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From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Seatbelt use (or the lack thereof) on TV
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Date: Sun, 1-Sep-85 04:25:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  1 04:25:00 1985
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Amanda King, on "Scarecrow and Mrs King", always wears her seatbelt.  I
think that the folks on "TJ Hooker", and maybe also Cagney and Lacey,
also wear their seatbelts.  So, it isn't completely unheard of.

I think there was an attempt to convince the makers of "Mickey
Spillane's Mike Hammer" that Hammer should use a seatbelt, but the
makers felt that it would be out of character (not "macho").  Too bad;
it would be great if a macho hero would wear his seatbelt in order to
convince viewers that it isn't a sign of weakness (just as ten years or
so ago it was common for macho types to cry once in a while, as a sign
of the "new masculinity").
-- 
    Barry Margolin
    ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics
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