From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V9 #34 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Saturday, February 28 2004 Volume 09 : Number 034 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Basia Song On Your Cell Phone? ["Kamille" ] Re: Had she ever been on a comedy show? ["Ben van Maaren" Subject: Basia Song On Your Cell Phone? Here's a site I came across that may allow your cell phone ring to be your favorite Basia song! Anyone up for an experiment? Here's the pitch: Xingtone lets you turn any audio clip into cell phone ring. You can convert songs, sound effects, spoken words, etc. There's a test on the Web site to ensure that your phone is compatible. TO VISIT THIS SITE, GO HERE: http://www.xingtone.com/index.html Kamille ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:25:11 +0100 From: "Ben van Maaren" Subject: Re: Had she ever been on a comedy show? Well Desianto, I don't know about Basia ever appearing on the Freddy Starr show, but I do know that in the 80s she appeared on an episode of "The Young Ones", a British sitcom, where she did the musical interlude. DVDs of the "Young Ones" are available, so this particular episode should be easy to find if you really want it. Greetz, Ben (not Combee) Public opinion exists only where there are no ideas. - Oscar Wilde - ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: "Desianto F. W." Aan: Verzonden: vrijdag 27 februari 2004 7:11 Onderwerp: Had she ever been on a comedy show? > > Hello all, > > Had anyone of you ever watched Basia on a comedy show? I know, it's > a rather strange question for all of you, the loyal Basia lovers. > > OK, I'll play my next 'silat style' to warm up the list (silat is > a traditional Indonesian self-defense art, and it has many styles - > actually they're called as 'jurus' - such as "An eagle catching a > rat", "Biting snake", or even "Digging the earth"). My next jurus > will be called "The memory of a forgetful man"... :-) > > About a year and a half ago, there was a comedy show on a TV station > in Indonesia. It's Freddy Starr show, I'm sure that some of you are > familiar with it. > > One day, I watched this show. At that time, Freddy invited a magician > on the stage. He asked the magician to show some simple tricks to the > audiences. The magician said that he will show a simple card trick and > he asked some playing cards. Freddy then asked his assistant (the > assistant is not on stage so he had to shout) to bring the cards. Then > came the assistant, a long-haired woman with a long-sleeved black > blouse and a skirt with a tray and cards on it. She looked like Basia > IMHO, but I didn't think further because I know that there are many > women who look like Basia until I saw Freddy's reaction when she was > near them. He looked surprised and before he ask more questions, the > woman went away. Freddy was still surprised but he was speechless > because the magician had already begun his trick. I think he would > say "Who was that woman?" but finally he was able to control himself. > > While the magician was performing his trick, Freddy interrupted, > "Please, don't use cards. I know it's an easy trick so please do it > without cards. Can you do a card trick without cards?" (or something > like that). The magician thought for a while and then he gave the > cards to Freddy. He said to Freddy, "Please pick a card in your mind > and don't tell me what card is!" Then he said, "Let's imagine that > you put that card in an unusual place, let's say, a sausage." Freddy > looked amazed but he said, "OK, in a sausage. Let's make it more > challenging!" The magician talked more about the sausage, e.g. it's > a big sausage, delicious, and so on. Finally he said, "Let's see your > card!" > > So Freddy ask his assistant again to bring him a sausage. And the > woman came out again which surprised Freddy one more time. He tried to > stop her to ask her some questions but he was so surprised and no > clear words came out from his lips. The woman just smiled at them and > then went away. But his attention soon was drawn to the trick and he > was asked to break the sausage and take the card out of it. The > magician asked him, "Is this your card?" Freddy answered, "Yes, you're > great! Give him applause ladies and gentelmen!" He tried to look calm > but his gestures showed that he was still curious about the woman. He > showed a kind of look like "Where did I meet her, she looks familiar." > > I know that maybe it's nothing and too good to be true. But Freddy's > expression is somewhat strange because as a professional, I'm sure > that he knows almost everything about his work including who his crew > is. That event seemed "out of the scenario". > > Maybe Freddy knew Basia because he is in England and the studio is > in London. Therefore, when he saw a woman who looks like Basia in his > show, he was so surprised. > > To be honest, I don't know the truth: was she Basia or was she a woman > who looks like Basia? Everything is possible. It's possible that > Basia went to the studio to surprise Freddy and the audiences just > for fun (considering her spontaneous and "playful" attitude). It's > also possible that she is not Basia, just an ordinary woman. Sadly > I can't find anything about it after searching in the web. > > OK, I'll leave you with that question. If you're curious enough about > how she looked like, you can watch Basia's clip on Jay Leno's show > singing Baby You're Mine. > > Have a nice day! > > Desianto F. W. > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V9 #34 **************************