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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:55:33 -0700
From: "Kevin" <kfsnetwk@direct.ca>
Subject: Re: Space1999: Why ask why?
LOL
that sure made my morning
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From: Michael Faries <Michael.Faries@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: <space1999@buffnet.net>; <ed1202@webtv.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Space1999: Why ask why?
>
> >From: ed1202@webtv.net
> >
> >Do other thirty-two year old white males with brown eyes and brown hair
> >who drive Chevys and use Crest toothpaste like other sci-fi shows? I
> >wonder what the statistics are on that?
> >
> >If you are a thirty-two year old white male with brown eyes and brown
> >hair who drives a Chevy and uses Crest toothpaste, feel free to e-mail
> >me on this subject. I'd love to hear from you.
>
> Well, this thirty-two year old male with brown eyes and brown hair drives
a
> Toyota RAV4 and uses Arm & Hammer baking soda toothpaste; I occasionally
use
> Crest. So much for getting the demographics right. <grin>
>
> Back to Space: 1999: The topic which we're supposed to be discussing! ;-)
>
> Michael
>
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:00:03 -0400
From: Brian Boskind <BBoskind@jcfb.org>
Subject: RE: Space1999: Why ask why?
> Back to Space: 1999: The topic which we're supposed to be discussing! ;-)
>
Can we then discuss things that might get Johnny Byrne joining in. Things a
little more weighty then Tie Fighters and goofy eyeglasses. :
: )
Brian
ps- I was looking thru an old issue of Heavy Metal. There was this really
wierd cartoon about a spacecraft full of decadent rich people who wind up
getting stranded in a graveyard in space. Their ship looks like a 3 masted
sailing ship. At the end of the story when they are all dead and the ship is
drifting amongst all this other space debris, you can clearly see a cockpit
section from an Eagle drifting alone in the background. It's almost as if
the artist was referencing the graveyard in "Dragon's Domain"
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:37:49 -0500
From: jecisar@ci.des-moines.ia.us
Subject: RE: Space1999: Everything I Need To Know I Learned From Watching SPACE:1999
Here are the next 12 rules I learned:
01) Apparently, computers *can* blow up planets.
02) Saran-wrap keeps food fresh indefinitely. (As long as you don't
puncture it.)
03) When showcasing Mankind, show something light such as "The Brady Bunch",
"Gilligan's Island", or Steve Urkel. (Shy away from "Cops" or "America's
Most Wanted".)
04) Things to take when exploring a planet: A rock crusher; A Voodoo doctor;
An American Indian knowledgeable in rain making.
05) Anyone can forge a Space Trading License: Take your driver's license,
cross out the word DRIVER, then carefully and *neatly* write in SPACE
TRADING.
06) IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE: When in a space suit, make sure you lock *and*
Velcro your helmet visor.
07) If you have the ability to contact your rescue team, please do so
*before* you are burned at the stake.
08) Always carry spare oxygen vials with you in case of emergency "love
tests". (At least when you're with your significant other.)
09) Whip wielding women in skin-tight spandex spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E
*everywhere* in the Universe.
10) If you suddenly find yourself endowed with powerful paranormal
abilities, don't be greedy - open a "Psychic Friends Of <Your Name>" 900
hotline.
11) More things to take when exploring a planet: A Lumberjack; Large
quantities of the herbicide Triox; Henry Kissinger's book, "The Art of
Diplomacy".
12) Be extra careful when battling "kinetically challenged" aliens: You've
no idea where they've been or how long it took them to get there.
As before, a small side game can be played: Try to match the rule to the
episode (hint: They're all second season episodes!)
Enjoy!
- -John Cisar
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:12:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Mona.L.Delitsky" <mld@spec.jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: Space1999: toothpaste
Well, I like Space:1999 but I've been using Colgate
for 30+ years. Is that OK ? Crest never appealed to me..
- - Mona\
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:54:54 -0400
From: "Beth Waniewski" <waniewski@cconnect.net>
Subject: Space1999: 1960's U.S. postal stamps OFF TOPIC, sort of
Did anybody get a look at the set of 1960's commemorative stamp set for
1960? The picture of the foot print on the moon is one of the stamps as is
the first computer chip. The laser is part of the page and so is Star Trek.
Nothing Space 1999 is on it, so I really hesitate to bring it up, but it's
cool and worth a look. Beth
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 19:16:42 +0100
From: "Nick Abadzis" <nick@nabad.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Space1999: Why ask why?
Brian wrote:
>
> I was looking thru an old issue of Heavy Metal. (snipped) At the end of the
> story when they are all dead and the ship is
> drifting amongst all this other space debris, you can clearly see a cockpit
> section from an Eagle drifting alone in the background. It's almost as if
> the artist was referencing the graveyard in "Dragon's Domain"
Hey, Brian, what was the name of the artist? Heavy Metal would sometimes
reprint some really good stuff from Europe (and it would also reprint some
old pants, too).
Nick
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:45:37 -0400
From: "Jenny Lobb" <LOBBJ@gunet.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Space1999: RE: Everything I Need To Know I Learned from Watching Space: 1999
Hi John,
Okay, I'll give this a try.
01) Apparently, computers *can* blow up planets.
The Metamorph
02) Saran-wrap keeps food fresh indefinitely. (As long as you don't puncture it.)
The Exiles?
03) When showcasing Mankind, show something light such as "The Brady Bunch", "Gilligan's Island", or Steve Urkel. (Shy away from "Cops" or "America's Most Wanted".)
One Moment of Humanity
04) Things to take when exploring a planet: A rock crusher; A Voodoo doctor; An American Indian knowledgeable in rain making.
All That Glisters
05) Anyone can forge a Space Trading License: Take your driver's license, cross out the word DRIVER, then carefully and *neatly* write in SPACE TRADING.
The Taybor
06) IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE: When in a space suit, make sure you lock *and* Velcro your helmet visor.
Bringers of Wonder Part 2 (?)
07) If you have the ability to contact your rescue team, please do so *before* you are burned at the stake.
Journey to Where
08) Always carry spare oxygen vials with you in case of emergency "love tests". (At least when you're with your significant other.)
Brian the Brain
09) Whip wielding women in skin-tight spandex spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E *everywhere* in the Universe.
Devil's Planet
10) If you suddenly find yourself endowed with powerful paranormal abilities, don't be greedy - open a "Psychic Friends Of <Your Name>" 900 hotline.
Lambda Factor (not to be confused with the episode where they all start dancing uncontrollably. That was the Lambada Factor!)
11) More things to take when exploring a planet: A Lumberjack; Large quantities of the herbicide Triox; Henry Kissinger's book, "The Art of Diplomacy".
Rules of Luton
12) Be extra careful when battling "kinetically challenged" aliens: You've no idea where they've been or how long it took them to get there.
Bringers of Wonder or maybe AB Chrysalis
So how did I do?
Jenny Lobb
lobbj@gunet.georgetown.edu
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 18:45:37 EDT
From: TERALISHA@aol.com
Subject: Re: Space1999: Everything I Need To Know I Learned From Watching SPACE:1999
In a message dated 10/19/99 6:46:09 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
jecisar@ci.des-moines.ia.us writes:
Here are the next 12 rules I learned:
01) Apparently, computers *can* blow up planets.
Tera might try to answer these
hmmm, can it be, is it, The Metamorph?
02) Saran-wrap keeps food fresh indefinitely. (As long as you don't
puncture it.)
T - Exiles
03) When showcasing Mankind, show something light such as "The Brady
Bunch",Gilligan's Island", or Steve Urkel. (Shy away from "Cops" or
"America's Most Wanted".)
hmmm, did I miss the non-existent episode where Tony and Alan introduced Maya
to American Television and Beer all in the same night one boring night on
Alpha?
04) Things to take when exploring a planet: A rock crusher; A Voodoo doctor;
An American Indian knowledgeable in rain making.
T = All that Glisters
05) Anyone can forge a Space Trading License: Take your driver's license,
cross out the word DRIVER, then carefully and *neatly* write in SPACE TRADING.
T says - Taybor the Tator <burp>
06) IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE: When in a space suit, make sure you lock *and*
Velcro your helmet visor.
Well, hmm this can be several episodes with malfunctioning helmets but I'll
be darned if I can name any of them right now.
07) If you have the ability to contact your rescue team, please do so
*before* you are burned at the stake.
T says Journey to Where
08) Always carry spare oxygen vials with you in case of emergency "love
tests". (At least when you're with your significant other.)
Brian the Brain A la twitched in the head
09) Whip wielding women in skin-tight spandex spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E
*everywhere* in the Universe.
I believe you men would call it something else but I'm calling it Devils
Planet
10) If you suddenly find yourself endowed with powerful paranormal
abilities, don't be greedy - open a "Psychic Friends Of <Your Name>" 900
hotline.
The Lambada Factor - spelled wrong just to make you guys smile
11) More things to take when exploring a planet: A Lumberjack; Large
quantities of the herbicide Triox; Henry Kissinger's book, "The Art of
Diplomacy".
herbicide = plants so must be them damn talking judging Luton trees
12) Be extra careful when battling "kinetically challenged" aliens: You've
no idea where they've been or how long it took them to get there.
???????
Oh, BOW ?
They didn't seem to possess much kinetic get up an go did they? They needed
Mountain Dew perhaps?
As before, a small side game can be played: Try to match the rule to the
episode (hint: They're all second season episodes!)
Enjoy!
-John Cisar
Ok, John I give, what does Gilligan and the Brady Bunch have to do with it?
Can't figure that one out.
Fun though and I most surely did need this tonight! Thanks!
And everyone have a great evening!
Teralisha
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 19:59:05 EDT
From: TERALISHA@aol.com
Subject: Space1999: RE: Moonbase Alpha Tour Rates EXCELLENT
Wow!
Just took a peek inside the base tour. I LIKE what I've seen so far.
And the narratives, quite good. Although I haven't completed the tour I have
to say that the living quarters description pointing out the 70's style alarm
clock and the speculation of what type of music it would pick up in space had
me laughing.
I did come up with one question - how comfortable are those beds?
While they look good on tv, do they truly provide a good night's rest. Oh,
that's right. The Alphans probably don't get to sleep an entire night
through anyhow because of those red alerts going off.
Well, anyhow a truly AWESOME sight. I order everybody to go check it out
ASAP.
Teralisha
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 04:52:32 +0300
From: "Leonidas Papadopoulos" <pleonida@x-treme.gr>
Subject: Re: Space1999:GayBaseAlpha
Wow!!Loosen up a bit people OK?What is this?Flame war?The War of the
Worlds(gays vs straights)?WW III?I couldn't beleive my eyes with what I've
read!Moonbubba insulting Marcy, Paulo insulting Moonbubba, Moonbubba
insulting Paulo!So much for the friendliness and respect on this list!We've
touched a highly sensitive issue here with many aspects.
First of all, let me give my 2 cents.Leaving behind all the insults from
whoever they came, I'd have to say that when I first read the title 'Gaybase
Alpha', it made me wanna puke.Before you can flame me, let me
explain.Firstly, I grew up in a society that made me prejudiced against
everything involved with homosexuality.I think most of us were.So, it isn't
easy for me to surpass that taboo.Hey, I'm just 19 years-old.I still haven't
cleared many things out about life and social relationships and I'm still
searching myself.Secondly, I totally agree with Moonbubba in many things,
such as that this whole thing is discriminating for homosexual people(I also
find the words 'gay', 'fag' offensive, since they're mostly used to offense
certain people).In what does it differ from the 'black-white' racist
discrimination?It just reminds me of the time I've seen "Roots" on TV, where
it shown different general public toilets for black people and different for
white people.It's absurd.
Now, you might say-as you already have- that 'Gaybase Alpha' is a Space:1999
list less censored than this, where people can talk for things they can't
here.I agree.But why don't you call it let's say, 'Alternate Base Alpha'?And
you can talk for whatever you want.
I think-and that's a personal opinion-that the name 'Gaybase Aplha' is just
an advertisement for just homosexual people only.Something like:"Hey, listen
there's a new list in town and it's for gay people only".Sorry, but that's
the way it sounds to me.Moonbubba was right.Why don't we just rename this
list to 'Censored Base Alpha' as you can't talk for sex, religion and
politics as it was mentioned in another post, make a 'Straights-Only Base
Alpha', a 'Negro Base Alpha' and so on.I don't remember in Space:1999 black
people or homosexual people(if were any) being treated in any "special"
way.They all were a team, a family.Space:1999 was clever enough not to
mention people with "wierd" tastes.It wouldn't serve anything.It would only
make the show seem immature and discriminative.
Many people(including me) aren't mature enough with dealing with taboos and
things prefered not mentioned.I wasn't comfortable at all with the idea of
Space:1999 and homosexuality.But that doesn't also mean that I prefer all
homosexual people dead.I know a person-a bit older than me-who is homosexual
and he has such a good heart, better than many "straights" I know.But why do
I have to "defend" homosexual people?Heck, they're humans like you and me!
But until they day we are mature and wise enough to deal with "taboo"
things(me firstly), there shouldn't be things that reminds as of our
immaturity.I agree 100% with the idea of a list where things that don't seem
to belong here, are discussed.But this list should take a name which doesn't
offend someone else.Wouldn't be nicer if "Gaybase Alpha" was renamed, so
that a person who would like to discuss something that won't fit in this
list wouldn't be discouraged by the word "gay"?
Leonidas
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 08:10:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Anthony DiPietro <atd1999@yahoo.com>
Subject: Space1999: New Trading Cards for 25th Anniversary???
Hi all!
Thought I'd pass on an idea here -
There is a new trading card company called
Rittenhouse Archives - it was founded by a guy from
Fleer that handled the Star Trek series there.
Anyway, they have a monthly conest (the current one
ends Nov 17). This month there are 4 trivia questions,
with the last one being "What would you like to see as
the next setRittenhouse produces?" They list 4 sets,
plus an "Other" - that's where we come in!
If you would all go to the site, fill in the trivia
question and check off other (multiple responses are
allowed, so check off any others too) and fill in
"Space:1999" maybe we can get a 25th anniversary set!
The Web site is: http://www.scifihobby.com
The trivia answers are:
People are Alike All Over
Dr Feelgood
Ben Browder
The important part is that we get some interest in a
Space:1999 set... :)
Anthony
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