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Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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Thu, 5 Apr 2001 19:30:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> Heard him say it. Wasn't recorded. Doesn't mean I'm wrong or that Dr.
> Sagan remembered it. Gosh, you are taking this personally.
(yawn-----smack, smack----scratch) Like I said, the misquote came after the
"Cosmos" series because of the WAY Sagan overpronounced the "B" in
"billions." You'll never find any recorded proof he said it before "Cosmos"
either because he just didn't. The man himself checked everything he did to
see if he really said it and nothing turned up. Also, he said it's just not
his style to use that phrase. What more can I say?
You claim he DID say it before the "Cosmos" series in some private capacity
in 1985? How is that possible when the "Cosmos" series came out 5 years before?
Dan
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 | | Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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| (...) On the Biography special they did on him they had a clip where he said "billions and billions", but I don't recall if it was an excert from the Cosmos series or just something he did later on as a gag. Regardless of whether he said it on the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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| I have heard this story too but it's hard to believe! I could swear I hear him say that phrase. I do remember a SNL skit during the 1980 Presidential Campaign where they put Jesse Jackson in the hot seat with a big red nuclear launch button. On one (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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