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   Chris "Sampo" Cornell to Judith   
   Re: Syfy President: "'MST3K' Is 1-Note;    
   19 Dec 09 14:50:44   
   
   From: msampo@aol.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Judith  wrote:   
      
   > > I guess the time has finally come to admit that we actually just   
   > > watched, at most, 15-20 minutes of the show.  Of course, you yourself,   
   > > as a "super-fan", are in the high 19+ minutes.  But that stuff you   
   > > said you knew about "Manos"?  Through some cosmic coincidence, that   
   > > just happened to be in the 17 seconds you saw, that one time.   
   > > Naturally, I saw a good deal less of the show.  Double-digits,   
   > > minutewise, which I guess puts me in the "cognoscenti" level.   
   > >   
   > > -Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu) ;-)   
   > >  BTW, the recent two-part "Alice" on Syfy was actually pretty good.   
   > > How does *that* happen?   
   >   
   > I'm with Doug here.  I own recordings of all the eps from Season 2-10   
   > and I never watch more than 15 minutes of any of them.  I'm getting   
   > older now and occasionally I'll absent-mindedly watch the *same* 15   
   > minutes the next time.  But now I'm getting worried that I'm getting too   
   > uppity and am watching more than Sampo.  I think I'd better cut it down   
   > to single digits...   
   >   
   > Judith   
      
   I admit it. At the 21 minute mark, I change to the nearest "According to   
   Jim" rerun I can find.   
      
   Sampo (feels good to get that off my chest)   
      
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