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From: gloker@tsegw.tse.com (Geoff Loker) Subject: Theodore Geisel and
Babylon 5 In a surprise public statement today, the literary executors for
the estate of the late Theodor Geisel announced the discovery of
previously unknown works by Geisel among his papers. These papers indicate
that Geisel, better known to his myriad of fans as Dr. Seuss, was in the
process of writing scripts and story treatments for the popular television
series, "Babylon 5". A partial list of working titles, plot
summaries, and script fragments was released by the executors. Some of the
titles Geisel was working on are: "Morden Spears a Spoo"
"Franklin Hatches the Gloppit Egg" (which was reworked by David
Gerrold into the episode, "Believers") "If I Ran the
Galaxy" (which features Centauri ambassador Londo Mollari
prominently) "One Drazi, Two Drazi, Purple Drazi, Green Drazi"
(which was reworked by J. Michael Straczynski into the episode "The
Geometry of Shadows") "Ambassador Mollari, Will You Please Go
Now?" (Sheridan loses patience with Londo when Londo tries to hide
from an assassination attempt in Sheridan's quarters.) "Green Eggs
and Spoo" (A mysterious man named Morden-I-Am goes around the station
asking the ambassadors how they want their green eggs and spoo.) "And
To Think That I Saw It On Babylon 5" "Ivanova Eats Spoo, Can
You?" "Dr. Franklin's Sleep Book" "The Five Hundred
Hats of Commander Ivanova" (examining all the different duties of
Ivanova.) "I Can Lick Thirty Vorlons Today" "Oh! The Thinks
You Can Think!" (which was reworked by J. Michael Straczynski into
the episode "Mind War") "On Beyond Zeta Squadron"
"Dukhat in the Hat" (While Sheridan is off-station, leaving
Ivanova and Garibaldi in charge, a mysterious stranger wearing a large
red-and-white striped hat appears, along with two "things". They
wreak havoc on the station, encouraging Ivanova and Garibaldi to join in
the fun, while Franklin tries to warn them that Sheridan would not like
them doing this. As the jump-gate activates to let Sheridan's Starfury
return, the stranger cleans up the mess and leaves. In the tag scene, we
discover that the mysterious stranger is a thought-to-be-dead former
Minbari leader.) "Dukhat in the Hat Comes Back" (We learn more
about what happened at the start of the Earth-Minbari war.) "Hop on
Kosh" (Kosh's two children, Drup and Klown, visit the station and
explore as much of it as they can. Some dialogue from the episode:
Sheridan: Ambassador Kosh. I wanted to offer your children a glass of
fresh orange juice, but I can't seem to find them. Do you know where they
are? Kosh:
Up. Drup.
Drup is up.
Down. Nown.
Nown is down.
"Kosh in Socks" It is appropriate at this point to end this
article with a brief scene from "Kosh in Socks". In this scene,
Ambassador Kosh has been interrupted taking off his sneakers and relaxing
in his room by Captain Sheridan. Kosh tries to explain some of the forces
at work in the the Narn-Centauri conflict: Kosh: Very well, then, Mr.
Sheridan, sir. Let's have a little talk about Centauri... What do you know
about Centauri? Well... When Centauri fight, it's called a Narn-Centauri
battle. And when they battle for a colony, it's a Narn-Centauri colony
battle. AND when Centauri battle using Shadows for a colony, they call it
a Narn-Centauri colony proxy battle. AND... When Centauri battle Narns in
a colony proxy battle and the Narn-Centauri battle colony is a colony in
Quadrant 14... ...they call this a Narn-Centauri Quadrant 14 colony proxy
battle muddle. AND... When Centauri fight these battles for a colony with
their Shadows and the quadrant's being observed and the observer's eating
spoo... ... they call this a muddle proxy Narn observer Centauri spoo
Quadrant 14 colony battle. AND... Sheridan (as he pushes Kosh towards an
airlock): Now wait a minute, Mr. Socks Kosh! When Kosh is in Quadrant 14
where the Centauri battle with their Shadows for a colony watched by a
spoo-eating observer, THIS is what they call... ... a Narn-Centauri spoo
observer Quadrant 14-ed colony-ed muddled duddled fuddled wuddled Kosh in
socks, sir! ------ My thanks to the maintainers of the B5
Encyclopedia/Dictionary for their work in providing a list of names in the
B5 universe that I could scan for creating appropriate titles. I would
have posted an excerpt from "Green Eggs and Spoo", but trying to
maintain the flavour of Dr. Seuss while blending in B5 is not easy. If
there is enough interest, I will take another crack at it. Maybe we could
prevail upon JMS to create a few characters/planets/races that would fit
the Seussian style a bit better... -- Geoff Loker (gloker@tse.com) |
"I said it in Hebrew--I said it in Dutch-- The Toronto Stock Exchange
| I said it in German and Greek: | But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me
much) | That English is what you speak!"
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From: Andrew Blyth
Excellent Dr Seuss work. From what I remember of my childhood reading, how
about: Put Me In the Spoo (Green Drazi leader looks for a place for the
purple Drazi) Ten Triluminaries Up on Top (Kosh tries to find out who can
balance the most triluminaries on their head. The winner is Delenn) Quick
version of: Green Eggs and Spoo I do not like Green Eggs and Spoo Though
Morden tells me that I do I do not like them near or far I do not like
them with G'Kar I do not like them in a cage Nor even with a Technomage I
do not like them here or there I do not like them with Sinclair I do not
like them there or here I do not like them with Lennier I do not like
GreenEggs and Spoo Though Morden tells me that I do * * * You will like
Green Eggs and Spoo Because I, Morden, tell you to You will like them in
the bath You will like them with N'Grath You will like them at the shops
You will like them with PsiCops You will like Green Eggs and Spoo Because
I, Morden, tell you to * * * I like, I love Green Eggs and Spoo Because
our Morden told me to Of course I'll eat them in the bar I'll eat them
with the PakMara I'll eat them on Centauri Prime I will eat them all the
time I like, I love Green Eggs and Spoo And Morden tells me YOU DO TOO!
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Andrew Blyth Department of Computing Science Tel +44 91 222 8504 The
University Fax +44 91 222 8232 Newcastle Upon Tyne. NE1 7RU. England.
Email A.J.C.Blyth@newcastle.ac.uk
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