VLVL2 (12): Leonard Nimoy and Jack Palance

[Tim Strzechowski]

220.8:  Pilgrims enjoying a broad range of legitimacy had been around, so had Leonard Nimoy's "In Search Of" people and Jack Palance's "Believe It or Not," and deals, as you could always count on hearing, were in the works."

In interesting choice of TV programs, given the Prairie quest and the whole Thanatoid situation.  Also, Nimoy was mentioned earlier in the book for his Vulcan Death Grip and the Vulcan hand salute, and of course the notion of film and TV production crews has been an ongoing motif throughout the novel.

In Search Of ...
http://www.angelfire.com/mn/nn/InSearchOfAlpha.html

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-13149/


See as well:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074007/
Date: 22 July 2001
Summary: An episode they never did yet alluded to a few times

  A good series of hypothetical answers to questions and a documentary format. This ties in with idiot cults and the belief in a time warp that is sent by GOD to clean things up. This ties in with legends such as the DIVINE WIND from japan and legends about the protestant catholic reformation era wars and the great awakening period. Such usually ties in with angel worship (fallen angel) luminance cults. Doomsday sects. The sects or cults I refer to usually run around with pale white painted skin and dark black died hair and black suits and hats. Sometimes not. This ties in with a ethnicv cleaninsing chrisitan pagan belief ala set blatvatsky sects. There is a presodent for this in legends. ONLY GOD can summon a time warp. If he did no one on the planet would know it (I laugh) laws of time and space involved. Some christian sects from the dark ages tell the tale of a storm in time that puts demons or as new agers call BAD KARMA under restraint. A force that draws away the negative forces in the universe or planet. Great for a fiction movie. Bad doctrine for real life belief. 

Jack Palance, "Believe It or Not"

"The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed." -- Palance

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001588/bio

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362092/


Given the narrative situation with the un-Dead, I'm surprised P hasn't given us any Dick Clark references.  Too old hat?
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