Thanksgiving Show | Nov. 28th, 2008

Everyone loved the character of Twiki in the television series Buck Rogers. Vulkon welcomes the actor who brought Twiki to life physically, Felix Silla, to our first Starbase Indy show.

Felix Silla provided the character’s physical performance, while Mel Blanc provided the voice for the character in most episodes, except for a brief stretch during the show’s second season, when he was voiced quite differently by Bob Elyea. Blanc’s voicing for Twiki is somewhat of a cross between two of his characters from Merrie Melodies, namely Yosemite Sam and Porky Pig. Twiki was well known for frequently blurting a low key “bidi-bidi-bidi” for no reason. This was also how he spoke with other robots.

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It’s our fine pleasure to announce Gil Gerard, Buck Rogers - THEE man himself will be at Starbase Indy this year!

Inspired by the massive success of Star Wars two years earlier, the pilot film opened in cinemas on March 30, 1979. Good box-office returns led NBC to commission a full series, which began on September 20, 1979 with a modified version of the theatrical release, which trimmed or altered some racier scenes — including a popular reference by Twiki to his “freezing his ball bearings off” —and omitted the death of one character — Tigerman, Princess Ardala’s henchman — who would later appear in several episodes of the series.

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