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from: Doug Freyburger
date: 2011-01-27 15:42:36
subject: Re: Pioneers of Television - Science Fiction

Blair Leatherwood wrote:
>
> Was anyone else disappointed that there was no mention whatsoever of The 
> Outer Limits?

Before I watched it I saw the names in the description and wondered at
the list.  As I watched it I realized it was about the people far more
than it was about the shows.

When it mentioned the other shows that Irwin Allen produced I was
impressed as I was a fan of a lot of them.  I got why he was in the
list.  I recognized his name.

When The Outer Limits was mentioned in this post it occured to me that I
had no idea who had produced either the BW or color versions.  Maybe
they didn't even have a single person in charge?  So I looked up the
original BW show in IMDB.  I didn't remember Leslie Stevens.  Then I
started reading the list of his other credits.  Wow.  Both of the OL
series and a bunch of other stuff.  Very impressive.

But it remains that before looking him up in IMDB I did not recognize
his name while I recognized Irwin Allen just from it being listed
together with Gene Roddenbury and Rod Sterling.  For a show about the
people, name recognition matters.

I'll go with disappointed but I do understand why he wasn't in the list.
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