Retrogram #7436: Canyon Jumping
theLogBook.com releases the tenth episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the week of September 1st, 1974:
- Land Of The Lost: Cha-Ka
- Shazam!: The Joy Riders
- Star Trek: The Animated Series: The Pirates Of Orion
Douglas E. Smith, Lode Runner creator, dies
The creator and programmer of Lode Runner, Douglas E. Smith, dies at the age of 53. A spare-time creation that became an all-consuming passion for Smith, Lode Runner sparked a nearly unprecedented bidding war among major computer game publishers in 1983. At the time of Smith’s death, Lode Runner has been ported to most major game and computer systems over the past 31 years.
The Stargate SG-1: Desperate Measures
Pay cable channel Showtime airs the 97th episode of Stargate SG-1. John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Tom McBeath guest star.
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Welcome To Paradox: News From D Street
The fourth episode of the Sci-Fi Channel original series Welcome To Paradox airs, a loosely-connected anthology of science fiction stories set in Betaville, a utopian future city whose incredible technology has frequently unintended side-effects. A Martinez stars in a story co-written by author Andrew Weiner.
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STS-69
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on the 71st shuttle flight, an 11-day mission to conduct solar wind experiments and test out new spacewalking techniques and space suit revisions for future construction of the International Space Station. Aboard Endeavour for her ninth flight are Commander David Walker, Pilot Kenneth Cockrell, Payload Commander James Voss, and mission specialists James Newman and Michael Gernhardt.
Voyager begins filming: captain overboard!
Filming for the two-hour pilot of the new Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager, begins on the Paramount Studios lot. On the second day of filming, actress Genevieve Bujold plays her first scenes as Captain Nicole Janeway, but filming does not go well. Bujold abruptly quits the series, sending the producers scrambling to cast a new Captain Janeway. Shooting is rescheduled so scenes without the captain can be filmed in her absence, but days later, production shuts down until one of the runners-up for the role, Kate Mulgrew, is cast in the role of Janeway. The delays put Voyager weeks behind schedule and badly over-budget, with a premiere date – also the first night of Paramount’s network – that can’t be moved.
Doctor Who: Time And The Rani, Pt. 1
The 656th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. The 24th season also opens the era of the seventh Doctor, played by Sylvester McCoy. Kate O’Mara guest stars as the Rani. For the first time, the series features CGI effects.
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Doctor Who now streaming on Britbox
Droids: The White Witch
ABC broadcasts the first episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO. The series chronicles the adventures of Threepio and R2-D2 in the years before the movie trilogy.
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Star Blazers: Episode 5
The fifth episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S.
Warner Communications buys Atari
Forking over approximately $28,000,000 for the privelege of becoming a player in the video game industry, Warner Communication buys Atari, which had previously been privately owned by Nolan Bushnell and other investors. Though Bushnell remains on Atari’s board for a time, he is eventually removed and replaced by former Burlington Textiles vice president Ray Kassar. At this point, Atari’s most recent product is Atari Video Music, a device that connects to home stereo systems and television sets, producing psychedelic patterns synchronized to music; the company is spending the latter half of 1976 not releasing video game products in an attempt to sit out terms of a legal settlement with Magnavox.
Star Trek’s second animated season begins
The second season of the animated Star Trek series begins on NBC with the episode The Pirates Of Orion, written by Star Trek fan (and future Trek novelist) Howard Weinstein. The episode airs almost exactly eight years after the television premiere of the live-action Star Trek on NBC.
Shazam!: The Joy Riders
The first episode of Filmation’s live-action Shazam! series premieres on CBS, starring Jackson Bostwick, Michael Gray and Les Tremayne. Ty Henderson (Space Academy) guest stars.
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Land Of The Lost: Cha-Ka
The first episode of Land Of The Lost premieres on NBC. The series is produced by Sid & Marty Krofft (H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville), and this episode is written by former Star Trek writer David Gerrold, who also had a hand in creating the series.
Doctor Who: The Dominators, Part 5
The 214th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story is the beginning of season six, Patrick Troughton’s final season and the last season to be shot in black & white.
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Batman: Shoot A Crooked Arrow
The 35th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Art Carney guest stars as the Archer, and Dick Clark makes an unannounced cameo appearance, in the premiere of the show’s second season.
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Batman now streaming on Amazon Prime
Men Into Space: Mystery Satellite
The 37th episode of the science fiction drama series Men Into Space airs on CBS, starring William Lundigan.
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Tales Of Tomorrow: Errand Boy
The sixth episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series, Tales Of Tomorrow, air on ABC, with each episode’s opening titles proclaiming that the series is produced “in cooperation with the Science-Fiction League of America”, a collective of sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov and Theodore Sturgeon among its members. This episode no longer remains in the archives and may be lost.
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