From: "msntrl" Date: Fri Aug 2, 2002 4:31 pm Subject: New Member- Old Fan Hi There, I am looking for vhs videos of Search. Would anyone knowing whom to contact please email me? Thank You and "I'll be seeing you." jeffbell@onebox.com From: "Skip Brown" Date: Fri Aug 2, 2002 7:36 pm Subject: "I'll Be Seeing You" Hmmmm… Welcome Jeff… Hi everyone. Interesting thought… When Jeff ended his email with “I’ll be seeing you” I was immediately whisked away to a memory of a pre-Search program that we are all well acquainted with: The Prisoner. Since the World Securities agents on Search were implanted with subcutaneous transmitter/receivers, what happened when they “retired”? Did they ever explain it in the program? Were they sent to a “Village” to live out the rest of their lives? Obviously, the electronics embedded in their bodies would have been a highly prized commodity, as was their knowledge…. Skip -----Original Message----- From: msntrl [mailto:msntrl@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 4:32 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] New Member- Old Fan Hi There, I am looking for vhs videos of Search. Would anyone knowing whom to contact please email me? Thank You and "I'll be seeing you." jeffbell@onebox.com From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Sat Aug 3, 2002 1:00 am Subject: some new Gold Machine scenes posted http://probecontrol.com/Episodes/gold.html Hi everyone: Actingman has just posted some additions to the "Gold Machine" filmclip images. The newer scenes are mixed in with the older scenes and all the scenes are renumbered. The way I scan the filmclips, there are some occasional repeats often due to scratches and/or problems with the original clips. The idea is to eventually clone out defects later--sometimes between two scans of the same scene--when someone has the time to do it. It takes enough time to individually scan these things as it is. John, feel free to cull any of the scenes that appear to repeat. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys these. There were also a few scenes to be added to "One of Our Probes is Missing," but those are basically slight variations of scenes already posted. Someone has a different facial expression, someone's head has turned a different way, that sort of thing. I've just finished making a CD of video grabs of "Countdown to Panic" (aka "The Carrier") and will be sending those to Actingman for posting soon. Yes, we are constantly adding to the site, bit by bit. --Don H. http://probecontrol.com/Episodes/gold.html From: "msntrl" Date: Sat Aug 3, 2002 1:29 pm Subject: Re: "I'll Be Seeing You" Hi Skip and everyone, I was truly impressed by Skip's takeoff on my Subject Line! Yes I had been thinking of "The Prisoner" as it still conveys many of the images of our society today as did "Search"to a much lessor extent. I must admit that I have never been a member of a group like this. Please pardon any errors in protocol I may commit. However, I am an avid fan am grateful to share my experience. jeffbell@onebox.com ( the ingenue') ps- was elke sommer the love interest? From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Mon Aug 5, 2002 12:45 am Subject: NBC Search promo transcript posted SearchPromo.htm Posted to our Files section, the above links to a transcript of the NBC promo which ran at the end of the repeat of the "Probe" pilot (renamed "Search" for the rerun) on August 4, 1972 (30 years ago). This was transcribed from an audio cassette Jim Alexander sent me a while back. It runs about 2 minutes and is available on audio CD, if anyone is interested in having a copy. What is interesting about the promo is that it contained some unaired footage from certain SEARCH episodes. These lines can be found in the scripts Actingman has posted. If the link doesn't work, open the "Files" section, then open the "Search Articles by Don Harden" folder, then click on "SearchPromo.htm." Thanks. --Don H. From: "rbrfab" Date: Mon Aug 5, 2002 4:58 am Subject: Re: NBC Search promo transcript posted Thanks for putting this up, Don. As you know, I've had this for some time on one of your cds, and enjoyed it. Two points to add: the complete version of the 'Probe' theme music is playing in the background of this promo, but as the recording starts we are slightly into the music proper. Maybe there was something lost before the narrator said 'Hugh o@brian'--like another statement of the title and time of showing? The other point is one I've made to you offline: the clips feature only Lockwood and Bianco. Presumably this is because none of the Grover episodes had been filmed yet.(see the shooting schedule on the website) Richard --- In probe_control@y..., dghprobe3@a... wrote: > SearchPromo.htm > > Posted to our Files section, the above links to a transcript of the NBC promo > which ran at the end of the repeat of the "Probe" pilot (renamed "Search" for > the rerun) on August 4, 1972 (30 years ago). This was transcribed from an > audio cassette Jim Alexander sent me a while back. I From: "dghprobe3" Date: Mon Aug 5, 2002 7:25 pm Subject: more on that Search promo --- In probe_control@y..., "rbrfab" wrote: > ...as the recording starts we are slightly > into the music proper. Maybe there was something lost before the > narrator said 'Hugh o'brian'... > ...the clips feature only Lockwood and Bianco. Presumably this is > because none of the Grover episodes had been filmed yet... Hi Richard: Yes, Jim's recording of the promo actually began in progress. It starts with "...Tony Franciosa as Nick Bianco." I clipped out the mention of Hugh O'Brian and Doug McClure from the end of the promo and repeated it at the beginning to give the recording some measure of completeness. And the main episodes represented were "Moonrock" and "One of Our Probes is Missing" along with a snippet or two from the pilot. No dialog scenes from any Grover episode were included. Too bad we haven't run across this promo in any of the 16mm film or video collections that pop up on eBay and other places from time to time. I never saw this promo, so someone who did see it will have to clear up whether or not they did include at least a quick shot of Doug McClure, as his name is mentioned in the audio. More later, Don H. From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Tue Aug 6, 2002 1:17 am Subject: Angel Tompkins' roles in 'Simon & Simon' SimonAngel.htm Finally got around to making video captures of Angel Tompkins' appearances in two different "Simon and Simon" episodes, so everyone please enjoy. :-) If the link doesn't work, just go to the "Files" link, click open the "Search articles by Don Harden" folder, then open "SimonAngel.htm" and wait for the pictures to download. Thanks. From: "actingman_jc" Date: Mon Aug 12, 2002 10:27 pm Subject: I refuse to believe he finally posted another Search script. Well...actually I did. It's The Packagers. I thought this would be the last one I would post, cause it is one of the faded photocopy originals that could not be OCR'd...but I realized I had so much free time lately on the temp job that I could probably type it up there. I did. I kept in all spelling errors, odd names ("Probe Central") and those stars on some of the pages. Also I kept the inconsistent formating on the pages...and of course the important date changes from page to page. I wonder if this was a copy with the different colored pages as they kept revising. You will see this script is in the worst shape because it came with two blank pages, and one that was mis-positioned when it was originally copied for Lincoln Enterprises, so the bottom half is missing. Anyway...it is up on www.probecontrol.com or you can get it directly at http://probecontrol.com/Scripts/The%20Packagers.txt From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Tue Aug 13, 2002 7:03 am Subject: Finally, the episodes My thanks to John, who sent me the episodes a week or two ago. I'm seeing these for the first time in 30 years, and as my husband said, they hold up pretty darn well. The quality on the episodes is wonderful, though John warns me several of them are in bad shape, and I just haven't gotten to them yet. That's okay, since there is no other way to see the episodes, yet, and any copy is a good copy. One thing that strikes me is how prominent Angel Tompkins is in the episodes I've watched, and how much of a presence she has. It surprises me that she was virtually forgotten after the mid-70's, because she's a very competent actress. Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley From: "tomatprobe" Date: Tue Aug 13, 2002 8:38 pm Subject: Re: Angel Tompkins' roles in 'Simon & Simon' Whats sad is when I recorded these episodes I dont think I even recognized her !! --- In probe_control@y..., dghprobe3@a... wrote: > SimonAngel.htm > > Finally got around to making video captures of Angel Tompkins' appearances in > two different "Simon and Simon" episodes, so everyone please enjoy. :-) > > If the link doesn't work, just go to the "Files" link, click open the "Search > articles by Don Harden" folder, then open "SimonAngel.htm" and wait for the > pictures to download. Thanks. From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Wed Aug 14, 2002 2:30 am Subject: Additions to 'TV Guide SEARCH clippings' TV Guide SEARCH clippings OK folks, I've added many scans of TV Guide clippings to the folder in our "Files" section. These were descriptions of episodes (and a few ads) as they were listed back when NBC ran the shows during 72-73. There are some skips here and there, but between debut and rerun, I think just about every episode is represented. I'm sending higher quality scans of these to Actingman. If he can post these to the website, I can remove these from the "Files" section and recover a little more storage space there. Some of the errors were interesting. For some reason, they always referred to "SEARCH agents" rather than PROBE agents. They also listed Angel Tompkins as appearing in "Adonis File" instead of Deanna Lund Matheson. Hopefully these will stir memories for those who recall the original network run. :-) --Don H. From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Wed Aug 14, 2002 6:40 am Subject: RE: [probe_control] Additions to 'TV Guide SEARCH clippings' These are fun and informative to read. The TZ convention I’m going to next week has Peter Mark Richman there, who was in “Numbered for Death.” Also, Lauri Peters, from that episode, was Jon Voight’s first wife! Anne Francis from “Countdown to Panic” will be there at the convention, Gary Walberg from “Goddess of Destruction,” and George Murdock from “24 Carat Hit.” Maybe I’ll have to do a screen shot of Walberg from “Goddess” and get his signature; I didn’t have a photo of him so this might work out. I notice that Keith Andes is in “Moment of Madness.” Anyone know what ever happened to him? I’ve pretty much confirmed that he’s still alive (at least he was 6 months ago when I asked the question on alt.obituaries), but no one knows what he’s doing now. No one on alt.obits could even find a hint of his whereabouts/activities, and he was in just about every TV series ever made during the 50’s and 60’s, and even into the 70’s. Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: dghprobe3@aol.com [mailto:dghprobe3@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:30 AM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Additions to 'TV Guide SEARCH clippings' TV Guide SEARCH clippings OK folks, I've added many scans of TV Guide clippings to the folder in our "Files" section. These were descriptions of episodes (and a few ads) as they were listed back when NBC ran the shows during 72-73. There are some skips here and there, but between debut and rerun, I think just about every episode is represented. I'm sending higher quality scans of these to Actingman. If he can post these to the website, I can remove these from the "Files" section and recover a little more storage space there. Some of the errors were interesting. For some reason, they always referred to "SEARCH agents" rather than PROBE agents. They also listed Angel Tompkins as appearing in "Adonis File" instead of Deanna Lund Matheson. Hopefully these will stir memories for those who recall the original network run. :-) --Don H. From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Wed Aug 14, 2002 6:41 am Subject: RE: [probe_control] Additions to 'TV Guide SEARCH clippings' And, I see that Joanna Cameron was in “Flight to Nowhere,” she of Saturday morning’s TV’s “Isis” fame. I always liked her. Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: dghprobe3@aol.com [mailto:dghprobe3@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:30 AM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Additions to 'TV Guide SEARCH clippings' TV Guide SEARCH clippings OK folks, I've added many scans of TV Guide clippings to the folder in our "Files" section. These were descriptions of episodes (and a few ads) as they were listed back when NBC ran the shows during 72-73. There are some skips here and there, but between debut and rerun, I think just about every episode is represented. I'm sending higher quality scans of these to Actingman. If he can post these to the website, I can remove these from the "Files" section and recover a little more storage space there. Some of the errors were interesting. For some reason, they always referred to "SEARCH agents" rather than PROBE agents. They also listed Angel Tompkins as appearing in "Adonis File" instead of Deanna Lund Matheson. Hopefully these will stir memories for those who recall the original network run. :-) --Don H. From: "dghprobe3" Date: Wed Aug 14, 2002 11:34 pm Subject: SEARCH Guest Stars Hi Marta: I sent Anne Francis a VHS dub of "Countdown to Panic" a couple of months ago. I did receive a letter thanking me for the tape and a signed photo in reply, but I haven't followed up on it. If you are able to speak with her at the convention, I wanted you to know she does have a tape of her episode. (Reminds me that I need to scan the letter and signed photo and post it in our "Files.") Anne also worked with Hugh O'Brian previously in a TV movie called "Wild Women," which I haven't seen. Anybody have a dub of this one? Lauri Peters is listed in the cast along with Doug McClure for the "Ghost Story" episode "Cry of the Cat," which originally aired 11- 24-72, while SEARCH was on NBC. I think I have a cable version dub of this show somewhere. If I find it, I'll do a write up on it and try to post video grabs with it. Peter Mark Richman also worked for Leslie Stevens previously in "The Outer Limits" episodes "The Borderland" and "The Probe," as well as in the "Stoney Burke" episode "The Journey." According to the Internet Movie Database, Richman has been married to the same wife since 1953. You don't find that too often in Hollywood. Garry Walberg also played Hanson in the classic Trek episode "Balance of Terror." George Murdock played the doctor in the Leslie Stevens- connected "Battlestar Galactica." He also played the alien mistaken by someone for a deity in "Star Trek V." Keith Andes was also in an OL episode, "Expanding Human," with James Doohan. Mr. Andes is still around, in his eighties, but I don't think he's made any convention appearances in recent years. The Internet Movie Database, while sometimes not complete, doesn't show any credits of his past 1980. Keith Andes caused a minor sensation on this list a few months ago when we found out he was the main character's voice in the classic "BIRDMAN" cartoon. :-) http://us.imdb.com/Name?Andes,+Keith http://us.imdb.com/Name?Murdock,+George http://us.imdb.com/Name?Walberg,+Garry http://us.imdb.com/Name?Richman,+Peter+Mark http://us.imdb.com/Name?Peters,+Lauri http://us.imdb.com/Name?Francis,+Anne+(I) More later, Don H. ----------------------------------- --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > ...The TZ convention I'm going to next week has Peter Mark Richman > there, who was in "Numbered for Death." > Also, Lauri Peters, from that episode, was Jon Voight's first wife! > > Anne Francis from "Countdown to Panic" will be there... > Gary Walberg from "Goddess of Destruction," and George Murdock > from "24 Carat Hit"... ...Keith Andes is in "Moment of Madness." Anyone know what > ever happened to him? I've pretty much confirmed he's still alive > (at least he was 6 months ago when I asked the question on > alt.obituaries), but no one knows what he's doing now. No one on > alt.obits could even find a hint of his whereabouts/activities, & he > was in just about every TV series ever made during the 50's & 60's, > and even into the 70's. > > Marta From: "actingman_jc" Date: Thu Aug 15, 2002 1:00 am Subject: Another Search Script Posted In The Same Week???!!! Well...yes. I realized if I could type one up at work, I could certainly do the scanning of the machine-readable ones at home and then bring the file to work to format the text so it resembles the original. Anyway...this one posted is Goddess of Destruction. Go to www.probecontrol.com and go to the scripts page, or go directly to the text via this link: http://probecontrol.com/Scripts/goddess.txt Looking at the script I see there was more Probe Control then ended up on the screen. For instance, the briefing scene I always thought didn't look right in the museum...with Cameron there. The script called for it to take place in the Probe waiting room. But I suspect they looked at the episode and said "We have to have the final scene in the museum, so if we have the briefing in the museum as well, we can eliminate having an extra set." Not as satisfying, but makes sense budget wise and time wise. There were other scenes that called for Probe to be watching, and reacting...some with dialog, that they just cut. This was never one of my favorite episodes, although I think the script reads better then the final product views. I thought some of the casting in this episode (mainly the two guest leads) was rather poor. One element I didn't like was Grover just guessing off the top of his head about the Thugs...that was way to simple. And even with the cuts this episode was so way anti-Probe Control. Most of the time the script calls for Grover to have his scanner turned off (there are several points where the script calls for the Probe screen to be "dark"...one place saying because there is nothing to televise...and of course Grover has the line in the library saying he is not sending video cause there is nothing to look at.) Anyway, I am glad to post this script, and I invite discussion on the merits of this episode...and I look forward to everyone doing their level best to convince me I am wrong. From: "dghprobe3" Date: Thu Aug 15, 2002 3:16 pm Subject: Goddess of Destruction John: Thanks for posting the latest two scripts. We appreciate the time and effort you've put into doing this. I'm not sure what happened with "Goddess." It was written by Irv Pearlberg, who previously wrote "Live Men Tell Tales," a nicely-paced Bianco episode. (That one also featured scenes in the Probe entry port/reception area.) While John Vernon is a favorite of mine from "The Questor Tapes," he probably was miscast, as you point out. The imdb says Vernon trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but his background and early work is Canadian. The script called for someone more obviously British. If you can imagine someone like Anthony Hopkins or Rod Steiger in the role of Paul Holloway, you can see the different ways the role could/should have gone. http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Vernon,+John Interesting that they used Reggie Nalder for Lal Panjim, because Nalder was Austrian, not Indian. Nalder earlier played Shras in the classic Trek "Journey to Babel." http://us.imdb.com/Name?Nalder,+Reggie We earlier referred to Goddess as "Mannix in India" because it could have been anybody. And, since it was the Goddess of Destruction, after all, Kali went ahead and apparently left her mark on the script as well. :-) --Don H. ====================================== --- In probe_control@y..., "actingman_jc" wrote: > ...this one posted is Goddess of Destruction. > > Go to www.probecontrol.com and go to the scripts page, or go directly to the text via this link: > > http://probecontrol.com/Scripts/goddess.txt From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Thu Aug 15, 2002 4:42 pm Subject: RE: [probe_control] SEARCH Guest Stars I've never seen Lauri Peters in anything but "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation," and I'm looking forward to seeing her as a grownup in something. My husband is going to ask Peter Mark Richman about his several appearances on "Combat!" and if I get the chance I'll ask him if he remembers working on "Search." He might actually remember it, out the hundreds of shows he's worked on, and have some memories of Leslie Stevens. I remember George Murdock from "Battlestar Galactica" quite well; I liked the show during it's first year, but it just struggled after awhile to come up with decent stories. Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: dghprobe3 [mailto:dghprobe3@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:35 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] SEARCH Guest Stars Hi Marta: I sent Anne Francis a VHS dub of "Countdown to Panic" a couple of months ago. I did receive a letter thanking me for the tape and a signed photo in reply, but I haven't followed up on it. If you are able to speak with her at the convention, I wanted you to know she does have a tape of her episode. (Reminds me that I need to scan the letter and signed photo and post it in our "Files.") Anne also worked with Hugh O'Brian previously in a TV movie called "Wild Women," which I haven't seen. Anybody have a dub of this one? Lauri Peters is listed in the cast along with Doug McClure for the "Ghost Story" episode "Cry of the Cat," which originally aired 11- 24-72, while SEARCH was on NBC. I think I have a cable version dub of this show somewhere. If I find it, I'll do a write up on it and try to post video grabs with it. Peter Mark Richman also worked for Leslie Stevens previously in "The Outer Limits" episodes "The Borderland" and "The Probe," as well as in the "Stoney Burke" episode "The Journey." According to the Internet Movie Database, Richman has been married to the same wife since 1953. You don't find that too often in Hollywood. Garry Walberg also played Hanson in the classic Trek episode "Balance of Terror." George Murdock played the doctor in the Leslie Stevens- connected "Battlestar Galactica." He also played the alien mistaken by someone for a deity in "Star Trek V." Keith Andes was also in an OL episode, "Expanding Human," with James Doohan. Mr. Andes is still around, in his eighties, but I don't think he's made any convention appearances in recent years. The Internet Movie Database, while sometimes not complete, doesn't show any credits of his past 1980. Keith Andes caused a minor sensation on this list a few months ago when we found out he was the main character's voice in the classic "BIRDMAN" cartoon. :-) http://us.imdb.com/Name?Andes,+Keith http://us.imdb.com/Name?Murdock,+George http://us.imdb.com/Name?Walberg,+Garry http://us.imdb.com/Name?Richman,+Peter+Mark http://us.imdb.com/Name?Peters,+Lauri http://us.imdb.com/Name?Francis,+Anne+(I) More later, Don H. ----------------------------------- --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > ...The TZ convention I'm going to next week has Peter Mark Richman > there, who was in "Numbered for Death." > Also, Lauri Peters, from that episode, was Jon Voight's first wife! > > Anne Francis from "Countdown to Panic" will be there... > Gary Walberg from "Goddess of Destruction," and George Murdock > from "24 Carat Hit"... ...Keith Andes is in "Moment of Madness." Anyone know what > ever happened to him? I've pretty much confirmed he's still alive > (at least he was 6 months ago when I asked the question on > alt.obituaries), but no one knows what he's doing now. No one on > alt.obits could even find a hint of his whereabouts/activities, & he > was in just about every TV series ever made during the 50's & 60's, > and even into the 70's. > > Marta From: "dghprobe3" Date: Thu Aug 15, 2002 6:40 pm Subject: Re: SEARCH Guest Stars Hi Marta: There may not be enough time to do this, but I thought I'd suggest this anyway. Would you be able to make a dub of a SEARCH episode for each or any of the respective actors/actresses who will be at the upcoming TZ convention? You may have to pick out one or two of the most important ones you plan to speak to and just do those. You could put your email or mailing address somewhere on the tape, so that if they have any remembrances, they could pass them on to you so you can pass them on to us. SEARCH is so rare, they wouldn't be able to get a tape anywhere else. Also, so many of these people have done so many things in their careers that a tape should help jog the memory cells. When Jim Alexander gave Hugh O'Brian tapes of his SEARCH episodes recently, he was quite delighted to get them, so we want to spread the joy. :-) As you know, we hunger for any "behind the scenes" stories about the making of SEARCH. Since folks like Leslie Stevens, Doug McClure, Burgess Meredith and several others are no longer with us, the list of people who worked with the series is slowly dwindling. Just an idea. And let us know how the convention turns out. --Don H. ============================================ --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > I've never seen Lauri Peters in anything but "Mr. Hobbs Takes a > Vacation," and I'm looking forward to seeing her as a grownup in > something. > > My husband is going to ask Peter Mark Richman about his several > appearances on "Combat!" and if I get the chance I'll ask him if he > remembers working on "Search." He might actually remember it, out the hundreds of shows he's worked on, and have some memories of Leslie > Stevens. > > I remember George Murdock from "Battlestar Galactica" quite well; I > liked the show during it's first year, but it just struggled after > awhile to come up with decent stories. > > Marta From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Thu Aug 15, 2002 7:36 pm Subject: RE: [probe_control] Re: SEARCH Guest Stars Based on the TV Guide clips, the only guest stars at the convention will be Richman, Francis, Walberg and Murdock. However, it looks like I missed Antoinette Bower in my previous email, so that makes 5. My husband, the eternal Combat! fan, will also be talking to her and George Murdock about their appearance on that show. The link to the list of attendees is below. If anyone who knows the cast list better than I do can take a look at it, and tell me if anyone on the list were in Search, I'll add them to my list. I'll try and get a copy of their episodes done before we leave, and give to them with the groups' URL, and Don's email address. http://www.hollywoodcollectorshow.com/Twilight.htm Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: dghprobe3 [mailto:dghprobe3@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 5:40 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Re: SEARCH Guest Stars Hi Marta: There may not be enough time to do this, but I thought I'd suggest this anyway. Would you be able to make a dub of a SEARCH episode for each or any of the respective actors/actresses who will be at the upcoming TZ convention? You may have to pick out one or two of the most important ones you plan to speak to and just do those. You could put your email or mailing address somewhere on the tape, so that if they have any remembrances, they could pass them on to you so you can pass them on to us. SEARCH is so rare, they wouldn't be able to get a tape anywhere else. Also, so many of these people have done so many things in their careers that a tape should help jog the memory cells. When Jim Alexander gave Hugh O'Brian tapes of his SEARCH episodes recently, he was quite delighted to get them, so we want to spread the joy. :-) As you know, we hunger for any "behind the scenes" stories about the making of SEARCH. Since folks like Leslie Stevens, Doug McClure, Burgess Meredith and several others are no longer with us, the list of people who worked with the series is slowly dwindling. Just an idea. And let us know how the convention turns out. --Don H. ============================================ --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > I've never seen Lauri Peters in anything but "Mr. Hobbs Takes a > Vacation," and I'm looking forward to seeing her as a grownup in > something. > > My husband is going to ask Peter Mark Richman about his several > appearances on "Combat!" and if I get the chance I'll ask him if he > remembers working on "Search." He might actually remember it, out the hundreds of shows he's worked on, and have some memories of Leslie > Stevens. > > I remember George Murdock from "Battlestar Galactica" quite well; I > liked the show during it's first year, but it just struggled after > awhile to come up with decent stories. > > Marta From: "rbrfab" Date: Fri Aug 16, 2002 5:26 am Subject: grabs of episodes, comments on Goddess Hi John, and many thanks for all the work you've done adding the new scripts. It's a key feature of the site and now the list is almost complete! Thanks also for putting up all those grabs from some of Trevor's dubs. But I hope you'll do the same with some of the earlier shows too, so we can see the first Probe control set in all its glory and get some of the regulars without the red-slide effect. E.g. Murdock and Amy Love are rather under-represented on the site, and always red as they weren't in the pilot film so are only in slide-images. It would be great to have a few overview shots like 066 in the Moonrock list with authentic colours. But anyway, you're doing a great service to the community! I'm inclined to agree with your negative view of 'Goddess'. It seemed a lame episode to me, with none of the actors excelling. Lal Panjim was an intriguing figure but then turned out to be marginal. It's extremely interesting that the scene with Cam, Grover and Dr Sutra was originally written to take place in the WS building. That whole enounter at the museum stands out a mile as wrong for 'Search'--it feels as though you might as well have Chief Ironside and Ed listening to the case details. Another bad feature I've noticed about the later episodes is the way that sometimes anonymous members of staff in the later Control will rip a sheet of computer paper out of a teletype or something and bring it over to Cameron. I mean, come on, are we in 'the most sophisticated communications centre on the planet Earth' or aren't we? Of course in the earlier paper-free Probe Control the new data would have come up as a readout, and now and then they remember this (as in Numbered... with the readout on Mona/Ulrike's father.) All the best Richard From: "dghprobe3" Date: Fri Aug 16, 2002 4:34 pm Subject: Re: SEARCH Guest Stars Hi Marta: Thanks for the link. I checked the interesting guest list and you've already picked out all the SEARCH guest stars. Antoinette Bower, of course, was the Contessa in "Honeymoon to Kill." She was also Sylvia in the classic Trek "Catspaw." Richman was in "Numbered for Death," Walberg was in "Goddess," and Murdock was in "24 Carat Hit." I sent Anne Francis her "Countdown to Panic" recently, so that one is covered tape-wise. Let me know if you need a dub of "Countdown" and "The Packagers" since Trevor did not have those, and I'm the only one with close to first gen dubs of those. I figure this is a unique opportunity to promote our obscure favorite, and any behind the scenes information we get along the way only adds to our knowledge of the show. Again, have lots of fun and let us know how it turns out. :-) --Don H. ---------------------------------------- --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > ...the only guest stars at the convention will > be Richman, Francis, Walberg and Murdock. However, it looks like I > missed Antoinette Bower in my previous email, so that makes 5. My > husband, the eternal Combat! fan, will also be talking to her and > George Murdock about their appearance on that show. > > The link to the list of attendees is below. If anyone who knows the > cast list better than I do can take a look at it, and tell me if > anyone on the list were in Search, I'll add them to my list. I'll > try & get a copy of their episodes done before we leave, and give > to them with the groups' URL, and Don's email address. > > http://www.hollywoodcollectorshow.com/Twilight.htm From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Sat Aug 17, 2002 1:15 am Subject: SEARCH technology at nation's airports? http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020817-704732.htm NASA plans to read terrorist's minds at airports Frank J. Murray THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published 8/17/2002 Airport security screeners may soon try to read the minds of travelers to identify terrorists. Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have told Northwest Airlines security specialists that the agency is developing brain-monitoring devices in cooperation with a commercial firm, which it did not identify. Space technology would be adapted to receive and analyze brain-wave and heartbeat patterns, then feed that data into computerized programs "to detect passengers who potentially might pose a threat," according to briefing documents obtained by The Washington Times. NASA wants to use "noninvasive neuro-electric sensors," imbedded in gates, to collect tiny electric signals that all brains and hearts transmit. Computers would apply statistical algorithms to correlate physiologic patterns with computerized data on travel routines, criminal background and credit information from "hundreds to thousands of data sources," NASA documents say. The notion has raised privacy concerns. Mihir Kshirsagar of the Electronic Privacy Information Center says such technology would only add to airport-security chaos. "A lot of people's fear of flying would send those meters off the chart. Are they going to pull all those people aside?" The organization obtained documents July 31, the product of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration, and offered the documents to this newspaper. Mr. Kshirsagar's organization is concerned about enhancements already being added to the Computer-Aided Passenger Pre-Screening (CAPPS) system. Data from sensing machines are intended to be added to that mix. NASA aerospace research manager Herb Schlickenmaier told The Times the test proposal to Northwest Airlines is one of four airline-security projects the agency is developing. It's too soon to know whether any of it is working, he says. "There are baby steps for us to walk through before we can make any pronouncements," says Mr. Schlickenmaier, the Washington official overseeing scientists who briefed Northwest Airlines on the plan. He likened the proposal to a super lie detector that would also measure pulse rate, body temperature, eye-flicker rate and other biometric aspects sensed remotely. Though adding mind reading to screening remains theoretical, Mr. Schlickenmaier says, he confirms that NASA has a goal of measuring brain waves and heartbeat rates of airline passengers as they pass screening machines. This has raised concerns that using noninvasive procedures is merely a first step. Private researchers say reliable EEG brain waves are usually measurable only by machines whose sensors touch the head, sometimes in a "thinking cap" device. "To say I can take that cap off and put sensors in a doorjamb, and as the passenger starts walking through [to allow me to say] that they are a threat or not, is at this point a future application," Mr. Schlickenmaier said in an interview. "Can I build a sensor that can move off of the head and still detect the EEG?" asks Mr. Schlickenmaier, who led NASA's development of airborne wind-shear detectors 20 years ago. "If I can do that, and I don't know that right now, can I package it and [then] say we can do this, or no we can't? We are going to look at this question. Can this be done? Is the physics possible?" Two physics professors familiar with brain-wave research, but not associated with NASA, questioned how such testing could be feasible or reliable for mass screening. "What they're saying they would do has not been done, even wired in," says a national authority on neuro-electric sensing, who asked not to be identified. He called NASA's goal "pretty far out." Both professors also raised privacy concerns. "Screening systems must address privacy and 'Big Brother' issues to the extent possible," a NASA briefing paper, presented at a two-day meeting at Northwest Airlines headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., acknowledges. Last year, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional police efforts to use noninvasive "sense-enhancing technology" that is not in general public use in order to collect data otherwise unobtainable without a warrant. However, the high court consistently exempts airports and border posts from most Fourth Amendment restrictions on searches. "We're getting closer to reading minds than you might suppose," says Robert Park, a physics professor at the University of Maryland and spokesman for the American Physical Society. "It does make me uncomfortable. That's the limit of privacy invasion. You can't go further than that." "We're close to the point where they can tell to an extent what you're thinking about by which part of the brain is activated, which is close to reading your mind. It would be terribly complicated to try to build a device that would read your mind as you walk by." The idea is plausible, he says, but frightening. At the Northwest Airlines session conducted Dec. 10-11, nine scientists and managers from NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., proposed a "pilot test" of the Aviation Security Reporting System. NASA also requested that the airline turn over all of its computerized passenger data for July, August and September 2001 to incorporate in NASA's "passenger-screening testbed" that uses "threat-assessment software" to analyze such data, biometric facial recognition and "neuro-electric sensing." Northwest officials would not comment. Published scientific reports show NASA researcher Alan Pope, at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., produced a system to alert pilots or astronauts who daydream or "zone out" for as few as five seconds. The September 11 hijackers helped highlight one weakness of the CAPPS system. They did dry runs that show whether a specific terrorist is likely to be identified as a threat. Those pulled out for special checking could be replaced by others who do not raise suspicions. The September 11 hijackers cleared security under their own names, even though nine of them were pulled aside for extra attention. Copyright © 2002 News World Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Sat Aug 17, 2002 10:55 am Subject: RE: [probe_control] Re: SEARCH Guest Stars I've copied the 4 episodes, put a nice printed label on each tape, with the name of the episode, the star's name, the URL for the website, and a list with the title "Please send memories or comments to," of email addresses, with Actingman's first, then Bryan's and then Don's. I'll let them know that the site is out there and that the group is anxious to hear anything they might like to tell us about their experience on the show. Hopefully, they'll either tell me something then or email it. I put the site URL and the email addresses in a bold, big font, so they can read it, just in case. :-) Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: dghprobe3 [mailto:dghprobe3@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 3:34 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Re: SEARCH Guest Stars Hi Marta: Thanks for the link. I checked the interesting guest list and you've already picked out all the SEARCH guest stars. Antoinette Bower, of course, was the Contessa in "Honeymoon to Kill." She was also Sylvia in the classic Trek "Catspaw." Richman was in "Numbered for Death," Walberg was in "Goddess," and Murdock was in "24 Carat Hit." I sent Anne Francis her "Countdown to Panic" recently, so that one is covered tape-wise. Let me know if you need a dub of "Countdown" and "The Packagers" since Trevor did not have those, and I'm the only one with close to first gen dubs of those. I figure this is a unique opportunity to promote our obscure favorite, and any behind the scenes information we get along the way only adds to our knowledge of the show. Again, have lots of fun and let us know how it turns out. :-) --Don H. ---------------------------------------- --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > ...the only guest stars at the convention will > be Richman, Francis, Walberg and Murdock. However, it looks like I > missed Antoinette Bower in my previous email, so that makes 5. My > husband, the eternal Combat! fan, will also be talking to her and > George Murdock about their appearance on that show. > > The link to the list of attendees is below. If anyone who knows the > cast list better than I do can take a look at it, and tell me if > anyone on the list were in Search, I'll add them to my list. I'll > try & get a copy of their episodes done before we leave, and give > to them with the groups' URL, and Don's email address. > > http://www.hollywoodcollectorshow.com/Twilight.htm From: "dghprobe3" Date: Sun Aug 18, 2002 9:16 pm Subject: Thanks Marta Marta: Thanks for doing those episode dubs for their respective guest stars. It may lead to nothing, but the point is to keep trying. On a related matter, I've sent Bryan an occasional email over the past several months and have sent several packages to him. I haven't gotten a response from him at all. I hope he's okay and that his email address is still working. Bryan, are you still with us? :-) More later, Don H. ============================================= --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > I've copied the 4 episodes, put a nice printed label on each tape, with the name of the episode, the star's name, the URL for the website, and a list with the title "Please send memories or comments to," of email addresses, with Actingman's first, then Bryan's and then Don's. I'll > let them know that the site is out there and that the group is anxious to hear anything they might like to tell us about their experience on the show. Hopefully, they'll either tell me something then or email it. > I put the site URL and the email addresses in a bold, big font, so they can read it, just in case. :-) From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Tue Aug 20, 2002 7:44 am Subject: RE: [probe_control] Thanks Marta I'll do my best to excite their interest in the discussion list. I'd try and make them understand that their memories are important to us and that if they take the time to send them to the group that their time won't be wasted. I'll send a report to the list of my contact with them. I'm just hoping it won't be wall to wall people for the complete two days. Hopefully Sunday will be a slower day than Saturday. Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: dghprobe3 [mailto:dghprobe3@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 8:17 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Thanks Marta Marta: Thanks for doing those episode dubs for their respective guest stars. It may lead to nothing, but the point is to keep trying. On a related matter, I've sent Bryan an occasional email over the past several months and have sent several packages to him. I haven't gotten a response from him at all. I hope he's okay and that his email address is still working. Bryan, are you still with us? :-) More later, Don H. ============================================= --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > I've copied the 4 episodes, put a nice printed label on each tape, with the name of the episode, the star's name, the URL for the website, and a list with the title "Please send memories or comments to," of email addresses, with Actingman's first, then Bryan's and then Don's. I'll > let them know that the site is out there and that the group is anxious to hear anything they might like to tell us about their experience on the show. Hopefully, they'll either tell me something then or email it. > I put the site URL and the email addresses in a bold, big font, so they can read it, just in case. :-) From: "actingman_jc" Date: Thu Aug 22, 2002 11:23 pm Subject: Another script is up. My DSL is dead, but scripts are small...so I have telco'd in Numbered For Death to www.probecontrol.com or the direct link to the script itself: http://probecontrol.com/Scripts/numbered.txt Someone raised the question of the red hair in this one. The script doesn't have any clearer answers. One more to go. From: "actingman_jc" Date: Mon Aug 26, 2002 6:27 pm Subject: We have heard from a Search actor Marta went to a convention with Search episode tapes for the actors she knew would be there. Today I got this message: Dear people: A very nice fan gave me a vhs copy of SEARCH at the Twilight zone get together. I had forgotten the role, my performance or anything about it. Except that I had had a previous relationship with Luther Adler when I played his son on U.S.STEEL HOUR years ago. (1956) We were old friends. A great actor and wonderful fella. Interestng to see what I did in the show, which seemed a bit dated, but I enjoyed it, seeing Doug McClure again and another old friend who has passed away too, Whit Bissel. Best regards to the woman who gave me the tape and to your group. Sincerely, Peter Mark Richman Nice going Marta. When I can, (I am having ISP problems) I will properly forward the whole thing to you. From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Mon Aug 26, 2002 9:54 pm Subject: Re: We have heard from a Search actor John: That was great news to hear from Peter Mark Richman about his "Numbered for Death" episode, thanks to the dub Marta gave him at the convention. I'm glad now I made the suggestion in Message 1584. :-) Hopefully we will hear from a few of the other actors as well as get a con report from Marta herself. --Don H. PS: Sad to confirm that Whit Bissell passed away on 5 March 1996. http://us.imdb.com/Name?Bissell,+Whit <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "dghprobe3" Date: Thu Aug 15, 2002 6:40 pm Subject: Re: SEARCH Guest Stars Hi Marta: There may not be enough time to do this, but I thought I'd suggest this anyway. Would you be able to make a dub of a SEARCH episode for each or any of the respective actors/actresses who will be at the upcoming TZ convention? You may have to pick out one or two of the most important ones you plan to speak to and just do those... From: ataylor@mindspring.com Date: Mon Aug 26, 2002 10:31 pm Subject: Re: [probe_control] Digest Number 466 That is very cool. Peter Mark Richman has been on so many great shows... Outer Limits, TZ, Star Trek: TNG, just to name a few. He has always been a favorite of mine and it is great to see that he is a nice man who responds (quickly!) to his fans! I wish I could have made it to the TZ get together, it was just the wrong side of the country for me. Did he give an address we could write to him and get a picture signed possibly? Anthony probe_control@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > > There is 1 message in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. We have heard from a Search actor > From: "actingman_jc" > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:27:08 -0000 > From: "actingman_jc" > Subject: We have heard from a Search actor > > Marta went to a convention with Search episode tapes for the actors > she knew would be there. > > Today I got this message: > > Dear people: > A very nice fan gave me a vhs copy of SEARCH at the Twilight > zone get together. > I had forgotten the role, my performance or anything about it. Except > that I had had a previous relationship with Luther Adler when I played > his son on U.S.STEEL HOUR years ago. (1956) We were old friends. A > great > actor and wonderful fella. > Interestng to see what I did in the show, which seemed a bit > dated, but I enjoyed it, seeing Doug McClure again and another old > friend who has passed away too, Whit Bissel. > Best regards to the woman who gave me > the tape and to your group. > Sincerely, > Peter Mark Richman > > Nice going Marta. When I can, (I am having ISP problems) I will > properly forward the whole thing to you. From: "actingman_jc" Date: Tue Aug 27, 2002 10:08 am Subject: Re: Digest Number 466 The only thing I didn't copy out of his message was the header info, since these messages are available to non members here on Yahoo and on our web site, and I will protect our stars private info. But I have just checked and Mr. Richman has a web site http://www.petermarkrichman.com/ and the address he wrote to us was one of the addresses listed on his web site in the contacts section. He has info on his current projects, his published works, and how to get signed photos and artwork. --- In probe_control@y..., ataylor@m... wrote: > That is very cool. Peter Mark Richman has been on so many great shows... > Did he give an address we could write to him and get a picture signed possibly? > Anthony From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Tue Aug 27, 2002 12:01 pm Subject: Richman's online biography page http://www.petermarkrichman.com/complete_bio.html On Peter Mark Richman's extended biography page, under the section "Television Appearances; Episodic, as Peter Mark Richman" appears: "'SEARCH,' NBC, 1973." He mentioned he remembered nothing about having done the episode, so I guess the listing for "Search" was added to the webpage after he received his tape? From: "actingman_jc" Date: Tue Aug 27, 2002 11:19 pm Subject: The final script is posted It's Let Us Prey on www.probecontrol.com or directly http://probecontrol.com/Scripts/prey.txt There is an extra scene in there that I suspect was filmed and discarded...and some of the commercial breaks are in different places. A lot of misspellings in this script. And Kuroda has a word wrong in one of his lines. And Keach is mentioned, even though Amy Love has the lines. I am so glad this part of it is over. Although if someone can sneak around in the boxes at Warners and discover an unproduced 24th episode...Grover's eighth episode, I would gladly go back into the script posting business. I've always wondered if he was supposed to get an eighth episode. Who knows...they may have even started to film a 24th when the plug was pulled...I've heard about it happening on other shows. From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Tue Aug 27, 2002 11:27 pm Subject: Search guest stars at the TZ Convention (very, very long!!) I've just returned from our LA trip (about an hour ago), read all the email that had piled up, and I see that Peter Mark Richman has already gotten in touch with the group! He was a lovely man, very nice to talk to and very responsive to fans and the most internet savvy of the Search group; we must have spent at least 30 minutes over the two days talking to him. I am sorry to report, however, that he was the only star of the 3 that were there that even remembered working on the show, but at least he did remember. He was the last person I gave a tape to, and while I was explaining to him what it was he sat there looking at the info on the tape label. After I'd finished, he sat there for a few moments more, then looked at his wife, who was there with him. She said she didn't remember the show, and after a few more minutes (during which he closed his eyes and I could tell he was searching his memory), he said it had something to do with gangsters and he had played a gangster. I said he was correct, and he said he didn't remember anything more. Then he looked at me and said, "This tape is for me?" I said yes, and he said "Why?" That took me aback and I had to find the right words. I told him the Search discussion list wanted him to have it, because the series is so hard to find and they knew he'd like to see his work, and if he had anything he'd like to share with the group about his experience on the show they'd love to hear it. And that he could go out to the Search website to see scans from all the shows and see how it and his work on the show are still appreciated by its fans. It took another few minutes to convince him that the tape was for him, and there were no strings attached to it. I was really wondering, by the time I got to him, why the stars couldn't believe someone would give them a copy of their work with no strings attached. And, on top of that, he wouldn't take any money for one of the autographs he did for us, because I gave him the tape. I tried to pay for it and he wouldn't take the money. Like I said, a very lovely man. I got to Anne Francis first, of all the Search guest stars there, and while she was signing my photo, I mentioned that I had a tape for her. Then, while looking around in my bag, I remembered that I hadn't brought the tape for her because Don had already sent her one. I had to tell her I didn't have it after I'd mentioned it, and explain it to her. She didn't remember Search at all, and didn't remember getting a tape. I went through the actor's on the show and the premise, but she couldn't remember anything about it. But, the gentleman sitting with her (I don't know if he was her agent or friend or husband or what), quickly asked me if I still had a copy and if I could send it to him. I took his address and told him I'd send him the tape. I'll include a note with the tape that if the show rings a bell the group would really appreciate any communication from her. I gave the second tape to Gary Walberg, who was very hard of hearing; it was also very noisy in the room, and that didn't help. That was an exercise in frustration for both of us, because I don't think he ever understood what it was, despite the label (and I don't think he's able to access the internet). He also couldn't understand why I was giving him the tape, and I had to go through the same words with him. He was very nice, though, for what he could hear of what I was telling him, and along with the autograph I purchased he gave me an extra little card, autographed by himself, from a guest shot he did on Gunsmoke, a post card that they used to send out in the old days of TV (1962!) when an actor was going to do a guest shot. I gave the third tape to Antoinette Bower. She didn't remember working on Search, either, despite my mentioning Hugh and Doug and Tony and the tie tack camera and Burgess, and everything else. I also had to convince her that the tape was just for her and she didn't need to do anything other than watch it and, if she could, send us some memories of working on Search and visit the website, and was glad to see her smile so happily. I was very touched that they were so grateful for these tapes, so I'm glad Don suggested it, too. I know Jim took Hugh copies of his episodes, and I had thought of it but didn't really plan on anything till Don asked. The major disappointment was that George Murdock could not attend the show so I couldn't give him his tape; he signed a bunch of 8x10's from his TZ shot on "The Dummy," and left them with a dealer. But, I know the dealer very well and will see if he has an address for George and if he does, I'll mail him his tape. I've got a million other tales from the two days, if anyone is interested in hearing them. We came back with over 100 signed photos and screenshots, that I'll now have to frame and put on the wall. Every single one of these stars were absolutely wonderful; I had a marvelous time on both days and they were all very talkative and told the most amazing stories. Steve, my husband, got some very rare, never before told stories from the Combat! guest stars (one was from Antoinette Bower, who remembered working on Combat! because of all the exploding bombs on the set!); he was in heaven. Alan Sues was hilarious, and told us a few stories from a guest shot he did on "Wild, Wild, West." William Windom was even more hilarious, and was an absolute joy. We spent almost an hour with him over the two days, half of that during a private break of his where we were his only companions; we parked right next to him and he invited us to join him. I think I embarrassed him by my adulation of him and his work, since I told him he was the main reason I came to the show, all the way from Omaha. I had 7 or 8 of the stars ask me to send them copies of the screen shots I did from the shows they'd appeared in, and I am going to do so. Those screenshots were great conversations pieces and an amazing icebreaker, because they brought back memories of shows they hadn't seen in years and were proud of, in some cases much more than their TZ appearance. They all wanted to know where the pictures came from and how I did them; I even had several other conventioneers come up to me and ask if I had pics they could buy, because they loved the shots. I am very glad we decided to do the screenshots because it made a real difference in how the stars talked to us. Kevin McCarthy almost stole the screenshot I had for him to sign from "UHF" because he loved it so much, and the only way I could get it back was to promise to send him that picture and more via email; he was absolutely hysterical and I couldn't stop laughing. I would recommend these collector shows for anyone, because I loved every minute of it (as if you couldn't tell). Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: actingman_jc [mailto:actingman@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:27 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] We have heard from a Search actor Marta went to a convention with Search episode tapes for the actors she knew would be there. Today I got this message: Dear people: A very nice fan gave me a vhs copy of SEARCH at the Twilight zone get together. I had forgotten the role, my performance or anything about it. Except that I had had a previous relationship with Luther Adler when I played his son on U.S.STEEL HOUR years ago. (1956) We were old friends. A great actor and wonderful fella. Interestng to see what I did in the show, which seemed a bit dated, but I enjoyed it, seeing Doug McClure again and another old friend who has passed away too, Whit Bissel. Best regards to the woman who gave me the tape and to your group. Sincerely, Peter Mark Richman Nice going Marta. When I can, (I am having ISP problems) I will properly forward the whole thing to you. From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Wed Aug 28, 2002 12:14 am Subject: RE: [probe_control] Richman's online biography page You know, I wouldn’t doubt that he added it after getting the tape. He’s very internet-savvy. Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: dghprobe3@aol.com [mailto:dghprobe3@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:01 AM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Richman's online biography page http://www.petermarkrichman.com/complete_bio.html On Peter Mark Richman's extended biography page, under the section "Television Appearances; Episodic, as Peter Mark Richman" appears: "'SEARCH,' NBC, 1973." He mentioned he remembered nothing about having done the episode, so I guess the listing for "Search" was added to the webpage after he received his tape? From: "dghprobe3" Date: Wed Aug 28, 2002 1:39 am Subject: Re: Search guest stars at the TZ Convention Hi Marta: Thanks for your excellent TZ convention report. I enjoyed reading it. In retrospect, I can understand than an actor would probably not remember a one-shot guest role on a TV show they did some 30 years ago! Especially a series that ran only one season & basically was not seen again, at least in the U.S. While Richman played a lot of heavies and gangsters over the years in many movies & series, I'm impressed that he recalled playing a gangster in SEARCH. I'm sure his prior association with Luther Adler will make "Numbered for Death" a special memento. (Sad to say that Luther Adler passed away 8 December 1984.) http://us.imdb.com/Name?Adler,+Luther Thanks again for taking the trouble to make the tapes and get them to the actors. When I mailed Judy Burns dubs of her two SEARCH episodes, she couldn't believe that anyone remembered the series at all, but she was glad to get tapes of the episodes she wrote. --Don H. From: "dghprobe3" Date: Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:05 am Subject: Re: The final script is posted John: Thanks again for all the time and work you've put into doing the SEARCH scripts for us. It's difficult to believe, but they are all there for folks to read. It's possible that SEARCH may have had a couple of unfilmed scripts left over because the networks could always order "optional" episodes at the end of a season, especially if a series was doing well. In one of the classic Star Trek books, it was mentioned that there were supposed to have been three more episodes filmed after "Turnabout Intruder" and that Shatner was slated to direct the last episode. But NBC decided not to order any extra "optional" episodes. What's also interesting is that some series have had filmed but unaired episodes. The "Logan's Run" series had some episodes that never aired until they finally appeared on cable a few years ago. "The Rockford Files" had one episode, "The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls," which did not air until it went into syndication. I'm sure there are other examples. Other script-related SEARCH items we may run into would include first drafts and story outlines, among other things. A while back, Judy Burns told me she would try to find her first drafts of "The Bullet" and "Countdown to Panic" (aka "The Carrier"). It would be interesting to compare them with what finally aired. --Don H. ========================================== --- In probe_control@y..., "actingman_jc" wrote: > http://probecontrol.com/Scripts/prey.txt > > ...if someone can sneak around in the boxes at Warners and > discover an unproduced 24th episode...Grover's eighth episode, I > would gladly go back into the script posting business. > > I've always wondered if he was supposed to get an eighth episode. > > Who knows...they may have even started to film a 24th when the plug > was pulled...I've heard about it happening on other shows. From: "Jim Alexander" Date: Wed Aug 28, 2002 12:56 am Subject: The final script is posted John-- Thanks so much for all of your Herculean efforts! I printed out a copy of NUMBERED FOR DEATH tonight, and it looks just great! Great work!!! Jim Alexander probecontrol@sigecom.net ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "actingman_jc" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:19 PM Subject: [probe_control] The final script is posted > It's Let Us Prey on www.probecontrol.com > > or directly http://probecontrol.com/Scripts/prey.txt > > There is an extra scene in there that I suspect was filmed and > discarded...and some of the commercial breaks are in different places. > > A lot of misspellings in this script. And Kuroda has a word wrong in > one of his lines. And Keach is mentioned, even though Amy Love has > the lines. > > I am so glad this part of it is over. > > Although if someone can sneak around in the boxes at Warners and > discover an unproduced 24th episode...Grover's eighth episode, I > would gladly go back into the script posting business. > > I've always wondered if he was supposed to get an eighth episode. > > Who knows...they may have even started to film a 24th when the plug > was pulled...I've heard about it happening on other shows. From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Wed Aug 28, 2002 1:56 pm Subject: Re: [probe_control] Re: Probes retire Hello everyone Sorry for being away for a few weeks. A stomach bug ended up making me susceptible to pneumonia & I ended up being hospitalised for a week. Ultimately, 5 weeks away from the computer. I've got copies of Trevor's 'Search' episodes & although I'm still working my way through them, they resemble how I remembered them in the 70s. One thing we had over you Americans & Australians is that we had the episodes on BBC2 - which didn't have adverts so we had a solid run through each episode. It's a bit of a misconception to think whole scenes are cut over here. Where violence used to be concerned, the most they did was shed a few seconds. Back in the 60s-70s, if an episode was deemed inappropriate, it would get pulled. You've got a good example Stateside currently. 'The Lone Gunmen' pilot episode isn't likely to be seen any time soon cos of certain resemblances to 11 September last year. Certain sensibilities take place occasionally anywhere in the world that shows TV programmes. All the original 'Star Trek' episodes - including earlier banned one 'The Empath' - have now been shown. The Gerry Anderson series 'UFO' had 4 episodes not deemed suitable to kids in the first release in the 70s & aired late at night despite the fact it was technically an adult show were all shown together in the 90s without anyone blinking an eye. I think the most interesting thing re-watching 'Search' was the number of times they showed the neural implant being removed from the ear. I wonder if they ever considered keeping the modification to Bianco's earpiece so it could act as a microphone as well. Saves a lot of problems when they lose the TV scanner. That isn't beyond technical possibility. Even a radio speaker can be adjusted to act as a microphone. Hello Skip. 'The Prisoner' quote is actually, 'Be seeing you.' It was also used in Babylon 5 a few time as well as its creator, Joe Straczynski, is also a fan. As to what happened when Probes retired. The answer is in 'Operation Iceman' (episode with Probe David Pelham played by the late Edward Mulhare up for retirement). All electronic attachments removed & a juicy pension to live off. They wouldn't have been allowed to keep them as momentoes come to think of it, I don't think they would want them either. Now, some interesting trivia for you to play around with. In the Season Two episode of 'Airwolf' called 'Prisoner Of Yesterday', it looks like the same set as Lockwood rescued the Ambassador from in the pilot episode 'Probe' was used. Gotta go Geoff Willmetts ********* GF Willmetts **************************** 'SFCrowsnest.com PageRanked by Google as the 3rd most popular science fiction site on the Internet' Commissioning Editor: http://www.crowsnestbooks.com THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.com THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE Quicker website access?? Try: http://www.computercrowsnestbooks.com *************************************************** From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:11 pm Subject: Peter Mark Richman On Peter Mark Richman, I thought you would all like this, since he's the man of the hour. I had him sign a screenshot of his appearance on the Outer Limits, and the name of the episode was "The Probe." Coincidence, eh? Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley From: "dghprobe3" Date: Wed Aug 28, 2002 7:14 pm Subject: Re: Peter Mark Richman --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > On Peter Mark Richman, I thought you would all like this, since > he's the man of the hour. I had him sign a screenshot of his > appearance on the Outer Limits, and the name of the episode > was "The Probe." Coincidence, eh? Marta: That's an interesting observation. I also notice that Richman appeared in "The Borderland," which was the first OL filmed and I believe "The Probe" was the last episode filmed. So Richman sort of 'brackets' The Outer Limits by appearing in the first and last produced episodes. I suppose Richman realized that Leslie Stevens produced both OL and SEARCH. I never really thought of it before, but Leslie Stevens' name appears in SEARCH three times per episode. First, during the opening credits as creator. Second, at the end of Act 4 as Executive Producer. And at the end of the closing credits as Leslie Stevens Productions. (His name appears for a fourth time at the beginning of Act 1 on episodes he wrote.) Maybe we or John should send Richman a thank you follow up email with a few additional questions on OL, SEARCH, and Leslie Stevens? Any ideas? --Don H. From: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed Aug 28, 2002 10:58 pm Subject: New file uploaded to probe_control Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the probe_control group. File : /Hugh O'Brian/TZ_convention_8_24_02 193.jpg Uploaded by : martadawes Description : Hugh O'Brian's star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood You can access this file at the URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/probe_control/files/Hugh%20O%27Brian/TZ_convention\ _8_24_02%20193.jpg To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files Regards, martadawes From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Wed Aug 28, 2002 11:06 pm Subject: RE: [probe_control] Re: Peter Mark Richman By all means, send him an email with your questions. I think if he can help, he'll answer, and he might know something about Leslie Stevens and not think we want to know. He was also in a Stoney Burke, so the chances are he might. Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: dghprobe3 [mailto:dghprobe3@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 6:15 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Re: Peter Mark Richman --- In probe_control@y..., "Marta Dawes" wrote: > On Peter Mark Richman, I thought you would all like this, since > he's the man of the hour. I had him sign a screenshot of his > appearance on the Outer Limits, and the name of the episode > was "The Probe." Coincidence, eh? Marta: That's an interesting observation. I also notice that Richman appeared in "The Borderland," which was the first OL filmed and I believe "The Probe" was the last episode filmed. So Richman sort of 'brackets' The Outer Limits by appearing in the first and last produced episodes. I suppose Richman realized that Leslie Stevens produced both OL and SEARCH. I never really thought of it before, but Leslie Stevens' name appears in SEARCH three times per episode. First, during the opening credits as creator. Second, at the end of Act 4 as Executive Producer. And at the end of the closing credits as Leslie Stevens Productions. (His name appears for a fourth time at the beginning of Act 1 on episodes he wrote.) Maybe we or John should send Richman a thank you follow up email with a few additional questions on OL, SEARCH, and Leslie Stevens? Any ideas? --Don H. From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Thu Aug 29, 2002 12:00 am Subject: Re: New file uploaded to probe_control Marta: Thanks for that neat pic of Hugh O'Brian's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. To help folks find it, when one opens the "Files" section, look for the "Hugh O'Brian" folder. Then scroll toward the bottom and open the file that starts with "TZ_convention..." or try the following link: O'Brian Walk of Fame Star Pic --Don H. =================================== --- In probe_control@y..., probe_control@y... wrote: > File : /Hugh O'Brian/TZ_convention_8_24_02 193.jpg > Uploaded by : martadawes > Description : Hugh O'Brian's star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood > > You can access this file at the URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/probe_control/files/Hugh%20O%27Brian/TZ_convention_8_24_02%20193.jpg From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Fri Aug 30, 2002 2:29 pm Subject: American psyche Hello Marta Sounds like you did especially well at that convention. Thinking as an English person looking at the American psyche, it’s easy to see why some of the actors were confused about accepting a video tape. I don’t think it was necessarily to do with their age just that very few expect something for nothing. Something that you did say re: Gary Walberg. Granted he was only on ‘Gunsmoke’, but it might be worth doing a comparison of actors who were on Hugh O’Brian’s ‘Wyatt Earp’ to his ‘Search’ episodes & see just how much of a connection there is. I’m not sure if the same could be applied to Franciscosa’s ‘The Name Of The Game’ or McClure’s ‘The Virginian’ but it might set their minds flowing. Actors are far more likely to remember who’ve they worked with that the shows they’ve been on. Logistically because they forgot the scripts once they’ve performed on them. Gotta go Geoff Willmetts ********* GF Willmetts **************************** 'SFCrowsnest.com PageRanked by Google as the 3rd most popular science fiction site on the Internet' Commissioning Editor: http://www.crowsnestbooks.com THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.com THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE Quicker website access?? Try: http://www.computercrowsnestbooks.com *************************************************** From: dmanmetz@aol.com Date: Fri Aug 30, 2002 5:59 pm Subject: Jeff Corey Passes Greetings Search fans. It's been a while since I posted anything, but I have been reading all the messages posted and have enjoyed all them all. Great job Marta on meeting some of the guest stars and reintroducing them to Search. I received my Entertainment Weekly magazine today and read that character actor Jeff Corey, who played Dr. Carl Moen in Short Circuit, passed away on Aug 18, 2002 from complications from a fall on Aug 16. He was 88. Seems as though Hollywood best remembers him as a blacklisted actor in the 50's who coached and taught students James Dean and Jack Nicholson. Another link to the past is now gone. Have some great local TV guide pictures to post when ever my brother scans them. Stay tuned. Chris From: "Marta Dawes" Date: Fri Aug 30, 2002 7:56 pm Subject: RE: [probe_control] American psyche Garry Walberg was in a ton of TV series guest shots over the years, and spent 6-7 years as Monahan, the police detective on "Quincy," with Jack Klugman. But I don't see anything on his list that was related to "Search" regulars. He was so hard of hearing I doubt I could have gotten anything across to him without writing it out, and that's the truth. Sending him a letter might work, if we could find an address. Marta http://www.steveandmarta.com Home of "The Graveyards of Omaha" and "The New Twilight Zone" websites as well as "Memories of the Indian Hills Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska" The last round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world Demolished August 20, 2001 for absolutely no reason by Methodist Health Systems Sign the Petition to protest the demolition of the Indian Hills Online! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/steve/petition.html Call Stephen Long, CEO of Methodist, at 402-354-4000 and tell him the theatre should have been reopened as a working film venue. Email comments@bestcare.org, Methodist's website, and tell them the theatre should have been saved, and pass the email address and phone number on to everyone you know! And --- Join the Indian Hills and Cinerama and Widescreen Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/cinerama_widescreen_movies Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley Discussion Group http://www.egroups.com/group/mary_percy_shelley -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Willmetts [mailto:gfwillmetts@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:29 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] American psyche Hello Marta Sounds like you did especially well at that convention. Thinking as an English person looking at the American psyche, it's easy to see why some of the actors were confused about accepting a video tape. I don't think it was necessarily to do with their age just that very few expect something for nothing. Something that you did say re: Gary Walberg. Granted he was only on 'Gunsmoke', but it might be worth doing a comparison of actors who were on Hugh O'Brian's 'Wyatt Earp' to his 'Search' episodes & see just how much of a connection there is. I'm not sure if the same could be applied to Franciscosa's 'The Name Of The Game' or McClure's 'The Virginian' but it might set their minds flowing. Actors are far more likely to remember who've they worked with that the shows they've been on. Logistically because they forgot the scripts once they've performed on them. Gotta go Geoff Willmetts ********* GF Willmetts **************************** 'SFCrowsnest.com PageRanked by Google as the 3rd most popular science fiction site on the Internet' Commissioning Editor: http://www.crowsnestbooks.com THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.com THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE Quicker website access?? Try: http://www.computercrowsnestbooks.com *************************************************** From: "Jim Alexander" Date: Fri Aug 30, 2002 9:09 pm Subject: Jeff Corey Passes Thanks for sharing that unfortunate news, Chris. I always liked Corey. As you all mey remember, he was also (if I'm remembering correctly without searching 'imdb', in the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN pilot with George Reeves, as well as BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. Sad. Jim Alexander probecontrol@sigecom.net ---------------------------- >... Greetings Search fans. It's been a while since I posted anything, but I have been reading all the messages posted and have enjoyed all them all. Great job Marta on meeting some of the guest stars and reintroducing them to Search. I received my Entertainment Weekly magazine today and read that character actor Jeff Corey, who played Dr. Carl Moen in Short Circuit, passed away on Aug 18, 2002 from complications from a fall on Aug 16. He was 88. Seems as though Hollywood best remembers him as a blacklisted actor in the 50's who coached and taught students James Dean and Jack Nicholson. Another link to the past is now gone. Have some great local TV guide pictures to post when ever my brother scans them. Stay tuned. Chris From: "rbrfab" Date: Sat Aug 31, 2002 8:30 am Subject: sci-fi encyclopedia website Hi everybody. This may be old news, but I came across a British website that I havent seen before offering an encyclopedia of sci-fi shown in the Uk with an entry for Search. Go to http://www.pertici.btinternet.co.uk/ then enter the database and scroll down the list of series to 'Search (AKA Search Control)' [There's also an entry for Probe, but that's the completely unconnected 80s series). At a quick read the entry seems accurate and sensible: some sentences reminded me of Geoff's article in TV Zone--did you have some input to this site, Geoff? Other series covered include UFO, Stingray, Star Trek, the regulars. New topic entirely: have any of the more electronically skilled members of this group ever considered doing a Search screensaver? Now that we have high quality versions of most episodes a really good one should be possible--maybe using the first half of the titles sequence, plus footage from a few action scenes like helicopter crashing (Gold Machine), Bianco negotiating the obstacle course in Let us prey, plus some shots of Probe Control. Just a thought. maybe Anthony might be tempted to follow up his video cover? Take care all. Richard From: "Jim Alexander" Date: Sat Aug 31, 2002 10:52 am Subject: Jeff Corey: Silvermane Speaking of the recently-deceased Jeff Corey, he is providing the voice for "Silvermane" on SPIDER-MAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, airing as I write this, on ABC FAMILY. He will be missed. What an interesting career. Jim Alexander probecontrol@sigecom.net From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Sat Aug 31, 2002 2:15 pm Subject: OT: Replacement For DVDs Announced http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992740 http://www.rense.com/general28/reps.htm Replacement For DVDs Announced By Will Knight, NewScientist.com, 8-30-02 A high-capacity replacement for current DVD technology has been announced by NEC and Toshiba. But the replacement will be incompatible with a rival technology proposed by nine other companies in February. NEC and Toshiba said in a joint statement that the new technology "will allow manufacturers to continue to use existing DVD plants and equipment and so minimize the investment required for the transition to next-generation DVD players and drives." Blu-ray was developed by Sony, Sharp, Hitachi, LG, Matsushita (Panasonic) Thomson, Philips, Pioneer, and Samsung. Both technologies are set to debut in 2004. Both technologies use a blue laser for recording and playback, which has a shorter wavelength than the red lasers currently used in DVDs. It should be possible to make blue laser players that can also play existing DVDs. But neither of the two proposed standards will require manufacturers to do so, says Chris Buma, of the consumer electronics department at Philips. Existing problems Blue laser light has a wavelength of 405 nanometres, whereas a red laser has a 650-nanometre wavelength. The shorter wavelength means more data can be squeezed onto a conventional 12 centimetre-sized disk. The Toshiba-NEC technology would increase data storage capacity from the current 4.7 to 8.5 gigabytes to between 15 and 30 gigabytes, although a 40-gigabyte disk is also planned. Thirty gigabtyes translates to more than 12 hours of television quality video. But Blu-Ray discs are expected to hold between 40 and 50 gigabytes of data. The competing standards will compound existing problems with the latest recordable DVD technology. There are three different standards: DVD+RW DVD-RW and DVD-RAM. Few players currently offer compatibility across the board. Dave Holes of the UK's Consumer Association says that further incompatibility will only make matters worse for buyers. "Everyone's been pinning there hopes on there being a single standard," he told New Scientist. Both new technologies will be submitted to the DVD Forum, the regulator charged with approving optical disc storage standards. The forum represents more than 230 companies. From: dghprobe3@aol.com Date: Sat Aug 31, 2002 11:17 pm Subject: Re: Jeff Corey Passes Hi Chris: I recently finished dubbing a 1975 speech Leonard Nimoy gave in Atlanta at Georgia Tech, and there is a section where Nimoy speaks highly of Jeff Corey, a drama coach and actor he worked with frequently early in his career. Corey appeared in Nimoy's 1971 film "Catlow." Corey, of course, appeared as Plasus in the classic Trek "The Cloud Minders." Corey also appeared in the classic Outer Limits episode "O.B.I.T.," which explored the dark side of surveillance. The IMDb lists his first credit at 1939, so he'd been at the acting game for a long time. We, however, will always remember Corey as one of the great villains of SEARCH. http://us.imdb.com/Name?Corey,+Jeff