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his three-dee set and sat in the darkness of his mist-enshrouded chalet. For many minutes he simply sat
and thought.
Then he snapped his fingers and his voice recorder came rolling out of its slot on smoothly oiled little
trunions.
Take a letter, he said to the simple-minded robot and its red on light winked with electrical pleasure.
No, make it a telegram. To Ron Gabriel. The puter has his address in its memory. Dear Ron: Have
plenty of room up here in the hills if you need to get away from the flak. Come on up. The air s clean and
the women are dirty. What more can I say? Signed, Herb. Make it collect.
And in Bernard Finger s home in the exclusive Watts section of Greater Los Angeles, doctors shuttled in
and out, like substitute players for the Honolulu Pineapples, manfully struggling to save the mogul of
Titanic Productions from what appeared to be from the symptoms the world s first case of manic
convulsive paranoid cardiac insufficiency, with lockjaw on the side.
BARD SPINS AS STARCROSSED DRAGS
Variety
NEW THREE-DEE TECHNIQUE IS ONLY SOLID
FEATURE OF STARCROSSED
NY Times-Herald-Voice
CAPSULE REVIEW
By Gerrold Saul
The Starcrossed, which premiered last night on nationwide network three-dee, is undoubtedly the
worst piece of alleged drama ever foisted on the viewers.
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Despite the gorgeous good looks of Rita Yearling and the stubborn handsomeness of hockey star
Frankie Dulake, the show has little to offer. Ron Gabriel s script even disguised under a whimsical
penname has all the life and bounce of the proverbial lead dirigible. While the sets were adequate and
the costumes arresting, the story made no sense whatsoever. And the acting was nonexistent. Stalwart
though he may be in the hockey rink, Dulaq s idea of drama is to peer into the cameras and grimace.
The technical feat of producing really solid three-dimensional images was impressive. Titanic
Productions new technique will probably be copied by all the other studios, because it makes everything
else look pale and wan by comparison.
If only the script had been equal to the electronics!
LA Free Press-News-Times TV guide
America s Oldest and Most Respected Television Magazine
Contents
The Starcrossed: Can a Science Fiction Show Succeed by Spoofing Science Fiction?
Technical Corner: New Three-Dee Projection Technique
Heralds End of Blinking Blues
The New Lineups: Networks Unveil Third Season Shows, and Prepare for Fourth Season in Seven
Weeks
A Psychologist Warns: Portraying Love in Three-Dee
Could Confuse Teenagers
Nielsen Reports: Mongo s Mayhem and ShootOut
Still Lead in Popularity
MITCH WESTERLY, MYSTERY MAN
OF TELEVISION
Playperson
WHY RITA YEARLING CRIED WHEN SHE
FLEW TO TORONTO
TV Love Stars
DULAQ NOT SCORING, CANADIAN MAPLE STARS NOT WINNING Sporting News CAN A
GAY PORTRAY A STRAIGHT ON TV?
AND IF SO, WHY?
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Liberty
NEW THREE-DEE PROJECTION SYSTEM
FULLY SUCCESSFUL
Scintillation-Free Images Result from
Picosecond Control Units Developed by
Oxnard Laboratory in California
Dr. Oxnard Claims System Can Be
Adapted to Animate Still Photos;
Obviate Need for Actors in TV
Electronics News
17: THE OUTCOME
Bill Oxnard grimaced with concentration as he maneuvered his new Electric TR into Ron Gabriel s
driveway.
Ordinarily it would have been an easy task, but the late winter rainstorm made visibility practically nil and
there was a fair-sized van parked at the curb directly in front of the driveway.
The front door of the house was open and a couple of burly men in coveralls were taking out the long
sectional sofa that had curled around Gabriel s living room. They grunted and swore under their breaths
as they swung their burden around the Electric TR. The sofa was so big that if they had dropped it on the
sportscar, they would have flattened it.
Brenda looked upset as she got out of the righthand seat.
They re taking his furniture! She dashed into the house.
Oxnard was a step behind her. It only took three long strides to get inside the foyer, but the rain was
hard enough to soak him, even so.
There were no lights on inside the house. The furniture movers had left a hand torch glowing in the living
room.
Oxnard watched them re-enter the house, trailing muddy footprints and dripping water, to grab the other
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chairs in the living room.
Brenda said, Bill! and they ve turned off his electricity!
She was very upset and Oxnard found himself feeling pleased with her concern, rather than jealous over
it She s really a marvelous person, he told himself.
They looked around the darkened house for a few minutes and finally found Ron Gabriel sitting alone in
the kitchen, in candlelight.
Ron, why didn t you tell us? Brenda blurted.
Gabriel looked surprised and, in the flickering light of the lone candle, a bit annoyed.
Tell you what?
We would have helped you, wouldn t we. Bill?
Of course, Oxnard said. If you re broke, Ron, or run out of credit....
What re you talking about? Gabriel pushed himself up from the table. He was wearing his old Bruce
Lee robe.
We ve been following the reviews of The Starcrossed said Brenda. We saw what a panning the
scripts took.
They re blaming you for everything....
And when we saw them taking away your furniture.
And no electricity....
A lithe young girl walked uncertainly into the kitchen, dressed in a robe identical to Gabriel s. The
candlelight threw coppery glints from her hair, which flowed like a cascade of molten red-gold over her
slim shoulders.
With a you guys are crazy look, Gabriel introduced,
Cindy Steele, this is Brenda Impanema and Bill Oxnard, two of my loony friends.
Hello, said Cindy, in a tiny little voice.
Brenda smiled at her and Oxnard nodded.
We were going to have a quiet little candlelight dinner,
Gabriel said, just the two of us. Before the Ding-Dong Furniture Company came in with my new
gravity-defying float-chair. And the Salvation Army came by to pick up my old living room furniture,
which I donated to them. And my friends started going spastic for fear that I was broke and starving.
Is that what. . . . Brenda didn t quite believe it.
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But Oxnard did. He started laughing. I guess we jumped to the wrong conclusion. Come on, he held
out a hand to Brenda, we ve got a candlelight dinner of our own to see to.
Gabriel s eyebrows shot up. Yeah? Really? He came around the table and looked at the two of them
closely.
Son of a gun. He grinned.
They walked out to the foyer together, the four of them,
Gabriel between Oxnard and Brenda, Cindy trailing slightly behind, twirling a curl of hair in one finger.
Hey look, Gabriel said. Come on back after dinner.
For dessert. Got a lot to tell you.
Oh, I don t think.... Brenda began.
We ll be back in a couple of hours, Oxnard said.
We ve got a lot to tell you, too.
Great. Bring back some pie or something.
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