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From: jablow@brahms.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.wobegon
Subject: Re: "The way it was"
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Date: Wed, 14-May-86 19:01:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 14 19:01:18 1986
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Reply-To: jablow@brahms.UUCP (Eric Robert Jablow)
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Keywords: network radio, broadcast history

I believe I read in the New York Times that some stage decorations were
added for the TV show, and that they usually use only a black curtain
and some chairs.  I enjoyed the show greatly, though he's putting less
emphasis on the Powdermilk Biscuit commercials than I would like.

We should also remember that GK has spoken of *acting* in radio dramas
in his News from Lake Wobegon monologues, including one great day when
his character in a soap opera was killed off in a hospital scene, but
the episode ran short and he had to draw out the dying scene for an
extra five minutes.  I think he also referred to the popular Minnesota
radio show *Iron Range*, a show about lust and passion among the rich
and famous that time--did that show *really* exist?  We'll need to look
up one of the articles on his life to find out.

I agree; I don't think the show could survive being jazzed up, edited,
or made Hollywoodish.  But I think there is one person who could make a
film or TV show about Lake Wobegon: Jean Shepherd.

			Respectfully,
			Eric Robert Jablow
			MSRI
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