New Member

Hi,

I first saw UFO in the late 1980's, when it was shown on 'late nite
late' in the southern television region. I recorded all the eps onto
videotape (still have them) but now have the Carlton DVD sets-
amazing
picture quality!

I'm hoping to be able to contribute towards discussions, although I'm
not very technically-minded, I might have something to say about the
characters etc. Having dipped into the post archives, it appears
there used to be regular episode discussions that would create some
interesting threads. Are these going to be repeated any time soon??

Sarah

> I first saw UFO in the late 1980's, when it was shown on 'late nite
> late' in the southern television region. I recorded all the eps onto
> videotape (still have them)

Welcome Sarah!

On those "Late Nite Late" showings, they brought in both Ed Bishop
and Dolores Mantez to talk with, and I have some brief excerpts
of these stored on my website at:

http://ufoseries.com/movieClips

Do you know if they brought in any other UFO guests on "Late Nite
Late", or was it just Ed and Dolores?

Thanks,

Marc

In a message dated 3/27/05 10:07:25 AM, [hidden email] writes:


> I first saw UFO in the late 1980's
>

Welcome Sarah. I saw it the 90's. Well I saw Invasion UFO in the 80's...lol.
I became an instant fan, but mostly of Ed Bishop. The show is awesome and I
think still holds up well today:0)
A warm welcome to you :0) Amy


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HI, I am also not tech minded but story minded. You can bring up any topic you want just ck the old messages in the history section to make sure you are not repeating something we have discussed ad nauseum. Welcome to the club.

moonbasegirl <[hidden email]> wrote:


Hi,

I first saw UFO in the late 1980's, when it was shown on 'late nite
late' in the southern television region. I recorded all the eps onto
videotape (still have them) but now have the Carlton DVD sets-
amazing
picture quality!

I'm hoping to be able to contribute towards discussions, although I'm
not very technically-minded, I might have something to say about the
characters etc. Having dipped into the post archives, it appears
there used to be regular episode discussions that would create some
interesting threads. Are these going to be repeated any time soon??

Sarah














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Just my opinion, and I'm sure many will think I'm way out of line. But I've never understood what difference it really makes if a newbie starts a topic that may have been discussed "ad nauseum" at some point in the distant past. Who wants to spend hours looking through old posts for an answer to a question? This is a discussion group, after all, not an encyclopedia meant to be searched for answers. And it's not like this group receives a heavy amount of posts anyway. Not all of us have been in this group since the earth started turning, and would like to start discussions, and ask questions.
Lets face it. The show ran for 1 season. 26 measly episodes. I'm sure that by now, 99% of any possible subject matter pertaining to the show has been discussed "ad nauseum" already. So rather than the "long timers" being inconvenienced by having to skip the 3 posts a day they don't care to rehash, let's make sure to try and put a damper on the newbies' fun and enthusiasm, so there are ZERO posts to read everyday. GREAT philosophy. I finally understand the meaning of "tight *ssed".

Jeff

legg bryan <[hidden email]> wrote:

HI, I am also not tech minded but story minded. You can bring up any topic you want just ck the old messages in the history section to make sure you are not repeating something we have discussed ad nauseum. Welcome to the club.

moonbasegirl wrote:


Hi,

I first saw UFO in the late 1980's, when it was shown on 'late nite
late' in the southern television region. I recorded all the eps onto
videotape (still have them) but now have the Carlton DVD sets-
amazing
picture quality!

I'm hoping to be able to contribute towards discussions, although I'm
not very technically-minded, I might have something to say about the
characters etc. Having dipped into the post archives, it appears
there used to be regular episode discussions that would create some
interesting threads. Are these going to be repeated any time soon??

Sarah


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--- In [hidden email], legg bryan <bslwrsf@y...> wrote:
> HI, I am also not tech minded but story minded. You can
bring up any topic you want just ck the old messages in the history
section to make sure you are not repeating something we have
discussed ad nauseum. Welcome to the club.
>

You know what, I've tried that. For example before I posted my
question about Straker's wig I tried searching the archives. I got
zero hits but I'm sure it's in there somewhere.

I considered reading the archives however with over 17,000 posts I
just don't have the time. Could be other people are better at
searching than I am because I can't seem to pull up stuff I want. I
think unless you know the exact wording it's not going to happen.

Maybe someone would give me some clues as to what I'm doing wrong?

Beside which if new members don't ask questions then what is there
left to talk about? When you get a chat group that has been going as
long as this one and it's about a subject that was limited in scope
(1 year) you're bound to run out of things to say.

What your ad nauseum message is telling me is that "We've already
discussed the issue and we don't care what you have to say. Your
enthusiasm, experiences and insights don't matter to us so don't
bother posting. Oh and by the way welcome". It's like a glass of cold
water being thrown in your face.

Karen

--- In [hidden email], Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@s...> wrote:
>
> Just my opinion, and I'm sure many will think I'm way out of line.
But I've never understood what difference it really makes if a newbie
starts a topic that may have been discussed "ad nauseum" at some
point in the distant past. Who wants to spend hours looking through
old posts for an answer to a question? This is a discussion group,
after all, not an encyclopedia meant to be searched for answers. And
it's not like this group receives a heavy amount of posts anyway.
Not all of us have been in this group since the earth started
turning, and would like to start discussions, and ask questions.
> Lets face it. The show ran for 1 season. 26 measly episodes. I'm
sure that by now, 99% of any possible subject matter pertaining to
the show has been discussed "ad nauseum" already. So rather than
the "long timers" being inconvenienced by having to skip the 3 posts
a day they don't care to rehash, let's make sure to try and put a
damper on the newbies' fun and enthusiasm, so there are ZERO posts to
read everyday. GREAT philosophy. I finally understand the meaning
of "tight *ssed".
>
> Jeff

I swear I didn't read your post before I sent mine off, truly!

The older I get the more I'm coming to realise that if I'm thinking
something then sure enough someone else is either thinking the same
thing or has already thought it.

Karen

> But I've never understood what difference it really makes
> if a newbie starts a topic that may have been discussed
> "ad nauseum" at some point in the distant past. Who wants
> to spend hours looking through old posts for an answer
> to a question?

Yes, the archives are really too large to reliably find
anything, especially with Yahoo's rather inefficent
way of going through small batches of messages. If one
is going to search on something, I think they're
better off just doing a Google search on the Internet.

Also there's the problem that all the archives from
1994 - 1999 are gone, so you couldn't search them
if you wanted to.

If a new member would like to quickly check for any
topic that might be deemed by someone to be
"over-discussed", I'd suggest looking at my UFO
series frequently asked questions page:

http://ufoseries.com/faq.html

That should only take a minute to find anything, and
if it's not there, then I don't see how anyone could
say that it's been overdiscussed.

Marc

Jeff: I agreed with the following portion of your post. After all, we're here to have fun, right? This isn't a scholarly or scientific discussion group for professionals. It's something we do in our leisure time. So we shouldn't complain if part of our leisure time is being taken up by a topic that already was discussed four years ago, or whatever. Relax, have fun.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Nelson" <[hidden email]>
> Just my opinion, and I'm sure many will think I'm way out of line. But I've never understood what difference it really makes if a newbie starts a topic that may have been discussed "ad nauseum" at some point in the distant past. Who wants to spend hours looking through old posts for an answer to a question? This is a discussion group, after all, not an encyclopedia meant to be searched for answers. And it's not like this group receives a heavy amount of posts anyway. Not all of us have been in this group since the earth started turning, and would like to start discussions, and ask questions.

However, in my opinion, THIS part of your message was way out of line.

> GREAT philosophy. I finally understand the meaning of "tight *ssed".


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Hey, great minds think alike. : ) But seriously, when rereading my rant after it was posted, I came to the conclusion that I may have stated my opinion a little more harshly than need be. Tact/diplomacy has never been my long suit. I call 'em as I see 'em, and as a result have a tendency to put off thin skinned folks. I think it's just human nature to not like being told that you are wrong, and people take offense, even if they ARE wrong. I personally would rather have my mistakes corrected, rather than continuing to be misinformed/wrong about things. But I have always seemed to be in the minority on that count...

I had heard somewhere that Keith Alexander (Lt. Ford) provided the voice for that silly mouse puppet Topo Gigio that used to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show in the sixties. Does anyone know if this is true?

raribear <[hidden email]> wrote:

I swear I didn't read your post before I sent mine off, truly!

The older I get the more I'm coming to realise that if I'm thinking
something then sure enough someone else is either thinking the same
thing or has already thought it.

Karen


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On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 06:02:01 -0800 (PST)
Jeffrey Nelson <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Just my opinion, and I'm sure many will think I'm way out of line.
> But I've never understood what difference it really makes if a newbie
> starts a topic that may have been discussed "ad nauseum" at some point
> in the distant past. Who wants to spend hours looking through old
> posts for an answer to a question?

We've discussed this already, have a look in the archives.

















just kidding ;)

I've seen that mentioned in passing quite a lot, though I've never delved into that story to see what all it said.
I hated that freakin' mouse. Always had to sit through his lame routines on Ed Sullivan while waiting for The Beatles to come on.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Nelson" <[hidden email]>
>
> I had heard somewhere that Keith Alexander (Lt. Ford) provided the voice for that silly mouse puppet Topo Gigio that used to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show in the sixties. Does anyone know if this is true?

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HI...he was also in that old advert if anyone can remember. There was a
good driver and a bad driver coming out of a turning and going right. The
good one stopped for a moterbike the other just hit it. Not looking. He
played the good driver. I heard this at a Fanderson convention he attened
some years ago.

Philippa.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Nelson" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: New Member


>
>
> Hey, great minds think alike. : ) But seriously, when rereading my rant
after it was posted, I came to the conclusion that I may have stated my
opinion a little more harshly than need be. Tact/diplomacy has never been
my long suit. I call 'em as I see 'em, and as a result have a tendency to
put off thin skinned folks. I think it's just human nature to not like
being told that you are wrong, and people take offense, even if they ARE
wrong. I personally would rather have my mistakes corrected, rather than
continuing to be misinformed/wrong about things. But I have always seemed
to be in the minority on that count...
>
> I had heard somewhere that Keith Alexander (Lt. Ford) provided the voice
for that silly mouse puppet Topo Gigio that used to appear on The Ed
Sullivan Show in the sixties. Does anyone know if this is true?

Hi Dennis,

Now that I have reread my post, the "tight *ssed" comment was definitely over the top. But let me clarify the fact that I hold no animosity towards anyone in this group. It was more or less stating my opinion that the OP of the message I replied to was wrong. Perhaps I could have searched for a more diplomatic phrase than "tight *ssed". Maybe you can provide a better one for the attitude in the post I was replying to. A better one escapes me at the moment. Sorry for offending anyone, as that was not meant to be the focus of my reply.

Jeff

D Persica <[hidden email]> wrote:



Jeff: I agreed with the following portion of your post. After all, we're here to have fun, right? This isn't a scholarly or scientific discussion group for professionals. It's something we do in our leisure time. So we shouldn't complain if part of our leisure time is being taken up by a topic that already was discussed four years ago, or whatever. Relax, have fun.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Nelson" <[hidden email]>
> Just my opinion, and I'm sure many will think I'm way out of line. But I've never understood what difference it really makes if a newbie starts a topic that may have been discussed "ad nauseum" at some point in the distant past. Who wants to spend hours looking through old posts for an answer to a question? This is a discussion group, after all, not an encyclopedia meant to be searched for answers. And it's not like this group receives a heavy amount of posts anyway. Not all of us have been in this group since the earth started turning, and would like to start discussions, and ask questions.

However, in my opinion, THIS part of your message was way out of line.

> GREAT philosophy. I finally understand the meaning of "tight *ssed".



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Was that an attempt at humor, or are you another tight *ss? : )

Jeff

James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 06:02:01 -0800 (PST)
Jeffrey Nelson <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Just my opinion, and I'm sure many will think I'm way out of line.
> But I've never understood what difference it really makes if a newbie
> starts a topic that may have been discussed "ad nauseum" at some point
> in the distant past. Who wants to spend hours looking through old
> posts for an answer to a question?

We've discussed this already, have a look in the archives.


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Okay. Thanks. For awhile I thought I had just dreamt that up. But at least now I know someone else has heard the same thing. I MAY still be sane afterall. : ) I was never particularly fond of Topo Gigio either. My Mother loved him, but I was always waiting for the Beatles too. Mom hated the Beatles.

Jeff

D Persica <[hidden email]> wrote:



I've seen that mentioned in passing quite a lot, though I've never delved into that story to see what all it said.
I hated that freakin' mouse. Always had to sit through his lame routines on Ed Sullivan while waiting for The Beatles to come on.


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Thanks Philippa! I didn't think I had just dreamt it. Seems like a strange gig though. Makes you wonder if they had casting calls to be the voice of an Italian mouse puppet. I suppose so. I wonder what Mr. Alexander is up to these days. Has he attended any of the fan 'gatherings'?

Jeff

Philippa Timms <[hidden email]> wrote:


HI...he was also in that old advert if anyone can remember. There was a
good driver and a bad driver coming out of a turning and going right. The
good one stopped for a moterbike the other just hit it. Not looking. He
played the good driver. I heard this at a Fanderson convention he attened
some years ago.

Philippa.


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On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 09:09:44 -0800 (PST)
Jeffrey Nelson <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Was that an attempt at humor, or are you another tight *ss? : )
>
> Jeff

I'm English, so strictly tight-arsed only.

So what you're saying is that the English are generally tight-arsed? I only personally know a couple of Brits, and they aren't tight-arsed at all. I guess my luck has just run out. Although I probably just could have checked the archive to confirm this fact, right?

Jeff

James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:

I'm English, so strictly tight-arsed only.


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hehe ever since moving to the Isle of Wight. Being told by the Dr to tke
things easy...that's a Dr Dr. No I havn't a Tardis in the house but I have
Installed Sky tv and a multi regional dvd and the computer. I don't seem to
get to the fan gatherings much. This is it. But I have met Gerry Anderson.
Met Ed Bishop while trying to look 'normal' dressed as Captain Black. At the
last UFO convention. I think I'm still on the Fanderson tape of UFORIA
eighty something. Dressed as a UFO alien. I assure you are quite safe. In
that suit you can't your feet and after three steps they will fall on
their....:)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Nelson" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: New Member


>
>
> Thanks Philippa! I didn't think I had just dreamt it. Seems like a
strange gig though. Makes you wonder if they had casting calls to be the
voice of an Italian mouse puppet. I suppose so. I wonder what Mr.
Alexander is up to these days. Has he attended any of the fan 'gatherings'?