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Billy Bob's TV Appearances

LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE: 
THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN (1993)

Distributor
The Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE)

Director

Character
Rowdy Udall 

Movie Quote
ROWDY UDALL:  In the meantime, we'll have the light on fer ye.

Plot
A loose series of "what if" vignettes about what life would be like for humans in space is tied together by documentary commentary from space engineers,  mathematicians, inventors,and other tech experts.  Billy Bob's vignette appears in a droll sequence about a moon colony administrator (Ramond Cruz) who views the hologrammed pitches of different businesses hoping to get their franchises approved for the moon.

What Billy Bob Gets To Do
Billy Bob appears in a very bright, orange blazer as a desktop hologram, trying to sell a gravity-free motel chain to the moon colony administrator.  He puts a cute spin on the Tom Bodette commercials (right down to the lazy fiddle music in the background).  I gotta ask ya:  is Rowdy Udall a great character name or what?!

Backstory
This VHS tape is produced by the Foundation for Advancement in Science and Education. It's an entertaining and sweet little public TV hour of speculation about what life in space might be like in the not-too-distant future. In what other film might you find BBT costarring with the likes of Weird Al, Governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura, and Superteacher Jaime Escalante?  Send away for the teacher's guide documentation and take the quizzes!

Relevant Links
IMDb Link
Foundation of Advancements in Science and Education
Order the video! FASE's On-Line Store
Work the math problems, earn the certificate! You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader
Solve the science problems, earn the certificate! You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader

BBT on DVD
Well, no DVD, but you can order the VHS cassette directly from FASE (linked above).  It runs one hour.  Pop quiz afterward!

Photo credit:  © 1993 The Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Education

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