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Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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Wed, 4 Apr 2001 06:00:53 GMT
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 01:22:17 GMT, "Daniel Jassim"
<danieljassim@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > Every other word out of his mouth was "billions and billions." He must have
> > said it....billions and billions of times!
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> 100% not true. Actually, it was the WAY Sagan said "billions" that got him
> into trouble. When he did the "Cosmos" TV series, Sagan over pronounced the
> "B" in billions so that it wouldn't sound like "millions." It was so
> noticable that people thought the dude was stuck on the word so the gag just
> took on a life of it's own. Folks even asked him to write "billions and
> billions" when he gave autographs.
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> Sagan got a kick out of it. He said it wouldn't make sense for him to use
> the term "billions and billions" because it is too imprecise. He WOULD say
> stuff like "billions of stars and billions of galaxies" in the same sentence
> but never "billions and billions" just like that.
>
> Dan
They did a show about him on the Biography channel, it was quite good.
They showed some of the SNL takes and such. Aparently the "Cosmos"
series was one of the biggest it public television history.
Robert
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| (...) Yes, and it remains a landmark series and definitely worth renting (I think there are 9 episodes). The public library AV department in my town had the video series in their PBS section, maybe yours does too. I don't know if places like (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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| (...) 100% not true. Actually, it was the WAY Sagan said "billions" that got him into trouble. When he did the "Cosmos" TV series, Sagan over pronounced the "B" in billions so that it wouldn't sound like "millions." It was so noticable that people (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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