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From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac)
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Subject: Re: Commander Cody  and Flash Gordon
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 14:58:28 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 15 14:58:28 1985
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> Captain Midnight, incidently, was a scientist who had a secret
> super-scientific laboratory on top of a mountain.  He was played by
> Richard Webb and his sidekick was Ichobod Mudd (Sid Melton, later of
> the Danny Thomas Show).  He lab also had a sceintist at his beck and
> call, Tut -- short for Aristotle Jones, played by Olan Soule.  His
> personal jet was the Silver Dart ("Fire up the Silver Dart, Ikky!").
> He also had a secret army of kid helpers called the Secret Squadron.
> The code of the Secret Squadron was "Justice -- through strength and
> courage."  In various episodes he dealt with a good scientist turned
> into a monster called "the electrified man" whose touch was deadly.
> Also there was a guided missile that looked like a cannister vacuum
> cleaner and rolled sinisterly along the ground guided to its victim.
> Both were pretty scary to my kindergardener mind.  In syndication, the
> name was changed to Jet Jackson.
> 
> 				Mark Leeper
> 				...ihnp4!ahuta!leeper

Amazing what the mind can dredge up.  I was born in '55 and didn't expect
to remember anything having to do with this.  After reading the above
note I realized I have vivid memories of this show.  The electrified man
had me scared for weeks afterwards.


"Don't argue with a fool.      Ethan Vishniac
 Borrow his money."            {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan
                               Department of Astronomy
                               University of Texas
                               Austin, Texas 78712

*Anyone who wants to claim these opinions is welcome to them*