How about that Gen. Henderson?

Did you ever notice how easy going Henderson was in Confetti Check A-
OK? And what a pompous ass he was in later episodes? What are your
favorite Henderson moments??? And what about Dr. Doug Jackson? What
made him change over to Henderson's side of the fence? More
recognition? More pay? More people to analyze? Hmmmmmm???

In a message dated 07/25/2000 07:44:30 Eastern Daylight Time, [hidden email]
writes:


<< Did you ever notice how easy going Henderson was in Confetti Check A-
OK? And what a pompous ass he was in later episodes? What are your
favorite Henderson moments??? And what about Dr. Doug Jackson? What
made him change over to Henderson's side of the fence? More
recognition? More pay? More people to analyze? Hmmmmmm???


Ok as i understood it after his crash and Ed Strakers brilliant success in
convincing the "powers that be" of the need for Shado and being told that the
only person they wanted to run Shado was Straker... who wouldn't be mad at
losing a top job? And as for Jackson well what better place than working for
both since Henderson was the man with the purse strings ....

[hidden email] wrote:

> Did you ever notice how easy going Henderson was in Confetti Check A-
> OK? And what a pompous ass he was in later episodes? What are your
> favorite Henderson moments??? And what about Dr. Doug Jackson? What
> made him change over to Henderson's side of the fence? More
> recognition? More pay? More people to analyze? Hmmmmmm???

Jackson started out on Henderson's side, but when he laughed at
Straker's playing back the recording of Henderson saying "You think I'm
a cretinous lout, don't you?", Henderson booted him over to SHADO
.......

As for Henderson, he took on the burden of overseeing funding, that's
what turned him into an ass - he lost touch with the day-to-day ufoe
combat ...


[hidden email] wrote:

> Ok as i understood it after his crash and Ed Strakers brilliant success in
> convincing the "powers that be" of the need for Shado and being told that the
> only person they wanted to run Shado was Straker... who wouldn't be mad at
> losing a top job? And as for Jackson well what better place than working for
> both since Henderson was the man with the purse strings ....

No-no - Henderson was offered the job, but felt he was too old and
banged up to take it on - he offered the job to Straker ...

Am I right?? Anyone??

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In message <[hidden email]>, [hidden email] writes
>Did you ever notice how easy going Henderson was in Confetti Check A-
>OK? And what a pompous ass he was in later episodes? What are your
>favorite Henderson moments??? And what about Dr. Doug Jackson? What
>made him change over to Henderson's side of the fence? More
>recognition? More pay? More people to analyze? Hmmmmmm???

You're just a bunch of spineless gutless sheep, the lot of ya'

MMMMAAAAAAAAAAA! MMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! MMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAA!

That has got to be my ultimate Henderson moment.

I see you are talking about my beloved Dr Jackson. He certainly got
around a lot, didn't he? Let's see, he seemed to do a bit of a
shuffling act. First we see him in Exposed working for SHADO and then
he's one of Henderson's cronies in Court Martial and then he's back at
SHADO for the rest of the episodes.

Well, SHADO and the IAC are two separate organisations but I don't think
it is that unusual for a man with all the talents that Dr Jackson has to
go and flit between them. Let's face it, in Court Martial it's pretty
serious for someone in SHADO to go leaking information. I mean, the IAC
has a vested interest in SHADO. Too darn right they get right on to it.
And they want the best man for the job and Douggie's the man. I really
don't think it would take too much convincing to get him on Henderson's
side. The General knows this little Polish restaurant and Jackson just
can't resist the home-made kielbasa with sauerkraut washed down with a
nice slurp of Bull's Blood. There's one fat waitress there who waits on
him......

But that's another story;-)
--
Suzanne Sutherland
The Fat Fetuccine Mama

Yuchtar wrote...
> Jackson started out on Henderson's side, but when he laughed at
> Straker's playing back the recording of Henderson saying "You think I'm
> a cretinous lout, don't you?", Henderson booted him over to SHADO

I love that scene especially for Jackson's reaction!
> .......
>
> As for Henderson, he took on the burden of overseeing funding, that's
> what turned him into an ass - he lost touch with the day-to-day ufoe
> combat ...

I think Henderson thought Straker would be the puppet leader and do as he
was ordered.
>
>
> [hidden email] wrote:
>
> > Ok as i understood it after his crash and Ed Strakers brilliant success
in
> > convincing the "powers that be" of the need for Shado and being told
that the
> > only person they wanted to run Shado was Straker... who wouldn't be mad
at
> > losing a top job? And as for Jackson well what better place than working
for
> > both since Henderson was the man with the purse strings ....
>
> No-no - Henderson was offered the job, but felt he was too old and
> banged up to take it on - he offered the job to Straker ...
>
> Am I right?? Anyone??

That is how it seems to me too.

Sheila

Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!

The Henderson debate rages on...
> No-no - Henderson was offered the job, but felt he was too old and
> banged up to take it on - he offered the job to Straker ...
>
> Am I right?? Anyone??

>That is how it seems to me too.

>Sheila

That's how I've always felt, too. I think Henderson did a complete turnaround. Straker saved
his arse. Henderson knew only he could get the appropriations to get SHADO started. And he
felt (along with everyone else) that Straker was the only man for the job. Henderson was just as
interested in getting all the funds they need to operate SHADO as Straker was. He seemed to look
upon Starker as his son. And then in subsequent episodes, he was completely different.

"Yes well, that's my opinion anyway...And the same to you, superintendent!"

-Kent


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"kklaughlin" <[hidden email]> wrote:-
> ... Henderson ... seemed to look upon Straker as his son.
> And then in subsequent episodes, he was completely different. ...

I remember someone writing that in the later episodes the actor who played
Henderson had cancer. (I am sorry if I remembered something wrongly.) If so,
some sympathy is due and some recognition that surely that would have had some
effect on how the actor portrayed the character.

In message <00cb01bff694$392238c0$6f3a883e@pbncomputer>, Sheila Holton-
Brown <[hidden email]> writes

>> As for Henderson, he took on the burden of overseeing funding, that's
>> what turned him into an ass - he lost touch with the day-to-day ufoe
>> combat ...
>
>I think Henderson thought Straker would be the puppet leader and do as he
>was ordered.
>>

Are you sure General Henderson wasn't a Section Manager at his local
Tesco before becoming head of IAC?

AND

In message <[hidden email]>, [hidden email] writes

>
>And Marc, grg was around even before EdBishopFans was. GRG was a ladies'
>branch of fab ufo. We're still going. EBF isn't very active but come October
>it should liven up.
>
>Amelia (shado vet) (g)

Yeah, I'm glad you corrected Marc on that one. I was going to keep my
mouth shut (my GAWD, that would have been an achievement), however, I'm
really glad you mentioned it. I don't know what I would do without the
GRG. The feminine opinion on UFO, Life, Universe and Everything can be
extremely interesting.

--
SuzannEd Sutherland

Probably and he would always be checking they had enough lamb in the
chiller! baaa baaa baaaa!
>
> AND
>
> In message <[hidden email]>, [hidden email] writes
>
> >
> >And Marc, grg was around even before EdBishopFans was. GRG was a ladies'
> >branch of fab UFO. We're still going. EBF isn't very active but come
October
> >it should liven up.
> >
> >Amelia (shado vet) (g)
>
> Yeah, I'm glad you corrected Marc on that one. I was going to keep my
> mouth shut (my GAWD, that would have been an achievement), however, I'm
> really glad you mentioned it. I don't know what I would do without the
> GRG. The feminine opinion on UFO, Life, Universe and Everything can be
> extremely interesting.

To me GRG has always been my sanity check.
Sanity Check AOK!

Sheila

Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!