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Thursday, September 15, 2022

A Bedtime First

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This December 1989 clipping from the Tulsa World 's supplement TV News  elucidates a "first" which isn't that big a deal....
Monday, September 12, 2022

When TV Guide Was Semi-Relevant

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Here are the pertinent (that is, Trekkian) pages from the July 24, 1993 TV Guide : And to round off the post, the above image is the readers...
Thursday, September 08, 2022

We All Swell Over Time, Even Scotty

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This clipping is from the February 11, 1983 Tulsa World .  And I was there, at Tulsa Star Trek '83, as previously chronicled  here  and ...
Monday, September 05, 2022

"Take One," Please!

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I'm pretty sure that I picked up a copy of TAKE ONE  -- "The Video Entertainment Newspaper" -- at Kaleidoscope, OKC's mos...
Thursday, September 01, 2022

Welcome to TREKKING WITH CLIPPINGS 2022!

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Yup, all this month I'll be sharing stuff out of my three-volume scrapbook set. The above squib is from Frederik Pohl's 1979 book  T...
Monday, August 29, 2022

Another of My Heroes!

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This all-too-brief survey of comedy god Mel Brooks is from the April 22, 1974 Newsweek .  Its excuse is the success of Young Frankenstein ....
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Blame the Crash Test Dummies!

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Yup, here's another example of perfect logic, from the government who blames most UFOs on swamp gas! Of course, if you already believed ...
Monday, August 22, 2022

Need More Mystery in Your Life?

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Then check out some of these tomes from my lurking, loony library! The above 1979 chronicle of Betty Andreasson's multiple weird encount...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

How Many Super Videos Have YOU Seen?

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That's what this article from the February 29, 1988 issue of Amazing Heroes  is all about.  Of course, a few more titles have appeared ...
Monday, August 15, 2022

My Kids Drew Scary Things!

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Our middle kid was four and a half when she presented me with the following sketch: She only told me it was "a man."  But I think ...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

Another Lost Treasure of OKC -- I Remember Lute's!

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I discovered Lute's Bookstore in downtown OKC around 1980.  I enjoyed browsing all the tons of stuff.  I was impressed with the thick ar...
Monday, August 08, 2022

I'm a Marxist, Number 4

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I cadged this profile of Groucho, my idol, from the February 1973 Reader's Digest . Who was your  idol in high school?  Think about it ...
Thursday, August 04, 2022

Okay, It Got Here. Now What?

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I was one of the many folks thrilled by the news that movie wunderkind Steven Spielberg was backing a new gosh-wow TCV show. Yup, 38 years ...
Monday, August 01, 2022

Framed! I Was Framed, I Tell Ya!

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That's what Superman would say about these supposed works of art. This article is from Amazing Heroes #140, dated May 1, 1988. Huh!  A...
Monday, July 25, 2022

The Secret Origin of Red Kryptonite!

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... At least, according to this "Ask Mr Silver Age" column in the January 5, 2001 Comics Buyer's Guide ! PS you can read the R...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

Strange TV Cameos!

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Since this article was published in the June 1984 Video Review , there must have been plenty more "weird" or strange ones. See you...
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Mark Alfred
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
I was born at a very early age, in a hospital to be near my mother. After appearing in productions of both GODSPELL and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR in the 1970s, I found a wonderful wife and wrote many love songs to her, but not as many love songs as I write to God my Savior and Redeemer. We have three kids (one of each) -- wait for it -- blonde, brunette, and redhead.
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