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GERRY ANDERSON R.I.P.

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paw broon

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GERRY ANDERSON R.I.P.
« on: December 26, 2012, 04:38:44 PM »

BBC news has announced the death of GERRY ANDERSON.  Doing this on my new tablet so cant add the link.Aged 83, he had been suffering from alzheimers.
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MarkWarner

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« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2012, 05:20:26 PM »

I saw that! I grew up on his stuff I really liked UFO and Captain Scarlet. And my favorite Thunderbird was number 2 ... but I guess that was everyone's favorite. All a long time ago now ...
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narfstar

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« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2012, 06:09:00 PM »

He gave us some great classic stuff as well as the term Super-Marrionation
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josemas

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« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2012, 11:15:47 PM »

I have very fond memories of watching shows of his such as Supercar, Fireball XL-5 and Stingray on Saturday mornings.

Sigh

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Captain Audio

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« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2012, 11:38:17 PM »

Sad to hear this. I've been watching a lot of his stuff in the last few years. I finally got to see all the episodes of Space 1999, which I missed when it was on the air here, and received a Thunderbirds Six DVD for christmas several years ago. Also watched some other films he worked on.
A real pioneer.
One of the last of the Stargate series episodes (no.200?) had a tribute to his Thunderbirds style marionettes. Unfortunately the SG1 puppet's strings were cut by the stargate wormhole effect.
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Aratak

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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2012, 07:53:39 PM »

 Such a swell feature of a 1960's childhood. Supercar was just the coolest. Rest in peace, Mr. Anderson.
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