George Clayton Johnson by Tony Gleeson.
Fans will celebrate George Clayton Johnson’s 86th birthday today at 2 p.m. at Mystery & Imagination Bookshop in Glendale.
Johnson wrote the first aired Star Trek episode, had multiple Twilight Zone credits, co-authored the novel Logan’s Run, and the script for the original Ocean’s 11.
Mystery and Imagination is at 238 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91204.
George Clayton Johnson celebrates his 86th birthday on July 11 at Mystery & Imagination Bookshop in Glendale.
Johnson wrote the first aired Star Trek episode, had multiple Twilight Zone credits, co-authored the novel Logan’s Run, and the script for the original Ocean’s 11.
See you July 11, 2 p.m., at Mystery and Imagination, 238 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91204
[Thanks to John King Tarpinian for the story.]
Here are photos of George Clayton Johnson’s 85th birthday cake, and of George blowing out the candles, during the celebration at Mystery & Imagination Bookstore in Glendale on July 12.
[Thanks to John King Tarpinian for the photos.]
There will be an open meeting of the Alameda Writers Group today, Saturday, July 12th, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Glendale Central Library featuring a panel moderated by Access Hollywood’s Scott Mantz and joined by –
Then at 2:00 p.m. Glendale’s Mystery & Imagination Bookshop will celebrate George Clayton Johnson’s 85th birthday.
Johnson wrote the first aired Star Trek episode, had multiple Twilight Zone credits, co-authored the novel Logan’s Run, and the script for the original Ocean’s 11.
(Mystery and Imagination, 238 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91204.)
Earl Hamner Jr.
Today, July 10, is George Clayton Johnson’s 85th birthday and Earl Hamner, Jr.’s 91st birthday.
Among their vast and impressive writing credits, two have a special symmetry.
George Clayton Johnson’s “The Man Trap” was the first aired Star Trek episode (1966) – while Earl Hamner Jr.’s “The Bewitchin’ Pool” was the last aired episode of Twilight Zone.
George Clayton Johnson
And two more items of birthday trivia:
George Clayton Johnson celebrates his 85th birthday on July 12 at Mystery & Imagination Bookshop in Glendale.
Johnson wrote the first aired Star Trek episode, had multiple Twilight Zone credits, co-authored the novel Logan’s Run, and the script for the original Ocean’s 11.
See you July 12, 2 p.m., at Mystery and Imagination, 238 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91204
[Thanks to John King Tarpinian for the story.]
George Clayton Johnson, 84, and friends convened at Coral Café in Burbank on April 13. Here are a few photos of the festivities.
As Greg Koudoulian says, George will be 85 on July 10 and it will be time to party again!
Dennis Etchison
Kristina Etchison in Back To The Future replica DeLorean auto.
[Thanks to John King Tarpinian for the story.]
Better late than never! After the Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library in Los Angeles was dedicated to Ray Bradbury on September 23, 2013, Steven Leiva, Harlan Ellison and George Clayton Johnson convened upstairs in the Ray Bradbury Room to talk about their mutual friend. Video of the panel shot by John Sasser has now been posted on YouTube.
Photos of (1) George Clayton Johnson and (2) Dennis Etchison posing with George on the sidewalk outside Mystery & Imagination Bookshop in Glendale, Ca.
George Clayton Johnson.
George Clayton Johnson and Dennis Etchison.
[With thanks to John King Tarpinian.]