Don’t let the happy faces fool you. Roy and I return tonight to celebrate three years of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, with a discussion of “Spock’s Brain.” One the looniest episodes of the original “Star Trek” television series, once seen it’s not easily forgotten. The Laurel and Hardy of sci-fi reunite for another gold-plated bull session. Make the trek to the comments section, when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., at a special day and time, this Thursday evening at 7:00 EDT!
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Roy’s Sci-Fi Corner Postponed Rescheduled!
I am very sorry to report that tonight’s scheduled anniversary celebration of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner – which today marks three years of perfecting the balance between nostalgia and banter in relation to science fiction and fantasy in classic television and film – has had to be postponed, as Roy is under the weather.
However, we’re optimistic that he’ll have talked Dr. McCoy through the process of surgically reconnecting his cerebrum before the Easter weekend. We hope you’ll be able to join us for our discussion of the “Star Trek” original series episode “Spock’s Brain,” to be livestreamed on Facebook, YouTube, etc., THIS THURSDAY EVENING AT 7:00 EDT.
In the meantime, we apologize for the inconvenience. You can console yourself by ordering an official t-shirt at the “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner” Facebook page, several of which are modeled here by Roy’s cat, the always slinky and stylish Squeaker.
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Spock’s Brain Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner Anniversary
How to celebrate three years of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner? It’s a no-brainer.
We’ll discuss the third season opener of “Star Trek,” the original series: Captain Kirk and crew scramble to recover their unflappable first officer’s noodle in “Spock’s Brain” (1968).
Widely reviled as one of the worst “Star Trek” episodes ever made, the subject is guaranteed to spark a lively conversation, with plenty of digressions and not a few laughs.
Get ready for another year of mindless chatter, as Roy and I put our heads together for “Spock’s Brain.” Your gray matter is required in the comments section, when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., at a special time, THIS MONDAY EVENING AT 7:00 EDT!
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Roy’s Sci-Fi: St. Patrick’s Day Hiatus
Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner will not be seen tonight, in order that we may better commune with St. Patrick.
However, if you get all sentimental after a few glasses of stout, you can always call up this classic episode from 2021, about “Darby O’Gill and the Little People.” This is the one in which the viewers and I enjoy a private joke and get wasted at Roy’s expense (which is revealed only at the end of the show).
Sorry, I haven’t grown back the beard. I still look 20 years younger. But I’ll do my best to catch up with a night of hard living.
Later this weekend, be sure to join Roy and special guest, author and Starlog Magazine writer David Hirsch, as they discuss Professor Bernard Quatermass and his half-century of rescuing mankind from sinister alien forces, during the course of the various “Quatermass” adventures, on radio, television, and film.
The show will be livestreamed on Facebook, YouTube, etc., at a special time, THIS SUNDAY EVENING AT 7:00 EDT.
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For now, remember to donnybrook responsibly. Roy and I will reconvene next Friday evening at 7:30 (provided somebody posts bail).
Sláinte!
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Outland A Space Western Film Discussion
The badge. The shotguns. The swinging saloon doors. The righteous marshal, bound by duty and honor to stand alone against the anticipated arrival of armed assassins – the tension heightened by countdown clocks everywhere. Why, it’s “High Noon” in space!
Roy and I discuss “Outland” (1981), Peter Hyams’ western transplant to one of Jupiter’s moons, with plenty of characteristic digressions – some of them predictable (as when Roy pauses to give entire synopses of classic-though-tangentially-related television shows) and some not so much so (almost anything out of my mouth). Digressions upon digressions. You know you’re in trouble when the first 20 minutes of the show is taken up by us palavering about westerns, spaghetti westerns, and the unscrupulous Italian film industry.
The countdown clock may sputter to two hours, but don’t forsake us, oh my darlings. You can watch it if you care to, here:
I’ll leave Roy to stand alone on Sunday night against the arrival of three special guests: Warren Friedrich (organizer) Robert Wood (author) and David Hirsch (author/columnist: Starlog Magazine). They’ll be talking “Space: 1999,” so I’ll be on the first coach out of there. More specifically, the topic will be Calgary: 1999, a celebration of the sci-fi cult television series starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Nick Tate. The convention will be held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 28-May 1.
Enjoy the exchange, opposite the Oscars, and share your questions and comments when they livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, at a special time, this Sunday evening at 7:00 EDT!
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And don’t forget to change your clocks!
More about Calgary: 1999 here:
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