Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Space Age

"Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars, give me those Star Wars, Don't let them end." (Saturday Night Live)

Warning, Will Robinson. Gloop, gloop, gloop. (Lost in Space)

Wahh, wahh, wahh.

Climb in the rocket. Shoot the bullet into the eye of the Man in the Moon.

Aw, don't cry, Mr. Moon.

Emporer Ming, this is Flash Gordon.

"Woke up this morning, feeling quite queer, there were flies in my beer and my toothpaste was smeared... Hey, Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along; I won't do anything wrong."

Shepherd, Carpenter, Grissom, Glenn, Schirra, Cooper and Deke Slayton, too.

Apollo 3, Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee, A fire on the launch pad.

Apollo 11: Neal Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, First Men on the Moon.

Friendship 7, "God Speed, John Glenn," circling the globe, the Senator from Ohio.

Buck Rogers.

Buster Crabbe

The War of the Worlds

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Mars Attacks

The Martian Chronicles

The Outer Limits

Planet of the Apes, beneath, beyond and return to....

Mercury Astronauts, Gemini Astronauts, Ed White walking in space

Space Shuttle, Challenger,

Ride, Sally Ride.

"Around the World in 80 days"

Across the Atlantic in thirty six hours, Charles Lindbergh

Around the world in ninety minutes, John Glenn

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

Ignition, lift off.

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