Thunderbirds are go!
Discussion
I recall an interview with Gerry when he was talking about Lew Grade telling him that he could not make any more "puppet" tv shows as the public were losing interest, that is why he went to real life actors for Space 1999, apparently grade was expecting him to be upset, but he was secretly delighted as this was what he had always wanted... bearing this in mind, I would expect real actors and CGI for the hardware..... I think he will do it right.....
Both series have been repeated in fairly recent times.
The real "mystery" series is "The Secret Service" which was an odd combination of puppet and live action and featured comic Stanley Unwin as a spy who was also a vicar. It did not get shown much at the time, many ITV franchise holders declining to pick it up. As a result, not many ever saw it. I mainly remember it as a comic strip in teh affiliated TV21 comic, "Countdown".
The real "mystery" series is "The Secret Service" which was an odd combination of puppet and live action and featured comic Stanley Unwin as a spy who was also a vicar. It did not get shown much at the time, many ITV franchise holders declining to pick it up. As a result, not many ever saw it. I mainly remember it as a comic strip in teh affiliated TV21 comic, "Countdown".
"john" Father seems there an emergency in the south. 3 men are stuck down a mine inside a steel safty cage.. worst of all they are overhanging a canyon!
"jeff tracy" ok boys just got a call in theres 3 people stuck down a mine inside a steel safty cage overhanging a canyon any ideas?
"brains" err...err mr tracy how about thunderbird 2 and the new anti stuck down a mine stuck in a cage overhanging a canyon equiptment?
"jeff tracy" great idea brains! ok hurry you only have 40 minutes!
thunderbird one launches gets there in 5 minutes and updates the situation to virgin plundering along in thunderbird 2.
"scott tracy" ok father iv set up my command post all these lights are giving me lots of usefull information. aparently theres 3 guys stuck down the mine inside the steel safety cage but its overhanging a large canyon!
"jeff tracy" OK thanks scott. Virgil did you get that?
"virgil" yes father i got that eta 5 minutes wasp.... er i mean fab
"jeff tracy" ok general heres an update thunderbird one is on site and buggering about as usual virgil in thunderbird 2 will arrive any minute now
"general" ok thanks those guys only have 30 minutes. thank god for you thunderbird boys. we never know where you come from how you get everwhere in 5 minutes and why we are incompetant to never have our own rescue equiptment.
meanwhile in the safty cage down a mine overhanging a canyon.
"hank" hey... joe do you think we'll make it?
"joe" i... i ... argh... dont know i hope those thunderbird boys know what their doing. cos i sure as hell dont know what all these buttons and lights mean
"virgil" ok father im on site, opening pod 5
"virgil" s
t wrong bloody pod!
ok il have to use the mole
dum dum dum, dum dum, dum dum dum ,dum dum DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAA, DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAADAAAA DUM
"virgil" ok father we are making good progress
"penelope" jeff you know that night virgil stayed with me in london?
"jeff" penelope i cant deal with that just now theres 3 guys stuck down a mine inside a steel safty cage overhanging a canyon and theyve only got 5 minutes!
diiiiin DIN DIN DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!
"jeff" anyway how did it happen?
"penelope" er well...
"penelope" well virgils thunderbird entered my pod and
"jeff" DAMIT THAT BLOODY BOY OF MINE!
"brains" er...er alan? im the one who designs all this s
t how come im getting lowered and your just operating the lever?"alan" shut up brains i never get to go on missions! do you have any idea how many of our missions need thunderbird 3? she just sits there in that bloody hanger!
"alan" its not fair im just a bloody taxi service for john in thunderbird 5!
meanwhile...
"hank" or "joe" ( its the same 3 puppets they save every week anyway)
"ok thanks, right joe thats the thunderbirds incredible machinery outside to get us. you got your camara phone on you? get a few sly snaps to sell ha!
"hank" er joe they might notice that?
"scott" ok father virgils got them and he's heading back to thunderbird 2. eta home 30 minutes
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"virgil" race ya home scott!
"scott" your on you'v got no chance!
"virgil" where the hecks scott? he's usually home before me.....
"scott" er father, sorry but i went a bit mad and went for a top speed and iv binned it....
DUM DUM... DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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