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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==
	[[Glen A. Larson]] discusses casting the "''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''" pilot.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|1}}</ref>		[[Glen A. Larson]] discusses casting the "''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''" pilot.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|4}}</ref>

	== Transcript ==		== Transcript ==

	=== Casting Dirk Benedict ===		=== Casting Dirk Benedict ===
	[[Dirk Benedict]] is someone I had met in [[w:New York\|New York]], and I just thought he had a lot of style, sex appeal. He's. I liked him right away.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|20}}</ref>		[[Dirk Benedict]] is someone I had met in [[w:New York\|New York]], and I just thought he had a lot of style, sex appeal. He's. I liked him right away.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|23}}</ref>

	=== Casting Richard Hatch ===		=== Casting Richard Hatch ===
	[[Richard Hatch]] came to me by way of the network. I think [[w:Soap opera\|soap operas]] and some [[w:Television film\|movies of the week]] and things that they had done, uh, I liked him right away.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|22}}</ref>		[[Richard Hatch]] came to me by way of the network. I think [[w:Soap opera\|soap operas]] and some [[w:Television film\|movies of the week]] and things that they had done, uh, I liked him right away.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|25}}</ref>

	=== Casting Lorne Greene and the Science Fiction Audience ===		=== Casting Lorne Greene and the Science Fiction Audience ===
	[[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was sort of a natural. I mean, it was is the idea of if you could take [[Lorne Greene]] who was the, uh, I mean, there's two ways to go, you know, totally unknown, or if if you are offered a guy who, uh, was instrumental in one of the longest-lasting family, you know, [[w:Western (genre)\|Westerns]], and in many ways a [[w:Space opera\|space show]] is a Western. Um, [[Lorne Greene]] was, I guess one of those people you really couldn't say no to.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|28}}</ref> It just made a lot of sense.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|60}}</ref> Because one of the things that you deal with in [[w:Science fiction\|science fiction]], and one of the reasons it was hard to sell, is that it always enjoyed a very small niche audience.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|62}}</ref> It did not have, you know, more and more of people who are here today who could look at this tape or other things, have grown up with space.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|69}}</ref> But going back to the origins of ''[[Star Trek]]'', we hadn't grown up with space, nor [[w:NASA\|NASA]], nor all of the things we've accomplished and learned, all of that, none of that was around.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|78}}</ref> So a lot of people just didn't care. It didn't have relevance, especially women.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|91}}</ref> You know, maybe the boys liked rockets, but women weren't too crazy about them.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|97}}</ref>		[[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was sort of a natural. I mean, it was is the idea of if you could take [[Lorne Greene]] who was the, uh, I mean, there's two ways to go, you know, totally unknown, or if if you are offered a guy who, uh, was instrumental in one of the longest-lasting family, you know, [[w:Western (genre)\|Westerns]], and in many ways a [[w:Space opera\|space show]] is a Western. Um, [[Lorne Greene]] was, I guess one of those people you really couldn't say no to.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|31}}</ref> It just made a lot of sense.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|63}}</ref> Because one of the things that you deal with in [[w:Science fiction\|science fiction]], and one of the reasons it was hard to sell, is that it always enjoyed a very small niche audience.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|65}}</ref> It did not have, you know, more and more of people who are here today who could look at this tape or other things, have grown up with space.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|72}}</ref> But going back to the origins of ''[[Star Trek]]'', we hadn't grown up with space, nor [[w:NASA\|NASA]], nor all of the things we've accomplished and learned, all of that, none of that was around.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|81}}</ref> So a lot of people just didn't care. It didn't have relevance, especially women.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|94}}</ref> You know, maybe the boys liked rockets, but women weren't too crazy about them.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|100}}</ref>

	== Lorne Greene's Contribution ==		== Lorne Greene's Contribution ==
	And so you, you know, the idea that a show like ''[[w:Bonanza\|Bonanza]]'' was able to capture a huge Sunday night audience for that length of time. Uh, and I think [[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was a blessing, too. He was very good at sitting down and really talking about stories and people and those kinds of values.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|~~100~~}}</ref>		And so you, you know, the idea that a show like ''[[w:Bonanza\|Bonanza]]'' was able to capture a huge Sunday night audience for that length of time. Uh, and I think [[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was a blessing, too. He was very good at sitting down and really talking about stories and people and those kinds of values.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|103}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==
	[[Glen A. Larson]] discusses casting the "''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''" pilot.<ref>~~[[Bspvideo:~~yc16QzGMj~~&t=~~1~~\|0:01-0:04]]~~</ref>		[[Glen A. Larson]] discusses casting the "''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''" pilot.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|1}}</ref>

	== Transcript ==		== Transcript ==

	=== Casting Dirk Benedict ===		=== Casting Dirk Benedict ===
	[[Dirk Benedict]] is someone I had met in [[w:New York\|New York]], and I just thought he had a lot of style, sex appeal. He's. I liked him right away.<ref>0:20~~-0:22~~</ref>		[[Dirk Benedict]] is someone I had met in [[w:New York\|New York]], and I just thought he had a lot of style, sex appeal. He's. I liked him right away.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|20}}</ref>

	=== Casting Richard Hatch ===		=== Casting Richard Hatch ===
	[[Richard Hatch]] came to me by way of the network. I think [[w:Soap opera\|soap operas]] and some [[w:Television film\|movies of the week]] and things that they had done, uh, I liked him right away.<ref>0:22~~-0:26~~</ref>		[[Richard Hatch]] came to me by way of the network. I think [[w:Soap opera\|soap operas]] and some [[w:Television film\|movies of the week]] and things that they had done, uh, I liked him right away.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|22}}</ref>

	=== Casting Lorne Greene and the Science Fiction Audience ===		=== Casting Lorne Greene and the Science Fiction Audience ===
	[[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was sort of a natural. I mean, it was is the idea of if you could take [[Lorne Greene]] who was the, uh, I mean, there's two ways to go, you know, totally unknown, or if if you are offered a guy who, uh, was instrumental in one of the longest-lasting family, you know, [[w:Western (genre)\|Westerns]], and in many ways a [[w:Space opera\|space show]] is a Western. Um, [[Lorne Greene]] was, I guess one of those people you really couldn't say no to.<ref>0:28~~-1:00~~</ref> It just made a lot of sense.<ref>~~1:00-1:01~~</ref> Because one of the things that you deal with in [[w:Science fiction\|science fiction]], and one of the reasons it was hard to sell, is that it always enjoyed a very small niche audience.<ref>~~1:02-1:08~~</ref> It did not have, you know, more and more of people who are here today who could look at this tape or other things, have grown up with space.<ref>~~1:09-1:18~~</ref> But going back to the origins of ''[[Star Trek]]'', we hadn't grown up with space, nor [[w:NASA\|NASA]], nor all of the things we've accomplished and learned, all of that, none of that was around.<ref>~~1:18-1:30~~</ref> So a lot of people just didn't care. It didn't have relevance, especially women.<ref>~~1:31-1:36~~</ref> You know, maybe the boys liked rockets, but women weren't too crazy about them.<ref>~~1:37-1:40~~</ref>		[[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was sort of a natural. I mean, it was is the idea of if you could take [[Lorne Greene]] who was the, uh, I mean, there's two ways to go, you know, totally unknown, or if if you are offered a guy who, uh, was instrumental in one of the longest-lasting family, you know, [[w:Western (genre)\|Westerns]], and in many ways a [[w:Space opera\|space show]] is a Western. Um, [[Lorne Greene]] was, I guess one of those people you really couldn't say no to.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|28}}</ref> It just made a lot of sense.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|60}}</ref> Because one of the things that you deal with in [[w:Science fiction\|science fiction]], and one of the reasons it was hard to sell, is that it always enjoyed a very small niche audience.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|62}}</ref> It did not have, you know, more and more of people who are here today who could look at this tape or other things, have grown up with space.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|69}}</ref> But going back to the origins of ''[[Star Trek]]'', we hadn't grown up with space, nor [[w:NASA\|NASA]], nor all of the things we've accomplished and learned, all of that, none of that was around.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|78}}</ref> So a lot of people just didn't care. It didn't have relevance, especially women.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|91}}</ref> You know, maybe the boys liked rockets, but women weren't too crazy about them.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|97}}</ref>

	== Lorne Greene's Contribution ==		== Lorne Greene's Contribution ==
	And so you, you know, the idea that a show like ''[[w:Bonanza\|Bonanza]]'' was able to capture a huge Sunday night audience for that length of time. Uh, and I think [[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was a blessing, too. He was very good at sitting down and really talking about stories and people and those kinds of values.<ref>~~1:40-1:59~~</ref>		And so you, you know, the idea that a show like ''[[w:Bonanza\|Bonanza]]'' was able to capture a huge Sunday night audience for that length of time. Uh, and I think [[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was a blessing, too. He was very good at sitting down and really talking about stories and people and those kinds of values.<ref>{{vidlink\|Glen A. Larson on casting the "Battlestar Galactica" pilot\|yc16QzGMj\|100}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

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	=== Casting Lorne Greene and the Science Fiction Audience ===		=== Casting Lorne Greene and the Science Fiction Audience ===
	[[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was sort of a natural. I mean, it was is the idea of if you could take [[Lorne Greene~~\|Lorne Green~~]] who was the, uh, I mean, there's two ways to go, you know, totally unknown, or if if you are offered a guy who, uh, was instrumental in one of the longest-lasting family, you know, [[w:Western (genre)\|Westerns]], and in many ways a [[w:Space opera\|space show]] is a Western. Um, [[Lorne Greene~~\|Lorne Green~~]] was, I guess one of those people you really couldn't say no to.<ref>0:28-1:00</ref> It just made a lot of sense.<ref>1:00-1:01</ref> Because one of the things that you deal with in [[w:Science fiction\|science fiction]], and one of the reasons it was hard to sell, is that it always enjoyed a very small niche audience.<ref>1:02-1:08</ref> It did not have, you know, more and more of people who are here today who could look at this tape or other things, have grown up with space.<ref>1:09-1:18</ref> But going back to the origins of ''[[Star Trek]]'', we hadn't grown up with space, nor [[w:NASA\|NASA]], nor all of the things we've accomplished and learned, all of that, none of that was around.<ref>1:18-1:30</ref> So a lot of people just didn't care. It didn't have relevance, especially women.<ref>1:31-1:36</ref> You know, maybe the boys liked rockets, but women weren't too crazy about them.<ref>1:37-1:40</ref>		[[Lorne Greene\|Lorne]] was sort of a natural. I mean, it was is the idea of if you could take [[Lorne Greene]] who was the, uh, I mean, there's two ways to go, you know, totally unknown, or if if you are offered a guy who, uh, was instrumental in one of the longest-lasting family, you know, [[w:Western (genre)\|Westerns]], and in many ways a [[w:Space opera\|space show]] is a Western. Um, [[Lorne Greene]] was, I guess one of those people you really couldn't say no to.<ref>0:28-1:00</ref> It just made a lot of sense.<ref>1:00-1:01</ref> Because one of the things that you deal with in [[w:Science fiction\|science fiction]], and one of the reasons it was hard to sell, is that it always enjoyed a very small niche audience.<ref>1:02-1:08</ref> It did not have, you know, more and more of people who are here today who could look at this tape or other things, have grown up with space.<ref>1:09-1:18</ref> But going back to the origins of ''[[Star Trek]]'', we hadn't grown up with space, nor [[w:NASA\|NASA]], nor all of the things we've accomplished and learned, all of that, none of that was around.<ref>1:18-1:30</ref> So a lot of people just didn't care. It didn't have relevance, especially women.<ref>1:31-1:36</ref> You know, maybe the boys liked rockets, but women weren't too crazy about them.<ref>1:37-1:40</ref>

	== Lorne Greene's Contribution ==		== Lorne Greene's Contribution ==

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== Introduction ==
[[Glen A. Larson]] discusses casting the "''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''" pilot.<ref>0:01-0:04</ref>

== Transcript ==

=== Casting Dirk Benedict ===
[[Dirk Benedict]] is someone I had met in [[w:New York|New York]], and I just thought he had a lot of style, sex appeal. He's. I liked him right away.<ref>0:20-0:22</ref>

=== Casting Richard Hatch ===
[[Richard Hatch]] came to me by way of the network. I think [[w:Soap opera|soap operas]] and some [[w:Television film|movies of the week]] and things that they had done, uh, I liked him right away.<ref>0:22-0:26</ref>

=== Casting Lorne Greene and the Science Fiction Audience ===
[[Lorne Greene|Lorne]] was sort of a natural. I mean, it was is the idea of if you could take [[Lorne Greene|Lorne Green]] who was the, uh, I mean, there's two ways to go, you know, totally unknown, or if if you are offered a guy who, uh, was instrumental in one of the longest-lasting family, you know, [[w:Western (genre)|Westerns]], and in many ways a [[w:Space opera|space show]] is a Western. Um, [[Lorne Greene|Lorne Green]] was, I guess one of those people you really couldn't say no to.<ref>0:28-1:00</ref> It just made a lot of sense.<ref>1:00-1:01</ref> Because one of the things that you deal with in [[w:Science fiction|science fiction]], and one of the reasons it was hard to sell, is that it always enjoyed a very small niche audience.<ref>1:02-1:08</ref> It did not have, you know, more and more of people who are here today who could look at this tape or other things, have grown up with space.<ref>1:09-1:18</ref> But going back to the origins of ''[[Star Trek]]'', we hadn't grown up with space, nor [[w:NASA|NASA]], nor all of the things we've accomplished and learned, all of that, none of that was around.<ref>1:18-1:30</ref> So a lot of people just didn't care. It didn't have relevance, especially women.<ref>1:31-1:36</ref> You know, maybe the boys liked rockets, but women weren't too crazy about them.<ref>1:37-1:40</ref>

== Lorne Greene's Contribution ==
And so you, you know, the idea that a show like ''[[w:Bonanza|Bonanza]]'' was able to capture a huge Sunday night audience for that length of time. Uh, and I think [[Lorne Greene|Lorne]] was a blessing, too. He was very good at sitting down and really talking about stories and people and those kinds of values.<ref>1:40-1:59</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}