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Alert regular Duke of Puddles, suggests:
Me (walks out, looks at the camera and says) “Pancakes … Oh I blew it!” What’s your pick? Keep those WDT ideas coming! BORN ON THIS DATE 1866: H.G. Wells, on whose stories the movies in episodes 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS and 814- RIDING WITH DEATH were VERY loosely based. 1903: Ronnie Rondell, assistant director for the movie in episode 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE. 1906: Derrick de Marney, who played Latham in the movie in episode 901- THE PROJECTED MAN. 1907: Jack Mather, who played an officer in the movie in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS. 1909: Vladimir Solovyov, who played Kassyan in the movie in episode 617- THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON. 1918: Rand Brooks, who played Andrews in the movie in episode 417- CRASH OF MOONS. 1923: Paul Lehmann, production designer for the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.* 1928: John Von Kotze, cinematographer for the movie in episode K18- THE MILLION EYES OF SU-MURU. 1931: Larry Hagman, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 1009- HAMLET. 1936: Burr DeBenning, who played Dr. Ted Nelson in the movie in episode 704- THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN. 1944: Fanny Flagg, who was impersonated by Crow in a host segment in episode 502- HERCULES.* 1954: Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, drummer for the band Motörhead, whose song “Ace of Spades” was heard in the movie in episode 604- ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE. DIED ON THIS DATE This Date in MSTory is written and compiled by Steve Finley, Chris Cornell and Brian Henry. Copyright © 2019 All rights reserved. Please do not reproduce This Date in MSTory items in any form without express written permission from the authors. * = According to the IMDB this person is alive. If you can supply evidence that he or she has died, and when, please let us know. ** = If this appears next to a birthday, the IMDB indicates that the person has died, but the IMDB does not have a full death date (probably just a month and year or just the year he or she died). If you can give us the exact date (with some sort of proof we can check), please let us know. ** = If this appears next to a death date, the IMDB does not have this person’s full birthday. If you can provide it (with some sort of proof we can check), please let us know.  Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, died Tuesday due to complications from breast cancer.
MSTies will recall that, in a host segment in episode 604- ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE, Mike and the Bots gave Roberts a scalp massage via voodoo. Alert regular Duke of Puddles opines:
I’d like to hear about Xenos the wizard from “Outlaw (of Gor)” What made him so evil? We want to know! Your pick? Alert regular “Sitting Duck” writes:
I think for me it was when I realized “Robot Monster”‘s George Nader was the agent in “Human Duplicators.” Blew my entire mind. You? |
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