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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
Boardwalk Hotel?"

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From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002

posted 12-19-2002 02:58 PM

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If ped (as in pedal) refers to feet that means that pedophile couldmean foot lover although to be consistent with a single source language maybe a different suffix would be better.

Probably yes, but "pedophile" is already tied to its unfortunate connation. Also note that it is the US spelling of "paedophile" which is more obviously bound to the Greek word for child. Theoretically, "pedophile" could also refer to Greek "pedon (ground - probably again related to the Latin word for foot since a foot is the bodypart which touches the ground)" and then it could mean "lover of ground/soil".
I do not know if there is a Greek or Latin word for "foot lover".
Also note "pediatrician (childrens doctor)" a combination with "iatros (medical doctor)" or "pedagogue", a combination with "agogos (guide)", probably originally denoting a slave who accompanied wealthy children to school.
There is actually a word "podiatry" for "foot medicine".
So a "foot lover" should be a "podophile", maybe "psychiatrists (psyche=soul and again "iatros")" have a special term for that.

edit - I just googled "podophilia" and found that it is indeed the term for "foot love".

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Sean McKinnon
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posted 12-21-2002 05:45 AM

AFAIK,

Theatres began pushing the concession idea during the depression.

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Steve Kraus
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posted 12-21-2002 10:13 AM

Maybe we should bring back Screeno and Dish Night.

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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
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posted 12-21-2002 03:53 PM

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Maybe we should bring back Screeno and Dish Night.

What are those?

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 12-21-2002 05:55 PM

Dish Night = a night of the week, usually Wednesday, in which drawings were held for prizes ... often dishes or groceries. This was done in the 1950s to help bring back the crowds of people who were staying home to watch their newfangled television sets.

In my theatre, they did a similar thing but it was called Bank Night. They would have a unique movie for that one night, and hold a drawing from all the ticket stubs for the preceding week for $50. If the winner was not present, the prize would be added to the $50 for the next week.

I'm not old enough to remember all this (I got into the biz in 1979), but have talked to some old timers around here who said it was a lot of fun.

I don't know what Screeno is though....anyone?

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David Stambaugh
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Registered: Jan 2002

posted 12-21-2002 06:47 PM

According to this web page, Screeno was a variation on Keno:

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KENO - Originated in China 2,000 years ago and is an uncomplicated way to relax. Keno is also one of the many names given to Bingo, as developed by traveling carnivals in the 1880's, from a children's game called "Lotto." Another name for this game was "Screeno," which was played in movie theatres in this country in the 1930's. One night a week was known as "Bank Night," and the audience would get free Screeno cards with their movie tickets, and could win cash or prizes.

I also found this:

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Sometimes on a weekend night before the feature started, they would play ‘Screeno’ with a large dial projected on the screen. The dial would be spun and if it stopped on your number, as per your ticket, your received a small cash prize. Wednesday night was dish night, and patrons were given a free item from a dinner set.

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Gerard S. Cohen
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posted 12-21-2002 07:13 PM

DISH NIGHT?
Used to be Thursdays in my recollection. Friday and Saturday were busy date nights, so Thursday attracted housewives who were each given a dish that formed one piece of a whole set. Gene Shepherd, a late-night radio nostalgia talker, told a story of his mother hoping to accummulate an entire set, but each week only gravy boats were dispensed,until on the final night the angered housewives pelted the hapless manager with them.
Cheap "depression glass" was commonly given gratis, but in later decades it became popular with collectors, and some pieces with rare colors (also called "carnival glass") fetch high prices today.

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Michael Brown
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posted 02-03-2003 02:02 PM

Why does it have SMPTE RP200 written on DTS Discs?

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John Pytlak
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posted 02-03-2003 03:04 PM

SMPTE RP200-1999 covers sound pressure levels for multichannel reproduction in cinemas:

SMPTE RP 200

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Steve Kraus
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posted 02-03-2003 08:50 PM

Perhaps someone can summarize that for us. I've always been a bit puzzled how there can be a SMPTE standard for the recording levels within a proprietary system like DTS. I mean wasn't that standard the one that caused everyone to have to change sub levels?

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Leo Enticknap
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posted 02-04-2003 02:08 AM

Michael et al: There was a quite nasty case a couple of years back when local hooligans petrol-bombed the house of a doctor in Cardiff. She had recently been interviewed on local radio, and was introduced as a 'consultant paediatrician'. Said hooligans took this to mean that she was a kiddie fiddler, and tried to lynch her.

OK, here's my silly question: why have film gauges always been commonly expresssed in millimetres? Given that the 35mm standard was designed by an Englishman working for an American company, and that both countries used imperial measurements, how did film widths come to be expressed in a unit of measurement which at the time was only used in continental Europe?

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Mark J. Marshall
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posted 02-04-2003 08:42 AM

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Perhaps someone can summarize that for us. I've always been a bit puzzled how there can be a SMPTE standard for the recording levels within a proprietary system like DTS. I mean wasn't that standard the one that caused everyone to have to change sub levels?

Is the SMPTE label only on the newer DTS disks after they adjusted the levels? If so, then maybe that's why it's there. So Booth operators can tell the difference should they run an older disk. Just speculating here.

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John Pytlak
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posted 02-04-2003 10:38 AM

Labeling the disks with SMPTE RP200 likely just means that the recording levels were set and monitored in accordance with the recommended practice.

There are many SMPTE standards, recommended practices and engineering guidelines that apply to proprietary systems, as these systems need to interact and work with existing equipment and practices (e.g, the location of the DTS time code on the print is covered by SMPTE RP115, but the actual time code is proprietary).

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