Daily Birthdays and Events in Sci-Fi, Comics and related areas

October 29, 2011

Batman, My Favorite Martian, Conan the Adventurer, UFO, Doctor Who, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, Challenge of the GoBots.

What jazz trumpeter composed the Batman theme? Check it out.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Neal Hefti 1922, jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and arranger. He was perhaps best known for composing the theme music for the Batman television series of the 1960s, and for scoring the 1968 film The Odd Couple and the subsequent TV series of the same name.
Jack Donner 1928, actor, Master of Ceremonies - My Favorite Martian (1 episode, "I'd Rather Fight than Switch", 1965), Subcommander Tal - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Enterprise Incident", 1968), Blind Man - Conan the Adventurer (1 episode, "The Labyrinth", 1998), Commander Kinwon - Power Rangers in Space (3 episodes, 1998), Clayton Wheeler - Roswell (2 episodes, 2002), Vulcan Priest - Enterprise (2 episodes, 2004).
Michael Jayston 1935, actor, Russell Stone - UFO (1 episode, "The Sound of Silence", 1971), The Valeyard - Doctor Who (14 episodes, 1986), Jack Donovan - Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994), Admiral John E. Sellings - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997/I) (TV).


Events

1984, Challenge of the GoBots animated series begins.
1990, Star Trek:TNG, "Legacy" airs.
1997, Star Trek:Voyager, "Scientific Method" airs.
2003, Star Trek:Enterprise, "The Shipment" airs.
2004, Star Trek:Enterprose, "Borderland" airs.

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