Now only Robby remains....

shack
shack Posts: 11,154
edited January 2011 in Music & Movies
and he's probably obsolete...:frown:

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Walter Pidgeon passed away many years ago...Leslie Nielsen just recently and Anne Francis last night. Lots of talent in that classic Sci-Fi flick.

Interesting probably only to me....I was watching a Twilight Zone marathon on the Sci-Fi channel on New Years Day and one of the episodes stared Anne Francis. It struck me that she was a very pretty lady and I wondered if she was still alive.

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Now I know.

RIP Anne
"Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited January 2011
    Forbidden Planet was on TCM last night. I went on Ms. Francis' web site this morning and she had posted, sometime earlier last week, that she was in poor health and not able to respond. She was really beautiful in that movie.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited January 2011
    I always liked Ms Francis and her beauty mark! RIP! Pretty Lady!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    shack wrote: »
    and he's probably obsolete...:frown:
    Nah.. tubes are back in style...

    Heard this today and Forbidden Planet was the first thought. Great fodder for the Saturday late night horror host...

    Then I remembered Honey West, her mid-60's TV show. Hit the airwaves when I was 13... near perfect timing.

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    I thought she was hot...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited January 2011
    RIP! Our old entertainment heroes are falling fast.
    Carl

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2011
    I remembering seeing this film when I was a kid. I was mesmerized by the Sci-fi genre and, by Anne, of course!

    RIP

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,833
    edited January 2011
    RIP, Anne Francis .

    "Forbidden Planet" was a triple-goldplated classic of the '50's and still stands tall.

    Never made the connection before between Anne Francis and "Honey West" before. Probably wasn't too concerned with names back then. :wink:
    Sal Palooza
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    Yup... more concerned with "was she really naked in the pond scene?"

    I would not have thought it was 10 years between FP and HW...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited January 2011
    Very beautiful lady. RIP Anne Francis
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited January 2011
    In a way the Krell audio company is a lasting memorial to the movie. They should begin naming their products after the characters in the movie.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    Kenneth Swauger wrote:
    In a way the Krell audio company is a lasting memorial to the movie. They should begin naming their products after the characters in the movie.

    That would be cool. Yes the name is a memorial to the movie. I remember reading an article where Dan D'Agostino talked about deciding not to use his own name for his new company. Forbidden Planet was his ex-wife Rondi's (who also worked as company president) favorite sci-fi movie so it was very familiar to them and thus the name KRELL.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,833
    edited January 2011
    Kenneth Swauger wrote: »
    In a way the Krell audio company is a lasting memorial to the movie. They should begin naming their products after the characters in the movie.

    Feel free to stop by the front desk on the way home and take a $50 out of the petty cash drawer for that thought. That is brilliant !
    Sal Palooza
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited January 2011
    Let's see how would it go? "Morbius" would have to be their top-of-the-line pre-amp. The most powerful amp would be "Adams" with "Altaira" as the ultimate disc player. There would be a D/A converter called "Ostrow" and an AC line conditioner called "Quinn". The turntable would have to use a laser to read the record grooves and be called "Robby".
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    Ken,
    Never realized (until now) just how big of a nerd you really are... :wink:
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited January 2011
    I'm just a nerd wannabe, a true nerd would have thought of a product to name after the Earl Holliman character, "Cookie". Maybe a digital streaming device called "Cookie"?
    Actually, Forbidden Planet is a re-telling of The Tempest story. I always thought Captain Kirk had a bit of Captain J.J. Adams about him. There's talk of a remake, but that's been going on for several years. Who knows?
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    First off, everyone knows Ed Burns was "Cookie"... :cool:

    And here I've been thinking that Cassavetes ripped off Forbidden Planet...

    Everything will be remade at least once in our lifetimes... may we live so long.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    Tour2ma wrote:
    First off, everyone knows Ed Burns was "Cookie"... :cool:

    Nope...Edd Byrnes was "Kookie"...not "Cookie".
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2011
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    Yup... more concerned with "was she really naked in the pond scene?"

    I would not have thought it was 10 years between FP and HW...

    Nah, she was wearing some kind of flesh colored nylon body suit or some such. Which you can see if you stop frame it. Obviously this is a question that many of us have 'pondered'. Is that sad or what?

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,051
    edited January 2011
    I thought that poster was pretty cool. Looked it up on ebay. You can get an original for a mere $7000

    http://cgi.ebay.com/FORBIDDEN-PLANET-ORIGINAL-MOVIE-POSTER-SCI-FI-1956-/170235203696?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27a2cf1070
    SystemLuxman L-590AXII Integrated Amplifier|KEF Reference 1 Loudspeakers|PS Audio Directream Jr|Sansui TU-9900 Tuner|TEAC A-6100 RtR|Nakamichi RX-202 Cassette
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    Nah, she was wearing some kind of flesh colored nylon body suit or some such. Which you can see if you stop frame it. Obviously this is a question that many of us have 'pondered'. Is that sad or what?

    cnh
    Only if you had to freeze frame it to figure it out...:biggrin:
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,833
    edited January 2011
    The only product offering that would really fit the Earl Holliman character would be a spring reverb amp. :smile:

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    Yes, while Robby was busy distilling some "rocket fuel" for Earl, Earl could be over at the reverb amp, tapping on the top, listening to the awesome reverb effects !

    ..... not that I have personal knowledge of such things. That would make me a certified nerd. :redface:
    Sal Palooza
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited January 2011
    Ah,, the Sansui Reverb unit,, I had one of those back in the day,,and in our younger days my brother got a Robby the Robot for Christmas,,IIRC you pulled a string and it would talk and move,,"I am Robby robot,,mechanical man",,throw in a Lionel trainset and it don't get much better.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    shack wrote: »
    Nope...Edd Byrnes was "Kookie"...not "Cookie".
    Whatever, DaddyO... just gimme back my comb...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2011
    george daniel wrote: »
    Ah,, the Sansui Reverb unit,, I had one of those back in the day,,and in our younger days my brother got a Robby the Robot for Christmas,,IIRC you pulled a string and it would talk and move,,"I am Robby robot,,mechanical man",,throw in a Lionel trainset and it don't get much better.

    I remember the Trains and got a chance to meet the man in NYC....Mr. Lionel (not really sure what his name was but he was a friend of a friend and we had dinner together when I was in Grad School. A nice guy).

    I got a mechanical Godzilla like robot about 2 feet tall called the Great Garloo one X-mas. Those were the days.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry7X5o-dNnY

    cnh
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    Funny how threads morph into some of these tangents...

    Not that it's bad...just interesting.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,833
    edited January 2011
    Upon further review, it can be shown that the blame can be laid at Kenneth Swauger's doorstep.

    ... or credit. One of the two. :smile:


    Watched cnh's "Great Garloo" video, and got to thinking: there's no way that there's any youtube videos of the Sansui RA-500 reverb amp. Well, I stand corrrected.

    Watched about 4 of them but there isn't one video that shows anybody tapping on the top of the reverb (commonly known as "plunking", or "being an idiot". :wink:).
    Sal Palooza
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited January 2011
    Guilty as charged...!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    ... Sansui RA-500 reverb amp.

    lol.... Memory reverb...

    1966 pearl white, Pontiac Catalina reverb + railroad crossing = "Pluck that magic twanger, Froggie"...

    ...like hitting a cable guide wire with a pipe wrench...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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