Mr. S….

Just thought of another reason that, should a third movie be made, you guys should head here, to AZ, to shoot. One word. Carolina’s. Ever been? While the original Carolina’s isn’t in the best of neighborhoods, at lunch time, on any given day, luxury cars line Mohave, and the lunch lines run clear down the block. People come, from all over the Valley of the Sun, just to buy the fresh tortillas. Since you’ve been gone… they’ve expanded. The good news is, they now cater. So… you could have them cater for the cast and crew. The chow is relatively inexpensive which, I would imagine, Fox would love, and… just as mouth watering as you can get. Carolina’s is definitely the favorite of many a Phoenician/Zonie.

Just a thought!

Hope you’re having a great day. Here in golf land, it’s 75 F and, sunny as all get out!

T in AZ

I’ve never been.  But I will go next time I’m in Phoenix, for sure.

Dear Frank,

On Friday March 5th I celebrated my 30th birthday by getting a tattoo that holds great meaning for me both as a Phile and as a woman who was once a teen parent statistic. Now, at 30 years of age, my son is nearing his 12th birthday and I am proud to share my work at XFN with my second generation phile. For more than half of my life, I’ve had The X-Files as a constant reminder of the things most important; Truth, Hope, Belief and Love of Fate. Thanks again to you for being a part of such a powerful television show and as my good friend Roileigh said recently, “It’s not just another year for you, Tiff, it’s another year closer to XF3.”

Rock on Philes

Tiffany

XFN

P.S. Thanks to Avi for going under the needle first

Dear Frank,

These days have been hard in our country. In a lot of cities, from Santiago to Concepción, nature reminded us of how small we are, how the forces of the earth and water can change thousands of lives in a second, but it also has the power to show the best of humankind.

This Friday and Saturday, all the TV networks and radio are broadcasting a telethon to raise funds for aid, food, clothes and rebuilding houses.

Our website and community have united for this countrywide effort and are showing the telethon online here.

We want to ask you to publish this link to the Chilean bank receiving official donations from around the world during this campaign.

Finally, in the name of our Group and all the Chilean X-Philes, thanks for the words you posted. These words remind us of the great person you are, beyond a TV series.

Thanks, my friend.

Francisco

Grupo The X-Files Chile

El sitio Nº1 de The X-Files en Español

www.trustno1.cl

Dear Frank:

First, thanks for your concern and words. We lived through some terrible moments — this was one of the most powerful earthquakes in human history, and the damage and casualties grow every day. But the Chilean people are strong and, step by step, we are rebuilding our homes, towns and big and little cities.

For all who wish to know what’s happening here, check out this link.  It’s a small part of the inferno that we are still living through in this country.

Second: let me tell you that the men and women of the Grupo X-Files Chile are in good condition, only with minor damages in their homes. The same thing with the X-Philes who live in the most devastated cities (Concepción, Talca, Santiago)… we can only say “thank you, Lord”… we are alive and safe with our families, and nothing else matters now.

Again, many many thanks for your words… words that were a “big light” of hope for all the X-Philes here in Chile.

Warm Regards,

Rodrigo

Santiago, Chile

Hi Frank,

I was following the discussion surrounding the mystery of the ‘79′ pilot numbering, and here is my thing:

I don’t know where I heard or read that, but I think that X79 is something like a lucky omen of television producers when producing a pilot. It means that they hope that their show is picked up and that it will run at least 79 episodes, which would result into 4 or 5 seasons (by an average number of 20 or less episodes a season).

I think 4 to 5 seaons is what is considered as a successful, one hour prime time show in the United States (not sure about this one).

Funny thing is, a lot o people use the X nomenclature for any TV show production code, not knowing that each show has their own, individual production codes (like AEB= The Lone Gunmen, C= Millennium, etc) and that (unbeknowst) are always paying a credit to The X-Files, which kinda rocks.

I hope I was able to shed some light on the X79 mystery.

Greetings to Frankenbear,

I miss the little guy.

Jane

Munich, Germany

Hey Frank,

I know I don’t need to remind you or any phile what we are celebrating this coming Saturday. The Skype Philes and XFN have planned a special evening to celebrate the day Mulder and Scully met and began their wonderful journey together and made us all fall in love with them. I know I speak for all philes when I say this: I am truly grateful that after all these years I love this show just as much as I did when I first started. So here’s the information philes need to know to join in the celebration with us. Hope to “see” everyone there.

Cheers,

Trish

Toronto, ON

Canada

Hi Frank,

79 seems to be the production code number used for many pilot episodes, e.g.:

24 is 1AFF79

ER is 475079

and Bones is 1AKY79

However, I don’t know why they go for this number.

Best wishes,

Martyn

Scotland

Hello Frank!

I think it’s very interesting that not only The X-Files had “79″ in the pilot episode’s production code, but other Ten Thirteen shows also had that number.

For example:

4C79 – Millennium pilot episode

1ADC79 – Harsh Realm pilot episode

1AEB79 – The Lone Gunmen pilot episode

I’ve always wondered about that mysterios number! Also, in case of Millennium, HR and TLG I was curios about those strange letters (C, ADC, AEB) in production codes, What the hell is that supposed to mean? Another X-File?

Best wishes,

Jury

St. Petersburg, Russia

Ciao Frank!

1×79… because it was the 79th Fox’s pilot! Is that right?

X-philes

beyondthesea.it

Italy

That’s plausible, but the studio wouldn’t have produced 79 pilots in a single season.  So they would have been carrying the counting forward from season to season.  Which means they would have started with 1×01 some years earlier (when the Fox network was founded in 1986?).

The X-Files pilot’s production code is 1×79, then “Deep Throat” is 1×01. Why is this?

Just curious,

Erica

West Virginia

I don’t know.  I’ve always wondered the same thing!

Frank,

You coming to SXSW in Austin next month?

Eric

Dallas, TX

Regrettably, no.