I agree with Adrienne about the "Friends" epidose last Thursday.
Unfortunately  they aren't always so accurate--Like Ross the
paleontologist who was putting together the exhibit on Homo erectus. But
it was still a funny episode -- including an ending where Ross and Rachel
spent the night in the Homo eructus exhibit and awoke to find a school
group staring at them.

Other museum-related entertainment comedies I recommend for their museum
issues/portrayals are:

Fierce Creatures        (including zoo issues, ethics, marketing and
competing               for visitors and their money)

Bean            (including personnel, security, conservation and
marketing               issues)

Relic           (I realize this one isn't technically in the comedy
genre but it is                 laughable).

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Nancy Russell
Curator
Bent's Old Fort NHS


On Fri, 9 Jan 1998 19:40:21 EST DearmasA <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>I thought the whole story about the division between museum scientists
>and all
>others was not only funny, but right on the mark. I wnder who their
>consultant
>was on the script or which writer has a close friend/relative who is a
>curator/director/etc...
>
>- Adrienne
>