WALTER KOENIG ON THE STARLOST (1973) – Fair solar winds and following seas to the late Walter Koenig. Since everybody else has been covering his Star Trek role Pavel Chekov, Balladeer’s Blog will instead review his two episodes as the alien named Oro on the Canadian sci-fi series The Starlost back in 1973.
Back in 2011 I reviewed that Harlan Ellison-created program as part of my Forgotten Television blog posts. The Starlost starred Keir Dullea and featured an enormous, miles-long spaceship of Earthlings looking for a new home planet after a disaster.
I only mentioned Koenig’s two appearances in one sentence, but now I’ll do a deeper look.
EPISODE TEN: THE ALIEN ORO (November 3rd, 1973) – Brace yourself for a villainous Walter Koenig speaking without a Russian accent.
In this first of his two appearances, the spaceship of the humanoid alien Oro crashes into one of the many biospheres on the enormous space ark transporting Earth’s survivors. The computer alerts the show’s main character Devon (Keir Dullea), who takes his love interest Rachel (Gay Rowan) and his hot-headed sidekick Garth (Robin Ward) with him to investigate the damage. Continue reading
KNOCKING OFF NUMBER FOUR – In the NCAA Division 2, the number 20 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY WARRIORS played host to the 4th ranked team in the country – the KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY GOLDEN BEARS. A 16-10 midpoint edge for the Warriors became a 25-25 tie to end Regulation. In Overtime, East Stroudsburg prevailed 32-25.
DOWN GOES NUMBER NINE – Over in the NAIA, the UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS PATRIOTS visited the 9th ranked GEORGETOWN (KY) COLLEGE TIGERS. The Patriots put Georgetown on Upset Alert with their 19-10 Halftime lead. The Tigers cut that to a 19-17 difference to end the 3rd Quarter, but UC held on from there to win 26-25. 
THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (2016) – This horror film was the 1st English-language movie directed by 
TALES OF THE ZOMBIE Vol 1 #1 (July 1973) 
This low-key but riveting horror story is fiction but is one of those presented as if it’s true. 
Gaston Leroux’s The Bloody Automaton (1923) and The Machine to Kill (1924) were a lengthy serialized story later published as one novel. Many book sites list 1930s dates for these works, but that was just when they were finally translated into English. 
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ASHLEY GHASTLY – Cyrus Newitt played the phantom Ashley Ghastly, host of the Bad Movie Show Scream Theatre from 1977 or 1978 to 1982. The program aired on Saturday nights/ Sunday mornings at 12:30am on WCSC in Charleston, SC. 
Then, viewers would be greeted by Ashley Ghastly, who spoke with a British accent that sounded a lot like Tim Curry’s Dr. Frank N. Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. As usual, a witty host or hostess showing bad old movies became a hit and Ashley soon had a Phantom “Phan” Club his devotees could join. 
