EV9@PSUVMA.BITNET (03/13/86)
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I'm sure there must be a great number of (other) Late Night with David
Letterman fans out there somewhere -- I would like to propose a new
group, i.e.: tv.dave-letterman -- I assume this should be limited to
the viewing area (us, canada, etc.), so the whole net should probably
not be included-- This group would be for commentary/views/opinions/
observations, etc. on the tv program Late Night with David Letterman...
djcleibold@watrose.UUCP (David Leibold) (03/15/86)
[* this bug intentionally left blank *] In article <4547EV9@PSUVMA> EV9@PSUVMA.BITNET writes: >I'm sure there must be a great number of (other) Late Night with David >Letterman fans out there somewhere -- I would like to propose a new >group, i.e.: tv.dave-letterman -- I assume this should be limited to >the viewing area (us, canada, etc.), so the whole net should probably >not be included-- This group would be for commentary/views/opinions/ >observations, etc. on the tv program Late Night with David Letterman... Here's my support... but perhaps a more general group might be favoured among the net-land, net.tv.late-nite, to accomodate the various other programs (eg. Johnny Carson, SNL, etc.) hiding in the late night regions. | ``Everybody wants to see justice done to somebody else'' - Bruce Cockburn | David Leibold UUCP: ... ! watmath ! watrose ! djcleibold
rsk@pucc-j (Wombat) (03/16/86)
In article <4547EV9@PSUVMA> EV9@PSUVMA.BITNET writes: > I would like to propose a new group, i.e.: tv.dave-letterman > This group would be for commentary/views/opinions/observations, > etc. on the tv program Late Night with David Letterman... As you may or may not know, this was proposed several years ago. It was eventually decided to create a mailing list, since very few people were actually interested in participating in this discussion. The mailing list ran for a few months and died. Based on this experience, it would seem that this would not be a good newsgroup to create. -- Rich Kulawiec pucc-j!rsk or rsk@asc.purdue.edu
MW9@PSUVM.BITNET (03/18/86)
In article <7903@watrose.UUCP>, djcleibold@watrose.UUCP (David Leibold) says: >Here's my support... but perhaps a more general group might be favoured >among the net-land, net.tv.late-nite, to accomodate the various other >programs (eg. Johnny Carson, SNL, etc.) hiding in the late night regions. Excellent idea. I change my vote to be from .tv.letterman to .tv.latenight ------- "My, oh my, we're having some fun now..." Michael S. Weiss The Pennsylvania State University MW9@PSUVM.BITNET <* The opinions expressed by me do not reflect those held *> <* by my school nor those of my employer. (If I had one.) *>
hutch@hammer.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) (03/18/86)
In article <7903@watrose.UUCP> djcleibold@watrose.UUCP (David Leibold) writes: >In article <4547EV9@PSUVMA> EV9@PSUVMA.BITNET writes: >>I'm sure there must be a great number of (other) Late Night with David >>Letterman fans out there somewhere -- I would like to propose a new >>group, i.e.: tv.dave-letterman -- >Here's my support... but perhaps a more general group might be favoured The newsgroup net.tv already exists for discussion of television shows. I recommend that before trying to create a new group, that you follow the procedure laid out in net.announce.newusers: submit articles about letterman to net.tv and if the volume of postings increases to the point that it begins to annoy everyone in the group, and this remains true for several months, then you can begin the official proposal and voting. If you don't want to annoy Europe and Australia with Lettermania, then kindly set the Distribution: line in your header to Distribution: na when submitting your letterman articles. Also, be advised that if you get a small but vocal "hardcore" group that you might want to set up a letterman "viewer-mailing-list" to service their needs. Hutch
EV9@PSUVMA.BITNET (03/19/86)
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No, i was not aware this was tried several years ago (how long is
"several" anyway?) -- But Dave Letterman's status has drown since
a few years back -- Late Night began with a cult following(of which
i can claim to be a viewer) that has steadily increased over the
last couple of years-- i think there will be more interest this time
around, as i hope the response will show (X -fingers crossed)
As for David Liebold's suggestion to include Carson and Sat. Night Live;
i would rather keep this group for Letterman fans only...I don't think
that "filler" shows need to be included to pad this group--i'm hoping
there's enough interest to keep in going independently... Although an
SNL group isn't a bad idea --But let me induct one new group at a
time, ok? :-)
I would also prefer to have the group named Letterman and not Latenight,
as it is the man who makes the show, but i am still open to suggestions
in this area...
My thanx to Gary J. Smith @ ETHOS -- please keep us posted as to the tally...
Keep those votes coming in!
"Hep me, pease, pease -- I been Hypmotized!" -adam...
EV9@PSUVMA.BITNET (03/19/86)
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while it's true that net.tv exists for the purpose of discussing
various tv shows, please keep in mind that there is a startrek and
dr.who group... if nothing really results from our endeavor (...and
i think we all know how painful that can be!...), the true "Lettermaniacs"
(thank you for the term--never heard that one before) will probably
settle for a mail-group, or simply keep all dave references to net.tv,
as per your suggestion... 'til then--can you blame a guy for trying?...
("He's one of those corporate weasels, isn't he...?")
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taylor@glasgow.glasgow.UUCP (Jem Taylor) (03/19/86)
In article <895@pucc-j> rsk@pucc-j.UUCP (Wombat) writes: >As you may or may not know, this was proposed several years ago. It was >eventually decided to create a mailing list, since very few people were >actually interested in participating in this discussion. The mailing list >ran for a few months and died. Based on this experience, it would seem that >this would not be a good newsgroup to create. Forgive me for being nai"ve, but I can't see the problem with having thousands of groups on which no-one ever says anything. Where is the traffic? Where is the cost ? As Brian Reid's laudable work is showing, there are some groups which are expensive per reader. I assume these are groups on which a lot *is* said, but few people read; similarly there are groups in which much of the material isn't 'read' because it consists of extensive quotes from previous articles. Software solutions for the latter have been proposed; closing down those groups seems like a poor solution. What I really would like to know is 1) why there is any reason not to create (numerous) newsgroups on a trial basis. 2) If traffic dies away on a group, why is it necessary to rmgroup it ? 3) who actually *pays* over there, state-side [ in the UK we seem to have our funding quite well sorted out nowadays, in the Academic Community. We have a national X.25 net in place, with no tariff on traffic, so volume is only 'costly' in CPU and disk store, not transport . The cost of transatlantic traffic is, however, a problem - as far as I know that link has a volume tariff] -Jem. JANET: taylor%glasgow.uucp@uk.ac.ed.cstvax -o Jemima UUCP: { uk }!cstvax!glasgow.uucp!taylor (==). Puddleduck
john9@garfield.UUCP (03/22/86)
I think a newsgroup about David Letterman would be an excellent
idea! I don't care what its called...
net.tv.letterman
net.tv.latenight
net.tv.larry.bud.mellman
net.tv.pyramid.of.comedy
net.tv.regulator.guy
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The list is endless.
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