dr37@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Joanna Bryson) (05/21/85)
I saw an episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE which started with two astronauts in a very bad rocket/capsul/spaceship thing that made Star Trek bridge noises. "why do they have real noises in such a fakey set" I wondered at that late hour. Incidently, the girl from "The Cage" played the alien love interest in that episode. Joanna
ables@mcc-db.UUCP (King Ables) (05/23/85)
[Beam me up Scotty, everybody down here uses VMS] > I saw an episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE which started with two astronauts > in a very bad rocket/capsul/spaceship thing that made Star Trek bridge noises. You DO realize (don't you?) that it's actually STAR TREK that used TWILIGHT ZONE spaceship noises for bridge sound effects? :-) TZ ran '59-'63 (or maybe '58-'62, I forget exactly). TREK was '67-'69. I've heard sound effects used on STAR TREK in many many places, in shows made both before, and after STAR TREK's run on TV. Unfortunately, I can't seem to remember any since they usually happen quickly and I only have time to say "hey, listen to that!" before it's over. I've heard them in shows produced recently, too, so they still pull them out of a can somewhere. Hmmm... I wonder if it's only NBC shows I've noticed them in recently. 'Course, TZ was on CBS, so that could shoot that theory in the foot. -King ARPA: ables@mcc UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!mcc-db!ables
jimc@haddock.UUCP (05/23/85)
> I saw an episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE which started with > two astronauts in a very bad rocket/capsule/spaceship thing that > made Star Trek bridge noises. "why do they have real noises in > such a fakey set" You know, a LOT of TV shows use that exact same sound effects recording to represent the sounds of a room full of a lot of sophisticated equipment. To name just one, I think of a laboratory depicted in an episode of *I Dream of Jeannie*. It is used constantly in cartoons and in sketches on variety shows. It seems that the television world assumes that either a) we watch only one television program; b) we have no auditory memory; or c) is too dirt cheap to invest in more production company. Or it might be a combination of any or all of the above. At any rate, it is an insult to our intelligence and taste, to say the least. Jim Campbell ...!ihnp4!ima!haddock!jimc
dr37@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Joanna Bryson) (05/26/85)
> you DO realize that STAR TREK was using TWILIGHT ZONE sound effects
{no, I still haven't worked out how to quote properly :-)}
No, no, no, TZ used ST sounds, see, the Enterprise isn't the only ship to have
time accidents, and most of the people who have fallen back have to go to LA so
people won't consider them strange (where do you think Gene R. heard about all
this to begin with?)
Incidently, I've noticed that Shakespeare tends to plagerize ST titles.
Joanna