Here are some behind-the-scenes photos of the cast and crew of Astronuts episode #1, "Short End of the Stick":
From the Set: April 21, 2001
Christina "Doodad" Boehm, Chris "Chip Johnson" Bowles, and Eunice "Dinero" McAleer standing in what will eventually become the reactor room of the starship Millisecond Canary. Ina Kratzsch is holding the clapboard. |
Blooper! Greg "Flotsam" Tyler screws up another line to the amusement of Ina "Snax" Kratzsch and Christina "Doodad" Boehm. Greg and the director had a run-in shortly after this shot... |
Terry "Monty" Willacker pretends to be a person pretending to be a competent, Scottish engineer. |
From the Set: April 22, 2001
Peg "Six" Feldhaus demonstrates how to use a spinnitron. |
"Y.U.P.?" |
"Hi, Mom!" |
From the Set: April 28, 2001
Eunice "Dinero" McAleer hails the hand. |
Eunice shakes, rattles, and rolls! |
Always looking to make a galactobuck, Dinero gives a shameless plug. |
From the Set: April 29, 2001
Greg "Flotsam" Tyler and Eunice "Dinero" McAleer stand, not yet realizing that crayons rubbing against
cloth tend to color that cloth.
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Eunice "Dinero" McAleer waves to her fans.
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Christina "Doodad" Boehm tries to figure out which console button to push first.
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Is that a laser on your head, or you just happy to see me?
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From the Set: May 5, 2001
Harlene "Thugg" Geier and Peg "Six" Feldhaus wait for the director to remember to say "Action."
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Peg "Six" Feldhaus and Eunice McAleer tend to Harlene "Thugg" Geier's costume.
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Another one for the blooper tape...
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Harlene "Thugg" Geier holds her breath until the executive producer agrees to double her pay.
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From the Set: May 6, 2001
Peg "Six" Feldhaus gets a grip.
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Greg "Flotsam" Tyler and Peg "Six" Feldhaus after another retake!
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Peg gives the camera a hand.
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Sam the Cat, script supervisor extraordinaire.
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From the Set: May 13, 2001
Harlene "Thugg" Geier demonstrates why she's playing the chief of security.
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Harlene "Thugg" Geier admires her super-expensive prop weapon, the finest that less than ten bucks can buy!
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Harlene "Thugg" Geier introduces the crew to her new boyfriend. And I thought she preferred taller guys... sigh...
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From the Set: May 26, 2001
Chris "Chip" Bowles demonstrates that Space Scouts are trustworthy, loyal, etc., etc.
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Chris Bowles shows how young whippersnappers will dance in the future.
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Chris wonders if the script to the next episode will actually make sense.
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Constance Sanders (right) humors a frog who thinks he's the star of Astronuts.
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From the Set: May 27, 2001
Terry "Monty" Willacker tries to figure out how to use one of our high-tech props.
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Terry "Monty" Willacker figures out how to use one of our high-tech props.
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Ina "Snax" Kratzsch finds the worm of her dreams... on Terry's head?
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Girl power!
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From the Set: June 3, 2001
Greg "Captain Flak T. Flotsam" Tyler stands ready to kick some alien hiney!
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Greg tries to figure out why the chicken crossed the road.
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Christina Boehm demonstrates her precision use of the clapboard.
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Flak T. Flotsam ingeniously disguised as a 21st-century guy making a low-budget sci-fi spoof video.
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From the Set: June 8, 2001
Take one...
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Take two...
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Take three...
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Take four... and that's a wrap. No, wait -- you were supposed to face the other way!
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From the Set: June 9, 2001
Harlene "Thugg" Geier and Greg "Flotsam" Tyler take custody of the Bupkus action figure
from the mysterious, blue-garbed Eunice McAleer.
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Harlene "Thugg" Geier decks the blurry Bupkus action figure while Eunice McAleer
commandeers the TV remote.
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Charge!
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Harlene "Thugg" Geier shows an unseen robot the business end of her futuristic
bazooka.
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From the Set: June 10, 2001
Ina "Snax" Kratzsch and her gummi worm friend take a look at the invisible viewscreen.
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Ina demonstrates a ritual dance of Snax's species, the Swill.
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After take number 40,295, Ina "Snax" Kratzsch decides to take up a new hobby.
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The worm strikes back!
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From the Set: June 16, 2001
Chris "Chip Johnson" Bowles continues to wonder if the script to the next
episode will actually make sense.
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Chris gets fed up with the bluescreen. Fortunately his flazer gun is just a toy!
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Chris wonders where the sandwich went.
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Flak Flotsam wishes he'd bought more minutes on his communicator.
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Flak Flotsam wishes he hadn't glued his communicator shut.
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Take ten... but at least he's facing the right way!
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From the Set: June 17, 2001
The ever-so-groovy Ina "Gummia Snax" Kratzsch!
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Ina shows off her handiwork.
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Christina "Doodad" Boehm explains to the director why she should have a larger role
in episode two.
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Doodad does a Terminator impression. Check out those eyes! I'll be back...
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Christina Boehm's stunt double.
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From the Set: July 21, 2001
Andy "Bupkus" Spurlock poses for the camera before having his revenge on the universe!
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Andy reaches for the sky!
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Andy demonstrates the latest alien dance craze: the Bupkus Bebop.
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Andy takes a few minutes to learn a new language with his "Teach Yourself Denebian" tape.
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