ughenry@sunybcs.UUCP (Henry Neeman) (05/29/85)
From postnews Tue May 28 15:34:53 1985 References: <407@oliveb.UUCP> > Many years ago I saw a show on PBS that I would love to get on tape > or at least see just ONE MORE TIME. IT was called "Between Time > and Timbuktu (sp)" and I saw it on WGBH (who I think produced it). > I believe that it was written by Kurt Vonnegut. Does anyone remember? > Gary "Between Time and Timbuktu" was not written by Vonnegut; rather, it was based on minor characters in his books. The hero was Stony Stevenson, a luckless astronaut who won a trip to the Chono-synclastic infidibulum (sp?) and had some bizzare, avant-garde film adventures. Both the character name and the concept (c.-s. i.) were from Vonnegut's _The_Sirens_of_ Titan_. The title comes from the first chapter of _Sirens_, which is "Between *Timid* and Timbuktu", which, as Vonnegut explains, refers to the fact that all the words which fall into that category in his dictionary have to do with time. Note: I didn't see this show; it came on before I got serious (8-) about PBS. However, the library here has several copies of the script, with stills. Also, Bob and Ray were the commentators (Vonnegut loves Bob and Ray). And other characters (I can't remember who played them) were Diana Moon Glampers (the name of a fat, stupid, unloved old woman in _God_ Bless_You,_Mr._Rosewater_ and the person in charge of handicaps in the short story "Harrison Bergeron"), Harrison Bergeron and some others that I can't remember at the moment. Hope that helps...I know *I* enjoyed it. -- Henry J. Neeman (ughenry@buffalo) Mail, mail, send me mail!