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From: psc@lzwi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
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Subject: "Alamo Jobe" (AMAZING STORIES)
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 23:37:42 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 21 23:37:42 1985
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< Oxygen is for people who can't take New Jersey >

 "Alamo Jobe": teleplay, first broadcast on AMAZING STORIES, Sunday,
the 20th of October, 1985.

     AMAZING STORIES has caused some discussions at the Leeper and
Chisholm households.  Evelyn, who time-shifts shows to her convenience,
has threatened to stop even that if the season's third show wasn't
better.  And my better half insists that if you miss the first half-hour
of MURDER, SHE WROTE, you may as well skip the rest.  (It'd led me to
briefly consider getting - shudder - a VCR.  I got over it quickly.)

     Well, I bet Evelyn has one less event to program her VCRs for.
Certainly Sherry and I will go back to watching Jessica Fletcher find
whodunit . . .  until someone can really write an amazing story.

     I can't tell you *anything* about "Alamo Jobe" without giving the
whole thing away.  There's just so little to it.  Spielberg doesn't know
the difference between a story, an incident, and a clever idea.  In this
case, the idea (Spielberg's) is how a boy at the fall of the Alamo
suddenly stumbles into modern San Antonio.  The incident is a kid
wearing weird clothes, carrying an old rifle, and riding a horse through
San Antonio.  The story must be on some other channel.

     My nine-year-old liked it, though.  As to my wife's opinion:

     "When we discovered AMAZING STORIES and MURDER, SHE WROTE were both
on at eight on Sundays, we thought we might need a VCR.  Now, we're not
sure we need a TV."
-- 
       -Paul S. R. Chisholm       The above opinions are my own,
       {pegasus,vax135}!lzwi!psc  not necessarily those of any
       {mtgzz,ihnp4}!lznv!psc     telecommunications company.
       (*sigh* ihnp4!lzwi!psc does *NOT* work!!!  Use above paths.)
NOMINATE MARK LEEPER:  HUGO AWARD FOR BEST FAN WRITER IN 1986