Welcome to Show #97!

Hold onto your hats, people… business travel actually has Jeffrey and Tim landing in the same city and the same time, and that means they’ll actually be encouraging each other to ratchet the puns to new levels.

Voicemail: Monty Vorlon’s Flying Circus… nothing more need be said.

We go through voicemails and emails this time around, and truly, no one can stop the puns.

Babylon 5 Information Gathering: Can we and should we mount a Babylon 5 propaganda campaign, in order to get sales of The Lost Tales to the point where Warner really really wants to greelight more volumes of TLT? Let us know…

Also, if you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know!

Summer still wants to find the long versions of the B5 promos that ran on TNT prior to Season 5, the ones narrated by Keith David… anyone have any old VHS copies of S5 they taped from TNT? Specifically, the :30 spots, one featuring Ivanova and the other G’Kar… they were part of the series of ads TNT ran promoting the addition of B5 to their lineup.

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Promo: The Signal: Season 4

 

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reposted from Slice of SciFi

Veteran film and TV actress Lois Nettleton has died this week after her battle with lung cancer. She was 80.

Nettleton is remembered by sci-fi fans as Daggair, the enduring wife of Londo in the highly popular “Babylon 5″ television series.

Her career spanned over 5 decades beginning in the early heyday of television production. Her TV roles were extensive ranging from the corny 1950’s versions of sci-fi to strong dramatic roles in shows like “The Twilight Zone,” “The Naked City,” “The Pretender,” and most recently in six episodes of “Crossing Jordan” for the part of Evelyn.

Nettleton lent her voice for such animated fare as “The House of Mouse” and “Mickey’s House of Villains” (Maleficent), Spider Man” (Nora), “The Flash” (Belle Crocker) and “Herc’s Adventures” playing the voice role of Athena.

The actress has also done her turn with sitcoms and funny films proving to have perfect comedic timing. Some of her roles have been on the award winning “Seinfeld,” “Full House,” “The Facts of Life” and “The Golden Girls.”

Nettleton’s last role took place in 2006 for the made-for-TV family film “The Christmas Card” in which she starred with her old friend Ed Asner. As a result of her and Ed’s performance, the film was nominated for a primetime Emmy Award. Ms. Nettleton was herself nominated for a total of six Emmy Awards in her 53 year career in show business and walked home with two of the Emmy statues.

Wikipedia: Lois Nettleton
Link: New York Times

To save $10 on Volume 13, orders must be placed by 10 p.m. PST on January 29. Episodes include The Ragged Edge; The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father; Meditations on the Abyss; Darkness Ascending; And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder; Movements of Fire and Shadow; and The Fall of Centauri Prime plus plenty of commentaries and extras.

If you bought all the volumes directly from CafePress, you must submit a proof of purchase for volumes 1-13 BEFORE you order Volume 14, which will be released in March. Submitting the proof form will get you a confirmation number which you will want to enter when you buy Volume 14 to receive Volume 15 FREE. 14 and 15 will be shipped in one box.

All volumes along with other merchandise are available here. You will not be able to buy any of the script books from CafePress after May 31, 2008.

For anyone in the Phoenix area who can make it, you really should try to get out to the Phoenix Cactus Comicon, at the Mesa Convention Center January 25-27.

Walter Koenig will be one of many guests, in addition to Wil Wheaton, Tim Russ, Jeremy Bulloch, Peter Mayhew, Sky Conway, Brian Pulido, Lou Ferrigno, Matt Wagner (Grendel), Rob Liefeld, Howard Chaykin, Mark Texeira, and many other artists in the comics and anime industry.

Welcome to Show #96!

Deep Geeking: This episode, the geeking revolves around “A Late Delivery from Avalon”. We look at cause and effect of choices with devastating consequences, and parallel mythologies, and Monty Python jokes.

We need more instances of agreeable thumps.

Babylon 5 Information Gathering: Can we and should we mount a Babylon 5 propaganda campaign, in order to get sales of The Lost Tales to the point where Warner really really wants to greelight more volumes of TLT? Let us know…

Also, if you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know!

Summer still wants to find the long versions of the B5 promos that ran on TNT prior to Season 5, the ones narrated by Keith David… anyone have any old VHS copies of S5 they taped from TNT? Specifically, the :30 spots, one featuring Ivanova and the other G’Kar… they were part of the series of ads TNT ran promoting the addition of B5 to their lineup.

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

 

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Welcome to Show #95!

We’re switching things up this week, and JEFFREY’s running the board, recording this episode from FarPoint Media’s Los Angeles studio. The only real downside was that there was no way to broadcast a live feed for this episode. It was truly a session that deserved to be on the feed, too.

Tim, Summer and Jeffrey are joined by Brad Bowyer, and we start out pondering why we never saw the B5 command staff come down with the flu or the runs, and the musing devolves from there.

Tim reads an email imploring fans to write letters in support of getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Walter Koenig, and he’s the last remaining original Star Trek member not to have a star.

Walk of Fame Committee Chairman Johnny Grant passed away a few hours after we recorded this show, so please address your letters to:

Chairman, Walk of Fame Committee
c/o Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
7018 Hollywood Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028

You can find more details here: http://www.walterkoenigsite.com/waltersstar.html

Deep Geeking: Tonight’s geeking focuses on “Sic Transit Vir”, and discussion on how the characters start adjusting to their new roles as leaders of a breakaway station all alone in the night.

It takes a few viewings to appreciate just how much humor is running just below the surface.

Listener Feedback: Tim reads an email from Ntozubod asking what one single episode you’d have someone watch if you only have that one shot to get them interested. We argue in a circle… a couple of times.

Babylon 5 Information Gathering: Can we and should we mount a Babylon 5 propaganda campaign, in order to get sales of The Lost Tales to the point where Warner really really wants to greelight more volumes of TLT? Let us know…

Also, if you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know!

Summer still wants to find the long versions of the B5 promos that ran on TNT prior to Season 5, the ones narrated by Keith David… anyone have any old VHS copies of S5 they taped from TNT? Specifically, the :30 spots, one featuring Ivanova and the other G’Kar… they were part of the series of ads TNT ran promoting the addition of B5 to their lineup.

Yes, we really are still working out logistics on the Jerseys. We’ll keep you posted on when you can place your pre-order!

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Promo: What the Cast Anniversary Show
Promo: NightGig: Web Comics Community

 

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Welcome to Show #94!

Tim, Summer and Jeffrey ring in the first Babylon Podcast of 2008 with puns. And some New Year’s resolutions broken mere seconds after they’re made. But we’re playing on the new mixer, so it’s all good.

And many props to Brad Bowyer for editing together the Holiday Specials.

Voicemail: We’re playing catchup for the voicemails from the end of 2007; Andrew sent in the audio for a Season 1 blooper favorite of Summer’s; Kurt in St George noticed that Delenn didn’t reveal a secret to us in “Ceremonies of Light and Dark”, and surmises that she may have confided this secret to Lennier… both Summer and Tim disagree with this theory and list the reasons why; Keyboard: Purple, Mouse: Green… geek jokes ensue; Gary enjoyed seeing that Peter Woodward had a role in “National Treasure 2″ and wishes that there could have been a Crusade movie; Peter Woodward’s movie “Closing the Ring” has opened in the UK, directed by Richard Attenborough; a suggestion about what to do with those proof of purchase tags in DVDs; a comment about Buzz Aldrin’s comments for Jeffrey, and a vote against a Vorlon blog?

In the email feedback, Tim reads messages from Kate from Chicagoland, who wants to hear us chat with Kim Strauss about being “the alien of the week”; Mike S wonders if JMS may have intentionally picked a list of SF conventions to break during the evolution of the show; and Andrew laments how a Star Trek podcast made CNN, while a Babylon 5 podcast doesn’t… and would love to hear from Claudia again. The chat room, on the other hand, would live it if Keegan MacIntosh dropped in again.

Babylon 5 Information Gathering: Can we and should we mount a Babylon 5 propaganda campaign, in order to get sales of The Lost Tales to the point where Warner really really wants to greelight more volumes of TLT? Let us know…

Also, if you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know!

Summer still wants to find the long versions of the B5 promos that ran on TNT prior to Season 5, the ones narrated by Keith David… anyone have any old VHS copies of S5 they taped from TNT? Specifically, the :30 spots, one featuring Ivanova and the other G’Kar… they were part of the series of ads TNT ran promoting the addition of B5 to their lineup.

Yes, we really are still working out logistics on the Jerseys. We’ll keep you posted on when you can place your pre-order!

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Shameless related begging: There’s a box of Babylon 5 novels sitting here, books that were rescued from unknown fates at used bookstores in his area by Brad from the PodCulture podcast. The B5 library collection grows… if you are interested in buying/trading the books currently in the B5 library, leave us a comment!

Promo: Playing for Keeps
Promo: MOREVI: Remastered with a new soundtrack

 

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Tonight’s show will be recorded live from the Farpoint Media studios in Los Angeles, California. What that means is (1) we will not be running the live feed and (2) Jeffrey will be recording the show. With the Vorlon in charge, who knows what’ll happen?

Gary in Jacksonville sends in this bit of distressing news:

Walter Koenig is trying to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was turned down on his first nomination. He gets one more try in June of 2008, then his chances are over.

Please write to :

Chairman, Walk of Fame Committee
c/o Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
7018 Hollywood Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028

Mention Mr. Koenig’s worthiness for a star. They do not accept email. Only snail mail for this one.

He is the last remaining member of the Original Series to not have a star. His Bester character helped define villany in a way rarely seen. Help pay Walter back for all the enjoyment he has given to you. The complete site is listed below.

http://www.walterkoenigsite.com/waltersstar.html

Get those cards and letters going, lurkers!

update: 11 Jan: Please address the letters to the Chairman of the Walk of Fame, since Johnny Grant passed away Wednesday evening, just a few hours after this message was posted.

Welcome to the rest of our Holiday Special!

Enjoy Part 2 of our look back at 2007’s Babylon Podcast highlights.

Happy New Year to all of our listeners and all Babylon 5 fans everywhere.

 

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