Another new member...

Greetings to all. I just joined SHADO, and am delighted that others
are as keen on this series as I am. I must be a relic; I remember
watching UFO in Pittsburgh on its first run in 1972-
73. I would like to pose a question to everyone.
What is your personal appraisal of Ed Straker, a)as a leader, and b)
as a
person?
William

Welcome to the Club. I was 9 yrs old when I saw UFO for the first time. I could not sleep and started watching TV . It came on at 3am for some unknown reason. My mom caught me at told me to get back to bed. I woke up from time to time to watch it,but made sure only I could hear the tv. All I could remember was the name of the show, purple wigs, the strange sound of the UFO, and the woman walking in the opening credits. 10 yrs later ITC made a movie combining two episodes which did not make that much sense,but at least it was on the air. Then two years ago I went to my favorite bookstore and they had a DVD dept. There was the first DVD set. I bought it and loved the show all over again. Ed Straker was in my opinion a great leader but an awful person. He should never have been married. He should have stayed a batchelor until he stepped down as SHADO's leader. The death of his son should never have happened. It was a good show about priorities, but he should have had the
transport meet another car so it could deliver the medicine his son needed. bsl
william_babyak <[hidden email]> wrote:Greetings to all. I just joined SHADO, and am delighted that others
are as keen on this series as I am. I must be a relic; I remember
watching UFO in Pittsburgh on its first run in 1972-
73. I would like to pose a question to everyone.
What is your personal appraisal of Ed Straker, a)as a leader, and b)
as a
person?
William





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I would like to pose a question to everyone.
> What is your personal appraisal of Ed Straker, a)as a leader, and
b)> as a > person?
> William
>
>
Difficult question,

Cold but charismatic and a logical perception of problems that is at
the cost of his own humanity.

An interesting character with only one flaw. He is wearing a tailors
dummy's wig. Why we are never to know, but I have met someone
recently with the same hair style who had no idea who Straker was.
Just goes to show, time does go in circles.

The wig in question was due to the fact that they were afraid that if Ed Bishop dyed his hair white all the time
it would fall out.
Nic Vaughan <[hidden email]> wrote:
I would like to pose a question to everyone.
> What is your personal appraisal of Ed Straker, a)as a leader, and
b)> as a > person?
> William
>
>
Difficult question,

Cold but charismatic and a logical perception of problems that is at
the cost of his own humanity.

An interesting character with only one flaw. He is wearing a tailors
dummy's wig. Why we are never to know, but I have met someone
recently with the same hair style who had no idea who Straker was.
Just goes to show, time does go in circles.





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I remember watching the show during the first run when
I was very young. My brother and I used to get into
the family station wagon by grabbing the roof and
swinging our legs in. I had a UFO lunch box (have
never found an original in good condition on eBay
since).

The funniest thing to me is that seemed to be the only
person I know or have met that has any knowledge of
the show. Since I was so young when it was on, I
started to think the memory of the show might have
been some movie from my childhood and. When I was
introduced to the Internet, I started researching and
found the show information. When I found the box set
on Amazon, I bought it immediately if only to prove I
was not crazy and a show about UFOs and girls with
purple hair existed.

A true view of Staker come from the episode "Confetti
Check A-OK" At the end, we have seen how he
sacrificed his whole life to the creation of Shado and
is full of regrets about the impact to his own life.
He forces a SHADO staffer to go on one weeks paternity
leave. I feel a better study of character is that of
Alec Freeman. He seems pretty weak as a leader and
has no issue about drinking on the job. When its time
for him to assume command, he is lost.

Adam Kleinberg

Don't feel bad Adam. I was 8 when the show was on TV. It only came on at 3am in New Orleans. Dont know why. For 30 yrs I could only remember the theme song, girls with purple hair, the interceptors, moonbase, and the sashay that the woman in the opening credits did as she walked down SHADO command. When the DVDs came out I wash shocked at the one missile interceptor and the awful death of Stakers son. Alcohol and drugs were everywhere in the series. I thought that Col. Lake was the computer expert when she was an all around commander except she never got into a brawl. I work the 11-7am shift so if you post your questions I will be happy to get into discussions with you . bsl

Adam Kleinberg <[hidden email]> wrote:I remember watching the show during the first run when
I was very young. My brother and I used to get into
the family station wagon by grabbing the roof and
swinging our legs in. I had a UFO lunch box (have
never found an original in good condition on eBay
since).

The funniest thing to me is that seemed to be the only
person I know or have met that has any knowledge of
the show. Since I was so young when it was on, I
started to think the memory of the show might have
been some movie from my childhood and. When I was
introduced to the Internet, I started researching and
found the show information. When I found the box set
on Amazon, I bought it immediately if only to prove I
was not crazy and a show about UFOs and girls with
purple hair existed.

A true view of Staker come from the episode "Confetti
Check A-OK" At the end, we have seen how he
sacrificed his whole life to the creation of Shado and
is full of regrets about the impact to his own life.
He forces a SHADO staffer to go on one weeks paternity
leave. I feel a better study of character is that of
Alec Freeman. He seems pretty weak as a leader and
has no issue about drinking on the job. When its time
for him to assume command, he is lost.

Adam Kleinberg




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by the way I also had a lunchbox but it was thrown out 30 years ago because my mother found it and it was covered with mold and rust.
Adam Kleinberg <[hidden email]> wrote:I remember watching the show during the first run when
I was very young. My brother and I used to get into
the family station wagon by grabbing the roof and
swinging our legs in. I had a UFO lunch box (have
never found an original in good condition on eBay
since).

The funniest thing to me is that seemed to be the only
person I know or have met that has any knowledge of
the show. Since I was so young when it was on, I
started to think the memory of the show might have
been some movie from my childhood and. When I was
introduced to the Internet, I started researching and
found the show information. When I found the box set
on Amazon, I bought it immediately if only to prove I
was not crazy and a show about UFOs and girls with
purple hair existed.

A true view of Staker come from the episode "Confetti
Check A-OK" At the end, we have seen how he
sacrificed his whole life to the creation of Shado and
is full of regrets about the impact to his own life.
He forces a SHADO staffer to go on one weeks paternity
leave. I feel a better study of character is that of
Alec Freeman. He seems pretty weak as a leader and
has no issue about drinking on the job. When its time
for him to assume command, he is lost.

Adam Kleinberg




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Adam, like you, I thought I was the only person to have ever
watched this series. I was 11 and living in Singapore - I had a
crush on Paul Foster and loved the girls' costumes with the purple
wigs on Moonbase!




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wrote:

Getting back to Col. Straker's wig....did Eminem copy that style?...could Straker have been a fly space-homeboy?

Desmond Pereira <[hidden email]> wrote:Adam, like you, I thought I was the only person to have ever
watched this series. I was 11 and living in Singapore - I had a
crush on Paul Foster and loved the girls' costumes with the purple
wigs on Moonbase!

It's fun, sometimes life its really fun... I watched the series when I was a kid, 7-8 years old in black and white, on saturdays afternoon... when colour TV came here, to Argentina, in 1978, it dissapeared and never was re emited... my college fellows didn't even remembered the series! It was until 1994, when a cable channel specialized in old series emited again UFO and in color! It was a moment to say to my old friends: see? that series really existed! And I was really impressed with that blonde man who was in charge of all and those cute girls dressed in silver with what I find several years that was purlple wigs! Now I have all the chapters in video, in the spain dubbed version and in the original version, but always will be a golden chapter of my childhood, thanks for the memories, Adam...
Osvaldo


> Adam, like you, I thought I was the only person to have ever
> watched this series. I was 11 and living in Singapore - I had a
> crush on Paul Foster and loved the girls' costumes with the purple
> wigs on Moonbase!

Hi Adam and Desmond:

Like you guys, I felt I was the only person who either loved or knew of UFO
here in Atlantic Canada. I had one or two books by Robert Miall (sp?) that
my dad managed to find for me in the mid-70's on his travels (he also picked
up the complete Star Trek James Blish set too, but that's another
story....). As a budding artist I LOVED to draw the Moonbase girls with
their purple wigs and also the UFOs themselves, Skydiver, etc.

When I discovered Marc's UFO site and then the SHADO Library, I felt I'd
died and gone to UFO heaven!

Pam

Pam,

If you still have your UFO art around - sketches - anything - please share it
with the SHADO group! We would love to see fresh talent!


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Dear Guys - I think the only extant UFO artwork I have nowadays is on my
website, but it's only about 2 yrs old. I have none of the old stuff left
(my mom disposed of it, along with my charcoal sketches of Tony Esposito and
Bobby Orr.....sigh...). I have a portrait of Moonbase on Gallery Two I
think.

My website is: www.pamelamccaughey.bravepages.com

Ciao - Pam

That is how i felt when I heard about the UFO club. JOY JOY JOY. I was not alone in the world. It was such a great series I always wished it could have lasted more than a season and a half. As much as I love Space 1999 and the T birds, UFO was really my first taste of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.

Pamela McCaughey <[hidden email]> wrote:Hi Adam and Desmond:

Like you guys, I felt I was the only person who either loved or knew of UFO
here in Atlantic Canada. I had one or two books by Robert Miall (sp?) that
my dad managed to find for me in the mid-70's on his travels (he also picked
up the complete Star Trek James Blish set too, but that's another
story....). As a budding artist I LOVED to draw the Moonbase girls with
their purple wigs and also the UFOs themselves, Skydiver, etc.

When I discovered Marc's UFO site and then the SHADO Library, I felt I'd
died and gone to UFO heaven!

Pam





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