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So he wouldn't hurt Tucker.
Made him try to jump the trashcans and their bikes.
'I always wanted to see the jerk get smashed.'.
| What was the name of the hitchhiker who possessed the pregnant woman? | 'Freaky Links'!
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Delaney Park. This is my favorite episode so far!
Barnes. Save Freakylinks!!!!
Adam. Two Ethans!!!(don't you wish?)
he commited suicide. So sad!
Chloe. E-mail Fox or Mercury Theater!!Tell them you won't stand for their insolence!!!=O
Tatum,Torrence,and Levine. The other ones are friends!!!=)
psychologist. But she could have her license taken away for revealing information to Derek.
Lan. I don't know why, but she gets on my nerves!
| While several real-world TV journalists are quoted and shown throughout the mini-series, a fictional TV journalist was created for reasons of artistic license. What was the name of this character? | HBO's 'From the Earth To the Moon'
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Emmett Seaborn. Seaborn was played by Lane Smith, and appeared in quite a few episodes of the series.
Pete Conrad. Pete Conrad was played by Tom Hanks' 'Bosom Buddies' cohort Peter Scolari in the first and second episodes, but when the episode featuring Apollo 12 ('That's All There Is') aired, we suddenly saw a new face (and bare behind) for Pete Conrad -- Paul McCrane, perhaps best known as Dr. Robert 'Rocket' Romano on the hit TV series 'ER.'
Deke Slayton. Deke Slayton (Nick Searcy), the Director of Flight Crew Operations for NASA, appeared in almost every single episode of the series.
| In the first episode, 'Can We Do This?', Pete Conrad calls Jim Lovell by what is obviously a tongue-in-cheek nickname. What does he call him? | HBO's 'From the Earth To the Moon'
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Shaky . Obviously, the nickname is a joke -- the last thing a pilot as reliable and accomplished as Lovell would be called by a fellow pilot is 'shaky.'
| Tom Hanks served as executive producer for this series. What actor or actress who has appeared in at least one film with him wound up directing an episode? | HBO's 'From the Earth To the Moon'
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Sally Field. Sally Field was in 'Punchline' and 'Forrest Gump' with Hanks. She directed (and acted in) episode 11, 'The Original Wives' Club.'
| One episode featured neither NASA nor the astronauts, but the American press as its primary focus. Which Apollo mission was shunted to the sidelines in order to train the spotlight onto the press? | HBO's 'From the Earth To the Moon'
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Apollo 13. Since the events of the Apollo 13 mission had been meticulously detailed in the film 'Apollo 13,' Tom Hanks cleverly avoided repeating what had come before, and spotlighted the American news media in episode 8, 'We Interrupt This Program.'
| In episode 5, 'Spider,' engineer Tom Kelly (Matt Craven) does something physical when he's trying to think out a problem. What does he do? | HBO's 'From the Earth To the Moon'
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He bounces a small rubber ball off a wall (He shoots free throws, He swims, He juggles). By the time the project is completed, several dozen rubber balls can be seen up on the roof of the building Tom has been bouncing them against for almost seven years.
| There are several close ties between the movie 'Apollo 13' and the mini-series 'From the Earth To The Moon.' The most obvious visual link, perhaps, is the fact that one actor plays the same role in both the movie and the mini-series. What is that actor's name? | HBO's 'From the Earth To the Moon'
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Clint Howard. Clint, the brother of 'Apollo 13' director Ron Howard, played virtually the same role in 'Apollo 13' and 'From the Earth To the Moon.' In the former, he was known simply as 'EECOM White.' In the latter, he got a name: Paul Lucas.
| Of all the Apollo astronauts who got screen time, one was portrayed by an actor who was not American, but British. Which astronaut was this? | HBO's 'From the Earth To the Moon'
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Michael Collins. Collins, the Command Module Pilot on Apollo 11, was played by Englishman Cary Elwes (perhaps best known as Westley in 'The Princess Bride') in 'Mare Tranquilitatis.'
| In the movie 'The Right Stuff,' Alan Shepard was constantly imitating popular 60's comedian 'Jose Jimenez,' who often pretended to be an astronaut. But in 'From the Earth To the Moon,' Shepard never references Jose. Which astronaut does? | HBO's 'From the Earth To the Moon'
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Wally Schirra. Schirra, played by Mark Harmon, apes 'Jose' just before Apollo 7 makes its historic launch in episode 3, 'We Have Cleared the Tower.'
| During most of episode 6, 'Mare Tranquilitatis,' Buzz Aldrin (Bryan Cranston) is at odds with Neil Armstrong (Tony Goldwyn). Why is this? | HBO's 'From the Earth To the Moon'
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Buzz wants to be the first to exit the capsule. Much is made of the fact that Aldrin has issues with being the SECOND man to walk on the moon.
cameraman. Hanks plays Jean-Luc Despont, the cameraman on the early French film 'Le Voyage Dans La Lune,' in the final episode of the same name.
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