[B5JMS] JMS: Space Patrol?

Fri Feb 3 04:30:17 EST 2006

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From: Jan <janmschroeder at aol.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:12:15 +0000 (UTC)
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So I'm wasting time at work today cruising around Ebay.  Haven't looked for any
pre-B5 JMS items for a while so I do a seach for 'Straczynski'.  And what to my
wondering eyes should appear but this
http://cgi.ebay.com/SPACE-PATROL-Complete-Series-DVD-NEW_W0QQitemZ6478753009QQcategoryZ41589QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
ad for a DVD set for a 1963 puppetry show called Space Patrol that says it has
an interview with you on it.  Considering that in 1963 you were around 9, how
did you end up doing an interview for the DVD set (and what did you say)?

And if that weren't enough, there's this book
http://cgi.ebay.com/SPACE-PATROL-Complete-Series-DVD-NEW_W0QQitemZ6478753009QQcategoryZ41589QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
by William Lashner with "...a femme fatale (improbably but appropriately) named
Alura Straczynski,..." and I've got to wonder who (if anyone) lost a bet?

The good news is that I've got a Pulphouse from 1992 with a JMS story in it on
the way.

Jan
I love Ebay...

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 23:11:51 +0000 (UTC)
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Jan wrote:
> So I'm wasting time at work today cruising around Ebay.  Haven't looked for any
> pre-B5 JMS items for a while so I do a seach for 'Straczynski'.  And what to my
> wondering eyes should appear but this
> http://cgi.ebay.com/SPACE-PATROL-Complete-Series-DVD-NEW_W0QQitemZ6478753009QQcategoryZ41589QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> ad for a DVD set for a 1963 puppetry show called Space Patrol that says it has
> an interview with you on it.  Considering that in 1963 you were around 9, how
> did you end up doing an interview for the DVD set (and what did you say)?
>

I came across the show at around that time, nine or ten, and it had
just an amazing impact on me, as primitive as it may be.  I'd seen lots
of other kid's SF shows and serials where the aliens were just guys in
silver suits, and every planet had breathable air, and it was just a
goof...but in Planet Patrol, there were alien-aliens (granted, puppets,
but still...), they'd worked out the science of a revolving space
platform, other worlds had different kinds of atmospheres and
gravities...I would watch it with my jaw on the floor (which then
wasn't as long a fall).

For years afterward, I tried to find this show, and nobody had ever
heard of it, suggested perhaps I had a screw loose when I tried to
describe it.  I didn't know the name, just the show.  Then one day
online I came across this plan to re-release the episodes...and there
they were.  So I contacted the folks behind it and asked if I could
purchase a copy for US region play, and they said yes, if I'd do a
commentary (this was during B5), so I gladly did so.

> And if that weren't enough, there's this book
> http://cgi.ebay.com/SPACE-PATROL-Complete-Series-DVD-NEW_W0QQitemZ6478753009QQcategoryZ41589QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> by William Lashner with "...a femme fatale (improbably but appropriately) named
> Alura Straczynski,..." and I've got to wonder who (if anyone) lost a bet?
>

That's news to me.

> The good news is that I've got a Pulphouse from 1992 with a JMS story in it on
> the way.
>
> I love Ebay...
> 

So do I.  My accountant definitely does not.

jms

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From: Wendy of NJ <voxwoman at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 01:05:40 +0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 23:11:51 +0000 (UTC), jmsatb5 at aol.com wrote:

>
>Jan wrote:
>> So I'm wasting time at work today cruising around Ebay.  Haven't looked for any
>> pre-B5 JMS items for a while so I do a seach for 'Straczynski'.  And what to my
>> wondering eyes should appear but this
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/SPACE-PATROL-Complete-Series-DVD-NEW_W0QQitemZ6478753009QQcategoryZ41589QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>> ad for a DVD set for a 1963 puppetry show called Space Patrol that says it has
>> an interview with you on it.  Considering that in 1963 you were around 9, how
>> did you end up doing an interview for the DVD set (and what did you say)?
>>
>
>I came across the show at around that time, nine or ten, and it had
>just an amazing impact on me, as primitive as it may be.  I'd seen lots
>of other kid's SF shows and serials where the aliens were just guys in
>silver suits, and every planet had breathable air, and it was just a
>goof...but in Planet Patrol, there were alien-aliens (granted, puppets,
>but still...), they'd worked out the science of a revolving space
>platform, other worlds had different kinds of atmospheres and
>gravities...I would watch it with my jaw on the floor (which then
>wasn't as long a fall).

Was this the same production company that did the puppet show about
the deep sea crew with the mermaid? I think I used to watch both of
these when I was a kid. People remember the underwater show, but never
the space show...

-Wendy

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 01:10:40 +0000 (UTC)
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Wendy of NJ wrote:

> Was this the same production company that did the puppet show about
> the deep sea crew with the mermaid? I think I used to watch both of
> these when I was a kid. People remember the underwater show, but never
> the space show...
>

I don't think so, but I don't know so.  Incidentally, part of the
problem in tracking this show was that it was only aired on a few
stations on the East Coast, one of them being in or around New Jersey
(I think it was channel 9 or 5).

jms