Prisoners of Gravity

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Marketing & Merchandising

Episode Number: 49 Season Num: 2 First Aired: Thursday February 28, 1991 Prod Code: 395221

Originally aired: Thursday February 28, 1991 on TVO

Writer: Mark Askwith, Rick Green
Director: Gregg Thurlbeck
Show Stars: Rick Green (Commander Rick)
Recurring Role: Peter Straub (Himself), Guy Gavriel Kay (Himself), Bob Kane (Himself), George R.R. Martin (Himself), Frank Miller (Himself), Spider Robinson (Himself), Kevin Eastman (Himself)
Guest Stars: Matt Groening (Himself) , Jeanne Robinson (Herself) , Sam Simon (Himself) , James L. Brooks (Himself)
Production Code: 395221

Commander Rick examines the wonders of marketing in interviews with his guests: Simpsons creator Matt Groening, as well as the show producers James L. Brooks and Sam Simon; Kevin Eastman, co-creator of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; horror writer Peter Straub, author of Koko and Ghost Story; Batman creator Bob Kane; Robocop 2 screenwriter Frank Miller; fantasy writers Terry Brooks and Guy Gavriel Kay; Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit; Wild Cards creator George R.R. Martin; writer Jack Vance fondly remembers his friend, Frank Herbert, creator of the Dune series; husband and wife writers Spider and Jeanne Robinson; and Bill Marks of Vortex Comics, Jim Baen of Baen Books and Fabian Nicieza of Marvel Comics. Rick also does spoofs of the Home Shopping Network, Calvin Klein's Obsession commercials and American express.