Pynchon on the Larroquette show

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on 12/19/02 2:13 AM, jbor at jbor at bigpond.com wrote:

> So, what's the connection to _Lot 49?_
> 
> best
> 

I haven't seen it in a while and I'm not a big enough geek to have these
things on hand. My memory is a little hazy, so I tossed it out as a
question. There was a lot of stuff about a secret underground communications
network, an excess of plot convolutions, questions about the nature of truth
and perceived truth, alternate histories, etc. At the time, I recognized it
as a Pynchon parody and called several friends to say "Check this out." and
they agreed. I would have to watch it again to be specific. Little help
here, Dave and Mark?

Peace
Joe> 
> on 18/12/02 2:49 AM, Dave Monroe at davidmmonroe at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
>> Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5, Episode 523,
>> "In the Cards," Stardate 50929.4 (aired 6/09/97) ...
>> 
>> "As the Dominion threat to the Alpha Quadrant
>> intensifies, Jake notices Sisko is growing
>> increasingly depressed. Hearing that Quark plans to
>> auction off a collection of antiquities that includes
>> a vintage Willie Mays baseball card, he decides
>> obtaining the card for his father is the perfect way
>> to lift his spirits. Jake persuades Nog to use his
>> life savings to bid on the collection, but a man named
>> Dr. Giger outbids them, taking the card and crushing
>> Jake's hopes.
>> 
>> "Jake and Nog approach Dr. Giger with an offer to buy
>> the card, but he refuses.
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> "After learning that Odo has no record of Giger being
>> on the station, Jake and Nog spot Kai Winn on the
>> Promemenade, talking with a man who bid against them
>> at the auction. Jake assumes they kidnapped Giger and
>> confronts Kai. This lands him and Nog in Sisko's
>> office where, determined to keep the baseball card a
>> secret, Jake tells his father they were drunk. Sisko
>> confines them to quarters, but on their way they are
>> suddenly transported to a Jem'Hadar interrogation
>> room.
>> 
>> "Jake and Nog explain their quest to obtain the
>> baseball card from Giger, who is being held captive,
>> but Weyoun believes they are plotting against him.
>> Desperate, Jake makes up a story about working for
>> Starfleet Intelligence. The tale is so preposterous
>> Weyoun decides he belives the first story. In fact, he
>> is actually interested in Giger's work! Weyoun lets
>> the boys take the baseball card, which, as Jake
>> predicted, succeeds in improving his father's mood."
>> 
>> http://www.psiphi.org/DS9/ep/523.html
>> 
>> It's available on video ...
>> 
>> --- Mark Wright AIA <mwaia at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Star Trek Deep Space 9 had an episode that was a
>>>> parody of COL49 where the baseball card collection
>>>> was a stand in for the stamp collection.
>>> 
>>> And OW! Consider me bitch-slapped silly!! Or are you
>>> serious, God help us...
>> 
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