Geoff, I'm not sure. It's been a while since I read that story. I'll have to dig through my bookshelves to find it; it was part of a larger book in which...
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Geoff Willmetts
gfwillmetts
Nov 26, 2010 7:41 am
Hello Dino That sounds like the James Blish books although I wasn’t aware that he elaborated too much when he did them. Geoff ********* GF Willmetts...
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John
actingman_jc
Nov 26, 2010 2:52 pm
It was Blish. Also, Decker was Brand Decker and not Matt Decker. I always wondered if he was working from an early draft script. I read somewhere that was a...
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Jim Alexander
probecontrol
Nov 26, 2010 3:46 pm
... ================= I believe John is right. If memory serves, Blish was adapting early drafts of the scripts--which is why such details are different from...
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Geoff Willmetts
gfwillmetts
Nov 26, 2010 4:08 pm
Hello John As far as I can recall reading, Blish wrote the novelisations without even seeing the series. Geoff ********* GF Willmetts...
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Richard Perez
rperez1025
Nov 26, 2010 5:15 pm
You are correct. Blish did work from early drafts. However, the later books kept to more of what aired than the earlier ones. From:...
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David Marks
worldsecanalyst
Nov 26, 2010 9:30 pm
Blish's adaptations became more congruous with the episodes after "Star Trek"'s cancellation and it's import into the UK. I believe it began with ST5.  ...
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DBoysen@...
buynblind
Nov 27, 2010 12:55 am
You're probably right Phil. I can just picture some wannabe director summer intern assigned to do inventory, pissed-off by the fact that he/she thinks the...
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dghprobe3
Nov 27, 2010 1:52 am
... Since the premise of SEARCH is seeking that which is missing, the irony of the above statement cannot be overemphasized. :-) I can only add a few items to...
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DBoysen@...
buynblind
Nov 27, 2010 5:56 am
I'm glad you addressed this, as I was wondering as well. Are broadcast videos good enough for producing DVDs? I mean you, me and the Search fans might be...
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progrocktv
Nov 27, 2010 6:24 pm
Some EXCELLENT information there Don and makes sense. So there's bound to be SOMETHING in existence in the vaults, so I'm sure we're safe. Yes the irony is...
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John
actingman_jc
Nov 27, 2010 6:38 pm
We will settle for what they give us because we will have no choice in the matter...unless one of us has a few million to donate to the cause and will pay...
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Geoff Willmetts
gfwillmetts
Nov 27, 2010 8:16 pm
Hello John We might be lucky. I presume the quality of the PROBE pilot on video was all right?? By the by, for those who are interested Roger Corman's 'War Of...
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John
actingman_jc
Nov 27, 2010 8:53 pm
The picture quality was good. It had the Probe titles, but it did not include the phone call. When they ran it in Australia, it had the Probe titles, and it...
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dghprobe3
Nov 27, 2010 11:44 pm
... I think Chris mentioned awhile back that Doug McClure appeared on The Jonathan Winters Show just before Search began and Doug mentioned that he would be...
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John
actingman_jc
Nov 28, 2010 12:21 am
I saw that Winters show. The sketch was that Doug's tv was broken, and he was anxious to get it fixed because his new show Probe was premiering that night....
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dghprobe3
Nov 28, 2010 12:28 am
The series was indeed called "PROBE" on all our filmclip clapboards until partway through "Operation Iceman" during mid to late July 1972. [Leslie Stevens...
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LambuLambu@...
galacticprobe
Nov 28, 2010 4:41 am
OK everyone... start playing the lottery (and hoping an awful lot!). End Run, Dino. In a message dated 11/27/2010 1:38:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ...
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LambuLambu@...
galacticprobe
Nov 28, 2010 4:46 am
I remember an episode of "Laugh-In" where Hugh O'Brian appeared as a guest, and at the end when everyone said "Good-night, Dick", he followed it up with "And...
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LambuLambu@...
galacticprobe
Nov 28, 2010 5:10 am
Just trivial (and really way off topic - until the end), but if anyone has downloaded and watched any of the "Star Trek: New Voyages" (or "Star Trek: Phase...
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Geoff Willmetts
gfwillmetts
Nov 28, 2010 8:08 am
Hello John Re: PROBE pilot. It would be best to say to use the British edition as it appears to have the most minutes but I do remember seeing two different...
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Geoff Willmetts
gfwillmetts
Nov 28, 2010 8:18 am
Hello Dino That plot sounds like something from the animated adventures done in the 70s of Star Trek. Geoff ********* GF Willmetts ****************************...
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Carol Jackson
search_fan
Nov 28, 2010 2:17 pm
I most certainly remember Hugh in Chicago in late August 1974! He was on Merv Griffith shortly before that saying he would be doing theatre there, and where he...
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dmanmetz@...
dmanmetz36
Nov 28, 2010 6:08 pm
Carol, Cool. Did you ask him anything about Search? Or was that a memory for him at that time. Chris ... From: Carol Jackson <c-jackson@...> To:...
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Carol Jackson
search_fan
Nov 28, 2010 7:42 pm
Actually, I asked him about HOBY, and he gave me some stuff to take to my principal. On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:07 PM, dmanmetz@... wrote: Carol, Cool. Did...
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Geoff Willmetts
gfwillmetts
Nov 28, 2010 7:51 pm
Hello Carol You must hold a record for the number of times you've met Hugh O'Brian over the years for this group, remembering you introducing him to your car...
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LambuLambu@...
galacticprobe
Nov 29, 2010 4:00 pm
Geoff, The plot was very similar, but the storyline was completely different. This one was also packed with action, possibly too much for the hour-long ...
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Carol Jackson
search_fan
Nov 29, 2010 4:25 pm
I'm persistent! 1974, 1987 at a HOBY planning meeting, April 1988 picking him up at the airport for the HOBY Missouri east seminar, with the Comet and taking...
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Geoff Willmetts
gfwillmetts
Nov 29, 2010 9:52 pm
Hello Dino I do have a vague memory of Blish saying that he had to embellish a lot with the early books simply because there wasn't enough story, hence so many...
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Geoff Willmetts
gfwillmetts
Nov 29, 2010 10:00 pm
Hello Carol Considering his HOBY foundation, I'm not that surprised. It would be difficult to run some an organisation by being nasty. Geoff ********* GF...
