Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 16:02:12 PDT

From: Duane Campbell dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EPIX.NET

Subject: Re: RE Meanwhile, back at the ranch...



From: Kathleen M. O'Neill

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Is anyone else familiar with the above phrase?



It goes back to silent movies, at least. You would see the posse chasing the

rustlers across the range, then a screen would come on -- white on black --

saying "Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . ." and the film would cut to the guy

with the black moustache putting the moves on the school marm. (My spell

checker says that's a "school marmot", but that must be for more progressive

schools than I attended.) As a cliche, it was still popular in horse operas of

the forties.





Duane Campbell

dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]epix.net



In the beginning the Earth was without form and void.

Why didn't they leave well enough alone?