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Article #457Bob Newhart / PDQ Bach - (was: (none))
From: r... REB - Tennessee Lamb
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 21:31
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 21:31
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>> > ... The first [computer at RPI], (sorry not sure what it was)
>> > was actually 4 hung together. This of course was known as
>> > "Bob&? and Ted&Alice" ( I believe, I am much to young to have
>> > ever seen the show it was named after. ) ...
n>>
>> Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice.
Maybe a reference to the (original) Bob Newhart show? It's been a while...
>>
>Then there was the play in two acts presented by Prof. Peter Schickle (alias
>PDQ Bach) by the name of
>Hansel & Gretal.... & Ted & Alice.
I too thought of PDQ when I read the initial posting above, but you've got the
PDQ reference wrong. the correct title was/is "Hansel and Gretel and Ted and
Alice - An Opera in one unnatural act."
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