Oh, Jebus!!!...the flood of memories you inundated me with when you mentioned "Quadrasonic". I knew it, back in high school, as "Quadraphonic". I just say this:
Alice L.'s Basement...now
that was a Count Down!!!
back to it:
For you TOS Trivia Fans;
Howard A. Anderson Jr., an Oscar-nominated visual effects artist whose company did VFX work for the original
Star Trek series, died back in October of last year He was
95.
So what?
He lead the company started by his father, Howard,
"...who did special effects for such movies as White Zombie (1932) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1939).It went on to create the opening titles for scores of memorable shows, including The Addams Family, The Andy Griffith Show, Get Smart, The Mod Squad, The Twilight Zone, Mission: Impossible, The Brady Bunch and Cheers."
They signed a deal with the producers of Star Trek,
"...to work on the 1964 Star Trek pilot episodes "The Cage" and "Where No Man Has Gone Before," and its contributions to the series included exterior shots of the USS Enterprise speeding through the stars and the effects associated with the phaser-beam weapons and the ship’s transporter.
"The firm had worked on I Love Lucy — Anderson Jr. had teamed with Desi Arnaz to get the shape of the heart just right for the show's opening — and NBC's Star Trek was produced by Desilu."
Connections!
source of quotes:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/howard-anderson-dead-star-trek-835354
How about that...Maybe it is just me, but i love knowing this stuff!
King Daniel, this Thread continues to Rule!
Keeper, I love your stuff, and nice that
M'Sharak and
bbailey and others have joined us!
