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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2020 4:48:49 GMT -5
Was in the loft and took a couple of pictures from my Project Sword annual. The story art is nothing special   but I really liked the schematics that they included:  |
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Post by beccabear67 on Apr 24, 2020 13:33:07 GMT -5
The Zero X, two craft in one, and real star of the big screen Thunderbirds Are Go! movie...  cameo by The Shadows instro group...   |
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Post by beccabear67 on Apr 24, 2020 13:40:33 GMT -5
Starting with #24, fan publication Andersonic has been including a new UFO comic story, and it's pretty fab!  I'm waiting for an #26 to go with #25 so I can double up on postage to Canada. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 10:47:48 GMT -5
I'll resume the images of the UK comic covers, here's the tenth issue:  |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jun 16, 2020 13:19:46 GMT -5
Welcome back!  I just ran across a Gerry Anderson appearance I hadn't know about before: I finally got around to watching the recent Aquaman movie last night and Arthur's Mum, on seeing Stingray on the television, throws her trident right through the screen!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 13:33:50 GMT -5
Welcome back! I just ran across a Gerry Anderson appearance I hadn't know about before: I finally got around to watching the recent Aquaman movie last night and Arthur's Mum, on seeing Stingray on the television, throws her trident right through the screen! Thanks, Becca! Ah, of course. That was a nice touch, eh? |
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Post by junkmonkey on Jul 3, 2020 20:11:09 GMT -5
Just in case there is anyone who HASN'T ever come across this:
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Post by brutalis on Jul 3, 2020 22:32:52 GMT -5
1st time seeing this. This is all kinds of HILARIOUS!!! Too funny
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2020 9:55:01 GMT -5
Here’s the next one:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2020 5:32:01 GMT -5
Another great one here:  |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 5, 2020 12:35:04 GMT -5
There was an earlier Anderson parody on some show involving erstwhile (I like that word) Goon Harry Secombe. They were also doing Thunderbirds which was such a tremendous hit in England at the time, but the show might be one of those "missing presumed wiped" ones... they even wiped many Spike Milligan Q shows and Michael Bentine's Square World as well as many Not Only But Alsos by Cook & Moore. I can't even find a still picture of the show but I saw one (from a Radio or TV Times I think) that showed Secombe and whoever's show it was in costumes with huge ropey strings attached. Not terribly inspired maybe, later people would make fun of the actors in Space: 1999 as being wooden like the puppets. I'd like Sooty to take a hammer to all the puppet critics. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 5, 2020 13:03:21 GMT -5
Despite the popularity of Thunderbirds it was Gerry Anderson's Stingray that was included in the series of postage stamps released in 1996.  From left to right: Muffin The Mule (and John Mill's sister, Hayley's aunt, Annette Mills), Sooty (with Harry Corbett, not to be confused with the Steptoe & Son actor), Stingray (Troy Tempest was modelled on James Garner), The Clangers (created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin), and Danger Mouse (a Cosgrove-Hall cartoon). So roughly '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2020 13:05:01 GMT -5
Worth 1:41 of your time:
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 18, 2020 13:15:40 GMT -5
I never wondered about that!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2020 13:28:23 GMT -5
I’m more curious how the various Thunderbird crafts were fuelled. TB1 sure would have used a lot of fuel. Who delivered it? The island is secret, remember? Did they have an oil well on the island?
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