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SF-LOVERS Digest            Monday, 8 Feb 1993         Volume 18 : Issue 82

Today's Topics:

                    Television - Quantum Leap (14 msgs)

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Date: 19 Jan 93 08:37:08 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sally Smith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: QL: News for Jan. 19 (some old, some new)

Greetings Leapers! Sorry I've been away so long, but between the holidays,
a nasty virus, and Real Life (ick), you know how it goes.

1. The currently top news story:

QL Con 2 is Saturday February 13th and Sunday February 14th.  It will once
again be at the Universal Hilton.

Tickets are available through Creation <bleah> at 818-409-0960 and
eventually through Ticketmaster. Creation's office hours are 10am - 5pm
PST, and have your credit card ready.

Advance con prices:

2-day general admission: $28
1-day general admission: $15.50
1-day reserved seats: $35 each day.

(Also, Creation charges an extra $2 for EACH ticket charged to a credit
card. So it will cost you $74 for two days of reserved seats)

At the door: <yeah, right - I wouldn't wait that long if I were you!>

2-day general admission: $33
1-day general admission: $18
Children 6-12 : $6
Children under 6: Free

As of now, there is no Con rate from the Hilton, but that may change.
Hilton reservations number is 800-445-8667.

For those who have access to a car and want to save a few bucks, I
recommend the Carriage Inn, 15 mins from Universal in Van Nuys.  $59 a
night for AAA members <up to 4 people in a room> and a marvelous giant
jacuzzi.

For those of you who are flying in, remember that Burbank is the closest
airport, and LAX is a _looooong_ way across town.

See you there!

2. Excerpted from a fax I got from Belisarius Prods. last month:

We know you're all supporting the show...but unfortunately it's not
reflected in the Nielsens.  We think it's time to let NBC know how we feel
about the time slot: we want the old one back!

It's time to write to: Warren Littlefield, President
                       NBC Television
                       3000 W. Alameda Ave.
                       Burbank, CA 91523

A letter or card with the words: LEAP US BACK TO WEDNESDAYS AT TEN, signed
with your name and address should do it.

On behalf of our cast, staff, and crew: Thanks for taking the Leap!

3. Those upcoming episodes again: (writer, director if known)

"Blood Moon" 1975 (Tommy Thompson, Alan J. Levi) Sam leaps into a man who
may or may not be a vampire.  Ian Buchanan (Twin Peaks) guest stars as
another possible vampire.  Lots of funny lines.

"Goodbye, Norma Jean" (title may be changed) (Richard C. Okie, Christopher
Hibler) Sam leaps into Marilyn Monroe's chauffeur. Watch for other
celebrity lookalikes.

Well, then Sam goes looking for Bigfoot...

And then the Evil Leaper returns (Richard C. Okie, Harvey Laidman), with
special guest star Neil Patrick Harris (yep, Doogie Howser himself).

Plus, the man himself, Don B., is writing one in which he says he's going
to "do right by Al". I'm not sure what that means, but it sounds promising
and he's going all the way back to the pilot for some research...hmmm...

More news as I get it! Write NBC, get your friends to write, do it today,
do it often. Remember, you don't have to write a witty letter (although
that would be nice, too), just a note or postcard with LEAP US BACK TO
WEDNESDAYS AT TEN will do it! See you at the convention!

Sally Smith
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: 22 Jan 93 00:48:21 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Lipton Ann Meredith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: QL: Speculation on Vampire Episode ...

Does this mean that when Sam looks in the mirror to see what he looks like,
he won't get a reflection?

A point to ponder.

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Date: 22 Jan 93 21:37:32 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jason Eric Dzembo)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: QL: Speculation on Vampire Episode ...

[e-mail] (Lipton Ann Meredith) writes:
>Does this mean that when Sam looks in the mirror to see what he looks
>like, he won't get a reflection?

Ziggy gives it a 79.6% chance that Sam won't get a reflection.

If memory serves, NBC did a promo for Quantum Leap back around the
Halloween of 1990 (around the time of "The Halloween Episode"), in which
Sam said something to the extent of leaping around in time he never knew
when or where he'd end up.  Anyway, he was laying in a coffin and he had a
mirror in his hand and, when he looked into it, there was no reflection and
we even got an Oh, Boy.

GTF, I miss the old days, when NBC had decent promos.  ;-)

Jason

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Date: 22 Jan 93 21:45:07 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sally Smith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: QL: Don's lecture, upcoming ep's, and such

I'll be posting the transcript of Don's 1/20 seminar as soon as I can.
Since he talked for about 1.5 hours (at least), it'll take a while. It
will, BTW, be full of spoilers for the rest of the season.

Upcoming ep schedule, unless NBC's changed their mind AGAIN:

(All titles after "Blood Moon" subject to change, and probably will)

Feb. 9: "Blood Moon" (written by Tommy Thompson, directed by Alan J. Levi)

Feb. 16: pre-emption

Feb. 23: "The Evil That Men Do/Revenge" - Return of the Evil Leaper, in
another two hour special.  Part 1 written by Richard C. Okie, directed by
Harvey Laidman; Part 2 written by Deborah Pratt, directed by Debbie Allen.

Mar. 2: "Bigfoot" (John DiAquino - yep, "Jimmy"s brother) Sam's a
Vietnam vet, living in the woods, helping out another of same.

"Goodbye, Norma Jean" (Richard C. Okie) Sam's Marilyn Monroe's chauffeur.

And from what Don said, his script for the finale should be a major
heartstring-tugger, with lots of good Sam and Al stuff.

Now, let's just hope I didn't catch Don's flu when I hugged him... but,
hey, I knew the job was dangerous when I took it... ;-)

Sally Smith
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: 23 Jan 93 02:42:04 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sally Smith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: QL: Coming out on videotape!

Yes, Universal has finally Seen The Light (and the merchandising
possibilites).  The QL pilot and 4 other early episodes will come out on
videotapes we can all rush right out and buy this summer, then 5 other
early (1st and 2nd seasons) episode's later on. No announcement yet as to
exactly what episodes.

Sally Smith
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Jan 93 05:13:45 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sally Smith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: QL: Speculation on Vampire Episode ... (possible spoiler added)

In various articles, Jason and Jenni and Ann talk about if Sam will have a
reflection:

I don't think this is really a spoiler, but just in case:

SPOILERS

The running gag in this one is that the guy Sam has leaped into doesn't
have any mirrors in his house, so Sam can't CHECK to see if he has a
reflection! :-)

Makes sense - if he *is* a vampire, he wouldn't need mirrors, and if he
isn't, but wants people to think he is, a mirror would be a giveaway.

I'm REALLY looking forward to this one. I laughed out loud several times
while reading the script, and the one scene I saw was a riot.

Sally Smith
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Jan 93 05:55:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sally Smith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: QL: Highlights of Don's talk

Rather than waiting till I get the whole transcript finished, I thought I'd
post the highlights here now.

 - Don doesn't consider QL to be science fiction.

 - He stated repeatedly that it's Sam's whole body leaping (I HOPE *I*
   don't have to answer this question again either!).

 - The return of the Evil Leaper is a 2-hour episode.

 - The animated episode has been pushed back to next year (although they
   already have the script written). Other than being animated, it'll be a
   regular QL episode, with no comments in the episode about it being
   animated.

 - 10 early episodes will be released on videotape this year.

 - There may be "QL: The Movie" someday, but probably not till after the
   show's been off the air for 5 years or so.

 - They're making the show this season for less real money than they had
   the first year (allowing for inflation and such). The budget this year
   is $1.337 million an episode, which is pitifully low (I'm amazed they're
   getting anything on the air at all!).

 - Write those letters to:

      Mr. Warren Littlefield
      NBC-TV
      3000 W. Alameda Ave.
      Burbank, CA 91523

 - Don also gave away some *major* spoilers about the season finale, which
   you can read in the transcript when I get it done - I will also mark
   them so you can avoid them and still read most the rest of the
   transcript if you want.

Sally Smith
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Jan 93 20:12:16 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Michael Burstein)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: QL: Highlights of Don's talk

[e-mail] (Sally Smith) writes:
>Rather than waiting till I get the whole transcript finished, I thought
>I'd post the highlights here now.
>
> - Don doesn't consider QL to be science fiction.

Don is most definitely wrong! QL is very much a science fiction show, as it
involves time travel and technology which does not actually exist.  Hence
it must be science fiction.

Oh, come on Michael! Yes the show has science fictional elements to it, but
it's essentially an anthology show. Each episode is about the life of
someone in our recent history, and it's a good way to discuss how social
changes in the 20th century affected people's lives. Sam's leaping is just
sort of a way to tie the shows together.

There. I've done both sides; now we can drop the topic. :-) Seriously,
though, I wonder if Don would change his tune if any episode of QL were
nominated for the Hugo Award?

Michael A. Burstein
Physics Department, Boston University
590 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Jan 93 21:30:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sally Smith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: QL: Convention activities announced

Most of this is off Creation's flyer, plus what info I've gathered myself.
(I also corrected some of Creation's typos, hmph.)

The 2nd Annual Official QUANTUM LEAP Convention, Feb. 13-14, Universal
Hilton, Universal City, CA [which, since it's over Valentine's Day, is
being billed as "Lovers' LEAP" - groan]

Program will include appearances by:

 - Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell
 - Producers Don Bellisario, Deborah Pratt, and Charles Johnson
 - Various Guest Stars
 - Ray Bunch on writing the music
 - Cameron Birnie, Ellen Williams, Bob Zilliox, and George Tuers on the
   production and set design, props, casting, etc.
 - Roger Dorney and Denny Kelly on the special effects (this isn't listed
   on the flyer, but Roger told me they're doing it)

Other nifty stuff includes:

 - A fashion show by costume designer Jacqueline St. Anne, featuring past
   guest stars wearing their costumes from the show (which stars, I don't
   know, save for Michael Bellisario, who told me he's going to be in it)
 - Prop/costume museum
 - Merchandise you can spend all your money on
 - An unseen episode!
 - Random drawing to win a walk-on role (that means no talking) on QL!
 - Charity auction
 - Trivia contest
 - A panel on fannish activities, which I mention simply because myself
   and some friends are on it :-)

And, as they say, more.

Be there or be verrrrry sorry! Tickets available through Ticketmaster, or
by calling Creation at [phone]. They _say_ there will be tickets
available at the door, but I STRONGLY encourage you to buy them in advance
- - I wouldn't risk it.

I also encourage you to bring plenty of film - the hotel gift shop ran out
last year, and charged exorbitant prices before that.

Sally Smith
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Jan 93 13:28:48 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Monty Python's Life of MikE)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: QL: Highlights of Don's talk

[e-mail] (Sally Smith) writes:
> - Don doesn't consider QL to be science fiction.

I don't, either.  Well, not entirely.

> - The animated episode has been pushed back to next year (although they
>   already have the script written). Other than being animated, it'll be a
>   regular QL episode, with no comments in the episode about it being
>   animated.

Does this mean it will be ENTIRELY animated?  (Even the future scenes?)

> - There may be "QL: The Movie" someday, but probably not till after
>   the show's been off the air for 5 years or so.

Good idea.

Mike Escutia
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: 27 Jan 93 03:09:56 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sally Smith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: QL: The award nominations keep on coming

QL's former director of photography Michael Watkins, ASC is up for another
award from the American Society of Cinematographers for his work on QL -
his third consecutive nomination. Awards to be announced Feb. 21. Go
Michael!!! :-)

Sally Smith
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: 28 Jan 93 22:22:35 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Lara S. Hughes)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: QL: Animated Ep?

[e-mail] (Joe Smith) writes:
>[e-mail] (Paul DuBois) writes:
>>I notice that Sally's most recent QL update post didn't mention the
>>rumored animated episode of QL.  Did I miss it?  :P
>
>Due to budget restrictions, it won't be included in this season's list.

Hmmmm....putting off the animated episode is getting to be a yearly
tradition. I don't have my Starlog magazines here at school, so this won't
be incredibly authoritative, but there is an interview with Scott in an
issue about the time that "Necessary Roughness" came out in which he says
that they were going to do the animated episode *that* season (last
season). It was definitely last season, as he also mentioned "The Wrong
Stuff" and the fact that Sam would leap into a chimp.

In an only slightly related matter, (Starlog brought it to mind) here's
another tidbit that I find somewhat hilarious, especially since I wasn't
all that fond of the Lee Harvey Oswald episode: in an earlier interview
with Starlog, Scott was explaining the premise of Quantum Leap and used the
Kennedy assassination as his example.  He stated several times that Sam
would never leap to that grassy knoll in Dallas, because everyone knows
what happened there. I guess the QL premise has changed into something no
one really anticipated.

Lara Hughes
[e-mail]

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Date: 4 Feb 93 09:06:08 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sally Smith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: QL: Tentative con schedule

Here's the EXTREMELY TENTATIVE schedule of events for QL Con 2, February
13th and 14th. Universal Hilton, tickets at Ticketmaster.

Keep in mind that this schedule is almost guaranteed to change at least
once more before the con, this is just to give you an idea.

Saturday: Production and Set Design
          "Creating an Episode" (writers and producers)
          Scoring the show (music)
          Showing of unseen upcoming episode
          Drawing for walk-on role on QL
          POSSIBLY the fashion show, but this may be Sunday

Sunday: 12:10 PM -- Don Bellisario
        1:00 PM -- Fan Panel (including me)
        2:00 PM -- Stunt coordinator Diamond Farnsworth
Also:   Guest stars
        Special effects
        The Future of QL (what direction the show might take)
        Charity auction
        LATE AFTERNOON: Don, Scott, and Dean. Note that this is the
        *ONLY* time you'll be able to see Scott and Dean!!!!!

In other words, if you can only afford one day - go Sunday!

Hope to see you there!

Sally Smith
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Date: 4 Feb 93 21:13:31 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Joe Smith)
Reply-to: [e-mail]
Subject: QL Convention, special deal at Carridge Inn

[e-mail] (Christina M. Hill) writes:
>I just got off the phone with a lady from the Carriage Inn and she says
>that the Carriage Inn is offering a special group deal for Quantum Leap
>fans. (Why didn't they announce this a little earlier!) $58 a night plus a
>free continental breakfast on Sat. Anyway, I know it's a little late, but
>if anyone wants to go for this, they'd appreciate it. When you call,
>identify yourself as a QL fan. Part of this deal is we get the end of the
>tower wing right by the jacuzzi!

The phone number for Carridge Inn is [phone].  This motel is about 15
minutes away from the Universal Hilton, where the QL Convention is being
held.

Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell will be at the Con on Sunday, Feb 14th
only.

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