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From: jgd@uwmcsd1.UUCP (John G Dobnick)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Ah !  The Good Old Times
Message-ID: <330@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 17:45:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 11 17:45:44 1985
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> In article <>, fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) claims:
> -->	it's been several years, but there was a series on PBS regarding
> -->how one thing leads to another to another, etc. and that's where i got
> -->the above.  the show was hosted by an Englishman.
> -->	does anyone remember the name of the series?
> -->-- 
> -->Fred Christiansen ("Canajun, eh?") @ Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ
> 
> Yes, the series was CONNECTIONS.  At the same time the series was on
> PBS a (fancy, high-prices, shiny-pages) book was published to go along
> with the series, by the same title.  The host was NOT -Alistair Cooke;
> if memory serves me right, the host was the weakest part of the
> program.
> 
> -- 
> Ted Koppel : University of Denver Penrose Library : 303-871-3429
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The PBS series CONNECTIONS was hosted by one James Burke (if my memory
has not totally deserted me.)  As I recall, prior to his hosting CONNECTIONS,
he was the science reporter for some British news organisation,
I can't remember just which one, and covered such things as the US Space
program at The Cape.  

And, gee whiz fellas!  I thought he was rather interesting.  I certainly
enjoyed the series.
(I do NOT intend to start a controversy here... I am only supplying
information.  All flames {real | virtual} to /dev/null please.)

[Sorry for the length of this... first attempt at responding to something
like this.]
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John G Dobnick
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