• 01/07 Hideaki Nitani (age 81), who we think played Harold Atari in the movie in episode 314- MIGHTY JACK.
• 01/09 Andrea Bosic (age 92), who played a bank manager in the movie in episode 1013- DIABOLIK.
• 02/06 Peter Breck (age 82), who played Mooney in the movie in episode 415- THE BEATNIKS and Steve Curan in the movie in episode 106- THE CRAWLING HAND.
• 02/13 Frank Brana (age 77), who played Burt in the movie in episode 303- POD PEOPLE.
• 04/07 Mike Wallace (age 93), narrator in the English version of the movie “Ilya Muromets,” seen in episode 617- THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON.
• 04/18 Robert O. Ragland (age 80), who composed musical score for the movie in episode 908- THE TOUCH OF SATAN.
• 04/29 Joel Goldsmith (age 54), who composed the musical score for the movie in episode 706- LASERBLAST.
• 05/29 Dick Beals (age 85), who probably provided Gumby’s voice in the short ROBOT RUMPUS, seen in episode 912- THE SCREAMING SKULL.
• 06/02 Richard Dawson (age 79), who was impersonated by Crow in a host segment in episode 502- HERCULES.
• 06/04 Herb Reed (age 83), member of the singing group The Platters, who performed in episode 601- GIRLS TOWN.
•06/04 Stan Jolley (86), production designer for the TV movie “The Stranger,” seen in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.
• 06/19 Richard Lynch (age 72), who played Noel in the movie in episode 904- WEREWOLF.
• 07/09 Ernest Borgnine (age 95), who played the grandfather in the movie in episode 1003- MERLIN’S SHOP OF MYSTICAL WONDERS.
• 07/17 Morgan Paull (age 67), who played Salvatore Mistretta in the movie in episode 512- MITCHELL.
• 07/20 Tony Epper (age 73), who played the “terminating hood” in the movie in episode 516- ALIEN FROM L.A.
• 08/08 Kurt Maetzig (age 101), director of the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.
• 08-24 Steve Franken (age 80), who played Henry Maitland in the movie in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.
• 08/25 Neil Armstrong (age 82), to whom Joel and the bots paid a tribute in a host segment in episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO.
• 09/30 Barbara Ann Scott (age 84), who appeared as herself in the short JOHNNY AT THE FAIR, seen in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.
• 10/12 Norman Grabowski (age 79), who played Skin, one of Mamie Van Doran’s gang, in the movie in episode 601- GIRLS TOWN.
• 10/13 Gary Collins (age 74), who played Steve Bancroft in the movie in episode K19- HANGAR 18.
• 12/26 Gerry Anderson (age 83), producer and creator of the TV series “Stingray,” episodes of which were incorporated into episode K01- INVADERS FROM THE DEEP and the TV series “Captain Scarlet,” episodes of which were incorporated into episode K02- REVENGE OF THE MYSTERONS. He was also the producer of the TV series “Space: 1999,” two episodes of which were incorporated into K10- COSMIC PRINCESS.
You have covered required TV shows, movies, and music, but have you done musicals? Because I have noticed the Brains reference “The Music Man” past the breaking point! I’m not even sure if they mention any other musical, at least not the ones I’m most familiar with.
Oh, there are lots. Another one they do all the time is “A Chorus Line,” as in o/` Kiss today goodbye…o/`” and “CASSIE!”
Which musicals should people see to get the most riffs?
