folc central
newsletter
#28
october 1, 1998
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In This Newsletter
What's New?
FOLC Central "Victim"!
Maggie's
Mouthful
As Seen Through Lois's Eyes
FOLC Honors
Trivia
What's On?
(Special TV spoiler edition!)
The Fanfic Side
L&C Questionette
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What's New?
Techincally, it's still the 30th, but I wanted to send
this newsletter out early so some of you could know about these star sightings!
:)
Dean is supposed to be on "Good Morning America!" and "Regis and
Kathie Lee" on Thursday morning, October 1!
Dean's movie "Futuresport"
airs Thursday night, at 8pm. If you want to see a promo for it but don't want to
watch abc until exactly 8:59 pm on Thursday, tune into your cable company's
Preview channel! Warning: Dean is definitely *not* wearing a shirt in at least
one scene. ;-)
Something not exactly L&C related, but I just started
a Dawson's Creek fan club...if you want to join, e-mail cameran@aol.com :)
SUPERMAN TOYS HAVE ARRIVED!
Extra! Extra! The Store just recieved a shipment of Superman toys, and
they go on sale...right now! Get yourself over to the SuperStore
(http://members.aol.com/LoveLC/supstore.html). They're only 50 superdollars, but
we only have 5 of them! Visit the "what's new" section of the SuperStore for
details. Get one before they're gone! Limit: 1 per customer.
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FoLC Central Victim
Name: Susan VanCott
Nick name(s): Sue, Susie,
Suze, depending on who's talking
E- mail address: Kirshnera@aol.com
Where
are you from: Central New York
Age: 16
Favorite color: the metallic blue
that made up the 'S' on the black Kryptonian suit
How long have you been a
FoLC: I was only eleven when the show started, but I watched it, albeit
irregularly from its conception. I got hooked by the episode ATAI and have taped
the show and been OBSESSIVE since UltraWoman.
Why is Lois and Clark the best
show ever: That's for the same reason as Clark's love is forever. It just
*is*!
Favorite Episode: Ummm... there are so many! I think AKA Superman is
one of the best. Virtually Destroyed and Soul Mates are right up there, too. Ya
gotta luv dem!
Favorite quote: I have so many I couldn't even list them. How
about, "Jimmy, give me back my dress!" or "Does something have to be wrong for
me to want to spend some time with a friend?" or "I figured if I was going to
surprise you, I'd have to surprise both of you! So, did it work? Are you
surprised?" and "You should see her with silverware. It's not a pretty sight, so
we just take it away," and the entire scene from Ordinary People with the "I'm
Superman/No he's not/Yes I am/Oh, yeah, no I'm not" thing, which I can recite in
its entirety, but in the cause of the brevity which is already almost
nonexistent, I won't.
Favorite villain on Lois and Clark: I'm nuts about Lex.
I mean, he's sexy and he loves Shakespeare, and he's even funny! ("Did you know
Shakespeare didn't actually write Othello, that it was actually written by Dr.
Seuss?") He's just so charming, and yet he's pure, entrancing evil. He gives new
meaning to the term he coined in the clone arc, "the seductive misuse of
power."
Favorite movie: Another toughie. I love "Clue," "Romeo & Juliet,"
"The Breakfast Club," "Help!" "A Hard Day's Night," and, naturally, "Dogboys":)
Favorite TV show(s), besides Lois and Clark: You mean there are other shows
on TV besides L&C? J/K. I like Sliders second best. But it's a distant
second.
If you want to be a victim E-mail me
at Mommy31420@aol.com
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Maggie's Mouthful
by Maggie (Maggie13@bellsouth.net)
Hi. I am so excited, I am almost
speechless. Almost, but not quite! My
column has a name. Oh, joy, oh rapture,
oh for the love of Dean! It's
about time isn't it!? Many thanks to those of
you who sent suggestions and
*Super*Extra Thanks to Mary who christened my
ramblings.
In our previous visit I mentioned, Hurricane Georges, so I
want to inform
everyone that, all is well in MaggieLand. Natural disasters
have minds of
their own, and change course in the blink of an eye. Hmm, kind
of like my
columns, but that's another story. It's amazing how deeply
relieved one
feels when spared the brunt of something so brutal and yet it's
very sad to
see reports of devastation elsewhere. FoLCs are a very
compassionate
group. I think it has something to do with our faith in the
power of Truth
and Justice. In any case thank you all for your good wishes
and for
sending some of those ~~~positive vibes~~~ to those less
fortunate.
I also happen to think one of the reasons us FoLCs like to
convert our
buddies to FoLCdom is we just don't want our friends to miss out
on
something so good. I am currently in the process of trying to
assimilate
my best friend; but that is another column, for another
day.
Today we have Season 5 to discuss, ramble about and quote. The
episode I
picked
********we interrupt this Mouthful for a Special
Report*******
(what can I say, all those Hurricane Bulletins got to
me!)
As I was saying, this just in:
Cooking with the Kents, the
first ever Teen Round Robin has just been
distruted to the Fanfic list. The
reviews are good. The story is yummy.
The text is highly
quotable.
Mouthful Correspondent and Fanfic List Member Debra G
reports:
Just finished reading "Cooking With The Kents". 'Bout died
laughing! Loved
it, and wanted to tell you to keep it up. (And am mad that
I'm too old to
join you!)
Debra G
And now, we go to Round Robin
writer Muffy Slay, for a brief look at the
Kents, in action....
Clark got out the pasta. Then he filled a
saucepan with water
and started the water boiling. Lois watched in
fascination.
"So *that's* how they get the pasta so soft. They cook it
in
water!" She went back to looking for more chocolately things. "I
always
wondered about that."
While Clark was preparing the pasta, Lois had
assembled her
portion of the ingredients: chocolate syrup, chocolate powder,
milk,
sugar, and...because it seemed like the thing to have...an
egg.
"What's the egg for?" Clark asked.
Lois looked at the egg. "Well, I'm
not exactly sure. But I was
watching a cooking program on TV, and they always
seem to have an egg. I
figure it's for good luck or something..."
As
we conclude our Special Report, I must mention that the fact I was
the
"chaperone" for the RoundRobin has absolutely *nothing* to do with
our
decision to interrupt our regularly scheduled column. Really. By the
way,
I'm not to thrilled with that "chaperone' title either. I think
accomplice
would have been much more appropriate. I am 25, not dead.
Cooking with the Kents should be available on the Archive soon, but if
you
just can't wait, if you e-mail me some cyberchocolates I just might find
it
in my heart to send it to you! Or you could e-mail the Cristin directly
at
ckandll4ever@juno.com she will happily deliver to any CyberSpace
Address
and the shipping and handling is free!
We now return to our
regularly scheduled programming, already in
progress....
Oh! Oops! ran
out time, I uh, mean space! Season 5 really deserves one
whole column. No
pre-emptions. So stay tuned to FOLC Central and I really
will write all about
it next time. Maybe. ;o)
You may send your comments, suggestions and
cybercandy to
maggie13@bellsouth.net. Special thanks to our Correspondent
Debra G, whose
post to the fanfic list I used without permission. Hmm, better
send some
cyberchocolates her way, quick! Also thanks to Peace who introduced
me to
the term "cyberchocolates" which I promply, stole, uh, I mean
borrowed.
Yeah. Borrowed. And SuperExtraSpecial thanks to Cristin J. Whitley,
my
CyberBuddy and Teen Round Robin Guru.
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As Seen Through Lois'
Eyes
Part 4
by Rachel M.
I started reading at the age of four. And, not surprisingly, the daily
newspaper was pretty much the only thing sitting around the house that was
within my reach. Mother says that explains why I became a reporter, but I tell
her not true, not true, because the only reason I became a reporter was to rebel
against my father. He wanted me to become a doctor, so I figured a newspaper
reporter would be the last career he would've wanted me to choose, so off I
went. I would've dumped it when I made amends with Daddy, but I found myself
thoroughly enjoying being a reporter. Perry says I had and still have an amazing
writing sense, and you know me, I love being flattered. So I stayed. And wrote.
Got angry. Threatened to leave. But ended up staying, as always. And then I went
through the whole cycle again. Perry also says (I hate quoting people. Can you
tell?) that the only reason he puts up with me is because I'm one heck of a
reporter. That's all he says, but he means more than that. I know, because I say
that the only reason I put up with him is because he pays me a whole lot of
money to do so. But he was sort of a paternal figure to me when I ran away to
leave home and the pressure that goes along with it behind. I was at an awkward
age. Just 18. I was skipping college and heading straight for the job ads in the
classified section of that daily newspaper that I had been reading every day
since the age of four: The Daily Planet. But Perry White took me under his wing
and gave me a job as a cub reporter just as if I were his own daughter. And a
daughter of his I am. Not technically, but you get my meaning. And look at me
now. A prize-winning reporter with three Kerths, and I did pretty darn well, if
I say so myself. And nothing can tear me away from the job and people I learned
to love so much. Think if I had gone the way of the life-controlling father and
been a doctor. Where would I be emotionally? At the stage I surpassed 4 years
ago, that's where I'd be. Alone and without a candidate in sight. But I wouldn't
be happy with that like I thought I was 4 years ago. Then I was in a state of
denial, like with Chinese/Japanese food. But in the world of my alternate
doctor's life, the only commitment I'd see would be swarming around me, going
about their busy lives. In happy couple's faces when they held their first
child, in my co-workers, working diligently away at someone's ruptured
gallbladder. The life of the rich and lonely must be extremely hard to bear. But
why am I going on about being lonely? I am going on about this because if Clark
hadn't made himself a part of my life, I would be lonely today. Lonely and
unhappy. But thanks to him I have the privilege of being an ecstatically happy
soon-to-be-married young woman, and I still have plenty of my life to go. But
with him, it won't seem as hard as most people find it. When/if we grow old and
gray together, we'll look at some young bugger at the DP who has the guts to
slap the Editor-in-Chief and the tenacity to go after a story that involves
nuclear warheads...a number of them. And then Clark'll say, "Hey, if I didn't
know any better, I'd say that striking young woman was you." And then I'd say,
"Yeah, right, Pops, in your dreams.....she doesn't have nearly enough fire in
her to last very long. She's got the ability to get into shams but not enough to
get out of them. I bet you she'll be dead before the end of the week." And then
Pops would strike up again and say, "Not if I can help it." And he'd go fly off,
taking the gray hair and wrinkles along with him. And me, if *I* could help it.
Anyway, before I take this any further than it has to go, I'll move on.
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Bet
ya didn't know I could count in Spanish! Uno, dos, tres, quatro.....crap. No,
no, no, crap isn't 5 in Spanish. What's the deal with you peoples!! :)
Guess
what's up next?.....dramatic pause......
Wait,
that's French.....(and I probably spelled it wrong, too...) :)
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***FOLC
Honors!!***
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Trivia
Last newsletter's trivia question was:
>>Name the
actress who not only had a small part in an L&C episode, but also played
Broots's daughter on NBC's "The Pretender".<<
The answer is Kelsey
Mulrooney. She was the little girl who gives Superman a hug in "Whine, Whine,
Whine".
Congrats to mary-j.juan@usa.net, who was the first
person to answer correctly...she gets 50 superdollars! Also, way to go to Amber
and Azalea! :)
This newsletter's question is:
Which one of the
following pop culture icons have we NOT seen or heard some sort of reference to
on Lois & Clark?
A) Mrs. Butterworth
B) Smokey Bear
C)
Wheaties
D) The Energizer Bunny
E) Madonna
Send your answer to
LoveLC@aol.com! If you are the first to answer correctly, you'll get 50
superdollars. If 5 or more people answer correctly, one lucky person will
recieve an additional 50 superdollars!
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What's On? TV &
MOVIE NEWS
special edition by Karen
(LadyFOLC@aol.com)
As well as being a practical diva for all occasions, I
am also a neverending source of TV and movie info. The times when this is most
useful is awards show time, and fall TV season time. I have amassed a wide array
of sources to get all the dish on your returning favorite shows. Here, I'll
discuss our two favorite - Buffy and Dawson's Creek. Now, be warned, if you do
not want to know what's going to happen in these shows, skip this entire column.
Also, be warned that this is what I've HEARD is going to happen, so if something
turns out to be wrong, don't shoot the messenger. And by the way, the
overwhelming majority of this info was received from Watch With Wanda on E!
Online - THANX WANDA!
For Buffy fans - First, did we all watch the
premiere like good little Slayerettes? I hope so. Now, for all you Angel fans,
don't worry - even though we only saw a glimpse of him in the premiere, we will
see him again next episode - in another dream sequence - and in the third
episode of the season, he will return from Hell. And I don't know how Hell
messed up his mind (I'm sure you've heard how Angel will return neither good nor
bad, but disturbed from his experience in hell) but let's hope it did his body
good, because he will be naked in the third episode. Implied naked, anyway -
think Dean in "Vatman" or "All Shook Up" or "IASWAA". Also in the third episode,
we will meet the next slayer (since Kendra is dead and the universal powers that
be think Buffy died) who is named Faith (played by Eliza Dushku. She will try to
move in on every aspect of Buffy's life, and will make Kendra seem
attitude-free. Buffy will also be let back into school in this
ep.
Backtracking a bit, in the second episode, named "Dead Man's Party",
we have the reunion between buffy and the Scooby Gang. They're glad to have her
back, but it's a bit awkward with Willow and Xander hot and heavy in their
respective relationships. That punk Principal Snyder will also be sticking to
his guns about expelling her from school.
In the fourth episode, we will
learn a lot more about Principal Snyder and his connection with the Hellmouth.
We also learn more about Faith - and that the reason she came to Sunnydale was
that her watcher was killed and she doesn't know where else to go. Also, Oz and
Willow are smoochy as ever, and Oz will be making another appearance as a
werewolf (fourth episode)- in a new werewolf costume! Xander and Cordy will be
hot and heavy as ever, and it's possible we may have a naked shot of Xander in
the future. There may also be a romantic future for dear Giles in the
future.
What else is in store for Buffy and the Scooby gang? Well kids,
as much as most of us want Buffy and Angel to be together, I'm afraid Buffy will
get a new man. His name is Scott (and I know a lot of you already will be booing
him) and they will be hot and heavy. Also, Spike and Dru will return later for
at least a few episodes. And a new villian will come - a vampire named Mr.
Trick. As well as another ancient vampire - don't know the name, but he's played
by Jeremy Roberts.
Also, for those Buffy fans who keep track of episode
names, last night's premiere was named "Anne", next week's is "Dead Man's
party", and after that is "Faith, Hope, and Trick", "Honey, I'm Home", "The One
and Only", and "Old Enemies, Dead Enemies."
For the Dawson's Creek fans
out there - In the season premiere on October 7th, Mrs. Leery will walk in
Dawson's room and find Joey and Dawson on the bed together and not be such a
happy camper about this. She's one to talk. This is the first sign of trouble.
The next one (and no word on if this is in the same ep or a different one) is
when Dawson reads Joey's journal (SACRILEGE! If some guy ever read my journal,
he'd be a dead man!) and finds that she once wrote she doesn't think Dawson is a
talented film maker. He throws a hissy fit. But he finds out that joey wrote it
in a fit of temporary insanity - she wrote it to convince herself that Dawson
was not that great of a catch, in order to ease the pain of not having him. They
work it out, but it takes a while.
Two new characters on DC this season
- Jack (Played by Kerr Smith) and Andi - brother and sister who move in to
Capeside. Bad news for all you Joey and Dawson fans - Joey will kiss Jack and
this will be the end of the relationship with Dawson. Also, Pacey will start
going out with Andi, and things will be all happy until Tamara Jacobs comes back
to town. She'll want to get back with Pacey, but Pacey chooses to stay with
Andi.
Any fans of Jen out there? Well, look forward to a downward spiral
from Duckface. After being rejected by Dawson - I think she jumps on and kisses
Dawson and Joey sees it - she goes back to her bad girl ways that sent her to
Capeside in the first place. She'll sleep with some guy - but she won't stay
with him or anything.
Well kids, that's all I can say for now. If you want any
more info on any other TV shows, let me know - I regularly send the Party of
Five and ER info to my mom. And I hope you've enjoyed this bit of info I can
share. Enjoy your TV shows!
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The Fanfic Side (late and hurried, but still utterly relating to
perfection...) :)
by Rachel M.
Spiffy-doo! That's should've been
Superman's theme....."Look...up in the sky!"
"It's a bird!"
"It's a
plane!"
"Spiffy-doo!"
Okay, so I'm a little wacky today...a few
sandwiches short of a picnic, but still able to have fun! I've got some good
fanfic for ya today, from Susan (Kirshnera@aol.com). Be warned Nic Cage fans!
What you are about to read may shock you!
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you like
Nick Cage, DO NOT READ THIS FANFIC!!!!!
This was written as a joke, so
please keep that in mind when you read it! Enjoy! And if you have comments, feel
free to send them to me, even if you read this years after I wrote it. I love to
hear from FoLCs!
FACE\OFF
by Susan VanCott
Dean Cain was walking down the street one day when he bumped into none
other than Nicholas Cage. Attempting to be amiaable, Dean walked up and said
hello to the old actor.
"Hello," said Dean.
"Hey, you're Dean Cain,
ain'cha?"
"Yes, I am."
"Superman, right?"
"Well, I was..."
"Oh,
right, you got fired! I'm Superman now, you know. You're nothing but a
has-been!"
"I wasn't fired. I was released from my contract," Dean said,
trying to remain calm and nice.
"Fired, released, same thing! You just
weren't good enough for the part," sneered Cage.
"No, I did very well in my
role. I had and still have tons of fans!" By this time, Dean is starting to get
a little upset. He did nothing to Cage!
"Then how come the ratings went down?
Nobody really liked you as Superman. I'm way better! That's why I got the role
in the new movie, not you!" gloated Cage.
"No, I just didn't want to be
typecasted."
"Ha! I bet you just wanted to play a character more like
yourself than Superman is!"
"What exactly are you insinuating?" Dean says,
knowing what Cage meant, but trying to make sure he wasn't misreading the evil
actor. Dean was nice enough to at least try to give people the benefit of the
doubt.
"Oh, I forgot. Your intelligence is lower than mine. Well, then, in
light of your handicap, I'll spell it out for you. Well, like the character you
play in 'Best Men', I bet you're gay!" Cage chuckled evilly. He loved to insult
nice people.
Dean, of course, denied this vile lie.
"You're not worthy to
wear the Superman suit! It was meant for me and me alone!" Cage had a maniacal
gleam in his eyes. "I'm Superman!" He laughed evilly.
"Cage, don't do
this."
"Why? Did I hurt your feelings? Poor baby," he oozed in mock sympathy.
"Anyways, it's true! I am Superman!"
"Umm, have you looked into mental
homes?"
"Why should I?"
Dean rolls his eyes. The answer
to that is extremely obvious. He ignored the question. "Drugs, then? Are you on
something weird?"
"Hey, man. Just cuz you're on steroids doesn't mean the
rest of the world is, too!"
"I'm not on steroids, Cage. I work out. And I can
tell that you're not on steroids, either. I meant something else. Something mind
altering, maybe."
"No! Are you deaf, or just dumb? I'm Superman!" With that,
Cage pulled open his shirt to reveal a Superman costume, hidden under his
clothing.
Dean was surprised, but not overly. It was obvious that this guy
was totally mental. Stuff like that was right up his alley. He sighed, knowing
what he would have to do next. He disliked intitutionalizing people, but
sometimes it was necessary.
So he ducked into an alley, changed clothes,
zoomed over to where Cage was, picked him up, and flew away.
"What the--"
Cage exclaimed.
"Look, Cage. I'm Superman, not you. You're the one not worthy
to wear the suit. And you're going for a nice long vacation to visit the men in
white coats." With that, Dean, er, Superman, flew down to a mental hospital,
changed back into Dean, and took Cage in to see the doctors.
"Good work,
Dean! We've been after this slippery guy for years! How did you ever manage to
catch him and how can we ever thank you?"
"Well, I caught him with super
luck, and you can thank me by making sure he stays locked up for a very long
time."
"Anything you say."
Dean turned to leave.
"One more thing before
you go. I'd like you to sign an autograph if you don't mind," the receptionist
said, handing him a piece of paper.
"Oh, sure," Dean said, taking the paper
and a pen. While he was signing the paper, the receptionist hit an intercom
button and said into the microphone, "You-know-who is here!"
Suddenly, Dean
was bombarded with the staff of an entire mental hospital. They all wanted his
autograph. All of them. Every single one. He was writing long into the night,
but it was worth it.
TWO DAYS LATER:
Dean's phone rings. He picks it
up. It's the guys from Warner Brothers!
"Dean! We're so glad we got ahold of
you! WB is being mobbed! There's a crowd of millions, demanding that we hire you
for the new Superman movie! They're threatening to torch the studio! Please do
the movie! We'll pay you anything!"
"Well, I don't know. I don't want to be
second choice to play the part of Superman, I don't know if I even want to play
the part, and I don't want to play it without Teri..."
"You weren't second
choice. Cage got his hands on some nuclear missiles, and threatened to blow up
the world if we didn't hire him, we'll give you anything to play the part, and
we'll get Teri at any cost! Please!"
"Well..."
"You can even direct, if
you want."
"Can we shoot a scene in Hawaii?"
"Sure!"
"And I get to
direct?"
"Yes."
"How much will you pay me?"
"How does 25 million
sound?"
"You got yourself a deal! Make up a contract, and I'll be right
over!"
"Thank you so much!"
TEN MINUTES LATER:
(Teri Hatcher's
home)
The telephone rang, and Teri picked it up.
"Hello,
Teri?"
"Yes?"
"We at Warner Brothers will give you 25 million dollars to
be Lois Lane in the new Superman movie next year. We needed to get Dean as
Superman, and he refused to act in it without you."
"He did? How
sweet."
"Please! 25 million!"
"Can we do some scenes in
Maui?"
"Yes."
"Can you get some 49ers on the cast?"
"Yes!
Anything!"
"Can you make Dean go surfing in the nude? He teased me way too
much for that 'Heaven's Prisoners' scene."
"Umm, I don't know..."
"Okay,
compromise. Floral print bikini?"
"Deal."
"And the 25 million?"
"And
the 25 million."
"I'm in! Write up that contract!"
Well, that's what
SHOULD have
happened.
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Great
fanfic Susan! If anyone wants to have their short fanfic posted, e-mail
me....please!
-Rachel (Scardno007@aol.com) :)
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L&C Questionette
In the last newsletter we asked you--"What is your favorite L&C moment involving Martha and Jonathan?" Here are some of the responses we recieved. Thanks to everyone who replied! My comments are in (parentheses).************************************************************
Super Thanks!
Molly (LoveLC@aol.com)
Jill (Mommy31420@aol.com)
Rachel
(Scardno007@aol.com)
Karen (LadyFOLC@aol.com)
Maggie
(Maggie13@bellsouth.net)
Cat (CatGrant36@aol.com)
Thanks to everyone
who contributed to this newsletter!