willedoo Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Lately Channel 9 has been screening re-runs of I Dream of Jeannie. They've also got the entire series online on 9Now and I've been slowly working through them. About halfway into series one yesterday and Chuck Yeager (playing himself) made a small one-off appearance. Quite a few notable people have made guest appearances on the show. The show had 139 episodes over five seasons. I even saw Klinger from M.A.S.H. on one show, about ten years younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 I used to watch it as a kid.. not all of the adult nuance went over my head... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Foxtel is rerunning The Big Bang Theory for about the sixth time. They have had a lot of cameos by people playing themselves, eg. Steve Wozniak from Apple Computers, Steven Hawking, Stan Lee (comicbook writer), and I think they had Bill Gates and Elon Musk on as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted July 4, 2023 Author Share Posted July 4, 2023 45 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said: I used to watch it as a kid.. not all of the adult nuance went over my head... Yes, I think Tony the astronaut was a bit slow off the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted July 4, 2023 Author Share Posted July 4, 2023 30 minutes ago, red750 said: Foxtel is rerunning The Big Bang Theory for about the sixth time. They have had a lot of cameos by people playing themselves, eg. Steve Wozniak from Apple Computers, Steven Hawking, Stan Lee (comicbook writer), and I think they had Bill Gates and Elon Musk on as well. Musk would fit in well with the Big Bang crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Was Tony the astronaut related to Tony, the suppository of all Wisdom? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 14 hours ago, facthunter said: Was Tony the astronaut related to Tony, the suppository of all Wisdom? He was a real Dull Ass later on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 19 hours ago, facthunter said: Was Tony the astronaut related to Tony, the suppository of all Wisdom? No, the second Tony was "Tony, as knows naught". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 I'm gradually working my way through the entire series of 'I Dream of Jeannie' on 9NOW and I've noticed NASA has some incredible aeroplanes. Major Tony Nelson always takes off and lands in a F-104 Starfighter, but when he's in the air it miraculously turns into either a Thunderchief or a Super Sabre. NASA's magic plane. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 The reality is, if you were flying a Starfighter, you'd be wishing it would turn into anything but a Starfighter. Although that's a bit unfair considering the F-100 Super Sabre had a dismal safety record. During it's operational history, the USAF lost 889 of them to major accidents that killed 324 pilots. The worst year for F-100 accidents was 1958, which saw 116 aircraft destroyed and 47 pilots killed. All those figures don't include any combat losses in Vietnam, just accidents. It's amazing how times have changed; those numbers wouldn't be tolerated these days. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tuncks Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 I was told that starfighter pilots used to ring their wives if they finished a flight without crashing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 I think the German record was worse. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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