Filmation Friday: Giant Floating Heads!

Sentinel One, the supercomputer who works with the Space Sentinels from the Space Sentinels show.

I first saw this show when I was 5-6 years old. Sentinel One freaked me the hell out the first couple of times I saw it. It was a floating head that would just pop up! I got nightmares from that bit of cartoon. Well, that and a commercial that had the Universal Monsters with Joe Cocker's version of "You Are So Beautiful". When Karloff as Frankenstein showed up, I screamed my head off.

I was a weird kid.

80s Video Adventure Helper: Wouldn't It Be Good by Nik Kershaw

Last time was fun, so let's do it again! Watch the video, then think about the questions below. Maybe weave them into your next campaign or scenario.



Why is Nik in the hotel room with the alien technology?

What abilities does his amazing video suit have? We see that it reflects things going behind closed doors, possible futures and stranger possibilities. Is this the way he communicates?

Why does the communication to the sky create the white light streaming through the window?

Why are all of the people signing in unison? Are they possessed?

Why are they surrounding Nik, seemingly trying to stop him from leaving?

Is Nik being psychically attacked by the crowd or is it a reaction from being surrounded by too many people?

Where does Nik travel to next?

Have fun!

Farewell Sarah Jane Smith

RIP Elisabeth Sladen, best known to me as the irrepressible Sarah Jane Smith. Good voyage, old friend.

Filmation Friday: Plundorr!

Since it's Easter, we need a rabbit! Here's Plundorr, the evil rabbit man from the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episode "Quest for He-Man"

RIP Gerald "Gerry" Lahr (1924-2011)

This past Saturday afternoon my maternal grandfather Gerald Lahr died after a fight with various ailments. He just celebrated his birthday on August 5. There had been 4-5 scares for the past six months that this was "the last time". Over the past to-three weeks I've been back and forth visiting either the hospital or the rehab place he was staying at. I had already made peace with the fact that he could pass on at any time. But when the time does come, it's still a wicked sucker punch.

Grandpa Lahr was technically my step grandfather, but after 30+ years you can really take the step out of the equation. He and his wife Virginia always treated me like one of their own grandkids, never any different from my stepsiblings. He played accordion regularly at the local Knights of Columbus Friday fish fry. Grandpa never learned how to read music; he played simply be hearing the song. I can remember him playing some of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" after hearing my brother play the song on cassette. He laughed at dirty jokes, and always told me to have a shot and a beer for him. I'll miss him a lot.

In the course of less than two years I've seen all my remaining grandparents go on to a better life. But knowing Grandpa, he'd want me to keep blogging, keep playing, keep living, and above all not work too hard.

Filmation Friday: Tarzan and the Earth's Core

Have some family stuff to deal with, so he're some Tarzan Lord of the Jungle to watch this week.

80s Video Adventure Helper: Africa by Toto

Watch the video, then think about the questions below. Maybe weave them into your next campaign or scenario.



Why is the bearded guy looking for the book that the page corner he has comes from?

What secret does the picture of the African native hold?

Is the African native that threw the spear real, a dream, a spirit or something else?

What really happened to the library and the librarian?