Session Start: Wed Nov 06 23:29:17 1996 *** Now talking in #TOTGM and another! Patricia, yay!! Two down, one to go. *** BabyRain (babyrain@198.164.250.65) has joined #TOTGM Yippee!! And Karen too. yay! we're all here! Did anybody log that chat? Howdy everybody! * BabyRain does a dance I always log everything, but I got there late * GMonkey hopes it isn't the macarena. um, I didn't. Hey Lala, how 'bout some ops? I tried to, but it looks like it's gone now. * Volterra loves the macarena (or the Padres version thereof) * BabyRain does the Macarena LaLa is powerhungry. No kidding. I is? Don't make me slap you, Karen. * BabyRain slaps GMonkey around a bit with a large trout Do you know how to give ops, Lesley? Nyah! :) \Lesley offers trout guards for sale. Lesley realizes she screwed up. Close. /me That's it! I'm not driving you across the country!!! * Volterra eats a banana in honour of the channel * GMonkey slaps BabyRain with a huge slab of rotten fish!!! Even if I bring chocolate? Sure, hit me with a fish and then offer me chocolate. :) ooh, let her come .... *real* chocolate ...mmmmm I am now doing two things at once. Applause please. Clap, clap, clap. Lesley, you're not supposed to be working. * LaLa Lesley is trying this again. Well, I'm getting there. * BabyRain draws up a certificate What are you doing. Trying to type an "action" line. OOOHHH! was that good for you, Lesley? :) Here we go again. Already 35 minutes into the chat, and very little Monkey action. hey, I ate a banana! Sorry! Please to start us off. * BabyRain dances like a monkey You have to Talk the Monkey, not Dance the Monkey. :) EEP! We were just starting to talk about the convention. That was Talking Heads or Peter Gabriel, right? Yes, yes, a convention!! * GMonkey slaps BabyRain with a rotten banana Once I can get some sort of "Yeah, I guess I'll come"s from people, then I'll ask the VIPs. Shock the Monkey * LaLa giggles at her compadres. My mother always thought the song was called Shoot the Monkey. I'm *definitely* coming. Okay, that's three of us. Actually, that would be the way to do it -- ask for a "prospective" headcount. Can't do much proper planning without it. four, gotta count my hubby Sorry, hubby duly counted. If there is any way I can possibly make it, I *will* be there. I have dreamed of this for years. We'll get you there, Karen, one way or another. * LaLa seconds the idea and thoughts! BTW, have you heard back from that guy you e-mailed. That last bit was for Karen. yup ... start checking out those discount airfares .... * LaLa slaps BabyRain around a bit with a large trout Now, LaLa, why did you do that? If you can't play nice, you'll have to go to your room. PLEASe give me a break, I'm doing two things at once and it's hard!! It was an accident. Accidente! Well, okay, just stop roughhousing. No, GM, no word on the email front from that guy. You must have been a Spanish major, Lesley. :) No, sweetie, a Jeff/Corky fan!! Yes, we know!!! *** LaLa sets mode: +o BabyRain Yeah, she figured it out. :) * LaLa is proud of herself (finally). Now, can she do it for the rest of us? Stand by one. *** LaLa sets mode: +o GMonkey *** LaLa sets mode: +o Volterra Thanks, Captain. How was that? thank you! * GMonkey is smoking a cigarette and basking in the afterglow * BabyRain is so proud of Lesley she bakes a pie in her honour. * GMonkey is getting wicked silly GM, you smoke? I'm covering my ears!! No, I'm just being silly. :) So, who's coming? To the convention? Me, me, me!! So far, just us. And of course Leanne's hubby. Thanks, Babyrain for the DCC help. Doug probably won't be able to go. Bad time of year. Back to school. What! No Doug!! No, problem, Lesley. I had to learn once, too. :) Well, maybe he can build a really big rocket ... Well, if Doug's not coming, then let's call the whole thing off! Now stop that Monkey Woman! well, the anniversary day *does* fall on a weekday anyway -- so maybe we can be flexible -- like have it in the summer break? I don't think it would be his scene anyway. He doesn't like to travel and he's painfully shy. More so than our own Patricia? I guess. I was just trying to get it as close to the anniversary as possible. Watch it, LaLa! I can't, it's behind me now. * GMonkey slaps LaLa with her TOTGM mouse pad * LaLa basks in the feeling. if it's a weekend thing, most people could make it, right? * BabyRain closes her eyes r-e-a-l tight Please let us hope so. That's what I was hoping for. This must occur, no matter what. And the weekend of Sept. 20-21 was the closest to the anniversary. * LaLa volunteers to transport anyone between southern Orygun and Los Angeles. * BabyRain wants to move to Southern Orygun so she can go Great. I'll book a flight to Medford and you can drive me the rest of the way. Come on down!! You can come stay anytime! All of you. Can I bring Pepsi? :) Well, if you must. Tab rules though. Pepsi's my dog. :) I think Bowen and Pepsi would get along great. Of course!! All critters welcome. Even Leech Boy. you called your dog Pepsi? :) They would. Leech boy??? I ain't inviting Leech Boy! My brother, the permanent student. Well actually her name is Diet Pepsi, but it got shortened real fast Bowen would get along with him too. Ah. Pepsi's a girl Or was You mean you... * GMonkey winces in pain * LaLa covering her ears again. I had her spayed, yes. All of my critters are. Well, if it's good enough for Bob Barker... BTW, Pepsi's still a girl. Speak up, Leanne!! Just because she can't have children, that doesn't make her any less female. So true!! I used to work in an animal shelter. It broke my heart to see all those animals every day. I made sure that I wouldn't have Pepsi break someone else's heart. Now, if Pepsi were a male and you cut off his... * GMonkey thinks better than to finish that statement * LaLa is putting on earmuffs. By the way, there's a picture of Jack on your site that really illustrates that "indecent exposure" thing. :) No, I won't say it. I laughed out loud when I saw it. I guess they didn't read the memo. I guess not. It was pretty funny. Harvey sure thought it was amusing. Actually, I think it's one of Jeff's pics. Now that's believable. Oh, well he wouldn't have seen the memo. It only went to the directors. Jeff would never deliberately do anything wrong. Oh, no, not your Jeffy! :) So let's talk about the convention. We've settled on where, and when ... Let's do the what next. Softball game!! Well, we've got to get more than 4 or 5 people to show up. * BabyRain groans audibly. No we don't. How 'bout hockey? :) Oh, Karen, you're so...Canadian. :) yup -- and we need a hotel to stay in that has facilities (like a room where we can sit and watch TotGM for 24 hours a day) Softball, softball!! Okay, hockey too. As long as one of you is a paramedic. Who would we like to have there and what are the odds of achieving it? I can't stand up on skates ... All of our heroes. I'd like to get al the VIPs who have visited the site to come. Excellent idea. That would be nice. yup, we could have a dinner or something .... or they could form a panel we can ask questions to ... or something I figure if they take the time to chat with us online, then they could stop by for a full fledged chat session for a few hours. I like the hotel idea. I think the more informal the better, except for maybe a nice dinner. Yeah, unless I've scared them off. :) Nothing too fancy, of course. But not a Motel 6 either. well, a motel 6 won't have a room we can congregate in to chat -- assuming we get more than 10 people ... By the way, Pat, when you come visit, I can get you a rate at the Hilton for $79 a night CDN. :) Hotel rooms are really cheap in LA, believe it or not. Not bad, Karen. Are you still begging me to come up to visit? And late September may be off peak, I'm not sure. I gave you directions! And I'm walking distance to Dairy Queen. :) Karen and Patricia can't be that far apart. A couple of hours drive, right? About 10 hours. 10-12 hours, according to Karen. and if you book far enough in advance (and group book) we may even get more of a discount Canada's got Dairy Queens? Yeah. That would be good. *** BillPrest (BillPresto@71-87.client.gnn.com) has joined #TOTGM I'm scared about the exchange rate. Bill! Yay, Bill's here!! Yeah, we have DQ's. Yeah, Bill!! Hey Babu Ribas! BILL! Should we give Bill power too? I think so. Whatchoo mean, power? I second the motion. Hee Hee Hee. Of course, since he's the only male, we could oppress him. We could, :) Karen, would you do the honors? Okay. *** BabyRain sets mode: +o BillPrest Leanne - where were you last night? You meant that, right? Not the oppressing? Yes. late .... and then lagged ... by the time I got de-lagged you'd gone Does this mean I have kick privileges? *** BabyRain sets mode: -o BillPrest Don't you dare, William. Just in case. :) :) :) Na-na-na-na-na * LaLa giggles delightedly. *** BabyRain sets mode: +o BillPrest Lesley, did you get my kinda emails today? Now play nicely. Yepper. I really don't understand why there's a problem. Lesley - It's like I'm getting envelopes from you (in an email sense), but the thing has been opened up and the contents tampered with. *** BabyRain sets mode: +s Shame on your administrators!! Ooo, we're secret. SSh! No fair!! What no fair? Patricia - back off! ??? What? I'm talking about the chat room is now secret. Of course you are dear. That's what the +s means. She is. Hey Karen - you crack me up with the stuff you write to the TOTGM page. Thanks, Bill. :) Hey Karen, I feel the same. I'm having fun. :) Patrice, secret from who? That's what the site was created for. Vally much ha ha, missy. And a fine creation it is. Lesley, the +s means that if someone lists the channels, ours won't show up. Our room won't be listed. Kinda like an unlisted phone number. It prevents losers from showing up. You know the type -- "Are you m or f? Lonely?" thought: invite a Universal/MCa bigwig to aforementione dinner and show him just how dedicated we fans are to bringing back TotGM to the small screen! Mmmm, sounds good to me. We're special!! There's a thought, Leanne ... Speaking of humor (and I share this sincerely), when I first dialed into the TOTGM page, I printed all the guide and the letters, took them home, and laughed myself silly. With enough lead time, maybe the Big Kahuna could make it. Aw, do we have to invite a "suit"? They're such bores. Thanks, Bill. I aim to please. Bill, me too. Are we talking about the convention thingie? Make it a theme dinner -- everyone has to wear purple. That'll loosen up the suit. * LaLa scratches her head. Yup, Bill. You hit the target squarely. If the Big Kahuna couldn't even reply to my e-mail, then he won't show up to our convention. purple: my favourite color Me too!! T'anks Karen. Pat: you mean The Don? Patricia, he might, maybe... Hey, let's have this convention in Denver! Yes. He sent me two sentences, then Poof! Pffftt!! You wish. Nice try, Bill. Pleeeeeeez....... No crying!! Please! I think my email server's on its last megs ... I *just* got the email you sent, Trish. Besides, we want to go visit the sets at Universal. We do? How sad. :( We do. We do! And I *must* see the San Andreas Fault. Okay, I've tried politeness, now I'll try something else. "Have the convention in Denver, or the one-eyed dog gets it!" Yeah, right! Don't you want to walk on the same sets that Jeff walked on, Lesley? I think Leo's already gone, isn't he? Patricia, you know I do. He's either dead or 24 years old. * BabyRain dabs her tears and we wanna go to the zoo and see some monkeys and ... Karen - got me on a technicality. MONKEYS!!! and how could we not take a day trip to Catalina Island??? No, nasty monkeys!! zoo monkey always nasty. I was "gotten" by a couple of techincalities today. I wanta see an earthquake!! I canna do it, lassies. It's too fur away. M-o-n-k-e-y W-o-m-a-n ... They have an earthquake on the Universal tour. Bill, you have almost a year to plan. Don't say canna. Will you stop that, Karen? Too far away? Where the heck are you? You're half a continent closer than I am, Bill. :) Go, Karen, go!! I'm beginning to think that I'm a monkey. Little Miss Monkey Head. (Our queen) There's a reason they say that but you aren't a monkey Hey, Denver's in the middle. Go to the carny and see the amazing Monkey Woman. Half woman, half monkey. Monkkey in the middle! * LaLa goes for ear drops. So how are these convention extravaganzas financed? Karen, will you stop monkeying around? You girls are like so weird at times. Out of our own pockets, I'm afraid. * LaLa spits up on herself. the fans going to 'em pay for it. * BabyRain tickles Bill just for the halibut. Karen, the atmosphere in Canada is affecting you. And we be the fans. Since I'll have to rob a bank to get there, i'll share the loot with whoever needs it. If the haul is big enough. No, I think it's the fish I had for supper. By the way, know how to tuna fish? Monkey Woman doesn't like fish. I knew there was something fishy about you today, Karen. * BabyRain eats a Tic Tac Me no like fish. It smells fishy. Bill....tuna fish? You have to use a herring aid. * LaLa spits up again. * GMonkey slaps BillPrest around a bit with a large trout I'm floundering ... Well, it seemed appropriate. :) In all seriousness, things are getting a bit convoluted around here. * BabyRain wonders if Lesley is okay over there * LaLa wonders too. Lesley, praytell, why are you spitting? So what date? Bill: howso? Leanne, I forget. Where are you? By convoluted, I mean we have strayed from the subject. San Diego :) I'd like to hold this "convention" the weekend of Sept. 20-21, 1997. * Volterra seconds it * LaLa is easily amused and spits up frequently. The 15th anniversary is Sept. 22, 1997. * BabyRain thirds it. Then by God, that's when we'll have it. Lesley, your turn. Keep your spit to yourself. Sept 20 - 22 - sure, why not. Can we go to Disneyland? They're the competition. Only if someone promises to keep Goofy away from me. Besides, they're mega expensive. Yeah. Plus they own half the world. * BabyRain sulks But it's a small world ... I'll go with you on a side trip Karen. We'll go on the Universal tour. You can see Jaws. Okay. I want to see Jake. Karen - very good rejoinder. :) The man's in his 90s!! Well, if we're lucky. Doesn't Stephen Collins live in Connecticut or something? He's out in LA filming 7th Heaven. No idea. They'd have started filming in September ... so he should be in LA ditto anyone else currently working That's why I chose LA. Just about all of our VIPs live out there. But where does he live when he's not filming? None of them are nutty enough to live there full time. I think it's a gimme that it would have to be in L.A. If they were sane, Bill, they'd have real jobs. Bill, don't even imply that Jeff's nutty!! So Denver's out, huh? Booga booga! NO DENVER!!! PERIOD!!! * LaLa can't stop the spitting. * BabyRain is proving why she has no real job. Hey, who's got more money to travel around the country, stars or us? They do, but not the incentive!! You go, girl! If they love us, they'll come. Saint John, NB, CANADA. Gold Monkey capital of the world! We'll have it HERE! If they're working those 12 hour 6 day weeks they won't Nice try, Karen. Karen, I feel your pain. I suppose I should speak up for Orygun, we have Crater Lake, mountains, ocean, desert, arrowheads!! That's why I was thinking we'd hold our "discussion" on Sunday. I could give free fistoric walking tours. I have the power. fistoric=historic Fistoric? We can do all our touring/watching stuff on Saturday. Slow, sorry. Ooooh, we can play tourist!! Doesn't it rain always in New Brunswick. And Oregon too? Not here, kiddo. Almost no rain this summer at all! It most certainly does not. Does it always snow in Denver? Since, everybody's doing it..."Please come to Boston in the springtime." Good one, Karen. Yeah, wise guy. Been to Boston. Nice place. :-P I've never been to Boston. Or would you prefer a little Manilow..."Weekend in New England"? Me either. I've been to Bangor. NOOOOOOOO! Well, Karen you're just a few hours away. The politics in Boston are easy to predict, however. Been to Bangor too. Denver and San Diego also. "Her name was Lola. She was a showgirl." Stop, please!! Denver! The Mile High City! "I write the songs that make the whole world sing. Patricia, I may hurl!! Patricia, I didn't realize you had such a nice voice. You're lyrically challenged, however. Should I sing the "fishies" song now? FISHIES! How did it go? I've known that one for over thirty years. They got the words wrong in TOTGM!! I think Jake should have sung something a little more serious in the cockpit. Uh-oh! Tom will be upset to hear that. So don't tell. You can sing the fishies song to the tune of "Takin' Care of Business" Like what, "Taps"? Cool! Tom - can that fella write, or what? "Zeroes! Nine o'clock!" He's definitely not verbally challanged, that's for sure. "Why are they shooting at us?" Bogies! He's very prolific. * BabyRain had some peanut butter sandwiches on the way over. Leanne had the banana. It's the banana that makes the sandwich. Lesley, have you heard from him lately? He never wrote me back. I thought it was bread. Have I heard from who? Tom From *whom*. Nada. Only Wonder, excuse me, Monkey Woman. * BabyRain slaps GMonkey around a bit with a large trout brb Okay. :) You're a monkey, Monkey Woman. HAHAHA! Sing it, girl. * GMonkey is spinning around, changing into her bathingsuit costume Bright light!! My eyes! Have you got your trou-proof bracelets? trou? trout?