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  1. The show WAS "Star Trek." (The Original Series.) The song was not "Beyond Antares." That was actually sung by Nichelle Nichols to Charlie X in the episode "Charlie X." "Beyond The rim of the star-light My love Is wand'ring in star-flight I know He'll find in star-clustered reaches Love, Strange love a star woman teaches. I know His journey ends never His star trek Will go on forever. But tell him While he wanders his starry sea Remember, remember me." http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/trek.asp " Pressured by Roddenberry, Courage had made a "handshake deal" a couple of years earlier that gave Roddenberry the option of composing lyrics for Courage's Star Trek music (and Courage signed a contract — unknowingly, he later claimed — to that effect). Roddenberry exercised that option, writing lyrics for the main theme and then asserting his right to half the performance royalties as a co-composer. It made no difference that the lyrics were not intended to be used in the show itself and had not been recorded or released. As the lyricist, Roddenberry was entitled to an equal share of the royalties, whether or not the lyrics were ever used. Courage protested in vain that although the arrangement may have been legal, it was unethical: Roddenberry's lyrics added nothing to the value of the music and were created for no reason other than to usurp half the composer's performance royalties. An unsympathetic Roddenberry proclaimed, "Hey, I have to get some money somewhere. I'm sure not going to get it out of the profits of Star Trek." " As a business decision, it was legal. Since Courage refused to score any more episodes nor add the music for scenes, it probably was a bad decision for the quality of the show in the long run. Then again, even GR didn't think the show would survive long enough to begin syndication.
  2. This show became more popular in syndication than it was in its original airing. The executive producer conned 50% of the fees for the composer of the main title theme. The song was an instrumental. The producer wrote lyrics for it which were NEVER used-and insisted he wrote 1/2 the song and was entitled to 1/2 the royalties.
  3. "Henry - In the name of God!" "Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!" "Dangerous? Poor old Waldman. Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous? Where should we be if no one tried to find out what lies beyond? Have your never wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars, or to know what causes the trees to bud? And what changes the darkness into light? But if you talk like that, people call you crazy. Well, if I could discover just one of these things, what eternity is, for example, I wouldn't care if they did think I was crazy." "It is one of the strangest tales ever told. It deals with the two great mysteries of creation: life and death. I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now is your chance to, uh... Well, we've warned you." " You're crazy!" "Crazy, am I? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not."
  4. "God" Peter Minuit Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn From his post-Marx Brothers days. In "Skidoo", "the Story of Mankind", and "A Girl in Every Port." Emile J. Keck Detective Sam Grunion Lionel Q. Deveraux "Double Dynamite", "Love Happy"- introducing Marilyn Monroe, and more of a Harpo movie than a Marx Brothers movie, although Chico also appeared. Groucho narrated and played a detective. Devereaux was from "Copacabana", opposite Carmen Miranda. Ko-ko (Lord High Executioner) George Schmidlap Gordon Miller Groucho was a fan of Gilbert & Sullivan musicals, and finally got to play in "the Mikado." Schlidlap was from "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" Gordon Miller was from "Room Service," an un-Marx Brothers movie by the 3 brothers. It was an adaptation of someone else's story, which is why he doesn't have a wackier name. Wolf J. Flywheel S. Quentin Quayle Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush "The Big Store", "Go West", and "A Day at the Races." In that last movie, his last name is repeated a lot in the telephone scene by Sig Ruman (and in the scene when Harpo tried to tell Chico something about him. Ronald Kornblow J. Cheever Loophole Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff "A Night in Casablanca,"the last true Marx Brothers movie. "At The Circus" and "Horse Feathers." Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding Rufus T. Firefly Otis B. Driftwood "Animal Crackers", "Duck Soup" and "A Night at the Opera." His characters get named a few times in each- ANatO opens with him being paged. I couldn't use "Monkey Business" because their characters are named "Groucho", "Chico" "Harpo" and "Zeppo" in that one. Otherwise, I used all the movies that had Groucho, Harpo and Chico.
  5. It is Groucho. I thought a FEW of the names might be memorable.
  6. "God" Peter Minuit Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn Emile J. Keck Detective Sam Grunion Lionel Q. Deveraux Ko-ko (Lord High Executioner) George Schmidlap Gordon Miller Wolf J. Flywheel S. Quentin Quayle Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush Ronald Kornblow J. Cheever Loophole Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding Rufus T. Firefly Otis B. Driftwood
  7. "God" Peter Minuit Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn Emile J. Keck Detective Sam Grunion Lionel Q. Deveraux Ko-ko (Lord High Executioner) George Schmidlap Gordon Miller Wolf J. Flywheel S. Quentin Quayle Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush Ronald Kornblow J. Cheever Loophole Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff
  8. Someone once commented that the social sanctions in twi fell short of actual physical beatings for refusing to obey leadership, but only just short of that.
  9. Ok, finding out who was in it, we have James Belushi Red Heat Peter Boyle
  10. That's the Adam West "Batman" movie, isn't it?
  11. "God" Peter Minuit Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn Emile J. Keck Detective Sam Grunion Lionel Q. Deveraux Ko-ko (Lord High Executioner) George Schmidlap Gordon Miller Wolf J. Flywheel S. Quentin Quayle Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
  12. "God" Peter Minuit Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn Emile J. Keck Detective Sam Grunion Lionel Q. Deveraux Ko-ko (Lord High Executioner) George Schmidlap Gordon Miller
  13. God Peter Minuit Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn Emile J. Keck Detective Sam Grunion Lionel Q. Deveraux
  14. Human gets the credit, but the artist was Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers. (They're named in passing during the song, also.)
  15. We are not going to fall for a banana in the tailpipe!
  16. "When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you."
  17. There's a few actresses I confuse for each other-this is one of them. So, is it "Charlise Theron"?
  18. Bob Seger also sang "AGAINST THE WIND."
  19. But that doesn't mean you won't find ANY. The key isn't the level of maturity, it's the level of interest. There's scholastic analyses of Harry Potter and Twilight based on the interest of the public. Anything CAN be studied. The twi phenomena can be studied from perspectives of Psychology, Sociology, cultural Anthropology, Advertising, and so on. Each can add something to the discussion-or all can be used in the analysis.
  20. "The Love Boat"? Ted Grandy became a Congressman, I recall.
  21. One Corps grad used that analogy with the goal seeming to be the "living-room". (Ever heard the phrase "living-room of God's Love" in twi? I did.) I thought it was just him, but in hindsight, it's pretty clear it wasn't and he was pretty unimaginative in general.
  22. That would indeed be a problem-if the OP had asked for that. They didn't ask for writings FROM twi, they asked for writings ABOUT twi. Big difference.
  23. Since I still think it's "Different Strokes", another clue would be appreciated.
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