Thunderbirds creator who made some of the most popular children's TV shows of the 1960s
Gerry Anderson, who has died aged 83 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was the main mover behind a number of puppet series commissioned by Lew Grade's Independent Television Corporation. They made the company a fortune from the space age: perhaps the best known was Thunderbirds (1965-66), and among the others were Fireball XL5 (1962-63), Stingray (1964) and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967-68).
Anderson embarked on Thunderbirds in 1964. For Grade, international sales – particularly into the Us market – were a key concern. So Thunderbirds focused on the Tracy brothers, with first names borrowed from the Us astronauts Scott Carpenter, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepard, John Glenn and Gordon Cooper. Enormously popular in its time, the series is still being repeated today.
Scott and the others were members of International Rescue, based on a south Pacific island, set up,...
Gerry Anderson, who has died aged 83 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was the main mover behind a number of puppet series commissioned by Lew Grade's Independent Television Corporation. They made the company a fortune from the space age: perhaps the best known was Thunderbirds (1965-66), and among the others were Fireball XL5 (1962-63), Stingray (1964) and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967-68).
Anderson embarked on Thunderbirds in 1964. For Grade, international sales – particularly into the Us market – were a key concern. So Thunderbirds focused on the Tracy brothers, with first names borrowed from the Us astronauts Scott Carpenter, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepard, John Glenn and Gordon Cooper. Enormously popular in its time, the series is still being repeated today.
Scott and the others were members of International Rescue, based on a south Pacific island, set up,...
- 12/27/2012
- by Nigel Fountain
- The Guardian - Film News
Toronto -- The Ontario government has Ticketmaster in its crosshairs over alleged ticket scalping.
Ontario attorney general Chris Bentley on Friday said the province is moving ahead with the Ticket Speculation Act, introduced last year to target ticket sellers who sell and resell seats to popular sporting and entertainment events through related websites.
Ontario first took Ticketmaster to task in April 2009 when fans of Leonard Cohen complained tickers to his Canadian concerts were being sold at inflated prices through a Ticketmaster subsidiary, TicketsNow.
The Ticket Speculation Act will shortly receive a second reading in the Ontario legislature, Bentley told reporters.
The bill requires a third reading before it can be voted into law.
Ontario attorney general Chris Bentley on Friday said the province is moving ahead with the Ticket Speculation Act, introduced last year to target ticket sellers who sell and resell seats to popular sporting and entertainment events through related websites.
Ontario first took Ticketmaster to task in April 2009 when fans of Leonard Cohen complained tickers to his Canadian concerts were being sold at inflated prices through a Ticketmaster subsidiary, TicketsNow.
The Ticket Speculation Act will shortly receive a second reading in the Ontario legislature, Bentley told reporters.
The bill requires a third reading before it can be voted into law.
- 10/22/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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