Session Start: Tue Nov 19 22:55:44 1996
*** Now talking in #TOTGM
*** BabyRain sets mode: +s
*** BabyRain changes topic to "Bop Bop Diddum Daddum Waddum 
Choo ..."
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<GMonkey> Hey!
*** BabyRain sets mode: +o GMonkey
<BabyRain> Hiya!
<GMonkey> Thanks.
<GMonkey> Just finished din-din.
<BabyRain> Was it good?
<GMonkey> It was just a lite bologna & fat free cheese 
sandwich.
<GMonkey> I didn't feel like cooking.
<BabyRain> You can get fat-free cheese?
<GMonkey> It's amazing what you can get in America. :)
<BabyRain> Yeah.  Sounds like 7th Heaven. :)
<GMonkey> I just received your wav file, but I can't access it 
from here.
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<GMonkey> YEAH!!!!!!!!1
<THELaLa> Hi guys!
<BabyRain> YIPPEE!!!!
*** BabyRain sets mode: +o THELaLa
<THELaLa> Alright, it's about time, where is everyone?
<BabyRain> Three minutes by my clock
<GMonkey> Still 5:57!
<THELaLa> Okay, this clock must be wrong.
<THELaLa> At least you guys didn't tell me I was fast.  :)
<GMonkey> But we all know you're slow, LaLa.
* GMonkey runs from an irate LaLa.
<THELaLa> You'll get me one way or the other, eh, MW?
<BabyRain> No one sending me email (sniff)
<GMonkey> Hee, hee, hee!
<GMonkey> You've got us!
<GMonkey> You don't need e-mail!
<THELaLa> And we're the best.
<GMonkey> Almost time!
<THELaLa> BR, what did you think of the two locations 
suggestions for the convention posted on the Board?
* BabyRain needs DP ... baaaaad
<GMonkey> It's 6:00 ET!
<THELaLa> Throw some dirt in some water and pretend.
<BabyRain> They sound neat.  I think I like them both.
<THELaLa> Yeah, kinda hard to choose.
<GMonkey> We'd have to see them to decide.
<THELaLa> I like the suggestion of free lodging.
<BabyRain> Maybe we could go to one one night and the other the 
next?
<THELaLa> Good idea!!!
<BabyRain> That is kind of nice, yes.
<GMonkey> Who suggested free lodging?
<THELaLa> Gayle.
<GMonkey> Did she?
* GMonkey scratches her head
<THELaLa> Yes.  Delightful woman.
<BabyRain> Yup.  Don't you ever read your own board? :)
<GMonkey> Well, where is she?
<THELaLa> Well, the possibility of some.
<THELaLa> Get her, BR.
<THELaLa> She be slow too.
<GMonkey> Nobody came to our chat. :(
* BabyRain wonders what she could write that might make it to 
the board ...
<THELaLa> Can we have some dancing in connection with the 
convention.
<THELaLa> Wouldn't you guys like to dance with Jakester?
<BabyRain> It's usuall fifteen past by the time people get here
<BabyRain> No.
<THELaLa> Not a dancer?
<BabyRain> No.
<BabyRain> Wanna trade, Lesley?
<THELaLa> Trade?
<BabyRain> Here comes Leanne
<THELaLa> BR, trade?
<BabyRain> I'll take your hero if you take my (former) hero
<THELaLa> NO WAY, Hoser!!
<BabyRain> Oh, pleeeeeeeeease?
<THELaLa> NYET.
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<Volterra> yes!!!!!
<THELaLa> Well, we can share.
<THELaLa> Hi Leanne!!
<GMonkey> Now, now, girls, there's enough Jeffy to go around.
<GMonkey> Hi Leanne!
<BabyRain> I'm not a hoser.  Only people from Northern Ontario 
are hosers.
*** GMonkey sets mode: +o Volterra
* BabyRain slaps THELaLa around a bit with a large trout
<THELaLa> That had better not be the kind of comment I think, 
MW.
<THELaLa> BR, thanks for the clarification.
* BabyRain wonders, and just in case
* BabyRain slaps GMonkey around a bit with a large trout
<GMonkey> It's just that Jeffy has a big heart!
<Volterra> hi all!
<BabyRain> Hi!
<GMonkey> Hey!!  Watch it with the trout!
<BabyRain> Where ya been?
<THELaLa> Nice save, MW.
<GMonkey> That's what I meant to begin with!
<Volterra> I'm doing the laundry as usual so I'll be ducking 
out in half an hour ...
<THELaLa> Leanne, Aussies made the top story in my paper 
yesterday.
<GMonkey> And they're damn proud of it!
<BabyRain> Who was it who said Volterra was probably doing 
laundry?
<Volterra> say, you know how VH didn't respond to you, Karen? 
Guess whodidn't respond to my email!
<Volterra> Lesley: they did?
<BabyRain> He did respond finally.
<BabyRain> But who didn't respond to you?
<GMonkey> When did you send your email, Leanne?
<THELaLa> Yeah, the biggest headline read, "Aussies dodge 
Russian Bullet."
<Volterra> VH's sidekick :) and right after the irc session.
<Volterra> *really* Lesley?
<GMonkey> We haven't heard from him since either.
<THELaLa> He hasn't responded to any of us.
<Volterra> we didn't scare him off, did we?
<GMonkey> Well, that's always possible.
<THELaLa> Yes, Leanne.  I thought it was cute, they were 
referring to the failed Mars rocket.  They should have had 
Karen and Doug's help.
* BabyRain wonders if it's her fault
<THELaLa> No it was not your fault!!!
<Volterra> oh the shuttle falling down ... did any of it land?
<GMonkey> It was the picture!  I never should have posted it!
<BabyRain> Maybe he didn't like the wrench
<THELaLa> Off the New Zealand coast.
<Volterra> in populated areas?
<THELaLa> In the ocean.
<Volterra> cool :)
<THELaLa> Close but no cigar.
<GMonkey> Had a chance to wipe out New Zealand, but failed. :)
<THELaLa> He's probably on a trip or something.  Maybe Nassau.
<Volterra> :)
<BabyRain> GM, can you ditch the picture?
<Volterra> so what's the topic of discussion today?
<THELaLa> No, then there wouldn't be anymore Hercules.
<GMonkey> Too late, he's already seen it, maybe.
<Volterra> or Xena
<THELaLa> Who's going to show up today.
<BabyRain> Please?
<GMonkey> Is that such a terrible thing? :)
<THELaLa> I love that picture!  I'm sure Jeff does too!
<THELaLa> What me to ask him what he thinks, BR?
<GMonkey> If he's seen it.  He may not have yet.
<THELaLa> My screen saver just went on.  Someone say something. 
 Please.
<GMonkey> Okay, what should we talk about?
<THELaLa> Dancing?
<Volterra> I haven't checked out any hols in the San Fernando 
Valley area yet -- I've been busy today. I just got home.
<GMonkey> Hey, Leanne, what do you think of SC's dancing 
ability?
<Volterra> Patricia, I can't think when I last saw it :)
<GMonkey> That's okay, Leanne.  We've got time to find hotels.
<THELaLa> She's blocked it from her mind!  :-)
<GMonkey> Well, you will soon.
<GMonkey> Your tapes will arrive either Thursday or Friday. :)
<Volterra> *cool* :)
<GMonkey> You'll be able to see Jake jitterbug!!
<Volterra> he danced in PIT -- but I didn't get to see PIT
<BabyRain> Was *that* what that was?
<Volterra> Cooler !!!
<THELaLa> No.
<BabyRain> Whaty's PIT?
<Volterra> Thanks Patricia!!
<Volterra> Putting It TOgether ...
<GMonkey> You're welcome, Leanne.
<THELaLa> Leanne, do you have any pets?
<Volterra> Lesley: nope. Dan's allergic to fur.
<GMonkey> You could get a snake.
<THELaLa> Poor Dan.  Poor Leanne.  I know what you're not 
getting for X-mas.  :-)
<THELaLa> He's in the wrong medical research field.  :)
<BabyRain> Jake is so tired.  I'm worried about him.
<Volterra> well actually, Dan was talking about a pet rat. He 
dissects them in the lab.
<THELaLa> He's still acclimating.  Jake!  Don't listen!
* BabyRain passes out in shock
<Volterra> Karen: Jake? Maybe it's the weather
<GMonkey> BR, cover Jake's little ears!!!
<THELaLa> Jake is Karen's pet rat.
<Volterra> *oh* *grin*
<GMonkey> He's brand new!
<THELaLa> Someone revive BR!!
<THELaLa> Throw DP on her!
<Volterra> he also dissects mice but in his opinion rats are 
far more intelligent and much better pets than mice.
* THELaLa concurs.
<GMonkey> Nice save, Leanne.
* Volterra hopes that makes it better
<GMonkey> BabyRain?
<THELaLa> BR needs some valium today.
<Volterra> so maybe Jake is too cold and is preparing to 
hibernate?
<THELaLa> That's a thought.
<THELaLa> Is BR okay?
<Volterra> is BR still with us?
<THELaLa> Is GM still with us?
<BabyRain> Hi.
<Volterra> I have a little story.
<GMonkey> I'm here.
<THELaLa> Okay now?
<GMonkey> Story, story, story!
<THELaLa> Story?
<BabyRain> Leanne's husband wants to chop up Jake and thinks 
Lazarus is a dummy.  I'm fine. :)
<GMonkey> Poor BabyRain!
<THELaLa> You shouldn't take it so personally, sweetie.  Lab 
crittes, not pets.
<BabyRain> Just got email from Jennifer wanting info on your 
site, Trish.
<BabyRain> I'm not taking it personally. :)
<Volterra> hey, I'm sorry, BR ...
<GMonkey> What kind of info?
<BabyRain> I'm stil wondering about something elsee.
<THELaLa> Okay, didn't mean to sound judgmental.
<BabyRain> Volterra, I'm just teasing.  Don't worry about it. 
:)
<THELaLa> Leanne, story?
<GMonkey> story, story, story!
<BabyRain> Yeah.. Story. :)
<Volterra> oh, ok
<BabyRain> LaLa, the other LaLa is gone
* Volterra is havig troubls typing
<THELaLa> Don't want to risk getting killed.
<THELaLa> Besides, I am THELaLa.
<GMonkey> The one and only LaLa!
<Volterra> When the first L&C convention came around I joked 
that I would do the Dance of the 7 Veils as part of the 
entertainment night ....
* THELaLa bows.
<THELaLa> ooohhhhh
<GMonkey> Ooo, it's a sex story!
<THELaLa> And....
<GMonkey> Let her type. :)
* THELaLa would need more veils.
<Volterra> I didn't go to the first convention ... but was 
teased mercilessly by all for "forgetting" my costume at the 
Aussie convention
<Volterra> and by my husband at the second LA convention which 
we did go to.
<GMonkey> So where's the sex part? :)
<Volterra> it was the 7 veils dance because that's what Lois 
did in a season one episode for Clark
<THELaLa> Naughty Lois.
<GMonkey> Get to the sex!!! :)
<Volterra> *anyway*, I was idly dreaming last night about the 
TOTGM convention and had this thought about it ... but I 
want to share it only if you don't make me do it :)
<THELaLa> We won't. Tell!
<GMonkey> Monkey Woman reserves judgement.
<Volterra> well my hubby and I are going to learn some songs 
together (he plays piano, and my signing's about on the same 
level as SSW :)) ... and it came to me ... why not learn 
some for TOTGM ... with TOTGM references ...
<GMonkey> Like what?
<THELaLa> YESYESYES
<Volterra> Well, like the classic: "Am I Blue" ...
<THELaLa> The Lady is a Tramp (for Patricia) :)
<Volterra> there were two others ....
<GMonkey> Hey!  Watch it, LaLa!!
<THELaLa> You love it.
<GMonkey> Are we supposed to guess the other songs?
<THELaLa> Or help you think of them?
<Volterra> I thoght Pat was a Monkey Woman not a Monkey Lady :)
<THELaLa> Good point, Leanne.
<GMonkey> I'm all woman!
<THELaLa> That's not what I've....
<Volterra> umm, laundry .... I'll give you the titles and 
'splain them if necessary when I get back
<THELaLa> Kay.
<GMonkey> We'll try to guess while you're gone.
<Volterra> "Straighten Up And Fly Right" , "You Took Advantage 
of Me" and "Round Midnight"
<Volterra> brb :)
<THELaLa> Yellow Rose of Texas
<GMonkey> Who took advantage of whom?
<THELaLa> They took turns.
<GMonkey> Who's they?
<BabyRain> There's one about getting the blues when it rains.
<THELaLa> We're All Alone.
<THELaLa> I always sing that one during Monkey Bar scenes.  :)
-> [GMonkey] PING
-> [THELaLa] PING
-> [Volterra] PING
<GMonkey> Hey, BR, what kind of info did Jennifer want about 
the site?
<THELaLa> Yeah, give.
<BabyRain> Well, I was telling her how fun the bulletin boards 
were, so she wanted to know where they were, specifically.
<BabyRain> We have lag happening
<BabyRain> 10 secs for GM and LL
<THELaLa> Do we now.
<BabyRain> Don't know about Leanne -- I don't think her 
computer responds
<GMonkey> It should be temporary.
<THELaLa> Really, haven't noticed.
<BabyRain> This is heaven compared to last week
<GMonkey> Up to 11.
<THELaLa> Very true!!
<BabyRain> 'Oh, just got Leanne's reply
<GMonkey> Okay, I'll say it.  7th Heaven.
<THELaLa> Pessimists.
<BabyRain> I loved that Greg Kinnear thing
<THELaLa> MW, did you have to?
<GMonkey> Yes.  Yes, I did. :)
<Volterra> back
<GMonkey> I knew you would, BR.
<GMonkey> How's the laundry?
<GMonkey> Did you know who Greg Kinnear was before I sent you 
that, BR?
<Volterra> hey 7th Heaven was pretty good last night
<Volterra> Karen: what one about the blues when it rains?
<THELaLa> I can't get it here.
<GMonkey> Yes, it was.
<BabyRain> I think it was in Naka Jima Kill, Leanne
<GMonkey> And you're heartbroken about it, eh LaLa? :)
<Volterra> its spinning in the dryer.
<Volterra> dryers actually
<Volterra> BR: cool! I'll check it out when the tapes arrived.
<BabyRain> You should be able to get the words in the script
<Volterra> -d
<BabyRain> Let's see if I can remember ...
<BabyRain> I get the blues when it rains...
<BabyRain> the blues I can't lose when it rains
<GMonkey> She's looking up the script!!!
<BabyRain> No I'm not
<GMonkey> Well, I am. :)
<BabyRain> Each little drop that (falls?  Rolls?) on my 
window-pane
<BabyRain> something
<BabyRain> of the tears I shed in vain
<Volterra> do we have a song title or did SSW just wing it?
<BabyRain> I sit and wait something
<THELaLa> BRB
<BabyRain> Then the plaintive "It rained when I found you, it 
rained when I lost you, that's why I get the blues when it 
rains")
<GMonkey> All it says in the script is "Sarah sings."
<BabyRain> Really?
<GMonkey> Really.
<BabyRain> See?  Told you I wasn't using the script
<BabyRain> I have it on the audio tape
<BabyRain> Must be why I remember it
<BabyRain> :)
<Volterra> :)
<GMonkey> :)
<BabyRain> Note from Jeff saying hELP  hang on guys
* THELaLa is back and wonders if anyone missed her.
<Volterra> dish?
<Volterra> I missed you Lesley
<THELaLa> MW, did you ever hear back from Caitlin?
<THELaLa> Thanks Leanne my friend.
<GMonkey> Oh, goodie, Jeffy!
<THELaLa> At least we know he's alive.
<GMonkey> I heard from Caitlin's friend with the PC.  She 
hasn't had time to write down her answers to our questions 
yet.
<THELaLa> Nothing since then?
<GMonkey> Here it is:
<THELaLa> Well....
<GMonkey> "For music, we'll play the Victrola.  Can we perfect 
a technique for squeezing music down so it's a tinny sound.  
Caitlin doesn't sing.
<THELaLa> Thanks MW.
<GMonkey> Part of my MW responsibilities.
<BabyRain> Back.  He's trying
<BabyRain> His mailserver has been down for a week. :)
* Volterra can't find the song in her 625+ Jazz standards ... 
well, it's hubby's really.
<GMonkey> That's all we can ask.
<THELaLa> BR, is Doug bringing you some DP?
<BabyRain> He'd better be or I'll die. :)
<GMonkey> Oh, like I haven't heard that one before! :)
<THELaLa> Well, he could have called/
<Volterra> BR :P
<THELaLa> Leanne, I always picture you as a blonde.  Yes?  No?
<BabyRain> I'm glad it wasn't the picture. :)
<THELaLa> You know it wasn't, BR.
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<Volterra> not blonde more kind of blondy-redheaded-brown.
<Volterra> Hi Jeff!
<BabyRain> YAY!!!
*** THELaLa sets mode: +o Corky
<Corky> Finally!
<BabyRain> I knew you could do it!
<THELaLa> Hiya, Jeff!
<GMonkey> Hi, Jeff!
<Corky> I have to learn it each time again.
<GMonkey> What happened to Boink?
<Corky> Hi gang!
<BabyRain> That's okay.  It took me a year to figure out what I 
was doing. :)
<BabyRain> Poor Boink. :)
<Corky> My mail server's been bonkers for a week!
<Corky> Or, is that boinkers?
<GMonkey> So much for switching servers.
* BabyRain would die if she didn't have email for a week.
<Corky> Am I lagging?
* Volterra groans
<GMonkey> Now I know why you and Lesley get along so well. :)
-> [Corky] PING
-> [GMonkey] PING
<GMonkey> No, not really.
-> [THELaLa] PING
-> [Volterra] PING
<GMonkey> 4 sec lag.
<THELaLa> Why is Volterra groaning.  No pun appreciation
<BabyRain> I think I'm the only one lagging, and it's only by 
about 5 secs. :)
<GMonkey> Much better than last week.
<Corky> I read last week's log and now I know what effect a 
serious lag has... my replies made no sense.
<Volterra> Lala: that's *why* I'm groaning. How else do you 
appreciate a pun?
<Corky> How've you all been?
<THELaLa> Otay.  I get it.
<GMonkey> LaLa laughs at puns.
<BabyRain> Great, Jeff.  You?
<GMonkey> We're all fine.
<THELaLa> LaLa loves puns.
<GMonkey> Monkey Woman speaks for all!
<Corky> Just fine...
<Volterra> thank you MW :0
<BabyRain> At least she's a benevolent dictator. :)
<THELaLa> And we love her dearly.
<GMonkey> The best kind of dictator.
<BabyRain> Jeff, I have a really odd question for you.
<Corky> Yes we do and she is.
<Corky> Shoot.
<BabyRain> Whenever I remembered Corky, I always pictured a 
black hat, but in the episodes I've seen lately, the hat's 
white.  Was there a black hat?
<THELaLa> It's about the picture I bet.
* BabyRain warned him it was odd.
* GMonkey always knew BabyRain was odd, but we love her anyway
<Corky> I wore a black Greek fisherman's hat during the pilot. 
I thought Corky was a 'white hat' kinda guy, so I changed.
<Volterra> didn't it have a black brim/shady bit?
<Corky> Black rim, white canvas.
<BabyRain> Thanks!  I had pictures that were taken from the 
pilot, so that must be it. :)
<THELaLa> And a Shakepeare quote inside.
<Corky> You remember!
<BabyRain> A Shakespeare quote?
* THELaLa remembers everything.
<BabyRain> She remembers *everything*, Jeff. :)
<GMonkey> Read the pics page BR!
<BabyRain> brb
<GMonkey> She must be going to read the pics page.
<THELaLa> Or check the roast.
<GMonkey> Now, if I could only get other people to do what I 
say so quickly.
<THELaLa> Jeff, did you "lose" any mail sent you while your 
server was boinkers?
<Corky> I think it was something like, 'The fool doth think he 
is wise, but the wese man knoweth himself to be a fool.'
<Corky> I don't know... I got a whole bunch at a time.
<BabyRain> I think it's "Othello", but I'm not sure.
<BabyRain> It's been awhile.
<THELaLa> Smart BabyRain!
<Corky> It's like saying to a class... who's not here.
<Corky> Could be Othello..
<BabyRain> I know I've studied it, but I've studied 14 plays, 
so ... (shrug)
<Corky> How did you all know which server to log into?
<GMonkey> Monkey Woman told them. :)
<THELaLa> BRB
<BabyRain> We've been testing and most of us use the same 
software.  In mirc, the Phoenix server is this one. 
<Corky> Does MIRC have a mac version?
<Volterra> BR told me
<BabyRain> I don't know.  Volterra, have you heard of one?
<GMonkey> I hope the other folks haven't gone to the Undernet?
<BabyRain> brb
<Volterra> fraid not ... we're stuck with ircle and homer
<GMonkey> Where's everybody going?
<BabyRain> Don't panic -- I'm doing this on purpose
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Session Start: Wed Nov 20 00:04:49 1996
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Session Start: Wed Nov 20 00:05:09 1996
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<Volterra> Corky: yeah, I had that problem with ircle too ... I 
got a fresh list from BR
<GMonkey> Because BR told me not to panic.
<BabyRain> No one there.
*** GMonkey sets mode: +o Corky
*** THELaLa sets mode: +o BabyRain
<BabyRain> Not on the MO server, anyway.  Heaven knows if 
there's a split
<Corky> Hmmm.... maybe it's just us?
<GMonkey> Hey, what the...
<BabyRain> What, GM?
<Volterra> oh hey Lesley -- Dan has "The Lady is a Tramp" :)
<Corky> What does 'mode change' mean?
<GMonkey> I don't know if I feel better or worse.
<THELaLa> I'm jealous of your jazz collection.
<Corky> No wonder I drank last week.
<GMonkey> Sorry.  I meant to change BabyRain.
<GMonkey> I tried to give her the magic power.
<BabyRain> Mode change has to do with either the channel or 
users.  You can change the mode of the channel for such 
things as secret (the +s). 
<BabyRain> With a user, it has to do with giving ops.
<Corky> I got a note from Harvey Laidman last week. Said he has 
a job somewhere and will be back in Dec.
<BabyRain> That's good.  Maybe we can get him on here too.
<Corky> Steve called last night too, but I was out.
* BabyRain wonders if Tom has chickened out completely.
<Corky> He's so busy, he can't even turn around.
<BabyRain> I bet!
<THELaLa> Tom must be super busy with JATA.
<GMonkey> Now I don't feel badly about forgeting to invite 
Harvey.
<Corky> I wish I were busy with something... besides Ircle.
<BabyRain> Psychically, GM, you just *knew*. :)
<THELaLa> JAG is coming back, Jeff.
<GMonkey> That sounds like a good excuse, BR.  Thanks.
<Corky> I know.. I play golf w/Bellisario.
<THELaLa> I figure you should be on it by March.
<Corky> The start date is uncertain. Just 'late Jan.'
<BabyRain> By the way, Jeff?  Lesley sent me that pic with you 
and Tom Selleck?  I didn't even realize that was you! :)
<Corky> Why not?
<BabyRain> I didn't recognize you. :)
<Corky> Too young? Too skinny? Too clean shaven?
<BabyRain> I remember when the character was on -- I watched 
Magnum a lot -- but I never knew it was you. :)
<BabyRain> I think it was the moustache. :)
* THELaLa finds that incomprehensible.
<Corky> Story of my life.
* BabyRain shrugs
<BabyRain> I guess that means that you can play more than just 
the Corkies of the world.
<Corky> Getting really cold here in LA... down today to almost 
65.
<Corky> I'd like to think so.
<BabyRain> I think it's about 32 here.  Brrr...
<THELaLa> Anybody want some rain?
<BabyRain> No thanks. :)
<GMonkey> We've got some, thank you.
<Corky> I'll take some.
<THELaLa> I'll send it down.
<BabyRain> brb going for orange juice
<GMonkey> So how did they fix your server, LaLa?
<Corky> Great, more mixer.
<THELaLa> I haven't a clue, just glad they did.
<GMonkey> BabyRain would rather drink Diet Pepsi.
<GMonkey> When did it come back up?
<THELaLa> Corvallis is still under water.  Why they put the 
state computer in the basement is beyond me.
<THELaLa> About 1pm.
<GMonkey> You have to keep those suckers in a dry cool place.
<GMonkey> Well, one out of two ain't bad. :)
<THELaLa> But not below sea level!
<Corky> By the way, there is a reference somewhere on the site 
about the name Corky. I named him that to allude to me 
sitting in a hammock with old corks from bottles piled up in 
the corner.
<GMonkey> You named him?!  Cool!
<THELaLa> And unnamed him Dixon.
<GMonkey> Hey, where did Leanne go?  Laundry?
<Corky> I designed the character during the six or eight months 
prior to Don's writing the pilot. We'd have lunch together 
about four times a week.
<THELaLa> So you didn't know at the time that was Tom's 
brother's name?
<BabyRain> Dixon?
<BabyRain> yuck
<THELaLa> Corky.
<Volterra> I'm here
<Corky> NO.
<GMonkey> Did you ever give him a first name?
<BabyRain> I like the name Corky
<Corky> I told him I wanted Corky to be a blend of Walter 
Brennan in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, Thomas Mitchell in IT'S A 
WONDERFUL LIFE, and Curly Howard of the Three Stooges.
<Corky> True story.
<GMonkey> I figured out the first two when watching the show, 
but Curly never came to mind.
<BabyRain> That's really neat.
<THELaLa> Curly was the best Stooge.
* BabyRain is Stooge-deprived
<Corky> He wanted me to be clean shaven, but I held out for the 
grubby look... may have been a mistake.
<BabyRain> Why?
<Corky> Better image = more acceptable.
<GMonkey> Hey!  That stubble look made Don Johnson famous just 
a couple of years later.
<GMonkey> He owes it all to you! :)
<Corky> It looked different on him.
<BabyRain> You were clean-shaven in some of the episodes, 
weren't you?
<THELaLa> Grubby is a more realistic look for the character.
<THELaLa> Yeah, not as good.
* BabyRain never liked don Johnson
<Corky> I thought so too. I did the same thing on BLACK SHEEP.
* THELaLa agrees with BabyRain.
* BabyRain takes a deep breath
<Corky> I was in a couple of shows when there was something 
special going on... travel to another island in the 'casino' 
show; celebrating some accomplishment...
<Corky> Clean shaven, that is...
<BabyRain> The Koji bday party
<THELaLa> When your "dad" came to visit in Black Sheep
<Corky> Right.
<THELaLa> And the big poker game in High Stakes Lady.
<GMonkey> BabyRain has been watching her tapes!
<GMonkey> So has LaLa!! :)
<Corky> Conrad once told me to go clean up; that he didn't like 
acting with someone who looked like they smelled bad!
<BabyRain> Did you hit him?
<THELaLa> Did you tell him to stuff it? (I hope)
<GMonkey> Did you knock that damn battery off his shoulder? :)
<Corky> I changed my torn t-shirt.
<GMonkey> Oh.
<Corky> And dirtied that one too.
* GMonkey is a wee bit disappointed
<BabyRain> :)
<Corky> He was the boss, after all.
<BabyRain> Oh. Okay. Hitting the boss is bad. :)
<GMonkey> Poor Bill is missing all this.
<THELaLa> Yeah, where's Bill?
<BabyRain> Wonder where he is.  Not like him to miss.
<THELaLa> Hope he's okay.
<GMonkey> He may actually be working.
<Corky> He'd tell us if there is anyone here who is unhappy, 
there are dozens of actors who'd love to be where you are... 
they're standing in line. He was right.
<GMonkey> The nerve!!!
<Corky> How could he?
<THELaLa> What a @#$%$@@!
* BabyRain doesn't like him and might sic her pet rat on him.
<Corky> Priorities... HA!
<GMonkey> Who's a@$#((, Bill or Robert Conrad?
<THELaLa> Bob Conrad.  Ptui!
<Volterra> doesn't sound like he was fostering a good work 
atmosphere
<BabyRain> I thik my rat's too good for him
<Corky> The way he worked... it was fine.
<GMonkey> In my company, they'd probably make him take employee 
relations classes.
<THELaLa> BR, you're right.  Fred too.
<Corky> You wouldn't want to give him rabies.
<BabyRain> :)
<THELaLa> She wouldn't?
<THELaLa> Oh, her rat.  Okay.
<BabyRain> My rat, you mean?
<Corky> Yup.
<BabyRain> Jeff, did you get the email about my rat?
<GMonkey> Poor little catatonic Jake, the rat.
<Corky> I just read that you got one... hmmmm.
<BabyRain> His name is Jake. :)
<Corky> :)
<BabyRain> After watching these episodes, I don't like Jake as 
much as I once did. :)
<Corky> Why not?
* Volterra gasps
<THELaLa> She's a Corky convert.
<BabyRain> The character strikes me as a bit ... insensitive at 
times.  Especially to Sarah.
<BabyRain> Just sometimes.
<Corky> Are we mutually exclusive?
<BabyRain> His halo doesn't shine as brightly for me anymore.
* THELaLa feels closer to BabyRain.
<Corky> Partisanship?
<BabyRain> Besides, I'm less likely to be chatting with Steve 
than you, Jeff, and I didn't want to offend anyone. :)
<Volterra> probably the cigar smoke, BR :)
<Corky> You wouldn't offend me.
<BabyRain> Not even with my picture?
<Corky> BTW, the half-cigar was made of rubber.
<THELaLa> Good girl, BR!!
<BabyRain> It would offend most art critics.
<GMonkey> Have you seen what passes for modern art these days?
<Volterra> Jeff: well *that*'s a relief.
<BabyRain> RUBBER?
<Corky> Send the pictures on!
<GMonkey> Why, BR, you're a artistic genius!
<Corky> He hated smoking... never wanted to light it.
* BabyRain turns a brilliant crimson
<GMonkey> It's posted on bulletin board #7 along with her 
disclaimer.
<THELaLa> Volterra is very, very happy.
<Volterra> man, do you mean that Steve can bite through rubber? 
(thinking of all the directions where Jake bits his cigar in 
two)
<Corky> BRB.
* Volterra is indeed.
<BabyRain> Oh no ... he's going to look, isn't he?
<GMonkey> Good gums I guess.
<THELaLa> Another Gold Monkey secret revealed.
<THELaLa> I would think so.  He'll love it!
<Volterra> Sarah: "Corky, can you smell burnt rubber?"
<GMonkey> LOL!
<BabyRain> HAHAH!
<Volterra> Corky: "It's jus' Jake's new cigar, Sarah. He gets 
'em in special from Taiwan"
* THELaLa is blushing now.
<THELaLa> BRB
<GMonkey> Why is LaLa blushing?
<GMonkey> Where is LaLa going?
* BabyRain is going to go pet Jake for a minute
<GMonkey> Is she going off with Jeff?
<Corky> "They squeeze them out of a tree."
<GMonkey> Welcome back.
<GMonkey> Everybody else has left though, or so it seems.
<GMonkey> Leanne, are you still there?
<GMonkey> Guess not.
<Corky> Time for a coctail.
<Volterra> yes, I'm here
<Corky> BRB
<GMonkey> Everybody's leaving me. :(
<BabyRain> Jake is scared of me. :(
<Volterra> I have 10 minutes before I have to go fetch in the 
laundry
<GMonkey> Did you give him some popcorn?
<Volterra> BR: that doesn't sound good ...
<GMonkey> Maybe he thinks you're going to dissect him.
<Corky> I'm back.
<Corky> I think more people would show up if IRC were less 
intimidating.
<BabyRain> It's not that hard once you get here, is it
<THELaLa> Fred was not content with the occasional pet, so I 
let him out.
<Corky> If Karen hadn't helped me, I'd still be working with 
it.
<GMonkey> Oh oh!  Fred's on the loose!
<Volterra> Yeah, I have that problem getting people on the 
warlow cahnne;
<BabyRain> Anytime, Jeff. :)
<Volterra> channel even
<THELaLa> Fred is hanging around my neck.
<Corky> thanks. Whatever you told me to type worked, but I 
wouldn't have had a clue without that string.
<THELaLa> BabyRain is wonderful.
<Corky> Give Fred a stroke for me.
<BabyRain> It's just an irc commmand.  I have a doc with a 
bunch of them somewhere.  I'll send it to you once I find it.
<THELaLa> Okay.
<GMonkey> Hey, BR, what's the string?  I'll post that to the 
board for the people who don't have mirc.
<Corky> Thanks.
<THELaLa> Leanne/Jeff, FYI, Fred is a gopher snake.
<BabyRain> It's /server irc.primenet.com
<Corky> It was an address?
<Corky> I thought he was your neighbor.
<GMonkey> Danke!
<Volterra> a gopher snake? You mean it fetches things?
<THELaLa> Just baby mice.  Sorry, BR.
<GMonkey> LaLa should like that pun.
<Corky> :>)
<BabyRain> Lesley, how do you think I wound up with Lazarus?  
He was in a snake cage.
<THELaLa> I've gotten pet mice that way too.  Saved them from a 
monitor lizard.
<BabyRain> The snake wasn't hungry, the mouse was terrified, 
and George couldn't stand to see me cry.
* BabyRain is ultra-sensitive
* BabyRain can also cry on cue
<THELaLa> About the same here.
<THELaLa> About the mice, not the crying.
* Volterra wants to ask a cooking question :)
<Corky> Hey gang, I'm about to start a movie script about a boy 
who dies in a car wreck then his spirit comes back to save 
other children from death causing disasters. What do you 
think? Too sappy?
<BabyRain> Cooking?
<GMonkey> You don't cook the mice!
<THELaLa> It's been done.
<Corky> Mouse sashimi.
<Corky> It has?
<GMonkey> Everything's been done.
<BabyRain> It has?
<Volterra> no no -- how do you know whether or not evaporated 
skim milk is off or not?
<THELaLa> Yeah, the something kid it was called.
<BabyRain> Oh ... The Heavenly Kid or somthing?
<Corky> Maybe I won't start it.
<THELaLa> Yeah, that's it.
<BabyRain> Jeff, I hate it when that happens.
<Volterra> wasn't that Oh HEavenly Dog?
<Corky> Me too. Better to know now, though.
<GMonkey> Now don't bring Benji into this.
<BabyRain> Yeah.  I was writing a vampire story and realized it 
was almost a copy of Anne Rice (whom I'd never read)
<THELaLa> Then how did you realize it?
<BabyRain> My friend showed me her book
<Corky> How about a talking mule?
<BabyRain> She was doing a thesis on vampires in literature
<BabyRain> A talking mule?
<Corky>  A flying elephant?
<THELaLa> How about a talking snake with a talking mouse as a 
friend?
<Corky> Now we're talking Disney
<BabyRain> Seems to me that wouldn't last long, Lesley
<GMonkey> Together they fight crime.
<GMonkey> "Me and the Mouse"
<THELaLa> There you go, MW.
<Corky> Who wins the cat?
<GMonkey> I see it as an hour long show.
<THELaLa> Super Snake and Mouthful of Mouse
* BabyRain slaps THELaLa around a bit with a large trout
<GMonkey> Mouthful of Mouse?!
<BabyRain> Be right back -- gotta let Pepsi in
<THELaLa> Is that a rainbow, BR?
<GMonkey> Can't she let herself in?  Doesn't she have a key?
<THELaLa> Maybe the cat eats them both in the series finale.
<GMonkey> Ooo, the cat eats them and then they haunt him.
<THELaLa> But would the cat care?
<GMonkey> "Pussy and His Ghostly Pals"
<Corky> ... and save other little rats, snakes, etc.
<GMonkey> Good idea!
<THELaLa> Definitely Disney.
<THELaLa> It would have a market you know.
<Volterra> and they'd all have to sing :)
<Volterra> laundry brb
<THELaLa> You could be their coach, Leanne.
<Corky> and dance.
<GMonkey> A dancing snake?
<THELaLa> Did you ever dance in any of your stage roles, Jeff?
<Corky> I could play the addlebrained mechanic.
* GMonkey is trying to picture a snake tap dancing
<Corky> I've had to from time to time.
<BabyRain> Did you like it?
<THELaLa> Ever on film?  Hmmmm....
<Corky> It felt ok... not real comfortable with it.
<BabyRain> What about singing?
<Corky> Not on film thank God.
<THELaLa> Shucks.
* BabyRain pouts
<Corky> I've sung in about 20 musicals over the years.
* Volterra is back
<GMonkey> No blackmail material, huh?
<Corky> Played Charli Brown once.
<BabyRain> Really?
<Corky> Uh uh.
<BabyRain> I played Snoopy once.
<Volterra> Jeff: cool! Which ones?
* GMonkey has that darn Peanuts songs playing in her head
<Corky> Did you?
<BabyRain> Yeah.  It was great.  No lines to remember. :)
<Corky> Man of La Mancha, Gypsy, Oh What a Lovely War...
<Corky> Music Man...
<Corky> Hard to remember the early days.
* BabyRain has 76 Trombones in her head
<BabyRain> Explains a lot, eh?
<Corky> All playing different songs.
<Volterra> BR: no comment!
<THELaLa> BR:  So does apoptosis.
<BabyRain> I had to say it before Monkey Woman did.
<Corky> MW-where is Caitlin now?
<GMonkey> I'm not sure.  I'm in contact with a friend of hers, 
Linda.
<GMonkey> I haven't heard anything from either of them in a 
couple of weeks.
<Corky> I haven't seen her in a long time.
<GMonkey> REUNION TIME!
<BabyRain> Does she know you put that picture on the site?  The 
really bad hair day? :)
<Corky> I sure hope that happens. I hope I'm in town.
<Corky> Yeah...
<GMonkey> Maybe that's why she never came back. :)
<Corky> HA!
<THELaLa> Maybe Linda can get her to participate in a chat.
<GMonkey> I'll settle for an e-mail!
<THELaLa> BRB
<Corky> I'd love it. When she had something in the next script 
that demanded that she cry, I'd tell her, 'Jeez, you gotta 
make a face like a frog next week.'
<Corky> Affectionately, of course.
<BabyRain> Did I tell you guys that I think my dog talks like 
Jack?
<GMonkey> Of course.
<BabyRain> Of course, Jeff. :)
<GMonkey> No, you didn't, BR.  We'd remember that.
* GMonkey questions BabyRain's sanity
<Corky> Jack had more brains that all of us put together. 
Certainly smarter than Corky.
<BabyRain> Doug thinks I'm nuts.
<BabyRain> I don't think so.  I think Corky had one line that 
certainly proved he was smarter than Jake and Sarah
<GMonkey> I'm not the only one questioning your sanity then.
<Corky> Trombones.
<GMonkey> Better than tubas.
<GMonkey> Yeah, but Jack was smarter than all of them!
<Corky> Which one?
<BabyRain> A hundred and ten cornets ...  MAKE IT STOP!
<Volterra> which line was that?
<BabyRain> The part where Jake says, "Women" and Sarah says 
"Men" and Corky says "Children". :)
<BabyRain> I loved that line.
<Corky> He was often written as being stupid when the scripts 
had to be out yesterday.
<Corky> Me too.
<BabyRain> You made me cry the other day, Jeff.
* Volterra thinks BR has a lot of brass in her head :)
<Corky> I did?
<BabyRain> It's GOLD.
<BabyRain> Yeah, you did.
<GMonkey> It's an alloy!
<Corky> What did I do now?
<BabyRain> I was watching "Cooked Goose" and it's where Corky 
was trying to get Jake to talk to him.
<Corky> I-I-I didn't do it....
<Corky> Oh... my favorite scene.
* THELaLa can't watch that scene BR describes.
<GMonkey> Why can't you watch it, LaLa?
<BabyRain> Yeah.  I cried and cried and cried.  Silently, of 
course.
* BabyRain hasn't had a voice for days now.
<THELaLa> Too sad and distressing.
<Corky> Do you remember the one where I say goodbye and toss 
him back his baseball signed by the Duluth Dukes?
<THELaLa> I listen to it and that's bad enough.
<BabyRain> That's when I decided that I didn't like Jake as 
much.  If I'd been there I would've tossed him off the dock.
<BabyRain> Yeah, I cried then, too.
<THELaLa> Also way sad.
<THELaLa> He was a jerk in that one.
<BabyRain> He was a RAT. :)
<THELaLa> I never understood why Jake said Corky was surrounded 
by beer bottles and reeked of whiskey.
<Corky> At the end of that ep., I cried about 4-5 times due to 
retakes on a scene on the dock. Tough.
<BabyRain> I wondered about that, too.
<THELaLa> Poor Jeff!
* BabyRain sends a cyberhug to Jeff
<Corky> Actually, Corky smelled like Lagerfeld.
<Corky> Thanks.
<THELaLa> I thought it was Michelob?
<Corky> that was when Jake and I made up.
-> *THELala* if that hug doesn't bust the line, we'll be safe 
forever
<THELaLa> Sorry, BR. no LaBatts.
<BabyRain> Moosehead.  
<Corky> I got them to install Michelob on tap in the monkey 
bar... Jake drank cream soda with whipped cream on it.
<GMonkey> I just heard from Bill.  I think he tried to log on 
to the old server.
<THELaLa> Back with the moose, eh?
<BabyRain> Actually, Moosehead is brewed here in Saint JOhn
<BabyRain> Cream soda with whipped cream?
<Corky> That's right.
<THELaLa> Gross, huh?
* BabyRain makes a face like a frog
<Corky> Looked like beer. I thought so.
<Corky> I loved the Monkey Bar scenes.
<THELaLa> They were some of the best!!
<BabyRain> What was the bit with guessing the monkeys? I didn't 
get it.
<GMonkey> brb  Gotta get more Diet Pepsi
<BabyRain> Oh sure, GM, rub it in.
<Corky> But they sprayed smoke before each scene. Whew.
<THELaLa> That was by far one of the best.
<Corky> Guessing the monkeys?
<BabyRain> Yeah.
<THELaLa> Yes, Willie was a riot.  Corky's faces too.
<Corky> I-I-I don't r-remember.
<BabyRain> I loved it, but felt like I was missing something
<THELaLa> You missed being in it!
<BabyRain> That must've been it. :)
<Corky> The 94th Aerodrome is a GREAT place for our dinner one 
night! The atmosphere is PERFECT.
<GMonkey> I'm back with my bubbly caffeine!
<THELaLa> Jeff is psychic!
<BabyRain> Really?  We'll have to do it then, Jeff. :)
<Corky> psychotic you mean.
<THELaLa> No.
<Volterra> cool :)
<Corky> As I recall, the food is ok, but the atmosphere is 
sensational.
<THELaLa> Unless, of course, you are.  :)
<Corky> Buhuhahahahahahahaha
<BabyRain> Yeah, Jeff, where *were* you all week, hmmm? :)
<GMonkey> No offense, but Jeff can't be all that sane.  He's 
hanging out with us! :)
<Volterra> we just need to find a place nearby to stay ... how 
far to the Monkey sets (if they're still upright)?
<THELaLa> Oh no, Jeff's got an evil laugh too!
<Corky> Mail server down almost all week.
* BabyRain thinks it would be a miracle if the sets are still 
there
<BabyRain> Jeff, I was just teasing. :)
<Corky> I know.
<THELaLa> The new service provider here on campus is Jeffnet.
<Corky> The interior sets are all down. The exterior of our 
island are probably still there.
<BabyRain> We'll have an evil laugh contest, Jeff. :)
* THELaLa hopes she can be one of the judges.
<GMonkey> I wonder if it's still on the Universal tour?
* Volterra didn't expect the interiors to last.
<Corky> We did the process shots (in the flying plane) on the 
Phantom Stage where the original PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Lon 
Chaney) was shot.
<BabyRain> Wonder what happened to all the monkeys
<BabyRain> COOL.
<Corky> The Monkey Bar was REALLY cool.
<THELaLa> The people in it were cooler.  :)
<Corky> The carved monkeys on the bar and back bar were molded 
foam.
<BabyRain> What happened to the Goose?
<Corky> thanks (blush)
<Corky> The Goose may still be floating beside the ext. set.
<Volterra> didn't someone buy it in Vancouver or something?
<THELaLa> That's the real Goose, not the mockup.
<GMonkey> Seattle
<Volterra> oh
<BabyRain> I want one.
<Volterra> close :)
<GMonkey> It costs a fortune to fly in the real one.
<THELaLa> Get yourself to Texaco.
<BabyRain> Texaco?
<Corky> The first Goose that they tried to ship over to Hawaii 
was blown off the deck of the ship it was strapped to.
<GMonkey> $42.50 per person for a 20 minute flight
<THELaLa> They're selling Goose banks, metal, way cool.
<BabyRain> American???
<Corky> It's a rattletrap, but fun.
<GMonkey> Yes, American dollars!
<BabyRain> Yikes.
<Corky> They used to fly people from LA to Catalina in them.
<THELaLa> Older planes are always more fun.
* BabyRain wishes Canada could settle the Quebec thing so the 
economy would get better
<THELaLa> BR, read Night Train by Clive Cussler if you haven't 
already.
* BabyRain also wants to win the lottery so she can go Goosing
<BabyRain> Okay, Lesley
<GMonkey> Still no Bill.
<Corky> News just said that two planes collided in Quincy, Ill, 
killing 9.
* Volterra 's grandfather was crew for a Catalina during WW2
<Corky> I meant Catalina, the island.
<THELaLa> Volterra wants to add a visit to Catalina during the 
convention.
<BabyRain> They just said the F-word on my radio. ... Flurries.
<Corky> It's different, but not much to do there.
<GMonkey> The heathens!!!
<THELaLa> Seattle got snow today.  Amazing.
<Corky> There used to be a casino there, but no more.
<Volterra> JefF: yeah I know -- I wanna go there :)
<THELaLa> Then what's the point of going. :)
<GMonkey> Snow bad.  Me no like snow.
<Volterra> there have been so many plane accidents recently
<Corky> Me do.
<THELaLa> Snow good.  Fun fun fun.
<BabyRain> I think I'll walk to LA.  September, you say?
<BabyRain> I hate snow.
<GMonkey> Sure, did you go through the blizzard of '78?!
<THELaLa> Don't talk about plane accidents.
<THELaLa> Send me your snow, BR.
<Corky> White water from heaven.
<GMonkey> It's the people who don't have to shovel the damn 
stuff who like it!
<BabyRain> Spoken like a true Californian. :)
<Corky> Use a blowtorch.
* GMonkey shudders remembering last winter
<THELaLa> I shovel it with the best of them.  :)
<BabyRain> Not touching that ... nope
<BabyRain> :)
<GMonkey> Great!  Then everything floods and freezes!
<GMonkey> Me hate ice even more than snow
<Corky> You can say that again, LP.
<THELaLa> Ice dangerous indeed.
<GMonkey> ice be slippery.
<GMonkey> Monkey Woman is a bit of a klutz.
<Corky> Ice bad. Snow good.
<GMonkey> Sorry to shatter your illusions of me.
<THELaLa> People think car brakes work on ice.  WRONG!
<BabyRain> Cars have brakes in the winter?
<GMonkey> The brakes work.  The tires don't.
<BabyRain> Jeff, do you play the piano?
<THELaLa> Ha Ha.  But seriously folks, these Californians come 
up here and think their brakes will work on ice.
<THELaLa> Read the Boards, BR!!
<BabyRain> They come here and want to ski in August! :)
<GMonkey> The official Corky correspondent has spoken!
<BabyRain> I'd rather speak to the official Corky. ;:)
<THELaLa> Those darn Californians.  Whoops!
<Corky> Just for myself. At nights, while doing dinner theater, 
I'd go down after the show and play a bit. Strictly self 
taught and not for public consumption.
* THELaLa pouts.
<GMonkey> Oooo, cat fight! :)
<Corky> Now, now!
<Volterra> :)
<BabyRain> Did you play on TOTGM?  Or was that public 
consumption? :)
* BabyRain passes Lesley another TAB.
<GMonkey> My money's on LaLa.
<THELaLa> You played as Don French.
<Corky> K- I like your site.
<THELaLa> Thanks MW, true friend.
<Corky> I did? Don't remember, Jake.
<BabyRain> Thanks. :)
* THELaLa forgives BR.
<GMonkey> BabyRain's sick, you know.
<BabyRain> Thanks, GM. :)
<THELaLa> That one doesn't work for me, it doesn't work for 
her.
<Corky> I faked playing on GM. A pro dubbed tracks.
<THELaLa> Does it?
* Volterra folds laundry and watches :)
<THELaLa> What about on Black Sheep?
<Corky> I may have played it... ah I remember... yes once or 
twice.
<THELaLa> Unlike BR, LaLa is not crazy.
<Corky> I think that was really me playing.
* BabyRain slaps THELaLa around a bit with a large trout
<Corky> Appropriately badly.
<GMonkey> Sanity is a subjective term, LaLa.
<Corky> I'm starting to hear those trombones.
<THELaLa> Well, you were in the Sheep Pen so who knows.
<THELaLa> BR's contagious!!
<Corky> You do do your homework, kid.
<BabyRain> Yeah.  Pretty soon none of you will be able to talk. 
:)
<GMonkey> As long as we can type.
<THELaLa> :)
<Corky> I'm going to start using macros pretty soon.
* GMonkey is still pouting because it's 10 past 8 and nobody 
else has shown up
* BabyRain can't use macros -- hasn't a clue
<GMonkey> I love macros!  I don't know how I lived without 
them.
<THELaLa> MW is greedy.
* BabyRain is content
<Corky> Yeah, but she knows irc.
<THELaLa> Macros are easy BR, me help you.
<GMonkey> If you knew what I had to do at work, you'd be greedy 
too.
<BabyRain> If you gave me another program besides mirc, I'd be 
completely lost. :)
* Volterra is macro-clueless too
<BabyRain> What do you use macros for?
<THELaLa> BR taught all of us about IRC.  Except Leanne.
<GMonkey> I'm known in Toyland as "The Macro Queen".
<Corky> Does it involve snakes?
<GMonkey> Who?  Me?
<THELaLa> Repetitive stuff.
<BabyRain> Snakes scare me
<THELaLa> Kinda like our babbling.
<Corky> Wish I could find one to do the dishes.
<Corky> Wonder what happened to Bill?
* Volterra is known as THe Cliche Queen
<THELaLa> In LA you can find anything, or so I've heard.
<GMonkey> No word yet to my e-mail message to him.
<BabyRain> I think LA would scare me.  Thrill me, but scare me.
<Corky> I wonder what I'll have to type to join you all next 
week?
<BabyRain> Same thing
<GMonkey> We'll protect you, BR.
<THELaLa> I always dread driving in LA, but it's never that bad 
really.
* Volterra doesn't like LA
<Corky> LA's not as scary as the news makes it out to be.
* GMonkey has never been to LA
<Corky> Try driving in DC.
<THELaLa> If you stay out of certain areas.
* GMonkey did live in NY however
<BabyRain> If it were, everyone would be dead.
<THELaLa> DC is pretty bad.
<GMonkey> Try driving in Boston!
<THELaLa> Puerto Rico is worse however.
<GMonkey> We're nutso up here!
<THELaLa> Speak for yourself MW.
<BabyRain> The question that always gets me when I'm working 
for tourism in the summer is "Are we safe to walk here?"  
This gets asked at noon.
* Volterra has been in LA in rush hour ... it's dirty and 
smelly and ... :(
<GMonkey> That's why the car insurance is so high.
<Corky> NY has to be the worst in the states. Chile is a 
nightmare. Bankok is impossible... you have to hang tires 
around your car like a tugboat.
<THELaLa> People are afraid to walk in Canada.  That is 
bizarre!
<BabyRain> They shouldn't be -- they're just climatized to 
their homes.
* GMonkey feels so un-travelled
<Corky> I've never had a problem anywhere in the world. Guess 
I'm lucky... also a guy. 
<THELaLa> It makes a difference.
<BabyRain> It does.
<GMonkey> Thanks for pointing that out for us, Jeff. :)
<Volterra> Melbourne is pretty scary :)
<THELaLa> :)
<Corky> Actually, with this moustache, I could be mistaken for 
a Turkish woman.
<BabyRain> Saint John is only 127,000 people.  It's not scary.
<THELaLa> Not a chance.
<GMonkey> I used to walk around lower Manhattan by myself at 
night.
<THELaLa> MW is insane.
<Corky> Me too.
<BabyRain> You have a moustache right now, Jeff?
<GMonkey> I was young and foolish, but nobody ever bothered me.
<Corky> Yup.
<Volterra> that makes a difference?
<BabyRain> I wasn
<BabyRain> t picturing a moustache
<Corky> GM- I used to live in the east village. St. Mark's 
Place.
<THELaLa> I'll lend you my Living Single tape, BR.
<GMonkey> I lived on 5th Ave and E. 10th.
<Corky> I look like I did in the last MAGNUM episodes.
<THELaLa> Only cuter. :)
<Corky> I lived on St. Mark's between first and second avenues.
<BabyRain> Jeff, did you say you see Don B fairly often?
<Corky> thanks, LaLa.
<Corky> You're prejudiced.
<THELaLa> :)
<GMonkey> I was attending NYU.  The only way I could afford to 
live on 5th Ave. was by taking out every student loan known 
to man.
<Corky> Not as often as I used to. Maybe once every few weeks.
<GMonkey> Should we mention the coat hanger? :)
<BabyRain> Can you ask him to stop using the Gold Monkey as a 
coat hanger?  I'd feel better. :)
<THELaLa> What's your handicap, Jeff? (Golf, I mean)
<Corky> I was going to acting school and working nights in a 
hotel.
<BabyRain> GM, you know me too well.
<GMonkey> Scary, but true, BR.
<Corky> My handicap used to be 6, but in the last years it's 
dwindled to about a 14 through lack of play.
<THELaLa> Still pretty darn good.
<BabyRain> I'd do much better if the object was to put the ball 
in the water
<Corky> I think he considers the show a failure... hate to say 
that... but he had to move on when it wasn't proven to be a 
hit right away.
<BabyRain> That's really sad.
<THELaLa> I think the site and all of us is a good indication 
he's wrong.
<GMonkey> It's all those ABC weenies' fault!!!
<BabyRain> How could it be a failure if there are so many of us 
who remember it and loved it?
<Corky> He was getting serious pressures from the MAGNUM 
faction and had to consider the priority of where his bread 
was buttered.
<Volterra> yeah, he thinks like an ABC exec. That's *really* 
sad
<THELaLa> Stupid money.
<Corky> I think that's what killed us. When he bailed, we 
degenerated.
<BabyRain> Patricia hears from at least one new person every 
day.  It's been almost fifteen years.
<THELaLa> And from all around the world.
<GMonkey> But, then he went straight into Airwolf, so what does 
that mean?
<GMonkey> I've lost count at the number of countries I've heard 
from.
* BabyRain feels sorry for the unloved coat hanger
<Corky> As he told me once, even a failed tv series has about 
2-3 million fans.
* THELaLa sends a cyberhug to the coathanger.
<Corky> Very cynical, but that's the world he plays in.
<GMonkey> Well, we're not cynical, are we, gals?
<BabyRain> Depends on how soon my Diet Pepsi gets here ...
<Volterra> ummmm .... no?
<GMonkey> And, how many TV series get ripped off and turned 
into Disney cartoons?
<Corky> AIRWOLF began after it became obvious that he'd 
abandoned MAGNUM for other pursuits. He was then replaced as 
the exec. prod on MAGNUM.
<GMonkey> Disney wouldn't steal from a failure!
* Volterra wonders if she should put the radio on to cehck 
traffic reports
<Corky> I think of GM as a success, not a failure. I loved the 
show.
<GMonkey> Waiting for Hubby Dan.
<THELaLa> As did we all.
<THELaLa> And still do!!
<BabyRain> It literally changed my life.
<Volterra> GM is definitely a success
* Volterra agrees.
<Corky> I wish we were still doing them... you know, the other 
networks were planning their next year's schedules to fight 
GM... they thought it'd be on for a long time.
<GMonkey> Have you seen Disney's "Tale Spin", Jeff?
<Corky> ABC was the tasteless group that's responsible.
<THELaLa> Is a reunion movie positively unthinkable or can we 
dream?
<BabyRain> Get them!
<GMonkey> We can always dream, LaLa!
<Corky> I saw a piece of one once... looked very similar.
<GMonkey> They can kill our series, but they can't kill our 
dreams!
<BabyRain> How old is Roddy McDowall now?
<Volterra> don't worry BR, there's a whole bunch of FoLCs who 
are still out for their heads
<THELaLa> I mean dream, MW, not fantasize.
<BabyRain> I've never seen Tale Spin, MW.
<GMonkey> Poor BabyRain.
<THELaLa> Must be closing in on 70, eh?
<Corky> I don't think you could entice the powers that be into 
one... although the heirarchy of the networks changes 
frequently. Perhaps we now have people in place that were 
fans.
<THELaLa> That WOULD be a dream come true.
<BabyRain> I think I know what was wrong with Jake the rat.  He 
*just* figured out what the waterbottle was for.
<GMonkey> Remember, reruns first, reunion movies second.
<BabyRain> I'll never see the re-runs up here. (sigh)
<GMonkey> Write to those cable channels!!
<Corky> Roddy has to be in his early seventies. He doesn't look 
it at all, but check out his early career.
<Volterra> yes but they're all "ratings" oriented, they're not 
"Dream"/"Creative" oriented *at all*
<THELaLa> Roddy does look really good (still).
<Corky> Amazingly.
<THELaLa> You've got the tapes now, BR.
<Corky> You never know.
<GMonkey> We'll get them to you, BR!
<Volterra> we need an Aussie who has access to Galaxy
<GMonkey> That's what satellite channels are for.
<GMonkey> I heard that until recently the show aired weekly in 
Asia on Rupert Murdoch's STAR channel.
<BabyRain> Yeah, but it's not quite the same, having the tapes. 
 I'd rather know it was being aired, so that other people 
could see it, so that I would know someone else believed in 
it.
<THELaLa> And who are we, BR? :)
<BabyRain> We're special people, Lesley.  It's the general 
public I'm hoping for, not to mention a few suits. :)
<BabyRain> LaLa is a sweetheart.
<BabyRain> As is Jeff.
* THELaLa blushes to the roots of her hair. :)
<GMonkey> You're special, LaLa! :)
<Corky> Yes, you ARE!
* THELaLa faints again.
-> *LaLa* Don't you dare faint!
<BabyRain> :)
<THELaLa> Huh?  Whuzzat?
<GMonkey> Oh no!  Somebody slap her!
<BabyRain> I wish I could call that lady at ATV who had the 
awful task of telling meTOTGM was cancelled all those years 
ago.  I'd like to tell her about my new home. :)
<BabyRain> Are you still there, Jeff?
<GMonkey> We're unique.
<Corky> I know.
<BabyRain> And that's the polite word. :)
<THELaLa> Talking with you is pretty unique (in a different, 
yet lovely way).
<GMonkey> I'm not sure if it's a good thing.  :)
<Corky> You know the girl who made the Monkey books with her 
friends when the show was going? I still have the first one. 
I was amazed she was in touch with you.
<GMonkey> We're trying to get them on-line, but it's slow 
going.
<GMonkey> I'm surprised you have one.
<Volterra> unique is the polite word?
<Corky> If/when we have this reunion, I'll wear my Corky 
costume. That oughta shake 'em up at the restaurant.
-> [Volterra] PING
<Volterra> oh speaking of those books -- the computer with the 
scanner is dead, dead, dead. Dan thinks in a week or two the 
scanner will be transferred to a new computer
<Volterra> so should we type up the remaining two stories, or 
wait?
<GMonkey> I hope there's not a dress code. :)
<Volterra> costumes ... there's a thought :)
<THELaLa> That would be the ultimate in cool.
<Corky> If we all showed up in costumes, they wouldn't let us 
in.
<GMonkey> I still have to format the stories I have.  That may 
take a week or two.
<Corky> You realize I look like hell in that outfit...
<BabyRain> I thought LA was a place where anything went
<THELaLa> But I have an authentic 30s dress.  That would be 
okay.
<THELaLa> Jeff, not true!!
<Volterra> ok, Patricia ...
<Corky> Some kind of time warped street person.
<BabyRain> Jeff, I don't look good in any of my clothes. :(
<BabyRain> Oh, except for my most recent pic. :)
<Volterra> well, so as someone doesn't come as Anubis :)
<THELaLa> Jeff you look wonderful in that outfit, especially 
the black t-shirt. :)
* BabyRain walks like an Egyptian
<Corky> Please! I saw your website and you look great.
<GMonkey> I think Monkey Woman should come in an ape costume.
<THELaLa> Isn't she a cutie?
* BabyRain blushes.
<Corky> Yeah.
<Volterra> and you know, you can hide anything under a coat :)
<BabyRain> It would have to be a big coat.
<BabyRain> :)
<GMonkey> You know this from experience, Leanne.
<Corky> You're so vicious.
<BabyRain> Unless you're wearing a monkey-suit, that is.
<THELaLa> But in a nice way! :)
<BabyRain> I think I'm lost here.
<GMonkey> I was gonna say that, LaLa.
<BabyRain> Who's vicious?
<Volterra> well, MW may have to carry the head part in a bag :)
<BabyRain> Who's vicious?
<GMonkey> Why?  You don't think they'd let me in with it on?
* BabyRain is ultra-confused
<GMonkey> I'll sue!
<Corky> Only if I came in first.
<GMonkey> I'll get the ACLU on my side!!!
<BabyRain> The What?
<Volterra> dittos Lala
<THELaLa> American Civil Liberties Union
<BabyRain> Oh.  Okay.
<Volterra> I'm sure that if reservations were made and notified 
about costumes, they'd be cool
<GMonkey> Thank you, LaLa!
<THELaLa> You're welcome, Trishie.
<GMonkey> And I'll slip them a 20 at the door.
* BabyRain is just so Canadian sometimes.
<Corky> I love you girls. You're 
the best. 
<GMonkey> Aw!
<GMonkey> We all blush.
<GMonkey> Monkey Woman again speaks for everyone.
<Corky> Let me know what to type to join you next week. See ya!
* THELaLa is thrilled to be called a girl.
* Volterra feels the urge for a group hug
<THELaLa> Bye, Jeff!!
<GMonkey> Bye, Jeff!  We'll be here in the same place.
<Volterra> bye Jeff and thank you!
<BabyRain> Bye, Jeff!  Thank you so much!
<Corky> Love you!
<BabyRain> Love you too!
<GMonkey> GROUP HUG!
<BabyRain> GROUP HUG!
<THELaLa> Worship and adore you :)
<BabyRain> Now there's a shocker. :)
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* Volterra joins in the group hug!
<BabyRain> Holy cow.
<Volterra> Wow....
<GMonkey> Well, that was interesting!
* THELaLa joins in albeit late.
<GMonkey> LaLa is still in shock.
* THELaLa is in complete and utter shock.
<BabyRain> What a kind, sweet, big-hearted man.
* THELaLa will be in shock for some time to come.
<THELaLa> Karen, can you believe this?
<THELaLa> Never.
<BabyRain> He makes up for all of the doofi in the world.
<Volterra> doofi?
<BabyRain> Plural of doofus
<GMonkey> It the plural of doofus.
<GMonkey> Jinx, BR!
<BabyRain> We didn't say exactly the same thing. :)
<GMonkey> I agree with LaLa.
<Volterra> oh :)
<GMonkey> Close enough!
<BabyRain> Well, I think it's safe to assume he's coming to the 
convention.
<THELaLa> If he's in town at the time.
<GMonkey> Yippee!  That's one.
<Volterra> Wow....
<Volterra>  you know there's nothing to stop us from making 
shirts for the convention -- I mean, anyone who turns up to 
it *has* to be special
<GMonkey> Oh Oh!
<BabyRain> What?
<GMonkey> My PC is beeping.
<GMonkey> I better get going.
<THELaLa> Oh Oh what?
<THELaLa> What does that mean?
<Volterra> your PC is due to die again?
<GMonkey> I've been connected for over 4 hours.
<Volterra> oh
<BabyRain> Is that bad?
<GMonkey> I think I'm about to lose my connection.
<THELaLa> The best four hours you've ever had on a computer! :)
<BabyRain> Bye?
<Volterra> well, I guess we should wrap it up anyway
<BabyRain> Probably.
<GMonkey> Yeah! :)
<THELaLa> I hope I can drive home without freaking out on the 
way.
<GMonkey> Yes, it's getting late and I've got to get up at 
quarter to 5 tomorrow.
<BabyRain> Oh my God, Lesley, I FORGOT!
<THELaLa> This was the best ever.  THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!
* BabyRain sends good drive vibes
<GMonkey> Our pleasure!
<THELaLa> Thanks, i'll be okay.
* Volterra didn't do anything :)
<Volterra> take care driving home!
<THELaLa> I'll be grinning like a monkiac the whole way!
<THELaLa> Thanks all, see you next time.  Heavy sigh.
<GMonkey> Talk to you all tomorrow, via e-mail!
<BabyRain> Goodnight!
<Volterra> moniac or maniac?
<Volterra> bye all!
<GMonkey> Bye bye!
<THELaLa> Monkiac maniac.
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<THELaLa> Bye bye.
* Volterra gives everyone a quick hug and sends a mental one 
Jeff's way :)
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