Cigarettes/cigars everyone

I was in high school in early 70's when this show was on - did
everyone smoke? The first thing that struck me after watching all the
DVD episodes was that in every episode smoking was epidemic. We
should have a contest to count how many times Straker/Freeman "lit up"
in a particular episode.

One of my favorite moments was when the doctor (Schroeder I believe)
offers cigarettes to shado members. I remember thinking that was odd years
ago. Between the alcohol consumption and the cigarettes, shado was a
medical disaster!
Lorraine

Mastomy wrote:

> I was in high school in early 70's when this show was on - did
> everyone smoke? The first thing that struck me after watching all the
> DVD episodes was that in every episode smoking was epidemic. We
> should have a contest to count how many times Straker/Freeman "lit up"
> in a particular episode.
>

BTW, we intentionally asked a question on heavy smoke in UFO to George
Sewell during the interview we filmed a couple of weeks ago.
I was not attending the interview and do not know George's exact wording,
but he confirmed that his character was *meant* to be a smoker so he *had*
to smoke.
Ciao.
teresa
ISOSHADO
----- Original Message -----
Between the alcohol consumption and the cigarettes, shado was a
> medical disaster!

--- In [hidden email], Charles and Lorraine <airtime25@c...>
wrote:
> One of my favorite moments was when the doctor (Schroeder I believe)
> offers cigarettes to shado members. I remember thinking that was
odd years
> ago. Between the alcohol consumption and the cigarettes, shado was a
> medical disaster!

Yes, that was "Computer Affair", I always get a chuckle out of
that scene with the wafts of smoke filling the room, almost like
Shroeder and Bradley are trying to out-draw each other.
I think a few coughs inserted into the script would have been
appropriate here. Obviously Shroeder is a Doctor of Psychology
rather than a Doctor of Medicine.

Ed Straker smokes but does not drink, Alec Freeman drinks,smokes
and drinks, are there any members of SHADO who drink only?
I think Henderson would be a big drinker, but if he has a bar
in his office, it would probably be concealed to hide it from
Alec Freeman.The almost constant bad mood of Henderson could
be caused by a permanent hangover.

Oddly there is no cigarette dispenser or bar in the SHADO
computer room, or on Moonbase, so it looks like it's up to those
higher up to get plastered.

Just as well "The Long Sleep" was the last episode,would Ed Straker
be expected to graduate to pot,then you could have "Mindbender II".

Kevin.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:11:00 -0000
"Mastomy" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I was in high school in early 70's when this show was on - did
> everyone smoke? The first thing that struck me after watching all the
> DVD episodes was that in every episode smoking was epidemic. We
> should have a contest to count how many times Straker/Freeman "lit up"
> in a particular episode.
>

A zeitgeist thing really. Of course smoking WAS much more common back
then, but a few decades ago, smoking in films and TV series was a sort of
badge of style and sophistication; film-makers used it to embody their
characters with an aura of manly cool. Even the Thunderbird puppets
liked the occasional ciggie.

If I remember correctly, Gerry Anderson considered having the cigarettes
digitally removed from the remastered Thunderbirds DVD release, but the
cost was found to be prohibitively expensive.

How about Straker smoking, lying down with the ashtray
on his chest during "CONFLICT?" Yow!! Good thing he
didn't fall asleep.

I also recall being struck by the oddness watching one
of my favorite films, "IT, THE TERROR FROM BEYOND
SPACE" nearly the entire crew smoking inside a metal
rocket spaceship while playing chess.

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The heavy smoking and drinking on the part of SHADO personnel was carefully
strategy to prevent them from becoming alien organ transplant donors. I also
suspect that if we ever got a good look at the contents of those American,
Russian, Chinese and etc. meal from the dispense on Moonbase they would be very
high in fat and MSG.

James K.


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....Good thing they weren't smoking inside a wooden rocket spaceship.....
:-0

Dave H.