Friday, March 14, 2014

In Search of Ancient Astronauts


For me it all started with a TV special based on Erich Von Daniken's theories. It was entitled IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS. I devoured it and then sat in front of the TV with my reel to reel tape recorder and recorded the rerun. Then they came out with a feature length documentary...or two...or three. Almost overnight, these documentaries of questionable theories, almost always narrated by Rod Serling or Orson Welles or someone with a similarly influential voice, became an entire sub-genre.


These two were my favorites. After that, the novelty began to wear off. 


Eventually, the trend led to TV's long-running IN SEARCH OF..., narrated by Leonard Nimoy in what became his major post-STAR TREK gig. 

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