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Retrogram #8810: Writers On Strike!

The week of March 6th, 1988: Hollywood’s writers are about to hit the picket lines, leaving America’s couch potatoes with a much longer rerun season than usual.  Just a page from the past, or a glimpse of our future?  Ponder that as we revisit Alf, Captain Power, Probe, and The Highwayman, back in the spring of ’88 when these were going to be some of the last new shows we got for a while.  (48:52) Right-click here and “save as” to download the podcast to CROSSOVER, which will then probably try to kill you. Links: Feel free to help support the show at Patreon or Ko-Fi! March 1988 in theLogBook’s History Timeline Captain Power: The Sky Shall Swallow Them in the LogBook ALF: Hit Me With Your Best Shot in the LogBook Probe: Computer Logic in the LogBook The Highwayman: The Hitchhiker in the LogBook What was the #1 song this week? If you like Retrogram, you’ll also enjoy Earl’s books about Doctor Who – VWORP!1 and VWORP!2 – and Star Trek – WARP!1 – in theLogBook.com Store! Music (in order): “Great Dark Spot” by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA from the album Galaxy “Marrakesch” by Phillip Gross from the album Morocco “Pearl” by Phillip Gross from the album Katerstimmung “Memory Guitars” by Phillip Gross from the album Katzenmusik “Casablanca” by Phillip Gross from the album Morocco “Fès” by Phillip Gross from the album Morocco

Retrogram #7147: A Bunch Of Shows D.B. Cooper Missed

The week of November 22nd, 1971: Somewhere in the world, a media tycoon is turning murderous to cover his tracks, a teacher is learning one of her students has spectral needs, a man is dying to meet the woman of his dreams, and a whole new country is happening in orbit.  But all of this might just take a back seat to a guy jumping out of an airplane in mid-flight with a lot of money and a parachute.  (56:00) Right-click here and “save as” to download the podcast to the space station computer, which will tell you if it’s factual or opinionated. Links: Feel free to help support the show at Patreon or Ko-Fi! November 1971 in theLogBook’s History Timeline Night Gallery DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Mission: Impossible DVDs in theLogBook.com Store The recuperative power of disco lights in a box. Is someone in this scene about to become a color organ donor? Earth II in the LogBook Earth II DVDs in theLogBook.com Store What was the #1 song this week? Music by Jahzzar Also visit Pop Culture Retrorama (I’ve written a few articles there) If you like Retrogram, you’ll also enjoy Earl’s books about Doctor Who – VWORP!1 and VWORP!2 – and Star Trek – WARP!1 – in theLogBook.com Store! The disturbing question becomes: even if we had Earth II’s amazing instantaneous fact-checking technology…would anyone pay attention to it? Music (in order): “Great Dark Spot” by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA from the album Galaxy “Luxe” by Jahzzar from the album Servants “League Of Mice” and “Autumn Afternoon” by Dee Zee from the album Random Sanity “Nine Stones Close” by Andrew Howes from the album Nine Stones Close

Retrogram #7516: Going Viral

The week of April 14th, 1975: Pestilence, Cybermen, angry vegetation, and death – it was a week in 1975 that saw Doctor Who come up against a new show created by one of the writers most directly responsible for Doctor Who’s success, while a couple of genre shows for kids got pretty weird. Join us for a thoroughly British Retrogram…or avoid it like the plague. (63:14) [player id=6856] Right-click here and “save as” to download the podcast to a medium that will someday be interpreted by unsuspecting aliens as a snapshot of life on Earth. GAAAAAAHHHHHHH! What the hell is this, and why would you put credits over it!??!?Links: Feel free to help support the show at Patreon or Ko-Fi! April 1975 in theLogBook’s History Timeline Sky: Juganet in the LogBook Sky DVDs in theLogBook.com Store The Tomorrow People: The Fastest Gun in the LogBook Tomorrow People DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Survivors: The Fourth Horseman in the LogBook Survivors DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Doctor Who: Revenge Of The Cybermen in the LogBook Doctor Who (Tom Baker era) DVDs in theLogBook.com Store What was the #1 song this week? Music by Jahzzar If you like Retrogram, you’ll also enjoy Earl’s books about Doctor Who – VWORP!1 and VWORP!2 – and his first volume of a guide to Star Trek, WARP!1 – they’re in theLogBook.com Store! Episodes: Excerpts: Music (in order): “Great Dark Spot” by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA from the album Galaxy

Retrogram #7001: Welcome To The 1970s

The week of December 28th, 1969: The last days of the 1960s. The first days of the 1970s. It’s been fifty years since these shows premiered. Did our sci-fi and our spy-fi predict the future? Was any of it actually ahead of its time, or was it still just amazing that all three of these shows were being broadcast in color? Let’s rewind half a century and find out. (47:30) [player id=6826] Right-click here and “save as” to download the podcast to something that won’t self-destruct in five seconds. Links: Feel free to help support the show at Patreon or Ko-Fi! December 1969 in theLogBook’s History Timeline January 1970 in theLogBook’s History Timeline Mission: Impossible: The Amnesiac in the LogBook Mission: Impossible DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Land Of The Giants: Our Man O’Reilly in the LogBook Land Of The Giants DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space in the LogBook Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee era) DVDs in theLogBook.com Store What was the #1 song this week? Music by Jahzzar If you like Retrogram, you’ll also enjoy Earl’s books about Doctor Who – VWORP!1 and VWORP!2 – and his first volume of a guide to Star Trek, WARP!1 – they’re in theLogBook.com Store! Excerpts: News of the day: Music (in order): “Great Dark Spot” by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA from the album Galaxy “Luxe” by Jahzzar from the album Servants “League Of Mice” by Dee Zee from the album Random Sanity “Upper Ground” by Andrew Howes from the album Nine Stones Close “AVV Revisited” by Hermelin from the album Hermelin

Retrogram #8644: Halloween LXXXVI

The week of October 26th, 1986: 1986 A.T. (after “Thriller”) is upon us again, with spooky foes and even spookier friends, unearthly threats and the unexplained, and so many shows no one could complain. Join us now to watch aliens on the run, a shrinking family, Ewoks not having fun, travel through time, though time’s standing still, it might be Halloween forever, so feel the chill! (65:18) [player id=6799] Right-click here and “save as” to download the podcast to your device, or any glowing blue spheres you have handy. Links: Feel free to help support the show at Patreon or Ko-Fi! October 1986 in theLogBook’s History Timeline November 1986 in theLogBook’s History Timeline Tales From The Darkside: The Geezenstacks in the LogBook Tales From The Darkside DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Starman: Secrets in the LogBook Starman DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Star Wars: Ewoks: The Season Scepter in the LogBook The Real Ghostbusters: When Halloween Was Forever in the LogBook The Real Ghostbusters DVDs in theLogBook.com Store Doctor Who: Terror Of The Vervoids in the LogBook Doctor Who DVDs (Colin Baker era) in theLogBook.com Store What was the #1 song this week? Music by Jahzzar If you like Retrogram, you’ll also enjoy Earl’s books about Doctor Who – VWORP!1 and VWORP!2 – and his first volume of a guide to Star Trek, WARP!1 – they’re in theLogBook.com Store! Trailers: Episodes: Homestar Runner a la Bob Carrau: Music (in order): “Great Dark Spot” by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA from the album Galaxy “Pearl” by Phillip Gross from the album Katerstimmung “Marrakesch” by Phillip Gross from the album Morocco “Die Mit Dem Kontrabass” by Phillip Gross from the album Quart “Casablanca” by Phillip Gross from the album Morocco “Fès” by Phillip Gross from the album Morocco