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the universe is bananas.

6am — Thu, 11 May 2006 15:49:47 -0800

Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man. Direct Google Video link to a fruitcake-tastic half-hour film of "a symposium held at Boston University on November 20, 1972 that explores the implications of the possible existence of extraterrestrial life within the galaxy and the universe. " Well worth scrubbing through for some good moments if you don't have time to watch the whole thing. Other cool old NASA videos on google video include Who's Out There?, starring a cigar smoking Orson Welles squinting a lot and reading off the cue cards, and Debrief: Apollo 8: "Happiness is bacon squares for breakfast".

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:47:48 -0800

Marvelous first link. Well worth watching.

By: buzzv

buzzv — Thu, 11 May 2006 17:48:06 -0800

Cool -- I always wondered what Mulder was watching in "Gethsemane."

By: rfbjames

rfbjames — Thu, 11 May 2006 21:46:04 -0800

Cool, I always wondered that same thing and upon clicking the first link I yelled out, "Hey X-Files!" Sigh...back when The X-Files was still a good show...*grumbles* Thanks 6am for the great links!

By: zardoz

zardoz — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:14:14 -0800

Haven't checked the others, but yes, that first one is a great find. Kudos!

By: dead_

dead_ — Fri, 12 May 2006 07:56:56 -0800

First link is excellent, I particularly enjoy the theologian's (forgot his name) comments.

By: Shinkicker

Shinkicker — Fri, 12 May 2006 18:26:04 -0800

Great link, but I'm not sure what's 'fruitcake' about it - bunch of intelligent people talking about the future in a positive way as far as I could see. Why does it seem futuristic 34 years later?

By: 6am

6am — Sat, 13 May 2006 14:11:05 -0800

I mean fruitcake in a loving way, of course.