From: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org (Monkey Digest) To: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Monkey Digest V1 #49 Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Errors-To: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Monkey Digest Thursday, July 3 1997 Volume 01 : Number 049 In this issue: Re: [monkey] Praise to the Monkey Re: [monkey] Praise to the Monkey Re: [monkey] Praise to the Monkey Re: [monkey] Praise to the Monkey [monkey] Video Release Date [monkey] Masaaki Sakai Re: [monkey] Monkey Chat Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai RE: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai _deceased) RE: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai _deceased) RE: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai _deceased) [monkey] Pigsy got a Japanese Oscar Re: [monkey] IRC [monkey] History Re: [monkey] History ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 03:04:08 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Praise to the Monkey > Hey Fellow monkeyites > >just a message saying how completely wicked monkey is.I grew up with the >show on the ABC(along with Astroboy-if anyones knows any sites with >astro please tell) Well, I've never seen Astroboy, but I know that Daniel (daniel@merlin.net.au) on this mailing list has an Astroboy web site: http://www.merlin.net.au/~daniel/astroindex.htm >and totally fell in love with it, ie; if its on tv >I'll be there watching it religiously. In was on Foxtel for awhile, >but they took it off, so all I have are memories and I am looking >forward to sharing them with other Monkey-lovers. Well, hopefully, Monkey will be released on video here in the UK later this year, and all Australian fans will be able to purchase it direct from the distributor, by mail order!!! :) >I fully dig on the tacky japanese accents dubbed over the proper >japanese-it the tack that makes the show so awesome, and no decent >american, english or australian(or anyone really)tv writers could >come up with characters as wacky as sandy, tripitake and pigsy-you've >gotta love them ears. Just in case you didn't know, the concept of Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy etc. wasn't written by the Japanese tv writers; it's based on an old Chinese epic story written by the Chinese author Wu Ch'êng-ên sometime in the mid 16th century! Check out my Monkey Books page for more info: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/books.html Regards, Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 03:04:17 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Praise to the Monkey > Hey Fellow monkeyites > >just a message saying how completely wicked monkey is.I grew up with the >show on the ABC(along with Astroboy-if anyones knows any sites with >astro please tell) Well, I've never seen Astroboy, but I know that Daniel (daniel@merlin.net.au) on this mailing list has an Astroboy web site: http://www.merlin.net.au/~daniel/astroindex.htm >and totally fell in love with it, ie; if its on tv >I'll be there watching it religiously. In was on Foxtel for awhile, >but they took it off, so all I have are memories and I am looking >forward to sharing them with other Monkey-lovers. Well, hopefully, Monkey will be released on video here in the UK later this year, and all Australian fans will be able to purchase it direct from the distributor, by mail order!!! :) >I fully dig on the tacky japanese accents dubbed over the proper >japanese-it the tack that makes the show so awesome, and no decent >american, english or australian(or anyone really)tv writers could >come up with characters as wacky as sandy, tripitake and pigsy-you've >gotta love them ears. Just in case you didn't know, the concept of Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy etc. wasn't written by the Japanese tv writers; it's based on an old Chinese epic story written by the Chinese author Wu Ch'êng-ên sometime in the mid 16th century! Check out my Monkey Books page for more info: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/books.html Regards, Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 03:05:58 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Praise to the Monkey > Hey Fellow monkeyites > >just a message saying how completely wicked monkey is.I grew up with the >show on the ABC(along with Astroboy-if anyones knows any sites with >astro please tell) Well, I've never seen Astroboy, but I know that Daniel (daniel@merlin.net.au) on this mailing list has an Astroboy web site: http://www.merlin.net.au/~daniel/astroindex.htm >and totally fell in love with it, ie; if its on tv >I'll be there watching it religiously. In was on Foxtel for awhile, >but they took it off, so all I have are memories and I am looking >forward to sharing them with other Monkey-lovers. Well, hopefully, Monkey will be released on video here in the UK later this year, and all Australian fans will be able to purchase it direct from the distributor, by mail order!!! :) >I fully dig on the tacky japanese accents dubbed over the proper >japanese-it the tack that makes the show so awesome, and no decent >american, english or australian(or anyone really)tv writers could >come up with characters as wacky as sandy, tripitake and pigsy-you've >gotta love them ears. Just in case you didn't know, the concept of Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy etc. wasn't written by the Japanese tv writers; it's based on an old Chinese epic story written by the Chinese author Wu Ch'êng-ên sometime in the mid 16th century! Check out my Monkey Books page for more info: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/books.html Regards, Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 03:06:14 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Praise to the Monkey > Hey Fellow monkeyites > >just a message saying how completely wicked monkey is.I grew up with the >show on the ABC(along with Astroboy-if anyones knows any sites with >astro please tell) Well, I've never seen Astroboy, but I know that Daniel (daniel@merlin.net.au) on this mailing list has an Astroboy web site: http://www.merlin.net.au/~daniel/astroindex.htm >and totally fell in love with it, ie; if its on tv >I'll be there watching it religiously. In was on Foxtel for awhile, >but they took it off, so all I have are memories and I am looking >forward to sharing them with other Monkey-lovers. Well, hopefully, Monkey will be released on video here in the UK later this year, and all Australian fans will be able to purchase it direct from the distributor, by mail order!!! :) >I fully dig on the tacky japanese accents dubbed over the proper >japanese-it the tack that makes the show so awesome, and no decent >american, english or australian(or anyone really)tv writers could >come up with characters as wacky as sandy, tripitake and pigsy-you've >gotta love them ears. Just in case you didn't know, the concept of Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy etc. wasn't written by the Japanese tv writers; it's based on an old Chinese epic story written by the Chinese author Wu Ch'êng-ên sometime in the mid 16th century! Check out my Monkey Books page for more info: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/books.html Regards, Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 14:05:32 +0100 From: Matt Sephton Subject: [monkey] Video Release Date Hi all, If the Japanese TV company agreed to Monkey being released right this second, how long would duplication and distribution take to hit the shops? Matt - -- u5ms@csc.liv.ac.uk http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~u5ms/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 14:51:46 +0100 From: wu0dbr@intdev.sunderland.ac.uk (BRADMAN Dawn) Subject: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai Does anyone have an address to write to Masaaki [Monkey] and does anyone know where I can purchase photographs of the cast - Monkey in particular. If you do please mail me dawn.bradman@sunderland.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 07:04:39 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey Chat >> I can meet up for a Monkey Chat at 8pm tonight, British Time >> >> Is anyone else interested? >> >> Howell >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >Sounds great, but as that's 3 a.m. my time (Western Australia), I >wouldn't really be able to make it. > >Arwen Please suggest a different time. I can make any time between 9am and 10pm GMT (10am and 11pm BST - daylight saving time). Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 07:39:05 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai >Does anyone have an address to write to Masaaki [Monkey] and does anyone >know where I can purchase photographs of the cast - Monkey in particular. > >If you do please mail me > >dawn.bradman@sunderland.ac.uk I don't have any of this specific information, but I guess a good starting point would be the NTV web site, the Japanese TV company that made Monkey: http://www.ntv.co.jp/index2.html You may find a feedback / questions form, or an email address somewhere where you can ask them - they might be able to help you. If you find out anything, or if anyone else on the list has any information, please post it to the list.... Thanks, Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:14:14 +0100 From: wu0dbr@intdev.sunderland.ac.uk (BRADMAN Dawn) Subject: RE: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai >With reference to reply below >I did send a mailing to NTV Web Page last year but did not receive a reply. I >have been told that they are not too co-operative. ---------- From: monkey[SMTP:monkey@valinor.eldar.org] Sent: 02 July 1997 15:59 To: monkey Subject: Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai >Does anyone have an address to write to Masaaki [Monkey] and does anyone >know where I can purchase photographs of the cast - Monkey in particular. > >If you do please mail me > >dawn.bradman@sunderland.ac.uk I don't have any of this specific information, but I guess a good starting point would be the NTV web site, the Japanese TV company that made Monkey: http://www.ntv.co.jp/index2.html You may find a feedback / questions form, or an email address somewhere where you can ask them - they might be able to help you. If you find out anything, or if anyone else on the list has any information, please post it to the list.... Thanks, Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------ Message Header Follows ------ Received: from valinor.eldar.org by missgate.sunderland.ac.uk (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9f for Windows NT(tm)) id AA-1997Jul02.155043.1814.562550; Wed, 02 Jul 1997 15:50:44 +0100 Received: (from major@localhost) by valinor.eldar.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA28823 for monkey-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 10:39:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from f61.hotmail.com (F61.hotmail.com [207.82.250.147]) by valinor.eldar.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA28812 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 10:39:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by f61.hotmail.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA28173; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 07:39:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199707021439.HAA28173@f61.hotmail.com> Received: from 194.130.60.5 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Wed, 02 Jul 1997 07:39:05 PDT X-Originating-IP: [194.130.60.5] From: "Howell Parry" To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 07:39:05 PDT Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:26:16 +0100 From: L.Stevens@cableinet.co.uk Subject: Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai BRADMAN Dawn wrote: > > Does anyone have an address to write to Masaaki [Monkey] and does anyone I believe he died about 4 years ago ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:26:28 +0100 From: L.Stevens@cableinet.co.uk Subject: Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai _deceased) BRADMAN Dawn wrote: > > Does anyone have an address to write to Masaaki [Monkey] and does anyone I believe he died about 4 years ago ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 08:35:35 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: RE: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai >>With reference to reply below > >>I did send a mailing to NTV Web Page last year but did not receive a >reply. I >have been told that they are not too co-operative. I sent them a message a while ago, asking if I could interview Masaaki Sakai via email (& possibly via a translator), and got nothing back. Look at these 2 pages for 2 other TV shows that Masaaki Sakai has done: http://www.tbs.co.jp/ProgramGuide/VR/vr001.html http://www.tbs.co.jp/ProgramGuide/VR/vr005.html Maybe someone on the TBS web site will be more helpful - try contacting them...and let me know how it goes. Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 08:37:33 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai _deceased) >BRADMAN Dawn wrote: >> >> Does anyone have an address to write to Masaaki [Monkey] and does anyone > >I believe he died about 4 years ago What?!? Is this true? Are you sure you're not thinking of Masako Natsume (Tripitaka)? Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:59:39 +0100 From: wu0dbr@intdev.sunderland.ac.uk (BRADMAN Dawn) Subject: RE: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai _deceased) Masaaki is not dead. Masaaki Sakai is alive and well in Japan with two children [two girls if my memory serves me right]. He does several prime time shows over in Japan - one comedy drama and a cookery show which I think goes out daily. It is actually Masaaki who is holding up the video release in the UK. He is demanding more money than the company can afford to pay at present which is why negotiations are going on so long. I got this information from both TV Zone Magazine and a guy at the distribution company when I made an enquiry about The Water Margin which they already have on release here. The only member of the cast who has died is the girl who played Tripitaka. She died shortly after making Monkey - she was a very popular actress in Japan and many mourned her death. I believe she had leukaemia. I hope this puts Monkey fans minds at rest. Dawn Bradman dawn.bradman@sunderland.ac.uk ---------- From: monkey[SMTP:monkey@valinor.eldar.org] Sent: 02 July 1997 16:49 To: monkey Subject: Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai _deceased) BRADMAN Dawn wrote: > > Does anyone have an address to write to Masaaki [Monkey] and does anyone I believe he died about 4 years ago ------ Message Header Follows ------ Received: from valinor.eldar.org by missgate.sunderland.ac.uk (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9f for Windows NT(tm)) id AA-1997Jul02.164403.1814.562701; Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:44:05 +0100 Received: (from major@localhost) by valinor.eldar.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA29009 for monkey-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:30:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lions.cableinet.net (lions.cableinet.net [193.38.113.5]) by valinor.eldar.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA28989 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:30:00 -0400 (EDT) From: L.Stevens@cableinet.co.uk Received: from mssc00916.Cableinet.co.uk (usr17-edi.cableinet.co.uk [194.117.147.27]) by lions.cableinet.net (950413.SGI.8.6.12/951211.SGI) via SMTP id QAA15219 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 16:33:22 +0100 Message-ID: <33BA7324.31A@Cableinet.co.uk> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:26:28 +0100 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Re: [monkey] Masaaki Sakai _deceased) References: <1997Jul02.144900.1814.690815@missgate.sunderland.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 10:21:33 PDT From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Pigsy got a Japanese Oscar Check out this page: http://www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/topics-e/scn105.html Apparently, Toshiyuki Nishida (Pigsy from seasons 1 and 2 of Monkey) got a Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor in 1995! Wahey! Howell _______________________________________________________ Get Private Web-Based Email Free http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 21:43:03 +0000 From: "Semprini" Subject: Re: [monkey] IRC > >Sorry to be thick, but what's wrong with just plain old IRC?! > > Good point, but I don't know anything about IRC... It's dead easy really. > When you use it, do you all need to connect to the same IRC server? Or > is it like Usenet, in that you can connect to any server, and have > access to all the "forums"? Erm... well I have a faint understanding of the basics of it. There are networks (Efnet, Undernet etc.) and as long as you connect to the same server you're OK. I think there's also variations like European Efnet and US Efnet etc. But I can go on with: irc.demon.co.uk irc.bt.net and so on and get to the same place. (Both are UK ones, there are loads of them, most IRC programs come with a big list, but not necessarily telling you which ones connect together). > Do you have a favourite IRC client program that you recommend? Visual IRC's pretty good for Windows 95. Don't know about anything else. A lot of people like mIRC. One nice thing about visual irc is that when you connect to a server you can see all other servers which are linked to it. So you could check you were on the right one. > Also, is there a web page based (probably Java) IRC program that you > know of? No idea. Reason I prefer IRC is that the program is smaller, it is quicker, less hassle etc. Also it's less exclusive. You can get IRC for anything. Also things like Visual IRC allow you to DCC chat with people (which is, I think, like WinTalk, things like that). If that makes sense. If you want to get a copy of visual irc (which is free) go to: http://www.megalith.co.uk/virc > From what little I know about IRC, I imagine that it's fairly easy for > anyone to get onto it, regardless of what platform they use...it's not > at all limited. Yup. > Look forward to getting more info - also, suggest a time for people to > meet up. I imagine that most people on this list are based in the UK or > Australia, so we should pick a reasonable time (i.e. not 5am!) that will > fit in with both time zones. Not sure where you can get more info about irc itself from, but I'll let you know if I find anything. Bye bye! John .oOo. "hello" (c) 1997 mailto:semprini@buttle.com (All Rights Reserved) http://freeweb.redcat.org.uk/~semprini/ (for Heaven's sake, go there..) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 00:27:33 -0400 (EDT) From: SAhn19@aol.com Subject: [monkey] History Hi: I just signed onto this list and was amazed that people still watch this show! My brother and I used to love the show when we lived in Australia. By the way, was Tripitaka played by a man or a woman?? And does anyone have any info on how the show began, where it originated, when, etc? Thanks. S.A. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:38:22 +0800 From: "Robert Vong" Subject: Re: [monkey] History > I just signed onto this list and was amazed that people still watch this > show! My brother and I used to love the show when we lived in Australia. hehe... me too. When I first brought this up in a newsgroup late last year, no one else knew anything about it. I thought I was all alone until I chanced upon these beautiful people. > By the way, was Tripitaka played by a man or a woman?? Haha... you too??? I thought I was the only one who was confused by this. You are just too slow to not have realized by now. Tripitaka should be a male (monk), however, in the series he was played by a girl, who actually died a few years ago from Leukemia. > And does anyone have any info on how the show began, where it originated, > when, etc? Japanese make of a Chinese fairytale. bye. ------------------------------ End of Monkey Digest V1 #49 *************************** ----------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the Monkey Mailing List digest list, send mail to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe monkey-digest To send a message to the list, send mail to: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org If you have any problems or questions, send mail to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org For lots more information and news about "Monkey", check out the Monkey! web site: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8153/