rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (05/09/84)
> I, in my limited wisdom, have created net.tv.soaps. Now perhaps we in > net.tv can get back to discussing the exact whereabouts of HSB... :-) I thought HSB *was* a soap... [Here's to more specialized newsgroups: net.cooks.fastfood, net.cooks.cuisine, net.invest.for-serious-investors-with-lots-of-money-only-who-need-shelters, net.jobs.>50k, net.philosophy.existential...] net.news.group: 1-865 net.news.map! 1-35 net.news.newsite: 1-127 net.nlang: 1-754 net.notes: 1-6 net.oa: 1-3 net.periph: 1-2 net.periphs: 1-20 net.pets: 1-194 net.philosophy: 1-429,433 net.physics: 1-687,702 net.poems: 1-235 net.politics: 1-2182 net.railroad: 1-4 net.rec: 1-9 net.rec.boat: 1-12 net.rec.bridge: 1-110 net.rec.caves: 1-6 net.rec.nude: 1-42 net.rec.photo: 1-38 net.rec.scuba: 1-4 net.rec.ski: 1 net.records: 1-240 net.religion: 1-1810,1815,1817-1822,1824-1828,1831-1832,1834,1837,1839,1841-1844,1847-1849,1853,1855-1858,1862-1864,1866,1870,1873-1875,1878,1880-1882 net.research: 1-31 net.rumor: 1-151,172 net.sf-lovers: 1-1982,1984-1985,1988-1990,1993-2029,2031-2032,2034-2041,2049 net.singles: 1-990,992-996,998,1001,1003 net.sources! 1-534 net.space! 1-839 net.sport! 1-80 net.sport.baseball: 1-243 net.sport.hockey! 1-20 net.startrek: 1-368,408,410-416 net.std: 1-17 net.suicide: 1-122 net.taxes: 1-286 net.test: 1-56 net.travel! 1-208 net.trivia: 1-10 net.tv: 1-1087 net.ucds: 1-4 net.unix! 1-751 net.unix-wizards! 1-323 net.usenix! 1-57 net.video: 1-199 net.vvs: 1-2 net.wanted! 1-1312 net.wines! 1-53 net.wobegon! 1-51 net.women: 1-1821,1823-1827 net.works: 1-35 py.general: 1-2 py.test: 1-27 junk: 1-1042 net.cog-eng: 1-409 net.social: 1-133 net.legal! 1-261 net.women.only: 1-145 net.sport.football! 1-50 net.puzzle: 1-212 net.micro.6809! 1-36 net.motss: 1-212 net.lang.mod2! 1-6 net.news.adm: 1-82 net.roots: 1-61 net.kids: 1-223,225-226 net.sport.hoops! 1-4 net.tv.da: 1-106 net.cse.cai: 1-4 net.astro.expert: 1-2 net.analog: 1-11 net.arch! 1-79 net.lang.ada! 1-15 net.lang.f77! 1-11 net.nlang.celts: 1-21 net.micro.cbm! 1-7 net.mail.headers! 1-16 net.mail.msggroup! 1-6 net.news.sa! 1-12 net.veg! 1-3 net.micro.trs-80! 1-15 net.games.go! 1-7 fa.laser-lovers! 1-53 fa.arpa-bboard: 1 fa.telecom! 1-13 net.apollo: 1-3 net.tv.drwho: 1-6 net.astro: 1-9 net.astro.expert: 1-2 net.needed: 1-2 net.unix-wizar: 1 net.unix-wizard: 1 net.unix.wizards: 1-2 fa.telecom: 1 fa.laser-lovers: 1-40 net.religion.jewish: 1-380,382-389 net.bio: 1-43 net.abortion: 1-344,347,350-355,358-360 net.consumers: 1-315 net.micro.hp! 1-15 net.mag: 1-5,8 net.net-people: 1-26,38 net.origins: 1-71,73 net.nlang.greek: 1-18 net.music.classical: 1-39,41-43,46-47,49-58,60-61,65,71-72,75-76,78-86,88,91-98,100,102-103,106-108,110-111,113-114,116,121-122,124-129 -- "An argument is an intellectual process. It isn't the automatic gainsaying of what the other person says." "... Can be." Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr
rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (05/09/84)
> I, in my limited wisdom, have created net.tv.soaps. Now perhaps we in > net.tv can get back to discussing the exact whereabouts of HSB... :-) I thought HSB *was* a soap... [Here's to more specialized newsgroups: net.cooks.fastfood, net.cooks.cuisine, net.invest.for-serious-investors-with-lots-of-money-only-who-need-shelters, net.jobs.>50k, net.philosophy.existential...] -- Those responsible for sacking those people who have just been sacked, have been sacked. Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr
gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (05/10/84)
>> I, in my limited wisdom, have created net.tv.soaps. Now perhaps we in >> net.tv can get back to discussing the exact whereabouts of HSB... :-) > I thought HSB *was* a soap... In the most traditional definition of a soap, HSB is not a soap because it's sponsors are not soap products. In the more recent definition of a soap, the line between "continuing episode drama" and "soap" is not very fine. I tend to think of shows like HSB, St. Elsewhere, etc. as continuing episode dramas, rather than soaps, because their intent is not so much to leave their viewers spellbound at the end of each episode (although they do that anyway, it was not their original intent), but to provide the continual daily activities of the characters in their environments. On the other hand, Dallas, Dynasty, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest (and others I have not mentioned) wish to leave every watcher with the feeling "I've just gotta see what happens next week!" The environments of the aforementioned television shows are much different also -- HSB and St. Elsewhere are realistic views of police and hospital life, whereas Dynasty, Dallas, etc. are fantasies of how the rich double-deal each other and fight for economic/political/social control of their respective environments. -- Be ye moby, for I am moby. Greg Skinner (gregbo) {decvax!genrad, eagle!mit-vax, ihnp4}!mit-eddie!gds You can't trust anyone around here with the su password these days.
rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (05/11/84)
> In the more recent definition of a soap, the line between "continuing > episode drama" and "soap" is not very fine. I tend to think of shows > like HSB, St. Elsewhere, etc. as continuing episode dramas, rather than > soaps, because their intent is not so much to leave their viewers > spellbound at the end of each episode (although they do that anyway, it > was not their original intent), but to provide the continual daily > activities of the characters in their environments. Yay, networkspeak! Next: "laughter-inducing human interaction drama" and "knowledge-based inquisitional prize incentive programs". :-) -- Pardon me for ... oh, never mind!! Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr
ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/12/84)
Actually, I didn't mind people discussing HSB in this group, but if people are going to make a habit of summarizing what is going on, it better be off in a group of its own. -Ron