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- From: sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth)
- Subject: Re: kpix SCREWS UP (was Re: Skyscraper FALLS DOWN.)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.073621.17336@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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- Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
- References: <1992Dec30.002451.9748@samba.oit.unc.edu> <PXumwB2w165w@unkaphaed.gbdata.com>
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 07:36:21 GMT
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- In article <PXumwB2w165w@unkaphaed.gbdata.com> popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell) writes:
- >Bruce.Tindall@launchpad.unc.edu (Bruce Tindall) writes:
- >
- >> In article <1992Dec29.064554.25146@netcom.com> obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Br
- >> >ObUL: Dan Quayle's law degree was partially chewed up by the dog
- >> > Bob "just heard that on KPIX" O'Bob
- >>
- >> I was watching KPIX-TV news on Dec. 31, 1983, when the ignorant blow-dried
- >> newscreature mentioned that we were about to start the year 1984, in which
- >> (he said), George Orwell warned us that computers would be a danger to the
- >> world, blah blah blah. Of course, anyone who's ever read _1984_ knows
- >> that computers are not even mentioned in the book (except perhaps for the
- >> "speakwrite", which plays a very minor role). The motion picture had a
- >> lot of nice touches capturing the low-tech nature of the society portrayed
- >> in the book, such as the rotary dials on the mechanical device for calling
- >> up old newspaper isues, and the black-and-white telescreens. No 'puters.
- >>
- >> So "heard that on KPIX" should be a contender for AFU motto-of-the-whatever.
- >>
- >> --
- >> The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
- >> North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
- >> Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
- >> internet: laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80
- >
- >
- >Down here in Houston, on the day Pat Buchanan et al spoke at the
- >Republican Convention, after the convention coverage was over for the
- >day, one of the major TV channels played the movie "1984".
- > The version with John Hurt. So you could go from Buchana and his pals
- >straight to "5 minutes of hate" the opening scene.
- >Try telling me that this movie was scheduled by accident.
- >
-
- About 3 weeks ago a show produced by Spy magazine on the American NBC-TV
- network was doing a spoof of the major events of the past year, and as a
- parody of Buchanan they took video of him giving his speech at the convention,
- but they dubbed the audio from a 1930's Nuremburg Nazi rally, complete with
- Hitler raving and the 'Seig Heil's" from the crowd.
-
- Not in the best taste but I laughed for a good 5 minutes, and I'm a Republican!
-
- Simon
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