RE: RAT Re: A-Team

["Sylvain, John" <jsylvain@station.sony.com>]

Yeah, see the truth is that Shakespeare is a bad example because (IMHO) he
was SO much better at what he did (writing poetry and plays) than anyone
else then or now that he trancends any rules or generalizations you can
make. I'm sure you could argue over the relative merits of an individual
play but compare his total output and the guy just is amazing.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	TravSD@aol.com [SMTP:TravSD@aol.com]
> Sent:	Friday, October 22, 1999 4:14 AM
> To:	rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
> Subject:	RAT Re:  A-Team
> 
> "I'm pretty sure that Shakespeare was the NYPD
> Blues, Fraiser and E.R. of his day at the very least. I can pretty much
> guarrentee you that the A Team will not be remembered in 400 years."
> 
> In this case, I have your back, John. Rod Serling is the best
> teleplaywright 
> I can think of (of course, it's only a matter of opinion), and even HE
> seems 
> like a Lilliputian besides Shakespeare.  Although at the Museum of TV and 
> Radio I saw a 1950s production of a Freidrich Durenmatt play starring
> Ernie 
> Kovacs! This was a prime-time network tv show, sponsored by G.E.! Can you 
> imagine such a thing now? The mind boggles to think what television might 
> have been...or might be. But tho' the A-Team will be long-forgotten, the 
> photo of Nancy Reagan sitting on Mr. T's lap will be cherished for years
> to 
> come.