wrote:
> I need one kind soul to send me Part 9 of Last Rites. For some reason I have
> never received it.
me too, please. It must have posted while my server was down. Thanks.
Laura
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:39:00 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: Re: Need a French lesson
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Kristina Mairi Buhrman wrote:
> La Kr(uvular "r". It's said back in the throat with the uvula (that
> danglely thingy))-ah.
> Or the way I would usually say it, La Krah.
Was it Get Smart or a Mel Brooks moview or Inspector Clouseau...
where's it from, this dialogue that's echoing in memory...
"Not the Kraw, the Kraw!!!!"
--- an l-impaired sendup of Fu Manchu
called The Claw trying to get the proper respect from a bumbling detective.
And as long as I'm posting so much tonight...
I moved my car today! It only took 12 days...
PS DC Mayor Marian Barry (pause for hisses) is a Vaquero. He
announced yesterday the District will do no more snow-plowing... yes,
Jane, we're waiting for it to melt! Honest! And we can't fly over it,
either.
Apache
Perkulator
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:01:09 -0600
From: Mark/Mary Baker <mabaker@t.......>
Subject: attn toni holm
Sorry to bother the list but I need for Toni Holm (KXXO) to contact me. I
have lost your address Toni..
Mary mabaker@t.......
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:24:00 +0000
From: Lisa Wolters </S=L.WOLTERS/OU1=S27A@m.......>
Subject: pre-wedding day jitters?
First, an extremely heartfelt thank you to everyone who's added their
voice to the cry of "Don't give up yet!" Count this as a me, too.
Guys, we've been "engaged" to the idea of saving FK for almost a
month now, and as "wedding day" (NATPE) approaches, we're bound to
get cold feet and have second thoughts. So much has happened during
our "wedding planning stage"--triumph, tears, pressure--and now, at
the dress rehearsal, some of the relatives and guests are getting
grumpy and tired. ;) But we CAN NOT let this ruin "our day"!!!!!
Committment ain't easy. It's big. It's way-scary. There are no
guarantees. And the minute someone else shows a sliver of
hesitation, it can give us an easy way out...if we lack the courage
to keep on keeping on.
We've already DONE the really hard things. We're almost to the
top of that hill. And we won't know what's on the other side for us
unless we keep on climbing. OK, so now I'm mixing metaphors. You
get the idea! ;)
I'll admit that I've had my own doubts and fears, wondered what
the heck I'm doing with so much of my free time--and I haven't done
nearly as much as many of you!! But I'm in this for the long haul.
As Nat keeps pounding into Nick, no one said this would be easy.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:08:38 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: Sent flowers
Someone asked that we post about having done this, so...
I sent a basket of lots of brightly colored flowers (they stand
out against the snow, trust me) to Carolyn Parker at WBTV - 50, with a
note that said "Thanks for moving Forever Knight to 9 pm. Please ask
TriStar for a fourth season at NATPE next week. Best wishes to all,
DC Friends of Forever Knight."
OK, it's not a marvel of compositional eloquence, but... it
oughta do some good.
9pm Saturday... Fever... allegedly "sweaty, shirtless Vachon."
oh yeah.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:12:21 -0500
From: Allison Percy <percy91@w.......>
Subject: Re: Need a French lesson
Stephanie Babbitt <stephanie.babbitt@g.......> said:
>
> Okay, Cousins. Give me a hand here. For some reason, the French lessons I
> took in kindergarten haven't stuck with me lo these many years.
I'm not a Cousin or even a native French speaker, but I studied French
for about 11 years so maybe I can help.
Re: the pronunciation of LaCroix:
No, it's not La CROY. No, it's not even La QUA. Nor La KWAA. (I'm not
clear on the difference you heard between the last two. Was the "a" more
drawn out?)
It's actually difficult to write in English. It is properly pronounced
La KRWA. The R isn't silent, but it's a French R, spoken in the back of
the throat. There isn't a direct equivalent of this sound in English.
Usually it's said without drawing out the "a" sound, but it probably
depends on context. If Ger was trying to be dramatic, he might have
drawn out LaCroix's name a bit.
Native speakers of French, please feel free to correct me! And if anyone
speaks French with the accent of a 1st century Roman general who learned
French as a second language, all the better!
BTW, has this topic been as popular on the list in the past as the
pronunciation of "Geraint"? (Oops, didn't mean to bring up *that* one
again...) ;)
* Allison Percy, a perky Knightie percy91@w....... *
* __o Pedal for Forever Knight & the Pediatric AIDS Foundation! *
* _`\<,_ Contact me to pledge support or join the ride. For info *
* (*)/ (*) see http://assets.wharton.upenn.edu/~percy91/FKtour.html *
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:09:40 -0500
From: Lillian Feden <feden@m.......>
Subject: Re: Call to arms for the cast and crew!
Diane Echelbarger and I sent balloons last week. Diane had a contact up
there who delivered them for us. Diane'll have to tell all the details,
since she talked to the person who delivered them. But I think she's a
little preoccupied right now, right Diane? When do you leave for NATPE?
Lillian
|feden@m....... aka RotsaRuck@a....... http://www.mcs.com/~feden|
|Knightie; Optimist's Club |
|Help Save Forever Knight! Check out the SFK Web Page for info: |
|http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html |
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:55:01 -48000
From: Merrill Lee <merrill@a.......>
Subject: Viacom,Ger in CA, flyers
Dear All,
Hola! I have just finished reading all the posts on-list since
Saturday... BBS was being finnicky...if that's how you spell it. It's
amazing how fast going through 350 messages is when you don't have any
homework or any other pressing engagements :)
Re: UPN etc... I own stock in Viacom which owns Paramount (and MTV, too I
hear). Do you think if I wrote to them those 50 shares would be of any
interest to them? Not a whole lot of stock, by a whole lot of my $$ :)
Re: Ger moving to Santa Barbara. First of all, ick, why would you want
to move here? Seriously, tho, the stars of X-Files are LA folk, and
they're filming season 3 all in Vancouver...and Gillian Anderson has a
new baby too (named Piper... yep, been on Forkni-l too long :) So it's
not bad that he's moving.
Re: flyers. I did a big flyer thing this weekend that I mentioned I was
going to last week. I went to the Burbank X-Files convention that
boasted both Chris Carter and Gillian Anderson. Anyway, I was sooooo
jealous about the *amazing* amount of merchandising this one show has. I
had printed up 1000 flyers for this endeavour, and I managed to hand out
about 800 of them at the con. I got lots of people who were saying they
were going to write.. even one woman who'd stopped watching due to the
changes this season (after I mentioned DD would be back for another
episode). I gave the original flyer to a woman who wanted to copy them
and give them out in San Diego.. not that the LA info would be too
useful, but I'm sure they're intelligent enough to write to their own
syndie station, as opposed to the LA one. I also gave a whole bunch to a
woman who I saw selling some FK pictures there, and she said she would
send them out in the mail when people order stuff from her. She said she
was from Chicago, so hopefully they will write to the right people there
:) I have recently given out a few flyers while wandering around a movie
theatre, and I put out about 80 or so in 3 comic books stores. With the
hundred left, I hope to hit a few more stores, but if not, I will end up
putting them up at the airport, since I'm leaving this Saturday for
school (WAIL WAIL! But I don't *wanna* study!). If anyone in the LA area
wants them, just holler... I'm WTHO near Pasadena, tho... Let me just
say.. I am so sick of the X-Files it's not even funny... hopefully I will
get over it by Friday... just shows that I like FK infinitely more than
the X-Files :)
Anne, the Green Merc with red flyers
merrill@p....... until Saturday
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:33:26 -0800
From: Heather Thornburg <penni@t.......>
Subject: Last Rites 9/? (fwd)
Judith, Laura,
Here you are.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 16:47:50 -0600 (CST)
From: Julie Randolph <randolph@t.......>
To: penni@w.......
Subject: Last Rites 9/? (fwd)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 18:34:54 -0600 (CST)
From: Julie Randolph <randolph@t.......>
To: ltdark@e.......
Subject: Last Rites 9/?
** Well, I know somewhere in this story is a plot...hmmm, if I can just
find it I'll be all set. Well, then again, we all knew I was deranged
from the start anyway...so oh well. **
JCR
Last Rites
Part 9 of I dunno
Julie Randolph
:: Story part removed; I don't have archiving permission. ::
*****************************************************************************
all response, flames, oreos, letters of recomendation, definitions of
"irony", and/or Geriant Wyn Davies home address to randolph@t.......
"I do hope this wave of altruism passes quickly, it's
quite...distressing."--LaCroix, Night in Question
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:34:36 -0500
From: "William H. O'Hara" <ohara@LARABY.TIAC.NET>
Subject: THE SCI-FILE #12 (fwd)
> THE SCI-FILE #12
>
> In our News section, we'll let you know who the 8th DOCTOR WHO will be and
> when the new WHO telefilms will air in the United States, the latest on
> ALIENS IV and the return of Sigourney Weaver, the fate of the television show
> Forever Knight, and more...
>
> Science Fiction Weekly can be reached at:
>
> http://www.scifiweekly.com
I haven't checked it out... Yet look what popped in my mailbox..
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 18:06:21 -48000
From: Merrill Lee <merrill@a.......>
Subject: Satellite folks? LA
Dear All,
I'm sorry I forgot to include this in the post I just sent, but does
anyone in the LA area have a satellite? I really, really, really want to
see Fever before I go, but alas, I will be on a plane by the time KCBS
shows it. I would worship you forever if I could a)come watch it off of
your satellite or b)come watch it off of a tape you made of it off of
your satellite :) Please? with sugar and spice? I won't get to see any
FK for 5 whole months!!
Also, would anyone consider making, or consider making an extra copy of
the rest of this season? I'm making my mother tape it, but she forgets,
and I can't call to remind her anymore, and KCBS may move it arbitrarily
sometime, even tho thankfully they haven't done so so far. I may not
need it.. my mother may divinely remember every week to tape it, but just
in case...?
-Anne, the Green Merc headed for the other side of the planet
merrill@p.......
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:48:21 -0600
From: Diane Echelbarger <gryphon@e.......>
Subject: SOS-NAPTE bag fund update 1/17
Sorry for the delay in the update (though if you read my going-to-NATPE post
yesterday, you got a mini one!) Toni and I were finalizing things on the
flyers and, frankly, I forgot to post.
The current Pledge Total for the NATPE bag fund is:
>>> $3440 <<<
Now, before you all start chanting "We made it, we MADE it!" <g> remember that
we've got to cover 2-day UPS shipping to Vegas for the bags. That's 10 35-lb
boxes, folks. Probably *quite* a chunk of change.
They'll be shipping tomorrow, and the bill will arrive on Laurie's doorstep
shortly thereafter.
Not to mention the NATPE ad, which Laurie is also collecting for. $4700 and
HOW much? :)
If you still have any money to contribute, mail it to:
SOS-FK
P.O. Box 00000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Make the check out to Laurie Cohen Fenster, NOT to me! I'm in Wisconsin, and
there's no way I can get out to NYC to sign the things. Mark it NATPE BAGS,
or NATPE AD, if you insist on one or the other, or just NATPE, and we'll split
it between the two. :)
Then e-mail me with the amount, which fund it's for, and your full name (so we
can match it against your check when it arrives).
Diane E
NATPE-FK Campaign Coordinator
# D Echelbarger gryphon@e....... #
# WWW HomePage: http://www.execpc.com/~echelbar/ #
# "Ask, and it shall be given to you." Matthew 7:7 #
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:25:35 +0300
From: Antonia Mandry <MA97AD14@a.......>
Subject: Re: Sundry Matters II
> Did I do good? <pathetically begging for praise>
>
> Pat --
good pat. BIG biscuit.
toni m. :)
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:49:46 -0800
From: Roni Power <bach@c.......>
Subject: Re: Sent flowers
Hi all,
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Apache wrote:
> 9pm Saturday... Fever... allegedly "sweaty, shirtless Vachon."
> oh yeah.
HEY!! What about a sweaty, shirtless Nick?!?!? :-)
Roni.
Schanke-He's a *Good* Cop! With |Pinky are you pondering what I'm pondering?
*Good* Instincts! Become A FoD! | I think so Brain but if we didn't have
Roni Power bach@c....... O+ FoD| ears, we'd look like weasels.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 18:13:09 -0800
From: Cynthia Hoffman <choff@v.......>
Subject: Charity Drop Off Report
Dianne and I are standing here giggling about what we did
today. This is a feeling that's difficult to describe. But,
here goes:
We went to the offices of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation in
Santa Monica this afternoon (after only making ONE wrong turn
getting off the freeway!) and delivered close to $6,000 in
donations to their hands. They were pleased, amazed and
impressed by our efforts...both the way and the speed with
which we managed to put together a donation of this size, and
for the reasons we did it. They were really happy to see us too!
They had the director come down from her office to be in the
picture with me and Doreen Lane, the woman Lisa has been
working with...Dianne took the pictures and we just came from
the computer lab at CalTech where we scanned one in (just to
prove that we didn't run off with the money). Go to
http://www.clever.net/moonlight/other/paf2.GIF...we know the
picture is big, but we had problems with the scanner, and I
have to catch a plane home in the next hour...
[And Cynthia's not that pale, really... just my cheap camera...
besides, she's in full sun, so no vamp speculation, please :-)))
oh, Cynthia's in the middle with Doreen on the left and Bonnie
(the Director) on the right. --Dianne]
And I must admit, I'm still floored that I'm shorter than that
really short person on my right...
[she's just lucky *I* was ten feet below taking the photo! <vwg>
--Dianne]
When we were done, we dropped the film off for developing and
took a long walk on the beach. I'm still trying to understand
why this feels as good as it does...the mysteries of doing
things for others I suppose...
[Really, we've both been grinning and talking back and forth
about this great feeling-- the one neither of us has found
words for <*some* writers, huh? <g>-- all afternoon. --Dianne]
Kudos to Lisa Prince for making this happen and to all of you
for donating the money that gave us such a wonderful
afternoon...
(oh, and did something really *wonderful* for a good cause too
<vbg>)
Now we're off to write letters to Paragon... pix enclosed!
Cynthia & Dianne (a.k.a Mutt & Jeff)
[Cynthia made me put that, I have no idea what she's talking
about! :-))) --Dianne]
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:21:29 -0600
From: Diane Echelbarger <gryphon@e.......>
Subject: Re: Call to arms for the cast and crew!
Lillian said, about the balloons:
> But I think she's a little preoccupied right now, right Diane? When do you
>leave for NATPE?
I fly out at 9am Tuesday. Picked up my plane tickets this afternoon.
The LA Five are driving out that afternoon, and Toni is flying out that day.
Who, me? Busy? :) Well, maybe just a little.
My contact, the non-net-connected co-founder of Forever Knight Canada (a fan
club), has a working relationship with a member of the permanent production
staff (One of the assistants). She called her contact, found out when the
cast would be filming, and brought over the balloons. Unfortunately, they
were *literally* filming at the time, which meant the set was off-limits, so
instead of a picture of the balloons with Ger, Cath, & Nigel, she got a
picture with the assistant director & Mr. Gray's assistant. :) She's mailing
it to me. She said the staff was "blown away" by the balloons. Apparently,
they had no idea we were still pluggin' away down here....
Gotta go update the Strike Force now...
NATPE bag total is up to $3500! (that's pledges, not actual money)
Diane E
NATPE-FK Campaign Coordinator
# D Echelbarger gryphon@e....... #
# WWW HomePage: http://www.execpc.com/~echelbar/ #
# "Ask, and it shall be given to you." Matthew 7:7 #
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:36:07 +0300
From: Antonia Mandry <MA97AD14@a.......>
Subject: Re: Need a French lesson
>
>BTW, has this topic been as popular on the list in the past as the
>pronunciation of "Geraint"? (Oops, didn't mean to bring up *that* one
>again...) ;)
well, i have awelsh friend from aberystwyth (i hope i spelled that right)
who says it's pronounced "Gehr-aynet". But are there dialects of Welsh,
like maybe somebody from cardiff would pronounce it differently.
By the way, ive noticed a lot of welshman popping up in my fave shows recently:
anthony hopkins, richard burton (yumum), peter wingfield (Methos on
Highlander), Ger and someone else i cant remember right now. weird huh? and
on that note i will recite a joke i heard about Burton:
One day Richard Burton and Alain Delon were practicing
swordfighting on the set of a movie. Alain got a wee bit too close for
Burton who ducked a yelled,
"Watch out! There are thousands of Frenchmen, but, kill me and you
kill one-sixth of all the Welsh actors in the world!!"
ha ha
:) Toni M.
wombat-like
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 21:47:57 -0500
From: Marcia Tucker <ScFiMarci@a.......>
Subject: GER - AOL - 1/20 at 10 pm!
IT'S ON! GERAINT WYN DAVIES CONFERENCE ON AOL!!!!
I'm happy to report that the hoped for Geraint Wyn Davies Conference in the
OMNI Online area of America Online is back on! Ger will be in the Odeon
Auditorium on Saturday, January 20 (yes, THIS Saturday!) at 10 pm Eastern
Time!
To reach the conference:
1. Go to keyword: OMNI (if you've never been there before, come early to
download the artwork - it's a free download and well worth it, but will take
a little extra time)
2. Click on OMNI CHAT
3. Click on Auditorium Entrances
4. Click on ENTER The Odeon
How an AOL conference works:
When you arrive in the auditorium, you will automatically be seated in
a particular row. Unlike a chat, you can only chat with your row members
during the conference. The lines from Geraint (typed by OMNI Editor Erin
Murphy who will be on the phone with Ger) and the lines from the moderator
will be seen on the screen along with your row chat. You can check to see who
is in your row, change rows, and send questions to the moderator for Geraint
to answer. (DON'T try to send him or the moderator an instant message - you
can't.) It's like watching an interview on stage while talking to the people
with whom you're sitting out in the audience. Use the buttons on the top of
your conference screen for these various functions (INTERACT, CHAT ROWS,
PEOPLE). If an "usher" with the name OMNI at the front of their screenname
appears in your row, they're just there to see if you have any questions or
need help. (And they're ALL my friends, so be nice!)
Enjoy yourself! Be sure you drop an e-mail of thanks to ErinM@a.......!
Marcia Tucker
ScFiMarci / TVV Marci / OMNINexus@a.......
AOL FK Chat Host / OMNI Magazine Online SF/Fantasy chat host
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End of FORKNI-L Digest - 17 Jan 1996 - Special issue
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