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Digest - 7 Jan 1996 - Special issue
Sun, 7 Jan 1996
There are 30 messages totalling 1058 lines in this issue.
Topics in this special issue:
1. Keeping Vows, Campus Cops Edition
2. Response from Proctor & Gamble (2)
3. SOS PR:Two new ideas (2)
4. RI Party, January 20th
5. SOS/"Inside Source"
6. Bouquets, etc. (2)
7. Spam Lite (3)
8. NetRatings for Forever Knight
9. MBIAV Flashback Question/Lottery
10. Webgoddess
11. Top Ten /Spam (3)
12. Ratings thoughts
13. SOS FK: Telemunchen
14. Fred's CD
15. Looking for CTV addresses
16. ARISIA Update #2
17. Newsgroups
18. Nigel in Movie
19. Lists set nomail
20. URL for Press Releases
21. IMPORTANT! Web Page
22. OffTopic: MacWorld
23. SOS Fan Club Presidents' Loop
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 11:33:18 -0500
From: Blank <Moonlight@g.......>
Subject: Re: Keeping Vows, Campus Cops Edition
To Whom It May Concern:
At 10:15 p.m. on the night of Saturday, January 6, 1996, Ms. Lisa
Anne Prince was admitted to Fairfield Hills Sanitarium. She is
currently under my care and in light of the condition she was found
in, I am asking for your help. We currently have her locked in a
padded cell where she is curled up in a ball, in the corner,
repeating the word "Uncle" over and over again. If anyone has any
idea why she is saying this, or feel that they can shed some light
on her current condition, please contact me.
Here is some background information. She was found by a family
member, cowering in the corner, mumbling incoherently. Both the
television, tuned in to the USA Network, and the computer were on.
The following was typed in but unsent:
**********************
Hey, Hey Guys <weak wave> Well, I did it. I already fulfilled
half of my Forever Knight resolution, so here's the other half.
<shudder> <whimper> <shudder>
Dear Ms. Koplovitz:
I've just had the immeasurable please <Oh God, I feel sick> of
watching your Network's new comedy <moan>, Campus Cops. I must say
<gag> that this was truly <choke> one of the . . . .
besttelevisionshowsI'veeverhadthepleasuretowatch <running for
bathroom>.
<staggering back to computer moaning loudly>
The plot of the episode was very engaging <if you happen to be a
brain-dead idiot>. The witty repartee of the characters was most
refreshing <sort of like the smell of a pot-a-pottie in August>.
The depth and intelligence of the female characters is something
rarely seen on television today <bikinis, why are they all wearing
bikinis?>
Because of the quality, thought-provoking nature of this show, I
will be tuning in <no-no-no-no-no-no> to watch every week
<whimper>. You have a loyal viewer <moan> in me. I hope that this
show has a <shudder> very <whimper> long <cring> life. . .
Sincerely,
Lisa A.......
***********************
That was the extent of the letter. As mentioned, if anyone has any
ideas about how to help move her recovery along, please contact
Dr. Luke LaCroix at moonlight@g........ Also, if anyone can tell me
why she starts giggling uncontrollably when I tell her I'm in the
room, I would greating appreciate it.
Lisa Prince (Moonlight) Official Charity Drive Organizer (moonlight@g.......)
Please make checks payable to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Send to: Lisa Prince, PAF "Forever Knight" Group Charity Organizer,
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Rage, my friends, rage against the dying of the Knight
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 10:52:36 -0600
From: Diane Echelbarger <gryphon@e.......>
Subject: Re: Response from Proctor & Gamble
Marg Rothschild said P&G said:
>If you have any questions or comments in the future, you may find it
convenient to >call the toll-free number listed on our product packages.
Well, my *first* reaction was, but that's a VOICE line, you idiot! If Marg is
hearing-impaired, she needs a TDD line!
Then I thought... shouldn't we all be calling these toll free numbers, in
*addition* to writing?
And I went and checked packages.....
Here's a Consumer Comments number for Kellogg's (off the Pop-tarts package)
8am-8pm ET weekdays 1-800-962-1516
And a questions or comments number for Hormel (off my Spam can) <g>:
1-800-523-4635
And for Proctor & Gamble (off my tube of Crest):
1-800-543-7270
Just doin' my bit! :D
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: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:03:13 -0500
From: Rae Montor <rmontor@v.......>
Subject: SOS PR:Two new ideas
Herein are a couple of new PR ideas for SOS FK -- put up for grabs and comments:
***Support at Cons***
Dunno why I didn't think of this before: if one buys a copy of LOCUS
(magazine *about*, rather than with, SF), they have (every other month,
actually) a full listing of almost every SF con in the country. That gives
us lots of places to make contact with, send flyers to, etc. -- and, for
that matter, to advertise to the list to see if we have listmembers in the
relevant cities, as the dates approach. In long-haul terms (for example,
Jacqueline Lichtenberg said to me that it's none to early to start thinking
about LunaCon, the major NY con in Rye in March), this ought to be a very
effective tactic.
Feeling *duh* but glad I finally came up with it.
***WELL***
So I was talking about the Internet aspect of this with a friend, who said
"Of course you're talking to Stewart Brand, right?" So I said *duh* again,
and started typing this. Stewart Brand, publisher of the Whole Earth Access
Catalog and world-class visionary, runs the WELL: Whole Earth 'Lectronic
Library. For the best in PR about our wonderful Internettedness, Brand's
our man. I believe he's still in Sausalito; anyway, he's certainly findable
on the Web. *This* is where our Internet PR release belongs (along with
personal contact, which [although often difficult] can be extremely
rewarding).
Rae M
rmontor@v.......
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:09:59 -0500
From: "Meredith E. Pickering" <Plan2@a.......>
Subject: RI Party, January 20th
Hi all: I'm finally getting directions, etc. out for the party on the 20th...
Host: Meredith Pickering
Location: Cranston, RI
Who Should Attend: Anyone who can drive here or take a bus or train...
When: January 20th, 3p.m. - ? Anyone is welcome to stay over: I have an
extra bed, a couch, and plenty of floor space.
Pets: I have two cats, and a dog, but the dog will be staying at my mother's
(she's a tad hyper...
Parking: plenty till 1 a.m.- after that, there's off-street parking two
blocks away, and I'll shuttle anyone back & forth who wants to stay later.
Food: bring your favorite dish/munchies. Will have soup, chili, buffalo
wings, a few other small dishes , plus blood/blood lite, and a new FK related
drink, name to be decided.
FK related: many 1st & second season tapes, a few 3rd (my VCR is acting up,
still), the blooper reel. Bring anything else you've got.
Directions:
By Train or Bus: Providence! And tell me when to come & get you!
By car:
10 exit. Bear right on exit ramp (Elmood Ave).
Take a right at bottom of exit. Follow to first light, take a left on Rte.
12 (Park Ave.). Follow to intersection w/Rtes. 1A/117 (first major 4-way
intersection, about 1 mile or so), take a left.
Follow to intersection w/Broad Street (Brooks Pharmacy ahead, to righthand
side, Walgreen's to your left), take a left. (**Note: this intersection is
not a symmetrical, 90-degree angle type, so when I say left, I mean the main
road toward the left, not one of the side streets**)
Follow through one light: look for Narragansett Street to the right (about 4
or 5 streets from the light you pass through), take a right onto
Narragansett. (**Note: if you miss Narragansett, take the next right, Bay
View**)
Follow Narragansett one block to the first left, Dennis Street. Take a left
on Dennis.
Follow Dennis across Bay View (stop sign), across Smith (no stop), and take a
RIGHT on Xxxxxxx Street.
I'm at 000 Xxxxxxx, on the left, about halfway down, immediately before a
small, one-level blue house. Park anywhere on the street: ring the top
doorbell - I'm the upstairs apartment.
>From the NORTH (MA, Providence, etc.) by car- Take Rt. 95 South to the
Thurburs Ave. exit. Bear left on exit ramp (under highway). At bottom of
ramp/light, take a right. This is Allen's Ave. It becomes Narragansett
Parkway.
Follow road: you will pass a Dunkin' Donuts and a fruit market to your left
at the top of a hill - you're getting close, don't drive too fast. When you
can see the Shell station ahead to your left, begin to look for Montgomery
Street to the right: Montgomery is just across from the first driveway of the
Shell station.
Take a right on Montgomery: follow 1 block to first left (Dennis Street).
Follow Dennis 1/2 block to first left (Northup Street). See above (from
SOUTH) for specific directions to my house.
If you need more info, plan to attend, or would like my phone # in case you
lose the directions (or your way, once you're on the road...), please e-mail
me.
Meredith
Natpacker, Nick&Natpacker
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 09:10:15 -0800
From: Cynthia Hoffman <choff@v.......>
Subject: Re: SOS PR:Two new ideas
Hi all,
My server was supposed to be down today, and it may yet go down, but
while I'm here, I"ll let you know that (1) I get Locus; will check on
upcomings and let you know, but there is Syndicon upcoming in April, and
at least the SF version was SUPPOSED to be about FK this year; and (2)
track down Stewart Brand and I'll go to his houseboat. If he's still in
Sausalito, that's only a 45 minute drive from me, and it's where I go to
walk on the beach anyway.
Cynthia
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:52:31 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: SOS/"Inside Source"
Because of the questions concerning the Telemunchen situation, I
contacted all the people who might have firsthand info to pass along (one
of whom *told* me to spread the "huge good news" that raised all our
hopes), and who at one time or another have told me things. All three of
them have politely declined to go on record. One of them, however (a
different one than the h-g-n, who expressly named Telemunchen) said the
info he gave me privately could be repeated and attributed to, his words,
"an inside source."
so here's what he originally said:
"We're getting close to TriStar agreeing to finish the season, mainly
because Paragon has a commitment to deliver 22 to Europe and
Canada. However, TriStar is still stalling on the green light."
Big help. This is not exactly news, I know, but I feel guilty
about being a rumormonger. At least it's a bit of authorized
confirmation.
Apache
working on sig
Perking
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 11:56:07 -0600
From: Sharon Joy <SJoy@u.......>
Subject: Bouquets, etc.
Sherri says;
>Diane -- I think the cookie bouquet was a *wonderful* idea!
I agree. Here's another idea that we did during the Starman campaign.
Balloon bouquets to execs. We used star-shaped balloons. Maybe for this
we could some kind of vampire-related balloons?
Sherri, if your group decides to do this, I'll make a contribution. These
bouquets can end up being expensive, but cookies, balloons, Spam, etc, make
a statement. Can anyone think of a vampire-related gift to send? (other
than eternal life)
Come in 81 Kilo. We've got a show to save!
http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html
Sharon Joy
A Forever Knightie
SJoy@u.......
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:57:34 -0500
From: Lillian Feden <feden@m.......>
Subject: Spam Lite
Okay, I went out and bought a can of SPAM Lite. My question is this. Do I
have to eat this? The ingredient list looks like something from a periodic
chart (not that I'd know, I haven't seen one since high school and I won't
say how many years it's been).
Lillian
feden@m....... aka RotsaRuck@a.......
Knightie; Optimist's Club
Help Save Forever Knight!
http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 13:20:49 -0500
From: Jeff Standish <jestandi@c.......>
Subject: NetRatings for Forever Knight
Since it appears that USA has not only backed out of production, but
completely dropped airing any of the remaining episodes, I no longer have
any means of watching the remaining new episodes or keeping up which
what episodes are currently airing in syndication. But I will continue
to accept votes for any of the remaining new episodes which do manage to
get aired in syndication, as well as all of the old episodes as well.
Season 3 Episodes Rating Max Min StdDev # Votes
----------------------------------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -------
301 The Black Buddha, Part 1 6.65 9.00 3.00 1.34 44
302 The Black Buddha, Part 2 6.79 9.00 3.00 1.41 39
303 Outside the Lines 5.44 9.00 1.00 2.05 32
304 Blackwing 7.62 10.00 3.00 1.62 38
305 Blind Faith 6.49 10.00 1.00 2.29 34
306 My Boyfriend is a Vampire 8.01 10.00 4.00 1.40 37
307 Hearts of Darkness 6.36 10.00 3.00 1.65 31
308 Trophy Girl 6.66 9.00 1.00 1.90 25
309 Let No Man Tear Asunder 7.30 10.00 3.00 1.74 31
310 Night in Question 9.48 10.00 2.00 1.28 47
311 Sons of Belial 9.21 10.00 6.00 1.14 35
312 Strings
313 Fever
314 Dead of Night
315 Games Vampires Play
316 Human Factor
Votes per Episode: 35.73
Average Rating: 7.27
Weighted Average: 7.37
Rating is the average rating from those gathered to date.
Max is the highest rating received.
Min is the lowest rating received.
StdDev is the standard deviation of the collected ratings.
# Votes is the total number of votes counted for that episode.
How does it work?
E-mail me (jestandi@c.......) your vote for a given episode,
telling me the name of the episode and how you would rate it on a
scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest). If you don't know the name of
an episode, you can check out the episode guide at:
http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~gjwalli/FK/Episodes/episode_guide.html
I accept votes for the current week's episode, along with all previous
episodes (including those from previous seasons). A listing of all votes
received for each episode is available from the main web page, listed by
e-mail name (full e-mail addresses are withheld for validation purposes).
The current ratings for Forever Knight are posted weekly to
alt.tv.forever-knight and rec.arts.sf.tv, the Forever Knight mailing
list, and can also be found over the web at the following address:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/jestandi/fk-ratings.html
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Jeff Standish The concept is simply
jestandi@c....... staggering. Pointless,
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/jestandi.html but staggering. -Dr. Who
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 13:23:28 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: MBIAV Flashback Question/Lottery
On Sat, 6 Jan 1996, Alikhat wrote:
> I JUST WON THE CALIFORNIA LOTTERY!!!>
Way to go! make a vow, quick, and get that mojo working for SOS!!!
Also, since you're the resident costume expert, can you date the
Vachon/Screed flashback in MBIAV? They're in what looks, from the arches
and tiling, to be a stable in Moorish Spain, and my inexpert eye says all
that lovely lace on Vachon and Bourbon is seventeenth century. -- Does
anyone know?
Am I right about that stable being in Spain? -- I think it's the
only time we've seen Vachon and Screed outside the Americas. And we know
Vachon at least came back over to fight in Queen Anne's War, the French
and Indian Wars, and god knows what else (the American Revolution?) by
the early eighteenth century.
Thanks.
Apache
blizzarded-in Perkulator
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 09:35:04 -1000
From: "Heidi S. McKeon" <beagle4u@l.......>
Subject: Re: Spam Lite
>Okay, I went out and bought a can of SPAM Lite. My question is this. Do I
>have to eat this? The ingredient list looks like something from a periodic
>chart (not that I'd know, I haven't seen one since high school and I won't
>say how many years it's been).
>
Just rinse it off, slice it up , and fry it. Should i post recipies form
Hawaii on how to eat spam?
Heidi
Heidi McKeon
BEAGLES4US@a.......
Beagle4u@l.......
Your dog loves you when no one else does
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"We swear by peace and love to stand
Heart to heart and hand in hand
Mark,O Spirit, and hear us now,
Confirming this our sacred vow"
a druidic blessing for unity
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 14:18:09 -0500
From: vicki jean merriman <vmerrima@i.......>
Subject: Webgoddess
Just wanted you to know that, IMNSOHO, you deserve the title webgoddess
for the incredible fast work you did on the SOSFK page. I just checked
it out yesterday know that I have access to netscape again and it looks
great. Don't let the little minds get you down.
Its a great job that you, Laurie Fenster, Dianne and some of the others
whose names escape me at the moment are doing with your talents. In your
case, yours is computer oriented. Others have pr contacts.
I'm incredibly impressed with all of you, the PR contacts, the guy who is
volunteering some printing, the whole 9 yards. All of you deserve a
tremendous pat on the back, a steaming hot bubble bath and the beverage
of your choice.
|----
Vicki Merriman - vmerrima@i.......
I hadn't made a resolution for the third season comeback, but will come
up with something for the 4th season; perhaps taking 20 lbs off.
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 14:21:36 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: Re: Spam Lite
On Sun, 7 Jan 1996, Heidi S. McKeon wrote:
>
> Just rinse it off, slice it up , and fry it. Should i post recipies form
> Hawaii on how to eat spam?
>
As a Spam vower, I would say that's a big Yes.
hmmm, top ten ways to eat spam....
10. Postmortem
9. intravenously
8. .....
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 14:32:14 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: Top Ten /Spam
TOP TEN WAYS TO EAT SPAM IN FULFILLMENT OF YOUR VOW
10. Postmortem.
9. Intravenously.
8. Vicariously.
7. Virtually.
6. Fictively.
5. Through the food chain (i.e, spread it on your broccoli
patch, harvest, and prepare).
4. Whilst intoxicated.
3. Under hypnosis.
2. Drenched in hot fudge.
AND THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO EAT SPAM IN FULFILLMENT OF YOUR SOS VOW.....
1. Under Cousinly duress.
Apache
blizzarded in, and loving it
(this Perkulating is insidious!)
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 14:34:58 -0500
From: vicki jean merriman <vmerrima@i.......>
Subject: Re: Ratings thoughts
On Sat, 6 Jan 1996, Shannon Thompson wrote:
> Has anyone noticed...If each letter we write is equal to 100 viewers...And
> there's something like 900 folks on the list that would mean we represent
> 90,000 viewers. Amazing how close this is to the 100,000 increase in USA
> viewers.
Yeah, but the problem is that I think they tend to negate letters that
are about SF/fantasy shows, assuming that we are organized as a group.
So while they figure that 1000 letters about Murder she Wrote represents
100,000 people, they downplay (discount) letters about our type of shows
on the theory that "fans" organized and produced them and therefore they
are worth less.
Do I have the slightest evidence to support this theory? Not a bit, but
I still think it happens based merely on the fact that we do know that
they discount organization.
|----
Vicki Merriman - vmerrima@i.......
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 13:54:55 CST
From: L'Phantom <jrarmstr@p.......>
Subject: Re: Top Ten /Spam
You forgot "with a Ribena chaser"
(diving under a table to avoid the thrown cans of Spam)
Inside your mind, as always,
L'Phantom
--Cousin-in-training
Help Save Forever Knight! Ask me how! jrarmstr@b.......
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 14:26:34 -0700
From: Samurai Knight <satori@m.......>
Subject: SOS FK: Telemunchen
This has probably already been covered, and I'm sorry if I'm being
repetitive: Apparently, Punnett on 720am Chicago mentioned that a "German
Company" (my assumption is Telemunchen) is picking up the rest of season
three. Is this true?
Thanx in advance,
Falcon Storm
satori@l.......
LONG LIVE THE KNIGHT
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:14:58 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: Fred's CD
The most current info on this CD is that could/should/oughta be
out by late February. To politely pester the record label producing it,
which seems to be dragging its feet a bit, call (213) 656 2614.
Laura
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 14:15:52 -0600
From: Kimberley <$LOWKD@b.......>
Subject: Looking for CTV addresses
Does anyone out there have the address for CTV programming? The national
address would be appreciated but the Manitoba address would be even better.
And both would be fantastic. Thanks in advance. This is FK related, trust me.
Also, I promised to look for a sword pin for someone while I was in Ottawa.
I'm sorry but the Scottish shop and MasterMark Pewter didn't have anything
of the sort. My father's checking out one more option that I was not able to
get to before I left for home. Sorry about this but I lost the person's
address.
Kimberley *NatPacker* ($lowkd@m.......)
Game of gopher, anyone?
"Shouldn't we be doing something - constructive?"
"What did you have in mind?... A short, blunt human pyramid...?"(RAGAD)
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:27:01 -0500
From: Rae Montor <rmontor@v.......>
Subject: ARISIA Update #2
Getting close to the wire -- and this is prolly the final general Update.
(You wanna know more? Show up and join us!)
1. Jacqueling Lichtenberg will (with high probability, pending scheduling)
be doing a panel about FK and the way television decisions are made.
2. JL, who will be teaching/discussing Tarot at Arisia anyway, will do a
breakout panel on Tarot and FK.
3. There is likely (not guaranteed; again, pending con scheduling) to be
another FK panel -- most likely How to Uncancel FK.
4. We have an *official* FK Fan Club Party room (the Gloucester Room)
from 9 PM to 1 AM on Saturday night -- and we'll be listed as an
official activity *in the program book*! (What wonderful publicity!)
We'll have Canadian eps, paper to write letters on, and (in theory)
appropriate foods. (Oh, yes -- we'll have Nigel's oatmeal commercial
and Ger's Fedex ads, too. We hope to be able to borrow the blooper
reel, too, but that's still unknown. Any volunteers for that last?)
Note: There's going to a Vampire's Masquerade Ball from 12-6 AM
(way too late for *me*, gosh knows), and we may easily have a lot
of Cousins hanging out at our party until it's time to dance.
5. Celeste Hotaling, the Print Show Queen (official title, remember),
will be collecting PAF donations at the Print Show table *all through
the con*.
6. Ron the Enforcer will be there (as noted in an individual post from Ron),
with CERK merchandise and the energy to convince a thousand LARP fans. <g>
7. Our table? Oh, yes. I give you the words of Lynne Levine:
>...we're in "Vampire's Row". Yes,
>there are _three_ vampire tables in the mezannine: us, the Camarilla
>(that's the folks putting on the vampire dance/larp), and some folks
>called "Castle Blood" who are going to be doing the half-time
>entertainment at Masquerade. Looks like we have a good location
>too: our tables are near the information table.
As I said to Lynne -- it's a shame we're not having a Blood Drive...
Credit for a remarkable amount of the above should go to Lynne Levine and
Celeste Hotaling, without whom *absolutely none of this* could be
happening!
One last topic:
All the Arisia volunteers are going to have to meet somewhere, somewhen --
once on Friday, and once on Saturday. Once we all know each other by sight,
life should be a whole lot easier. I suggest the following:
1. Friday: We meet at the FK table on the Mezzanine
at 5 PM (as close to precisely as possible).
2. Saturday: We meet at the FK table at 9 AM (as
clost to precisely as possible).
3. MOST IMPORTANT: *PLEASE* will each person who expects
to be helping at Arisia email me OFFLIST by *Wednesday*,
so I'll know who to expect at which time (and CHANGE
whatever times need to be changed in response to your needs).
Thanks to you all for your help and suggestions. My good wishes to the LA
contingent, and to anyone else holding an FK event this coming weekend.
This is a *neat* bunch of people! ;)
Rae M
rmontor@v.......
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:27:33 -0500
From: Rae Montor <rmontor@v.......>
Subject: Re: Response from Proctor & Gamble
Marg Rothschild wrote:
>Hey, all! I got a good response letter back...
>>Thank you for writing to Proctor & Gamble with your compliments
>regarding our advertising support for "Forever Knight." ...I am sharing your
>comments with our Advertising Managers responsible for television
>programming. >Deborah Kellerman >Consumer Relations
That's wonderful, Marg. Question: did you write to Deborah Kellerman to
begin with, or to someone else? Clearly, these are sponsors to heavily
target (at least from my point of view).
Also: do we have a sponsors' fax list? (Yes, I've cc'd this query to Karen
Tobin.) I'd much appreciate an answer (since my fax modem is right here,
and the PO [the only place you can mail things here] is a place I get to
about once a week). Thanks, all.
Rae M
rmontor@v.......
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:27:20 -0500
From: Allison Percy <percy91@w.......>
Subject: Re: Top Ten /Spam
I woke up this morning after my FK party. I stumbled down from the
loft bed (always make sure you're really awake before trying to get out
of bed when the bed is 5 feet off the floor). I looked out the window to
see little snowdrifts on the windowsill. They're calling it the
Blizzard of '96 here in Philly but being from Buffalo I refuse to be
impressed. The snowdrifts in the building's parking lot are only 3 feet
deep. Not quite deep enough to bury the Caddy.... yet!
Anyway, I rubbed my eyes & went into the living room to see it cluttered
with cans of SPAM. Everyone who came to the party brought SPAM, or SPAM
Lite. We even ate one of the cans of SPAM Lite, as promised to the list.
FYI, as you might guess, SPAM Lite tastes like SPAM, but it's... lighter.
Try it yourself, it won't kill you! It is the perfect portable food.
And last night, after we tried the SPAM and took a picture of the SPAM
cans on top of the TV (which was showing Ger's episode of Highlander, when
he was wearing a SPAM-colored shirt), I found an old bag of *buttons* I
used to wear to science fiction conventions. I was pulling them out to
show everyone, when I found a pink button I had forgotten about. Life
imitates war.... But it gets weirder. The pink button said:
"I'm pink, therefore I'm SPAM."
It took us a few minutes to recover from this bit of synchronicity!
>
> TOP TEN WAYS TO EAT SPAM IN FULFILLMENT OF YOUR VOW
> 10. Postmortem.
[snip]
To add to the list of ways to eat SPAM, the attendees at the
party submit:
- Staked with a toothpick (because it was a Jamie thing to do...)
That's how we did it last night. And each time we staked a piece of
SPAM, Bea and Barb gave out a little death cry for the poor defenseless
cube of meat product.
At least we know that if the blizzard gets worse and I'm trapped here for
days on end, I won't starve because I have many cans of SPAM. Of course,
I may go into sodium overload.
Well, 'nuff said for now. Now let's try to get that .sig file down to
four lines (grumble, grumble):
* Allison Percy, a perky Knightie percy91@w....... *
* __o Pedal for Forever Knight & the Pediatric AIDS Foundation! *
* _`\<,_ Contact me at percy91@w....... to find out *
* (*)/ (*) how to pledge your support and/or join the ride! *
Hmm... Maybe I should ski to Toronto instead?
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:31:06 -0500
From: Diane Kennedy <dkennedy@f.......>
Subject: Re: Newsgroups
Hi all:
I'm a lurker from alt.tv.forever.knight. I'm awfully sorry to hear
about how much time has been spent trying to get some response. I know
it's not much, but I've signed on to FORKNI-L to keep up, I've contacted
a couple I know who occasionally look at the alt.tv.fk to let them know
about the troubles, I'm sending letters and have also passed on some
Cdn addresses to them. They will also be sending mailings. I hope
this helps a bit. I'm very thankful for all the work so many of you
have taken on, and I'm very very impressed. I've been watching FK
since Autumn 93 and lurking alt.tv.fk since June 95.
Best wishes
Diane
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:29:46 -0500
From: "C:WINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" <Tracey@a.......>
Subject: Nigel in Movie
Greetings
Don't know if has already been mentioned but anyways.....
I saw Nigel in the movie "Back in action", it was made in 1984 I think
but it has only just been shown here. It's a sort of martial arts movie
with Roddy Piper (yes the wrestler) as the main character but Nigel
plays a pretty good villain. Very similar to LaCroix, wore black all
the time and everything.
It's not too good but watchable mainly thanks to Nigel's performance.
There is one scene however I just couldn't stop myself from chuckling
at. Nigel's character is getting accunputure treatment to stop
himself with some addiction (I think it was smoking? Maybe a thought
for all you suffering from nicotine withdrawal!). Being a knightie I
thought about Cherry Blossoms and smiled.
Tracey
hoping and praying that the knight really is forever
tracey@a.......
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 17:06:19 -0330
From: Dark Knight <phurley@b.......>
Subject: Lists set nomail
Ahh,
Somehow the past two days I have been unable to access my email
account, and now that I am finally back, I find out I have been set to
nomail on all the lists, so if somebody out there with a kind soul is
willing to forward me all the messages from 8 am EST Jan. 6th, to 2:30 pm
EST Jan. 7th, I would really appreciate it. This goes for all lists,
FKFIC, FKSPOILR, and FORKNI!! Also if somebody has tried to reach me
through the list, I probably did not get the message, so your best bet is
to resend it.
Thanks in advance.
Paula
Knightie/
Nick&NatPacker/
And likes LaCroix(but I'm not a cousin)
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:35:42 -0500
From: Siona <siona@n.......>
Subject: URL for Press Releases
While trying to catch up on some of my other mail I found this in a
Net-Happenings Digest. Could someone submit the press release there?
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:51:15 -0600
From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@p.......>
Subject: WWW> Press Release Homepage
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 13:49:42 -0600
From: cajun@c.......
http://web.idirect.com/~wholehog/press.htm
Press Release Homepage allows you to post a release to announce your
new product, service or anything else you wish to announce.
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--
Siona@n.......
"Murphy was an optimist!"
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
Help save Forever Knight! see http://www.netaxs.com/~siona/
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:33:48 EST
From: CINDY L BREWER <DHRC98C@p.......>
Subject: Re: Bouquets, etc.
On January 7,1996 at 1:02 p.m. Sharon Joy<UH@EDU> asked:
--[ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ]-----------------
Sherri, if your group decides to do this, I'll make a contribution. These
bouquets can end up being expensive, but cookies, balloons, Spam, etc, make
a statement. Can anyone think of a vampire-related gift to send? (other
than eternal life)
How about a fairly cheap bottle of red wine or what's that other
stuff,start's with an R....(I'm drawing a complete blank on the name and
I've seen it posted a zillion times....<G>)
Cindy Brewer DHRC98C@p.......
Knightie,Nick&Natpacker,Optimist's club
Vaquera
Help save Forever Knight! Ask me how.........
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:46:08 -0500
From: Jamie Melody Randell <immajer@p.......>
Subject: IMPORTANT! Web Page
I mentioned this before on list, but in case anyone missed it:
The press releases HAVE THE WEB PAGE URL WRONG!
It's shown as /CuznJamieMR/ -- should be CuznJamiMR -- ten letters, no "e".
The press releases available for download from the web site have been
corrected. PLEASE MAKE SURE that whatever copy of the p.r. you have, that
it gives the web page URL correctly!
============================
Oh, btw: Some lovely soul has been posting the SFKWP info to all the tv
newsgroups (I don't recognize his name, but appreciate his effort). I
don't do newsgroups, myself, but I have a newsbot program that brings me
posts with the words "Forever" and "Knight" in 'em (got a lot of Batman
stuff and unicorn-type poems) -- anyway, I read a response on
alt.tv.letterman from someone who was apparently glad to see FK go off the
air, and asked very politely why the FK post was relevant to fans of the
Letterman show.
Let's just say that I amused myself for several hours, contemplating that
question and coming up with snappy answers that I'll never post :-)
==============================
And re: my YKY have a really BAD timeslot:
Not long after the tech woke up and took off the FK tape, the local station
went into an old movie, which I ignored... until the line came along, "Are
you a brewer or a Perkulator?"
--
-----<faith!>-----
Jamie M.R. --The Illustrated Cousin -- Mercenary -- SFK WebGoddess
Save Forever Knight! --
http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html
*** WAR #6: THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL ***
"I hope you'll pardon us if we continue to crusade." -- Jaye the Red
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:55:58 -0500
From: Deb Hisle <sysdeb@i.......>
Subject: OffTopic: MacWorld
I've a friend who's going to be in SF for MacWorld, and would be interested
in finding out if there are any Forever Knight activities organized, that I
can forward to him. Please email me direct, thanks.
- Auntie Deb Debra Hisle
sysdeb@i....... (formerly @p.......) Nicholasville, KY USA
Chalk it up to Voodoo. -nl Button Lover in the Optimists' Club
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 16:22:47 -0500
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
Subject: SOS Fan Club Presidents' Loop
Dear Listfolk,
The following is the test/intro post of this Loop. It asks that
anyone who should be on the loop but is not (e.g, the Prez of FK Canada?)
please come forward and... so on.
I'm posting to all three lists, so I apologize to everyone for
taking up so much bandwidth.
Thanks,
Laura/Apache
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 16:18:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Apache <lf@c.......>
To: FKFCPrez@a......., rosorge@a......., Jreliga@a......., starfrost@a.......,
c.lynn@g......., KHHK71A@p......., laremy@c.......
Cc: lucienlc@i......., lf@c......., lgs@i.......,
choff@v......., moonlight@g......., gryphon@e.......,
immajer@p.......
Subject: SOS Fan Club Presidents' Loop
Dear folks,
I'm sort of concerned that, with the exceptions of Laura and
Leslie of the BBFK, we are not hearing from the Presidents of the fan
clubs. In fact, make that Very Concerned. Can we get in touch?
Everyone please say Hi:
The addressees of this list are, respectively: Lora Haines of the
Forever Knight Fan Club, Rosemary Shad of the Geraint Wyn Davies Fan
Club, Peggy Religa of the Deborah Duchene Fan Club, Star Urioste of the
Nigel Bennett Fan Club, Cal Lynn of the John Kapelos Fan Club, and Laura
Waskey and Leslie Remencus of the Ben Bass Fan Club.
The copied individuals are Laurie C. Fenster, overall strategy
coordinator for the FK Save Our Show effort, Laura Fargas/Apache (myself)
as co-coordinator, Lana G. Soward as flier coordinator, Cynthia Hoffman as
press release coordinator, Lisa Anne Prince as Pediatric AIDS Fund
coordinator, Diane Echelbarger (hope I'm spelling it correctly from
memory!) as NATPE-efforts coordinator, and Jamie M Randell as the keeper
of the Save Forever Knight page on the World Wide Web, address
http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html.
The object of this particular loop is to put us all in
communication with each other. One of our principal problems at the
moment is that most people are unaware that FK has been cancelled for a
fourth season, and in fact is in jeopardy of not completing its third
season. The fan clubs, with their mailing lists, are a crucial resource
in spreading this word in particular.
In addition, a number of Save-FK activities are underway (the
charity campaign, plan for presence at ARISIA, and so on), and others are
well advanced or least well-begun in planning, including blood drive and
possible food-donation efforts in a number of localities. The assistance
of offline fan club members in those areas would be *invaluable*.
In addition, those of us who are online have created press
releases and fliers that can be received through e-mail for printing,
distribution, and so on. We can also communicate SOS information or
material from you to the list.
I'm going to post this loop to the Forever Knight lists once in
the hopes of learning of anyone else -- any other Fan Club Presidents, in
particular -- who should be added to this address list, and also to let
the lists at large know that this loop now exists.
Regards to everyone,
Apache
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End of FORKNI-L Digest - 7 Jan 1996 - Special issue
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