Moon Landing: 40 Years Ago July 20th

[Weird Harold]

I think I've seen the Three Stooges flick. Nyuck, nyuck!

That must have been a different, earlier space movie. The one today was the later psuedo-stooges with Curly Joe replacing Curly, so no trademark Nyuck, Nycuk, Nyuck.

 

[slyc_willie]

That must have been a different, earlier space movie. The one today was the later psuedo-stooges with Curly Joe replacing Curly, so no trademark Nyuck, Nycuk, Nyuck.

I believe they did a few space-themed ones. Sci-Fi was enjoying another heyday during the fifties and sixties. I can't even remember the title of the film, just that Moe had trouble keeping his helmet on.

 

[slyc_willie]

I think it would have been really cool if Michael Jackson would have died on July 20th - the 40th anniversary of the first MOONWALK!

Where was I 40 years ago today? Well, see, there's this old song, I think it was by Captain Hook, called "I Got Stoned and I Missed It."

My excuse is better: I wasn't born yet.

The moon landing beat me by a little over two years.

 

[sr71plt]

I was in graduate school and my wife was working the night shift at the university hospital, so she didn't get to see it at all. I had to call around to find someone with a TV so I could see it. We only had reception from one TV station in the town I was in in those days, black and white, naturally. Strangely the first place I found was a nearby neighbor (and guest lecturer in one of my classes, which is why I had the audacity to call him), Sir Robert Menzies, former prime minister of Australia. When I got there, another neighbor and law student, J. Harvie Wilkerson (lately a Supreme Court nominee possibility under the Republicans) was the only other one there watching--his wife had a regular bridge game going on in another room and had no interest in seeing it at all. Wilkerson and I spent much of the evening explaining the Americanisms in the commentary to Sir Robert.

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

I was in the DC suburbs, just 8 years old, and it's one of my most vivid early memories. My father was in the Air Force and firmly believed they'd never make it back. I guess back then the odds being bandied about were about 50-50. Some seriously brave men.

God, I wanted to be an astronaut so badly, for so many years. I wanted to be an Eagle Scout just for the signed letter from Neil Armstrong I heard you could get. Kind of sad he doesn't do that anymore.

Took my daughter to see Buzz Aldrin when he came to town. Wanted her to see what a real hero is like, lest we forget. I think she'd rather have seen the guy from Twilight.

 

[amicus]

For the film buffs, they are also showing "Marooned" Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna...1969 vintage, and Capricorn One, with Elliot Gould, James Brolin & Hal Holbrook, 1978....along with the two hour, "Space Race" on NATGEO, episode two, Race for the Moon....been a full evening related to the 40th anniversary of Man on the Moon.

Amicus

 

[3113]

Took my daughter to see Buzz Aldrin when he came to town. Wanted her to see what a real hero is like, lest we forget. I think she'd rather have seen the guy from Twilight.

She'll be happy you took her to see Buzz instead when she's older

 

[JackLuis]

Here is a link to 15 pix of "The Mission" in a slide show.

Brings back memories.