Gerry Anderson - A Life Uncharted

[Slim]

Here's something I didn't know until today - Sylvia Anderson based the Spectrum uniforms on the Pierre Cardin 'Cosmos' collection from 1967:

[Slim]

Can you imagine how annoyed you'd be if you spent your hard-earned on one of these outfits in 1967, then a year later every time you went out in it people thought you were wearing a Captain Scarlet costume?

[Fishy]

You wouldn't want a brown one .... He got killed...

[Fishy]

Just finished watching the Life Uncharted doc.. gosh it was very sad.. he had a fairly miserable childhood... poor family relations.. a brother who he looked up to as a hero who got killed in the war and some miserable marriages...

[Slim]

About a year ago his son was interviewed on 5 Live - can't remember why, maybe promoting a book or a radio biography. Come to think of it it was almost certainly for A Life Uncharted.

He said that Gerry's mum wouldn't let him have any toys, isn't that ironic? The only things he had were given to him by a prostitute who was a neighbour (if I remember correctly).

And when his brother died, their mum told Gerry that she wished he'd died instead.

[Fishy]

Sylvia Anderson came across as a pretty loathsome individual as well...

[R6GYY]

I still have thunderbird 2 on a shelf in the "office" at home

I have a Meccano Thunderbird 2 with Mole which I paid about £8 for on Groupon or Wowcher.

Now going for stupid money . . .

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MECCANO-6027350-Thunderbird-2-Multi-Colour/dp/B015PWPQHE

[Fishy]

Interesting in the doc they speculate that Zelda from Terrahawks (which I thought was fkn awful) resembled Sylvia....

[David L]

I watched the Captain Scarlet doc yesterday - great stuff!

"the white one with the box of gold bullion onboard" - Maximum Security Vehicle 

[Slim]

Found a nice shot of the Moonbase set from UFO

[Fishy]

Heard Jamie Anderson on the radio this morning.. they're trying to track down the guy who voiced Joe 90 .. Len Jones