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Random Voyagers! Facts and Tidbits
Much thanks to my eagle-eyed contributor, Nadia, and others and myself for compiling these little blunders and facts. If you have any interesting and fun tidbits to add, please email me. They could be things you noticed in the scenes, mistakes, gaffes, in-jokes, whatever! Thanks! G.
Randomness!
Randomness!
1. In Back to the Future, Marty McFly travels throughout time using the date November 5th. Jon-Erik Hexum was born on November 5th.~Totally coincidental.
2. The omni landings sometimes consisted of 30ft drops from the sky. Jon and Meeno were allowed to perform the 5ft landings, but the rest were left up to stunt people.
2. The omni landings sometimes consisted of 30ft drops from the sky. Jon and Meeno were allowed to perform the 5ft landings, but the rest were left up to stunt people.
3. What is the most asked question on Voyagers?: "Where are we?"
4. Jill Sherman and James Parriott both worked together on 'The incredible Hulk' before joining forces for Voyagers! Many actors on Voyagers appeared in the Hulk series, including Meeno Peluce, in the famous 'Married' episode from Season 2.
Episode findings-
1. Mabel Hubbard's blue dress in the cafe of 'Barriers of Sound' is the same dress worn by the Princess in 'Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley play the palace.'
2. The set used for Jeffrey's dream sequence in the Pilot, is also prison of Akaba, and the training ring of Capua.
3. The Castle set from 'An Arrow Pointing East' and Buffalo Bill' is also the Roman Arena.
4. The inside of Wright's cycle shop is the same set as Edison's lab, Lucky Luciano's speakeasy, and possibly Fagin's and Sikes' hideout.
5. The opening shots of London in both 'The day the rebs took Lincoln' and 'Jack's Back' is footage from Mary Poppins.
6.Actress Karen Dotrice, who played Marian Brownlow (Dickens' fiancee) was indeed little 'Jane Banks' in Mary Poppins.
7. The apartment of Jeffrey's great-grandparents, is also Alexander Graham Bell's Apartment and Lab.
8. The inside of the 'Two Maids from Bristol' is the same as the one of the 'Royal Stoy Tavern' and the 'Cock and Crown.'
9. The tree-lined surroundings of Rome in 'Cleo and the Babe' are also Sherwood Forest.
10. In the Buffalo Bill episode, In the background of the castle you can see an English and an American flag, and the American is a modern one with 50 stars!
11. Bogg's original boots in the Pilot have zippers on them. (This is only a gaffe if those boots are supposed to be authentic 17th Century!)
12. at the beginning of the Marco Polo episode you can see a shop in the background called "Salob & Sons" - This is most likely a tribute to Second Unit director, Lorin Bennett Salob, much like 'Sherman Jewellers' is a tribute to Jill Sherman.
13. Jeffrey's Nikes must have been standard equipment for time travelers of the 80's, because they are the same ones Marty McFly wears in 'Back to the Future.'!
14. In Episode 4, 'Agents of Satan' The platform next to prison window (where the "Hear ye, hear ye" judge stands towards the end of the episode.) is the same spot where they capture Spartacus after his first escape attempt, and also where they placed the entrance to the 'Cock and Crown' pub in 'Jack's back.'
15. The church of Salem is not only the same as in the Western town of "Sneak attack", but also has two large windows in the front, at both sides of the door. But when you look at the door from the inside, there are just blank wooden walls where the windows should be.
16. November 13th, 1692, wasn't a Friday, it was a Thursday. (Correction, it was a 'Sunday' The British Empire was still using the Julian Calendar in those days. It would only have been a Thursday under the Gregorian Calendar, which is what we use now. (Swordznsorcery)
17. In episode 14-Sneak Attack- there's one scene where a technician is sitting at a radio, and on the wall behind him there's a poster: It says "Make nursing your war job." War job?! What war? They didn't even know yet that the Japanese were going to attack! Talk about advertising early. Duly noted by Swordznsorcery
8. The inside of the 'Two Maids from Bristol' is the same as the one of the 'Royal Stoy Tavern' and the 'Cock and Crown.'
9. The tree-lined surroundings of Rome in 'Cleo and the Babe' are also Sherwood Forest.
10. In the Buffalo Bill episode, In the background of the castle you can see an English and an American flag, and the American is a modern one with 50 stars!
11. Bogg's original boots in the Pilot have zippers on them. (This is only a gaffe if those boots are supposed to be authentic 17th Century!)
12. at the beginning of the Marco Polo episode you can see a shop in the background called "Salob & Sons" - This is most likely a tribute to Second Unit director, Lorin Bennett Salob, much like 'Sherman Jewellers' is a tribute to Jill Sherman.
13. Jeffrey's Nikes must have been standard equipment for time travelers of the 80's, because they are the same ones Marty McFly wears in 'Back to the Future.'!
14. In Episode 4, 'Agents of Satan' The platform next to prison window (where the "Hear ye, hear ye" judge stands towards the end of the episode.) is the same spot where they capture Spartacus after his first escape attempt, and also where they placed the entrance to the 'Cock and Crown' pub in 'Jack's back.'
15. The church of Salem is not only the same as in the Western town of "Sneak attack", but also has two large windows in the front, at both sides of the door. But when you look at the door from the inside, there are just blank wooden walls where the windows should be.
16. November 13th, 1692, wasn't a Friday, it was a Thursday. (Correction, it was a 'Sunday' The British Empire was still using the Julian Calendar in those days. It would only have been a Thursday under the Gregorian Calendar, which is what we use now. (Swordznsorcery)
17. In episode 14-Sneak Attack- there's one scene where a technician is sitting at a radio, and on the wall behind him there's a poster: It says "Make nursing your war job." War job?! What war? They didn't even know yet that the Japanese were going to attack! Talk about advertising early. Duly noted by Swordznsorcery
18. If you look quick in Cleo and the babe, when Bogg and Cleo make a landing in the Horse and Buggy in 20's New York, you can briefly see them (or the stunt people) jumping off the raised platform on the left, a few feet above the carriage.
19. In 'Merry Christmas Bogg' there's a 'Rotunno's Barber Shop' in the street, where Jeff's great-grandparents live. Likely named for Edward Rio Rotunno- Cinematographer for 3 episodes- Created Equal, Bully and Billy and Sneak Attack.
20. 'WHACK!' THWACK! Ever look closely at the swords in 'Created Equal?' In most scenes, they are obviously made of wood! Even the sound effects during the battle doesn't sound like clanging steel. This is quite possibly a ploy to appease the dreaded censors that criticized the series for being too violent. And in this particular episode alone during the battle scenes, the stunt doubles are very noticeable in every other camera angle. You sometimes wonder why they even needed one at the different scenes you see them in, especially if Jon-Erik can jump 3 feet high above a sword thrust...and I checked, that sword was made of metal!
21. In the episode 'Pursuit' there is a storefront named 'Steinhauer's' a nod to Robert Bennett Steinhauer a producer on the series.
22. The Salt Lake City airport in 'All fall down' is really San Francisco International.
23. In Cleo and the babe, Bogg and Jeff are standing in the dugout after Bogg tells the coach he's a better ball player than Ruth. You can clearly see the omni on his belt clip beneath his vest, however less than a minute later, it's noticeably gone!
24. The many hazards of being a Voyager!: In the opening credits, when you see Bogg look at the omni and say the infamous, though never spoken in the series, "Green light kid, we did it!"- Jon's thumb is healing from a bruise, thanks to Meeno slamming a door on it off camera. ;)
25. In Cleo and the babe, Bogg is eating the hotdog, and aside from the relish spill, (heehee) you can see the knuckles on his left hand are scraped with a scab
26. Andrea Akers, who played the barmaid/thief/kidnapper, Lizzie Palmer in the Episode 'Old Hickory and the Pirate' was An extremely intelligent actress and philanthropist. Andra was a descendant of William Ellery, who signed the Declaration of Independence, her grandfather was John Russell Pope, the architect of the Jefferson Memorial & her father Anthony B. Akers was ambassador to New Zealand.
