Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:05 PM

Blast from the Past: Captain Scarlet Episode 1, with narrations by Ed Bishop (UFO fame).

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I used to love watching Gerry Anderson TV shows on Saturdays, such as Captain Scarlet, back in the late 60s.

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Blast from the Past: Captain Scarlet Episode 1, with narrations by Ed Bishop (UFO fame). (Original post)	TheBlackAdder	Apr 2020	OP
I LOVED Gerry Anderson's creations, too!	TrollBuster9090	Apr 2020	#1
I loved UFO when I was growing up	Miguelito Loveless	Apr 2020	#2
Funny you should mention that...	JHB	Apr 2020	#3
Amazon Prime has just about all of Gerry Andersons' shows.	RGinNJ	Apr 2020	#4
I've got the Fireball XL-5 and UFO DVD collections.	TheBlackAdder	Apr 2020	#5

Response to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:28 PM

TrollBuster9090 (5,923 posts)

1. I LOVED Gerry Anderson's creations, too!

The only Gerry Anderson creation we had on TV when I was growing up was UFO. (Also starring Ed Bishop, who was conspicuously made up to look like Captain Blue, with the nylon blond hair and everything.) But I remember my best friend and I lining up at the local movie theatre every Saturday morning to see the latest Thunderbirds movie. Admission: 25 cents.

I tell you, it sure gave me a shock to have been raised on Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet as a kid...and then see TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE as an adult! Haha!

(Also, it was interesting to see the evolution of Gerry Anderson's puppet heads. The puppets were always roughly the same height, but the heads got progressively smaller, and more proportional. Starting out with the huge heads the puppets had in Fireball XL-5, and finishing off with the properly proportioned heads in Captain Scarlet.)

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Response to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:37 PM

Miguelito Loveless (4,283 posts)

2. I loved UFO when I was growing up

It has a badass opening with the most 60s TV theme songs ever.

Also, their view of 1980 (from around 1969 if memory serves) is just adorable. Apparently they foresaw a Moonbase staffed by Prince fans.

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Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:19 PM

JHB (36,468 posts)