MARONIE MISHAPS IN STARLOG

As  promised ,  here  is   the highly amusing article from  STARLOG  37.


Sam  Maronie  interviewed many actors for the magazine and this recounts some  memorable anecdotes about those encounters.


First of all,  here he is with  Roddy McDowall in full ape make up:

Next up is the infamous tea  /  coffee  spillage with the late Tim O Connor:

And lastly,  interviewing  Max Schell in his bathrobe and getting clonked by Chuck Heston's elbow.

Ouch  !

SFX REACHES ISSUE 300

The stars most definitely aligned today as  SFX  reached its  300th  issue in conjunction with my birthday.


And look who received  birthday wishes in the pages of  said  issue :

Many happy returns  !

WELL I NEVER DID

Made  a  few  new  discoveries  over  the  weekend  and  I  wanted  to  share  them  here.


First up,  who remembers   MONKEY   !   from  the  early  1980s  ?


If  ever  there  was a  tv  show with   '  cult   '   written  all  over  it,  this was the one.   Utterly  bonkers and  an absolute  hoot  from  start  to  finish.


But  how many of you know that a new rebooted version has just been made  ?


I  sure as hell didn't until I read this piece in the mirror tv mag last Saturday  :

Good luck with that one  !




Secondly,   I was fortunate enough to pick up an issue of   FILMFAX  in FP last week.    I didn't even know the magazine  was still in print.    Here is the cover of issue 151  :

I also was unaware that the same publisher brought out   FANTASTIC   FILMS   back in the 1980s as seen in this  back issue ad page  :

A  closer look at those pages reveals that the title changed to   FILMFAX   PLUS   after issue 100.

TIM O CONNOR IN STARLOG

So farewell to another television stalwart,   Tim O Connor  who has passed away at he age of 90.


One of the most recognisable faces on the box,  at one point he seemed to guest star in every tv show  being  produced.


To sci-fi fans,  he will be best remembered as  Dr  Huer  in season 1 of    BUCK ROGERS.


He also made  guest appearances in the  OUTER LIMITS  and   STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION.


I've posted his interview from STARLOG 38.   As with so many of these articles,   the benefit of hindsight reveals that the  late actor was being overly optimistic about the future of the show and his own involvement with it.


O Connor was subsequently dropped from the cast and the show received a disastrous reboot for season 2.


Apologies for the  tinted pages but   STARLOG   was going through their yellow phase at that time which meant all of their  tv  guides  were printed on yellow paper.




I also seem to recall a  STARLOG  article  by  Sam  Maronie  in which he revealed that hot coffee was accidentally  splashed on  O  Connor during the course of  this  interview  !


If  I  ever come across it,  I'll  post some scans here.