Packard Bell commercial -Reply

[Richard J. Violette]

Dear WEB4LIBns,

For those librarians who feel that their image needs a little, "medicine
for the soul" after enduring the humiliations of the PB commercial, may
I direct you to the following site:

	http://www.dra.com/library/oughtta.htm

You will find here a list of movies in which librarians play key roles.
My fave: DESK SET, in which the reference librarians (including
Katharine Hepburn and Joan Blondell) buy their gowns at Bonwit's, while
the automation expert is depicted with the bun and horn-rimmed glasses.
Least appealing: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, where James Stewart reaches his
low point when he sees that, if he had never been around, Donna Reed
never marries and becomes the <gasp!> town librarian (we all know damn
well she would've married Sam Wainright!).

Sorry to sound frivolous, but a bit of levity seemed to be sorely needed
at this point ...

--Rich.V.

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Catalog Librarian I    | Boston MA 02108            | rich, by making
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