FOLC Central
Newsletter #43
December 1, 1998
Part 1 of 2
In This Newsletter...
In Part
1...
What's New?
FOLC Central Victim
Ask Cat Grant
Maggie's
Mouthful
As Seen Through Lois's Eyes
4-ever Fanfic
In Part
2...
The Diva Factor
Trivia
The Obsession Connection
What's
On?
L&C Links
25 Things to do before Christmas
Holiday
Questionette
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What's New?
As you may know, TV Guide and Excedrin are having the first
annual TV Guide awards. Check out this week's or next week's TV guide for a
ballot.
LadyKryptn sent this in:
Hey
you all TV guide is holding an awards thing like Peoples Choice Awards.... I
think we should start in a write in campaign... there is a space for it... this
will only talk a few minutes of your time and hopefully show our fav station
that we are still out here.. -=)
go to www.TVguide.com you can probably find
your way to the web voting from there just write in Lois and Clark... Dean Cain
and Teri Hatcher!!! --- Liz
Okay, Molly
here! Thanks, Liz. Now, FOLCs, I'm not sure if you can vote for people who
aren't currently starring in a series, but WHAT THE HECK, do it anyway!!!!!!
Also, you could vote for any of the fine L&C guest-stars that are now on
their own shoes. For example...
Peter Boyle (Bill Church) and Brad
Garrett (Reverend Bob) are on "Everybody Loves Raymond"
Annnd that's all
I can think of right now
Rumor has it that Dean's
movie "Best Men" might *finally* hit USA theaters in March 1999. The film, which
he made in 1996, also stars Drew Barrymore. The movie was released in parts of
Europe earlier this year, and some *very* lucky USA-ers have managed to get
their hands on a copy of the video :) and no, I am not one of those FOLCs, sorry
to say.
I hope to update the Superstore bank accounts later this week but
I can't promise anything...I'll try, though, really I will!
Be sure to
check out the 4-ever Fanfic column in this newsletter...there's some very
exciting news!
***HAPPY
BIRTHDAY***
to
Sara (November
28)
Jenn (November 29)
Hope you had a
great birthday!!
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FoLC Central Victim
Name: Elizabeth; but call me Liz
E-mail address: SilvrBrwne@aol.com
& LizFoLCnNY@aol.com
Age: 17
Grade or occupation:
Senior, WHOO HOO!!!
Favorite food: Veggie Pizza and
Garden Burgers
Favorite movie: His Bodyguard, Futuresport
Favorite L&C
episode: PML, STGTTWNK, and of course Soul
Mates.... hmmmmm spandex; hehe
Favorite
L&C quote: I have many but I'll narrow
them down to 3 :-)
It's not the years that count,its the moments. Right now,
as they happen. ~ You are low man, I am top banana and that's the way I like it.
Comprende? You like to be on top, got it. ~ We are all blinded by that one great
love that changes us forever.
Favorite L&C
villain: Tempus 'cause he's a darn nice guy.
Favorite show(s) besides L&C: Silk Stalkings (Classic), X-Files, JAG, and Emeril Live
(Lois should have watched, hehe :)
Favorite
character from L&C: It's got to be Clark.
He's sweet, nice, cute, looks good in spandex
How has being a FoLC changed you in any way:
I started yelling and banging the TV more
often, hehe. Anyway, it changed me on the soul mates issue, I used to be I do
believe, I don't believe, not sure kind of person. Now I'm not that ''same''
person. 10 year age difference or alien
If you
want to be a victim E-mail me (Jill) at Mommy31420@aol.com
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Ask Cat Grant
catgrant36@aol.com
Ok. This may just be the weirdest
question you have ever got, so prepare yourself. Is there, in the actual world
and not just LnC, a Ben & Jerry's ice cream with the name 'choco-chocolate
monster chip ice cream with jelly bean bits'? It was mentioned in "Contact," but
I haven't found it *yet*.
Just wondering
Dear Just
Wondering:
Definitely an interesting question. And, in response, no. I'm
terribly sorry, but no such ice cream exists. If you don't believe me, check out
this website:
Ben &
Jerry's Ice Cream Flavor List
Yes, the ever resourceful Cat Grant found a
website listing all flavors of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, and sadly
"Choco-chocolate monster chip ice cream with jelly bean bits" is not on it. Yet
another item that exists only in the world of Lois and Clark.
Thanks for
writing!
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Maggie's Mouthful
(maggie13@bellsouth.net)
Hey Folcsies! Long time, no fanfic
as I have! hehe. I have read some
truly delectable Fan fiction lately and I
am soooo excited to tell you all
about it. The next few columns will be
about Season 5, so if you read it
already, you get: A. a DeanStar for such
excellent reading choices and B. to
reminisce about the beauty of the
Season with me!
First of all, let
me warn you, in my attempts to finish reading Season 5
in preparation for
Season 6 I have stumbled upon Fanfic Nirvana.
This is a new category I
have created for those fics that are beyond Super,
beyond Dean Levels of
Coolness, simply Beyond. They belong in Fanfic
Nirvana, see?
Soooo,
if you have yet to peruse Season 5, even though you already know
how good it
is, here is yet another attempt to get you to do the right
thing, and
Read
It. Love It. and LOL to your heart's content.
Today's ep is #19: Charity
Begins at Home, it is located
at:
http://www.tempus.simplenet.com/season5/episodes/charity.htm
I'm
giving you the address first because you *will* want to go there.
Trust
me.
This ep has some extremely yummy ingredients: Lex Luthor and
Mindy Church
at their best, uhm, worst, oh! you know what I mean! Clark
succumbs to
this very yucky Kryptonite Dust that, makes him, well, remember
Season's
Greedings? The active word here would be Greed-ings. It's not a
pretty
site, well it's actually quite humorous, but not pretty. Aha. Oh! and
I
haven't even mentioned everybody's favorite Bastion of Badgering ,
Ellen
Lane.
I read this episode, written by Sandy McDermin, as I was
traveling between
Miami and Tampa. It had me cracking up at 17,000 feet. I
guarantee, you
cannot read this ep without a at least a chuckle and only
Scrooge could
read this ep
and not laugh out loud, repeatedly, at the
escapades of Ellen Lane and
Lois's baby shower extravaganza. It's not a
party, it's a riot--literally.
Trust me on this, if you haven't read this
ep---*you must*.
You can thank me later
One of the best things
about this ep, is it actually *sounds* like the
show. Imagine the Daily
Planet, afternoon, Lois's desk and this:
A foot was tapping impatiently.
At least, that's what she could see from
the corner of her eye.
"Lois,
the last time I checked, I had someone on the payroll by the name of
Clark
Kent. Does that name ring a bell with you?" the man who owned the
foot
asked.
"Yes," she said, looking sideways at a tie imprinted with
tiny,
reproductions of Graceland.
"Well ... I'm so glad to hear that,
because I was beginning to think he was
just a figment of my imagination.
After all, according to the National
Whisper, there've been more sightings of
Elvis this week, then we've seen
of your husband. Where is he now, for
instance? It's almost noon."
Or, transport yourself to Star Labs. Dr.
Klein has just finished examining
Clark and speaks with Lois:
"Do you
have a lot of pre-processed, chemical-filled, artificially-flavored
foods at
home?"
"Why-- Why do you ask?" Lois nervously replied, briefly wondering
if this
was some sort of test of her wifely worthiness.
"It's just
that during the-- um ... during Clark's treatment, I noticed
that he had the
remains in his stomach of what looked like the ingredients
of a ... a lot of
Twinkies."
"Really."
"In fact, it's quite interesting. Twinkies
have enormous staying power. You
know, they can survive a nuclear
explosion.... Anyway, the Twinkies Clark
ate managed to coat his stomach and
diminished the effects of the
kryptonite."
"You mean, it-- it helped
him?" she asked, astounded.
"Yes, I think it did."
"Jeez! I can
hear the jingles now.... Kryptonite poisoning got you down;
try Twinkies the
dessert that stays around."
"That's quite good," Dr. Klein said, leading
the way to Clark.
And as good as these quotes are, all I have to say is,
you have not *lived*
until you've been to a Lane Baby Shower at the Lexor
Hotel. Consider
yourself, cordially invited.
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As Seen Through Lois'
Eyes
by Rachel M.
(Scardno007@aol.com)
Part 11
I really needed to talk to Perry. I
needed to talk to him about my story. I had a new lead I couldn't wait to try
out! I burst into his office and started talking without even noticing the young
man whose huge frame was occupying a quarter of the room. "Lois!" I stopped
mid-sentence.
"What is it, Perry?" He gestured to the young man standing
beside me in front of Perry's desk.
"I want you to meet Clark Kent. He'll be
working here from here on out and I thought you ought to meet each
other."
'I've heard that one before,' I thought. 'What a dweeb. So he's a
wet-behind-the-ears rookie who needs a haircut and
contacts.'
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"You
really thought that!?" Clark asked in fake shock.
"Yup."
"Why, c'mere..."
Clark growled and grabbed me.
"Clark! What are you doing?"
"I'm tickling
you." He tried his hardest but didn't even get a giggle out of me.
"I'm not
ticklish, Clark."
"Of course you are, Lois. Everyone's ticklish
somewhere."
"That's not true!" After a while, Clark gave up and change the
subject.
"So that's the story of your life, huh?"
"Yup. What about yours?
I'll need to hear your someday."
"You're right," he replied. "Someday. But
I'll have to warn you, it might take a *really* long time."
"Oh,
really?"
"Yes, really."
"And why is that?"
"Because it'll take me a
while to get past the part where I tell me feelings when I first met
*you.*"
"You lunkhead. Quit trying to flatter me. You spacemen never give up,
do you?"
"Not when there are earthwomen like you around, Lois."
"I said
stop it!"
"Fine, fine. I give in! Never mind about trying to flatter you, how
about winning an argument with you?"
"That's something you'll never be able
to accomplish, big guy."
The
End
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Hey!
That's it! (The thing's finally finished!) Phew! So, how did you like it? Oh, I
get it, the applause is because you're glad it's over...... Oh, well, you gotta
take what you can get. Hope you enjoyed it anyway!
-Rachel :)
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4-ever Fanfic
First things first: totally great news! In the December 4th
issue of Entertainment Weekly, in the special EW Internet section, there
is a section about fanfic--don't read the article, it's pathetic--however, on
page 16 of this section, there is a feature called "Writers Blocs" and it
features their choices for the 7 best fanfic websites...and the Lois & Clark Fanfiction page
(http://lcfanfic.actwd.com/) was one of them! Here is a snatch of what they said
about my favorite site!
"...the Lois & Clark Fan Fiction page
currently holds more than 890 archived stories about the Dean Cain-Teri Hatcher
duo. Stories are categorized by title, author, file name, and
theme...............there's even a complete fifth season written by the fans."
And they gave it a "B+"! Which is good, although it deserves an "A". But
hey, I can't complain! They mentioned our show! The fanfic site! Yay I'm excited
:)
Secondly, I have this...thing...that's been bothering me. Recently I
have heard several people quote this quote: "There are no new stories, just new
angles." It should be there are no OLD stories. Old! Old! I need to emphasize
this. Old! By the way, it's from "Strange Visitor", which is a very good
episode.
Remember, if you have a short story or poem that's G or PG
rated, send it to scardno007@aol.com and
you could see your work in a future newsletter!
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Continued in part 2...
FOLC Central
Newsletter #43
December 1, 1998
Part 2 of 2
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The Diva Factor
by Karen (LadyFOLC@aol.com)
Jungle Fever
For my "welcome back, Karen, from your self-imposed exile"
column, I chose a very controversial topic. The debate has plagued us for
decades. Its very presence, allure, and shock value reach many important aspects
of life as we know it. Brace yourselves, people - I'm talking about animal
prints.
I am the world's biggest advocate of leopard print. I love it, I
worship it, I want to surround myself with it and build a shrine to it if it
were socially acceptable. If you are ever able to come by my place for a visit,
make sure to see my leopard print pillow, towels, postcards, purse, socks,
wallet, watch, hats, various items of clothing, and my computer desktop
wallpaper. Even my windowsill is covered in leopard print.
To those
naysayers who whine that leopard print (along with other assorted animal prints
- zebra, cheetah, tiger, etc) is tacky, outdated, and jut plain "you wouldn't
catch me wearing that", I have this to say: get out of the country this instant
before I hunt you down like a rabid bunny. There are a few simple rules to
pulling of animal prints. Follow these, and anyone can look like a glamour girl
with a jungle touch.
1) No spandex. This applies not only to animal prints,
but pretty much to all aspects of fashion and life that I can think of at the
moment.
2) Moderation. As tempting as it is for people like me, you can
not go around draped in head-to-toe leopard print unless your name is Tarzan.
Try little touches mixed with classic pieces. One of my favorite outfits is my
short slightly furry leopard print skirt paired with my black merino wool ribbed
turtleneck, black opaque tights, and knee length black leather boots. I look
divine in it, if I do say so myself. Very "I'm a diva, look at me because I
rock!".
3) Realistic prints. There are about three million variations of
the leopard print alone, and some of them are terrifyingly tacky. I'm talking
Peggy Bundy tacky. I'm talking - dare I say it - Jennifer Love Hewitt starring
as Audrey Hepburn tacky. (I know I'm going to get attacked for that one, but
BRING IT ON! She's cute and all, but has no business whatsoever playing the
goddess Audrey Hepburn, whose shrine I kneel to and sacrific a pair of
Sabrina-heeled slingbacks everyday). It's up to you to find a tasteful one -
they do exist, I own variants of them.
And finally, I'd like to remind
you all of three simple facts. First, Lois Lane and Buffy have both worn animal
prints. I can think of at least two L&C eps where Lois was wearing a touch
of leopard print, and I just loved her for it. And Buffy wears some kind of
animal print nearly every episode. This is just another reason why she rocks my
face.
Secondly, animal prints are classic. They're cute, dangerous,
exotic, and playful all at once. You can not go wrong with them if you want
attention. And finally, for all you divas-in-training, animal prints are
required by law and have been sanctioned as the print of choice for divas around
the world. So says me. There's no escaping it. I'm just doing my part to clothe
the masses for the good of America and Diva-hood as we know it.
P.S. I'm
looking for column ideas. Got any suggestions? Want me to talk about something
more Buffy/L&C/whatever related? Want to know what else happened with
"George" and John? Got a theme idea? Know what you DON'T want to see? Let me
know! Ladyfolc@aol.com
* * *
Let Karen know which editions of her column
are your favorites!
Visit The Diva Factor Archives
(http://users.aol.com/ladyfolc/archive.html) and pick a few faves...
then
e-mail mailto:ladyfolc@aol.com and tell
Karen your choices!
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Trivia
Last week's question was: >>Who caught the bouquet at the
end of "I Now Pronounce You<<
The answer is: Perry
White!
Congrats to Sharpei11 (the first person to answer correctly) and,
since more than five people answered correctly this week, our random winner is:
carrielu. You each get 50 superdollars!
Also, great job to RosieT16,
Azalea, Susan, Scott, Mandy, Maysonlane, Michelle, Rachel, Erin (Air36), Liz,
Deets, Jessi, EllieNora, lindah46, Josh Phelps, Cassie, and Supersc11!
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The Obsession
Connection
Hi, my fellow obsessers! So,
okay, I was playing Mario Kart 64 yesterday (and if you've never played this
game, it's hilarious) and I noticed when Mario throws a turtle shell, his laugh
sounds a lot like the clone Superman's laugh in "Vatman" when he's flying
through the outdoor restaurant and causing turmoil to the people eating. You
know that kind of fun-wheeee-happy-evil laugh "HAhahaaaaaa
Woooeeeee!"
You must think I have waaaay too much time on my hands, but
actually, yesterday I had to go to the post office, and while I was there, I
bought some more Superman stuff: a notebook, postcards, a puzzle, and a
magnet...and then I had to go home and rearrange my Superman museum. Everything
is perfect now, except the Superman beanie keeps falling over. And I had to
re-fill the Superman magic rocks tank with fresh water, and it looks kinda gross
now, so I stuck it near the back of the display, behind the trading cards boxes
and the milk bottle. Except the milk bottle is clear--so naturally you can see
right through it (duh!)--and that didn't help, so I put the hardcover novel in
front of the tank and now everything looks great, except I better not buy any
more Superman stuff because where would I put it?
There's always the
ceiling. Ceilings remind me of the beginning of "Brutal Youth", which brings me
to the subject of fourth season episodes. Some people do not like the fourth
season, but I can not understand why. Okay, I will admit, there are one or two
kind of not so great episodes, but you still gotta love them because they're
L&C!!! You know? And finally Lois and Clark are married and there are some
bumps along the way, muchas gracias to the writers, but their love
prevails...awww...I'm getting all sentimental now. The fourth season has ghosts!
Cute little kids! Antonio Sabato Jr. (mmmmm)! It has new superheroes, Lex Jr.,
Perry's kid, ALICE (whoa, who expected that one?), Mr. Mxyzptlk, evil brothers,
New Kryptonians, strange angels, Clark shirtless (oh, don't give me that look--I
know most of you females enjoyed that), Tempus, H.G. Wells, Alternate Clark
(double your pleasure, double your fun!), Twinkies, cute little butterflies,
Biff from "Back to the Future", that guy on the bus from "Speed", Lois throwing
chopsticks, two "Step By Step" cast members, dancing (oops, make that *flying*)
babies, flying pots and pans, burnt meat (on several occasions), an adoring
Superman fan (I can relate), that guy from "Melrose Place", a monkey, a horse or
two, a paper shredder, a morphing Christmas tree, Mr. Fenegor from "The
Pretender", Perry dressed as Santa, Mr. Trezuski from "Witness", Patrick Cassidy
(who was in an Olsen Twins movie), a rat named Morgana, egg nog, several very
strange girlfriends for Jimmy, a killer elevator, Red Kryptonite, a disasterous
hiccup, and last, but not least....a little baby in a basinette...and no one
knows where the heck it came from.
I love the 4th season!!!! :)
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What's On?
special edition by Karen (LadyFOLC@aol.com)
Look at me. My big
problem with networks? They never promote the shows I REALLY want to see. Case
in point - I'll be darned if I've seen any promos for my favorite Christmas
specials. But since we have your interests in mind, we've searched tirelessly to
find them for you. (OK, it wasn't that hard, but thanks to TV Gal and TV
Guide.)
Rudolph The Rednose Reindeer, Monday CBS, 8 p.m.
Rudolph's
Shiny New Year, Wednesday, Fox Family Channel, 7 p.m.
A Charlie Brown
Christmas, Wednesday, CBS, 8 p.m.
A Garfield Christmas Special, Wednesday,
CBS, 8:30 p.m.
The Year Without a Santa Claus, Wednesday,
Fox Family
Channel, 8 p.m.
Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Thursday, Fox Family Channel,
8 p.m.
That's it. Have fun, and everyone please wish Karen good luck -
her very first fashion show is this Thursday!
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L&C Links
Today's link was sent to us by
Susan (Kirshnera@aol.com). Thanks!
Destination:
Metropolis
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/loisclark/index.html
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25 things to do before
Christmas...
Hey, FOLCs! I know not
everyone celebrates Christmas, but you can still participate in a lot of these
:) Have fun, and have a great December!
December 1st--It's December! Break out the L&C
Christmas episodes!
December 2nd--Buy candy
cains--er, canes ;-)
December 3rd--Call up
the radio stations and ask them why they aren't playing Christmas music
yet.
December 4th--Donate canned food to a
local homeless shelter or organization.
December 5th--Go visit Santa at every nearby mall. Find out which
Santa gives away the best freebies.
December 6th--Watch "Home Is Where The Hurt Is".
December 7th--Think about which of your relatives is
most likely to bring a cyborg to Christmas dinner as their date.
December 8th--Teri Hatcher's birthday.
December 9th--Dream about Dean in Christmas boxers (LOL
j/k)
December 10th--Wear that stupid
reindeer sweater your great-aunt gave you that you've never ever
worn.
December 11th--Count how many times
the phrase "Merry Christmas" is said in "Season's Greedings"
December 12th--Hit the mall if you need to do some
shopping, but good luck finding a parking space
December 13th--Get a lovely green Christmas tree...Martha and
Jonathan would be proud.
December 14th--Or
go the "Sam Lane" way...get a metal Christmas tree.
December 15th--Looking for the perfect gift? Give chocolates, a
pearl, or snow...or cheese from France!
December 16th--Make L&C ornaments out of household stuff and pictures
printed off your computer.
December
17th--Make Superman/L&C wrapping paper.
December 18th--Read Christmas fanfic!
December 19th--Anniversary of the "Titanic" movie! Have a
party.
December 20th--Watch "Twas The Night
Before Mxymas". Try to spell Mixzzz-yes-pittel-ick.
December 21st--Have a L&C Christmas episodes
marathon.
December 22nd--Bake lo