In Research Of William Blake Smith

In order to understand In Search Of… The Dark Star, Jeb and Blake will first need to get Sirius; Sirius-B, that is!
 
Links from this episode:
 
Siris (A part of the Canis Major constellation) 
 
Jeb discussed a couple of evocative artworks:
 Appeal to the Great Spirit (Dallin)
End of the Trail (Fraser) 
 
North African musket (Moukahla)
Colonial Williamsburg
Hoop Rolling
Jacquard Loom
Punched Cards technology
The Hans Guggenheim art project
Isaac Koi UFO archives
The Tribal Eye BBC documentary series (YouTube)
 
Regarding Temple, Puhairich, Young, and The Nine
The Sirius Mystery by Robert Temple
Editorial letter about Temple from The Observatory
Dogon Shame by Phillip Coppens
Griaule's Legacy: Rethinking "la parole claire" in Dogon Studies
Pop Culture References (affiliate links):
Conjure Wife - aka Burn Witch Burn
Bewitched
Bell, Book and Candle
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Images:
The "orbit" of the Dogon dark star.

Nimoy posing with a tribal mask - our initial NFA image.

Later we get to see his legs in this seated NFA supplementary:

Hans Guggenheim initially appears in just a vest and pants.

Later, he too is in more of a Safari look, and has a professorial pipe as well.

 
Dr Gary Chapman, Astronomer

The man who first photographed Sirius B - Dr Lindenblad

A little of the FORTRAN code that powers the orbit animation in the episode:

 

We don't have enough information to know who made Nimoy's safari clothing, but if you want to try and track down a very close approximation, this example from J. Peterman's (est 1987) is as close a match as I've seen. You would still need to find it in a vintage shop because at present they don't sell these.

 
 

Blake and Jeb look for the real location of Mt. Sinai, where Moses was supposed to have received the Ten Commandments from God.

Jeb and Blake extinguish our cigarettes, put our trays in the upright position, and head out the back of the plane in search of the elusive skyjacker known as D. B. Cooper.
Nimoy Fashion Alert - dimly lit corporate office edition.
 
D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia
The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (Movie) - if you buy it on Amazon we get a few pennies.
Recent Netflix series on D. B. Cooper
Blake's friend Rick Ollerman offered some opinions on vintage round parachutes.
 
 
Later we meet Nimoy outside where you can make out more of his ensemble.
 
Of course this is an episode about D. B. Cooper - who for Jeb and I, evokes the classic "MIB" look.
 
This ain't deal-a-meal. This is a different Richard Simmons.
 
There is some great photography in this episode. I liked seeing the reservoir and dam. Imagine landing there on a stormy November night without jump boots...
 
Finally - kudos to the faceless Cooper stand-in who lugged stuff around in the anonymous re-creations. 

Jeb and Blake join Leonard Nimoy's search for Pompeii!  (Well - is it really about finding Pompeii?  Or is it about finding a possibly Christian cross in Pompeii?  Tune in and find out!)
 
Links: 
Depictions of the crucifixion in Medieval Art
People debating the cross at Pompeii
Christian graffiti at Pompeii
House of the Faun - Pompeii
About that "lost Legion" thing
Discovery and rediscovery of Pompeii
Giuseppe Fiorelli 
Terentius Neo
Lupinar
Villa of Mysteries
Dinosyian Mysteries
Greco-Roman Mysteries
Thyrsus
Nimoy Fashion Alert!

 
Hey - it's NOT a Jumpsuit.

 
We complain but there really is WAY too much red-shift in the majority of this episode:


 
You need pumice? WE GOT BUCKETS OF PUMICE!





 

Jeb and Blake track the last cryptozoology episode of the original In Search Of… as we join the late Peter C. Byrne in a search for "The Abominable Snowman."
Imagining the Wild Man: Yeti Sightings in Folktales and Newspapers of the Darjeeling and Kalimpong Hills
More on Tom Slick - MonsterTalk
Monty Python "abattoir" sketch
Searching for Sasquatch (affiliate link)
Article about Byrne still "hunting" in his 90s.
The Eternal Return
Bigfoot Map
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds (YouTube)
Horror in the Heights - Kolchak Episode with Rakshasha
 
NFA - "Proof of Life" 

 
 
Crevasse photo we mention from the episode.
 

Jeb is right at home as we go In Search Of... Mexican Pyramids!

Links from research
Sacrifice City
Great Pyramid of Cholula
Templo Mayor
Ruz' Palenque Dissertation
The Christmas Robbery of the Century
Secrets of the Maya Temple (1958)
Museo (2018) movie about the robbery - affiliate link
Mystery of the Meridas Ciudad Maya nightclub
Music/Art film tied to the nightclub site
Operation PBSuccess - CIA and Guatemala 
Mystery film we think MAY have sourced part of this episode.
Director Jean Chartier 
Pyramid Comparison visual tool (wikipedia)
 
Nimoy Fashion Alert!  Jungle Cotton Blend edition:

 
There are actually subtle stripes on that shirt!

This episode has some amazing models - so cool:

And - of course - it wouldn't be ISO without some reenactments...