Dan Gould

Well, I asked that question over the weekend. Because it seems that nearly 50% of the recipients have not posted their reactions or, in a number of cases, have had to wait for replacement discs, I decided to give people a little more time. So, to answer your question, answers will be revealed on Saturday the 27th. That's just a bit longer than the gap between the start of Tony's discussion and his posting of the answers. I think it seems like longer because my test has gotten less back-and-forth discussion of who might be playing on what. Or else, its the fact that Jim Sangrey is among those who had to get a replacement disc mailed!

Thanks Chris. Still trying to figure out TVLand's schedule chart, once I do that, I'll just need to figure out how to program the VCR ... ... er, maybe it will be better to wait for them to get their stuff together and just put the series out on DVD.

I didn't know TVLand was running KRP, and I can't find it on their website. So when are you seeing it, Chris?

I can only assume that our firewall kept these buggers away, the only thing I'd see when the board was hit was the kinda creepy looking wallpaper image. But I'm wondering what will happen if the site is down again and I try to access it from work ...

And it will be especially interesting when I reveal the rhythm section, we'll see what Soul Stream says then!

The actor who portrayed "Big Guy" Arthur Carlson on WKRP in Cincinnati died Monday. He certainly was perfect in that role. My favorite line came at the end of his Thanksgiving promotion, one of the funniest sitcom episodes of all time: "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." Gordon Jump of 'WKRP', Maytag ads dies Tuesday, September 23, 2003 Posted: 12:59 AM EDT (0459 GMT) LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Gordon Jump, who played a befuddled radio station manager on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and made his mark in commercials as the lonely Maytag repairman, died Monday. He was 71. Jump suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, said his cousin, Katherine Jump Wagner. The illness causes scarring of the air sacs of the lungs, leading to heart or respiratory failure. Wagner, of Arcanum, Ohio, said she learned of her cousin's death from her father, also named Gordon Jump. Her cousin was under hospice care at his home southeast of Los Angeles, she said. Jump played Arthur Carlson in "WKRP in Cincinnati," which aired on CBS from 1978-82 and featured Gary Sandy, Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Howard Hesseman and Richard Sanders as the ragtag station's crew. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Jump began his career working at radio and TV stations in the Midwest. He worked behind the microphone and the camera, including jobs as a producer for Kansas and Ohio stations. Jump portrayed the Maytag repairman "Ol' Lonely," a well-recognized advertising symbol, from 1989 until he retired from the role in July and another actor took over. "Gordon was an incredibly talented actor and a remarkable human being," said Ralph Hake, chairman and chief executive officer of Maytag Corp. Jump came to appreciate the attention he got for the ad campaign and the steady work it provided, Wagner said. But his heart was elsewhere professionally. "What he loved more than anything was doing theater. He was a marvelous actor," she said, recalling a visit to Florida to watch him perform in "Norman, Is That You?" Jump began his Hollywood career after moving to Los Angeles in 1963, appearing on series including "Daniel Boone," "Get Smart" and "The Partridge Family." His dramatic roles included a part in the TV movie "Ruby and Oswald," about the assassination of President Kennedy, and "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes." Jump is survived by his wife, four daughters and a son, Maytag said in a statement. He also had a brother, Wagner said.

My wife and I were successful yesterday, or so we thought. Then we realized when we got home that, even though the receipt clearly said that 40% was being taken off, it turned out to be only 30%. Nevertheless, I ended up ahead because the 30% came off the total for two CDs, even though, since the coupon tells the cashier to "highlight item", its apparent that the 40% should only be off one item, so I ended up saving like $12+, when 40% off the most expensive CD would have been $10. BTW, the cashier seemed to assume that this was a special offer made to people who have signed up for the e-mail update/offers/specials.

You can count me as one who found it very curious that this board was hit just as AAJ came back up. Very surprised (pleasantly) to find everything back and none the worse. Just imagine if Johnny had found that creepy image when he gets online today ... if Johnny couldn't post, what would he do? What would he do?

Well, after further deliberation, I think its fair to withhold the answers til Saturday the 27th to allow more active participation in the puzzling it out part. It seems that there are a number of recipients who haven't chimed in yet, this of course may be due to "life" intervening (what, there's a life outside of this board? Pshaww!) but at the same time I think the Post Office did a less than stellar job, as several replacement discs had to be mailed out in the last week also. So, keep the guesses coming; the answers will wait another six days.

As of this morning, 17 folks have posted their impressions out of 32 shipped. When is it time to reveal? I notice that there is far less back & forth going on this time around than with Dr. J. Or maybe that's just the fact that JSgnrey had his first copy snagged by the Post Office ? Anyway, I can post the answers later this week, or sooner if that's what people prefer.

Today marks a week to ten days since over 30 discs were shipped. Other than the individuals who have contacted me directly regarding broken or yet-to-be-delivered discs, is there anyone else who asked for but has not received theirs? I am quite disappointed with the PO this go-round, several broken discs, one confirmed MIA ....

Then what did he gain by forgetting what label he recorded it for? Why would he forget the label? My guess is that Hank wrote the music and added the part about recording it for Blue Note, a session that didn't actually take place.

Ahhhh, Shakespeare was an illiterate. You're talking about Chris Marlowe.

Yeah, we mentioned that to Michael or Tom way back when, didn't we? He was pretty darn positive that any such tapes don't exist of that it was a reference to a different session ... but it would be great if they were found! As to the topic at hand, I understand the feelings of sadness though I can't quite relate to them, since I had landed a copy of The Flip quite a while back. Yet another bit of dough I might have saved if I had kept the faith that every item would come out eventually. What is most saddening to me though is simply the fact that we have nothing other than "Breakthrough" to document Hank's post BN time. As far as I know, he was still performing for a number of years before his health problems started, though maybe that isn't really accurate as it seems as though his style of jazz had really slipped by the wayside. I've said this before, but I always wondered if things might have turned out differently if Hank had stayed in Europe where he might have found greater acceptance as Griff, Dex and many others had.

Hasn't anyone else gotten this and is ready to post their impressions? It seems like there've been way too many broken discs or super slow delivery. Thanks USPS!

Jim R., folks! He'll be here all week!!

Happy to report that netflix has a shipping office right here in Fort Lauderdale, so the turnaround on our requests should be extremely quick! Already got our first three selections ...

Where will you be performing in Miami?

Hey, Ray, you got "Since," "I" and "You", 60% of the title! Since we grade on the curve as far as identifying instrumentalists, why not grade on the curve on titles?

Tony, I did not see the fight, I was going by my understanding of the non-official scorers judgements of the fight-as noted above, ESPN commentators agreed with the decision, so your judgement isn't exactly universal. As for De La Hoya's comments, the ones I saw and reacted to were the ones after the game when he spoke of how boxing couldn't "take" decisions like this, as if he would finance an investigation not to get the decision overturned but to preserve boxing's "integrity". That's like trying to preserve a whore's virginity.

For what it's worth, Tony, as of now, 8 members have commented on the disc, three of whom are folks outside the US who had their discs sent five days earlier. 32 have been shipped, so that's fully 3/4 who haven't received or haven't commented yet. I don't think you'll be too late, at least not at this point

I think his threat is totally ridiculous, an overreaction in the moment of losing a decision. Corruption has nothing to do with it-different eyes see different things. One set of eyes may see superior defense, another may see "harder" punches. But as I understand it, Mosley won because he won something like the last four rounds on every card. Well, then the only claim De La Hoya can make is if those last four rounds weren't competitive or were De La Hoya's rounds on everyone else's cards. But they weren't. Oscar is embarassing himself, IMO. Its time to either go back on his promise and continue to fight, or go make another record. But it all reminds me of Alexis Arguello and Aaron Pryor. Arguello was one of the great fighters of his era, but try as he did, he could never figure out how to beat Pryor. They had some brutal wars but Pryor always won, and at some point you have to stand up and tip your hat to the better man. And I think that De La Hoya knows that Mosley is the better man, because he said he doesn't want a third fight, even though it would be huge, certainly. He said "he's beaten me twice". Well, if you really believe you won the second time and you were robbed, then you can surely "beat" him given a third chance. otherwise, you just pull a Marvin Hagler and walk away from boxing forever, out of sheer disgust over what you thought was a travesty. But don't pretend that some "investigation" is needed. The parameters of this decision are so far within the norms of boxing judges, De La Hoya is only hurting himself by pursuing this.

Or just stopped playing. Look what Gigi Gryce did, as revealed in Rat Race Blues, and Willette certainly did not reach the level of success that Gryce had.

Not a problem at all. I'm liking the guesses so much, I want to hear yours, too!

Well, Adam, I can say that when you click on a title to rent, they tell you if its available or not, and they have shipped the first three we selected. I assume from now on they will send the next available one as we return what we have.