27 Jul
2005
27 Jul
'05
4:20 a.m.
I was just flipping channels and found the original "Airplane!" movie...
they showed a scene in the tower where two of the traffic controllers were
playing Atari 2600 Basketball on the RADAR scope.
Good stuff!
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27 Jul
27 Jul
1:47 p.m.
And thusly 'Computer Collector Newsletter' spake:
I was just flipping channels and found the original "Airplane!" movie...
they showed a scene in the tower where two of the traffic controllers were
playing Atari 2600 Basketball on the RADAR scope.
Good stuff!
Very **funny** movie. It came out in 1980 so the 2600 would have been
very big at the time.
Cheers,
Bryan
3:30 p.m.
> I was just flipping channels and found the
original "Airplane!" movie...
> they showed a scene in the tower where two of the traffic controllers were
> playing Atari 2600 Basketball on the RADAR scope.
Very **funny** movie. It came out in 1980 so the 2600
would have been
very big at the time.
Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.
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4:21 p.m.
On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 07:30 -0700, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Was that the one where one of the aircrew turned to jelly? :-)
Darn, I haven't seen that movie in years.
> I was
just flipping channels and found the original "Airplane!" movie...
> they showed a scene in the tower where two of the traffic controllers were
> playing Atari 2600 Basketball on the RADAR scope.
Very **funny** movie. It came out in 1980 so the
2600 would have been
very big at the time.
Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue. 
4:29 p.m.
Very **funny** movie. It came out in 1980 so the 2600
would have been
Was that the one where one of the aircrew turned to jelly? :-)
Airplane II that one I think. Those 2 are my most favourite films of all
time; I don't think there's many films since then have had me crying with
laughter so hard it hurts.
ObClassiccmp: the Rockford Files is on one of the several hundred TV
channels we have here and there's not a computer in sight :)
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very big
at the time.
Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.
4:31 p.m.
And thusly Witchy spake:
There was also the "Please don't fall apart on me!!" And he does.
Literally.
Cheers,
Bryan
P.S. And the rude autopilot. Who in a later scene was smoking a cigarette.
Very **funny** movie. It came out in 1980 so the
2600 would have been
Was that the one where one of the aircrew turned to jelly? :-)
Airplane II that one I think. Those 2 are my most favourite films of all
time; I don't think there's many films since then have had me crying with
laughter so hard it hurts.
very big
at the time.
Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue. 
28 Jul
28 Jul
12:24 a.m.
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Bryan Pope wrote:
"rude"???
was the movie heavily censored?
All that he needed was a blowjob.
Airplane II
that one I think. Those 2 are my most favourite films of all
time; I don't think there's many films since then have had me crying with
laughter so hard it hurts.
P.S. And the rude autopilot. Who in a later scene was
smoking a cigarette. 
29 Jul
29 Jul
3:13 a.m.
"Witchy" <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> writes:
ObClassiccmp: the Rockford Files is on one of the
several hundred TV
channels we have here and there's not a computer in sight :)
Doesn't every episode start out with an answering machine message?
Answering machines have logic...
4:56 a.m.
"Witchy" <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> writes:
Yes, but it's an analogue answering machine recording messages on tape......
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Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
ObClassiccmp: the Rockford Files is on one of the
several hundred TV
channels we have here and there's not a computer in sight :)
Doesn't every episode start out with an answering machine message?
Answering machines have logic...
27 Jul
27 Jul
3:38 p.m.
One of my all-time favorites, I just hadn't noticed that scene before.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Bryan Pope
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:47 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Sighting in the movies...
And thusly 'Computer Collector Newsletter' spake:
I was just flipping channels and found the original "Airplane!" movie...
they showed a scene in the tower where two of the traffic controllers
were playing Atari 2600 Basketball on the RADAR scope.
Good stuff!
Very **funny** movie. It came out in 1980 so the 2600 would have been very
big at the time.
Cheers,
Bryan
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