I was thiking about the episode title and brief description,
probe-agent featured, etc.  May be airdates would be nice too but that's
icing on the cake :)

   Having a guide kinda makes it easier to remember the shows.

   And the scripts are GREAT!  Where did you get them?  And the only
reason why I haven't been voicing any preferences as to which ones todo
next is because I really don't know what's available.  And besides,
regardless as to which episode it is, I am sure I will enjoy it.

   Thanks John - for doing all this!

Connie

..

What kind of list do you want?  I can list all of the titles for you.
And
I have the descriptions that Lincoln Enterprises listed when they were
selling the scripts.  Eventully we will have them posted on the new web
site Bryan is building.  And if you've been getting all the scripts I've
sent you, you should have something like half of them now.

I suspect Bianco is my favorite as well...but of course I look forward
until we all can compare ALL of the episodes.

What kind of list do you want?  I can list all of the titles for you.  And
I have the descriptions that Lincoln Enterprises listed when they were
selling the scripts.  Eventully we will have them posted on the new web
site Bryan is building.  And if you've been getting all the scripts I've
sent you, you should have something like half of them now.

I have one more act to go and I will be sending out Live Men Tell Tales.

I am still happy to take requests as to what to scan next.

John

At 09:41 PM 9/3/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>  Just wondering if there's an episode guide somewhere out there?
>
>  It's amazing to find that there are others who still remember the
>show!  IMHO, it certainly deserved more than 23 episodes.
>
>  By the way, I guess I am probably in the minority, but I enjoy Bianco
>probably the most.  Don't know why, but may be as someone has suggested,
>he seems to have a darker quality about him.
>
>  Hope to see more activity on this list!
>
>Connie






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Just wondering if there's an episode guide somewhere out there?

   It's amazing to find that there are others who still remember the
show!  IMHO, it certainly deserved more than 23 episodes.

   By the way, I guess I am probably in the minority, but I enjoy Bianco
probably the most.  Don't know why, but may be as someone has suggested,
he seems to have a darker quality about him.

   Hope to see more activity on this list!

Connie

Michael,
Hi, good to hear from you! If you don't mind, I'm going to refer your
question to John (actingman), the gentleman who runs the "Search Mailing
List" and who has much more information about the series than myself. I have
a SEARCH message board that has some information about the basic premise of
the show, the stars, how long it ran, images, and a sound file of the theme
music at:

http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi/mb315284

Also, John and another member of the list have begun a SEARCH website at:

www.probecontrol.com

So anyway, I'll forward your e-mail to John, and please post on the message
board if you get a chance! BTW, we've been lucky enough to find a few
episodes on video. The copies aren't perfect, but if you're interested I can
put you in touch with the fellow we purchased ours from.

Best Regards,
Kevin



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>To: probe_control@egroups.com
>Subject: [probe_control] Search?
>Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 10:55:15 -0400
>
>I am interested in the TV show Search, but can find little or nothing on
>it - I have been given your e-mail address by jima@... in hopes of
>getting some more info.
>
>Thanks,
>Michael
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getting some more info.

Thanks,
Michael

>... Congradulations!
------------------------------------
Thanks!  Nice to be here, uh... there!  NICE TO BE ON BOARD!!!
-----------------------------------
>... Hey, who's your favorite "probe"? I'm a Lockwood man  >myself. The thing I
remembered about him -- during the fight >scenes he'd  almost always nail
someone with this massive kick -- >not like a karate fighter, more like a soccer
player!
-----------------------------------
Hard to choose.  I guess I like all three for different reasons.  My favorite
episode has always been "Short Circuit" (with Grover).  My best friend was
always a Bianco fan.  I guess I always considered myself a Lockwood fan, growing
up... but now that I'm able to see more of the episodes... I can appreciate all
three.

I like Grover's devil-may-care 'surfer' attitude (though he seems like he'd be
the least likely, least responsible candidate Probe Agent, sometimes), and
boyish good-looks.

I like Lockwood's straightforward attitude, and dedication.  And after all, he's
the 'first' Probe Agent of all...

But I'm beginning to appreciate Bianco more and more.  He seems like more of a
'real-life' person, and less of a TV Action Star/caricature.  His past mob
connections make him an interesting individual.  He has much more of a
'darker'side than the others.
-----------------------------------
>... There seems to be a lot of Grover fans around -- fewer seem to >favor
Bianco -- I don't know why.
-----------------------------------
Maybe because he IS the darkest, and perhaps least likable of the three???
----------------------------------
>... BTW, if you get a chance stop by my SEARCH message >board...
---------------------------------
LOVE TO!

Thanks for taking the time to write, Kevin!  Please do so again in the future!!!

Jim Alexander
jima@...

Jim,
Congradulations! Hey, who's your favorite "probe"? I'm a Lockwood man
myself. The thing I remembered about him -- during the fight scenes he'd
almost always nail someone with this massive kick -- not like a karate
fighter, more like a soccer player! There seems to be a lot of Grover fans
around -- fewer seem to favor Bianco -- I don't know why.
BTW, if you get a chance stop by my SEARCH message board at:

http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi/mb315284

Regards,
Kevin


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>To: probe_control@eGroups.com
>Subject: [probe_control] New Member
>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:10:06 -0700
>
>Howdy, SEARCH Fans!
>
>New SEARCH e-groups member Jim Alexander, here!  Finding out about this
>list started recently when I purchased one of Mike Walston's nice 'Scanner'
>replicas off of eBay!  Then, I found out from Mike that friends of his were
>'into' the program, as well as trading tapes of the show!  I've been
>fortunate enough to come into contact with nice people like Bryan Durk, who
>has shown me that there is a whole world of people out there who appreciate
>Leslie Steven's show as much as I do!
>
>I was 13 when SEARCH premiered.  I was crazy about it the first time I saw
>it.  As many of you did, I used to audio-tape the episodes off the tv!  I
>ordered some of the scripts, postcards, and film-clip frames from Lincoln
>Enterprises... picked up the paperback novelizations, and even drew my own
>home-made comic book, based on the adventures of Lockwood and the gang!
>
>I just wanted to say 'hello' to the list, and let everyone know I am out
>here!  I'm open to any and all e-mail anyone would care to send!
>
>Jim Alexander
>Creative Services Director
>WEVV-CBS-TV
>Evansville, Indiana
>jima@...
>
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Howdy, SEARCH Fans!

New SEARCH e-groups member Jim Alexander, here!  Finding out about this list
started recently when I purchased one of Mike Walston's nice 'Scanner' replicas
off of eBay!  Then, I found out from Mike that friends of his were 'into' the
program, as well as trading tapes of the show!  I've been fortunate enough to
come into contact with nice people like Bryan Durk, who has shown me that there
is a whole world of people out there who appreciate Leslie Steven's show as much
as I do!

I was 13 when SEARCH premiered.  I was crazy about it the first time I saw it. 
As many of you did, I used to audio-tape the episodes off the tv!  I ordered
some of the scripts, postcards, and film-clip frames from Lincoln Enterprises...
picked up the paperback novelizations, and even drew my own home-made comic
book, based on the adventures of Lockwood and the gang!

I just wanted to say 'hello' to the list, and let everyone know I am out here! 
I'm open to any and all e-mail anyone would care to send!

Jim Alexander
Creative Services Director
WEVV-CBS-TV
Evansville, Indiana
jima@...

John,
I recieved that too. There seems to be a mini bidding-war going on for it. I
don't really care about getting one, but I saved a copy of the scan he made.

Kevin

"I am a camera."


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>To: probe_control@egroups.com
>Subject: [probe_control] Search TV series Scanner Prop Reproduction
>Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:57:00 -0400
>
>For anyone who's interested.
>
> >From: mwalston@...
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> >Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:54:05 -0400 (EDT)
> >To: actingman@...
> >Subject: Search TV series Scanner Prop Reproduction
> >
> >Hi John,
> >
> >I just wanted you to know that I finished another one of the Scanner
>props
>from Search and placed it on Ebay, if you're still interested.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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For anyone who's interested.

>From: mwalston@...
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>Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:54:05 -0400 (EDT)
>To: actingman@...
>Subject: Search TV series Scanner Prop Reproduction
>
>Hi John,
>
>I just wanted you to know that I finished another one of the Scanner props
from Search and placed it on Ebay, if you're still interested.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>
>
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Let's cross our fingers.  Here's my reply and the original message.

>To: piperspost@... (James Quinn)
>From: actingman-jc@...
>Subject: Re: WTD:  1972 NBC series Search
>In-Reply-To: <17824-3763D209-19181@...>
>
>We have the two hour pilot under it's two titles "Probe" and "Search", and
we have the following episodes:
>
>Let Us Prey  (very good from network 16mm print with original commercials)
>
>and the following fair to poor quality episodes that were taped off of
Armed Forces TV:
>
>Moment Of Madness
>24 Caret Hit
>The Clayton Lewis Document
>The Mattson Papers
>The Packagers
>Flight To Nowhere
>
>If you have any different, then myself and at least two others will be
contacting you.  For myself, I might also be interested in the six above if
they are better quality then what I have.
>
>John
>
>At 11:45 AM 6/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>I HAVE SEVERAL EPISODES FOR SALE, LET ME KNOW WHICH EPISODES YOU ALREADY
>>HAVE.
>>
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Kevin found someone on Ebay auctioning off a scanner replica.  I wrote to
him asking about it, and here's his reply:

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>Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:22:51 -0400 (EDT)
>To: actingman-jc@...
>Subject: Re: A scanner?
>
>Hi John,
>
>And here I thought I was the only one who even remembered this show!
>
>This scanner is a replica I made since I also haven't heard of anyone ever
making these things.  I work at a Trophy Shop and used the computer driven
engraving table to make the "circuitry face" on a piece of chrome plated
aluminum.  I put that inside a copper casing with a magnetic back and
presto, a Scanner--or a really odd refrigerator magnet.  (Cam knows when
I'm sneaking Hagen dazs.)
>
>I only have the pilot movie on tape, and I had to get that off my local TV
station.  Did Warner Bros. release real videos and are they still available?
>
>
>                 Mike
>
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Technically, there were three Probe Control sets.  The first one was in the
pilot.  The second (which was very similar to the first) was in the first
15 episodes (if the scripts I have are correct.)  The third one covered the
final eight episodes.

Leslie Stevens described Control as being dark, like a cockpit, with the
personel's faces lit up from their consoles.  We see this in the first and
second control sets.  In the second set they used red lights aimed on the
computer equipment to give a sense of darkness (which I don't think they
used on the first set.)

Stevens also wrote that in the background you could see other units working
on other cases.  In the pilot I think they went overboard with this idea.
Behind the row of tape banks you can see another unit, and even a free
standing wall, which I think is supposed to be that other unit's main
screen.  When shooting across Cameron's left, in the direction of Keach,
you can see yet other people and activity.   Where I think it becomes too
much is at the end of the pilot, when Lockwood puts the scanner in his
pocket.  In control we are looking diagonally from Cameron to Griffin and
beyond, and in the distance we see yet another unit, which is beyond the
line of the wall, which we know is a waiting room on the other side.  The
waiting room is small, so technically it is possible, but then you wonder
how the floor is laid out that the waiting room is in the near center of a
highly secured area?  Again, it is possible, but it is a little too much.

In the second set we see nothing behind the row of tape units except some
flashing lights, probably there to break up the monotony of the blackness.
On each end of the row of tape units there are two catycornered consoles
with seats, facing away from us, and usually when the shot would include
these consoles, they would have extras sitting in these places.  These
consoles had no flashing lights of any kind, and I suspect their facing
away from us meant they were supposed to be the people working on other
cases, because as far as I know, Cameron never addressed these people.

The first set had reel to reel standing machines that came up to about chin
height on an average person.  The second set had (what I think were the
more attractive) reel to reel standing machines that were taller, and more
narrow.

The Probe screen was the same in the first two sets.

With more shooting time and budget, there were more varied shots of control
in the pilot, which included the main screen photographed with the actors
standing in front of it.  I only got to see about half of the episodes back
then, and the only episode I know of where they photographed the actors in
front of the screen was Moment Of Madness.  In the pilot they did wide
angle from above shots of control, and they had a free-standing wall in
front that you could see the back of which was supposed to be the main
screen.  They did similar overhead shots in the second set, but they did
not have a free-standing wall in front to represent the main screen.

The third set was a complete change from the format as Stevens created it.
I have not come across any explanation as to why they did it, or the
thinking that went behind it.  The scripts dated November, 1972 and beyond
all use the third set.  So at some point within the first two months of the
show airing, either the production staff, or the network, decided to make
this change.  (What is very interesting here is that it wasn't too long
after this...maybe even some overlap...where Fred Harpman, who designed the
various Probe sets, created the Newscenter set which NBC used on their
network new sets, as well as on their owned stations news sets...and the
news sets looked very similar in lighting and design...especially the main
screen...to the third Probe set.)

Where the first two sets had two rows of three people set up in front of
the main screen, the third set had one row of three.  The consoles were the
same as used in the first two sets:  Cameron's three sided console in the
middle, the left sided console to his left, and the right sided console to
his right.

The set was brightly lit, with the walls looking like white brick.  This
set was much smaller, with a definite "room" feel.  The row of tape
machines behind Cameron were eliminated altogether, and in the background
you would see the front-sided-only consoles that were used in the previous
two sets, scattered around the background, all facing forward.  They were
manned, and Cameron would bark orders at them.  They even used the
non-descript consoles from the second set in the background.  In the
background there were technicians walking back and fourth going to various
machines that were not in any previous sets.  There were also new standing
flashing light banks that were not in the previous sets, and which were not
as interesting.  They also had a few very short, squat reel to reel
standing machines that were not in the previous sets.

They also made a change to the main screen.  In the first two sets, the
screen had rolling numbers to the upper right of the screen.  In the third
set, they replaced the numbers with rows of flashing, swirling lights (it
looks like they took out the numbers and stuck the flashing lights up
against the rectangular holes where the numbers had been.)  In Moment of
Madness, we can see that the rows of lights below the screen go down to the
floor, like they did on the screen in the first set.  With this special
shot in MoM, the screen (not bathed in red like in the first two sets) is a
white wall piece standing against the white brick of the set wall, and does
not look good at all.

It is funny because by changing the set, they had to go and shoot new stock
footage of hands pushing controls, and various shots of the screen, to use
in the episodes.  By doing this, they ended up reviving something they did
in the pilot, but that I don't think they did in the first 15 (again I'm
not 100% sure since I have not seen all of the episodes.)  In the pilot
they had the head-on shots of the main screen, but they also had angled
shots to show what it looked like from Keach's viewpoint, and Harding's
etc.  Watching one of the third set episodes I noticed they had an angle
shot of the screen showing what it looked like from Miss James' position.

They had one closeup shot of the third set screen that back then, and now,
for some reason looked like a miniture, rather then a closeup of a huge
screen with flashing lights and images.

In the first two sets they shot from left to right, and from right to left,
when needed and desired.  In the third set they only shot from left to
right, except for some straight on shots of Miss James.  I cannot tell if
they used multiple cameras during shooting of the third set, like they
definitly did with the second set.  To the best of my knowledge, they did
not shoot right to left (where Harris would be in the foreground and Miss
James in the background.)  I suspect this was to eliminate the need to have
a "fourth wall", which required more setup time...and thus more cost.

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That's a wonderful review you posted.

   I am surprised that after all these years, I actually remember having
seen this episode.  But of course, the details escaped me until I read
your post.

   Now I am curious - how can one get hold of some episodes?  I would
love to watch a couple!

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Repeating myself, but the last time I saw an hour episode of Search was
NBC's last telecast in August, 1973.  Next time I got to see it was when
Let Us Prey arrived in the mail late last year...25 years later.

I was worried that my memories of the show were far better than the show
itself after watching LUP.  I had been able to catch some late night
airings of the pilot over the years, so I knew that was good, but I was
wondering what was going on with LUP.

As the folks on the Space: 1999 mailing list have learned to their
annoyment when we did an episode by episode analysis, I write down nits
when watching, and list them.  Sometimes I make full paragraphs, sometimes
just angry or funny observations, or whatever.

Here goes:   Let Us Prey

I know from the individual film frames I have that they (sometimes?) used
more then one camera when shooting the Probe Control scenes.  I have
wondered why they did this...it is expensive because you have to have
multiple equipment setups (rental charges) and multiple crews (salaries,
catering expenses etc.)  I've wondered if they did it because they wanted
to:  1.  Make sure the Probe scenes only took one day of shooting (or half
a day etc.)  2.  They wanted a connected feel between the shots.  3.  Who
knows...

This might be part of the reason I wrote "odd camera angles" for the Probe
scenes in the beginning when they are briefing Bianco.  They look very
strange to me, but I understand them a little bit knowing there was more
then one camera at work.

Actually I think this episode is full of strange angles, and when I say
strange I mean out of the ordinary angles that don't work, or just strike
me as different, rather then different AND effective.  Another example is
that use of the overhead shot looking down in the compound when Bianco is
learning fully the predicement he is in.

Anjennette throws the glass, Richter ducks, and as he is completely bent
over with the rifle pointing at the ground, Bianco is standing right over
him (does he touch him?) and instead of hitting him and taking the gun from
him, Bianco runs out.  This just looks dumb.  Either Franciosa added that
part about stopping at the guy, or the director did, but it is stupid.  It
might have made more sense if Bianco had run straight out.  Also, Richter
should not have gone as far over as he did (which he either did because
Diana Hyland is a very good or very bad thrower, or because the director
wanted a very obvious window of escape for Bianco.)

By the way, why is Bianco prowling around at night in a bright white suit?
Yes he looked good in it, but it stretches credibility a bit, and again I
suspect it was a poor judgement made by who knows who on the production
because whatever he wore that night he would be wearing for the rest of the
episode.  Wearing that bright white suit while breaking in to a house at
night he might as well have worn a light up tie as well.

This episode takes place over a couple of days at least, and yet there is
no passage of time within Control.  What's worse, they use the same closeup
angle of Cameron through much of the episode contributes to the lack of
time passing.  They needed different angles to help establish time
movement, (and some beard growth or something on Cameron) and different
angles just to make the episode look better.  Because Cameron had so little
to do in this episode, I think they just wanted to get those shots out of
the way, so they shot from one angle.  Also, Burgess Meredith had so little
to add to these scenes (because there was little to them) that he ends up
doing the same thing in every scene:  Looks urgent, says "Yes Bianco" and
readjusts his microphone.

I thought the characters were very one dimensional stock characters:  The
crazy, maniacal rich guy, the emotionless henchman, the flighty floozie who
realizes the error of her ways and helps the hero.  I can't decide if Diana
Hyland was good casting or not.  I've warmed to her as I've rewatched the
episode, but on my first late 90's viewing, I thought she was miscast.

I'm split on this one:  either Bianco should have kept the rifle he takes
away from Richter, or he was right to throw it into the stream.

Look at the script I sent out.  I've seen this in many tv scripts, not just
Search ones, where the commercial breaks in the finished episode come at
different times then as indicated in the script.  This is true of LUP.

To use an Irwin Allen term, this is a run and jump episode.  Lots of
running, chasing, being chased, explosions, etc.  Very little use or need
of Probe and it's resources, and a regular plot device (overused) of
cutting the agent off from Control.  They also have some equipement logic
gaffs:  If they are receiving telemetry from Bianco's earjack, showing that
it is working, then that is a signal they can trace.  Also, his earjack
transmits as well as receives?  If it does transmit telemetry, then that
cancels my next nit that Danzig can set his earjack to transmit as well as
receive?  And what is picking up the sound in his earjact to transmit?  And
Why doesn't Bianco transmit on his dental implant as much as possible?
Control should be able to triangulate in on that signal.

If we are looking at the episode from Ter, then we are also seeing the
commercials from back then...which is a whole other discussion in itself.

Okay friends, write to the list and tell me I'm wrong about everything.
After all, that's why they have pcs at work, isn't it?

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What an amazing thing to watch Moment Of Madness for the first time in 25
years, having only an audio tape to listen to all of these years.  What I
found interesting is that it is a good episode.  Having seen Let Us Prey as
the first episode in all that time, I was worried that the series wasn't as
good as I'd remembered.  But MOM and also Flight To Nowhere did not
disappoint.  We will have to see how the rest hold up...but I remember 24
Carat Hit quite well, and now that is a good one.

I am fairly certain that I do not like the second Probe Control set.  It
does not look as good, the white brick interior walls make no sense, and
with the full lit background, it distracts from the people we are
concentrating on in the foreground.  I also notice that they took all of
the consoles from the first set and spread them around in the second set.
Also, they removed the numbers from the upper right corner of the screen
and replaced them with  blinking lights (which doesn't look too bad.)

As a 13 year old kid in 1973 I remember thinking that the last eight
episodes of the show (with the new set) were maybe trying to get away from
the tight computer link-futuristic feel that the series was originally
conceived as.  It will be interesting to watch the rest of the episodes we
have and see if that theory holds up.   And of course I hope we find more
episodes to continue testing my theory.

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Well my memory is not to bad.  I remembered correctly enough details about
the second Probe Control set after 25 years...in other words I got my six
additional Search episodes today!  Damn!

Once we all have them we will have to start discussing the episodes, and
the set changes.  It is also interesting to see that these last eight
episodes had a different line producer...not Robert Justman (who's name was
on Let Us Prey.)  I always wondered if NBC ordered changes in set and
production team to "save" the show.

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We should try to get something going here.  If anybody wants to discuss any
of the episodes, or the books, or whatever...go ahead.  I watched Let Us
Prey and made notes (and of course never got around to writing a review.)
Since Kevin found a source for six more episodes, and several of us have
versions of the pilot, we can discuss, rag, and celebrate various aspects
of the show.  I can't wait to see if my memory of the second Probe Control
is even close to what it actually looked like.

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I tried sending the first part of Probe to Curtis (SPOILAIRE@...), but
it bounced back.  If anybody has any info on how to contact him, please let
me know.

John





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I went through the scripts the other day, and figured out that the episode
The Adonis File is the one that Deanna Lund of Land of the Giants fame
appeared in.  She played Linda Harte, the medical telemetrist, who later in
the episode joins Lockwood on the case (sent by Cameron.)  When you read
the episode you see Harte saying things that make more sense if they were
said by Gloria Harding.  This tends to support what Deanna's friend wrote
to me that she had been hired to replace Angel Tompkins, cause the script
reads like they just changed the name from Gloria Harding to Linda
Harte...there is no hint of why she is making snide comments about
Lockwood's adventures.  (The script is in good shape and will scan easily.)

For those of you who don't know I am in the slow process of scanning
"Probe" the script of the two hour pilot.  It is very slow going because it
was a faded copy to begin with, and requires a great deal of
correction...more than usual.  Add to that it is 120 pages (as well as
stupid things like my actually having to drag myself to a job everyday) and
I've decided to wait until the whole thing is scanned before I start
sending it out.  You folks out there will be surprised as to how much more
was written that was either not filmed, or filmed and cut out...including
an alternate opening.

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Hello, I've begun a SEARCH message board at:

http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi/mb315284

Please come by and post suggestions, P.R.O.B.E. news, or whatever you'd
like. If you've seen any SEARCH picture files or sound files, let me
know. I'd like to make the SEARCH theme play whenever the Board comes
up.

Thanks,
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More Search discussion on the Space:1999 mailing list.

>Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 09:08:46 -0600
>From: William Norman Grigg <WNG@...>
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>To: "space1999@..." <space1999@...>
>Subject: Re: Space1999: OT font request
>Sender: owner-space1999@...
>Reply-To: William Norman Grigg <WNG@...>
>
>
>
>actingman-jc@... wrote:
>
>> Anybody know of a font that looks like the computer lettering on checks?
>> If anyone remembers the show, it is the lettering they used on the 1972
>> show Search.
>
>Aw, *now* you've gone and done it -- you've mentioned my *other* favorite
>1970s TV series, "Search." I was *addicted* to that show, and utterly
>crushed when it was cancelled. Everything about that show intoxicated me --
>the leads, the premise, the goofy technology, the music (because of the
>"Search" theme I developed a huge enthusiasm for lounge-style Bossa Nova!).
>Does anybody else on this list remember this show? The first episode
>following the 2-hour pilot, as I recall, dealt with a moon rock that was
>supposedly made out of diamond....
>
>Will
>
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I ask a simple question on the Space:1999 mailing list, and I get a
discussion going.

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>Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 23:07:19 -0800
>To: space1999@...
>From: Mark Eidemiller <skylab@...>
>Subject: Space1999: OT: Search (aka Probe)
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>At 09:08 AM 1/4/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>
>>actingman-jc@... wrote:
>>
>>> Anybody know of a font that looks like the computer lettering on checks?
>>> If anyone remembers the show, it is the lettering they used on the 1972
>>> show Search.
>>
>>Aw, *now* you've gone and done it -- you've mentioned my *other* favorite
>>1970s TV series, "Search." I was *addicted* to that show, and utterly
>>crushed when it was cancelled. Everything about that show intoxicated me --
>>the leads, the premise, the goofy technology, the music (because of the
>>"Search" theme I developed a huge enthusiasm for lounge-style Bossa Nova!).
>>Does anybody else on this list remember this show? The first episode
>>following the 2-hour pilot, as I recall, dealt with a moon rock that was
>>supposedly made out of diamond....
>>
>>Will
>
>Ah, yes!  How many times have I whistled that theme song. A few months ago
>I found a copy of the paperback of the pilot episode, the one with all the
>diamonds and the Nazis and Elke Sommers. A simple plot with a few neat
>twists. Hugh O'Brian as the very cool Lockwood, and the great Burgess
>Meredith played Cameron, the main man at Probe Control. Doug McClure was
>also one of the agents, if I remember right. There was one more, but I
>can't remember him. If I think about it a bit I can remember some of the
>people who sat at the consoles at Probe Central. There were three "Probe"
>agents that rotated episodes; that was something I don't think had been
>done before. I loved the gadgets, the little implanted receiver and the
>transmitter that was the size of a large button but had more sensors than
>LaForge's VISOR. And the scaled down Mission Control that had all those
>displays and stuff -- they could tell you were lying by reading your heart
>rate, etc.
>
>Okay, any other Search fans lurking around?
>
>And while I'm at it and off topic, if there are any Doc Savage fans out
>there, please accept this cheap plug for my fan fiction BRONZE REFINED AS
>SILVER at:
>
>www.e-z.net/~skylab/index.html#bronze
>
>That's about it. I'll retreat now and keep reading.  Later, gang...
>
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Go to the below web site.  Type in Robert Weverka, then Search, then
Moonrock and it will give you several places to buy those books.

<http://www.bookfinder.com/>





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More behind the scenes info.  I'll have to go through the scripts to figure
out what episode he is talking about.

>I mean Deanna was to have been a regular.  She was to be at the console
>and go out sometimes on cases as she did in that episode.  Kind of like
>Angel did in "The Gold Bug" episode (I think I have that name right).
>Deanna was happily married to Don Matheson and someone with the show
>kind of wanted her to date him.  She refused.  Another typical Hollywood
>story.  The funny thing is that years later as a divorcee she did date
>that person once and from time to time has been at his charity
>functions.  (She does a number of charities which is one of the areas we
>work with her in as pals.)  This person from Search apparently acted as
>though he forgot the earliar incident that got Deanna released.  For
>good reason I cannot name or verify the person even if given to me.  I
>probably have said too much now. Angel was my favorite person on the
>show and  good at autograph responding and letter writing.  I used the
>media in my classroom teaching and this was one of the shows.   It is
>how Deanna became dear friends of ours thirty years ago (through Giants)
>and we exchange visits yearly. Our families are also very close to each
>other in Florida.  She is family. :)
>                                     Fred
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I wrote to the Deanna Lund fan organization asking about her appearance on
Search and got the following answer.

>Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 21:42:32 +0000
>From: "Dr. Fred Eichelman" <oakman@...>
>Reply-To: oakman@...
>Organization: New Camelot Productions
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>To: Actingman <actingman@...>
>Subject: Re: Deanna's Search Episode
>
>Actingman wrote:
>>
>> Didn't know she did that show (one of my favorites.)  Can you give me
>> the title of the episode and the role she played?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>
>I think it may have been the pilot or one of the first shows.  I do not
>know the title and it isn't shown in the copy I have.  (Which is not
>very good and hard to copy for others with any success.) She had the
>role Angel Tompkins later filled.  It was partly political that she
>didn't keep it.  Hollywood politics.
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Here's a Search reference.  The article is about Deanna Lund, and her work
on Land Of The Giants.  I have no idea what episode she was in.

Land of the Giants ended in September 1970 after 51 episodes. Lund
                 continued her career in television, with guest roles on
Love, American Style,
                 Search, The Waltons, Incredible Hulk and an Irwin Allen TV
film, Hanging
                 By A Thread (1979). She and her then-husband, Don Matheson,
also
                 starred on daytime's General Hospital during the mid-1970s
and she later
                 had a continuing role on daytime's One Life To Live. In the
1990s, she
                 appeared in several TV films, including Roots of Evil, Red
Wind and
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I don't know who else is here yet, but I would like to thank actingman for
setting up this newsgroup.

Hopefully with everyone included in on the discussions we can generate more
interest and get others involved. Maybe we can even find some more episodes.

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