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bru
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response 75 of 222:
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Nov 2 12:22 UTC 2000 |
Steve allen and his wife eaddy gormette ( I just know I spelled that wrong
started out on a local show in New York that became the Tonight Show when
nationally syndicated with Steve Allen as the host, he did it for like 3
years, then johnny carson took over the reigns.
Steve allen was extremely prolific and one of the funniest men in show
business. Many of todays TV Comedians owe a lot to his pioneering work in
TV comedy. He was against vulgarity and foul language and felt these had no
place in real comedy.
He was a pioneer and will be missed.
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tpryan
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response 76 of 222:
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Nov 2 12:40 UTC 2000 |
Steve Allen's wife's name is spelled Audrey Meadows.
Jack Parr hosted the Tonight Show between Steve Allen and
Johny Carson.
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mary
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response 77 of 222:
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Nov 2 14:00 UTC 2000 |
He was also a man who seemed to live in the past, going on and
on about the good old days. He seemed unable to adjust to change
and almost held a grudge against young people who didn't do it
they way he did. He didn't age well at all.
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bruin
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response 78 of 222:
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Nov 2 14:12 UTC 2000 |
BTW, Steve Allen's widow is Jayne Meadows, sister of the late Audrey
Meadows (Alice Kramden of "The Honeymooners").
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carson
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response 79 of 222:
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Nov 2 14:51 UTC 2000 |
resp:75,77 (that would explain why he was a spokesperson for the PTC.)
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brighn
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response 80 of 222:
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Nov 2 15:55 UTC 2000 |
(Edie Gorme was/is married to Steve Lawrence)
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bru
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response 81 of 222:
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Nov 2 15:59 UTC 2000 |
I knew I got that wrong! :-)
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larsn
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response 82 of 222:
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Nov 2 16:19 UTC 2000 |
Ring Lardner Jr. died today at 85. He was the last surviving member
of the 'Hollywood Ten', a group of screenwriters that were jailed
and blacklisted in the 50s for either their views on communism or
lack of 'cooperation' when appearing at the Un-American Activities
Committee.
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remmers
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response 83 of 222:
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Nov 2 17:58 UTC 2000 |
Re #77: Right. That came out quite clearly at Steve Allen's
appearance at the Power Center a few years ago. Allen was quite
a liberal in his younger days -- strong proponent of free speech
and opponent of nuclear proliferation -- but in his later years
he became quite a bit more conservative. In the last year or
two he joined with Shirley Jones in sponsoring full-page newspaper
ads denouncing all the "trash" on television and advocating a
return to "wholesome family values" in the medium.
I'm old enough to remember Steve Allen's tenure as Tonight Show
host in the 1950's. He was one of the funniest folks around, and
the show had a really spontaneous flavor to it. His impromptu
interviews with random audience members were classics.
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other
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response 84 of 222:
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Nov 3 01:24 UTC 2000 |
Attention: Women considering voting for Nader
Please see Agora item 131. Your input is desired.
Guys, you too. I just wanted to draw the particular
perspectives of the female electorate for my own information
and potential enlightenment.
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jerryr
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response 85 of 222:
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Nov 3 13:10 UTC 2000 |
steve allen is credited with writing 8,500 songs. aside from "this could be
the start of something big" i have no clue what any of them are. i doubt very
many people do. did he write 8,499 pieces of crap?
he played well off louis nye and don knotts. his man in the street interviews
were classic. reading rock n' roll lyrics as straight poetry used to lay me
out. but my fav was his taking the daily news and wipping the audience into
a frenzy over minor stories.
like many famous funny people (ie, lucille ball) they were very funny when
performing, but all business and somewhat droll in real life.
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jep
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response 86 of 222:
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Nov 5 22:57 UTC 2000 |
My 9 year old stepson fell off a pony and broke his wrist. He
has a buckle fracture. No washing dishes for him, or any other
chores, until he gets his cast off in about 6 weeks.
He says he'll never ride a horse again. (I disagree, but
obviously he's not riding any horses any time soon.)
Yesterday was an interesting day, in that he had his last soccer
game, then was supposed to have a Halloween party (held over a
week because his great-grandmother died a week ago). We did
manage the Halloween party last night; we got home from the
hospital about 15 minutes before the party started.
He's recovering now, managing (with an impressive amount of
fortitude) to bear his inability to do much but watch TV.
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richard
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response 87 of 222:
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Nov 7 00:06 UTC 2000 |
IWLTA that I hope everyone here goes out and votes tomorrow...
voting is our most precious and sacred right. There are many people
in the world who dont have the opportunity to decided who their leaders
are.
btw, the final msnbc/reuters poll shows Gore now up two points, 48-46
nationally...for what its worth.
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rcurl
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response 88 of 222:
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Nov 7 01:44 UTC 2000 |
The Constitution requests that our right to vote not be called "sacred".
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birdy
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response 89 of 222:
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Nov 7 01:55 UTC 2000 |
My most precious and sacred right is the :ignore command. ;-)
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i
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response 90 of 222:
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Nov 7 04:01 UTC 2000 |
To the extent that it forbids government on the basis of "divine right"
(of monarchs), ignores "mandates of heaven", explicitly proclaims that
"the people...ordain and establish...government", etc., the Constitution
is very much a religious document, taking clear (and generally radical)
positions on things that were major religious issues of its day.
If a government is created, legitimized, and controlled by the people
through their voting (vs. a god through his priesthood), then calling
voting a "precious and sacred" right seems pretty reasonable to me.
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rcurl
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response 91 of 222:
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Nov 7 07:30 UTC 2000 |
No such language appears in the Constitution. In fact, there is no
specifically ecclesiastical language there. The only source of
"blessings" it seeks are those of liberty. In this regard, the
Constitution is radical in so clearly omitting any reference at all
to anything divine or related to divinity. The word "ordain" comes
from the Latin, _to install_, without religious context.
Well, there is *one* reference: "...in the year of our Lord...". That
expression was standard boilerplate in documents of that era.
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tpryan
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response 92 of 222:
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Nov 7 16:50 UTC 2000 |
I voted this morning. I got ballotnumber 42. This is in a
precint that is sub-divided by different representatives in the precint.
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sno
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response 93 of 222:
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Nov 7 20:41 UTC 2000 |
I voted at 2:30 at my tightly crowded polling place and completed the
event in 30 minutes. Careful selection of arrival time expedited my
process. The line stretched out the door upon my departure.
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krj
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response 94 of 222:
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Nov 7 20:52 UTC 2000 |
((We're collecting "I Voted" stories in item:139.))
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danr
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response 95 of 222:
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Nov 7 23:47 UTC 2000 |
I would like to announce that I'm ecstatic that the campaign season is now over
and instead of watching inane political advertisements we can go back to
watching inane advertisements for soap and toothpaste.
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birdy
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response 96 of 222:
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Nov 8 05:44 UTC 2000 |
I echo that. =)
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senna
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response 97 of 222:
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Nov 8 10:04 UTC 2000 |
Well, wow. Tonight has been crazy.
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birdy
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response 98 of 222:
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Nov 8 10:20 UTC 2000 |
Echo that too.
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carson
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response 99 of 222:
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Nov 8 12:24 UTC 2000 |
(I see that today is still election day, according to the MOTD. time
for us to go out and take our turn at the understaffed polling booths!)
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