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jazz
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response 184 of 348:
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Aug 10 04:05 UTC 1999 |
You folks know what "tonto" and "kemo sabe" mean, right?
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omni
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response 185 of 348:
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Aug 10 04:44 UTC 1999 |
And while were doing Lone Ranger stuff:
The Lone Ranger was produced live on WXYZ radio, from Detroit. The same
company would also go on to produce The Green Hornet. WXYZ was located in the
old Maccabees building on Woodward. The Maccabees is now known as the Detroit
Public Schools Center. There still is a radio station, and it is known as
WDET. And lastly, a man named Rube Weiss, who died a few years ago did the
introduction to the Lone Ranger. Even though he is gone, Rube can still be
heard on the Guardian Alarm TV commercials.
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mcnally
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response 186 of 348:
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Aug 10 17:05 UTC 1999 |
I also saw "Mystery Men" over the weekend and also thought it was really
funny, though I might qualify that with "if you like superhero stories or
enjoy movies whose basic joke is playing with the 'rules' of a genre.."
Whatever -- I thoroughly enjoyed it, even after paying Showcases's
amazing $8 ticket price, which is usually enough to sour me on even a
really good movie..
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bru
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response 187 of 348:
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Aug 10 21:11 UTC 1999 |
I did like mystery men, tho they could have lost the spleen, there was enough
conflict in the other characters that we could have lost him. It played on
the spacialization of the character traits very well, and the screwups were
great. Thats Specialization up there, by the by.
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richard
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response 188 of 348:
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Aug 10 21:52 UTC 1999 |
You know the Green Hornet was supposed to be the great great grandson
of the Lone Ranger or something like that...they have the same last name
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md
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response 189 of 348:
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Aug 10 23:50 UTC 1999 |
Get out of here.
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other
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response 190 of 348:
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Aug 11 06:30 UTC 1999 |
just saw the matrix. wow. i've had dreams like that, but not nearly so
stylish.
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aaron
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response 191 of 348:
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Aug 11 13:17 UTC 1999 |
re #188: What was the Lone Ranger's last name?
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otaking
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response 192 of 348:
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Aug 11 14:17 UTC 1999 |
Re #187: I think the Spleen was a necessary character. Having someone with
a super poewr noone wanted nearby was a great twist on the superhero genre.
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anderyn
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response 193 of 348:
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Aug 11 18:26 UTC 1999 |
Saw "Entrapment" last night at Fox Village. Definitely a fun movie, but
a bit too scary for us height-scardy-cats!
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remmers
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response 194 of 348:
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Aug 11 21:42 UTC 1999 |
Try watching it at 13,000 feet sometime.
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janc
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response 195 of 348:
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Aug 11 22:53 UTC 1999 |
Rather low for an airplane. Are you suggesting climbing a peak in the
rockies to watch it?
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anderyn
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response 196 of 348:
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Aug 12 02:11 UTC 1999 |
I haven't been in a airplane in over twenty years -- and I'm never
climbing a peak.
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remmers
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response 197 of 348:
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Aug 12 12:44 UTC 1999 |
Forget my figure in resp:194 - how high do airplanes fly these days? In
any case, "Entrapment" was shown on an airborne 747 on which I was a
passenger a few days ago. I paid only sporadic attention to the movie;
general impression is that it's a rather cookie-cutter Hollywood
romantic thriller.
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aruba
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response 198 of 348:
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Aug 12 13:28 UTC 1999 |
I think 30,000 feet is pretty typical.
Carol and I saw Notting Hill at the Fox last night. I liked it a whole lot.
Very funny and very romantic.
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gull
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response 199 of 348:
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Aug 12 14:48 UTC 1999 |
I think anything from 30,000 to 50,000 is typical for a 747. 25,000 or less
for short commuter flights on things like ATR turboprops. Under 12,000 for
non-turbocharged general aviation aircraft like Cessna Skylanes and Piper
Cherokees. (Friend of mine whose wife is an ATC says they refer to that
level as 'indian country' because of all the Piper aircraft.)
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richard
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response 200 of 348:
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Aug 12 21:57 UTC 1999 |
#199...I believe the Lone Ranger and Green Hornet's characters last name
was Reed...both shows owned by radio station, and Green Hornet was a
spinoff meant to be something likea modern day LR.
Both shows had great theme songs...the Lone Ranger was of course Wagner,
and Green Hornet was Stravinsky's Flight of the Bumblebee.
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aaron
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response 201 of 348:
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Aug 13 00:07 UTC 1999 |
I mean it, Richard -- who was that masked man? I wish I knew his name.
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bruin
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response 202 of 348:
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Aug 13 01:59 UTC 1999 |
RE #200 I believe that the "Lone Ranger" theme was the "William Tell Overture"
by Rossini.
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remmers
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response 203 of 348:
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Aug 13 02:43 UTC 1999 |
Right - Rossini, not Wagner.
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omni
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response 204 of 348:
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Aug 13 04:40 UTC 1999 |
A question: Did the Green Hornet play poker with Bee cards?
<I'm not expecting an answer>
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bdh1
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response 205 of 348:
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Aug 13 05:33 UTC 1999 |
His sidekick was none other than Bruce Lee (born and raised in
Oakland,CA) (who was allergic to 'pot' and is why he died.)
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aaron
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response 206 of 348:
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Aug 13 13:24 UTC 1999 |
Bruce Lee played Tonto? ;)
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bruin
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response 207 of 348:
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Aug 13 20:59 UTC 1999 |
RE #206 Bruce Lee played Kato (The Green Hornet's sidekick on the 1966-67 TV
series).
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richard
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response 208 of 348:
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Aug 13 23:17 UTC 1999 |
Actually rumors have always held that Bruce Lee was killed by the
chinese mafia for some dark, sinister reasons.
There are also conspiracy theories about the death of Lee's son Brandon
Lee, who died in the most bizzarre way on the set of the movie "The
Crow" Lee was filming a scene for the movie, where his Crow character
gets shot. He was supposed to be shot with a gun that had blanks in it,
so his charater would appear to have been shot and killed. However, the
prop gun mysteriously had a *real* bullet in it and Lee was *really*
killed. An actual murder captured on film for the big screen. The
conpsiracy theorists think it was his dad's old enemies in the chinese
mafia who pulled this off.
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