# Apollo XVII and I Love Lucy. Did this happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 26, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-xvii-and-i-love-lucy-did-this-happen/632727 "2012-08-26T16:08:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-xvii-and-i-love-lucy-did-this-happen/632727/21 "2012-08-27T19:59:40Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > “And another thing: how come I can’t get no Tang around here?” Um… Have you looked in the mirror lately? I keed! I keed! 😃 [QUOTE=CurtC;15429797LiS deserved the SF label more than _Star Wars_ or any number of others that are regularly called SF.[/QUOTE] To be fair, LIS was better before it became The Smith & Robot Show. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-xvii-and-i-love-lucy-did-this-happen/632727/22 "2012-08-27T20:06:15Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > LiS deserved the SF label more than _Star Wars_ or any number of others that are regularly called SF. The SF label is ridiculously broad because of its immense potential reach. Clarke wrote some stuff that was like literature with a slice of tech (e.g., _Death and the Senator_) while something like Niven’s _Ringworld_, techy as it wants to be, flows right into the realm of fantasy, barely a half step shy of dragons and sorcerers. If you want to say something does not deserve the SF label, you’d best make a pretty strong case. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-xvii-and-i-love-lucy-did-this-happen/632727/23 "2012-08-27T20:18:21Z")
It’s quite possible that the story is true. Before the modern million channel world of TV people expected television shows to air regularly as scheduled, and people were likely to call and complain about any change to the schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-xvii-and-i-love-lucy-did-this-happen/632727/24 "2012-08-27T21:10:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It’s quite possible that the story is true. Before the modern million channel world of TV people expected television shows to air regularly as scheduled, and people were likely to call and complain about any change to the schedule. I’d go a little further and say, statistically, it’s almost certain it happened to some operator at some TV station somewhere in the US. A better question might be, “did the writers of Capricorn One have first-hand knowledge of this happening, or did they make up something plausible-sounding for the movie?” Great movie BTW. The helicopter chase near the end was amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-xvii-and-i-love-lucy-did-this-happen/632727/25 "2012-08-27T22:15:50Z")
> [@Blakeyrat](#): > > A better question might be, “did the writers of Capricorn One have first-hand knowledge of this happening, or did they make up something plausible-sounding for the movie?” That’s pretty much what I was getting at. Oh, BTW… Your mother was on the roof. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-xvii-and-i-love-lucy-did-this-happen/632727/26 "2012-08-27T22:21:35Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@CurtC](#): > > > > “And another thing: how come I can’t get no Tang around here?” > > Um… Have you looked in the mirror lately? I feel dumb, but I’ve seen that episode lots of times and it never occurred to me that Homer meant anything other than the vaguely orange-flavored drink that astronauts made famous. I guess that’s why he then called President Clinton and said “I figured if anyone knew where to get some Tang, it’d be you.” I’m kinda disappointed in myself. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-xvii-and-i-love-lucy-did-this-happen/632727/27 "2012-08-27T22:29:07Z")
I have to say that I really like Tang. I should get some. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-xvii-and-i-love-lucy-did-this-happen/632727.md?page=1)