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From: gkloker@utai.UUCP (Geoff Loker)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia,net.jokes
Subject: Re: Meta Humour
Message-ID: <1106@utai.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 11:05:03 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 24 11:05:03 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 24-Dec-85 11:19:34 EST
Reply-To: gkloker@utai.UUCP (Geoff Loker)
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About 10 years, or so, ago, CBC radio (I believe -- it was Canadian, at
any rate) broadcast a weekly "drama" about a Great Detective and his
Trusty Sidekick (a la Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson).  I think there
were only 4 or 5 shows, but they were excellent and abounding with
meta-humour.

For example, the Great Detective and his Trusty Sidekick board a train
to dash quickly off to some small town in Northern Ontario:

	T.S:  How soon will we get there?

	G.D:  In 4 hours and 15 minutes.

	[About 30 seconds of train noises.]

	T.S:  How long will it take now?

	G.D:  4 hours, 14 minutes and 30 seconds.  This is taking too long.
	    [Hands T.S. some money]  Do you see that man sitting over there in
	    the corner?  Give this to him.

	T.S:  But how will that help?

	G.D:  He's the sound effects man and he can speed up the train.

	[Suddenly the sound of the train noises speeds up.]

Does anybody remember this show at all?  Can anyone supply me with any
more information about it?  Thanks.

-- 
Geoff Loker
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
M5S 1A4

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