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To: [hidden email]: [hidden email]: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:16:55 -0700Subject: [SHADO] Dolores Mantez on "Late Night Late"
Thanks for everything you are doing! Moonbase personnel was always close to my heart : )


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> Thanks for everything you are doing!

You're welcome!

And here's the complete Ed Bishop interview:

http://ufoseries.com/movieClips/lateEd.wmv

Note that Ed makes a few mistakes here, but
of course, he is trying to remember things
that happened 20 years prior...

Marc

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

Great to have the entire interviews. Thank you. Do you have any idea
when in 1988 these were made?

David

> Great to have the entire interviews. Thank you. Do you have any idea
> when in 1988 these were made?

The one with Dolores refers to the UFORIA convention occurring a few
weeks prior, and this convention was on June 18, 1988.

Marc

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:
>
> > Great to have the entire interviews. Thank you. Do you have any idea
> > when in 1988 these were made?
>
> The one with Dolores refers to the UFORIA convention occurring a few
> weeks prior, and this convention was on June 18, 1988.
>
> Marc
>

So Ed's might have been a few weeks later or earlier perhaps? I was
wondering because Ed's son died in January 1988 and I was curious as
to when he felt able to get back to this kind of activity. Ed even
made an unprompted reference to the death of his fictional son in the
interview which I thought was interesting given the tragedy he'd
experienced earlier that year.

David

In a message dated 6/30/2007 4:02:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:

The one with Dolores refers to the UFORIA convention occurring a few
weeks prior, and this convention was on June 18, 1988.

Marc




Marc:

I just want to say thanks, as I am really enjoying these interviews!

Wendy



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--- In [hidden email], "pointy100" <david@...> wrote:

> >The one with Dolores refers to the UFORIA convention occurring a
> >few weeks prior, and this convention was on June 18, 1988.
 
> So Ed's might have been a few weeks later or earlier perhaps? I was
> wondering because Ed's son died in January 1988 and I was curious as
> to when he felt able to get back to this kind of activity. Ed even
> made an unprompted reference to the death of his fictional son in
>the interview which I thought was interesting given the tragedy he'd
> experienced earlier that year.


 

> Incidentally I haven't see Dolore's interview since it was screened
> all those years ago - it was good to see it again :-) For some
> reason the soundtrack on this video is much better than Eds :-/

Yes, there is a lot of hiss on Ed's appearance. Of course, I
do have a second source of this recording from you Sarah,
which doesn't seem to have this hiss, but it also is missing
the first second or two. I suppose I could get fancy and
combine the two to get both the full recording plus better
sound quality...

Marc

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:
 
> Yes, there is a lot of hiss on Ed's appearance. Of course, I
> do have a second source of this recording from you Sarah,
> which doesn't seem to have this hiss, but it also is missing
> the first second or two.  

I did wonder whether this was taken from my copy or another. Back
in 'the good old days' VCRs took a few seconds to start recording -
that and the fact a 3 hour tape cost £10 so every second counted! When
I think about it - that set of videos cost more than the DVDs - but it
was worth it :-D


Sarah

S'truth! I remember seeing those 'Late Night Late' interviews live.
I'm sure the interviewer was David Vickery (now a radio DJ I believe).
I can't believe it was almost twenty years ago. Even though I was a
member of Fanderson, for some reason I didn't know about the Uforia
convention until it was mentioned on this program, and as a direct
consequence I went along to Uforia (London) and later Uforia 2
(Bradford UK) and met my UFO heroes.

Somewhere I have the 'Late Night Late' interviews with Ed and Dolores
on S-VHS, although I don't have an S-VHS VCR now... everything's DVD.
I'll see if I can find them as with the right player, S-VHS double
scanned the recording - almost broadcast quality (the sound recordings
were very much better as well if I remember) in the UK from the
standard PAL 625 lines to over a 1200. So, it should be possible to
get near broadcast quality. I sure hope I didn't throw those
recordings out...

Little piece of trivia... I do remember that at (I think it was
Uforia2) Ed Bishop's wallet (went missing), and he was especially
upset as he had a favourite photo of his late son in the wallet. I
think in the end, the wallet was found... don't know whether it was
returned, or it had been misplaced, but all was well in the end.

Another thing, I had a real good talk/chat with Ed off stage (for
about 20 minutes). I can't remember how it came about, think I was
unwell, and he was just waiting off stage in the wings (during the
ontstage interviews with Gerry Anderson and Tony Barwick - I think...)

Anyway, we got on real well, and he was reminiscing about how things
had gone for him since UFO, and then he showed me the watch that he
wore in UFO, and even let me try it on...

He mentioned that he was gradually restoring/decorating his house in
Warwick? and that when he retired, he wanted to buy a sailing ship,
and sail around the world (very gradually). He said it was just a
dream of his.

I remember how really genuine he was, he was really interested to know
who I was and what I was about. He wasn't just acting interested, he
was real, and I was really struck with his integrity. He of course
didn't know me from Adam, but I went away deeply impressed. Even more
poignant now here's no longer here.

Anyway, that's all folks...

Best to all :)

Griff

> Somewhere I have the 'Late Night Late' interviews with Ed and Dolores
> on S-VHS, although I don't have an S-VHS VCR now... everything's DVD.

Wow, an S-VHS recording... if you can transfer that over to DVD,
I'd be interested in re-encoding these videos with this as the
source (those Sci-Fi Channel commercial breaks were on a S-VHS
tape, although the quality of the episode still looked pretty
bad on the Sci-Fi Channel).

Marc

Hi all,

Several years ago, Andy Lovie sent me a video
of Ed Bishop at the Cult TV 86 convention.
The video quality was poor, but it was still
interesting and I uploaded it to my temporary
directory as a Quicktime movie.

Now I have made a Windows Media 9 version:

http://ufoseries.com/movieClips/edCultTV86.wmv

CAUTION - video is 49 minutes long and the
file size is around 70 MB!

Before officially adding this to my website,
I'd like to find out if anyone else knows
anything else about this convention, as I
can find no reference to it on the web.
Does anyone know if this is indeed from
the "Cult TV 86" convention, and if so, where
did it take place and when?

Thanks again to Andy for sending me this!

Marc

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

> Now I have made a Windows Media 9 version:
>
> http://ufoseries.com/movieClips/edCultTV86.wmv
>
> CAUTION - video is 49 minutes long and the
> file size is around 70 MB!


I just watched this; it played immediately and took only a few
seconds to download. It is much better quality than the previous QT
version, I'm guessing as good as the 'original' you have? I use
quotes because it looks to me as if this is a second or even third
generation copy of the original footage. It's still an excellent
interview and I am very grateful for the chance to see it :-)




> Before officially adding this to my website,
> I'd like to find out if anyone else knows
> anything else about this convention, as I
> can find no reference to it on the web.
> Does anyone know if this is indeed from
> the "Cult TV 86" convention, and if so, where
> did it take place and when?


I'd always assumed this was organised by 'Cult TV', but there's no
reference on their website. They do mention that in the 'early days'
there were many different organisations using the name 'Cult TV', so
maybe this was a 'one-off' event..? :-/


 
> Thanks again to Andy for sending me this!

I'll second that - and thanks to you Marc for all your efforts :-D


Sarah

> I just watched this; it played immediately and took only a few
> seconds to download.

What's happening is that it starts playing WHILE it is downloading,
so you don't notice how long it is taking to download because
you are watching the video at the same time.

> It is much better quality than the previous QT
> version, I'm guessing as good as the 'original' you have?

Well, I did some tweaking to the picture, so it may even
be better than the original in some respects... however,
there isn't much resolution in the source material I have,
because, like you say, it is probably a 2nd/3rd/4th generation
copy...

> I'd always assumed this was organised by 'Cult TV', but there's no
> reference on their website.

Yes, that is what I find most curious -- the "Cult TV" website
makes no mention of this event, so I'm wondering if this
might be some sort of other "Cult TV" event? The references
in the clip do indicate that it does take place in the UK,
and that it is sometime around 1986...

Marc

I have not been to any of the current Cult TV events but I can say that
there was certainly something similar before it in the 80's that I went
to. I cannot remember being at any with UFO cast but there were good
panels on Doomwatch and Adam Adamant. If I have any literature left
over from them they would be buried in my parents attic and would
probably take a few years to find up there!

>
> Yes, that is what I find most curious -- the "Cult TV" website
> makes no mention of this event, so I'm wondering if this
> might be some sort of other "Cult TV" event? The references
> in the clip do indicate that it does take place in the UK,
> and that it is sometime around 1986...
>
> Marc
>

> Wow, an S-VHS recording... if you can transfer that over to DVD,
> I'd be interested in re-encoding these videos with this as the
> source (those Sci-Fi Channel commercial breaks were on a S-VHS
> tape, although the quality of the episode still looked pretty
> bad on the Sci-Fi Channel).

I'll have a real good look for them. I've moved since I last saw them,
but when I find them I'll send them to you :)

Best to all :)

Griff

ps. The 'Late Night Late' show was broadcast from a now defunct (but
popular) TV company on the south coast of England called TVS
(Television South).

Wow, that is an outstanding interview!!


--- In [hidden email], "moonbasegirl" <shaded2cinders@...>
wrote: QT days'
> there were many different organisations using the name 'Cult TV',
so

FAB Gear expects to start shipping the book next week.
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On Jun 30, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Marc Martin wrote:



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> FAB Gear expects to start shipping the book next week.

Wow, it sounds like you are going to beat the "premiere"
of the book at the San Diego Comic Con (July 26):

http://www.hermespress.com/sdcci.html

Marc

Most people will probably receive them at about the same time the
convention is occurring - no foul. :)

On Jul 12, 2007, at 3:28 PM, Marc Martin wrote:



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