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1 posted on 12/26/2012 8:59:43 AM PST by the scotsman
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Anderson


2 posted on 12/26/2012 9:00:18 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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“Thunderbirds are go!”


3 posted on 12/26/2012 9:04:08 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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Damn. I watched and greatly enjoyed most of those shows.
Rest well Mr Anderson, you’ve earned it far more than most.


4 posted on 12/26/2012 9:07:57 AM PST by null and void (Going Galt: The won't of the people)
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His fans say “R.I.P.”

Heaven responds “S.I.G.”


5 posted on 12/26/2012 9:09:17 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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I always loved the Thunderbirds I have the Thunderbirds Are Go. RIP ANDERSON


6 posted on 12/26/2012 9:10:37 AM PST by Patriot Babe
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Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons...Thunderbird... best
Space 1999..not so much
honor mention: *mind fart/Target America?* South Park Movie.. :-D

7 posted on 12/26/2012 9:11:49 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :-)
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To: the scotsman; KevinDavis
In addition to Star Trek, UFO, and Space:1999 were boyhood sci-fi staples.

We also wouldn't have Team America: World Police if it weren't for Anderson.

8 posted on 12/26/2012 9:12:03 AM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: the scotsman

“What’s the word”?
“Thunderbird”


9 posted on 12/26/2012 9:12:48 AM PST by BipolarBob (Bitter, clinging to my Bible and AR-15.)
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To: the scotsman

Loved his shows when I was a kid back in the 1970s, especially Space 1999.


11 posted on 12/26/2012 9:17:13 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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http://ufoseries.com/

Opening credits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB1k02yh43A

The making of UFO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3j47FhUxok

Mr Thunderbird - The Gerry Anderson Story (1 of 4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG2x-7-d4cs


12 posted on 12/26/2012 9:17:13 AM PST by iowamark
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How many of you sixties kids remember this Gerry Anderson Fireball XL5 theme song? My brothers and I would sing it incessantly. (Shenanigans was also a killer show!)
16 posted on 12/26/2012 9:21:47 AM PST by Ranald S. MacKenzie (It's the philosophy, stupid.)
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One of my favorite shows: Stingray

Marina was hot.


17 posted on 12/26/2012 9:27:46 AM PST by Bratch
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Stingray...Stingray!

Troy Temptest -= P.W.O.R

R.I.P Mr. Anderson and thanks for the your genius entertainment


20 posted on 12/26/2012 9:35:55 AM PST by Gasshog (Welcome to the United States of Stupidos!)
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I have DVD box sets of UFO and Space:1999.


24 posted on 12/26/2012 10:01:13 AM PST by real saxophonist
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Supercar Theme Gerry Anderson 1961 (Original)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nUycUkFB7o


25 posted on 12/26/2012 10:33:28 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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UFO was truly extraordinary for several reasons.

First and foremost was fashion, and it is a good question whether it was heavily influenced from Star Trek, but with the keen fashion sense the British had at the time. Produced in 1970-71, but supposedly taking place in 1980, men wore “Beatle boots”, had Star Trek pointed sideburns, wore synthetic Nehru jackets, etc. The women’s fashions were amazing, but not as glamorous as “Star Trek guest star” outfits.

The car the lead character drove was a Ford Zephyr-Zodiac Mk IV, but modified to look like a DeLorean, before there were DeLoreans.

The plot-lines were pretty brutal at times, and as the lead character observed in one episode: “They may be years ahead of the human race, but we’ve got one thing they haven’t: bloody-mindedness. It built this planet.”


26 posted on 12/26/2012 11:14:11 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Pennies and Nickels will NO LONGER be Minted as of 1/1/13 - Tim Geithner, US Treasury Sect)
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i was a big stingray fan


27 posted on 12/26/2012 11:41:10 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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Gerry Anderson's "Thunderbirds" was one of my favorite shows as a kid. And before that, his "Supercar" (with Mike Mercury).

28 posted on 12/26/2012 11:51:33 AM PST by Charles Henrickson
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Enjoyed his projects. RIP.


32 posted on 12/26/2012 1:29:25 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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loved Supercar but was too old by the time Thunderbirds came out.

but I did love this bit of disgusting satire and homage to Thunderbirds


33 posted on 12/27/2012 4:44:58 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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