The original title for this series was "Please Stand By," but because the Cuban Missile Crisis had happened less than a year earlier, executives thought it might make people fearful of an air raid. As a reference to this, when this show would cut to a commercial, the Control Voice said, "Please stand by."
When the series finale, The Probe (1965), was originally aired, a live announcer spoke over the Control Voice's closing statement about returning "next week at this same time." The live announcer stated that The King Family Show would be seen "next week in this time period." The regular Control Voice closing for The Probe (1965) was heard only in re-runs.
Gene Roddenberry was a big fan of the series, being a regular visitor to the set. He would use many of the crew, cast, costumes, and props on Star Trek.
I've never heard of that show. This one is (presumably) better known.
The original title for this series was "Please Stand By," but because the Cuban Missile Crisis had happened less than a year earlier, executives thought it might make people fearful of an air raid. As a reference to this, when this show would cut to a commercial, the Control Voice said, "Please stand by."
When the series finale, The Probe (1965), was originally aired, a live announcer spoke over the Control Voice's closing statement about returning "next week at this same time." The live announcer stated that The King Family Show would be seen "next week in this time period." The regular Control Voice closing for The Probe (1965) was heard only in re-runs.
Gene Roddenberry was a big fan of the series, being a regular visitor to the set. He would use many of the crew, cast, costumes, and props on Star Trek.
Vic Perrin (The Control Voice) once stated that almost all of his opening and closing narrations were recorded in one or at most two studio sessions. He had no idea what the episodes were about but often joked that he had the "God-given" ability to sound authoritative on things that he knew nothing about.
This series provides an example of a television network deliberately killing a popular series by moving it to an inappropriate slot on their schedule. This series was a big hit, especially among younger viewers. For the second season, ABC moved it from Monday nights to 7:30 p.m. Saturday. It was not only an inappropriate timeslot for younger viewers but served as the lead-in for The Lawrence Welk Show and was scheduled opposite the highly popular Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine on CBS. The series was pulled halfway into the second season due to the resulting low ratings. (A reboot of the show, in 1995, actually lasted quite a bit longer (7 years).)
This show aired from 1998-2001. I wonder if I was the only one on 9/11/2001 who thought it would have been great to go back a week and stop the attack before it happened.
This show aired from 1998-2001. I wonder if I was the only one on 9/11/2001 who thought it would have been great to go back a week and stop the attack before it happened.
Norman Lloyd's character in the series is named Isaac Mentnor. It's a hint for Marvel Comics, where Isaac actually is I.S.A.A.C. (short for Integral Synaptic Anti-Anionic Computer), a sentient program capable to create robotic forms that rules Titan, Jupiter's moon. I.S.A.A.C. was created by Mentor, leader of the Titans and Thanos' father.
I know ISAAC and Mentor (Alars). I don't know this one.
(BTW, geeky note. In the comic books, Marvel decided to retroactively rewrite the entire history of the Eternals. Instead of the last history- which made sense- they rewrote it completely, and now the whole "how do eternals get born" thing has changed from "the usual way" to "it involves the will of a supercomputer". I know I'm not the only one ignoring this. It's like when DC changed Nightwing's costume from black and blue to black and red. The fans completely ignored them, and kept photoshopping the images back to blue. Eventually, someone in DC read the writing on the wall and stopped with the red. I understand their intention was to standardize the Bat family to red and black. However, this is not a pack of cookies or a line of coffee. This is a character whose had fans longer than the DC staff have been alive, and whose fans have traditionally felt cr@pped on by DC since he usually didn't get his due. What he got was fans who got more and more stubborn. I remember Dan Didio was in charge of DC, and showed up at a HUGE panel at a HUGE convention. He said, offhand, that his first thought concerning Nightwing was to kill him off, since he wasn't Batman and wasn't Robin. The HUGE room went deathly silent. I think Didio saw someone in the front row tying a rope end into a noose, because the next words out of his mouth were a LOT of backpedaling. DG has a very big, very loyal fandom. )
This show aired from 1998-2001. I wonder if I was the only one on 9/11/2001 who thought it would have been great to go back a week and stop the attack before it happened.
Norman Lloyd's character in the series is named Isaac Mentnor. It's a hint for Marvel Comics, where Isaac actually is I.S.A.A.C. (short for Integral Synaptic Anti-Anionic Computer), a sentient program capable to create robotic forms that rules Titan, Jupiter's moon. I.S.A.A.C. was created by Mentor, leader of the Titans and Thanos' father.
When Project Backstep is in play, the password is "Conundrum."
An Australian actor portrayed the main American character, and a Brit played the Russian female lead.
The two actors did NOT get along on set. The woman quit in the middle of the third season after agreeing to film a few scenes to close her character's arc. Her departure induced UPN not to renew for another season.
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The original title for this series was "Please Stand By," but because the Cuban Missile Crisis had happened less than a year earlier, executives thought it might make people fearful of an air raid. As a reference to this, when this show would cut to a commercial, the Control Voice said, "Please stand by."
When the series finale, The Probe (1965), was originally aired, a live announcer spoke over the Control Voice's closing statement about returning "next week at this same time." The live announcer stated that The King Family Show would be seen "next week in this time period." The regular Control Voice closing for The Probe (1965) was heard only in re-runs.
Gene Roddenberry was a big fan of the series, being a regular visitor to the set. He would use many of the crew, cast, costumes, and props on Star Trek.
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Furthest Frontiers?
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I've never heard of that show. This one is (presumably) better known.
The original title for this series was "Please Stand By," but because the Cuban Missile Crisis had happened less than a year earlier, executives thought it might make people fearful of an air raid. As a reference to this, when this show would cut to a commercial, the Control Voice said, "Please stand by."
When the series finale, The Probe (1965), was originally aired, a live announcer spoke over the Control Voice's closing statement about returning "next week at this same time." The live announcer stated that The King Family Show would be seen "next week in this time period." The regular Control Voice closing for The Probe (1965) was heard only in re-runs.
Gene Roddenberry was a big fan of the series, being a regular visitor to the set. He would use many of the crew, cast, costumes, and props on Star Trek.
Vic Perrin (The Control Voice) once stated that almost all of his opening and closing narrations were recorded in one or at most two studio sessions. He had no idea what the episodes were about but often joked that he had the "God-given" ability to sound authoritative on things that he knew nothing about.
This series provides an example of a television network deliberately killing a popular series by moving it to an inappropriate slot on their schedule. This series was a big hit, especially among younger viewers. For the second season, ABC moved it from Monday nights to 7:30 p.m. Saturday. It was not only an inappropriate timeslot for younger viewers but served as the lead-in for The Lawrence Welk Show and was scheduled opposite the highly popular Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine on CBS. The series was pulled halfway into the second season due to the resulting low ratings. (A reboot of the show, in 1995, actually lasted quite a bit longer (7 years).)
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OK, if not "Furthest Frontiers", how about "THE OUTER LIMITS"?
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Wise guy.
Yes, it's The Outer Limits, which, I suppose, roughly translates to Furthest Frontiers.
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I'm blanking completely. Anyone can jump in now.
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This show aired from 1998-2001. I wonder if I was the only one on 9/11/2001 who thought it would have been great to go back a week and stop the attack before it happened.
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This show aired from 1998-2001. I wonder if I was the only one on 9/11/2001 who thought it would have been great to go back a week and stop the attack before it happened.
Norman Lloyd's character in the series is named Isaac Mentnor. It's a hint for Marvel Comics, where Isaac actually is I.S.A.A.C. (short for Integral Synaptic Anti-Anionic Computer), a sentient program capable to create robotic forms that rules Titan, Jupiter's moon. I.S.A.A.C. was created by Mentor, leader of the Titans and Thanos' father.
The password is "Conundrum."
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I know ISAAC and Mentor (Alars). I don't know this one.
(BTW, geeky note. In the comic books, Marvel decided to retroactively rewrite the entire history of the Eternals. Instead of the last history- which made sense- they rewrote it completely, and now the whole "how do eternals get born" thing has changed from "the usual way" to "it involves the will of a supercomputer". I know I'm not the only one ignoring this. It's like when DC changed Nightwing's costume from black and blue to black and red. The fans completely ignored them, and kept photoshopping the images back to blue. Eventually, someone in DC read the writing on the wall and stopped with the red. I understand their intention was to standardize the Bat family to red and black. However, this is not a pack of cookies or a line of coffee. This is a character whose had fans longer than the DC staff have been alive, and whose fans have traditionally felt cr@pped on by DC since he usually didn't get his due. What he got was fans who got more and more stubborn. I remember Dan Didio was in charge of DC, and showed up at a HUGE panel at a HUGE convention. He said, offhand, that his first thought concerning Nightwing was to kill him off, since he wasn't Batman and wasn't Robin. The HUGE room went deathly silent. I think Didio saw someone in the front row tying a rope end into a noose, because the next words out of his mouth were a LOT of backpedaling. DG has a very big, very loyal fandom. )
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This show aired from 1998-2001. I wonder if I was the only one on 9/11/2001 who thought it would have been great to go back a week and stop the attack before it happened.
Norman Lloyd's character in the series is named Isaac Mentnor. It's a hint for Marvel Comics, where Isaac actually is I.S.A.A.C. (short for Integral Synaptic Anti-Anionic Computer), a sentient program capable to create robotic forms that rules Titan, Jupiter's moon. I.S.A.A.C. was created by Mentor, leader of the Titans and Thanos' father.
When Project Backstep is in play, the password is "Conundrum."
An Australian actor portrayed the main American character, and a Brit played the Russian female lead.
The two actors did NOT get along on set. The woman quit in the middle of the third season after agreeing to film a few scenes to close her character's arc. Her departure induced UPN not to renew for another season.
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