Bartcop Entertainment News - Saturday, 18 August, 2001

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Saturday

18 August, 2001

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Reader Opinion

Lenos' Ratings

I love most of what you write, but occasionally, I see something that I need to 
sound off on.  You asserted that Leno's ratings are higher than Letterman's due 
to NBC's lead-ins during Prime Time, and people don't feel like changing the 
channel.  I disagree.

In this age of Channel Surfing, I find it hard to believe that one million people 
(the average difference between Jay and Dave's audiences) just don't feel like 
changing the channel on a remote control TV.  Also, there are many people like me 
who do not watch prime time network television, but will still check out 
late-night television.

Looking at Leno and Letterman, the guests are generally even; the monologues are 
fairly consistent between the two, but I will give the slight edge to Leno. The 
comedic content is the reason for Jay's success.  I check out both shows, and I 
consistently laugh more at Leno's comedy bits during the early portion of the 
show.  Headlines, Jay Walking, various movie and TV parodies, are all much better 
than what Letterman now offers.  I do not want to go into boring details, but I 
just don't seem to find Letterman's shtick very funny anymore.  Obviously, the 
majority of late-night viewers agree.

 ~~Dennis Smith

Dennis - 
Guess I'm bordering on old-fartdom, but I'm still most partial to Johnny.




But.....

I think Jay & Dave are like apples and oranges, and both more than have their 
place.   



I also think that both Jay and Dave got short ends when the particulate settled 
over the 'heir to Johnny's mantle' dust-up, and the only ones who made out were 
the big bean-counters at nbc, who really couldn't loose either way, and the big 
bean-counters at cbs who would finally be able to sell some advertising for real 
rates, instead of Public Service Announcements, which bring in no revenue.

 ~~Marty 

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Reader Comment

To Each His Own

Ya know I've been watching a lot of movies lately, and these new movies don't 
leave a lot of room for the imagination to roam in. And when it comes to
TV movies, I hate it when they have too many of them "flash-backs", it disrupts 
the continuity and scatters my concentration, and if you have to get up to pee, 
and miss something, then the rest of the movie don't make a whole lot of sense. 

Ya see, to me, movies are a form of visual entertainment, and even though they 
can be 'thought provoking' at times, they are still a 'poor imitation' of real 
life.  Now my wife has a vivid imagination, when she sees someone being jabbed by 
a needle up on the screen, she winces, just as though she was stuck, and if a 
'serial-killer' slits someone's throat, she jumps up and runs out of the room 
with her hand over her mouth.

But no matter how many times I tell her, that this is not for real, she always 
reacts the same way. And this in psychological terms  is called "Sympathetic 
Reaction", she is too sympathetic to pain, so maybe she should see a shrink?

Now most of us are prone to infectious laughter and crying too.  I just hate 
funerals, sitting there in a Pew, listening to some boring eulogy being read by a 
baldheaded preacher, about some dude I never knew, then when ya look around, ya 
notice all the people are crying and it starts to infect you, ya start to sniffle, 
then out comes the kleenex, and you're wiping your eyes, Damn! and ya don't even 
know the guy, he might have been a real bastard and deserved to die.~~~~~ha!

And did you ever come into a room, just after someone told a real funny joke, and 
everyone is in stiches, and then before ya know it you are laughing too, and ya 
never heard the joke?  ha! ha!

So maybe we are connected, in some painful, sad but funny way?  Now I never cry 
at sad movies, cause I know they are not real, but when I see some beautiful 
thoughts or feelings dipicted up there on the screen, then the tears start to 
stream down my face, cause, just for a brief moment, I am lifted out of the 
rottenness of the human race.

As Hope springs eternal>~~~~~* ha!
                                                  
 
				Regards
                                                    
					ShadowCatcher

From 'Bucky'

Show Business News

The editor of Hollywood's industry bible, Variety, has been suspended after a 
profile in Los Angeles magazine quoted him making potentially racist remarks and 
claimed he sold a script while employed by the trade paper--which, if true, would 
be a major company no-no. 

The story, written by former Los Angeles Times reporter Amy Wallace, contains a 
host of allegations--most notably that the former Paramount Pictures exec wrote 
a script in 1996, which he then sold to help out producer-buddy Robert Evans. As 
a rule, reporters for the Hollywood trade paper are strictly forbidden from 
shopping scripts. 

The profile also runs through several occasions in which Bart allegedly 
compromised his ethics at Variety to help out other old pals. And at one point, 
he's quoted explaining the difference between "the black middle class" and 
"ghetto blacks, who can't even speak, can't get a job and bury themselves in 
black-itude." The magazine also quotes one former reporter who claims Bart once 
said, "I'm not hiring any more fags, because they get sick and die." 

Los Angeles magazine portrays Bart as one of the most respected and feared (not 
necessarily in that order) men in Hollywood. But the story also raises questions 
about Bart's aversion to taking notes ("I don't like to," he says, but "I have an 
incredible memory"), while noting his willingness to kill negative stories or 
hype positive stories to help his high-powered friends. 

To which some might reply: No duh. This, of course, isn't the first ethical 
brouhaha to erupt at Hollywood's trade papers. Earlier this year, Hollywood 
Reporter editor Anita Busch resigned in protest after the publisher decided to 
kill a story about Reporter party columnist George Christy, who was allegedly 
receiving gifts and fake movie credits. 

To read the whole story, "Variety" Honcho Suspended Peter Bart

To read Inside.com's take on it all, Inside.com

To read the article in LA Magazine that caused the fecal matter to start dripping, 
LA Magazine

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Check it out at BC Astrology.
Have you checked Ben Affleck's horoscope lately?

TV News

Tuesday night on his cable program ``The Daily Show,'' the comic lambasted 
Headline News even though Comedy Central is co-owned by AOL Time Warner, parent 
of the recently revamped news network. Mocking CNN's attempt at reaching a 
younger audience, Stewart said its new slogan should be ``Dude, Where's My News?''

Stewart next took aim at the network's new graphic-heavy format, saying it's 
geared to ``viewers with short attention spans and zero tolerance for complexity 
or nuance.''

But, he did find one upside to the new design: ``When they don't feel like it, 
reporters don't actually have to say anything.''

To read the rest of the story, Jon Stewart

For The KIRO/Erin Hart Crowd

To find 'Pick A Winner', visit gwbush.com.
	Then, scroll down....
	     Past 
	'There Ought To Be Limits'...
             Past
	'Parody Radio Ads'...
To the black bar with 'See Bush Pick A Winner' in it...
	It gives an option for '  WindowsMedia  '  or  '  QuickTime  ' .

Make your choice, download & watch at your convenience...


For the Bremerton stuff....visit Robot Wisdom.com
	 
	Then scroll to the bottom of the link-list...(RWWL Archives)
		And start scrolling up, slowly.

	'Kabblah' should jump out of the left margin, and (spellcheck in blue 
			should be on the right---or beneath...).
		4 (four) links up from there is 
			" More evidence the Navy is jamming keyless remotes (Bremerton) "
	
	That's the link!  It will take you here...Bremerton Mystery, 
			the Bremerton Sun.

This is the article they published 13 April, 2001

BREMERTON 
Keyless mystery returns 
By Angela D. Smith Sun Staff 
 
The failure of keyless entry devices is more limited this time. 
Bremerton residents and businesses once again reported a mysterious failure of 
vehicles' keyless entry devices for several hours Thursday afternoon. 

The problem is similar to a more widespread phenomenon that occurred March 21-26. 
But this time only certain types of devices were affected, and the outages lasted 
just a few hours. 

In March, the keyless entry failures began at the same time the aircraft carrier 
USS Carl Vinson returned to Bremerton. Thursday, the outages began one day after 
the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. 

Navy officials again denied any relationship between the outage and any ships at 
PSNS, and had no further explanation for the occurrence. 

But in an interview two weeks ago, a government official familiar with a Federal 
Communications Commission probe into the outage said it was "very possible" that 
the problem could be related to military presence in the area. 

Margaret Mull of East Bremerton said when she tried to open her 1992 Buick Le 
Sabre shortly after noon Thursday, her remote device was not working. 

"Last time, I bought an extra remote for $80, and now neither of them are working," 
Mull said. "I'm lucky to have a key for mine." 

She said her remote began working again at about 3 p.m. 

While some auto dealers in Bremerton reported that they had no problems with the 
cars on the lots, others reported that certain vehicles were not responding or 
that there was a delay in response. 

Bill Shelby of Heartland Toyota said that when he went to check on new cars in 
the lot, the remotes would stop working for about 30 seconds, then work for 10 
seconds. He said no customers had called to complain. 

Mark George of West Hills Honda said one person had called to complain, and when 
he went to check cars on the lot, he found that although the remote entry devices 
for Honda Civics worked fine, none of the devices for the Honda Accords or 
Passports was operational. They began working again about 4:30 p.m., he said. 

An official from the Federal Communications Commission declined to comment on the 
matter until investigation of the March incident was complete. 

 ~~M.

What Do They Have In Common?

Jack Nicholson

Cary Grant

Besides Cary & Jack, place Anais Nin, Andre Previn, James Coburn and Aldous 
Huxley on the list, too.

They all participated in legal lsd experiments under the direction of Dr. Oscar
'Oz' Janiger.  

To read more on the subject, Cary Grant as LSD Patient,

The Acid Trips of Cary Grant, 
 
Cary Grant

fUSION Anomaly. Cary Grant

Jack Nicholson
 
Acid Dreams: LSD and Creativity

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

Please do not interpret this as a plug for illicit drug usage.  
Dr. Janiger's work was legal, beneficial, and well-documented.


Why bring it up?

See below.

 ~~Marty

In Memory

Oscar Janiger, a Beverly Hills psychiatrist who ``turned on'' scores of artists, 
intellectuals and elite members of Hollywood's entertainment community, including 
the late Cary Grant, to the psychedelic drug LSD in the 1950s and 1960s, has died 
at 83.

Janiger died on Tuesday of kidney and heart failure at Little Company of Mary 
Hospital in suburban Torrance, spokeswoman Laurie Hanley said. He maintained a 
therapy practice until just a few weeks before the end of his life.

From 1954 until 1962 -- four years before LSD was declared illegal -- Janiger was 
one of the first researchers to probe the drug's potential for enhancing 
intellect and creativity. He incorporated the drug into his therapy and handed it 
out to an estimated 1,000 volunteers including such luminaries as novelists Anais 
Nin and Aldous Huxley, actors Cary Grant and Jack Nicholson, and conductor/composer 
Andre Previn .

Janiger often said he was particularly interested in artists' ability to access a 
state of altered consciousness in uniform conditions using this ``creativity pill,'' 
which he saw as a ``marvelous instrument to learn more about the mind.''

Although his research predated that of Timothy Leary, it was never widely 
recognized because he never published his data.

Born in 1918 in New York, Janiger became interested in psychiatry at age 7 when, 
upon taking long walks in the country, he realized that his imagination could 
create a whole new cast of characters on the same long road each night.

``From then on when I'd get into situations, I'd determine what aspect that was 
within me was being projected outward, and what was a reflection of the world 
that others can validate along with me. That, of course, has been the theme of my 
work in therapy and as a scientist,'' he said during a 1990 interview.

250 WORKS OF ART

Janiger received his MA in cell physiology from Columbia University. For a time 
he worked as a New York City high school teacher but got reprimanded for pasting 
stars on the classroom ceiling. He ultimately quit after being reprimanded again 
for bringing moldy bread, cheese and wine into the classroom to teach children 
about the advent of penicillin.

He went on to receive his MD from the University of California Irvine School of 
Medicine, where he served on the faculty in their Psychiatry Department for more 
than 20 years in addition to maintaining a private practice in Beverly Hills.

Unlike the LSD field tests conducted by the United States government, Janiger's 
subjects were fully aware they were being given the drug and each paid $20 for a 
``hit'' of ``acid'' which was made by a Swiss pharmaceutical firm.

Janiger gave his patients the LSD in a room that adjoined a garden in his office 
rather than hospital or prison settings that had typically been used in previous 
government tests. He personally took LSD 13 times and said that it helped him see 
that ``many, many things were possible.''

About 70 of his patients took part in a creativity experiment in which he asked 
them to paint or draw an American Indian Kachina Doll before taking the LSD and 
then again one hour after taking it. Some 250 works of art were created during 
those sessions.

Affectionately nicknamed ``Oz,'' as in ``wizard,'' by his friends, Janiger's 
interests were wide ranging. After LSD was outlawed in 1966 he remained an 
advocate of the drug but turned his attention to other research.

Among his many accomplishments he established a relationship between hormonal 
cycling and pre-menstrual depression in women, discovered blood proteins specific 
to male homosexuality, and determined through studies of the Huichol Indians in 
Mexico that centuries of peyote use do not cause chromosomal damage.

He is survived by a sister and two sons.

Dr. Oscar Janiger 

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