An off-topic post for today. Instead of a still picture, I’m offering up a video. An old video.

The background story:

I worked with the Scouts in Columbia years ago with a person who turned out to be my old elementary school’s media director. We were good friends, camping and backpacking together for years. I moved away, years pass….

Then, back in 2004, the librarian at my old elementary school found a VHS taped marked “Space Shuttle: 1981” in storage. She brought it to my friend the media director, they popped it in and my friend immediately recognized the fifth grade version of me on the tape. With no warning or fanfare, they mailed me the tape. I popped it in and had the laugh of my life.

Thanks to Tor Steinke, Elizabeth (Zsoki) Warner, and several others, we have a list of the cast members.

Scott Pennington:Scott Pennington
Kevin Curtis:John Yarley
Brent Coull:A/C Foil Headset Guy
Margaret Hane:Bubble Girl
Read Folline:Read Folline
James Vaughn:George Paige
Cissy Fowler:Meterol.Alicia Duff
Laura McCarthy:Laura McCarthy
Richard Lucas:Comm. John Young
Tor Steinke:Pilot Robert Crippen
Michelle Darby:Interior Girl
Creighton Waters:Heir Waters
Sheila Hardwicke:Pigtail girl in Foreground
Laura Finley:1849 Girl
Nan Epting:1860 Girl
Allison Jones:1860 Cowboy
Dee Patterson:1870 Miner
Katherine Timberlake:1923 Flapper (TV invented March 1925 by the way)
Bev Moore:1975 Pink Girl
Lara Harnick:1975 Brown Girl
Allison Jones:Landing Girl
Helen Hill:Videographer
Kathy Andrieski:Audio
Kay Graham:Audio
Brannon Gregg:Visuals

UPDATE: Helen Hill was the camera operator on this video. If you’re on Facebook, join the cause!