jimc@haddock.UUCP (01/27/86)
About _It's_a_Wonderful_Life_: > That's not the only mathematical mistake in the movie. > You'll remember that Clarence was a big Mark Twain fan and > carried around a copy of "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer." He said > a few things, like how good Mark Twain's upcoming book was going > to be, that suggested his interest in Mark Twain was carried over > from his earthly life. But at the beginning of the movie we find > out that Clarence has been trying to get his wings for over 200 > years, so he would have to have died before Mark Twain was born! A very good point. He even repeated that he was over 200 when he was seated with George at Nick's bar (a.k.a. Martini's). That made me wonder if they have bookstores in Heaven!! ______________________________ Jim Campbell {decvax ! cca | yale | ihnp4 | cbosgd}!ima!jimc {bbncca | harvard | zurton | cfib | mit-ems | wjh12 }!ima!jimc {uscvax | ucla-vax | vortex}!ism780!jimc INTERACTIVE Systems, 7th floor, 441 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116; 617-247-1155