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* tz-art.htm: Correct the Peanuts quote.
Fix broken links and remove a broken-linked book that wasn't that notable anyway. Use italics for book and movie titles.
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Jules Verne</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Book</td><td>Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
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(Around the World in Eighty Days)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Book</td><td><em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em>
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(<em>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</em>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot.
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European readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in
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deep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once
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@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ An on-line English-language translation of the book is available at
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Umberto Eco</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Book</td><td>The Island of the Day Before
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(L'isola del giorno prima)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Book</td><td><em>The Island of the Day Before</em>
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(<em>L'isola del giorno prima</em>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1994</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>
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"...the story of a 17th century Italian nobleman trapped near an island
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@@ -301,86 +301,83 @@ on the International Date Line. Time and time zones play an integral
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part in the novel." (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22)
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>David Jebb</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Book</td><td><a href="http://www.thethirteenthtimezone.com">
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The Thirteenth Time Zone</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>
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"It's fiction, but it's based on his experiences and travels." (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22)
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>John Dunning</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Book</td><td><a
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href="http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=479719">Two
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O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</a></td></tr>
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href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/Two-OClock-Eastern-Wartime/John-Dunning/9781439171530"><em>Two
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O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</em></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2001</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>
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Mystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Film</td><td>Bell Science – About Time</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The Frank Baxter/Richard Deacon extravaganza.
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Information is available at
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<a href="http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm">http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Film</td><td><em>About Time</em></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1962</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The Bell Science extravaganza, with Frank Baxter,
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Richard Deacon, and Les Tremayne.
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154110/">Information</a>
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is available at IMDb.</td></tr>
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</table>
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>
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An episode of "The Adventures of Superman" entitled "The Mysterious
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An episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled "The Mysterious
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Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers
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of WWV to broadcast time signals five minutes ahead of actual time;
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doing so got a crook trying to beat the statute of limitations to
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emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure.
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</li>
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<li>
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The 1960s ITC television series "The Prisoner" included an episode
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The 1960s ITC television series <em>The Prisoner</em> included an episode
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entitled "The Chimes of Big Ben" in which our protagonist tumbled to
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the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing "Big
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Ben" chiming on Polish local time.
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</li>
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<li>
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The series "Seinfeld" included an episode entitled "The Susie," first
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The series <em>Seinfeld</em> included an episode entitled "The Susie," first
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broadcast 1997-02-13, in which Kramer decides that daylight saving time
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isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour.
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</li>
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<li>
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The syndicated comic strip "Dilbert" featured an all-too-rare example of
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The syndicated comic strip <em>Dilbert</em> featured an all-too-rare example of
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time zone humor on 1998-03-14.
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</li>
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<li>
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Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103
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of the 1999-11 Atlantic Monthly.
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of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>.
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</li>
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<li>
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"Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of Time
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Magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed
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"Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of <em>Time</em>
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magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed
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year-round DST as a way of lessening wintertime despair.
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</li>
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<li>
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The "20 Hours in America" episode of "The West Wing," first aired 2002-09-25,
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The "20 Hours in America" episode of <em>The West Wing</em>,
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first aired 2002-09-25,
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saw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to
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catch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes.
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</li>
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<li>
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"In what time zone would you find New York City?" was a $200 question on
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the 1999-11-13 United States airing of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
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"In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time
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the 1999-11-13 United States airing of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</em>,
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and "In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time
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zones?" was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of
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"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone
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the same show. At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone
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question should have been asked 2002-06-04.
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</li>
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<li>
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A private jet's mid-flight change of time zones distorts Alison Dubois'
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premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of "Medium"
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premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of <em>Medium</em>
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(originally aired 2007-02-28).
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</li>
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<li>
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In the "30 Rock" episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day" (first broadcast 2010-02-11),
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In the <em>30 Rock</em> episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day"
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(first broadcast 2010-02-11),
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Jack Donaghy's date realizes that a Geneva-to-New-York business phone call
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received in the evening must be fake given the difference in local times.
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</li>
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<li>
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In the 1946 movie "A Matter of Life and Death"
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(U.S. title "Stairway to Heaven")
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In the 1946 movie <em>A Matter of Life and Death</em>
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(U.S. title <em>Stairway to Heaven</em>)
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there is a reference to British Double Summer Time.
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The time does not play a large part in the plot;
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it's just a passing reference to the time when one of the
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http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/
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</a>. (Dave Cantor)
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<li>
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The 1953 railway comedy movie "The Titfield Thunderbolt" includes a
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The 1953 railway comedy movie <em>The Titfield Thunderbolt</em> includes a
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play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants
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him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?"
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And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time."
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</a>. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02)
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</li>
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<li>
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The premise of the 1999 caper movie "Entrapment" involves computers
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The premise of the 1999 caper movie <em>Entrapment</em> involves computers
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in an international banking network being shut down briefly at
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midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition
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from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown
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</a>. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02)
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</li>
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<li>
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In the "Run by the Monkeys" episode of "Da Vinci's Inquest"
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In the "Run by the Monkeys" episode of <em>Da Vinci's Inquest</em>
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(first broadcast 2002-11-17),
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a witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set
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their clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire,
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introducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred.
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</li>
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<li>
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In "The Todd Couple" episode of "Outsourced" (first aired 2011-02-10),
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In "The Todd Couple" episode of <em>Outsourced</em> (first aired 2011-02-10),
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Manmeet sets up Valentine's Day teledates for 6:00 and 9:00pm;
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since one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan,
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hilarity ensues.
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<li>
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"We've been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492.
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Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight saving."
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(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in "Animal Crackers", 1930,
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(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in <em>Animal Crackers</em>, 1930,
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as noted by Will Fitzgerald)
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</li>
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<li>
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Time? (More laughter) It wasn't daylight-saving time, was it? Because
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the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day!"
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<br>
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(From the play "Inherit the Wind" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee,
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(From the play <em>Inherit the Wind</em> by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee,
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filmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as
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Brady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.)
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</li>
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"Good news."
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"What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?"
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(Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a
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May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series "Baywatch")
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May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series <em>Baywatch</em>)
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</li>
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<li>
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"A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you
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</li>
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<li>
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"Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?"
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("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of "Angel,"
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("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of <em>Angel</em>,
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originally aired 2002-02-25)
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</li>
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<li>
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"I thought you said Tulsa was a three-hour flight."
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"Well, you're forgetting about the time difference."
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("Joey" and "Chandler" in dialog from the episode of "Friends"
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("Joey" and "Chandler" in dialog from the episode of <em>Friends</em>
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entitled "The One With Rachel's Phone Number," originally aired 2002-12-05)
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</li>
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<li>
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"Is that a pertinent fact,
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or are you just trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?"
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(Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane" to "Roz" from the episode of "Frasier"
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(Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane" to "Roz" from the episode of <em>Frasier</em>
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entitled "The Kid," originally aired 1997-11-04)
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</li>
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<li>
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"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
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It is already tomorrow in Australia."
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(Charles M. Schulz, provided by Steve Summit)
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Peppermint Patty: "What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?"
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<br>
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Marcie: "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact,
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it's already tomorrow in Australia!"
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<br>
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(Charles M. Schultz, <em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13)
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</li>
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<li>
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"I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because
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I refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and
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then I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then
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yesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it's basically
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midnight." (Conan O'Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of "Conan.")
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midnight." (Conan O'Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of <em>Conan</em>.)
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</li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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