Bill Pragnell wrote:
> I watched the original run of B5 here in the UK on our Channel 4; I was 
> in the sixth form when it started and I went to university halfway 
> through. Not many of us had TVs so it was a real pain trying to keep up 
> with it!

Whippersnapper!  I'd've been in, let's see, 8th grade when it started? 
'cuz I remember the finale being autumn of '98 and I was starting univ.

...ok so that only makes you like 2 years younger than me.  shaddap.

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Tim Cook wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> I watched the original run of B5 here in the UK on our Channel 4; I 
>> was in the sixth form when it started and I went to university halfway 
>> through. Not many of us had TVs so it was a real pain trying to keep 
>> up with it!
> 
> Whippersnapper!  I'd've been in, let's see, 8th grade when it started? 
> 'cuz I remember the finale being autumn of '98 and I was starting univ.
> 
> ...ok so that only makes you like 2 years younger than me.  shaddap.

Um, older, surely? I went to uni in '95. I think the last two seasons 
actually aired in the UK before even the US for some reason.

Confusion may result from my use of the phrase 'sixth form' which 
denotes the sixth and seventh (final two) years of our high schools, 
also confusingly referred to as years 12 and 13 by the newer numbering 
system. Ages 17 and 18, in other words.

:)

PS whippersnapper.

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Jim Henderson wrote:

> I wonder if they ever did that on Celebrity Deathmatch....
> 
> If not, they should.
> 
> Jim

McGyver would so whip them with some duct tape, an old ball-point pen, 
and a roll of life-savers candy. :D

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Phil Cook wrote:
>> My Little Pony
>> Care Bears
> 
> Uh no.
> 

Seems everyone agrees these two are the root of all evil... :D

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And lo on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:51:05 +0100, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>> And lo on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:41:34 +0100, Bill Pragnell  
>> <bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> Orchid XP v3 wrote:
>>>> What did you watch when you were a kid?
>>>  >
>>>> Mysterious Cities of Gold
>>>
>>> Superb. They really must release this on DVD (it is available as  
>>> bootlegs at present), it has a very enthusiastic fan-base and I for  
>>> one would buy it because I missed the last two episodes!
>>  and there I was just mentioning that I don't recall it finishing  
>> properly. Hmm two of us, did they pull the plug on the broadcast?
>
> I don't know. I think I lost track because it went on so long (20+  
> episodes, difficult for a 10-year-old - or whatever I was), and then  
> everyone at school was saying how it had finally ended and I realised  
> I'd missed it. The last bit I remember was the battle with the Olmecs  
> and their mask-shaped laser-ship. Quite a high body count, as I recall...

Too long ago, if I recall one of the problems I had was it tended to start  
just before I got home.

>>> Don't let's forget (I'm surprised nobody's mentioned it):
>>>
>>> Ulysses 31 !
>>>
>>> I obtained this recently on DVD and it hasn't dated too much at all.
>>  £13 at Amazon, half the price of Dangermouse. Just wish they'd release  
>> Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors too.
>
> I don't understand how I missed this. Everyone I know remembers it, I've  
> seen the opening titles on YouTube, but I have absolutely no memory of  
> it. It looks really good; I feel robbed!

If it's any consolation Ulysses 31 was/is better, but I think JatWW was  
more action oriented and kind of wierdly gross when you watched the  
organic vehicles being grown.

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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Tim Cook" <z99### [at] bellsouthnet> wrote in message
> news:47033e02$1@news.povray.org...
>> Star Trek: TNG,
>> Time Trax,
>> Babylon 5,
>> Space Rangers,
>> ST:DS9,
>> seaQuest,
> 
> 
> Oh my, lots of good memories there. Wonder if I could locate space rangers
> or time trax on DVD...They were good
> 
> I recently introduced a friend to B5, so I'm having the pleasure of watching
> it all again. (we watched War Without End just a couple weeks ago)
> 
> 


Misfits of Science
and
Voyagers
and
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (series)



fond memories indeed!



Tom

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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Tim Cook" <z99### [at] bellsouthnet> wrote in message
> news:47033e02$1@news.povray.org...
>> Star Trek: TNG,
>> Time Trax,
>> Babylon 5,
>> Space Rangers,
>> ST:DS9,
>> seaQuest,
> 
> 
> Oh my, lots of good memories there. Wonder if I could locate space rangers
> or time trax on DVD...They were good
> 
> I recently introduced a friend to B5, so I'm having the pleasure of watching
> it all again. (we watched War Without End just a couple weeks ago)
> 
> 

This reminds me of the series

V

I remember when the movies first came out
I remember how one of the 'parts' ended with the ugly green thing being 
'born' - remember she had 'twins'

You know how they will show a live 'pre news coming up' before the final 
credits.

Well, the news anchor had fainted and was out on the floor.
You heard someone yelling in the background - get the smelling salts.

By the time the credits were over he was back up in his seat and OK.

Quite funny.

When they showed the re-run he didn't faint, but he made the comment 
that the baby didn't look any better.

Ah, fond memories as a kid!


Tom

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And lo on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:50:01 +0100, Sherry Shaw <ten### [at] aolcom>  
did spake, saying:

> Out of the clear blue of the western sky comes...
>       SKY KING!!!
>
> Oh, and:
>    The Mickey Mouse Club

Not a UK thing, and now completly spoiled for me by -

"Who's an ugly bastard and as fat as he can be?
A-L-E-X-E-I S-A-Y-L-E
Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle
We love to see him swear on the TV-e-e-e!"

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On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:43:17 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> I wonder if they ever did that on Celebrity Deathmatch....
>> 
>> If not, they should.
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> McGyver would so whip them with some duct tape, an old ball-point pen,
> and a roll of life-savers candy. :D

Very likely the case.  but it'd still be fun to watch. ;-)

Jim

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Thought of a few others last night:

Knight Rider
Greatest American Hero
Wonder Woman
The 6 Million Dollar Man
The Bionic Woman
Batman

It's funny what hearing a song can trigger (was watching something and 
the theme music from Greatest American Hero came on for some reason)

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Thought of a few others last night:
> 
> Knight Rider
> Greatest American Hero
> Wonder Woman
> The 6 Million Dollar Man
> The Bionic Woman
> Batman
> 
> It's funny what hearing a song can trigger (was watching something and 
> the theme music from Greatest American Hero came on for some reason)

I think it came on at the end of 'til Death last night... Yep. Had the 
same thought. Gosh, I was really young when that show was on...

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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
news:470500ec$1@news.povray.org...
> Thought of a few others last night:

   Some others:

    Daktari (Clarence the cross-eyed Lion!)
    Space 1999 (Yes, that was good!)
    Mission: Impossible

    There are others like this, but I just can't remember them!

     ~Steve~





> Jim

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:47053179@news.povray.org...
>
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
> news:470500ec$1@news.povray.org...
>> Thought of a few others last night:
>
>   Some others:
>
>    Daktari (Clarence the cross-eyed Lion!)
>    Space 1999 (Yes, that was good!)
>    Mission: Impossible

      Damn, I mentioned Daktari already!  Grrr!

       ~Steve~


>
>     ~Steve~
>
>
>
>
>
>> Jim
>
>

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Woah... I've created something *special* here! ;-)

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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>>> My Little Pony
>>> Care Bears
>>
>> Uh no.
>>
> 
> Seems everyone agrees these two are the root of all evil... :D

Well I was never an avid fan, but my sister liked them and we used to 
sit and watch them together. I guess I liked them because they had lots 
of pretty colours...

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Ross wrote:
>> Mysterious Cities of Gold
> 
> wow. i think i watched this and i remember really liking it. About a group
> of kids searching the americas for the lost city of gold, opening themesong
> was something like "Woooo ohhh woo ohh oh. Someday we will find... the
> cities of gold."

Yeah, that's the one. Find it on Wikipedia for screenshots...

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"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message 
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> And lo on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:50:01 +0100, Sherry Shaw <ten### [at] aolcom> 
> did spake, saying:
>> Oh, and:
>>    The Mickey Mouse Club
>
> Not a UK thing, and now completly spoiled for me by -
>
> "Who's an ugly bastard and as fat as he can be?
> A-L-E-X-E-I S-A-Y-L-E
> Alexei Sayle
> Alexei Sayle
> We love to see him swear on the TV-e-e-e!"

I'm glad you did that, because I was going to!

"Who is that  fat bastard?!"

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On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:24:56 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Thought of a few others last night:
>> 
>> Knight Rider
>> Greatest American Hero
>> Wonder Woman
>> The 6 Million Dollar Man
>> The Bionic Woman
>> Batman
>> 
>> It's funny what hearing a song can trigger (was watching something and
>> the theme music from Greatest American Hero came on for some reason)
> 
> I think it came on at the end of 'til Death last night... 

Frightening, I believe you're right - that preceded Ramsay's Kitchen 
Nightmares, and the DVR picked up the tail end of 'til Death...

> Yep. Had the
> same thought. Gosh, I was really young when that show was on...

Same here.  If I was feeling energetic, I'd go look it up on IMDb to see 
what year it was made.

But I'm not feeling that energetic at the moment. :-)

Jim

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On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:31:15 +0100, St. wrote:

>     Space 1999 (Yes, that was good!)

Think I only saw one or two eps of that.

>     Mission: Impossible

Actually just started watching eps of this every once in a while.

Jim

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And lo on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:17:29 +0100, Orchid XP v3 <voi### [at] devnull>  
did spake, saying:

> Woah... I've created something *special* here! ;-)

You've hit the nostalgia button, just stay out of the way of the walking  
broomsticks and mop up the mess later.

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And lo on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:04:12 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:

> Thought of a few others last night:
>
> Knight Rider

Ah Knight Rider a lone thingy fighting for the cause of whatever; the Hoff  
himself.

> Greatest American Hero

Surprisingly not

> Wonder Woman

only seemed to be shown sporadically here.

> The 6 Million Dollar Man
> The Bionic Woman

Never got into them

> Batman

Now being repeated here on BBC4 in the evenings, so obviously not regarded  
as children's television anymore.

> It's funny what hearing a song can trigger (was watching something and
> the theme music from Greatest American Hero came on for some reason)

Tell me about it :-)

Damn trying to think of the A-Team tune and now I've got Magnum PI instead.

Oo not Knight Rider, but what was the one with the helicopter, later there  
was a series with a bike (which was rubbish). And what was that one with  
the computer generated hero with the floating blob called Bit and the car  
that turned at 90 degrees, wasn't that mentioned here not so long ago?

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Phil Cook wrote:
>> It's funny what hearing a song can trigger (was watching something and
>> the theme music from Greatest American Hero came on for some reason)
> 
> Tell me about it :-)
> 
> Damn trying to think of the A-Team tune and now I've got Magnum PI instead.
Dee de-de, de-de dee. De-de-de-de, dee de-dide dee. Etc.

> Oo not Knight Rider, but what was the one with the helicopter,
Airwolf.

> there was a series with a bike (which was rubbish).
Streethawk.

> one with the computer generated hero with the floating blob called Bit 
> and the car that turned at 90 degrees, wasn't that mentioned here not so 
> long ago?
Pass.

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Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:17:29 +0100, Orchid XP v3 <voi### [at] devnull> 
> did spake, saying:
> 
>> Woah... I've created something *special* here! ;-)
> 
> You've hit the nostalgia button, just stay out of the way of the walking 
> broomsticks and mop up the mess later.

Ah, nostalgia. Whatever happened to that?

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And lo on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:22:50 +0100, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>>> It's funny what hearing a song can trigger (was watching something and
>>> the theme music from Greatest American Hero came on for some reason)
>>  Tell me about it :-)
>>  Damn trying to think of the A-Team tune and now I've got Magnum PI  
>> instead.
> Dee de-de, de-de dee. De-de-de-de, dee de-dide dee. Etc.

Still keeps turning into MPI for me.

>> Oo not Knight Rider, but what was the one with the helicopter,
> Airwolf.

That's the one, ah Jean Bruce Scott.

>> there was a series with a bike (which was rubbish).
> Streethawk.

Yup, honestly air-wolf and street-hawk next up sea-cat.

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And lo on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:22:50 +0100, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:

>> one with the computer generated hero with the floating blob called Bit  
>> and the car that turned at 90 degrees, wasn't that mentioned here not  
>> so long ago?
> Pass.

Been playing Wiki-link and lo it was Automan, the blob was called Cursor  
not Bit (obviously thinking of Tron)

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Orchid XP v3 wrote:
> Woah... I've created something *special* here! ;-)
> 
You did something that wasn't about you.  Use that knowledge.

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On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:19:00 -0400, Jim Charter wrote:

> Orchid XP v3 wrote:
>> Woah... I've created something *special* here! ;-)
>> 
> You did something that wasn't about you.  Use that knowledge.

Well put - a good friend of mine observed years ago that people LOVE 
talking about themselves; a great way to just talk with people is to ask 
them about something (as Andy did) and then just let people talk.

You end up learning a lot, and you make people feel good by asking for 
their opinion on something.

Jim

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On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:12:06 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

>> Knight Rider
> 
> Ah Knight Rider a lone thingy fighting for the cause of whatever; the
> Hoff himself.

Yep.  I hear there's a movie in the works, but Das Hoff is not in it...

>> Greatest American Hero
> 
> Surprisingly not

Now why would that be?  It was a pretty dumb show, really...

>> Wonder Woman
> 
> only seemed to be shown sporadically here.

Not surprising to me.

>> The 6 Million Dollar Man
>> The Bionic Woman
> 
> Never got into them

Not so much either here, not in the "must see" category, but still 
something that if it was on, I'd watch.

>> Batman
> 
> Now being repeated here on BBC4 in the evenings, so obviously not
> regarded as children's television anymore.

The Adam West version?  Or the cartoon version?

>> It's funny what hearing a song can trigger (was watching something and
>> the theme music from Greatest American Hero came on for some reason)
> 
> Tell me about it :-)
> 
> Damn trying to think of the A-Team tune and now I've got Magnum PI
> instead.

Da da da da-da! :-)

> Oo not Knight Rider, but what was the one with the helicopter, later
> there was a series with a bike (which was rubbish). 

Airwolf; that one comes to mind when I watch George Carlin because of his 
comments about a collection of nude photos of Ernest Borgnine....(Hey, if 
*I* have to suffer, I shouldn't suffer alone....<g>)

> And what was that
> one with the computer generated hero with the floating blob called Bit
> and the car that turned at 90 degrees, wasn't that mentioned here not so
> long ago?

Not sure...

But just remembered Buck Rodgers as well...

Jim

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Orchid XP v3 wrote:
> What did you watch when you were a kid?
> 
> (I have a feeling this is going to differ wildly by geography...)
> 
> I used to enjoy the following, to varying degrees:
> 
> Heman
> Thundercats
> Transformers
> My Little Pony
> Care Bears
> Mysterious Cities of Gold
> Eighty Days Around the World
> Jem

I like the earlier Chuck Jones material with WB, when it was intended 
for an adult audience and not Saturday morning children's TV.  For 
cartoons produced during my adulthood, I like the Powerpuff Girls 
(mostly for its poking fun at the genre), Samurai Jack, Space Ghost: 
Coast-to-Coast, and Freakazoid.

Regards,
John

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On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:13:36 -0400, John VanSickle wrote:

> Orchid XP v3 wrote:
>> What did you watch when you were a kid?
>> 
>> (I have a feeling this is going to differ wildly by geography...)
>> 
>> I used to enjoy the following, to varying degrees:
>> 
>> Heman
>> Thundercats
>> Transformers
>> My Little Pony
>> Care Bears
>> Mysterious Cities of Gold
>> Eighty Days Around the World
>> Jem
> 
> I like the earlier Chuck Jones material with WB, when it was intended
> for an adult audience and not Saturday morning children's TV.  For
> cartoons produced during my adulthood, I like the Powerpuff Girls
> (mostly for its poking fun at the genre), Samurai Jack, Space Ghost:
> Coast-to-Coast, and Freakazoid.

Dexter's Laboratory is pretty good, too.

Jim

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And lo on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:31:00 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:

> On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:12:06 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>
>>> Batman
>>
>> Now being repeated here on BBC4 in the evenings, so obviously not
>> regarded as children's television anymore.
>
> The Adam West version?  Or the cartoon version?

Adam West bullet-proof soles of my shoes version.

>>> It's funny what hearing a song can trigger (was watching something and
>>> the theme music from Greatest American Hero came on for some reason)
>>
>> Tell me about it :-)
>>
>> Damn trying to think of the A-Team tune and now I've got Magnum PI
>> instead.
>
> Da da da da-da! :-)
>
>> Oo not Knight Rider, but what was the one with the helicopter, later
>> there was a series with a bike (which was rubbish).
>
> Airwolf; that one comes to mind when I watch George Carlin because of his
> comments about a collection of nude photos of Ernest Borgnine....(Hey, if
> *I* have to suffer, I shouldn't suffer alone....<g>)

It had a pumping theme tune and a cute girl and now I'm going to think  
about EB in the nude everytime it gets mentioned - thanks.

>> And what was that
>> one with the computer generated hero with the floating blob called Bit
>> and the car that turned at 90 degrees, wasn't that mentioned here not so
>> long ago?
>
> Not sure...

I've discovered it was Automan.

> But just remembered Buck Rodgers as well...

<sigh> Erin Gray

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Don't know if these have been mentioned:

Alvin & The Chipmunks. The Snorks.

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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:07:31 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

> And lo on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:31:00 +0100, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
> 
>> On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:12:06 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>>
>>>> Batman
>>>
>>> Now being repeated here on BBC4 in the evenings, so obviously not
>>> regarded as children's television anymore.
>>
>> The Adam West version?  Or the cartoon version?
> 
> Adam West bullet-proof soles of my shoes version.

Ah, *camp*.  Pure and total. :-)

>> Airwolf; that one comes to mind when I watch George Carlin because of
>> his comments about a collection of nude photos of Ernest
>> Borgnine....(Hey, if *I* have to suffer, I shouldn't suffer
>> alone....<g>)
> 
> It had a pumping theme tune and a cute girl and now I'm going to think
> about EB in the nude everytime it gets mentioned - thanks.

Nobody should have to suffer in that vision alone. ;-)

>>> And what was that
>>> one with the computer generated hero with the floating blob called Bit
>>> and the car that turned at 90 degrees, wasn't that mentioned here not
>>> so long ago?
>>
>> Not sure...
> 
> I've discovered it was Automan.

I don't think I'd heard that one before...

>> But just remembered Buck Rodgers as well...
> 
> <sigh> Erin Gray

There was a rumour going around that she was a candidate to play Janeway 
on Star Trek: Voyager.  That would've been interesting. :-)

Jim

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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:22:04 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Alvin & The Chipmunks

Eep.  There's a movie coming out.  It looks scary....

Jim

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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:15:10 +0200, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>  

wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:07:31 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>> Adam West bullet-proof soles of my shoes version.
>
> Ah, *camp*.  Pure and total. :-)

No kidding...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UJaprpxrk


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FE

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Eep.  There's a movie coming out.  It looks scary....

Seems like I saw a preview of it, but I have no recollection as to the 
content of the preview.

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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:52:45 +0200, Fredrik Eriksson wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:15:10 +0200, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:07:31 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>>> Adam West bullet-proof soles of my shoes version.
>>
>> Ah, *camp*.  Pure and total. :-)
> 
> No kidding...
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UJaprpxrk

Holy exploding rubber shark, Batman!

Jim

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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:29:46 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Eep.  There's a movie coming out.  It looks scary....
> 
> Seems like I saw a preview of it, but I have no recollection as to the
> content of the preview.

I think that's the point of "chipmunk voices"....

Jim

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