R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

nohwheregirl · 03-18-2008, 11:39 PM

This is off topic, but I know many of us UM fans were also fans of Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. Sir Clarke died today. He was 90 years old. Thanks for the wonder you inspired, Arthur!

http://www.arthurcclarke.net/

James T · 03-19-2008, 05:10 AM

Although not strictly O/T because he did an excellent tv series in the 1980's called Mysterious World which looked at all maneer of strange phenomena from Ghosts and UFO'S to Past Lives and Psychic Powers before UM came along.

justins5256 · 03-19-2008, 07:18 AM

Oh man, I had forgotten all about that show! I used to watch the reruns on the Discovery Channel in the early nineties.

I always liked Arthur C. Clarke. The show would present all sorts of mysterious topics and Clarke would appear at the end to basically surmise the skeptical point of view that these claims of paranormal/supernatural activity were always extraordinary and often dubious, and to remind the viewer that the burden of proof really lies with those making the claims.

James T · 03-19-2008, 09:50 AM

Yep, he really just added his name value to the show as a female narrated and the investigtions were mostly done by others, he would really just link the segments and then at the end basically debunk everything.

nohwheregirl · 03-19-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by James T

Although not strictly O/T because he did an excellent tv series in the 1980's called Mysterious World which looked at all maneer of strange phenomena from Ghosts and UFO'S to Past Lives and Psychic Powers before UM came along.

Gee, James T, I didn't know that! Oh wait, I did because I mentioned it in my above post.

Actually, I think it's mischaracterizing the show to say that he would just debunk everything at the end, but I do agree that he approached the stories with skepticism. In the show he explains his classification of mysteries (1st, 2nd and 3rd kind). You can find episodes of ACC's Mysterious World online and that's all I will say about that.

When I was a kid, my little brother and I would beg my mom to rent ACC's episodes from the video store. Screw Disney movies. We wanted mystery!

James T · 03-19-2008, 06:02 PM

Give me a break- it was pretty early over here when I posted that

03-18-2008, 11:39 PM	#1
nohwheregirl THE Mystery Machine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 1,057	R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke This is off topic, but I know many of us UM fans were also fans of Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. Sir Clarke died today. He was 90 years old. Thanks for the wonder you inspired, Arthur! http://www.arthurcclarke.net/

03-19-2008, 05:10 AM	#2
James T Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,567	Although not strictly O/T because he did an excellent tv series in the 1980's called Mysterious World which looked at all maneer of strange phenomena from Ghosts and UFO'S to Past Lives and Psychic Powers before UM came along.

03-19-2008, 07:18 AM	#3
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	Oh man, I had forgotten all about that show! I used to watch the reruns on the Discovery Channel in the early nineties. I always liked Arthur C. Clarke. The show would present all sorts of mysterious topics and Clarke would appear at the end to basically surmise the skeptical point of view that these claims of paranormal/supernatural activity were always extraordinary and often dubious, and to remind the viewer that the burden of proof really lies with those making the claims.

03-19-2008, 09:50 AM	#4
James T Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,567	Yep, he really just added his name value to the show as a female narrated and the investigtions were mostly done by others, he would really just link the segments and then at the end basically debunk everything.

03-19-2008, 06:02 PM	#6
James T Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,567	Give me a break- it was pretty early over here when I posted that