Chris Demetral b. 1976 (Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne)
Dana Snyder b. 1973 (Venture Brothers)
Josh Duhamel b. 1972 (Transformers)
Patrick Warburton b. 1964 (The Tick, The Venture Brothers)
Paul McGann b. 1959 (8th Doctor, Alien 3)
Gary Grubbs b. 1949 (Angel, The X Files)
Kathleen Hughes b. 1928 (It Came From Outer Space, Cult of the Cobra)
William Stieg b. 1907 died 3 October 2003 (author, Shrek)
There's a great Scream Queen publicity still of Kathleen Hughes I might put in the Picture Slot next year, but this year... Brock Samson. Besides the Venture Brothers, my next favorite role on the list is Gary Grubbs as Fred Burkle's dad Roger on Angel.
Many happy returns to all the living on the list.
Predictor: Isaac Asimov in 1964, asked to predict 2014 on the occasion of the World's Fair in New York.
Prediction: An experimental fusion-power plant or two will already exist in 2014. Large solar-power stations will also be in operation in a number of desert and semi-desert areas -- Arizona, the Negev, Kazakhstan. In the more crowded, but cloudy and smoggy areas, solar power will be less practical. An exhibit at the 2014 fair will show models of power stations in space, collecting sunlight by means of huge parabolic focusing devices and radiating the energy thus collected down to earth.
Reality: Fusion is one of those things that is always just a few years in the future. Solar power works better at a small scale, like panels on a roof. As for heat rays from outer space, that sounds like a big screw-up waiting to happen if the geosynchronous satellite got a little out of whack. Still, this is much better work than his underground suburbs and hovercraft.
Looking one day ahead... INTO THE FUTURE!
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ReplyDeleteI am afraid.
Yes, you can set a bar for low expectations on this one and they will still limbo under it.
DeleteWarburton is a great comic actor, from the silliness of The Tick and as Elaine's boyfriend in Seinfeld to his up-tight NASA rep in The Dish. I've never seen The Venture Brothers but the drawing says a lot.
ReplyDeleteI loved The Dish as well.
DeleteHe was also in MIB 2. But he will never stand taller than as the Wild Blue Yonder.
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