Talk:The Jet Propelled Couch
Add topic | A fact from The Jet Propelled Couch appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:35, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that the producers of The Jet Propelled Couch hired "Miss Color TV", Vampira (pictured here in black and white) and several Miss Americas to portray the attractive creatures inhabiting an imaginary planet? Here: "Playhouse 90 is going to have to show the creatures on this imaginary planet the physicist travels to . . . 'We have a lot of lovely ladies on hand, Miss Color TV, Vampira, and a number of Miss Americas -- it's like a great banquet ...'"
- ALT1: ... that The Jet Propelled Couch stars Donald O'Connor as a psychologist who travels with a patient to a world inhabited by creatures played by Miss Color TV, Vampira (pictured) and several Miss Americas?Same as above
- Reviewed: Al Gettel
Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:22, 4 March 2021 (UTC).
Its long enough and lots of refs even including the plot. No evidence of too close paraphrasing. The image is free. Both of the hooks are reffed and checked. The episode is well described. Good work. (I included a xlink in the author of the original story) Victuallers (talk) 09:13, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
Origin of story
[edit]I'm surprised to see no mention or discussion of the fact (?) that the story on which this film is based is supposedly a true (though necessarily slightly disguised) account of a genuine psychiatric case. Although never definitively revealed, the original patient "Kirk Allen" is widely believed to be a science fiction author, with the prime candidate being "Cordwainer Smith" (nom de plume of prominent Government-employed political analyst and Interrogation expert Dr Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger), although there are also resemblances to L. Ron Hubbard (who sometimes claimed to be an atomic physicist, amongst other things). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.221.80.5 (talk) 02:36, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
- @2.221.80.5: Thank you for the information. Do you have a source for this information? Cbl62 (talk) 03:36, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
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