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  Amusements 3/20/2001

   • j********o@***.com
     21/03/2001 05:23:25 UTC

     "Mission to Mars" was a cliched bore. Blech. Also, afflicted with a
     weird

     carnival-like musical score.

     WLIW (Long Island's Channel 21) was doing its beg-a-thon the other night
     and

     presented, I kid you not, The Best of "Cosmos" followed immediately by a

     program on "Feng Shui," with membership bonuses like crystal balls to
     help you

     improve you "chi!" Sagan is spinning in his orbit, or whatever.

     The actor who plays Agent Smith in the Matrix movies is also playing
     Elrond in

     the Lord of the Rings movie(s).

     I was watching that movie about Gilbert and Sullivan's production of
     "The

     Mikado" and was amused to discover that the album title "Short, Sharp,
     Shocked"

     derives from said musical, which I had never seen.

     Gorno

     "Jake, it's all right: you're home; you're Father's dead; and Corporal

     Ellenbogen lives far, far away."

       • s******j@e***.**o.com
         21/03/2001 06:21:59 UTC

         On 21 Mar 2001 05:23:25 GMT, JohnGorno wrote:

         >WLIW (Long Island's Channel 21) was doing its beg-a-thon the other
         night and

         >presented, I kid you not, The Best of "Cosmos" followed immediately
         by a

         >program on "Feng Shui," with membership bonuses like crystal balls
         to help you

         >improve you "chi!" Sagan is spinning in his orbit, or whatever.

         One of the Bay Area PBS stations played these recently. Other
         fundraising

         favorites: Timothy Ferris' pretty good astronomy shows, and an
         endless supply

         of Overpaid Expert Blathers Endlessly In Front of Tidily Dressed
         Audiance

         shows. These can be about Relationships, Money ("The Courage To Be
         Rich"

         comes to mind), or whatever Deeprak Chopra is into at the moment,
         like

         Quantum Self Esteem or Superstring Love Theory.

         Psigh! Poor Carl Sagan. He'd probably rather they be doing a special
         based

         on The Demon Haunted World, but people find the demons he was
         hunting too

         comforting.

         >I was watching that movie about Gilbert and Sullivan's production
         of "The

         >Mikado" and was amused to discover that the album title "Short,
         Sharp, Shocked"

         >derives from said musical, which I had never seen.

         Topsy Turvy? Good flick. I am utterly astonished that I sat through
         it and

         enjoyed it.

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