16 years ago (3/19/1999), #Farscape premiered on Sci-Fi! I watched it on my laptop in a Sydney hotel room. Streaming. On dialup. Not ideal.
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 19, 2015
17 years ago (3/19/1998), I first met @Rockne_S at Henson Co. re his show “Space Chase” (which he said would get a new title). #Farscape
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 19, 2015
@froonium A VERY important day in the anals of #Farscape. I mean annals. Frell. A stellar collaboration and friendship began that day.
— Rockne S. O’Bannon (@Rockne_S) March 19, 2015
17 yrs ago: @Rockne_S asked if I’d be willing to relocate to Australia. I said sure, feeling 100% certain it’d never happen. #Farscape
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 19, 2015
2 months later (5/7/98), I pitched #Farscape ideas to David Kemper & @Rockne_S. 1 week later, I was hired to write “Throne for a Loss.”
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 19, 2015
16 yrs 7 mos ago (8/19/98): The Henson Co. hires me as a full-time #Farscape writer, and I start work (in LA) w/DK & RSO the next day.
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 19, 2015
And, by God, on 2/6/99, I’m on a plane to Sydney, Australia (and even manage to get 2 hrs of writing done on the flight). #Farscape
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 19, 2015
3-1/2 yrs later (10/22/2002), I fly back to LA for the final time, after 4 blissful seasons working with AMAZING WONDERFUL people. #Farscape
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 19, 2015
And FOURTEEN years ago today, the most excellent Justin Monjo said, re him & me & DK, “The three of us make a good pair now.” #Farscape
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 20, 2015
13 yrs ago today, #Farscape‘s Becky Hunt, asked if a Creature Shop critter was headless, replied “It’s headless if you take the head off.”
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 20, 2015
Last 19 Mar. Memory: TEN yrs ago, I was flying back from London after 3 great weeks with @ChrisChibnall & other BBC writers & whiteboards!
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 20, 2015
(And yes, I know my tenses are inconsistent.)