Subject: Re: Is this newsgroup carried outside the Internet?
From: U40643@uicvm.uic.edu (Ty Warner)
Date: 1991-09-24, 17:23
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Sep23.212039.19298@nntp.uoregon.edu>, rhaller@phloem.uoregon.edu
(Rich Haller) says:
> >
> >Are the articles in this newgroup cross posted to any non-internet bbs like
> >Fidonet, Compuserve, et cetera?  Does anyone out there know if, in particular,
> >there is anyway for Prodigy users to read and post to this newsgroup?
> >Email responses, please.
> >

For the benefit (?) of readers at large:


     Fidonet:  'dunno.
  CompuServe:  I've followed TP discussions in CompuServe's Showbiz Forum
               from time to time.  The postings are not the same.
     Prodigy:  There is no gateway from Prodigy to the Internet, or to
               anything else, for that matter.  It's a closed system; you
               can only communicate with other Prodigy members on
               Prodigy.


Rich's question sparks me to put in my $0.02 on other "electronic" Twin
Peaks discussions.  Of the couple other sources I've followed, this
newsgroup right here is by far the best, most insightful, and most
intelligent.  ;)

I only look for TP discussions on CompuServe occasionally, on account of
$$$. There doesn't seem to be as much activity there as here ($$$,
again?), but I'm not "regular" enough to be an authority on this.  One
interesting note on CompuServe is that I've seen an occasional posting
by Bill Greenblatt, who says he is the father of James Marshall (James
Hurley).  Some interesting tidbits:  James was often bored with his story
line, which he "was not responsible for."  He had left the show to work
on _GLADIATOR_ and Lynch was very cooperative in letting him go.  James
was also selling his 1986 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail, signed by
David Lynch, for $25,000.

As for Prodigy: Please don't flame me for being elitist, but the
discussion on Prodigy is much more mundane, possibly because it caters to
a broader, "simpler," kindler, gentler audience.  Things really dropped
off (nearly disappeared!) after the series ended, but with the movie in
production, there's been a bit more activity.  Still, the postings
generally seem less informed and less interesting.

In any case, this newsgroup (IMHO) gets top honors.  I don't blame you,
Rich, for wanting to know if you can stay with it off the Internet.

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Ty Warner
U40643@uicvm.cc.uic.edu
Prodigy: FNHC17A
CompuServe: 76011,2572