Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!eff!wariat.org!malgudi.oar.net!news.ysu.edu!yfn.ysu.edu!au040 From: au040@yfn.ysu.edu (Cheryl A. Bellucci) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap Subject: Welcome to rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap! Date: 1 Sep 1994 12:58:43 GMT Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH Lines: 363 Message-ID: <344j63$qcs@news.ysu.edu> Reply-To: au040@yfn.ysu.edu (Cheryl A. Bellucci) NNTP-Posting-Host: yfn2.ysu.edu Information Roadmap for Quantum Leap Welcome to rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap! So you've found rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap? Here's a little information packet we've put together to give you a start on where to find things related to Quantum Leap and the Internet. Following this is the general FAQ for Quantum Leap. Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New stuff this time: 4. Rebroadcast schedules: NBC ran the original broadcasts, but QL can be seen in syndication in the United States on the cable channels USA and the Sci-Fi Channel. As of 08/16/94, the USA Cable Channel runs QL rebroadcasts 5:00 p.m. EDT Monday through Friday, and midnight Monday through Thursday. The Sci-Fi Channel runs QL at 10 p.m. EDT Monday through Friday and 2:00 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The Sci-Fi Channel schedule will change to 8 p.m. and midnight EDT Monday through Friday on 26 September. Revision: 1.0 Last updated: 18 August 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Legalities and General Disclaimers: Guarantees cannot be made for the accuracy of any of the information in this document. Email corrections and/or comments on this document to Cheryl A. Bellucci (ac961@dayton.wright.edu). Information in this document is believed to be correct at time of transmission, but the author does not guarantee its contents. This information is provided as a service. This document as a collection of information is Copyright 1994 by Cheryl A. Bellucci (ac961@dayton.wright.edu). All Rights Reserved. Distribution through regular Usenet channels, anonymous FTPs, and electronic copies is allowed as long as the transmissions are exact copies of the particular versions posted to rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap; distribution through any other means require the author's written permission. The removal of this copyright notice is forbidden. Any sales of this document or use of it in a for-profit project are expressly forbidden. [pending] Many FAQs, including this document, are available on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers (/pub/usenet is a link to pub/usenet-by-group). The name under which a document is archived appears in the Archive-name line at the top of the article. This document is archived as Welcome_to_rastql. For information on how to FTP, please ask your system administrator. Correct procedures and FTP availability vary from site to site. If anonymous FTP is not available at your site, send email to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with 'help' (no quotes) in the body of the letter to receive information on getting anonymous ftp files via email. General information and "nettiquette" can be picked up in the newsgroup news.announce.newusers and questions/answers about posting can be found in the newsgroup news.newusers.questions (check your site for the availability of these newsgroups). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents: 1. Related documents, mailing lists, WWW pages, and more 2. About this newsgroup 3. Other services with Quantum Leap info 4. Rebroadcast schedules 5. Related merchandise: 1. Quantum Leap CD/cassette 2. Quantum Leap videos/laserdiscs 3. Quantum Leap companion books 4. Quantum Leap original novels 5. Quantum Leap fanfiction ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Related documents, mailing lists, WWW pages, and more: Companion documents to this FAQ include: The following guides (and even more information) are available through anonymous FTP from ftp.cisco.com in the directory ql-archive/text. This FTP site is maintained by Mark Baushke (ql-archive@cisco.com). Quantum Leap FAQL, created by Quantum Buc (buc@world.std.com) and Debbie Brown with additions by Sally Smith (sallylb@netcom.com); last updated by Tracy Finifter (finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu) on 17 August 1994. The Quantum Leap Episode Guide, maintained by Anita Kilgour (akilgour@Thinkage.On.CA); date of last revision is 22 June 1994. The Quantum Leap Primer, created by Sally Smith (sallylb@netcom.com); updated by Deb Brown and Sally Smith; date of last revision is 29 October 1992. Mark Holtz (mholtz@netcom.com) maintains the "Quantum Leap List of Lists", available through anonymous ftp from netcom.com in the directory /pub/mholtz/ql_list_mmyy.Z (where mm is a two digit number of the month and yy is a two digit number of the year of the last update of this list of lists). Mailing lists: John C. Kirk provides a QL maillist. You can subscribe by sending him an email message to J.C.Kirk@durham.ac.uk, and put "QL:subscribe" in the subject line of the message. For those of you who don't have direct Usenet access, you can be put on the rec.arts.af.tv.quantum-leap mailing list by sending mail to ql-digest-request@nsd.3com.com. Please put "QL Digest" in the subject line. WWW pages: If you have Mosaic, Lynx, or any other means to access the World Wide Web, here are pointers to QL "pages": The first is maintained by Tracy E. Finifter (finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu) at Rutgers University. The URL page address is: http://www-usacs.rutgers.edu/fun-stuff/tv/quantum-leap/ The second is maintained by Brian M. Patten (patten@lumchan.ifa.hawaii.edu) at the Institute for Astronomy. The URL page address is: http://lumchan.ifa.hawaii.edu/ql/ql.html Mark Baushke (ql-archive@cisco.com) also maintains "pages" for the QL companion documents listed above. Here are the URL page addresses for those documents: QL Quote File: ftp://ftp.cisco.com/ql-archive/text/ql.quote QL Episode Guide: ftp://ftp.cisco.com/ql-archive/text/episode_guide QL Frequently Asked Questions List: ftp://ftp.cisco.com/ql-archive/text/faql This Roadmap/FAQ is available on the WWW by accessing: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap /rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap_FAQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. About this newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap was created in the Spring of 1994. This successful effort (other attempts had failed) was headed by Brad Kimberly (st440@jetson.uh.edu). This group is for the discussion of the television show Quantum Leap, its creators, stars, writers, trivia, etc. If you are sending a message to the group for the first time, we ask only that you send a message that is appropriate for the group and that it is not insulting, flaming, or trolling (see alt.folklore.urban for examples and explanations of trolling). Please refrain from using this newsgroup for personal messages. Remember that a post without any explicit distribution usually defaults to "world" in most news software. This newsgroup is not to be used for commercial purposes. However, occasional messages will appear from people who are looking for or selling off QL merchandise (including books, CDs, tapes, and fanzines). As long as the messages are not posted by a commercial group, these messages will be allowed. Posts announcing QL Conventions or other conventions including QL personnel or merchandise are also allowed. Posts concerning other works or appearances of any of the Quantum Leap personnel (including creators, writers, directors, and actors) are allowed. If general postings such as "Make Money Fast" or "Global Warning For All: Jesus Is Coming" type posts are seen, please do not followup to the article. Rest assured that the FAQ author as well as many others will be replying immediately to the offending user's sys admin or postmaster. And please don't post to "remind" us that it's only a TV show and that we need to get a life. We already know that and most of us already have one, thank you very much. :=) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Other services with QL info: [need info] Genie... America Online has two boards dedicated to Quantum Leap news. One can be found in the "TV Gossip" section under "Cable/Syndicated Shows". The other can be found in the "Sci Fi" section. There is a group of Leapers who meet in the "Remote Control" room of the "TV Gossip" section every Monday night at 9:30 Eastern Time. Fidonet has a QUANTUMLEAP echo. [need info] Prodigy? IRC? The newsgroup alt.ql.creative is a companion group for posting fan fiction concerning the show. It is *not* a general discussion group. General discussion of QL belongs in this group. Archives of stories posted to alt.ql.creative are also available at ftp.cisco.com in the directory ql-archive/alt.ql.creative. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Rebroadcast schedules: NBC ran the original broadcasts, but QL can be seen in syndication in the United States on the cable channels USA and the Sci-Fi Channel. As of 08/16/94, the USA Cable Channel runs QL rebroadcasts 5:00 p.m. EDT Monday through Friday, and midnight Monday through Thursday. The Sci-Fi Channel runs QL at 10 p.m. EDT Monday through Friday and 2:00 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The Sci-Fi Channel schedule will change to 8 p.m. and midnight EDT Monday through Friday on 26 September. The USA and Sci-Fi Channel upcoming episodes are usually posted to the newsgroup. The two WWW pages that Tracy (http://www-usacs.rutgers.edu/fun-stuff/tv/quantum-leap/rerun-sched.html) and Brian keep have them listed, too. For those of you who have America Online and Prodigy, the Sci-Fi Channel's lineup is listed under the Sci-Fi Channel boards. QL is quite popular in other countries. The Dutch cable channel RTL 5 plays QL in the 8.30-9.30 timeslot (with commercials) on Tuesday nights. QL is also currently being broadcast in Germany, Italy, Holland, France, Australia, England, and elsewhere around the world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Related merchandise: a. Quantum Leap CD/cassette: There is an official QL cassette and/or CD available. This information comes from Kate Shaklee (shaklee@utkvx.utk.edu) (no, she *doesn't* work for Crescendo, honest, folks!): Title: "Music from the Television Series Quantum Leap" Issued by: GNP Crescendo Records, catalog #GNPD 8036 for cassette or CD Songs include: Saga Cell from the program (with voice-over by Deborah Pratt), Quantum Leap theme (the original one), "Somewhere in the Night (Scott sings), instrumental "Suite from the Leap Home", "Imagine" (Scott), Sam's Prayer (instrumental), "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Scott), "Baby, Let's Play House" (Scott), Shoot Out (instrumental), Medley from "Man of La Mancha" (Scott), "Bite Me" (instrumental from "Blood Moon"), "Alphabet Rap Song" (Dean Stockwell), "Suite from Lee Harvey Oswald" (instrumental), "Fate's Wide Wheel" (Scott sings), a conversation with Scott Bakula (about 12 minutes), and the QL theme again. The album is available in major U.S. record stores (Goody's, Tower, Camelot and others) or can be ordered. Crescendo's catalog lists a price of $12.98 for the cd, $8.98 for cassette (California residents add sales tax), and add $3.00 for postage and shipping; normal shipping is via fourth class mail. To accommodate eager QL fans, Crescendo will ship by first class if you are willing to pay an extra dollar ($4.00 s/h)--you have to ask for this--the person who takes your order probably won't mention it--it's not their regular habit--it's special just for us! ;-) Crescendo has a toll-free number for information or credit card orders: 1-800-654-7029. Between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., PACIFIC time, Monday through Friday, this phone is answered by a person (in my experience); at other times, you get a recording, which will let you place an order. Crescendo is prepared to handle international orders. You need to call or write to find out the postage cost. The toll-free 800 phone number is not good outside North America. Crescendo's regular business number is (213) 656-2614. To write for information, or place an order with payment by check or money order, send to: GNP Crescendo Records 8400 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, CA 90069 USA You can also get CDs from the Broadway and Off-Broadway productions that Scott Bakula appeared in (complete with *his* singing) from "Romance, Romance", and "Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down". The address for that is: Footlight Records 113 E. 12th Street New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 533-1572 Fax: (212) 673-1496 b. Quantum Leap videos/laserdiscs There are videocassetes available from Universal for a limited number of episodes. You can find the videocassettes from places such as Suncoast Motion Pictures, Camelot Spectrums, and other video outlets. Here is a current list of released episodes: "The Pilot Episode" ("Genesis") "Catch a Falling Star" "The Color of Truth" "The Leap Home (pts 1 & 2)" "Camikazi Kid" "Shock Theater" "What Price Gloria?" "Dreams" "Jimmy" c. Quantum Leap companion books "The Quantum Leap Book" by Louis Chunovich (Citadel Press, 1993) includes episode descriptions (up to the fourth season), character bios, and interviews. "Time Tripping: A Guide to Quantum Leap" by Bill Planer (Image Publishing, 1991) also includes episode descriptions (partly through the fourth season), biographies on Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, and Donald P. Bellisario, and commentary on themes of time travel in other movies and series including "Back to the Future" and "Star Trek". d. Quantum Leap original novels There are currently five original novels available in the United States based on Quantum Leap and published by Ace Books. They are: Quantum Leap: The Novel Ashley McConnell, 1992 Too Close for Comfort Ashley McConnell, 1993 The Wall Ashley McConnell, 1994 Prelude Ashley McConnell, 1994 Knights of the Morningstar Melanie Rawn, 1994 These books are available at most major bookstores. e. Quantum Leap fanfiction Several people/groups have put out amateur fanzine publications. For a mostly up-to-date list, check out the file zine.list at the ftp.cisco.com site in the directory /ql-archive/text. This list is maintained by Mary Anne Espenshade . -- *Cheryl A. Bellucci | "Don't know why I go walking at night but now * * bellucci@fsp.fsp.com | I'm tired and I don't wanna walk anymore. Hope * * ac961@dayton.wright.edu| it doesn't take the rest of my life 'til I find * * cheryl492@aol.com | what it is I've been looking for." -- BJ, "RoD" *