RESULTS of the FIRST semi-annual rec.arts.tv Quantum Leap Poll
(s-a_r.a.t_ql.poll)

FAVORITE EPISODE
MIA (3)
What Price Gloria (2.5)
Catch a Falling Star (1.5) <-- RATS I haven't seen this one yet :-(
Freedom (1)
Genesis (1)
Good Morning, Peoria (1)
Another Mother (.5)
Disco Inferno (.5)

EPISODE YOU WOULD MOST RECOMMEND TO A NON-LEAPER
Good Morning, Peoria (3.5)
Honeymoon Express (3)
Another Mother (2)
Genesis (1.83)
What Price Gloria? (1.33)
Disco Inferno (.33)

FAVORITE HOST
Andrew Ross (BF) (2)
Howlin' Chick Howl (2)
Mom (AM) (1)
Nerd (CK) (1)
Black man (COT) (1)
Jimmy (Jy) (1)
Dr. Gerald Burke (SC) (1)
Lawyer (SHMG) (1)
Sam (WPG) (1)

BEST PLAYED HOST
Jimmy (Jy) (4)
Howlin' Chick Howl (GMP) (2)
Magic (PHB) (1.5)
Mom (AM) (1)
Grandson (Fm) (1)
Trapeze artist (LIWAN) (.5)
  by Sam: HOWLIN' Chick Howl (GM,P) (.3)
  by Scott: Jimmy (Jy) (.3)
  by host: Tim (APFT) (.3)

FAVORITE COMPANION* (ADULT)
Rachel (GM,P) (2.4)
Bunnie O'Hare (MB) (2.2)
Cheryl (CK) (1.2)
His old piano teacher (CAFS) (1)
Woman in FBI episode (HC) (1)
Lt. Skaggs (MIA) (1)
Old Lady (TCOT) (1)
Kevin (AM) (.2)
Grandfather (Fm) (.2)
Buddy (HTTWW) (.2)
Beth (MIA) (.2)
Gloria (WPG) (.2)

FAVORITE COMPANION (CHILD)
Theresa (AM) (8.2) 
	[ed. I had a feeling she'd run away with this category]
Jennifer (SB) (1.2)
Rosa (A-A) (1)
Kristy (MB) (.2)

FAVORITE COMPANION (NON-HUMAN)
Chopin (BF) (8.33)
Ziggy (V) (.33)
Bubbles (Poodle) (WPG) (.33)
	[ed. I don't think anyone remembered anyone but Chopin]

AL'S BEST OUTFIT
polyester disco suit (DI) (4) 
	[ed - do you have any idea how many polyester had to give
	  their lives for that suit?? :) :) :)]
Red pants & suspenders (APFT) (1)
Admiral (HE) (1)
Wedding suit (TAOM) (1)
Metallic silver jacket (V) (1)
all red jumpsuit (?) (1)

SAM'S BEST OUTFIT
various forms of undress :) :) (V) (5)
Suits & Tuxes (V) (4)
Various dresses from WPG (4)
Leap-in suit (DI) (1.5)
Hat & Coat (PIA,S) (1.5)
Don Quixote (CAFS) (1)

AL'S BEST LINE
"Lorne Greene! Look, SAm its LORNE GREEN!!!" (DI) (3)
     (or Ben Cartwright - or whatever it was)
"If you hurt him you scumbag, I'll kill you" (AM) (2)
"She stripped and I MISSED IT! ... I'm supposed to be the observer on
     this project!" (MB) (1.5)
"Sixteen?  You're kidding, you're not kidding! Sixteen?" (A-A) (1)
"HE loved 'pure and chaste from afar'!  Well, that never went over too
     big with me either". (CAFS) (1)
	[ed. I almost voted for this even though I've 
	  never seen the episode - it's SO Al.]
"Time has packaged my best friend inside a goddess of love.  It's got
     me worried, Sam." (WPG) (1)
"She probably knows what I want too, but she's not my 
     mother." (MB) (.5)
"Aw, Sam not the head again! Everytime we leap we have to go to
     the men's room.  It's disgusting." (PHB) (.5)
"Don't give me that 'sick puppy' look! ... Stop it! ... I'll never
     scratch you behind the ears again." (SC) (.5)

SAM'S BEST LINE
"Ho boy" (V) (2.5)
"At last, something sexual he's not into!" (APFT) (1.5)
"Just because you were a practicing pervert at age 5..." (AM) (1)
"If you look into my eyes, you'll see another soul" (SC) (1)
"Tell Ziggy to shove THAT up his gauge circuits." (SC) (1)
     (when Sam refuses to stup pursuing Donna, his true love)
"I want a beer; a light beer.  I want to make some microwave popcorn.
     I want to sit down in front of the TV start the VCR ... I just ... 
     I just want to go home" (WPG) (1)
"I bet that he {President Ford} falls down the steps" (DI) (.5)	
"Couldn't you give them name tags?" (HTTWW) (.5)
"No, no, not a woman, not again!" (MIA) (.5)
"That's being the case your honor, since the law requires a trial by a
     jury of one's peers, we have no choice but to reluctantly accept these
     white jurors as Lyla's equals." (SHMG) (.5)
"Sometimes I feel like a scientist in the middle of an experiment that
  no one else believes in." (?) (.5)

COMPANION's BEST LINE: 
"Doorknobs are usually placed a little lower, aren't they?" (GM,P) (1.5)
"Sam, me and Wookie made a painting" (AM) (1)
"That's not mommy, that's a man!" (AM) (1)
...the reflections on the Barbie doll by Bunnie in (MB) (1)
"You'll never cease to amaze me." (PHB, BF) (1)
Whatever it is that "Miss Daisy" says to her chauffeur (Sam) when she
  invites him to eat with her in the diner. (TCOT) (1)
"Mom, how?" "Girl Scouts" (AM) (.5)
"The chances of you having stage fright are about as likely as ... as
     ... a B-movie actor becoming President." (BF) (.5)
"It's bad luck to kill someone before your wedding."
  "Not in Brooklyn."  (SC) (.5) 

QUESTION:  ARE PAUL BROWN AND JULIE BROWN MARRIED?  IS DEB BROWN RELATED TO
THEM?
Paul & Julie Brown are brother and sister.
Deb Brown says she's not related to them.  If she were she'd be in BIG
  TROUBLE for not getting us more inside information :) :) :)

ADDED QUESTIONS

WORST EPISODE: Portrait of Troian

WORST ANACHRONISM: the calculator watch in 1973 (HC)

MOST INTERESTING APPEARANCE: Buster (MB)

BEST EXCHANGE BETWEEN SAM & AL:
Al:  "More misadventures, Sire?"
Sam: "Adventures, old friend." (CAFS) 


SHOW TOTALS:
(AM) 18.4, (GM,P) 12.7, (WPG) 11.36, (BF) 11.33, (DI) 9.83, 
(MB) 5.9, (CAFS) 5.5, (Jy) 5.3, (MIA) 4.7, (HE) 4, (SC) 4, 
(TCOT) 3, (APFT) 2.8, (PHB) 2.5, (CK) 2.2, (Fm) 2.2, (A-A) 2, 
(Gs) 1.83, (PIA,S) 1.5, (SHMG) 1.5, (SB) 1.2, (HC) 1, (TAOM) 1, 
(HTTWW) .7, (LIWAN) .5, (TRHOG) 0, (TSN) 0, (AF) 0, (GN,DH) 0


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SHOWS & THEIR ABBREVIATIONS

Pilot Movie (aka "Genesis") (Gs)
Star Crossed (SC)
The Right Hand of God (TRHOG)
How the Tess Was Won (HTTWW)
Double Identity (DI)
The Color of Truth (TCOT) 
Camikazi Kid (CK)
Play It Again, Seymour (PIA,S)
Honeymoon Express (HE)
Disco Inferno (DI)
The Americanization of Machico (TAOM)  
What Price Gloria? (WPG)
Blind Faith (BF)
Good Morning, Peoria (GM,P)
Thou Shalt Not ... (TSN)
Jimmy (Jy)
So Help Me God (SHMG)
Catch A Falling Star (CAFS)
A Portrait for Troian (APFT)
Animal Frat (AF)
Another Mother (AM)
All-Americans (A-A)
Her Charm (HC)
Freedom (Fm)
Good Night, Dear Heart (GN,DH) 
Pool Hall Blues (PHB)
Leaping In Without a Net (LIWAN)
Maybe Baby (MB)
Sea Bride (SB)
M.I.A. (MIA)
Various (V)