Ed Bishop on YouTube

Dear All,

We wish to let you know that a 10 minutes video of Ed Bishop taking part in
the successful Italian show "Anima Mia" back in 1997 is now available on
YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgeiGR1yyUc

Anima Mia was a RAI TV show celebrating the Seventies in Italy.

You will also notice that Ed is wearing his original wig, and that he has
with him the original Alien's Helmet (both part of the ISOSHADO Collection).

Thank you Calimerina for making the video available to all of us!

teresa
ISOSHADO


----- Original Message -----
From: calimerina calimerina
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: [ISOSHADO] Ed Bishop su YouTube


Ed Bishop (il Comandante Straker) ospite di Fabio Fazio nella trasmissione
"Anima Mia".
Ho pensato di postarlo per quelli che non hanno visto il programma e non
hanno un amico che ha registrato il vhs, e ovviamente anche per quelli che
l'hanno visto e hanno voglia di rivederlo.
Buona visione a tutti.

Il video è qui: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgeiGR1yyUc

Hey that was cool. Wish I had a list of the questions in english. :) It wasall in the costumes wasn't it? He just puts on that outfit and hey presto...Straker! Is this the incident which got him prevented from wearing the wig ever again due to copyright infringement? Or did the show's producers getpermission first before he came on the show "in character?" Just curious.
Z.

Teresa - ISOSHADO <[hidden email]> wrote:
Dear All,

We wish to let you know that a 10 minutes video of Ed Bishop taking part in
the successful Italian show "Anima Mia" back in 1997 is now available on
YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgeiGR1yyUc

Anima Mia was a RAI TV show celebrating the Seventies in Italy.

You will also notice that Ed is wearing his original wig, and that he has
with him the original Alien's Helmet (both part of the ISOSHADO Collection).

Thank you Calimerina for making the video available to all of us!

teresa
ISOSHADO

----- Original Message -----
From: calimerina calimerina
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: [ISOSHADO] Ed Bishop su YouTube

Ed Bishop (il Comandante Straker) ospite di Fabio Fazio nella trasmissione
"Anima Mia".
Ho pensato di postarlo per quelli che non hanno visto il programma e non
hanno un amico che ha registrato il vhs, e ovviamente anche per quelli che
l'hanno visto e hanno voglia di rivederlo.
Buona visione a tutti.

Il video è qui: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgeiGR1yyUc



                         

       
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Not sure at all about that wig incident... It's the first time I hear about
it. If and when I find out anything, I'll let you know.
To our knowledge the rights that RAI Television had on UFO
expired in 2000, so at that time (1997) they didn't infringe any copyright.

Most of the questions by the interviewer (the one on the right of the
screen) were *silly* questions, though the man is still a journalist to
date. I can quickly write down a list of such questions (not today, though),
some of which may be duly understood only by people living in Italy.

Actually when I happen to watch that sequence from time to time, I can't but
perceive its *silliness* and I feel sad for Ed who could not totally perform
at his best, trying to cope with such questions.

Anyway I think he made a good Straker also 30 years later, wearing the wig,
his watch, and a UFO-style costume which was taylored on purpose by the RAI
costumes department (I am told that P Malaguti supplied RAI with the exact
costume size...).

teresa
ISOSHADO


----- Original Message -----
From: zerg harry
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Ed Bishop on YouTube


Hey that was cool. Wish I had a list of the questions in english. :) It was all in the costumes wasn't it? He just puts on that outfit and hey presto...Straker! Is this the incident which got him prevented from wearing the wig ever again due to copyright infringement? Or did the show's producers get permission first before he came on the show "in character?" Just curious.
Z.

Teresa - ISOSHADO <[hidden email]> wrote:
Dear All,

We wish to let you know that a 10 minutes video of Ed Bishop taking part in
the successful Italian show "Anima Mia" back in 1997 is now available on
YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgeiGR1yyUc

Anima Mia was a RAI TV show celebrating the Seventies in Italy.

You will also notice that Ed is wearing his original wig, and that he has
with him the original Alien's Helmet (both part of the ISOSHADO Collection).

Thank you Calimerina for making the video available to all of us!

teresa
ISOSHADO

----- Original Message -----
From: calimerina calimerina
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: [ISOSHADO] Ed Bishop su YouTube

Ed Bishop (il Comandante Straker) ospite di Fabio Fazio nella trasmissione
"Anima Mia".
Ho pensato di postarlo per quelli che non hanno visto il programma e non
hanno un amico che ha registrato il vhs, e ovviamente anche per quelli che
l'hanno visto e hanno voglia di rivederlo.
Buona visione a tutti.

Il video è qui: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgeiGR1yyUc

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>Is this the incident which got him prevented from wearing the wig ever
>again due to copyright infringement? Or did the show's producers get
>permission first before he came on the show "in character?" Just curious.

Back when this show was first aired, I had screen captures of this on
my website. However, Ed Bishop thought that he looked stupid as an old
man in his Straker outfit/makeup, and asked to have these screen captures
removed from my site. I don't recall any problems with copyright
infringement...

Marc

Wow, great clip. Thanks for sharing, it was interesting to see. He still looked good in that wig 30 years later!

Jim.


----- Original Message -----
From: Teresa - ISOSHADO
To: [hidden email] ; [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: [SHADO] Ed Bishop on YouTube


Dear All,

We wish to let you know that a 10 minutes video of Ed Bishop taking part in
the successful Italian show "Anima Mia" back in 1997 is now available on
YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgeiGR1yyUc

Anima Mia was a RAI TV show celebrating the Seventies in Italy.

You will also notice that Ed is wearing his original wig, and that he has
with him the original Alien's Helmet (both part of the ISOSHADO Collection).

Thank you Calimerina for making the video available to all of us!

teresa
ISOSHADO

----- Original Message -----
From: calimerina calimerina
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: [ISOSHADO] Ed Bishop su YouTube

Ed Bishop (il Comandante Straker) ospite di Fabio Fazio nella trasmissione
"Anima Mia".
Ho pensato di postarlo per quelli che non hanno visto il programma e non
hanno un amico che ha registrato il vhs, e ovviamente anche per quelli che
l'hanno visto e hanno voglia di rivederlo.
Buona visione a tutti.

Il video è qui: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgeiGR1yyUc



   

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Yes, indeed.
Please see below a very rough transcript/translation of what
is said in the video (as well as silly questions et al.).
teresa


----- Original Message -----

> Wow, great clip. Thanks for sharing, it was interesting
> to see. He still looked good in that wig 30 years later!
>
> Jim.
>

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When “Piccolo Grande Amore” (an cult song in Italy) was
written, the human race was in the hands of Commander
Straker.
Ed enters the studio and there’s a standing ovation.
A “Zanotta” green cushion/seat is brought to the
presenter Mr. Fazio.
Ed invites him to sit down (Fazio is then joined on the
green chair by singer Claudio Baglioni). Ed and the
interviewer Mr. Fede sit on inflatable Zanotta chairs.
When Ed tries to bring the attention to the helmet, Fazio
asks to be allowed to touch Ed’s hand. Ed allows him to
touch the watch.
Then Fazio says that Mr. Fede (the journalist) can interview
Commander Straker.
Fede asks if the Commander used to watch TG1 (Main RAI
channel TV news; Mr. Fede used to be a speaker at TG1 News)
during the UFO times.
Ed replies that he has never watched TG1 news.
Fede insists: can’t you watch TG1 on Moon Base? Ed answers
affirmative this time.
Then Ed is asked if he ever suffered claustrophobia. Ed
answers "yes, very very badly. How did you know that?"
Fede replies that he has read his history (??) and then he
asks Ed if the Commander is a real man or if he is an
alien...
Then Fede’s discussion goes back to claustrophobia to
recall that the Commander was always going around in such
tiny submarines...
Fazio inquires further: how did you get into such tiny
submarines?
Ed replies: "well, a lot of that is secret! It’s a
military secret, as SHADO is a very secret organisation. And
information on its submarines must be kept confidential.
There were also special features which allowed the submarine
to take off to the space. But these technical aspects do not
have to be revealed to you and have been duly taken care of
by our technicians."
A new question from Fazio, inquiring on Moon Base personnel
wearing purple wigs and on the hairdressers they used to go
to.
Ed replies telling about the wigs as an antistatic device to
prevent damages to the technical equipment.
Then Fede asks another silly question: he says he never
figured out if the personnel was made up by a number of
engineers or were they outnumbered by hairdressers?
The presenter Fazio himself has some doubts on the question
(he can’t get it...).
Eventually Ed points out that it was not a matter of
hairdressers, but of technicians.
Then Fede asks about Interceptors and strikes (a subtle
reference is made here to the common Italian airline
strikes). Ed replies that they never had a strike in SHADO.
Another reference is then made by Fede to “cows”
(referring to the strikes held by the cow breeders in
Italy). And Ed asks “cows on the moon? That would have to
be another secret”.
Then Fazio asks the Commander if his hairstyle has been
inspired by Caterina Caselli (Italian singer who had a
similar hairstyle in her early days). Then Ed says he’s
sorry he doesn’t know Ms. Caselli.
Fazio asks: your adventures were in 1980: do you know what
really happened in 1980? While you were dreaming of SHADO
UFO, Moon, Space stations... What happened? Here a
discussion starts on events which happened in Italy in 1980.
Then Fazio adds: while you were making us dream about space
and UFO, Mr. Toto Cutugno has been awarded # 1 at the
Sanremo Song Festival. Ed claps “bravo”.
After a short discussion Fazio points at the precious
helmet, suggesting that the Commander has captured an Alien.
Then another question: Commander, you saw them, please tell
us how do aliens look like? Ed finally points at Mr. Fede,
confirming that he is the alien.
Then Ed stands up to go out of the studio and leaves smiling
and waving goodbye.

--- In [hidden email], "teresa.cerana@..." <teresa.cerana@...>
wrote:
>
> Yes, indeed.
> Please see below a very rough transcript/translation of what
> is said in the video (as well as silly questions et al.).
> teresa
>
<snip>

Thank you to Calimerina for posting this and thanks to Teresa for the
translation. While it was enjoyable to see Ed in uniform in the clip,
watching it made me feel sorry for him. He seemed uncomfortable with
all of the commotion going on around him and the host seemed more
interested in listening to himself talk and ask silly questions than
actually get the answers. The host (Fazio?) seemed rather amused by
himself. If I were an interviewer with eight minutes of Ed Bishop's
time, I would hope I could come up with a better interview than that.
Perhaps something was lost in the translation. Regardless, it is
always a pleasure to see another of Ed's appearances. Thank you!
Lorraine

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:

> Back when this show was first aired, I had screen captures of this on
> my website. However, Ed Bishop thought that he looked stupid as an old
> man in his Straker outfit/makeup, and asked to have these screen
captures
> removed from my site. I don't recall any problems with copyright
> infringement...
>
> Marc

Marc,

I remember this 'incident' at the time and indeed some of the screen
captures weren't very flattering. But I seem to recall that Ed was
also unhappy with the way he had been treated at the time by the tv
company - I can't recall if he had felt pressured into wearing the
wig or was just generally unhappy with the overall tone of the show.
He comes over very well when it is obvious that he isn't very
comfortable. It can't be easy to cope when you are having to wait for
a translation which may or may not be accurate. I was reminded of some
of Clive James's interviews (British members will know him) where some
of the humour seemed to unkindly come from the non-English speaking
'target' not fully appreciating the tone of the questions or that
Clive was being disingenuous in his comments.



David

I recall that the mess-fuss attitude was generally spread in the show.
They used to play the same with Italian guests...
Probably for Ed it was all about the overall tone of the show.

I think that the interpreter did his best to translate but, as mentioned
earlier, it was hard for him to understand the silly questions he had to
translate into English.

Anyway, despite its overall tone, the show was very successful because it
covered many aspects/topics of our lives in Italy when most of us were kids.

teresa

----- Original Message -----

He comes over very well when it is obvious that he isn't very
comfortable. It can't be easy to cope when you are having to wait for
a translation which may or may not be accurate. I was reminded of some
of Clive James's interviews (British members will know him) where some
of the humour seemed to unkindly come from the non-English speaking
'target' not fully appreciating the tone of the questions or that
Clive was being disingenuous in his comments.