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Posted by BE on October 23rd, 2009
On a reasonably regular basis, companies who are the subject of a complaint to Fair Go come to us for advice or training. If we think they're ratbags, hoping to enlist our help in ripping people off, we send them packing. Otherwise our advice is the same advice we give to all our clients: be straightforward, tell the truth, admit your mistakes. And: Sort it out. Fix it.
Recently I gave a brickbat to Fair Go for an item it did on a company called My Refund. The company undertakes for a fee to apply on your behalf to the IRD for a refund, if it discovers you are entitled to one. Two of My Refund's clients were kept waiting an unreasonable amount of time for their refund to be sent to them. A third not only didn't get a refund, but discovered that she now had to pay the IRD almost $1,000. She would have been better to let sleeping dogs lie.
My Refund did not deny that these three people had a justified complaint. It gave a statement to Fair Go, explaining what had gone wrong, offered an apology, immediately sent their refund cheques to the first two complainants and generously paid the third complainant's $1,000 tax bill for her. A model way of handling a complaint.
But despite this, company CEO Steve Brook's name and photograph were put up on the Fair Go 'wall of shame'. The reason? Brook had declined to be interviewed on film or in the studio. His name and photograph are presumably still on the wall, with other 'villains'.
This situation was repeated on this week's programme. More than a month ago Fair Go broadcast a series of complaints by Slingshot customers who felt they had been badgered by salespeople into using Slingshot's service or, in one case, had received extremely poor service. Slingshot provided the programme with a detailed response to the complaints, apologised, fixed the problems and compensated the complainants for their trouble. Another model response. However, Slingshot General Manager, Mark Callander did not appear on the programme and his name and photograph went up on the wall.
But he did appear this week. He was there, we were told, to get his name and photograph off the wall. But not before Fair Go replayed the complaints against the company, which Slingshot had sorted out more than a month earlier. Callander was then given a minute to say why he should come off the wall. It emerged in that minute that Callander had in fact agreed to be interviewed by Fair Go, but the appointment had been cancelled – by the programme. He was not available the following week to do the interview.
The only word to describe all of this is 'outrageous'. This is a programme out of control, arrogantly assuming the judicial powers of a court to subpoena 'the accused' to appear before it in person, and to put up 'wanted posters' if they refuse. Its producers seem to have lost sight of the fact that Fair Go is not a court, it's a television show.
When a company answers a Fair Go complaint in writing, apologises, fixes the problem/s and compensates the complainants, it has done everything that can reasonably be expected of it. It is under no obligation to provide entertainment fodder for television.
I would agree except that the case usually gets to Fair Go only after the company concerend has persistently ignored the consumer complaints. I have little or no sympathy for most those companies end up on Fair Go's Wall of Shame. They deserve to be there because of their lack of responsiveness in the first place. Sometimes issuing an apology and a cheque is not enough. Someone needs to explain why the consumer was ignored in the first place and how the company is going to ensure that it behaves itself in future.
As regards Slingshot, I agree that was a bit unfair.
Ben, I don't think that's entirely fair. I've had a couple of clients on Fair Go and sometimes it's the first they've heard of the problem. Customers certainly complain to a company with the threat that unless they are compensated in some generous way, they'll "take this to Fair Go". Such is the power of this programme (and Target) that the threat is generally enough to get the customer what he or she wants and then some, just to make the problem go away, regardless of the merits of the customer's original complaint.
And yes, we've advised those clients to go on the programme to avoid the infamy of not doing so.
Sally, you are quite correct as to the power of Fair Go. I had a protracted dispute with a well known computer company lasting several months. It was resolved within 48 hours when I wrote to Fair Go and copied in the company. I consider my self to be reaonably literate and I am familiar with the Consumer Guarantees Act and Fair Trading Act but I could make no headway whatsoever against this company.
I think you are wrong in suggesting that people threaten Fair Go because they want to be 'compensated in some generous way'. Most are 'small' people who have been 'jerked of by government/business and by the time they contact Fair Go are desperate.
The reality is that most large organisations have an appalling attitude to dealing with complaints. They believe customer relations is handing the problem to some airhead who asks you how your day has been up to now.
The other point regarding contrition is that one should 'go and sin no more'. The lessons learned from Fair Go do not seem to get absorbed; if they did the programme would go out of existence.
Sally, you are quite correct as to the power of Fair Go.
Having been variously host and producer of Fair Go over a period of 8 years, I can assure you, Ben, that thousands of retail customers use the threat of going to Fair Go to blackmail traders into settling complaints which may well have very little substance. That in no way reflects on the programme itself which (mostly) does a marvellous job in getting justice for people who have been ripped off. My complaint is specifically about the 'wall of shame'. The producers should abandon this totally unacceptable concept.
Do you have permission to use that photo of Kevin Milne?
Your copyright statement on this page asserts you are the rights holder.
Do you have permission to use that photo of Kevin Milne?
You are correct to draw my attention to this. Our normal practice is to caption photographs with the name of the copyright holder. Our experience has been that this is generally accepted, particularly in the case of media whose websites are promoting their personnel, programmes or publications. We have had no complaint from TVNZ or any other organisation about this in the past.
Feel free to stick my photo up on your site any time, Brian. Fair Go doesn't ask permission to stick other people's photos up on the wall and nor should you.
I think companies that deal with the public have a responsibility to front up to the public when things go wrong. That includes fronting up on television. It's not good enough to just say, "we'll fix it…but we refuse to talk on the telly about what happened, who was responsible, or if it's likely to happen again."
The Fair Go Wall is about companies not fronting up on camera when we think there are still questions to be answered. It's not about whether they've decided to fix the problem or not.
Now there's the Wall, these people know they'll be "appearing" if they front up or not.
As for Mr Callander. He had every opportunity to front up to the camera originally but didn't. Good on him for fronting up in the end, though.
Feel free to stick my photo up on your site any time, Brian. Fair Go doesn't ask permission to stick other people's photos up on the wall and nor should you.
Good morning, old friend. And thanks for replying to my post. Unfortunately, that isn't good enough. As a public figure, I don't think just providing a written response to my complaint will do. I require you to come to my premises, so that I can cross-examine you further on this infringement. If you fail to do so, I will put a large photograph of you in the window of my offices with the inscription: Kev Milne – Wanted for Questioning! I will refuse to take it down until you yield. Further, when you get here, I will take measures to loosen your tongue, by forcing you to drink large quantities of fine wine. So there!
Now Kev, we are going to agree to differ. Other media investigate consumer complaints, most notably the Consumer's Institute. They seem to find no difficulty at all in dealing with those complaints and in getting results for the complainants. The entire exercise is conducted in writing. The complainant submits his/her complaint in writing, Consumer forwards it to the complainee for a response, conducts its own investigation of the arguments on both sides and, if it decides to publish the complaint, supplies the complainee with a draft of the article to comment on, before it is published. Not a camera in sight. Before Fair Go came along, Truth was an enormously successful consumer advocate. No cameras again.
Fair Go just happens to be a television programme. And I see no reason at all why a complainee should have to play by television's rules, just to keep you happy. Indeed, you have neither mandate nor authority to require anyone to do anything. Your power comes from your ability to put people you have deemed to be villains in the stocks of public opinion. And though your intentions are good and the results often beneficial to the complainant and sometimes to the general public, the modus operandi of the programme is often quite unfair.
I have discussed this with you and the Fair Go team before. Fair Go operates like a court but does not follow the rules of a court. The complainant is offered every possible assistance to present his/her evidence. Invariably the complainant's side of the story is filmed. The filming takes place in the familiar setting of the complainant's office, home or premises – an unfrightening enviroment. This may take half a day or more to do. Not only is the complainant helped to get their story across as well and persuasively as possilbe, they may be given lines to say to camera. This does not happen in a normal interview situation. Essentially the complainant's side of the story is packaged and choreographed to make them look as good as possible.
In a nutshell the complainant is assisted by counsel. The complainee has no counsel, unless they come to people like us for advice. The vast majority of course do not. They get extremely short notice to respond to the complaint and appear "in court". Several clients of ours have received notice of the complaint on Thursday and been asked to make themselves available to be filmed on the following Monday or Tuesday or to be recorded in the studio on Wednesday, the day of the programme. They have been expected to put all their other personal and business commitments aside to prepare for their appearance. The arrogance of this is mind-blowing.
Then we have the disparity in the time given to the complainant and to the complainee. I haven't put a stopwatch on it, but my reasonable assessment is that the complainee will get around two and a half to three minutes to respond to the complaint in the studio. Clients of ours have ended up with around a minute and a half.
This may include Fair Go's 'free minute' to say what they want without interruption. Sounds fair, but of course it isn't. In more than 40 years in the business I have met very few people, including professionals, who could gather their thoughts together in a frightening environment and speak coherently to camera for a minute.
What Fair Go seems determined to ignore is the fact that public speaking is one of the top five activities that people world wide fear most. And that fear includes everything from speaking at an office party to appearing on a television programme, in an alien environment, in front of hundreds of thousands of people to defend yourself in a couple of minutes against charges that are often of a highly complex nature.
And there's no counsel there to object if the treatment you're getting isn't fair. You're on your own.
As to the wall, I 'm sticking by every word I said. The concept is outrageous and the idea that people should have to come into your studio to plead their case so that their name and photograph should be taken off the way, displays a level of hubris bordering on megalomania.
Kev, Fair Go is a great show and it does a lot of good. But its processes have never been fair. They aren't now and they weren't in my time as host or producer. In fact they were probably worse. The problem for those working on the programme is that it's hard to resist seeing yourself as a knight on a white horse. I certainly found it hard and was entirely unsuccessful in resisting that delusion. It's easy to forget that, as I said in my post, "It's a television show".
As to the two cases I highlighted, both complainees responded to your questions in detail, both put things right and both compensated the complainees. They should never have been on the wall in the first place.
Now I'd like to issue you with a little challenge. I'll happily debate this with you, your producer, or any member of your team in any forum that's interested. I'll even offer you a free minute at the start.
Whoever wins, you and I will still be friends.
Brian – Fair Go exists simply because many suppliers of goods and services are just HOPELESS at understanding the need to supply what customers want and(- and in the case of fair go -) have paid for.
Although most people dont think of it this way, they have entered into a contract with the supplier, they have fulfilled their part of the contract(by paying) but the other party hasnt. Invariably they are hard to contact, never reply and raise inumerable obstacles.
The consumer often has a loss of the full value of the contract – but for the supplier one customer is nothing – but wide scale bad publicity is about on an equal scale with the relative loss of the consumer. Thats why fairgo is so effective
Further, a supplier doesnt get on Fair Go for one small misdemeaner – its usually after they have become well practiced at it and they have probably pissed of a substantial number before there are enough complaints (remember the retailers rule – for every complaint you get there are three who havent complained – NO MATTER HOW SERIOUS THE MATTER. So when Fair go have 10 complaints – there are really 40 actual cases.)
You might be upset due to one case of over zealousness by fair go – but you should keep in mind that fair go cant possibly cover all the cases – so there are plenty of consumers getting raw deals that will never be heard.
As for people wanting "payments" to shut up – well thats what happens when suppliers upset people. If the suppliers kept to their side of the contract they wouldnt be in these situations.
In my eyes we really need about three fair go programmes as companies get more arrogant and proficient at ripping people off. I have had a case with Genesis where they tried to rip me off. Went to the electricity ombudsman (I think thats what shes called) and Genesis apologised and said that it would never happen again, theyve put in system to stop it, etc.
12 months later the same thing again. They hadnt put in any process to stop it. They blatantly lied to me. They again agreed that some how their system had been unable to prevent it. I asked for the electricy person to fine them $10k to be given to the charity of the leader of the Opposition – but she has no power to do anything like that. Shes a jawboner only.
Genesis just kept on truckin. The electricity lady has no real power to do anything – so when outfits like this get on fair go (I dont think Gensis have been there yet) then they have a long trail is dishonesty behind them..
Brian – Fair Go exists simply because many suppliers of goods and services are just HOPELESS at understanding the need to supply what customers want and(- and in the case of fair go -) have paid for.
Barry, you've had a bad experience with one company and you've generalised from it to make unsupportable comments about an entire sector.
Also, you actually don't know what criteria are used by Fair Go in selecting what stories will appear on the programme. Only a small fraction of complaints ever make it to air. So you never get to hear about all the unsustainable or unreasonable complaints. That's likely to give you a slightly jaundiced view of companies and traders in general.
Brian – Im starting to think that BE doesnt mean Brian Edwards, but instead stands for the "Big Excuser"
Brian – Im starting to think that BE doesnt mean Brian Edwards, but instead stands for the "Big Excuser"
Well at least you're starting to think, Barry.
Dear Mr. B E,
I have no doubt you are man of character, good humour and fairness.
However as an elderly Kiwi, Fair Go reperesents one of the only avenues open to the recent intimidating tactics in commerce.
When I was young it was only the Rawleighs man and the odd Jehova's Witness. We were simply not trained to deal with the manipulative and intimidating strategies of the modern world.
Only today I have been badgered into a contract by Callplus. The basis was totally false and I contributed somewhat by being hard of hearing. Twice I explained I was elderly and partly deaf.
It was after the call which probably constututed a contract that I went online and discovered the true identity of Callplus. I had been led to believe by the salesman that they were an arm of Telecom who are my long term internet and phone supplier. I have rung Telecom, in the Philippines and they have undertaken not to disconnect me which is critical as I live alone.
Except for the Wall of Shame, what exactly has the little guy got. A big guy can go to Fair Go and take his name down but the little guy may have to live with consquences of being taken advantage of. If it wasn't for the wall of shame I would never have known who Slingshot was and I would never have been alerted to a potentially disastrous situation.
Trial by TV is far from perfect but we live in an age where our other systems favour the wrongdoer over the victim. Kevin and his team are addresssing that imbalance.
I have no doubt you are man of character, good humour and fairness. However as an elderly Kiwi, Fair Go reperesents one of the only avenues open to the recent intimidating tactics in commerce.
Generally, as I have indicated in several posts, Fair Go does a very good job. This should not make the programme immune from criticism when it is itself unfair. There is an old saying about those who protect us. Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? Who will guard the guardians? or Who watches the watchers? It's important to keep Fair Go fair.

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- 1/2 cup (75g) toasted hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
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|Sid Phillips and his Band
|1952 w/c 4th Aug
|Robb Wilton, The Radio Revellers, Peggy Desmond & Alfred Swain
|1952 10th Aug
|Teddy Foster and his Orchestra
|1952 w/c 11th Aug
|Elsie & Doris Waters, Tanner Sisters
|1952 w/c 17th Aug
|Rawicz and Landauer, JoanTurner, Tommy Fields
|1952 w/c 25th Aug
|Roy Stevens & Harry Locke, Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth
|1952 w/c 1st Sept
|Wilson, Keppel & Betty, Mundy & Earle, Cawalini's Dogs
|1952 7th Sept
|The Squadronaires
|1952 22-27th Sept
|Antique Dealers Fair
|1952 15th Oct
|Yorkshire Ploughing Association Harvest Ball
|1952 2nd Nov
|Vitebsky (pianist)
|1952 27th Nov
|Harrogate Literary Society Robert H. Fabian ex Scotland yard Lecture ' Behind the scenes at Scotland Yard'
|1952 29th Nov
|Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
|1952 30th Nov
|Nat Gonella and his Georgians
|1952 4th Dec
|Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
|1952 13th Dec
|Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
|1952 20th Dec
|Roy Fox and his Band
|1952 26th Dec
|Halle Orchestra
|1952 w/c 29th Dec
|'Flotsam' (B.C. Hilliam)
|1953 19th Jan
|and all week The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
|1953 7th Feb
|Harry Roy & His Band
|1953 1st March
|Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra
|1953 14th March
|Jack Parnell & His Music Makers
|1953 28th March
|Harry Gold & His Pieces of Eight
|1953 18th April
|Stanley Black & His Orchestra
|1953 25th April
|Sid Philips & His Band
|1953 11th May
|and all week Music Hall Francais
|1953 24th – 30th May
|Festival of Music with The Halle Orchestra – conductor Sir John Barbirolli
|1953 6th June
|Ambrose & His Orchestra
|1953 20th June
|Squadronaires Dance Orchestra
|1953 6th – 11th July
|Cyril Fletcher & Betty Astell
|1953 20th – 25th July
|Jon Pertwee, Wilson Keppel & Betty, Billy 'Uke' Scott
|1953 27th July – 1st Aug
|Bob & Alf Pearson
|1953 3rd – 8th Aug
|Ronald Chesney (Talking Harmonica), Tony Brent (American recording star) and Margot Henderson
|1953 10th – 15th Aug
|Peter Cavanagh, Kay Cavendish, Nicholas Parsons and Freddie Sales
|1953 17th – 22nd Aug
|Harry Locke. Dickie Henderson
|1953 23rd Aug
|Billy Ternent & His Broadcasting Orchestra
|1953 24th – 29th Aug
|Semprini, Beryl Reid, Victor Seaforth
|1953 12 Oct
|'Ascent of Everest' lecture by Sir Edmund Hillary K.B.E.
|1953 7th Nov
|Roy Fox & His Orchestra
|1953 21st Nov
|Nat Temple & His Orchestra
|1953 5th Dec
|Jack Parnell & His Music Makers
|1953 17th Dec
|The Halle Orchestra – conductor George Weldon
|1954 10th Jan
|Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
|1954 18th Jan
|all week D'Oyle Carte Opera Company
|1954 13th Feb
|Harry Gold & His Pieces of Eight
|1954 17th Feb
|Jose Iturbi – world famous pianist. First appearance in Harrogate
|1954 6th June
|Carroll Levis & his TV & BBC show
|1954 5th July
|and all week The Halle Orchestra with conductor Sir John Barbirolli
|1954 11th July
|Harry Gold & His Pieces of Eight
|1954 12th July
|and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Semprini
|1954 19th July
|and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Robb Wilton, Irene Handl & Roy Stevens
|1954 26th July
|and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Jon Pertwee, Reg Varney, Harriott & Evans
|1954 2nd Aug
|and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Joan Regan, Bill Maynard
|1954 9th Aug
|and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Beryl Reid, Kay Cavendish and Leslie Randall
|1954 16th Aug
|and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Bob & Alf Pearson, Billy 'Uke' Scott
|1954 22nd Aug
|Tony Hancock, The Western Brothers
|1954 13 Nov
|Sid Phillips & His Band with singer Betty Miller
|1954 28th Nov
|Mantovani and his New Music
|1954 4th Dec
|Victor Silvester & His Orchestra
|1954 20th Dec
|Halle Orchestra with conductor George Weldon
|1954 27th Dec
|Sooty's Christmas Show
|1955 9th Jan
|Ronnie Scott and his orchestra
|1955 14th Jan
|Jack Parnell and his orchestra
|1955 28th Jan to
|Harrogate Gifts & Fancy Goods Fair & Stationary
|12th Feb
|Trade Fair
|1955 17th Feb
|Gerald Moore – the unashamed accompanist
|1955 19th Feb
|Eric Winstone and his orchestra inc. Michael Holiday
|1955 11th to 16th July
|Halle Orchestra with Sir John Barbirolli
|1955 18th – 23rd July
|'Music for the Millions' with Shirley Eaton, The Tanner Sisters and The Gaunt Brothers
|1955 25th – 30th July
|Terry Hall & 'Lennie the Lion' & Danny Purches and The Vancouver Boys' Band
|1955 1st – 6th Aug
|Arthur Haynes, Saveen and "Daisy May", Bob and Alf Pearson, Audrey Jeans
|1955 8th – 13th Aug
|Albert Modley, Tom Mennard
|1955 14th Aug
|Eileen Joyce, piano
|1955 15th – 20th Aug
|'Mrs Shufflewick', Kay Cavendish
|1955 22nd – 27th Aug
|Beryl Reid, Bill "Uke" Scott, Miki & Griff, Leslie Randall, The Hedley Ward Trio
|1955 28th Aug
|Ken Mackintosh and his orchestra
|1955 29th Aug to 3rd Sept
|Jon Pertwee, Harriott & Evans "Europe's Greatest Coloured Entertainers"
|1955 6th Oct
|Sir Mortimer Wheeler (at invitation of Harrogate Literary Society) "The dawn of history in Yorkshire"
|1955 23rd Dec
|Harry Corbett and Sooty
|1956 8th Jan
|Eric Winstone & His Orchestra
|1956 13th Jan
|Jack Parnell & His Orchestra
|1956 21st Jan
|Sid Philips & His Band
|1956 10th Feb
|Eric Delaney & His Band
|1956 17th Feb
|Johnny Addlestone & His Orchestra
|1956 4th March
|Vienna Boys Choir
|1956 1st April
|Randolph Sutton
|1956 28th April
|The Ray Ellington Quartet
|1956 21st – 26th May
|The Carl Rosa Opera Company
|1956 23rd Jun
|Laurie Gold & His Famous Pieces of Eight
|1956 1st July
|Eric Delaney Band
|1956 7th July
|Freddie Randall & His Band
|1956 16th July
|All week 'All for Mary' – a comedy play
|1956 9th – 14th July
|The Halle Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli
|1956 5th Aug
|The Gaunt Brothers
|1956 29th Aug
|The Hedley Ward Trio and Tex McLeod
|1956 10th Oct
|Ken Mackintosh, His Saxaphone & Orchestra
|1956 28th Oct
|Karl & Ulrich Schnabel – world famous pianist
|1956 16th Nov
|Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
|1956 28th Nov
|Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson
|1956 15th Dec
|Ronnie Aldrich & The Squadronaires Dance Orchestra
|1956 16th Dec
|Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra
|1956 20th Dec
|The Halle Orchestra
|1956 26th-29th Dec
|Grand Pantomime 'Robinson Crusoe' with Randolph Sutton
|1957 11th Jan
|Joe Loss and his orchestra
|1957 18th Jan
|Jack Parnell and his orchestra
|1957 9th Feb
|Sid Phillips and his orchestra
|1957 15th Feb
|Johnny Dankworth
|1957 15th March
|Eric Delaney
|1957 20th April
|Victor Silvester and his famous ballroom Orchestra
|1957 23rd – 27 Apr
|D'Oyly Carte Opera Co
|1957 4th May
|Ted Heath and his Band
|1957 5th May
|Gene Vincent and his Sounds Incorporated Group
|1957 9th June
|Schnabel – piano recital
|1957 1st – 6th July
|Halle Orchestra
|1957 8th – 13th July
|Variety Bill with Gladys Morgan & Co, inc. Don Arden
|1957 13th July
|Rock 'n' Roll Jamboree with Screamin' Lord David Sutch and his famous Savages
|1957 14th July
|Big Bill Coverdale
|1957 w/c 17th July
|The Halle Orchestra and Sir John Barbirolli
|1957 17th Oct
|Literary Society Lecture by H.R.H. Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand G.C.V.C.
|1957 3rd Nov
|Sid Phillips Band Show
|1957 4th Dec
|Chris Barber – Celebrity Jazz Concert
|1958 10th Jan
|Ronnie Aldrich and the Squadronaires – dance
|1958 31st Jan
|Joe Loss and his orchestra
|1958 14th March
|Eric Delaney and his Band
|1958 10th April
|Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Mick Mulligan and his Band featuring George Melly. Tickets 3/- to 6/-. Attendance 317. Total take £63.19s. 0d.
|1958 7th July
|Elsie and Doris Waters "Gert and Daisy"
|1958 11th Aug
|For the week. Personal appearance of Phillip King in his own dramatic success "Serious Charge". (he also wrote "Sailor Beware").
|1958 23rd Oct
|Sir Vivian Fuchs, lecture "The Trans – Antarctic Expedition"
|1958 4th Nov
|Wrestling match with Shirley Crabtree "the biggest chest in the world" Tickets 2/6 to 10/-. Total take £437.17.0. Attendance 1,339
|1959 30th Jan
|Eric Winstone and his orchestra
|1959 5th Feb
|Anthony Hopkins – "The Music of Mozart" – Lit. Soc. Lecture
|1959 13th Feb
|Joe Loss and his orchestra
|1959 20th Feb
|Victor Silvester and his orchestra
|1959 22nd Feb
|Harry Corbett and Sooty, and Stan Stennett
|1959 23rd March
|Marty Wilde, rock 'n 'roll singer and Russ Conway, pianist
|1959 3rd April
|Ken Mackintosh and his orchestra
|1959 27th April
|Dickie Valentine. Tickets 4/6 to 7/6. Total take £358.00. Attendance 1,158.
|1959 8th July
|Cliff Richard and the Drifters; The Bachelors: the Rockets; Wee Willie Harris. 6.15pm & 8.30pm. Prices 3/- to 7/6. Attendance at 6.15pm – 437. Take £118.17.9d. Attendance at 8.30pm – 1,041. Take £320.7.6d. Sold 577 programms at 1s each
|1959 14th July
|Owen Brannigan, tenor
|1959 17th – 22nd Aug
|Halle Orchestra
|1959 17th Sept
|Daily Telegraph Flower Arrangement Festival Lecture by Julia Clements
|1959 19th Sept
|Daily Telegraph Flower Arrangement Festival Lecture by Constance Spry


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It's very well known that SMW has this "glitch": sometimes when we jump against the wall, Mario's feet catch it for a while and then he starts falling again. Although it seems random when playing in the console, we TASers must know the exact conditions.
TASVideos says:
Walljumping happens when Mario jumps towards a wall, and his foot catches the wall, stops his falling speed, and allows him to jump again in mid-air. In order to pull off a walljump, Mario needs at least a speed of 33 going toward a wall, and must run into the wall at exactly a block boundary (every 16 pixels). If Mario "catches" the wall, then conditions are good for a walljump - simply press jump a couple frames before he snags it.
The smallest variations in speed and position during the jump onto the wall can affect whether or not this works correctly. Keep trying!
Let's see how it works.
1) A block in SMW has two sides and a top. The distance between the edge of the side and the extreme of the top is 2 pixels. That means, if 101.0 is the first horizontal position in which you can't stay stationary, so 101.0 is the edge of this block. The previous position, 100.F, is free. For this imaginary block, the top starts in 101.0 + 2 = 103.0.
2) The position and speeds work like this: if Mario is in a position x with speed v and is going to a free position x', then x' = x+v. But if the new position is not free, like in the side of the wall, this result will diminish 1 pixel (or grow, depending on the side).
3) If Mario travels to position that is the side of a block , the game will first compute what would happen to Mario in x' and then will push him outside.
Snagging the wall
Suppose we want to snag the following wall.
We notice that 1619.0 is the edge of the block. The edge always ends in .0 if you are in the left of the block and ends in .F if you are in the right of it. Therefore, we want to go to 1621.0 or further to reach the top. The speed is zeroed if we run against the side, so we need to jump from x to x', provided that
x < 1619.0 and x' ≥ 1621.0
That implies:
x ≤ 1618.F and x' ≥ 1621.0 ⇒ x' - x ≥ 1621.0 - 1618.F = 2.1 pixels = 33 subpixels
Therefore, Mario needs a speed of at least 33 in order to snag the wall. With this minimal speed, we would have:
As pointed out, Mario goes to 1621.0.
The game flags that Mario is on the top of a block.
Mario isn't in a free position, so he must be pushed 1 pixel to the left, 1620.0.
Demonstration: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/797472019/Wall%20Catch.smv
Other conditions are:
- Mario must have a vertical speed higher than 2, when he gets inside the wall.
- Mario's vertical position must be such that he would fall onto the block, if the other block didn't exist to stop him. It does NOT happen once each 16 pixels, but 6 pixels out of 16 (with Yoshi, 8/16).
Snagging the wall for two consecutive frames
Instead of going to 1621.0, we could go to 1622.0 or beyond. In order to perform it, we must have high speed. Reasoning like before:
x < 1619.0 and x' ≥ 1621.0
That implies:
x ≤ 1618.F and x' ≥ 1622.0 x' - x ≥ 1622.0 - 1618.F = 3.1 pixels = 49 subpixels
Being pushed outside:
This might be useful. In the Super Demo World TAS, it was used to scroll the screen in #2 Desert Castle.
- Walljump.
- Entering pipes without ground below, but next to a wall.
- Entering doors without ground below, but next to a wall.
- Catching the wall under water.


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CHRISTOPHER W. DEREN, professor and rice breeder from the University of Florida, has been appointed director of the University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center near Stuttgart, Ark.
UA Division of Agriculture scientists at the Rice Research and Extension Center conduct research primarily on rice and soybeans and is the home of the university's rice breeding program.
"Dr. Deren brings an impressive background of research and experience to the director's post at Stuttgart," said Greg Weidemann, UA associate vice president for agriculture-research. "I'm confident he can provide the leadership and support to build upon the center's reputation as one of the premiere agricultural research stations in the nation."
"One of the most attractive things about coming to Arkansas is that the state is the most important rice-producing area in the United States," Deren said. "The Rice Research and Extension Center is in the heart of Arkansas' rice country, making it the ideal location for breeding and other research. The proximity of the USDA's Dale Bumpers Rice Research Center, located on the RREC campus, is also a very desirable asset for rice breeders."
Deren earned his bachelor's degree in agronomy in 1980 and master's degree in plant breeding in 1983, both at the University of Arkansas. He earned his Ph.D. in plant breeding from the University of Florida in 1986. He joined the research faculty at Florida in 1987, where his early work was in breeding sugarcane.


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DramaFever Weekly Top 10 for June 15 to June 21, 2015
How do the highly anticipated endings in School 2015 and Producer affect our new Top 10 Most Watched Dramas? Were you surprised by Producer's secret ending? Do you agree with Eun Bi's choice? Did you catch the new Kim Bum in Hidden Identity? Let's find out!
First, I want to admit that I'm a fan of Kim Bum's new action thriller Hidden Identity. At first I was not sure I could continue when episode 1 started with a heartbreaking tragedy, but soon the drama geared up to hyper mode with its suspense and action. The actors showed off their various disguises while they undertook secret missions, reminding me of the popular British thriller MI-5 series (aka Spooks). As promised, the new Kim Bum is extremely impressive as a cop with a sad backstory who is now thrust into a covert operation. A wonderful surprise is Kim Min Joon playing a villain. I know he's a bad guy here, but he won my heart ever since Ha Ji Won's Damo, and I'm always fascinated by his onscreen presence.
You all know I've been on the Cindy Team ever since the Umbrella Couple met, so I was a bit concerned with the secrecy surrounding Producer's ending. Perhaps the Scriptwriter Goddess heard the fans, or perhaps it was intended all along, but I think it is a satisfying ending regardless of which team you've been on. It explains why Producer reached a high rating even in South Korea, and here it rose to #3 just after School 2015 and EXO Next Door.
The ending for School 2015 is more controversial and has caused a stir among the fans. I would agree with them too. Ultimately, this drama is about teenagers, and they have a big wide future ahead of them. Things can still change, just like one of the leads said. This drama has been a delight to watch, and I'm sure all the young actors will continue on to a prolific acting career.
My Love Eun Dong, the new romance drama starring Kim Sa Rang (Secret Garden) and Joo Jin Mo (movie 200 Pounds Beauty), has risen to #8. It is on my next to-watch list. Have you started? How do you like it so far?
In other news:
Did you enjoy Kim Woo Bin's fun movie, Twenty? Even though the weekend's over, the movie (and Kim Woo Bin) are still waiting for you. So if you haven't had a chance to upgrade to Premium, here's the link to upgrade to DramaFever Premium for as little as $0.99/month.
Chinese historical drama Sound of the Desert finishes this week. Have you been impressed by Cecilia Liu's beautiful costumes?
Here are last week's Weekly Top 10 shows in order of most popular:
1. School 2015
3. Producer (exclusive)
4. Running Man
5. Heirs (exclusive)
6. Jeju Island Gatsby (aka Warm and Cozy, exclusive)
7. Mask
10. Hwajung
Last week's Top 10: DramaFever Weekly Top 10 for June 8 to June 14, 2015
Are you surprised by this week's list? Which shows are you watching?
I'd love to hear from you. Please share your thoughts in the comments section.
In the meantime, I can't wait for the next episodes of Jeju Island Gatsby while I sip a cool and cozy summer drink.
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SOURCE: Vivakor, Inc.
November 19, 2015 10:00 ET
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - November 19, 2015) - Vivakor Inc. (OTC PINK: VIVK) announced today it has registered and opened a new office location in Doha, Qatar in the Middle East.
The registration of Vivakor-Middle East in Qatar enables Vivakor to serve clients in the Gulf Coast Countries (GCC) that can take advantage of Vivakor's proprietary oil remediation and reclamation technology. The region produces well north of 15 Million barrels of oil per day and Vivakor's technology will enable these oil companies to clean and recover the oil spilled during day-to-day operations. Oil spills that are not addressed and accumulate create an interruption of business operations. Vivakor will also be able to assist in areas where oil has contaminated the soil/sand due to the ravages of war and terrorism in the region. The environmental impact to the people of these countries by addressing oil spills has been well received. The humanitarian aspect to the cleanup fits into Vivakor's charter for responsible Corporate Governance.
Vivakor continues to focus on asset accrual in their Precious Metals and Energy Business Units. The Company operates its multiple precious metal extraction processing machines from Henderson, NV, and has eighteen (18) mineral claims it operates within the Southwest US. Additionally, Vivakor entered the Energy Sector back in 2014. The Company developed a proprietary; environmentally clean solvent and methodology for extraction of oil from the designated Utah Oil Sands area. They have acquired land from the State in the area near Vernal, UT. Eastern Utah has over 32 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in the rich oil sands area within the State. As Vivakor acquired their technology and methodology for extraction of the high-value oil sands; the Company also announced an ability to do remediation and reclamation of contaminated sands from oil spills across the globe.
Chairman and CEO Matt Nicosia stated, "We are extremely excited to establish a strong presence in the GCC. Our strategic partners in Qatar have been enormously valuable in the expansion into this region. The ability to offer real remediation and reclamation of oil irrespective of how it has spilled is deeply rewarding from an ecological standpoint. The business opportunity is nearly incalculable."
Vivakor's intellectual properties are proprietary and proving industry disruptive with a low cost basis in their operations model in the natural resources space. The Company focus is specifically in Precious Metals extraction and green, clean oil extraction from the rich oil sands across the globe. These asset classes provide Vivakor with a substantial capability and opportunity for investors going forward.
For more information, please visit www.vivakor.com or call their offices at (949) 281-2606.
Vivakor, Inc. (VIVK) is an Asset Acquisition company that develops and acquires resources that generate revenue currently or in the near term. The Company acquires technologies and assets primarily in the field of Natural Resources. Vivakor has several mineral assets that have great value and create a cash flow and a long term revenue stream for the Company. Additionally, the Company has effectively acquired positions in other Green Energy companies. Vivakor has several operating assets that produce revenues and cash flow to the Company. The general business model is to acquire cash-flowing or near term cash-flowing mineral and or technology assets with an identified need or a substantial market opportunity. For more information please visit www.vivakor.com.
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We are definitely seeking Google's help with this, as our name and website is trademarked and patented for the microjob industry. We don't want our potential customers steered in the wrong direction.
Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) August 06, 2014
Thumbzz.com recently contacted Google's corporate offices in Mountain View, California after the site executives noticed that after correctly typing their company name, T-H-U-M-B-Z-Z, using the Google search bar feature suggests another domain.
"I typed in the name of our website correctly in the search section of Google and a prompt asked me "Did I mean" another website," says Lisa Johnverrell, the company's operation manager.
The website that was suggested by Google, is not a competitor, but the site name spelled with a missing letter "z" that links to a restaurant. Thumbzz.com tried unsuccessfully to purchase the one "z" domain last year because it feared this could happen with its customers typing in the wrong name, but did not expect a suggestion when the name is typed correctly.
"We are very concerned about this because the search engine suggests that other domain even if our customers spell our website name correctly in the search box. We contacted Google to let us know how we can stop their search engine from suggesting it when customers are looking for our microjobs site."
A representative from Google contacted Thumbzz.com by email and informed them that their website does appear in the search results directly under the suggested site feature, however Johnverrell states that isn't enough. The company sent direct mail correspondence to Google Search executives last week.
"We are definitely seeking Google's help with this, as our name and website is trademarked and patented for the microjob industry. We don't want our potential customers steered in the wrong direction."
Founded by a nontraditional arts and sciences student at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, Thumbzz.com successfully launched in November 2013. Thumbzz.com provides short term social media marketing and creative advertising jobs for individuals and businesses to build their social media presence and brand awareness.


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The Fibroid Treatment Center at Magee combines the expertise of board-certified gynecologists and interventional radiologists with extensive experience in this minimally invasive procedure. These specialists offer consultation services for women seeking information treatment options for uterine fibroids.
Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths in the wall of the uterus, and are the most frequently diagnosed tumor of the female pelvis. They are not associated with cancer, do not increase a woman's risk of developing cancer, and almost never develop into cancer.
Fibroids are nodules of smooth muscle cells and fibrous connective tissue that grow within the wall of the uterus (womb). The medical term for fibroids is uterine leiomyomata (multiple fibroid tumors) or leiomyoma (single fibroid tumor).
Other names for fibroid tumors include:
Approximately 40 to 60 percent of women of childbearing age have fibroids, but it is suspected that this number is much higher. Many women do not have symptoms and are not aware that they have the condition. In fact, most fibroids are discovered during a routine pelvic exam or during prenatal care. Only about 25 percent of women with uterine fibroids experience symptoms.
These symptoms can include:
Uterine fibroids may grow as a single nodule or in clusters, and range in size from a pea to larger than a cantaloupe. Fibroid growth seems to be controlled by hormones, especially estrogen. They are seldom seen in young women who have not started menstruation and may expand rapidly during pregnancy when estrogen levels are high. They usually shrink or stop growing after menopause when estrogen levels decrease. Other hormones, such as progesterone, may also affect fibroid growth.
It is not clear why fibroids occur, although heredity seems to play a role. Women with a family history of fibroids are more likely to develop the condition. The vast majority of fibroids occur during childbearing years. Fibroids also occur two to three times more frequently in women of African-American descent.
Learn more about the diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids.
For more information, please call the program coordinator at the Magee Fibroid Treatment Center: 412-641-4435.
Dr. Philip D. Orons discusses treatment at the Fibroid Treatment Center.
In an article for Best Doctors for Women in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Magazine recognizes our physicians as top doctors in select specialties.
University of Pittsburgh Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
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Today's health conscious consumers hunger for good, clean, locally grown food. On April 21 – 24, and April 26 – 29, Green Acre Organics, in partnership with The Aquaponic Source and Practical Aquaponics, will offer a comprehensive aquaponic farming course titled "Green Acre Farming – The Complete Course". This course, taught in Brooksville, Florida, will teach entrepreneur farmers how to meet those needs through both classroom and hands-on instruction.
Aquaponics is a growing technique that combines the best of aquaculture with the best of hydroponics to grow plants and fish together in a symbiotic, highly-productive, very low-water consuming eco-system. In this course participants will learn the methods, understand the science, discover the business and become a part of the aquaponic farming movement that could be the key to re-localizing sustainable food production in the U.S. The course is designed to teach participants everything they need to know in order to run their own successful aquaponic farm.
The course will be taught by an unmatched team of aquaponics experts, anchored by Gina Cavaliero and Tonya Penick, the partnership that runs the highly successful Green Acre Organics aquaponics farm. They will be joined by Australian Murray Hallam of Practical Aquaponics who is best known for his popular aquaponics video series, and Sylvia Bernstein of The Aquaponic Source, who recently released the book "Aquaponic Gardening: A Step by Step Guide to Growing Fish and Vegetables Together." There is an optional bonus session scheduled between the two main sessions that will cover "Sustainable Greenhouse Design and Saving and Adapting Seeds".
The course is designed to be a logical progression that builds on itself over four days. Morning sessions will be held classroom style in a very comfortable, local community center. Each morning session will start with an aquaponically focused set of lessons, followed by a set of business lessons. Afternoon sessions are hands-on and will be at the Green Acre Organics farm. They will be broken out into smaller groups so that all students get front row, hands on time with their instructors. Each group will rotate through all of the course segments. Instructor Murray Hallam has this to say about the course, "Our approach is that Aquaponics is a balanced ecosystem.... through a family farm. Ordinary people can do it. You do not need a million dollars, or highly mechanized components to grow your own food for yourself and your community."
This course is distinctive not only for its hands-on approach but also because it offers unique business and marketing training that will include discussions on website design, search engine optimization, and leveraging social media to enhance farm produce sales. Instructor Sylvia Bernstein has this to say about the business approach, "We provide the whole package. This is an all inclusive aquaponic course. The hands-on and the how-to coupled with business management essentials make this the only training anyone will need to start their own aquaponics farm."
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theatre faces more and more competition from cinema, video, TV and the new media. it is hard to predict in which way the theatre will maintain its hold and which new forms of expression it will find to do so. therefore our design for a 'production place theatre' refers primarily to the functional and artistic requirements of a future orientated playhouse. this primarily, apart from some stable parameters, is the incessant change of the use of a theatre building in the beginning of this century. In this respect the design puts a special attention on a maximum of flexibility.
the new building forms an interface between city and harbour. this is mainly achieved by three factors:
• the positioning of the theatre on an peninsular.
• through the opening up by means of bridges and footbridges.
• by the phenotype of the construction, which reminds of an assembly hall for ships.
this aspect especially supports the idea of a theatre as a place of production and a place of experiments. In the centre of the building ensemble is the production unit 'stage | fly tower | workshops | allied functions'. the structure is an agglomeration of room boxes which are arranged around the fly tower and guarantee a functional and efficient performance for production and rehearsal. the sequence of the large stage, the back stage and the assembly hall drawn up in an echelon, forms and builds a backbone, an axis between the large and the small house. quick alterations, spontaneous changes and thus a maximum of flexibility is enabled by short, barrier free compactly organised corridors. the enormous extension of the ground floor zone, around the main stage, permits an optimal workflow, ideal for various future use. both auditoriums – the large theatre and the experimental theatre – will be docked on to this production unit from two different sides. thereby they get an equal and independent character, an own identity referring to each of the adjacent surroundings.
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the large playhouse – a transparent, filigree main body (extensively glazed steel-girder frame) – refers towards the 'sankt annæ plads' road by its alignment, it opens to and frames the view to the opposite peninsular 'christiansholm' through a wide cantilevered, translucent roof. different modes of transport (cars | metrostation | busses | taxis | bicycles) are available from the 'sankt annæ plads' , an urban square, which faces the main facade , while also offering delivery facilities for the playhouse. In its interior the large hall hosts different fittings. here, the openly formed auditorium which extends into the lobby, stands in the centre. it derives its form from the optimisation of the acoustic and visual consideration of each single auditorium seat and from the maximum attention for the events on stage.
experimental theatre – black box
in contrast, the experimental theatre is clearly lower to maintain a free view of 'frederikskirken' and 'amalienborg' from the harbour side. similary, this small production hall utilises the floating roof. It has its own entrance, a pedestrian footbridge which starts out from the amalienhaven promenade. a square filled with trees compliments the park of the amalienhaven. a large open stair steers the view towards the opposite opera house, leads to the harbour basin. on this side the passers-by will find a café - restaurant with a large sun terrace.
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This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
Y'all, they are making a Jem and the Holograms live action movie. If ever there were a time to squeal like music fans animated in the mid-80s, it's now.
I'm actually terrible at going to the movies. I average one in-theater experience every year or so, sometimes less if there isn't a Peter Jackson/Tolkien thing happening. But I will have my butt in a seat for this -- even though I'm a little nervous, actually. I mean, my excitement doesn't change that this movie is being led by three dudes. And Christy Marx, the creator of the show -- who also wrote more than half of the original content in the 3-season run -- has been shut out of the development.
That's extra ominous when you consider that the three men behind the movie are crowdsourcing a ton of the creative work, including casting, which they ran via Tumblr auditions. (The website of the movie is actually a Tumblr-style blog.) It kind of sounds like they recognized a hot property but have no real idea what to do with it. Don't get me wrong -- I LOVE crowdsourcing. I'm just not sure how I feel about it when it comes to the creative direction of a film.
Especially since "Jem and the Holograms" was actually kind of a complex show. I know some of you are laughing, but give me a minute and I will explain. Because in anticipation -- granted, far in advance, probably premature anticipation -- of both the Jem movie and the Jem conversations I want to be having until it comes out, I have started rewatching the series.
I'm doing it Saturday morning cartoons style, though I'll admit I'm more likely to be putting makeup on as I watch than eating cereal. This weekend, Ed came out of the bedroom to find me and the dog on the couch, Jem on the TV, and makeup everywhere. It was, dare I say, a tiny little bit outrageous.
This isn't my first rewatch. In 2000ish (I'm bad at dates and I don't have that version of my passport handy), I was in New Delhi, India, visiting my dad -- he was there to build a golf course. The afternoons were long and hot and there were frequent power brownouts that meant AC was iffy on some of the hottest afternoons of my life.
I spent those afternoons with my fingers crossed. But it wasn't so much for the AC. Keeping power meant an hour of 80s cartoons that I hadn't seen since the actual 1980s. Danger Mouse and Jem and the Holograms both aired. It was my summer vacation and two of my favorite shows were being given to me like a gift.
The first episode opens with fans lining a red carpet, chanting the names of each band member. Shana, Aja, Kimber, and Jem appear one by one, all of them glammed out and marvelous. Reporters shout questions, because I guess that kind of thing works, right? And then the flashback begins.
It's kind of like a "How I Met Your Mother" framework, only Jem probably isn't actually telling the reporter all of her secrets -- because, as I had to explain to Ed, Jem is totally a secret identity.
So basically she's a super hero.
We're treated, if a funeral in the first two minutes of a cartoon can be called a treat, to the funeral of Emmett Benton. This is where we actually meet some of our characters and get acquainted with the world.
Some people are saying the storyline of the original cartoon is confusing -- but, really, it makes more sense than "True Blood," OK? Just suspend your disbelief for a minute and trust that the internal logic will be consistent.
The Holograms were originally a 4-member band (Raya comes later) and we meet them first. Jem ( who is actually Jerrica Benton), her little sister Kimber, and their adopted sisters, Shana (who is black) and Aja (who is Asian), who joined the family as foster kids. Emmett Benton, in addition to running a music company, ran Starlight House, a foster home for girls. His wife, a singer who died in a tragic airplane crash (I mean, seriously) founded Starlight House, so the girls all grew up together. The dead wife thing comes up later in the show, too.
He, uh, also invented a computer that projects holograms -- Synergy. She's also "designed to be the ultimate audio/visual entertainment synthesizer." So, you know, that's cool.
We see a lot of the current batch of foster kids -- there are a lot of subplots involving them throughout the show. In the first episode, new girl Ashley steals from the honor jar (they're all saving up for a new refrigerator) and the other girls decide her punishment is to earn the remaining money they need. Thirty bucks in 1980s money wasn't entirely chump change but the other girls were mowing lawns and washing cars so they figured Ashley needed to chip in.
We also meet the only two men who are constants from the beginning of the show and who feature heavily in the storylines. Rio Pacheco is Jerrica's loving boyfriend, but he's got a temper and no tolerance for lies or deception. Which sets up the inevitable romantic triangle between Rio, Jerrica, and Jem (who really is Jerrica). And then there's Eric Raymond, Emmett's old business partner at Starlight Music. He's kind of a giant douche in the way that music industry folks in the 80s were portrayed.
He's also the source of the initial conflict that sets everything off -- Jerrica goes to Eric and asks for money from the business for Starlight House. And he refuses because he's determined to make Starlight Music a huge hit machine. Starting with the Misfits, who make their entrance on guitar shaped motorcycles.
Jerrica calls the Misfits trash. And an epic cartoon rivalry is born. Because Jerrica, as much good as she does and as hard as she works, is a stereotype of a naive and privileged white girl. She's not 100% sympathetic is what I'm saying.
The Misfits (with their own mixed bag of privilege and entitlement) are an all-girl arena rock band. They're the total opposite of Jem's power pop. Neither of the bands are perfect (in the first episode, they steal the Holograms instruments) -- but they all stick up for each other; they are each other's constructed families, no matter what.
That -- even more than the glamour and glitter, fashion and fame of the theme song -- is what has stuck with me. This idea that families are made totally resonated with me as an adopted kid, and still does now that I'm all grown up.
Now, of course, the Internet means no 80s cartoon gets left behind. And that's magnificent. But back in the proverbial day, I sat on the floor in front of the television in my dad's apartment in New Delhi and watched those cartoons with the same enthusiasm I watched them with the first time around.
Jem and the Holograms aired (for the first time) from 1985 to 1988. That means I would have been 7 or 8 years old when I first saw the show. That I have such clear memories of watching it kind of amazes me, because I don't have a lot of clear childhood memories.
Here's hoping the movie lives up to all of that.
Were you obsessed with Jem and the Holograms? What do you think about the upcoming movie?
And do you want to do a Jem and the Holograms rewatch with me? I warn you, the songs are way catchier than I remembered.


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