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Subject: Re: Why Planes Go Down
From: "Matt Treyvaud, Abbr. Prim." <cthulhu@ariel.its.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 11:57:59 +1000
Organization: The University of Melbourne

On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Leith Webb wrote:

> This show is going to be on Ch 7 on Thursday at 9:30 and it's going to be 
> hosted by GILLIAN ANDERSON!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I'm holding out for some dramatisations in that show. 

<wobbly fade and harp music>

[Gillian sitting behind a desk and holding a plastic plane, speaks 
(making the plane move with each word):]

(deep, heavily-accented voice) A ha ha! I have planted a bomb under one 
                 of the seats and you shall never find it!
(American voice) Why, you inhuman monster! Think of the children!
(deep voice)     I do not care! A hahahah!
(normal voice)   PSSCSHGCHCHSCCHHHH!!
(high voice)     Captain, the fuselage is on fire!
(American voice) Nooooo!

[Gillian makes the plane arc down]

(normal voice) Weeeeoooooowwwwww... (panicky voices) ah! save us! save 
               us! (deep voice) never! ahaha! (normal voice) eeeeooooooow- 
               [she throws the plane onto the desk] PPFFFSCCHHHHHH!!!!! 

Well. That's how -I'd- script it. 

> Bye,
>     Leith

Matt