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Isis Secrets & Hobbit Memories

Last night, Roy and I were initiated into “The Secrets of Isis” (1975-77). Thank you so much to our special guests, Lisa Everetts, of the podcast POP ninja, and Brian Cutler Actors Studio, who played Rick Mason on the show, for joining us in paying tribute to actress Joanna Cameron. Their insights and anecdotes provided valuable glimpses behind the scenes and into Cameron’s personality.

If you are an “Isis” fan, DEFINITELY check out Everett’s podcast, recorded with cohost Patrick Bennett. The entire month of March was devoted to “The Shazam!/Isis Hour,” with extensive conversations with the casts of both shows. Follow the link below, and scroll down for appearances by Michael Gray (Billy Batson) and John Davey (the second Captain Marvel) on March 3, Joanna Cameron on March 10, Joanna Pang and Brian Cutler on March 17, Jackson Bostwick (the first Captain Marvel) on March 24, and Jill Vance Keenan (Cameron’s stunt double) on March 31. A very impressive reunion!

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Next time, Roy and I will welcome my good friend and Tolkien connoisseur, Paul Miller, who will join us for some reminiscences about the Rankin-Bass adaptation of “The Hobbit” (1977). You know, the one featuring the vocal talents of Orson Bean, John Huston, Hans Conried, Otto Preminger, Cyril Ritchard, and Brother Theodore as Gollum! This eagerly-awaited NBC television special was first broadcast on Thanksgiving weekend.

We’ll be chipping the glasses and cracking the plates (that’s what Bilbo Baggins hates), on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Troll us in the comments section, as we livestream on Facebook, NEXT SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, AT 7:00 EST. (Note that we will be off on Black Friday!)

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Have a happy Thanksgiving!

November 20, 2021
Joanna Cameron Isis Tribute This Friday!

Warning! If you watch a sizeable number of episodes of ‘70s Saturday morning staple “Isis” (1975-77), you will wake up at 4:00 in the morning with the theme music in your head. So far, I’ve watched up through Episode 18, and I fear it will follow me into the afterlife.

But I’ll do anything for “Roy’s Tie Dye Sci Fi Corner.”

This week, we’ll celebrate actress Joanna Cameron, most closely identified with the dual role of high school science teacher Andrea Thomas and her alter ego, the beneficent Egyptian goddess somehow recognized immediately by seemingly everyone in 20th century California. Cameron died last month at the age of 73. She starred in 22 episodes of “Isis” – later syndicated as “The Secrets of Isis” – and made several crossover appearances, opposite John Davey’s Captain Marvel, in “Shazam!”

Joining us for this special salute will be Lisa Everetts, of the podcast POP ninja, who was a personal friend of Cameron, and Brian Cutler Actors Studio, who played fellow teacher Rick Mason on the show.

We’ll excavate the secrets of Isis, in memory of Joanna Cameron, on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Don your amulets and tunics in the comments section. We’ll summon our powers in rhyming couplets, when we livestream on Facebook, THIS FRIDAY EVENING AT A SPECIAL TIME – 8:00 EST!

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Past episodes of “Pop Ninja,” a program of nostalgic reflections on popular culture of 1970s and ’80s, are archived here:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1265612

November 18, 2021
Isis Tribute on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner

The trees continue to demonstrate their disdain for all things Roy. Another downed sequoia knocked out his power for most of the day yesterday and apparently internet connectivity could only be achieved through his smartphone.

In the end, he was able to join us from the dark side of the moon (i.e. Phillipsburg, NJ) for a “Journey to the Center of the Earth” (1959). Hey, it’s to be expected that the Wi-Fi would be terrible at the earth’s core. Nevertheless, we soldiered on, probably talking over one another on occasion, but if you pretend that Roy took the red pill and is now living in the Matrix, you’ll be just fine.

That gives us a week to the straighten it all out, as next time we’ll be slipping into our footie jammies and pouring ourselves heaping bowls of Cap’n Crunch for a journey back to 1970s Saturday morning television and a tribute to the late Joanna Cameron. Those of a certain age will recognize her as mighty “Isis” (1975-77). At a point, she was also listed in the Guinness Book as having appeared in the most national television commercials in advertising history! Cameron died last month at the age of 73.

Joining us will be Lisa Everetts of the podcast “POP ninja,“ who was a personal friend of Cameron. Like us, “Pop Ninja” exudes an inordinate amount of affection for 1970s and ‘80s nostalgia. Check it out. It’s fun.

Then join us for our recollections of “Isis” on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Leave your moral lessons in the comments section. We’ll be crowing “Tut!” when we livestream on Facebook, next Friday evening at a special time, 8:00 EST!

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November 13, 2021

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