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Sci-Fi Corner Postponed Guests Announced

We regret to announce that Patrick Read Johnson (pictured left) has had to postpone his visit on tonight’s Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. The program has been rescheduled for two weeks from today, Friday, February 10, at 7:30 p.m. EST. So mark your calendars. We’ll be talking ‘70s, “Star Wars,” Super-8 filmmaking, and Johnson’s subsequent experiences in Hollywood, including his new film, 18 years in the making, 5-25-77. There are also rumblings that we may get a virtual glimpse into the “Pat Cave.”

Next week, Jeffrey Morris (pictured right), of FutureDude Entertainment, will return to talk about his new project, “The Eagle Has Landed,” a documentary about the iconic “Space: 1999” spacecraft. We’ll also hear more about his upcoming film “Persephone.” That will be next Friday, February 3, also at 7:30 p.m.

And don’t forget: Roy will be joined by Rachel Hasenauer-Thrower, Edwin Thrower, and Stefanie Gangone this Sunday, for a preview of Trek Long Island, a “Star Trek” event scheduled for May 20 & 21 at the Hyatt Regency in Hauppauge, NY. That conversation will take place on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. EST.

All shows will be livestreamed on Facebook, YouTube, etc.

For tonight, enjoy your “found time.” Have a great evening, and keep on sighing for “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner.”

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January 27, 2023
Star Trek Time Travel Tomorrow Is Yesterday

I don’t claim to be an authority on the matter, but it seems like in the original “Star Trek” series, the Starship Enterprise went back to Earth like every other week. But mostly it was the crew encountering worlds that, for whatever reasons, developed into parallels of different periods of Earth’s history. So we got replica-Earths populated by plague-resistant children, Kirk and Spock battling Nazis, and Vic Tayback as a gangster in pinstripes.

But the first time the Enterprise went back to 20th century Earth for REAL (don’t worry, I know it’s fiction) was in the first season episode “Tomorrow Is Yesterday” (1967). Not to spoil anything, but this is the episode that introduces the “slingshot effect,” a convenient physics loophole later exploited in the movies.

Roy and I will attempt to perform the maneuver, in order to erase your memory of our original plan to cover “The Day After Tomorrow” (1975) – Gerry Anderson’s TV pilot that went nowhere – and to give the illusion that we are thorough, thoughtful programmers. Come to think of it, wouldn’t it be a lot easier just to employ a Jedi mind trick?

Be that as it may, we’re changing the program and moving it to a different night this week. I hope you’ll join us in the comments section for a discussion of “Tomorrow Is Yesterday,” on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. We’ll still be screwed up from the time-change, when we livestream on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, this SUNDAY EVENING AT 7:00 EST!

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PHOTO: Who needs Jedi, when you’ve got crafty Kirk to play mind games?

November 10, 2022
Nichelle Nichols Tribute & Trekonderoga

Last night proved to be a lovefeast for Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander, then Commander) Uhura. Thank you so much to those of you who dropped by to share your anecdotes and observations.

Nichols was a pioneer in more ways than one, who leveraged her celebrity to create a better world. Also, she had the ability to connect with people and to make them feel special, as attested to in every one of last night’s viewer comments and video testimonials. Two qualities that were noted repeatedly were Nichols’ kindness and her graciousness. May she rest in peace.

Other highlights included an impromptu crossover, when we patched into Captain Phil Merkel’s radio show on WUSB, and Warren Friedrich’s startling revelation that I wasn’t wearing pants!

We’ll be taking the night off next Friday, so that Roy can head north to Ticonderoga, NY for this year’s Trekonderoga, presented by the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour. Roy will be giving a couple of presentations there, so consult the website and keep an eye on the Facebook page.

I’ll be sitting this one out, but we’ll soon reunite for another Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, on Friday, August 27, at 7:30 pm, and another nostalgic conversation with a few laughs, when we livestream on Facebook – the topic to be announced.

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In the meantime, have a great couple of weeks! Live long and prosper!

August 13, 2022
Nichelle Nichols Star Trek Legend Dies at 89

Nichelle Nichols died on July 30th at the age of 89. As Star Trek’s communications officer Lieutenant Uhura, Nichols became one of the first African American women to be featured in a non-menial role on television.

Nichols played Uhura on the original “Star Trek” series (1966-68), voiced her on Filmation’s Saturday morning animated show (1973-74), and reprised the role in six “Star Trek” movies (1979-91). In “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” she was promoted to lieutenant commander, and in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” she was simply commander. She was also a crack translator, who could sing and play the Vulcan lyre.

In real life, Nichols was a singer and dancer who worked with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton, a longtime supporter of NASA, and the first African American woman to have her handprints immortalized in cement at Grauman’s Chinese Theater.

We’ll pay tribute to Nichols tomorrow night on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Viewers are invited to join us in sharing their memories and observations. Hailing frequencies will be open, both in the comments section and on-camera, when we livestream on Facebook, this Friday evening at 7:30 EDT.

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August 11, 2022
1982 Summer of Fun Star Trek E.T. Anniversary

“Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn” opened on this date 40 years ago, as did Steven Spielberg’s “Poltergeist.” Even so, it was really “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” released the following week, I was most looking forward to. 1982 was, truly, the Summer of Fun.

On Thursday, Roy and I got to reminisce a little bit about our theatrical “Trek” and treks that summer, which bloomed gloriously during a brief, halcyon span between our sophomore and junior years of high school, when summers were still very much summer, full of possibility, laughter, and adventure.

Enjoy the full Khan-versation here. And be sure to stick around for the end, when we acknowledge my second anniversary on the show and join in a group “KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!”

When next we convene, the subject will indeed be “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.” That should give your tear ducts time to replenish after a poignant farewell to Spock. Turn on your heartlights in the comments section, when we livestream on Facebook. Our celebration of the Summer of Fun continues IN TWO WEEKS, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, at 7 PM EDT, on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner!

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June 4, 2022

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