AMD ABSPÖITÖY REALISTIC, The high price antiquity market is full of white colour thiefs and crucks and shady collectors. Yes the actor playing the Historian here had turned up a lot in different roles on the show

Elevare Aerial Media, what a shame he is gone. Thanks for posting that additional information. I see he retired from acting in 1986. It’s great to see an African American male get a role that is not a gangster. It is a challenge that is still a huge problem in Hollywood to the present day - maybe even worse. What a bright, polished and interesting character he played in this episode. I’m glad I got to appreciate some of his work watching it. I was also impressed with the very handsome Jeff Lester who portrayed a pleasant, affable, enthusiastic but not overwhelmingly bright Alex Jr. (“I painted the blue part.”). I also learned that after Mr. Lester stopped acting in the 1990s he continued in film as a very respected director. It was also great to see the talented and prolific Lynne Thigpen (the nurse) who sadly died far too soon in 2003 at the age of 54.

Elevare Aerial Media, where did you see the record of his death? I tried googling it and could not find it.

I am a close friend.

Why do some Americans call themselves 'Whatever'-American? Those with Irish Ancestry seem to have started this rot altho Joe Kennedy Sr protested when called "Irish", "Goddammit! I'm 100% American! (However, their Divorce Laws & Abortion Laws are most definitely of the U.S. of A.!) "What do you have to do to become American?!" Well, apparently, you have to have English Ancestry to be 100% American as that group are the Only ones to identify as just "American". Which is why you do yourself no favours by identifying as 'SomethingElse-American' as you give those who deny you All Rights a weapon against you. So do a Joe Kennedy Sr & Declare "I'm 100% American.

M1k3y Westley from ‘Where in the World is Carmen Santiago?’

"How did Lynne Thigpen died?"

Note your own goof when you misquote Lou's phrase as “prized kumquat” when he said “prize cassava.” 😉

@@EstrafaDC , corrected. Thanks for pointing it out.

Archives I reckon... often kept in the basement of newspaper sites

@@johnny-becker I worked in newspapers in the 1980s, although much smaller than the "LA Tribune" and they did keep clip files of every story, filed by names of the lead character, also by slug, headline, etc etc. The clips were kept in Manila envelopes and were supposedly never to leave the morgue room. If you wanted a copy of a clip you were supposed to copy it before leaving the room. By the mid to late 80s most archive copies were on microfilm.

@@JStarStar00 Nice! The show Early Edition (one of my favorites) is a great example of that

@@JStarStar00 Clip files, bound volumes and morgue librarians are going the way of Saturday delivery.

Richard de Give, like so many “throw aways,” that was an excellent line.

Robert Heinlein wrote his "Future History" stories. Irregardless ...