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FILENAME:	2528_1028_1155
TOPIC#:		339
DATE:		910409
TRANSCRIBER:	LAB
UTT_CODER:      aabo
DIFFICULTY:	3
TOPICALITY:	2
NATURALNESS:	2
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	3
STATIC_ON_A:	2
STATIC_ON_B:	2
BACKGROUND_A:	4
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:        Speaker A had a tendency to mumble, talk fast in places, and
run several of his words together in the conversation making it difficult to
understand what was said.

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o          @A.1 utt1:  Yeah,  /
qw          @A.1 utt2: {D so, } {F uh, } what are your favorite T V shows?/  

sd          B.2 utt1:   One that I can't find anymore which is GABRIEL'S FIRE. /  
  
sd          A.3 utt1:  {F Oh, } I haven't watched that very much,  /
qy          A.3 utt2: is that, - /
qy          A.3 utt3: do you like that? /  

ny          B.4 utt1:  Yes. /  

qw          A.5 utt1:  When was that on? /  

sd          B.6 utt1:  It was usually on, {F um, } Thursday nights. /  

qy          A.7 utt1:  On A B C? /  

h           B.8 utt1:  I don't know <laughter>. /  

b          A.9 utt1:  {F Oh, } {F oh, } yeah,  /
sv          A.9 utt2: {D well, } {F um, } {F um, } it may be that, {F um, } it was recently replaced, by actually [ by, + {F um, } by ] what may be my favorite T V show  [ of, because  sort of, + ] {F uh, } {F um, } TWIN PEAKS. /  
 
sd          B.10 utt1:  It was same time period,  /
               
aa          B.10 utt2: yes. /  
 
b          A.11 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.11 utt2: {C so, } TWIN PEAKS, {F um, } what happened was, I think, TWIN PEAKS, {F um, } [ went, + went ] off,  they moved to a Saturday night for a while. [ And then put, + and then put ] something, I guess, GABRIEL'S FIRE on it, and at Thursday nights, /
sd          A.11 utt3: {C and then } they moved, {F um, } - /
t1          A.11 utt4: no,  /
sv          A.11 utt5: GABRIEL'S FIRE was on C B S, I think,  /
sd          A.11 utt6: [ I, + I ] take that back.  /
h          A.11 utt7: I'm not sure,  /
sd          A.11 utt8: {C but } anyway they moved it back and forth  /
sd          A.11 utt9: {C and } that's when PEAKS was back in that time slot as well.  /
h          A.11 utt10:  {C So, } I don't know. /  

qy          B.12 utt1:  You don't know what happened to GABRIEL'S FIRE then? /  
 
nn          A.13 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.13 utt2: I have no idea.  /
sd            A.13 utt3: [  I don't think, + I don't think ] that was on A B C, anyway I don't know what happened to it though. /  
 
sd          B.14 utt1:  I don't remember [ one, + from one ] station to another.  /
sd          B.14 utt2:  I keep forgetting one station. /  

x          A.15 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

qw          B.16 utt1:  What's your second favorite? /  

^h          A.17 utt1:  {F Um, } it's hard to say  /
sd          A.17 utt2: <laughter> I'm sort of a very big TWIN PEAKS fan,/
sd          A.17 utt3: {C and } beyond that I just sort of watch anything that happens to be on.  /
sd          A.17 utt4: [ [  I'm, + I'm, ] +  half the time I'm ] a T V addict  /
sd          A.17 utt5: {C and } the other half the time I just ignore it/
sd         A.17 utt6: <laughter> it's really bad.  /
%          A.17 utt7:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.17 utt8: there's some new shows that I sort of like, {F um, } /
qy^d        A.17 utt9: have you seen this  (( SHANNON FIELD SHOW ))  /
sd          A.17 utt10:  {C or, } {F uh, } it's about a lawyer,  it's one of these lawyer shows, {D you know, }  /
sv          A.17 utt11: (( they seem ))  to be popular these days.  /
sv          A.17 utt12:  (( {C And } there's ))  a lot of those  ((   )) (( Blair ))  shows floating around. /  
 
qy          B.18 utt1:  {F Oh, } is he the reformed, {F um, } gambler? /  

ny          A.19 utt1:  Yeah. /  

aa               B.20 utt1:  Yes,  /
aa^r               B.20 utt2:  yes,  /
aa^r               B.20 utt3: yes. /  

sd          A.21 utt1: [ I just + (( {D like } ))  I just ] finished watching that a few minutes ago, <laughter>.  /
%          A.21 utt2: {F Um, } {C and } it - /
sd          A.21 utt3: {C and, } [ that, + that's ] a interesting one.  /
sd          A.21 utt4: [ [ I, + I, ] + I ] like  that,  (( because [ there's, + there ] are )) , - /
sd          A.21 utt5: [ I've noticed that every, every major + ] station now has their own law show.  /
sd          A.21 utt6:  There's L A LAW,  /
sd          A.21 utt7: {C and } there's, {F um, } EQUAL JUSTICE, some other one, LAW AND ORDER or something.  /
o@          A.21 utt8: [ Lots of, + lots of ] these things that are floating around now.  They seem to be popular shows.  /
qy          A.21 utt9: Do you like the law shows  /
%         A.21 utt10: {C or, } -/  
 
ng          B.22 utt1:  I really don't watch that much T V,  /
sd          B.22 utt2: what I do is I tape the programs I want to watch,/
sd          B.22 utt3: {C and then } on the nights I can watch, I'll pick out something. /  
 
ba         A.23 utt1: [ That, + that ] makes  (( logic )) , /  

%          B.24 utt1:  {C But, } {F um, } -/  

sv           A.25 utt1:  also  (( saves a lot of time ))  with commercials./  
 
aa           B.26 utt1:  <Laughter> you're not kidding.  /
qy          B.26 utt2:  Do you ever watch AMERICAN GLADIATORS? /  

na          A.27 utt1:  {F Oh, } I have.  /
sd^e          A.27 utt2: [ [  I've, + I've, ] + ] [ I + ] watched that late, {F um, }  /
sd          A.27 utt3: I guess it's on late Saturday nights or something,/  

bc          B.28 utt1:  Midnight. /  

sd          A.29 utt1:   (( that's entering ))  the day as well. /  

bc^r         B.30 utt1:  Midnight. /  

qy          A.31 utt1:  [  [ Have  you,  + have, ] + have ] you seen this often? /  
 
na          B.32 utt1:  I tape it. /  
 
bh          A.33 utt1:  {F Oh, } really? /  

ny          B.34 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.34 utt2: I tape it because I don't stay up that late to watch it, /  
 
b          A.35 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd^r         B.36 utt1:  I tape it.  /
sd          B.36 utt2: {C But } I understand, {F uh, } that in England, they play it at normal times because they don't consider that violent, /
sd         B.36 utt3: {C and } the reason they have it on here so late is because they consider it a violent program. /  
  
bh          A.37 utt1:  Really?  /
sd@          A.37 utt2: I don't know that.  / *[[don't = didn't]]
%          A.37 utt3:  I, -/  

sd        B.38 utt1:  {C And, } I'm like, I don't believe this. /  

%          A.39 utt1:  That  (( don't, - /
sv          A.39 utt2: [ [ it )) + , it, ] + it ] seems like, - /
sv          A.39 utt3: {E I mean, } if wrestling is prime time, professional wrestling, it seems like it's [ [ just, + just, ] + just ] like pros in a wrestling to me,  /
sv          A.39 utt4: [ I don't, + I don't ] see any difference though, /  

aa          B.40 utt1:  I don't either. /  

sd          A.41 utt1: [ I, + I ] don't understand it,  /
sd          A.41 utt2: they consider it violent.  /
%          A.41 utt3:  I have  (( so ever )) , - /
sd          A.41 utt4:  I have seen it on,  (( where we are )) ,  /
sd          A.41 utt5: I live in,  (( {F uh } )) , Rochester, New York,  /
%          A.41 utt6: {C and } I think a, -/  

qy          B.42 utt1:  You're in New York? /  

ny          A.43 utt1:  Yes. /  

b          B.44 utt1:  Oh. /  

qw          A.45 utt1:  Where are you? /  

sd          B.46 utt1:  I'm in Dallas, Texas. /  

%         A.47 utt1:  You're, {F uh, } - /
sd^t          A.47 utt2: everybody I speak to is in Texas, {F oh, } {F oh, }/
%          A.47 utt3: yeah,  /
sd          A.47 utt4: {C but } [ I'm, + I'm ] in New York  /
sd          A.47 utt5: {C and, } {F uh, } [ we seem, + we seem ] to have, {F um, } - /
sd          A.47 utt6: I think the AMERICAN GLADIATORS is on Sunday afternoons actually around here as well,   
 
bh          B.48 utt1:  {F Oh, } really? /  

+          A.49 utt1:  sometimes.  /
sd          A.49 utt2:  I think it's been on, - /
sd          A.49 utt3: I think I've seen it during the day.  /
o@       A.49 utt4:  I know I've seen it during the day in Florida.  When I was at my parents down there. /  
 
b          B.50 utt1:  Oh. /  
 
sd          A.51 utt1:  Definitely seen it [ do-, + ] [ on, + on, ]  (( during the day down there )) ,  /
sv          A.51 utt2: {C and } I don't think it's a very violent show,  /
sv          A.51 utt3: I think it's funny.  /
sv          A.51 utt4: I think it's a real good concept,  /
sv          A.51 utt5: I think it's something completely new. /  

aa          B.52 utt1:  I think it's great.  /
sd          B.52 utt2: I love watching a microbiologist fighting off with a policemen or something else, /  
 
x          A.53 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

%*          B.54 utt1:  {C and } competition. - /
sd          B.54 utt2: I'm going {F oh, } great, {D you know, } /  

o@          A.55 utt1:  {D Well, }   

sv          B.56 utt1:  [ it's a, + it's a ] great role model for everybody. /  
 
+@          A.57 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.57 utt2: I think so,  /
sv          A.57 utt3: [ I think because people sort of get through, + {D you know, } {F um, } I think that people ] sort of learn the importance of sort of physical fitness [ as well as the, + as well as, ] {D you know, } some mental fitness  /
sv          A.57 utt4: {C and } I think that people sort of learn good sportsmanship and so forth. /  
 
aa          B.58 utt1:  {F Oh, } yes,  /
sd          B.58 utt2: {E I mean, } when I had, {F uh, } - /
sd          B.58 utt3: [ I + ] was watching it, the, first time I ever saw a microbiologist on there I thought {D well, } it just goes to prove it has nothing to do with your physical capabilities./
sd          B.58 utt4:  {C And, } {F uh, } there she was terrific,  /
sd^r          B.58 utt5: she was really terrific. /  

qy^d          A.59 utt1:  {D Well, } don't they take people who have some sort of, {F um, } big abilities like - /
sd          A.59 utt2:  [ {C and, } + {C and } ] at least they used to [ when it, + when it, ] - /
sd          A.59 utt3: the first ones I saw they had, {F um, } a man on who [ was, + ] {F uh, } he played college football and almost went pro, /
sd          A.59 utt4: {C and } they had [ a, + a ] woman who was a black belt in karate  /
sd          A.59 utt5: {C and } [ she was the, + {F uh, } she was in ] the junior Olympics or something  /
sd          A.59 utt6: {C or } they seem to have people who have very, very big sports backgrounds.  /
%          A.59 utt7:  To have - /
sd          A.59 utt8: they, [ le-, + leaned ] away from that sort of, /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  They hold competitions in Los Angeles in, {F um, } Florida and Minneapolis,  Minnea-, {F um, } - /
h          B.60 utt2: trying to think of, - /
sv        B.60 utt3: I think it's in four places around the United States.  /
sd          B.60 utt4: They hold competition  /
sd          B.60 utt5: {C and } the only requirement is, of course, your skill of passing these tests, /  

qy^d       A.61 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's # how they do it. # /  

na          B.62 utt1:  # {C and } that's it. #  /
sd          B.62 utt2:  {C And } we had a bar man from here in Dallas area that made it. /  
 
bh          A.63 utt1:  Really? /  

sd          B.64 utt1:  There is a woman that, {F uh, } made, - /
sd          B.64 utt2: {D well, } she called herself a craft person  /
sd          B.64 utt3: {C so, } I'm not quite sure what she made. /  

x          A.65 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.66 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } she made it.  /
%          B.66 utt2: {E I mean } there is no, - /
sv          B.66 utt3: your occupation has nothing to do with it. /  

b          A.67 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b          A.67 utt2: okay,  /
sv        A.67 utt3: I just thought they had some, -/  

bf          B.68 utt1:  Strictly your skill. /  

b          A.69 utt1:  yeah,  /
sv          A.69 utt2: I thought they had some sort of, - /
sd         A.69 utt3: {E I mean, } I thought they were just (( poor people like us ))  I guess not,  /
ba          A.69 utt4: that's great. /  

b          B.70 utt1:  Huh-uh. /  

cc          A.71 utt1:  {C But, } maybe I'll try it one day. /  

x          B.72 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          A.73 utt1:  <Laughter> I'll get on there one day and see if I can, {F uh, } {F um, } - /
qw          A.73 utt2: [ what, + what ] do they win,  /
qy^g          A.73 utt3: [ they, + they ] win money I think, don't they? /  

sd          B.74 utt1:  I think the last I heard was it's up to about a hundred fifty thousand dollars. /  
 
bh          A.75 utt1:  Really? /  

ny          B.76 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

ba          A.77 utt1:  Wow.  /
qy^d       A.77 utt2:  All that for getting tennis balls shot at you at a hundred miles an hour. /  
  
ny          B.78 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.78 utt2: that's, {D you know, } just minor. /  

x          A.79 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.80 utt1:  Just minor little ball here or there, {D you know. } /  

sd^m          A.81 utt1:  One little ball here and there,  /
%          A.81 utt2: yeah,  /
sd          A.81 utt3: {C and } this guy's beating you up,  /
sv*          A.81 utt4: {C so, } I don't know the beating up part.  /
sv          A.81 utt5: [  I, + I ] {D actually } feel the tennis balls would hurt. /  
 
sd          B.82 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D well, } [ they, +   

sv          A.83 utt1:  They look like, -/  

+          B.84 utt1:  they ] come out with a lot of bruises too. /  

b          A.85 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.85 utt2: they seem like a tennis ball  /
sv          A.85 utt3: (( {C but } it almost ))  doesn't look like it's almost livable  /
%          A.85 utt4: (( yeah,  /
%          A.85 utt5: the best ))   ((   )) - /
sd          A.85 utt6: [ I, + I ] don't think [ [ I could, + I, ] + I could ] handle those tennis balls.  /
qw          A.85 utt7:  {C So, } what else to you tape besides AMERICAN GLAD-, at, - /
qy         A.85 utt8: there anything else? /  

b           B.86 utt1:  Hey, /  

br          A.87 utt1:  Huh? /  

sd          B.88 utt1:  {D see I } tape MURDER SHE WROTE. /  
 
b          A.89 utt1:  Okay. /  

sd          B.90 utt1:  I like mysteries. /  

b          A.91 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

sd^r          B.92 utt1:  I like mysteries.  /
sd          B.92 utt2:  I tape, {F um, } FATHER DOWLING,   

b          A.93 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.94 utt1:  because that's another mystery,  /
sd          B.94 utt2: {C and } I don't have to concentrate too hard on them. /  
 
sv          A.95 utt1:  <Laughter> {C But, } I'm sure that's fun. /  
 
sd          B.96 utt1:  {F Um, } most of the lawyer programs like, {F uh, } LAW AND ORDER,    
 
b          A.97 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.98 utt1:  they're not on the times [ that I've got, + that I've ] watched because I haven't had  [ T got, + ] T V GUIDE around here in ages. /  
 
b          A.99 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay,  /
sd          A.99 utt2: {D well, }  (( they seem ))  to be on later, /  

b          B.100 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.101 utt1:  all, - /
sd          A.101 utt2: always [ right, + right ] before the news is when I catch them.  /
sd          A.101 utt3: [  I, + I ] tend to, if nothing else is in the town television at eleven o'clock just to watch the news, and [ or, + or ] NIGHTLINE or something, just sort of get [ [ a good, + {D you know, } a good, ] + a good ] think for the day./

qy          B.102 utt1:  Your news is on at eleven? /  

ny          A.103 utt1:  Yes.  /
qw          A.103 utt2:  When is yours on? /  

sd          B.104 utt1:  Ten,  /
sd          B.104 utt2: I was just in the middle of watching it. /  

ba          A.105 utt1:  {F Oh, } gosh,  /
fa         A.105 utt2: {D well, } I'm sorry I interrupted, {F um, } /  
 
bd          B.106 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's okay. /  

b          A.107 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.107 utt2: ours is on, -/  

bd          B.108 utt1:  No problem. /  

%          A.109 utt1:  {D actually } it, - /
sd          A.109 utt2: ours is on at eleven  /
sd          A.109 utt3: [ it, + it's, ] {F um, } eleven o'clock now here or eleven twenty-five now here in New York.  /
%          A.109 utt4:  {F Um, } I think [ they wo-, + they ] do that,  /
sv          A.109 utt5: I think they put things on at, {F um, } eleven o'clock here  /
sd          A.109 utt6: {C and } I think they put it like eleven o'clock, {F um, } California time, {D like } in California  /
sd          A.109 utt7: {C but } in the middle they sort of, {F um, } - /
sd          A.109 utt8: {D like } central time or mountain time they, they push things back.  /
%          A.109 utt9: {C So, } I was {D actually, } {D actually } - /
h          A.109 utt10: (( I'm not sure )) - /
sd          A.109 utt11: , [ I was in, + I was in ] Iowa awhile ago, and noticed that everything was an hour earlier,  /
qy          A.109 utt12: {C so, } does your prime time start at seven o'clock? /  
 
nn          B.110 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.110 utt2: {D well, } they have it at six  /
sd          B.110 utt3: {C and } they have it at nine, /  

ad           A.111 utt1:  # Wait,  /
nn          A.111 utt2: no,  /
nn^r          A.111 utt3: no, # /  

sd          B.112 utt1:  # {C and } they have one at ten. # /  

sd          A.113 utt1:  [ not, + not ] even the news  /
qy          A.113 utt2: {C but } do they have {D like, } {F um, } - /
qy          A.113 utt3: do like sort of all the regular sitcoms and so forth, start at seven o'clock?  /
%          A.113 utt4:  You, - /
qr          A.113 utt5: {C so, } {D like, } {D you know, } the regular television shows [ that are, + that are ] very popular, do they start at,   
 
h          B.114 utt1:  I'm trying to think. /  

+          A.115 utt1:  seven [ or, + or ] at eight? /  

na            B.116 utt1:  Both,  /
^h          B.116 utt2: {F um, } let's see they start, {F um, } - /
sd          B.116 utt3: EVENING SHADE at seven  /
sd          B.116 utt4: {C and then } it goes to, {F um, } - /
t1          B.116 utt5: what is it after EVENING, {F um, } /  

b          A.117 utt1:  Right,  /
sd          A.117 utt2: {C because } that would  ((   ))  the eight o'clock here. /  
 
sd          B.118 utt1:  that's MAJOR DAD at eight I think it is. /  

b          A.119 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.119 utt2: [ [ that, + that ] would all start [ at, + at, ] + {F um, } that would all start [ at, + at ] ] eight o'clock here,/
sd          A.119 utt3: that wouldn't start at seven.  /
%          A.119 utt4:  We have, {F um, } - /
sd          A.119 utt5: at seven o'clock we just have, {F um, } - /
%          A.119 utt6: the, - /
sd          A.119 utt7: [ they'll play, + {D you know, } they have ] old reruns of CHEERS or something from seven to seven thirty,  and then something else from seven thirty to eight  /
sv@          A.119 utt8: {C but then } [ at, + at ] eight o'clock is when everything starts.    
 
b          B.120 utt1:  Huh. /  

+@          A.121 utt1: [ Which is, + which is ] strange, {E I mean, } because yours start at seven and end to ten  /
sd          A.121 utt2: {C and } ours start [ [ [ at, + at, ] + at, ] + at ] eight and end at eleven,  /
%          A.121 utt3: that's why we  (( )) - /
sv          A.121 utt4: . [ I, + I ] would actually like it better if everything started at seven and  ended at ten. /  
 
b          B.122 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.122 utt2: [ it's, + it's ] stopped around here at ten {C  /
sd          B.122 utt3: and } it goes into night programs, at that point which could be one of, {D you know, } many different night programs /
sd          B.122 utt4: {C but } it goes into night programs. /  

ba          A.123 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's great. /  

qy          B.124 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } do you ever watch CHEERS? /  

na          A.125 utt1:  {F Oh, } all the time. /  

x          B.126 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

qy          A.127 utt1:  Do you watch CHEERS  /
%@          A.127 utt2: {C or, }   

ny          B.128 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
ny^r          B.128 utt2: {F oh, } yeah. /  

+@          A.129 utt1:  [  There's, + there's, ] - /
%          A.129 utt2: it's at, - /
sd          A.129 utt3: that was actually a big dilemma for me now because, {F um, } [ CHEERS, + CHEERS ] and TWIN PEAKS are now on the same time, / 
