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KURT VONNEGUT’S BETWEEN TIME AND TIMBUKTU (1972) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION

between time and timbuktuBETWEEN TIME AND TIMBUKTU – A SPACE FANTASY BY KURT VONNEGUT JR (March 13th) – Dated humor mars this generally well made 86-minute sci-fi story directed by Fred Barzyk and based on the writings of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The winner of the Blast-Off Space Food jingle contest gets to be launched toward a time/space fluke called a chronosynclastic infundibulum. It was believed that someone with the “poetic” sensibilities needed to create a good commercial jingle would be capable of finding the words to describe such a phenomenon.  Continue reading

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