There are 29 messages totalling 1013 lines in this issue. Topics in this special issue: 1. SOS effects in my neck of the woods 2. Blooper tape 3. Crew/staff/cast gift idea (2) 4. Digests 5. Grumblings... 6. Tape Tree - Please help me! 7. Does KTBC-Channel 7 in Austin still show FK? (2) 8. Ger Chat Saturday Jan 27th, 10:00 PM 9. Definition of Gaffer 10. Bourbon, and other vamps list (2) 11. Perkulators 12. spam catalog and kudos to all 13. NATPE REPORT (1/2) - We came, we saw, we kicked a little *elbow*! :-) (2) 14. getting listserv help 15. The Sacred Brown Liquid 16. NATPE Strike Force 17. Oops 18. Gemini tape tour? 19. Nightcrawler/Ratings 20. NATPE pamphlets 21. LaCroix is sexier. 22. The NATPE Quote List -or- Did We Really Say That? 23. Tape giveaway contest 24. More Blood & More Letters 25. NATPE REPORT (1/2) - We came, we saw, we kicked a little *elbow*! :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:27:33 -0500 From: "Sharon A. Himmanen" <romana@p.......> Subject: Re: SOS effects in my neck of the woods On Jan 26, 1996 10:29:45, '"Gaylin J. Walli" <gjwalli@m.......>' wrote: >You couldn't have seen me more suprised. These guys are tenured >been-working-for-the-university-longer-than-you've-been-alive >kind of old Finnish guys with an attitude. So I say "Yeah, what >do you know about it?" Yep, we Finns are famous for two things. a really weird version of the tango which is a social staple there, and attitude. Yep, that's us! <g> My favorite NATPE 7 story is the one about the guy who wistfully lamented that he wished fans would have fought for *his* shows like we're fighting for FK! Fred's right--we are the best fans in the world, and if TriStar doesn't know that then we'll just have to beat it into them! <g> Off to give Jon Feltheimer another round of my $0.02--Jasmine's story of the Finnish guys has me all whipped up now! Sharon -- Sharon Himmanen * romana@p........ Forever Knight has been cancelled. To help save it, check out http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html or send me email ASAP! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 08:32:04 -0800 From: Leah Thompson <thomplc@m.......> Subject: Blooper tape I'm thrilled to hear about the NAPTE efforts. This is wonderful. I was wondering if someone could e-mail me about getting my fangs into that bloooper tape... Thanks, Leah Leah Thompson Faculty Support Coordinator Information Technology Washington State University "This e-mail has been brought to you thomplc@m....... straight from the Pacific Northwest." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:44:14 EST From: Lisa McDavid <D020214@u.......> Subject: Crew/staff/cast gift idea Unfortunately I didn't think of this until yesterday, when it was too late to see if I really could get one made locally. It would have made an interesting gift to get a dart board made with USA's logo on it! <evil grin> Cousin Lisa -- "That will be trouble." Lisa McDavid mcdavid-lisa@s....... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:55:03 -0500 From: Carla Pickering <carlap@e.......> Subject: Digests Help. Proper format for requesting <Digest> from Listserv??? I have to compact my mail a bit--I'm getting this at work. Thanks. Carla/Crowhawwk at <Caer Kadau y Gi> Recently Realized Ravenette and Closet Cousine with Knightly leanings ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:03:46 -0800 From: Russell Kurtz <russtms@e.......> Subject: Grumblings... I got a message yesterday that someone had set me to "nomail." Could somebody please illuminate me as to why this was done, and why I had to be notified by the list server rather than the person who changed my options? Thanks! Russ Kurtz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:04:32 -0500 From: John Ewan <jwe@m.......> Subject: Tape Tree - Please help me! Apache told me someone was organizing a Tape Tree to try and provide tapes of the episodes USA has chosen to skip in their descent into the morass of the Lowest Common Denominator. Please email me with particulars; I'l be happy to provide postage and tape costs to see the next episodes. Thanks! and extra thanks to Apache! John Ewan, jwe@m....... *Ratpack* The "Forever Knight" show has been cancelled on USA; ask your local station running the syndicated "Forever Knight" to request the 4th season at NATFPE convention; check this URL! http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:17:27 -0600 From: Teresa J Warren <teriw@t.......> Subject: Does KTBC-Channel 7 in Austin still show FK? Just a question for those in Austin: I haven't been able to find FK on KTBC Channel 7 for several weeks. Did the station drop it since it's been at least semi-cancelled or what? Thanks, Gary L. Warren (living in the boonies of Central Texas! ;D) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:19:31 -0500 From: "Susan M. Garrett" <susang@v.......> Subject: Ger Chat Saturday Jan 27th, 10:00 PM For those of you who have been technologically challenged, the Ger chat will be on AOL in the OMNI Colliseum at 10:00 PM (EST), Saturday, January 27th. The FORMAL chats are a bit different than the free-for-all Monday night and end of Month meething (EOM meeting is 10:00 PM, Remote Control, Sunday, January 28th). When you arrive, you are assigned a ROW #. You can move to another row, but rows can usually hold a maximum of 8 people (it won't let you in if the row is full). When you post a message, the guest and the moderator do not see that message, only the other people in the row. To post a question to the guest, you use the INTERACT button, then type your message and send it. It will be sent to the moderator, who passes it along to the guest. My advice is to come early. At the aborted chat last weekend we had 300 people show. Regards susang@v....... -- http://www.vitinc.com/~susang Faithful Ravenette, because somebody STILL has to. Save Forever Knight! More info at the web page at http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:52:55 -0500 From: Sandra Gray <TMP_HARKINS@d.......> Subject: Re: Definition of Gaffer GWD is sexier! (pant!) Although, really, shouldn't the choice have been between LC and Nick? In that case, Nick is sexier! (pant!) --Sandra Gray, forever Knightie for obvious (and other) reasons :) --tmp_harkins@d....... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:59:50 -0600 From: Ninianne <copelasa@v.......> Subject: Re: Bourbon, and other vamps list >Also, I haven't >included Jody or the Dog from "Blind Faith" because they weren't >vampires, they were carouche (the spelling isn't quite known). >Screed SPOILER ? Black Buddha 2 OK, You don't list the lady and her dog, even tho you list Screed who both Nick and Javier classify as a carouche? And Nick just said they were a "lesser class of vampire", I don't see why they should be left of the list. Vampires is Vampires, they suck the blood of the living, or drink it from a bottle. Samantha copelasa@v....... & COPELASA@c....... http://www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/~copelasa/ | "This isn't an Olympic event, there's no medal /~\ for coming in second." --- Duncan MacLeod Oxxxxx| (|=========================- \____/\_/ "I don't tan, I don't burn, I implode." | --- Nicholas de Brabant ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:05:59 -0800 From: "Toni C. Holm" <tch@w.......> Subject: Perkulators Laura/Apache said: > Incidentally... who was the Lone Perkulator who went before me? >I should be deferring in some appropriately perky fashion to this leader, >and have no figurehead for my obeisance. Or something. PartlyK was the lone Perkulator in War V. We've all been wondering where she is. Come out wherever you are Becky, you've got quite a crowd waiting <g>. -Toni <tch@w.......> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:55:26 +0000 From: Sandy Martino <martino@m.......> Subject: spam catalog and kudos to all Well, been ignoring my mail for almost a week. Just spent two hours going through 660 message in forkni-l. My, oh my..we are prolific. Kudos and mahalo to all to all the great work trying to save FK. I'm about to put my checks in the mail for charity, the ad, the goody bags, etc... One last thing...Did one of you lovely wags send me a "Spamtastic" catalog??? Just got it in the mail. It's got spam silk ties, spam athetic clothing, beach chairs, promotional posters, banks, ad nauseum (and I *do* mean "nauseum.") And I HATE SPAM. If anyone would *like* it, drop me a message and I'll be happy to snail mail it to you. Yuck. (Just a thought...I wonder if they could special order some little spam vampires. ewwwww.) sandy martino@m....... "The sun detests thought." O. Wilde ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:09:12 -0500 From: Sandra Gray <TMP_HARKINS@d.......> Subject: Re: NATPE REPORT (1/2) - We came, we saw, we kicked a little *elbow*! :-) USA's 10:00 PM timeslot put FK up against some strong network shows (Chicago Hope, football). In this area, Voyager airs at 8:00 PM Mondays (EST). I watch FK in syndication *first* because I can see it before USA's telecast (it airs early Monday morning here), but I also have watched USA. --Sandra Gray, forever Knightie --tmp_harkins@d....... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:48:43 -0500 From: "[M A Martin]" <mmartin@b.......> Subject: getting listserv help If you have a question about subscription options (like how to get digests) you can ask the listserv itself for help. Simply send the message info refcard to listserv@p....... and you will get a LOT of information back. I'm not sure if all the options are available for the FK lists, but it is worth a look here before you bother the entire list. And if you still can't figure it out, feel free to email me for specific questions (or you can talk to one of the list admin types). Meg (mmartin@b.......) A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg. Samuel Butler (1877) as found in _There Goes Archimedes_ by S Harris and SN Arseculerane p.63 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:25:21 U From: Celeste Hotaling-Lyons <celeste_hotaling-lyons@i.......> Subject: The Sacred Brown Liquid Subject: Time:1:18 PM OFFICE MEMO The Sacred Brown Liquid Date:1/26/96 RE: A Fitting Vessel For The Sacred Brown Liquid Of The Gods Hoo-ray for the NATPE 7 Elbow-kickers! Sounds to me like y'all female-bonded real good this weekend! I'm keeping your tales on a disk, to have and to keep and to chortle over in years to come. :-) Now there is something I must get off my chest... I WANT, I WANT, I WANT, I WANT A FOREVER KNIGHT MUG WITH A MUNCH TAKEN OUT OF IT FOR MY CAW-FEEEEEEEE!!!!! *sob* :-O *Whew*! There, I feel much better now, having got that off my chest. I cannot believe TPTB will not sell these sorts of goodies to us! What ever happened to Capitolism? They have a goodie we want, we give them money and get it. (If you sell it, they will buy.) Any idea who we can write to, to buy some of the cool stuff described by the NATPE guerilla force? Cousine Celeste celeste_hotaling-lyons@i....... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:10:36 +0100 From: "Kennedy, Jean" <jkennedy@m.......> Subject: NATPE Strike Force Dianne, Diane, Debbie, Cherri, Angela, Catherine, and Toni: You guys (and everyone else who has kicked *elbow* for this show) give new meaning to the word FANtastic!! Thanks for doing such a terrific (if sneaky) job representing us! Cousin Jean <jkennedy@t.......> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:21:52 -0600 From: A Bit of Deb and Geoff <gebbie@e.......> Subject: Re: Does KTBC-Channel 7 in Austin still show FK? On Fri, 26 Jan 1996, Teresa J Warren wrote: > Just a question for those in Austin: I haven't been able to find FK on > KTBC Channel 7 for several weeks. Did the station drop it since it's > been at least semi-cancelled or what? Yes, they do. It used to show at 11pm on Sunday, but they *moved* it to 3pm on Sunday afternoon. Channel KVC13 (which KTBC owns), also shows it Saturday night at 9pm. We should probably consider ourselves lucky. KTBC has always shown FK at a decent time, whereas most other FK fans seem to get it 2am, or some such other evil time. -Deb Martin gebbie@e....... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:27:19 -0600 From: A Bit of Deb and Geoff <gebbie@e.......> Subject: Oops I'm *so* sorry, my reply to that KTBC post should have been sent private email. I can't think very clearly today because of a death in my immediate family. My sincere mea culpas. -Deb Martin gebbie@e....... "Psychos don't explode when sunlight hits 'em, I don't care how crazy they are!" -- From Dusk Till Dawn ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:34:16 -0800 From: Swordsister <catheboo@c.......> Subject: Re: NATPE REPORT (1/2) - We came, we saw, we kicked a little *elbow*! :-) On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, vicki jean merriman wrote: > Why were you kicked out and where were you standing? Was it because you > didn't have official NATPE memberships. In retrospect that seems In a word, yes. Dianne and I were at the top of the elevator (the only one, which you have to go up if you want to get to the booths, and are too lazy to take the huge staircase, which everyone was ;), and there was a guy passing out things in the same place, and he got booted at the same time we did. Right now, I'm guessing that we really were okay, but they'd gotten so much grief from some people on Tues who were campaigning for a food drive, that they acted first and thought later. But as I said, not all of us were kicked out, and even though he said we couldn't pass anything out on the whole grounds, we all just went outside and had not problem for the rest of the day. > obvious, but it _never_ occurred to me when all this was discussed before. Well, I would think it should have occured to the person from NATPE who told us it would be no problem, but that's just me. :) > 7 by 75 bags? you must have bunches of bags left over. Do the people > who donated to Laurie get one? No, we were actually all passing out bags the full 8 hours the convention was open, it's just that about half of us moved outside instead of being right in the lobby (which was just as good, whether you hit them inside walls or outside). > Catherine wrote: > > okay. After a few hours, the security guy directing cars across > > from me started talking, and he offered to trade jobs ($12.75 an > > What a good idea. Get the security guy on _YOUR_ side :) Yeah, I was getting support from the security guys, the cabbies driving by ("Hey, how's the bag business?"), and all the executives at 5 coming back out the same door, who all said "Wow! I got a bag from you this morning. You're *still* here?" Hey, maybe it'll make them look a little more closely at those flyers. :) > ooo ooo ooo! Shriek. That is just _so_ exciting. TriStar really > really knows who we are. he actually stopped and came back. Just > guessing, I'd have to say that is really really unusual in and of itself. Yeah, he's the only guy I saw who actually passed by, stopped, turned around, and came back. And when we talked to the FK PR lady, it sounded very much from the gist of what she said that FK is really being talked about over the coffee breaks at TriStar. She emphasized that, and kept coming back to it, that everyone there is amazed and pleasantly surprised by all the tremendous response from what they originally considered a poorly watched show. > > way, but there's an entrance through the bathrooms that works > > extremely well) and checked out all the booths. There was a > > Aha. Je comprends. You snuck in :) You betcha! :) We've got Angela to thank for finding such a handy (and well-used!) solution. :)) > What I really don't understand is why it failed at USA? With the changes Oh dear. Now you've done it. :) This is one of the questions they made us memorize in case we were ever asked. Just sit back now... The reason USA dropped the show is because they thought that no one was watching it, based on the ratings they were getting. But the real story is that most people started watching the show when it was in syndication. And, while USA brought in an entirely new audience when it aired there, those who started watching on their syndies, kept watching on their syndies. Hence the illusion of low ratings. But now that USA's not going to air it anymore, all those new fans will need a home. And wouldn't you like it to be your station? :))) I apologize to the listowners in advance, I think I'm going to end up going over my post limit, too. I think I'm the only one around who's caught up on my mail! :) At any rate, I'll try to answer as many questions as I can. Catherine --------------------------------------------------------------- Catherine Boone catheboo@c....... "Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon." - H. L. Mencken ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:37:30 -0500 From: Apache <lf@c.......> Subject: Re: Bourbon, and other vamps list Vachon's age: 481 according to Ben Bass. 491 if you add years since brought over (464) plus Ben Bass' age, 27. L. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:33:00 PT From: Tami Lafrank <tamilyn.lafrank@a.......> Subject: Crew/staff/cast gift idea yes the logo and a picture of Kay K. in the center (or at least a nametag with her name on it). Wish I knew how to do it. Tami LaFrank : TCL58@a....... or TCL20@a....... Forever Faithful Ravenette : King Arthur ran the first (K)Night club. The Raven Health Spa : Never play Leapfrog with a Unicorn. "Dying to prolong your life" : Celibacy is not Hereditary. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:39:32 PST From: Valery King <kingv@c.......> Subject: Gemini tape tour? Since I've got a satellite dish, I have access to a couple Canadian satellites and plan to watch and tape the Gemini awards. And, being a nice but fairly busy person, I thought I'd make the offer of something that was done last year for the Due South listfolks: instead of copying for an enless number of people, I would instead offer my tape for a Forever Knight Gemini Tape Tour. How this works: I will take names/addresses of people interested in receiving this tape. It will go out to you in order of receipt of request in this way: I shall mail it (via priority mail--cost is $3) to the first person on the list, who will IN A TIMELY MANNER watch/copy said tape, and mail it immediately onto the next person on the list. This way you may make copies of the pieces or the whole show if you wish, or simply just watch it. Invite friends over; have a party! Zap past the boring parts, or watch the whole thing, whatever strikes your fancy (Due South is up for 15 awards, so if you're also a DS fan you might want especially to get in on this). But it will only work if everyone cooperates and does a minimum of a 3-day turnaround, and mails via priority mail. You'd all have to agree to that up front to get on the list for the tour. Who's interested? I could also possibly make a "FK Highlights" tape of the show to send around to a second list, if there's enough interest, but the drawback is it would be a copy and wouldn't reproduce very well. And would anyone else with satellite, or some of our Canadian listmembers, want to help out with their own tapes as well? Let me know. Email me at my OTHER account (kingv@u.......) if you'd like to be included. I'll keep a list, in order of receipt, as well as a list of anyone else willing to provide tapes for the tour, and we can get it started March 4th. --Valery kingv@c....... kingv@u....... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:08:00 -0700 From: Samurai Knight <satori@m.......> Subject: Nightcrawler/Ratings I remember someone once hunted around for interest for a Nightcrawler tape. What's up with that? Because I am interested. Also, who's in charge of keeping track of the ratings? Falcon Storm Knightie/Cousin/Vaquera satori@m....... LONG LIVE THE KNIGHT ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:09:40 -0800 From: Cherri Munoz <cdmunoz@e.......> Subject: NATPE pamphlets I don't know who folded the pamphlets but the entire list should send the biggest, the most incredible thank you that anyone has ever received to them. The pamphlets were perfectly folded in precision thirds. Every time I looked at them. Every time I handed one to another person, I stood a little taller because they were so incredibly professional looking. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Of course, I would be remiss if I didn't say that same thing to whoever did the actual designing of the pamphlets. All of you...STAND UP....TAKE a BOW. The NATPE Strike Force's job was easy when you had these pamphlets and the sturdy, double thick FK bags. One of the most thrilling sights at NATPE was to see someone carrying our bags. But, the most thrilling sight at NATPE was to see someone carrying our bags CHOCK FULL of NATPE GOODIES! We thanked everyone who carried them or said they had a bag. OK List. NOW everyone stand up and take a bow. Without your support, ** no ** mention of FK would have happened at NATPE. It would have died without a second thought. Forever Knight was NOT forgotten at NATPE. In fact, it will be talked about for years to come and remembered. They will be shaking their heads and wondering ** how ** so many people throughout the country and the world could organize so quickly into a coherent force and be able to speak loudly enough that they were heard. We may or may not get the fourth season but we will be remembered. Thank you for the warm fuzzies we received while in Vegas. The flowers...the cookies....the chocolate -- It was fabulous! As for chocolate. I wish I had a picture of Dianne the Merc when she discovered the chocolate. <bounce> <bounce> <bounce> She's was estatic! Again... THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! from the NATPE strike force. Cousin Cherri "Cousin Cherri Munoz" <cdmunoz@e.......> FK Optimist's Club, Sime/Gen I don't WANT a new one. I LIKE that one. <LaCroix-Father's Day> Save FOREVER KNIGHT!Checkout:http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:23:35 -0800 From: Cherri Munoz <cdmunoz@e.......> Subject: LaCroix is sexier. At 12:52 PM 1/26/96 -0500, Sandra Gray wrote: >GWD is sexier! (pant!) > >Although, really, shouldn't the choice have been between LC and Nick? > >In that case, Nick is sexier! (pant!) ----------------------------------------------- No! No! LC is definitely sexier. <pant> <pant> <pant> but if you want to talk about the actors then: NB is sexier. He moves like poetry in motion. Yum! AND HIS VOICE! .....Need I say more! "Cousin Cherri Munoz" <cdmunoz@e.......> FK Optimist's Club, Sime/Gen I don't WANT a new one. I LIKE that one. <LaCroix-Father's Day> Save FOREVER KNIGHT!Checkout:http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:56:49 -0800 From: Angela Yung-Ju Lai <resa42a@u.......> Subject: The NATPE Quote List -or- Did We Really Say That? Hallo! To follow up the wonderful missive that Catherine compiled, here is the official (well, more or less) NATPE Quote List! Keep in mind, of course, that we did not actually have a clipboard handy when comments were being made, so I am going mostly on memory here. Anything that might not really have been said can be attributed to my overly active imagination, I have taken many liberties in putting this thing together. The beginning, the beginning... About three hours into the trip, whilst flitting through the Mojave Desert, Angela starts whimpering and finally bursts out in tears: "Turn the car around, I miss my computer!!" To which Cherri answers by drawing attention to her twitching fingers: "I need a keyboard...NOW!" The other members of the LA contingent surreptitiously turned their heads the other way to avoid making similar comments, while Catherine got a really smug look on her face, knowing that her laptop was riding along in the trunk. Upon arriving at the Vagabond Inn (it wasn't the MGM Grand, but it had its own quaint charms), located conveniently next-door to the Sands convention center. Being the foolish newbie I was, the first thing I said when I got out was: "Shouldn't someone be keeping a quote list?" Followed by a series of groans, which alerted me to my fatal mistake. Debbie remarks: "Quote list? You can't expect me to harrass people to my full potential and be witty at the same time!" The group turns to me as one and issues their sentence: "You were the first person to bring it up, you have to do it." And here I am. All during the check-in-get-the-luggage-and-get-to-our-rooms process, we must not forget Cherri bouncing along perkily and chirping repeatedly: "I can't believe we're here, I can't believe we're here! I can't believe we're here!" <insert dirty look Cherri gives to anyone saying she's perky here, g, phhhtttf> Perkulators, be alerted: there is recruiting potential here. On arriving at the room, the first thing Catherine does is whip out her trusty laptop and start typing away, intent on sending an update to the list. Angela, after six or so hours of computer deprivation on the trip there, walks reverently up to the laptop and stares intently at it before daring to reach out a hand and touch it. "Have you named it yet?" To which Catherine brushes my annoying self off with "Of course, what fool wouldn't?" During the rehearsal session held in Fearless Leader Diane's room after returning from the Land of Buffets: "So are you a fan?" Dianne: "No, I hate the show and only took off time from work and paid my way here for the novelty of getting to annoy you." "What would I say to my fundamentalist viewers out there?" "Forever Knight takes religion very seriously." Angela: "Yeah, tell them we're satanic worshippers who'll come over and start building bonfires and dancing outside on their lawns if the show's not renewed. <polite smile>" "Hey, where did Toni go?" "Dunno, she said she was just going to check her luggage." "That was half an hour ago." <A rather awestruck silence ensues> A quiet, trembling voice breaks through: "She's been eaten by an Elvis impersonator!" Our rooms had windows facing out picturesquely onto the strip and particularly the Treasure Island resort's Buccaneer Bay Show (which plays every half hour or so) We drifted off to sleep with the sounds of cannons firing, ships sinking and various people yelling through bullhorns "Arrrghhh...Avast, ye matees!" Wednesday morning, an hour before the start of the convention. A trip to the QuickieMart next door for milk brings a pleasant surprise. Along one whole wall of the store is a large collection of Elvis paraphrenelia. Toni (or was it Dianne?): "Donuts and keychains of The King...we're in FoD heaven!" During the convention... While the rest of the group stationed themselves by the elevators and various other places in the lobby, Toni and I marched up to the guards with a cargo of bags and brochures (Diane's right, they're much too nice to be called flyers) and proceeded to deliver them to the nice ladies at Paragon. Toni spent time trying to befriend the guard who escorted us, while I was having my own personal troubles involving trying to keep my too-short skirt from sliding up too much. A few guys at one of the booths was smiling a little too broadly at me and I didn't want to look *too* much like I belonged in Vegas, y'know. Arriving back to meet up with the rest, we found out that they had been asked to stop distributing flyers. However, since *we* had not been approached yet by said security people, it was decided that we would continue to nonchalantly do so. I was sent off to hit the bathrooms, leaving brochures in every stall if nothing else. All the while keeping an eye out, of course, to see if I could find any passerbys that happened to have their official badges clipped on loosely enough for me to *borrow* them. Like someone said, if we couldn't afford them, we had to find other means of procuring them, correct? The bathroom I was going to was being serviced, so I was directed to the next one, which, luck would have it, was in the main exhibition area. The guard was about to stop me, but immediately skirted the subject when he was told my reason. Being a female in search of the facilities can have its advantages. I cheerfully brochured all the stalls, then decided to do the exhibition areas while I was at it. All the free stuff bins were hit, as well as any rack that looked like it had could contain literature at all. Yes, I made sure to leave a particularly large stack <snicker> (where the reps couldn't see them but the customers sure could) at the USA booth. After covering the two floors and on my way back to the lobby to regroup, I discovered a passageway that the guards had conveniently forgotten. This would prove to be our main means of entering the exhibit area, thus eliminating our need of the pesky identification badge. True, they actually checked when we tried to get into the Tri-Star booth the first three times, but eventually we even got into there. That was around the time when Toni and Catherine were meeting the polite-but-exhausted PR rep. Most of this has already been covered by the rest, so I'll just skip right ahead. Highlights included: - Toni chasing after every television camera to come into sight. - The VR Troopers (oooh!), the Power Rangers (aaahh!), and various other people dressed in large fuzzy costumes. Shades of Disneyland, anybody? - Dropping a couple of FoFK business cards in every bowl we could find that would accept them. - "Was that lady wearing a costume?" "Which lady wearing a costume?" "That one." "Oh, I thought you were talking about the two over there." "No, there's another one over there." "You mean that one by the stairs?" "No, the *other* one.." Ah, Las Vegas. Even those of us that live in LA, mecca of weirdness, were startled sometimes. - A lunch break, during which Toni and Cherri encountered a convenience shop in Treasure Island and hurriedly snap up pairs of insole cushions. Cherri to the cashier: "You carry Dr. Shoals...my feet could kiss you." I didn't pass out nearly as much bags and brochures face-to-face as the rest of the team (I admit I spent most of the time canvassing the exhibition floor with my brochures instead of doing the really dirty work...sorry!). However, I did meet a nice lady from an Arizone station who said the only reason she started working there was because that station was showing FK. She was immediately directed over to the Tri-Star booth. As a whole, we definitely made an impression at that convention. I overheard some exec mentioning that he had seen "those FK people with the brochures" popping up almost everywhere, no escape, so we must've made some impression. Good work, guys! Well, after more schmoozing around and such, we came back to the hotel to change. Sighs of relief resounded as heels were tossed across the rooms and various people ran to the sinks to remove make-up. In my particular room, Catherine spent half the time applying bandages to her tired footsies, Dianne was staring blissfully at the bottle of make-up remover and I was wondering whether my toes turning purple was a good or bad thing. Four more hours passed before we were off again as a group. There have been various versions circulating of what happened when we split up, but as I recall it, Dianne and her apprentice sneak Cherri were stacking brochures inside the publicly visible lobbies of various hotels, Debbie and I went by the Las Vegas Hilton (where she won $100, no less!), and Toni (and someone else?) dropped off flowers to the nice people who did our EM stuff. Debbie and I came back around the time when Catherine was doing her little happy dance because of the Gemini news. An hour more of signing postcards and we were off to invade Las Vegas. Walking down the sidewalks in our grungies (but still looking very nice, nonetheless)... Upon seeing a huge poster of the rather familiar Las Vegas duo, Dianne remarks, "Hmmm...Sigfried and Roy. What are the chances that *they* would be here?" "Dunno. Guess we just lucked out, eh?" Later, whilst standing in front of the white tiger exhibit, a still rather time-lagged Diane peers through the glass: "Ooooh, I wanna pet the big fluffy white kitties..." To which night-person Dianne reminds her: "Yes, big fluffy white kitties with big not-so-fluffy white teeth." To which half-comatose Diane goes: *blink blink* <blank stare> -tick tock tick tock, five seconds pass by- Diane, nodding says: "Ooooooohhhhhh." Later still that night, back in our room and looking over the tacky postcards Dianne would be mailing out to certain list- members the next day. Catherine: "This is not natural...they're not supposed to hang down to there..." <gestures to about waist level> Dianne: "<nodding understandingly> Oh, it's natural...only in Las Vegas or those covered by National Geographic specials.." And then, then next morning we departed. Debbie was driving like she was in the Indy 500, making me wonder if the bugs hitting the windshield would bullet-hole cracks. Catherine was writing out her official report, Dianne was trying to wrestle the computer away from Catherine, and Cherri was happily reading her book. We had arrived safely in the vicinity of Southern California (Catherine being sent off rather reluctantly to class, and me getting my first glimpse of Dianne's infamous orange bug). I ended up ditching yet another day of class, opting instead to crawl into bed. That was around 2:00 PM yesterday. I didn't wake up until 8:00 AM today. Lovely stuff, sleep. Gee, my first real post and I've already written more than is welcome. Sorry, guys! I'm done, really...<pushing herself away from the computer> Thanks for everything, we couldn't have done it without your wonderful support! Cousin Angela, Lurking Commando -variously known as- Whatshername Theothergirl Youknowthatonewiththefunnymiddlename ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:39:18 -0500 From: Allison Percy <percy91@w.......> Subject: Tape giveaway contest Hi all -- I was looking through my rapidly growing collection of FK tapes and realized that I have an extra videotape with "Night in Question" and "Fever," both first generation and taped SP. The quality of the NiQ episode is fine; there are some ghosts marring the quality of the Fever episode but it's still eminently watchable. Rather than hoard these for myself, I realized that I should spread the wealth and send the tape to someone who missed these eps for some reason. Because some folks are busy or on digest, I'm not going to offer the tape to the first person who responds; rather, I'm giving people 48 hours to respond and give me the most creative reason they can think of why they should get the tape. I'm not a Merc, so don't try to bribe me with chocolates or anything. The reasons you list can be almost anything except bribery. You can tell me what creative goodies you've sent up to some of the cast and crew in Toronto, you can tell me some exploit of yours on the list that will get me laughing, you can send me bad poetry, whatever! Really, really creative answers might even convince me to find other tapes to give away! Respond off-list to percy91@w........ If I get some interesting responses, I'll post a summary to the list! * Allison Percy, a perky Knightie percy91@w....... * * __o Pedal for Forever Knight & for a worthy charity! * * _`\<,_ Contact me to pledge support or join the ride. For info * * (*)/ (*) see http://assets.wharton.upenn.edu/~percy91/FKtour.html * ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:48:40 -0500 From: Bea Quindlen <OCaoin@a.......> Subject: More Blood & More Letters If you have sent correspondence of any type to save FK e-mail me with a count so we can see how we're doing! Please specify who you sent to, that is, do not say TPTB. Using the list below as a guide would be a big help. Thank you. I have only counted blood donations that have been posted DIRECTLY to me (not the list in general. If you've donated a pint e-mail me at OCaoin.AOL.COM to be counted. Thank you ================================= Time: 4:00 pm Fri. Jan 26, 1996 27 Blood Donations: 3- Fredericton, New Brunswick 1- Corner Brook, Nfld., 2 - location not specified 9 - NYC 8 - Baltimore 1 - Hammond, Il 1 - Pasadena 1 - Dothan, Al 1- Fitchburg, Mass Correspondence: 119 lottery tickets 3086 Letters so far to: 602 Kay Koplovitz USA 588 Jon Feltheimer TriStar/Columbia 299 Ron Perth USA 200 Bonnie Hammer USA 17 Telemuchen 54 Paragon 96 Sony 104 TriStar/Columbia 152 USA 37 James Parriot 14 FOX 330 Local Syndicators 556 Sponsors 12 Cast/Crew 30 misc. 74 FAXES: 34 Kay Koplovitz USA 4 USA 8 Columbia/TriStar 28 misc. 293 E-MAILS: 67 USA 37 SONY 44 Columbia/TriStar 14 Fred Mollin 12 Nigel Bennett 7 James Parriot 115 misc 10 Telegrams 63 People have indicated they donated to charity as well. Misc= Marvin Kittman, Steve Case(AOL), Prodigy, USA Weekend, Ian Spelling, TV Guide, Sci-Fi Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Ontario Development Corp., and the recently acquired fax numbers, Terri Johnson, etc. ============================================= ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:49:15 -0800 From: Eliot <ejdjd@i.......> Subject: Re: NATPE REPORT (1/2) - We came, we saw, we kicked a little *elbow*! :-) At 11:10 PM 1/25/96 -0500, you wrote: >On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, Dianne Therese De Sha wrote: >TriStar has GOT to be convinced that that 1.7 doesn't mean didly. What can they expect when the stupid show is shown at 2 in the morning (on 59 in Indianapolis,.... Didn't the show use to have a *very* nice slot at 9:00 P.M. on Sunday nights? On Long Island, it is shown at 9:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, and 1:10 A.M. on Thursdays....I have to work so taping the show is the only option! A more favorable time slot is probably the only change that would make a major difference! It is not over the top adult oriented as is Silk Stalkings, so I don't understand why it isn't given an earlier time period. When the WB station was showing it for a short time, it was also on at 9:00 P.M., I think on Thursdays...what happened? Jackie Support your local Attorney...send your kid to Medical School. ejdjd@i....... ------------------------------ End of FORKNI-L Digest - 26 Jan 1996 - Special issue ****************************************************
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