Summer Bay News > Issue #5 15 May 1997

THE INTRO BY THE EDITOR

Its been quite hard to get this issue out. Firstly there were those problems with the web site, sorry about that! Secondly, I did not get much response to issue 4, that's why there's a new poll question in this issue to get you writing! Please reply to as much as you can in this issue. All your contributions really do help! Send everything to...

This issue's quote comes from Jesse and Selina discussing the state of their relationship! The new background of this page is supposedly a load of waves. OK, so it looks like toothpaste but at least I designed it myself with my humble little painting programmes! In this issue there's a few more comments about Isobel, a long and a short answer to How Can You Explain That?, a new How Can You Explain That? question, and a new trivia question. And (insert fanfare here) for the first time there is no section about Donald Fisher! Enjoy! (and reply!) (Thanks!)

CORRECTION!

Those mathmeticians among you might have noticed that the poll #2 results did not add up to 100%! Sorry about that, I missed 5 people off the list. They do not change the percentages, though, because I worked them out on paper but they somehow just got missed when typing up! They should have been...

NEW POLL QUESTION!!

Well, I'm hoping for some huge replies to this question (hint!) which was suggested by Jen Till. Do you think Marilyn is a bimbo or a bubbly caring woman?

GENERAL E-MAILS

ALAN SHADE: I think it is so stupid not showing us the credits - you know, if I had worked on H&A as a crew member, I would sue Carlton TV for not showing my name at the end! I remember seeing it after that Christmas episode - I know why they played it too - they had cut the episode down to about 5 minutes and had to fill in the left-over time! Also, one more clue tells us that they are just recycling the same old "Oooooh-oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh" (sad impression of that last 'ooooh' at the end of the H&A theme song) at the end of the episode. It still says Copyright 1996 - when we know the episodes they are showing are from way into 1997.

Yeah, I agree Lynn would be a good choice. I watched that Home and Away 2000th Episode video the other day and it was wierd to see Lynn, Carly, Bobby, Tom, Frank, Roo and all those other people who used to be in it. I wish they would all come back for one super-episode! In fact, a while ago I read in a magazine (Inside Soap I think) that Sharyn Hodgson (Carly) would be coming back for the 2000th episode...but alas...it wasn't to be!

ISOBEL

I would write her surname as well but the 'e' with an accent comes out funny on the internet as Isobel DuPrD=69 or something like that!

ALAN SHADE: Well, I was right, I did change my mind about Isobel! She has really grown on me, since we heard about her cancer I've felt really sorry for her and congratulate her on all the stuff she has been doing...good for her I say!

PROFILES

INTERNET NAME: huggy

REAL NAME: Adele Hug

SEX: Female

LOCATION: Perth, Australia

BIRTHDATE: 6/1/83

OCCUPATION: Student

HOBBIES: Going to movies, swimming, watching Home and Away.

FAVOURITE HOME AND AWAY EPISODE: I like the weddings and deaths.

FAVOURITE HOME AND AWAY QUOTE: Too many!

FAVOURITE HOME AND AWAY CHARACTER: Shannon, Jesse, Selina and Lachlan

HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? REPILES

Last issue I introduced this section and asked for funny answers only! The question was why did ITV (English TV station) cut Laura's entire death scene when it first happened and then show it all in Curtis' flashback sequence?

WILLIAM McDONALD: I can only but try... The ITV censors have been smoking too much marijuana.

ALAN SHADE: Hmmmm...I think I can explain this. Curtis out of Home and Away felt that the scenes which were not shown the first time around needed to be seen this time so we could all share in his grief and perhaps understand it. So, he flew out to Britain to argue his case with the Carlton TV censoring chiefs. He spoke to them but was told to go away because there was no chance the scenes would be shown - apparantly they may have influenced the British public to play on railways so they could be like Laura - Curtis was outraged by this comment and knew that he needed to get the scenes shown. So, he managed to sneak up to the censorship office where the censorers were all drinking coffee and watching the censored bits from TV shows. He then rang the fire alarm in the building and amongst all the fighting to get down the fire escape first, he popped 3 drinking pills into each cup of coffee. A couple of hours later, after the censorers had returned from the hoax fire scare, they were all in a deep sleep. He then sneaked into their dank, dingy, sad, little office - stepped over the pizza and empty Coke cans - and grabbed the uncut tape of that day's Home and Away. He then took it to the on-screen production unit where it was promptly played as they thought the censorers had seen to it. Curtis had done what he wanted to do and had made the country well and truly aware of his huge grief. So, he flew off back to Australia and lived happily ever. And that is how the episode got to our screens uncut! If you want to read the full story then please contact me at<alan.shade@the.loony.asylum> and request the book "Curtis and Laura: The Railroad to Depression" and I will be pleased to send you back the full and unabridged story. Oh, by the way, use the subject line: "I need help". Thank you.

HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

The episode in which Kye hit Pippa has just been shown here in England. And once again ITV cut the scene! One minute Pippa was telling Kye to leave and the next minute Shannon was telling Liam to call an ambulance! So, lets just say Kye didn't hit Pippa (well, if I didn't have my e-mail friends in Australia I wouldn't have known!) How can you explain why she was suddenly on the floor? Was she attacked by an alien laser beam? Remember, funny answers only, no sensible ones! Send them to the same address. And heres another link to help you...

TRIVIA ANSWER

Last issue's trivia question was to name the four Stewart brother's/sisters. Of course the obvious one was Alf. His sisters were called Celia, Morag (Bellingham) and Barbara (Fisher). Correct answers came from WILLIAM McDONALD and BEX DOWNEY only!

ADRIAN MURPHY and ALAN SHADE got 3 out of four. Nice try as it was quite a hard question!

GERARD CALLAGHAN had a rather late answer to issue 2's trivia but he got the middle name as well - Nick Jasper Parrish!

NEW TRIVIA QUESTION (AND ITS AN EASY ONE!)

Well, I'm sorry the last question was so hard so I've decided to have an easy one! Who did Ailsa kill? The clue is he was a relative. Please reply, yes it is worth it because if you *don't* get your name printed in the next issue it will look a little silly!

SEE YA

That's how I've taken to ending my e-mails so it will do here as well! *PLEASE* reply and lets make issue #6 the biggest and best yet! I hope to hear from everyone! Keep smiling!

Jeremai Smith

Editor, Summer Bay News