Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!ix710 From: ix710@sdccsu3.UUCP (David Whiteman) Newsgroups: net.games.trivia Subject: Re: Wanted: My Favorite Martian music Message-ID: <758@sdccsu3.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 04:23:38 EDT Article-I.D.: sdccsu3.758 Posted: Tue Jun 21 04:23:38 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 10:28:00 EDT References: rabbit.1582 houxf.317 Lines: 20 A few years ago I took a history of Jazz class at UCLA taught by a professor Tanner. One day he told us about the theme song for My Favorite Martian. He said that he was one of the musicians who recorded that song; he played an electronic device that he designed that made an eerie space-like effect at the begining of the song. During the recording session Tanner had to be placed in a separate room from the rest of the musicians so the engineers could balance the instruments properly. Since Tanner was in a separate sound proof room they had trouble keeping in synch, so the conductor set up a close circuit TV so Tanner could see the conductor on one monitor, and the conductor could see Tanner on another moniter. Well during the next take Tanner was playing too slow, so the conductor thinking that the monitor showing Tanner was Tanner, faced the moniter thus turning away from the camera making it impossible for Tanner to see him. Anyway the song does not have any words and is untitled. David Whiteman UCSD