Ed Bishop on the Captain Scarlet DVDs

James Gibbon wrote:
>
> Speaking of the Anderson DVD releases, as Phil was just now -
> anyone got the Captain Scarlet DVDs yet? I notice that they
> are "introduced by Captain Blue" - did Ed Bishop record a
> special introduction for the DVD release?
>

Finally got round to buying the Capt Scarlet DVD box set
yesterday, and (as has already been mentioned) there's a
documentary called 'SIG' on the 6th DVD. This is the bit which
is 'introduced by Captain Blue'. The Captain actually makes
an appearance at the beginning of the documentary, sitting at
Col White's desk, with the words "Hi there. I'm Captain Blue,
and I'm going to tell you about Captain Scarlet and the SPECTRUM
organisation, and their unending fight against he threat from
the Mysterons".

The documentary was clearly made recently, and obviously features
Ed Bishop in a recent voiceover as Captain Blue that continues
throughout the documentary. Captain Scarlet (Francis Matthews)
also makes an appearance ("Does Colonel White know you're sitting
there, Adam?"). Happily (and remarkably) Francis Matthews'
voice sounds exactly the same, while Captain Blue sounds a wee
bit older and slightly strained, understandably after more than
thirty years.

And .. at the end of the DVD there's a brief interview with Ed,
wearing the famous Certina watch and looking very sharp (possibly
even kerplop-esque) in a blue checked shirt! He has this to
say:

"The timelessness of the series is simply that .. like for
Disney, I think he said that there's a new audience for his
works every seven years .. or every ten years, whatever
- and I think that the same holds true, certainly for
Captain Scarlet and most of Gerry's output. The technical
achievements are fine, the same values of good and evil, of
excitement and tension, suspense are all there and those
elements never go out of circulation, never go out of
demand. And I knew that this would go on, I really did. But
Captain Scarlet was crap compared to UFO."

So, looks like the Capt Scarlet box set is a must for all you Ed
Bishop fans out there.

James

PS I made Ed's last sentence up.

--- James Gibbon wrote:
>
> And .. at the end of the DVD there's a brief interview with Ed,
> wearing the famous Certina watch and looking very sharp (possibly
> even kerplop-esque) in a blue checked shirt

James,

did you say "kerplop-esque"? Hm. Maybe I should take pity on the
(female) Bishop-Fans on this group and post one or two pics? :-)
And a few more on the EdBishopFans group too? (After all this is
Marcs UFO group, not Marcs Bishop group ;-)

CU Christian

[hidden email] wrote:
Yes, I see you have already done so, Christian! But "possibly
kerplop-esque" was the expression I used. I'm afraid my sexual
preference prevents me from offering a definitive opinion on that
point.

James

>
> did you say "kerplop-esque"? Hm. Maybe I should take pity on the
> (female) Bishop-Fans on this group and post one or two pics? :-)
> And a few more on the EdBishopFans group too? (After all this is
> Marcs UFO group, not Marcs Bishop group ;-)
>
> CU Christian

Thanks Christian the pics were lovely! I kerplopped anyhow <VBG>
Do we know where the interview took place? I suppose the dialogue that
Francis Matthews and Ed provided was the voice overs we thought were tests
for the CGI version of Capt. Scarlet?

More on topic however...the Sci Fi Channel broadcasts of UFO ended last
Sunday (yesterday) with "The Long Sleep".

I still get a twinge of sadness when I watch that episode, knowing that was
the very last one.

Sheila

Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!

> Thanks Christian the pics were lovely! I kerplopped anyhow
> <VBG> Do we know where the interview took place? I suppose
> the dialogue that Francis Matthews and Ed provided was the
> voice overs we thought were tests for the CGI version of
> Capt. Scarlet?
>

Judging from the interview with Francis Matthews, where he's
shown wearing headphones round his neck it's clear that the
interviews took place at the studio during the voiceover
sessions. Don't know where the studio is though.

> More on topic however...the Sci Fi Channel broadcasts of UFO
> ended last Sunday (yesterday) with "The Long Sleep".
>
> I still get a twinge of sadness when I watch that episode,
> knowing that was the very last one.
>

I must say those sepia-toned scenes of Piccadilly Circus and
Covent Garden in The Long Sleep really affect me. I wander round
those places two or three times a week, and every time I see them
in 1970 on UFO, I just long to jump into the TV and look around
the West End of London, thirty years ago.

James

James Gibbon wrote:

>>Thanks Christian the pics were lovely! I kerplopped anyhow
>><VBG> Do we know where the interview took place? I suppose
>>the dialogue that Francis Matthews and Ed provided was the
>>voice overs we thought were tests for the CGI version of
>>Capt. Scarlet?
>>
Sorry guys, but I must be missing something. What's a "kerplop".

Chris

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Chris Avis wrote:
> James Gibbon wrote:
>
> >>Thanks Christian the pics were lovely! I kerplopped anyhow
> >><VBG> Do we know where the interview took place? I suppose
> >>the dialogue that Francis Matthews and Ed provided was the
> >>voice overs we thought were tests for the CGI version of
> >>Capt. Scarlet?
> >>

I'd just like to point out that, despite any impression given to
the contrary by Chris' quoting here, I did _not_ kerplop on
seeing Ed's pics.

Thanks!

James :)

Never mind don't worry about it if you don't know what it is you aren't
gonna do one:-)

Sheila