ON THE JAZZZZZZZZZZZ....... Newsletter #5 Sent out: October 1, 2000 Jewlz! It's me again! I am happy to be able to you send this letter again. Sorry for the delay, but lightening struck my computer so I had to go back and find everything I needed from before. :) Anyhoo.... here we go! CONTENTS:::::::::::: News Storytime VCR Alert NEWS ::::::::::::::::::: Nothing up too much. TV Land recently had Fandemonion Weekend which showed lots of cool A-Team eps. If you want to catch more eps, you can watch them on TV Land. Check the website for local times. www.tvland.com or http://www.nick-at-nite.com/whatson/schedule/TVL.tin?zone=0&date=0 Also, if you just want to drop them a note, write to:: POSTMASTER@TVLAND.COM Also, if you are subscribed to alt-tv.a-team you can join in on the WAR. This is a new online A-team game that will be starting soon. For more details please e-mail me. STORY TIME:::::::::::::::::: "The Tardis Incident" Part 2 by Elizabeth Hensley If want to give feedback or check out the other fics, you can go to :: www.gigglesfromheaven.org Murdock stared at Billy, his brow furrowed with puzzlement. "Last time I saw you get that upset we had a rattlesnake in our camp, a real one." "Is that it, Billy?" Murdock wiggled out from underneath the Rabbit and cautiously touched the large blue box. It felt solid, but it seemed to be vibrating under his fingers. He took his hands away from its sides as if they had been stung. His eyes widened. He thumped it. lt sounded solid too. A suspicious statement flashed across Murdock's brown eyes. "Is this real?" Billy gave a low whine as an answer in the affirmative. Murdock stroked his chin, a thoughtful statement on his face. "And who says I can t tell fantasy from reality?" 3 Suddenly a door on the side of the box flung open and three such apparitions as he never could have imagined came popping out, rapidly, like jack-in-the-boxes. The first to emerge was a huge, curly-haired, buggy-blue-eyed fellow wearing a scruffy red coat, a battered felt hat, and an incredibly long rainbow-colored scarf. He was followed by a little metal dog on caterpillar treads and a black- haired lady wearing pink coveralls. Murdock ducked back underneath the Rabbit again and motioned for Billy and George to do the same. Whatever this new development was, it definitely didn' t warrant revealing their presence too quickly. The lady seemed amused about something. "This doesn't look like the space shuttle bay, Doctor!" The scarfed fellow gave the lady a big childlike grin that made Murdock want to smile himself. "I do believe you are right, Sarah, but he was here. I'm picking up mental traces of him even now." The lady made a funny face. "Ohhhh, you Time Lords! Why don't you try playing some other game instead of hide-and-seek?" The one addressed as the Doctor shook his head. "It s not really funny, Sarah. If he takes that nerve gas and uses it on somebody...In the wrong hands that stuff is deadly, and the Master is very definitely the wrong hands for it. Rotten luck!" "You'll catch him, Doctor!" "Why, of course I will. I'm the Doctor!" The lady nodded. "Right!" Suddenly the little metal dog came trundling over to the Rabbit.. "Master, there is a human being hiding underneath this car." Murdock put his hands to his mouth. "Oh-oh. We've been detected!" He came wiggling out, then decided the bold approach was the best. "Howdy! I'm Howling Mad Murdock and this here's Billy and George. Don't worry, they don't bite -he gave them a sudden fierce glare- unless I ask them to. However, I've been known to bite when necessary. What about you guys?" The long scarfed one suddenly started pumping Murdock's hands. "I'm the Doctor, and this is Sarah, and that's K- nine Mark III. Aren't you, K-nine?" "Affirmative, Master." Murdock noticed with amusement that the little robot's antenna tail was wagging. Sarah stared at Murdock's obviously psychotic eyes and the two bare patches of air that he had calmly introduced as 'Billy' and 'George'. She cleared her throat nervously. "Are you harmless?" Murdock politely removed his baseball cap and twisted it between his hands shyly. "That depends ma'am." "Depends on what?" the Doctor wanted to know. ''On whether I can afford the luxury. Are YOU harmless?" The Doctor grinned. "That depends on the same." He started fishing around in his scruffy coat pockets. Murdock eyed him suspiciously. "Don't worry, the Doctor said quickly. "You ll like this. Here we go. Have a jelly baby!" The Doctor offered Murdock a crumpled sack. 4 Uncertain, Murdock looked at the bag and then back at the Doctor. "Don t be scared!" The Doctor's voice was as soothing as a warm electric blanket on a winters day. "See? They're candy, and they're good." The Doctor took one himself and offered one to Sarah. Then he offered the bag back to Murdock. Murdock took one cautiously and bit into it. It was much too sweet for his tastes, but somehow the taking of the candy cemented the three of them as friends. Murdock could feel the paranoia washing away from him like a dark cloud being burned away by a lovely sunny day. There was something about this Doctor fellow that brought out sanity even in him. Murdock checked his creatures. Billy was wagging his tail and George was practically purring. That was enough for Murdock. He trusted his hallucinations. If they liked the Doctor, then he was to be liked. Murdock grinned and drawled, "I escaped from the L.A. V.A. psychiatric ward. Where did you escape from?" The Doctor roared at this as if it were terribly funny. 'Gallifrey." Sarah started to giggle. "That a good asylum, or what?" "No, the Doctor said sadly. Then he pointed to the large blue box. "But she is." Sarah started giggling even harder. "The Doctor lived on a lunatic asylum called Earth for many years, Mr. Murdock." Puzzled, Murdock frowned, trying to remember something. "I think I've been there, but I can't remember." Sarah said quickly, I'm sure it will come back to you!" Murdock suddenly gave the Doctor a big bear hug. "I like you, Doctor! And George and Billy likes you too!" The Doctor's eyes widened solemnly. Seriously he said, "Indeed!" He bent down and patted the air. "Well, Billy, I'm pleased to meet you." K-nine suddenly lifted his head. "Master! My sensors indicate there is no life form in front of you. You are offering affectionate flesh contact to nothing." The Doctor gave K-nine a dirty look. "K-nine, you are only a computer. You have certain ways of sensing the universe and I have certain ways. They are not always the same. I can see Billy, therefore Billy is here." Murdock was delighted. "You can see him! You too? Oh boy!" The Doctor gave a wise smile. "Ah yes, you see, I am a Time Lord! By the way, George is an obvious name for a dragon, but why did you name the dog Billy?" Murdock was still in highest heaven. At last, a being who really understood him. Someone who could look at the universe the way he saw it and find it equally wonderful, frightening, and amazing. 'I named him Billy 'cause of Billy the Kid. He's an outlaw too. Just like me and my friends. "Friends? You mean Billy and George..." Suddenly a bullet whizzed over the Doctor s head, practically singeing his curly hair. The Doctor felt his hair to make sure it was still all there. His buggy blue eyes bugged out even further. "What was that?" 5 "Decker," Murdock explained as he ducked down underneath the Rabbit again. "He's kind of mad at us." "You?" The Doctor was puzzled, but not puzzled enough not to wiggle underneath the car with Murdock as Sarah was doing. It was kind of a tight fit: one lunatic, one British newspaper reporter, one dog, one Time Lord. and one dragon. "You seem harmless enough. Why would anyone shoot at you?" "He's crazy." "I thought you said YOU were crazy." "I am, but all I hallucinate are dragons and doggies and voices. Decker hallucinates trouble, and he thinks we're it, and we're not." "You mean your dragon, yourself, and Billy?" "No. The A-Team." "The A-Team?" The Doctor scratched the back of his curly heed. "A-Team?... Ah yes! I remember now! Why, you are Howling Mad Murdock" The Doctor started pumping Murdock s arms again. This thoroughly confused the gentle lunatic. "Didn't we already do this?" The Doctor laughed. "Yes, I guess we did. Why, the Brigadier has something on you in his files, a long time ago. I had another body then. It's kind of hard to remember, but...ah yes, it s coming back to me now. I wouldn't worry too much about Decker, Murdock. The governments of the free world know what you are up to." "They do?" Murdock was intrigued. "They can't come right out and condone terrorists, now can they? Not even when they work for the free world on the side of mercy and justice, but they do know what you're up to." Murdock's eyes widened. "They do?" Not in his wildest imagination had this idea occurred to him. The Doctor grinned. "And I take it that the rest of your team is somewhere about also?" Murdock nodded toward B.A.'s van. "In there. They're going to try and make a run for it. I was supposed to hide because Decker doesn't know I'm out of my hospital room. They would pick me up later when and if it's safe." The Doctor motioned to Murdock, then grabbed him by the arm and gently pulled him into the Tardis. Murdock, used to being hauled around by the attendants at the V.A., let himself be led. Inside, Murdock s brown eyes widened. "Hey, man, this is impossible! Even I realize it s impossible. Mama Mia! Adios, muchachos! I need a big dose of Thyroxine!" The Doctor laughed. "No, it's real, lunatic. Come, we've got a little surprise for your friends." He danced about his console and started flipping switches and twisting dials. The control column started moving and all of a sudden the loud whiny noise started. Then, before Murdock's amazed brown eyes, the A-Team van appeared in the Tardis control room. The Doctor had somehow materialized the Tardis around the van! Inside, the van was suddenly flooded with light and BA. let out a "What the...?" and let his voice trail off. He glared out the window into the smiling, hat-doffing face of the Doctor. "Hullo", he greeted them all calmly. "Have a jelly baby. I just was having the most interesting conversation with your friend here. You're in trouble, but don t worry." Stay tuned to part 3!! VCR ALERT::::::::::::::: ~~~Dwight Schultz:::: 1. Child of Rage 105 minutes- USA, 1992 Directed by Larry Peerce and starring Mel Harris, Dwight Schultz, Mariette Hartley Ashley Peldon, Rosana De Soto, Samuel Gifaldi Adoptive parents uncover an alarming history of abuse when they search for the reasons behind their child's violence. Wed Oct 25 03:00A LMN- Lifetime Movie Network Wed Oct 25 04:30P LMN- Lifetime Movie Network 2. Fat Man and Little Boy 135 minutes- PG-13, USA, 1989, (CC), Video, SS, In Stereo, Adult language, adult situations Directed by Roland Joffé and starring Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia John Cusack, Laura Dern, Natasha Richardson American scientists and military experts put aside their differences in a race to create the world's first atomic bomb. Sun Oct 1 03:30P HBOE- Home Box Office Fri Oct 6 08:00A HBOE- Home Box Office Sun Oct 8 07:45A HBOE3- HBO Signature Wed Oct 11 09:45A HBOE3- HBO Signature Mon Oct 16 02:45P HBOE3- HBO Signature Wed Oct 18 12:15P HBOE- Home Box Office Tue Oct 24 04:30P HBOE- Home Box Office Thu Oct 26 07:45A HBOE3- HBO Signature 3. The Long Walk Home 105 minutes- USA, 1990, (CC), Video, SS Directed by Richard Pearce and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Sissy Spacek, Dwight Schultz Ving Rhames, Dylan Baker A black maid's plan to walk 10 miles to work sparks changes in her relationship with her white employer. Mon Oct 16 08:00P LMN- Lifetime Movie Network Tue Oct 17 09:30A LMN- Lifetime Movie Network 4. Outer Limits If These Walls Could Talk 60 minutes- (CC), In Stereo A haunted house develops an appetite for a grieving mother (Alberta Watson) and a scientific researcher (Dwight Schultz). Mon Oct 9 08:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction 5. Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit 120 minutes- USA, 1987 Directed by Richard Lang and starring Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, Robert Stack William Katt, Dwight Schultz, Kim Delaney Defense attorney Mason represents a publisher who has been accused of murdering a horror novelist. Sat Oct 28 09:00P COURT- Court TV 6. Star Trek: The Next Generation Hollow Pursuits 60 minutes- (CC), In Stereo A young engineer's (Dwight Schultz) obsession with the Holodeck puts the ship in danger. Fri Oct 13 02:00A PIX- New York 7. The Temp 120 minutes- USA, 1993, Video, SS, In Stereo Directed by Tom Holland and starring Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dwight Schultz Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Colleen Flynn A temporary secretary with predatory designs tries to sink her claws into a junior executive. Fri Oct 13 02:00P USAE- USA Network Sat Oct 14 02:00A USAE- USA Network ~~~Dirk Benedict::::: 1. Abduction of Innocence: A Moment of Truth Movie 105 minutes- USA, 1996 Directed by Jim Contner and starring Katie Wright, Lucie Arnaz, Dirk Benedict Lochlyn Munro, Dean Paras, Jill Teed Kidnapping suspects claim that the teen-age daughter of a wealthy lumber baron masterminded her own abduction. Sun Oct 15 09:45P LMN- Lifetime Movie Network Mon Oct 16 09:30A LMN- Lifetime Movie Network 2. Alaska 120 minutes- PG, USA, 1996, (CC), Video, SS, In Stereo, Adult language Directed by Fraser C. Heston and starring Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict Charlton Heston, Gordon Tootoosis Two youths rescue an orphaned polar bear cub as they make their way across the tundra to find their missing father. Mon Sep 25 12:00P SHOE2- Showtime # 2 Sat Sep 30 09:15A SHOE2- Showtime # 2 Thu Oct 5 04:05P SHOE- Showtime Sun Oct 8 06:00P SHOE- Showtime Sat Oct 21 03:05P SHOE- Showtime Wed Oct 25 06:00P SHOE- Showtime 3. Battlestar Galactica The Hand of God 60 minutes- (CC) Rather than continue fleeing from their enemies, the crew of the battlestar commences an all-out attack on a Cylon base. Sun Sep 24 09:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction 4. Battlestar Galactica The Living Legend, Part 1 60 minutes- (CC), Part 1 of 2, In Stereo The hot-blooded commander of the battlestar Pegasus tries to convince Adama to attack the Cylons. Wed Sep 27 10:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction 5. Battlestar Galactica The Living Legend, Part 2 60 minutes- (CC), Part 2 of 2, In Stereo Surrounded by Cylons, Adama reluctantly joins forces with the commander of the Pegasus for a surprise attack on their enemies. Wed Sep 27 11:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction 6. Battlestar Galactica War of the Gods, Part 1 60 minutes- (CC), Part 1 of 2, In Stereo An alien with mysterious powers joins the Galactican fleet and promises the people a successful end to their search for Earth. Wed Sep 27 12:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction 7. Battlestar Galactica War of the Gods, Part 2 60 minutes- (CC), Part 2 of 2, In Stereo The mysterious alien grants the Galacticans three wishes in exchange for their blind allegiance. Wed Sep 27 01:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction 8. Battlestar Galactica The Man With Nine Lives 60 minutes- (CC), In Stereo Starbuck rescues a man he believes is his father from Borellian henchmen. Wed Sep 27 02:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction 9. Battlestar Galactica Murder on the Rising Star 60 minutes- (CC), In Stereo Apollo uncovers a blackmail plot and finds his own life in danger when he tries to clear Starbuck of a murder charge. Wed Sep 27 03:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction 10. Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica, Part 1 60 minutes- (CC), Part 1 of 3 A space fleet headed by the only surviving battlestar, the Galactica, undertakes an epic voyage to reach Earth. Sun Oct 1 09:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction 11. Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica, Part 2 60 minutes- (CC), Part 2 of 3 Apollo and Boomer discover the provisions were poisoned during a battle and there is a possibility of mass starvation. Sun Oct 8 09:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction 12. Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica, Part 3 60 minutes- (CC), Part 3 of 3 Adama learns that, against his wishes, half the fleet has been authorized to break away to visit another planet. Sun Oct 15 09:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction 13. Battlestar Galactica Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 1 60 minutes- (CC), Part 1 of 2 In order to escape from attack by the Cylons, the Galactica heads toward an endless magnetic void. Wed Oct 18 11:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction Sun Oct 22 09:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction 14. Battlestar Galactica Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 2 60 minutes- (CC), Part 2 of 2 Despite the Galactica's efforts to escape, the Cylons continue to pursue them through the magnetic void. Wed Oct 18 12:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction Sun Oct 29 09:00A SCIFI- Science Fiction 15. Battlestar Galactica The Magnificent Warriors 60 minutes- (CC) To save the fleet from starvation, Adama finds himself trapped in a compromising courtship with an old flame. Wed Oct 18 01:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction 16. Battlestar Galactica The Young Lords 60 minutes- (CC) Starbuck crashlands on a planet and is rescued by a band of children who ransom him to the Cylons in exchange for their father. Wed Oct 18 02:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction 17. Battlestar Galactica Experiment in Terra 60 minutes- (CC) Two American astronauts discover Galactica's log book floating in space; the space voyagers believe they have found Earth, but Apollo discovers that the planet will be exterminated. Wed Oct 18 03:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction 18. Official Denial 120 minutes- USA, 1993, (CC), In Stereo starring Parker Stevenson, Erin Gray, Chad Everett Dirk Benedict The military uses a former UFO abductee to communicate with the captive alien whose ship they shot down. Sun Oct 8 03:00P SCIFI- Science Fiction 19. Underground Aces 105 minutes- PG, 1980, Video Directed by Robert Butler and starring Dirk Benedict, Frank Gorshin, Melanie Griffith Robert Hegyes A team of parking-lot jockeys is thrust upon a Beverly Hills hotel. Tue Sep 26 11:15A SHOE2- Showtime # 2 Wed Sep 27 05:45A SHOE2- Showtime # 2 Tue Oct 3 10:30A FLIX- Flix Movie Channel Wed Oct 4 04:30A FLIX- Flix Movie Channel Sat Oct 7 04:30P FLIX- Flix Movie Channel Thu Oct 19 07:15A FLIX- Flix Movie Channel Thu Oct 19 04:30P FLIX- Flix Movie Channel ~~~George Peppard:::: 1. Breakfast at Tiffany's 120 minutes- USA, 1961, (CC), Video Directed by Blake Edwards and starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney Based on Truman Capote's novella. A neighbor ponders a sophisticated but vulnerable playgirl's mysterious behavior. Sun Oct 1 04:00P TCM- Turner Classic Movies 2. Damnation Alley 120 minutes- USA, 1977, Video Directed by Jack Smight and starring Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda Survivors of a nuclear war try to reach the only city untouched by the holocaust. Based on the novel by Roger Zelazny. Sun Oct 1 01:15A TNT- Turner Television 3. Home From the Hill 180 minutes- USA, 1960, (CC), Video, LBOX Directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Robert Mitchum, George Peppard, Eleanor Parker George Hamilton, Everett Sloane, Luana Patten Infidelity and illegitimacy splinter a Texas land baron's family in this somber drama from Vincente Minnelli. Thu Oct 26 12:30A TCM- Turner Classic Movies 4. Matlock P.I. 60 minutes- (CC), In Stereo Matlock's (Andy Griffith) private investigator friend, Max (George Peppard), and his estranged daughter (Tracy Nelson) try to patch things up while investigating the murder of a Hollywood director's mistress. Tue Oct 3 12:00P TBS- Turner Broadcasting System Wed Oct 4 01:30A WGN- WGN Chicago 5. Night of the Fox, Part 1 100 minutes- R, 1990, Part 1 of 2, In Stereo Directed by Charles Jarrott and starring George Peppard, Deborah Raffin, Michael York David Birney, John Mills, John Standing An American spy is sent to rescue an officer whose knowledge of Normandy could spell disaster for the Allies. Mon Sep 25 07:40A ACT- Encore's Action Channel Mon Sep 25 04:40P ACT- Encore's Action Channel Tue Sep 26 01:45A ACT- Encore's Action Channel 6. Night of the Fox, Part 2 100 minutes- R, 1990, Part 2 of 2, In Stereo Directed by Charles Jarrott and starring George Peppard, Deborah Raffin, Michael York David Birney, John Mills, John Standing Martineau and a Jew who bears an uncanny resemblance to Rommel mount a daring escape from a Nazi-occupied island. Mon Sep 25 09:20A ACT- Encore's Action Channel Mon Sep 25 06:20P ACT- Encore's Action Channel Tue Sep 26 03:25A ACT- Encore's Action Channel 7. Pork Chop Hill 120 minutes- USA, 1959, BW, Video Directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn George Peppard, James Edwards, Bob Steele An American unit attempts to take a strategically worthless but politically important ridge during the Korean War. Sat Oct 7 01:00P TCM- Turner Classic Movies 8. Silence Like Glass 120 minutes- R, West Germany, 1989, Video, Adult language Directed by Carl Schenkel and starring Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard Bruce Payne, Rip Torn, Gayle Hunnicutt Based on the true story of the friendship that developed between two teen-agers diagnosed with terminal cancer. Tue Sep 26 01:30A FLIX- Flix Movie Channel Sun Oct 1 12:00A FLIX- Flix Movie Channel Tue Oct 31 03:00A SHOE- Showtime That's all for now! If you have any news or want to contribute a fan fic or poem, please e-mail me at jewlz@vnet.net or jewlz777@hotmail.com See ya next newsletter and don't forget to stay ON THE JAZZZZZZ..... A-team A-team A-team A-team A-team A-team A-team A-team