Anyone remember that 80's show "Cosmos"?

[Philosoraptor]

Part of my psyche's development was watching "The Twilight Zone" in the late fifties, with it's morality plays on good and evil with it's host Rod Serling. It molded my little brain and it blew my mind.

Then a t.v. show did it again in 1980, Carl Sagan's "Cosmos", in which science fiction and science fact blended together for mind blowing one hour shows narrated by Carl in his own Twilight Zone way.

That show blew my mind repeatedly and changed the way I perceive the world and the universe, and Carl Sagan gave us many great ideas for saving our species if we'd only listen. I think Carl now watches us from a distance and I pray to him every day in the little shrine I've built to him.

Just for fun go to www.carlsagan.com and check out the link called Carl Sagan which goes to a link called "Baloney Detector Kit". Great ideas for arguing against baloney, also known as bullshit.

Cosmos the t.v. show affected me in billions, and billions, and billions of ways.

[CJCRANE]

1. Loved the theme tune

and classical music in the show, used to have it on vinyl, don't know if it's still available.

[maalak]

12. the theme was from Vangelis' "Heaven and Hell"

great album :)

there's a good Amazon list that compiles all the music that was used in the series:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/7FETU1L355TM/104-7235316-7783945?%5Fencoding=UTF8

[msongs]

2. rod serling and all those cigarettes - killed him, they did

watched a twilight zone episode last night, right after alfred hitcock presents.

imagine drama on tv without semi-nude women, smutty language, and cheap special effects.

Msongs
www.myspace.com/msongs

[patdem]

3. Yes, Carl Sagan a great American. I remember Cosmos very well

and Carl's voice seemed between Rod Serling and Mr Rogers. It was very peaceful and reassuring.

[patricia92243]

4. Well, it's idiot 'fess up time-at first I thought you were talking about a

an old show that the main character's name was Cosmo Topper - :embarrass::silly:

[Philosoraptor]

5. Leo G. Carol as "Topper"

oh god we are old.

[NYCGirl]

7. Although I remember Sagan's "Cosmos", I also remember Leo G. Carroll

as Cosmo Topper (I was a little kid when it was on):

[JitterbugPerfume]

Topper was cool

:loveya:

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. Carl Sagan

is unforgetable ,and Cosmos is what TV CAN be.

I still watch reruns of The Twilight Zone on the Sci fi channel occasionally.

Where are the creative minds?

[Frank Cannon]

8. I have it on DVD

Sagan did some "updates" to it shortly before he died, but he didn't really have to do that many, even 15 years later. That show is just as fascinating and relevant today as it was 26 years ago. (Well, except for the fact that Sagan got the number of planets wrong. ;) )

Various relatives are always asking me to pop an episode in when they come to visit.

[Skidmore]

9. I took Sagan's distance course in the 1970s--The Ascent of Man.

There was a television broadcast on PBS on Tuesdays and the book and a workbook plus a local teaching assistant who worked off a lesson plan. It was excellent. Carl Sagan was a great teacher and scholar. He knew how to communicate and engage his pupils and the public, something which many instructors never learn to do.

[diddlysquat]

10. You can still get it at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000055ZOB/sr=1-1/qid=1156694015/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9373017-8782316?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

[EST]

11. Carl Sagan and Cosmos are available on a regular basis on

the science channel on Dish TV. I, personally don't care for his narration style and his bursting plosive speaking style but I highly respect his intelligence and wide ranging curiosity.
Even though I'm thoroughly familiar with the material he covers, I re-view these one hour scientific vignettes quite regularly. It is a pleasure ]and keeps the tv off such infections an Teched in the Head by an Angel or some of that other pax tv crappola and the other useless time abusers.

His wife, often overlooked, unfortunately, is every bit as sharp as he, as well as possessed of a formidable sense of integrity and a friendly, comforting, almost hugging speaking style.

Science feels so safe and welcoming after a bout of crossing lances with the windmills of the christian taliban and the fascist insurgency in the US government.

[Dudley_DUright]

13. Carl Sagan was one of the principle reasons I became a physicist

I still remember reading his beautifully written science essays in junior high and thinking that I wanted to learn about the universe and all those "billions and billions" of stars. I have used in the recent past excerpts from "Cosmos" in my cosmology class. Much of it still holds up very well. I think I have nearly every book he every wrote (including the technical ones) in my library.

[Joanie Baloney]

14. Oh man!

"...check out the link called Carl Sagan which goes to a link called "Baloney Detector Kit". Great ideas for arguing against baloney, also known as bullshit."


So that's why I can't hide worth a damn! ;)

[90-percent]

15. Cosmos

Yup, catch it on the local cable system Tuesdays 9:00 PM., discovery science channel. Very very well done. when Carl gets going on religion and history, it can be pretty remarkable. Scientists are not that fond of some religious stories.

-85% Jimmy

[SaveElmer]

16. Cosmos is wonderful...

And is still shown on one of the cable science channels from time to time...

I can't think of any popularizer of science that could explain complex concepts better than Sagan...

After about two minutes you forget he is wearing a leisure suit!

He was a great man in my book!