# I'm Gonna Be On th' Television! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392 "2000-01-12T17:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/21 "2000-01-12T20:32:00Z")
Congrats, Eve. I feel touched by divinity now. šŸ˜ƒ Iā€™ll be sure to tape it. * * * You say ā€œcheesyā€ like thatā€™s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/22 "2000-01-12T20:47:00Z")
OK, Ike, take your pick of the following punch lines: ā€¢ ā€œTurn her over!ā€ ā€¢ Then donā€™t DO that with it! ā€¢ If you really want to, but most people ride her into town! ā€¢ Whatā€™s the matterā€”ainā€™t ya got a vase? ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/23 "2000-01-12T21:08:00Z")
> [@](#): > > ; Ike, Manny, Alpha, Capā€™n, CM, et alā€”Mel and I are officially inviting you out swing-dancing at Lincoln Center this summer Eve, I am 6ā€™5" in height, remember. If I were to swing dance, there would be property damage. Every lamp, every vase, every member of the waitstaff within my tremendous wingspan would be in peril. Besides, swing is just so _passe_. How about we dance like those kids in the Gap holiday commercials? I love that Ice Ice Baby songā€¦ * * * Iā€™m not perky. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/24 "2000-01-24T22:17:00Z")
Iā€™m bouncing this to the top in a brazen attempt to curry favor with our lovely Victorian princess. And also so she doesnā€™t have to indulge herself in that shameful self-gratification in which the rest of us roughhewn savages ritually participate. (modestly ribald pun intended) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/25 "2000-01-25T14:46:00Z")
Thank you, Uncle dear . . . I think . . . Iā€™ll be sure to bounce in perkily on Tuesday to remind everyone to set their VCRs on Weds.! ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/26 "2000-01-25T16:44:00Z")
How 'bout reminding us on Monday, Eve? I live in Arizona, which is in the Mountain time zone and does not observe Daylight Savings Time. This makes it the worst state in the nation as far as figuring out what time a TV show will come on relative to Eastern listings. Therefore, Iā€™ll need some time to figure out when the documentary will show _here_. Oh, and congratulations! I always enjoy reading about the accomplishments of the Teeming Millions (whether I respond or not). Itā€™s not too often that I get to see them on TV! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/27 "2000-02-02T06:49:00Z")
Okay Strainger, Eve appears to have missed Monday, so hereā€™s me on Tuesday instead. * * * ā€œMany count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones.ā€ ā€“Miguel de Cervantesā€“ ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/28 "2000-02-01T22:02:00Z")
BING back to the top, at 4:50 EST. Set your VCRS tonight, everyone! Eveā€™s been mighty quiet for the past few daysā€¦VERY uncharacteristic. Hope sheā€™s not laid up with a virusā€¦ ā€“ the above straight line graciously tendered by Ukulele Ike ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/29 "2000-02-01T22:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Iā€™m not perky. Dear GOD, I _hope_ not! (Iā€™m assuming itā€™s true, since the tilde is missingā€¦) Eve, MANNY congrats! Iā€™ll look for you (will it be on out here in the CA hinterlands?). * * * **StoryTyler** ā€œNot everybody does it, but everybody should.ā€ [I Spy Ty.](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/30 "2000-02-01T22:26:00Z")
StoryT: Itā€™s on PBS, so it SHOULD be national. The series is called CULTURE SHOCK. Eve is appearing on the segment devoted to the Hays Code and its influence on post-1933 Hollywood (it will be followed by a piece on jazz music in the 1920s). I taped last weekā€™s two-parter, which covered the HUCKLEBERRY FINN flap among contemporary middle-class African-Americans, and the effect of Manetā€™s ā€œOlympiaā€ on the late-19th century Parisian bourgeoisie. Edifying, yet entertaining. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/31 "2000-02-02T00:52:00Z")
Bump. Thanks to the other bumpers ā€“ I would have forgotten if you hadnā€™t kicked this back up! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/32 "2000-02-02T15:08:00Z")
Thanks for ā€œbumping me up,ā€ fellahsā€”Iā€™ve been overwhelmed with Unpleasant Work Situations for the past few days and have been remiss in my goofing off on the Board. Not sure if I am looking forward to this showā€”I have seen myself on the tee-vee before, and I do NOT screen well. Be sure to look at the nightclub background; they used so much atmospheric smoke that it looks like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. And all you Jazzbos, be sure to stay tuned for Part II. I expect you all to razz me mercilessly tomorrowā€” ---
**Author:** ![Cheese\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cheese\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheese_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/33 "2000-02-02T17:33:00Z")
How will we know which one of the people on the show is you? ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/34 "2000-02-02T17:37:00Z")
Sheā€™ll be the one who looks like our Eve! or the one named Eveā€¦either way! * * * -Frankie ā€œMother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever?/Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?ā€ -Bad Religion ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/35 "2000-02-03T06:41:00Z")
Cheese Head: Youā€™ll be able to tell by the tattoos. ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/36 "2000-02-03T06:48:00Z")
Unfortunately our local programming has scheduled the show to run opposite an old Racquel Welch movie, _Fathom_, so Iā€™m going to have to make some tough choices. Oh wait! I see _Kiss Her Goodbye_ is also playing at the same time. Now I know what I want to watch! * * * ā€œpluto ā€¦ a seriously demented but oddly addictive presence here.ā€ ā€“ TVeblen ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/37 "2000-02-02T19:26:00Z")
Well, after searching the local listings, I found that ā€œCulture Shockā€ comes on at ā€¦_drum roll_ā€¦ 9:00 PM. I guess PBS does things a little diferent. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/38 "2000-02-03T01:15:00Z")
One last pop to the topā€¦ one hour to go! Time to start the popcornā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/39 "2000-02-03T03:21:00Z")
I caught the ā€œHollywood Uncensoredā€ episode of _Culture Shock_. Eve appeared in a few cuts around the mention of _Red-Headed Girl_ (at which point I pointed excitedly at the TV screen and exclaimed, ā€œThatā€™s her! Thatā€™s her!ā€, perhaps causing a mild perturbation in my wife). At the risk of sounding either smarmy or dictatorial, Eve, may I say that there was nothing in the clips shown that should cause distress, either personally or professionally (the theatrical smoke wasnā€™t blinding, either). * * * It is often said that ā€œanything is possibleā€. In fact, very few things are possible, and most of them have already happened. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392/40 "2000-02-03T03:32:00Z")
Just caught _Culture Shock_. Well done, Eve! You avoided looking like a completely incoherent idiot, which is the only thing that keeps me from claiming my 15 minutes of fame. šŸ˜‰ Say, how about a bibliography? Iā€™ve been wanting to read some of your work. (Of course, if you want to send me a free, signed copy or two, that would be fine.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-on-th-television/13392.md?page=3)