Remember Some TV Actors Who Passed Into Ancestry In 2023

 I grew up on TV.  It doesn't hold much interest to me today, but still when I learn of the passing of someone who help to raise me, whose work I admire greatly, I feel the sense of loss and gratitude.

TV: Lost In Space

 

I learned today of the passing into Ancestry of the actor Mark Goddard (1936 - 2023) at the age of 87.  Everyone idealizes Star Trek as the revolutionary SciFi series of the 1960's, but if Star Trek were Shakespeare, then Lost In Space was Joseph Kesselring, but I loved it non-the-less.  And truth be told, Mark Goddard was possible, perhaps even probably, my first actor crush!  He made my inner parts stir in ways that I could not understand, and self-conscious about.  Yes, folks, 6-year-olds have inner lives. 

Taking this opportunity to recognize all of the Actors in the main cast and account for the days.  From left to right:

Angela Cartwright, 1952 - , age 71

Mark Goddard, 1936 - 2023 (85)

Marta Kristen, 1944 - , age 79

Dick Tufeld (voice of Robot), 1926 - 2012 (85)

Jonathan Harris, 1914 - 2002 (87)

June Lockhart, 1925 - , age 98

Guy Williams, 1924 - 1989 (69)

Billy Mumy, 1954 - , age 69

Bless June Lockhart! 

QI Season 21: U Fantasy Panel

 QI is a BBC quiz program developed and hosted by Stephen Fry with each season's topics being based on the next letter of the Alphabet.  Fry hosted for the first 13 seasons from A to M.  Then he relinquished the job to fellow erudite
comedian, Sandi Toksvig who has continued for the past 7 seasons.  Season 21, featuring the letter U is set to broadcast sometime soon--the BBC's scheduling is a mystery to me.

The format is a series of esoteric questions around a letter based theme.  Sandi asks the questions and moderated the responses while providing additional information about the question.  Alan Davies is a regular panelist and has been from the beginning.  The other three panelists change from episode to episode.

With Season 21 pending, and the themes based on ideas starting with the letter "U," this is my fantasy episode.  The theme is the "Underworld," and joining Alan on the Panel are Gyles Brandreth, Susan Calman, and Sara Pascoe.