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?