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Re: Archivist/records manager on TV



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From: "Charles Schultz" <CSCHULTZ@LIB-GW.TAMU.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Archivist/records manager on TV


> I'm wondering if others of you who might have watched "Touched by an
Angel" last night were disappointed as I was by the very timid man who was a
person who filed information about people in the heavenly archives.
>
> For those of you who did not see the program, here is a brief summary.
>
> Att the start of the program the poor archivist/records manager would
hardly speak.  Near the end, however, he was persuaded to be somewhat more
assertive when telling a young woman that her father had not died in vain
when he rushed into a burning house to save people inside.  He did save a
young boy but died in attempting to safe the father.  His daughter, who
worked at a roadside cafe, gas station, and garage always thought that it
was a fruitless thing to do since she was not aware that a young boy had
been rescued.  The night when she learned that a young boy had been saved,
that person (now a young man) was given the man of the year award by his
local chamber of commerce.
> In a way, then, the archivist/records manager was portrayed in a poor
light at first but then in a better light at the end.



Darn, I missed that episode-I was watching Murphy Brown.  But wouldn't
anyone fortunate enough to be employed in Her Heavenly Archives quite
naturally be somewhat mild mannered, given the surroundings?

Howard

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