Earl (that guy from theLogBook)
@thelogbook.bsky.social
Writer/editor/host of various podcasts. Looking for video/audio/streaming production expertise? My credentials are at https://linktr.ee/logbookguy
Opinions are my own, not my employers' or clients'. He/him.
Opinions are my own, not my employers' or clients'. He/him.
Paladin rides into town not looking for a fight, but a misguided old friend may give him one anyway, with tragic results. Our look at #GeneRoddenberry ’s final Have Gun Will Travel episodes continues: a visit to the Marshal of Sweetwater. #ClassicTV #podcast www.missionlogpodcast.com/marshal-of-s...
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Paladin rides into town not looking for a fight, but a misguided old friend may give him one anyway, with tragic results. Our look at #GeneRoddenberry ’s final Have Gun Will Travel episodes continues: a visit to the Marshal of Sweetwater. #ClassicTV #podcast www.missionlogpodcast.com/marshal-of-s...
Breakin' up is hard to do... harder if you hire a gunslinger to do the hard part? Our coverage of Gene Roddenberry's final episodes of Have Gun - Will Travel begins with "Taylor's Woman" (1962). www.missionlogpodcast.com/taylors-woman/
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Breakin' up is hard to do... harder if you hire a gunslinger to do the hard part? Our coverage of Gene Roddenberry's final episodes of Have Gun - Will Travel begins with "Taylor's Woman" (1962). www.missionlogpodcast.com/taylors-woman/
We finish finally getting to watch Mr. District Attorney, and after picking the best show of these last three, we try to narrow down: what was the best episode of Mr. District Attorney written by fledgling writer Gene Roddenberry, a decade before #StarTrek? www.missionlogpodcast.com/mr-da-replay...
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We finish finally getting to watch Mr. District Attorney, and after picking the best show of these last three, we try to narrow down: what was the best episode of Mr. District Attorney written by fledgling writer Gene Roddenberry, a decade before #StarTrek? www.missionlogpodcast.com/mr-da-replay...
I was trying to find Koosh so I could take his picture for #NationalBlackCatDay but he seems to be hiding. Let me know if you see him.
October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I was trying to find Koosh so I could take his picture for #NationalBlackCatDay but he seems to be hiding. Let me know if you see him.
When the podcast started, we had only the scripts to cover for Gene Roddenberry’s first TV writing job on Mr. District Attorney. But now we’ve gotten to see the shows themselves, we get to ask: do Gene’s first TV creations improve when they’re on film? www.missionlogpodcast.com/mr-da-replay...
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When the podcast started, we had only the scripts to cover for Gene Roddenberry’s first TV writing job on Mr. District Attorney. But now we’ve gotten to see the shows themselves, we get to ask: do Gene’s first TV creations improve when they’re on film? www.missionlogpodcast.com/mr-da-replay...
Videos and podcasts are always cool, but deep down I'm still a sucker for the written word, so from time to time you might see some new reviews and articles on the site as well - the latest additions have their own slot on the site's main page. Here's what's currently featured at thelogbook.com...
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Videos and podcasts are always cool, but deep down I'm still a sucker for the written word, so from time to time you might see some new reviews and articles on the site as well - the latest additions have their own slot on the site's main page. Here's what's currently featured at thelogbook.com...
No writer in the history of the medium has a batting average of a thousand, but this last work Gene Roddenberry did for the ’50s western Jefferson Drum is an especially challenging script, with messages that are both on-brand and very off-brand for Gene. www.missionlogpodcast.com/stagecoach-e...
August 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
No writer in the history of the medium has a batting average of a thousand, but this last work Gene Roddenberry did for the ’50s western Jefferson Drum is an especially challenging script, with messages that are both on-brand and very off-brand for Gene. www.missionlogpodcast.com/stagecoach-e...
Gene’s third script for Jefferson Drum seems to be setting up a tale of redemption and forgiveness… until those options are abruptly removed from the table. Join us in trying to interpret one of the most challenging pieces of Gene’s early work: “The Poet.” www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-poet/
August 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Gene’s third script for Jefferson Drum seems to be setting up a tale of redemption and forgiveness… until those options are abruptly removed from the table. Join us in trying to interpret one of the most challenging pieces of Gene’s early work: “The Poet.” www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-poet/
So let's see... surprisingly modern message in a Gene Roddenberry script from 1958? Check. Absolute banger of a recreated scene from that script? Check. Sounds like it's the latest Gene-ology podcast to me! Give it a listen and meet "Madam Faro": www.missionlogpodcast.com/madam-faro/
August 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So let's see... surprisingly modern message in a Gene Roddenberry script from 1958? Check. Absolute banger of a recreated scene from that script? Check. Sounds like it's the latest Gene-ology podcast to me! Give it a listen and meet "Madam Faro": www.missionlogpodcast.com/madam-faro/
Even if you've never heard of Jefferson Drum (almost 70 years on, you're probably in the majority), the show was still graced with a Gene Roddenberry script that feels like a cautionary message to 2025. Gene-ology is back, and we have some thoughts on this. www.missionlogpodcast.com/law-and-order/
August 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Even if you've never heard of Jefferson Drum (almost 70 years on, you're probably in the majority), the show was still graced with a Gene Roddenberry script that feels like a cautionary message to 2025. Gene-ology is back, and we have some thoughts on this. www.missionlogpodcast.com/law-and-order/
A quick station break to let you know that we're always happy to welcome new recruits to theLogBook.com's Patreon - especially since our bill for storage and bandwidth has gone up quite a bit this year. If you dig the videos, the podcasts, and the site itself, join us: www.patreon.com/thelogbook
July 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A quick station break to let you know that we're always happy to welcome new recruits to theLogBook.com's Patreon - especially since our bill for storage and bandwidth has gone up quite a bit this year. If you dig the videos, the podcasts, and the site itself, join us: www.patreon.com/thelogbook
Larry Nemecek (host of The Trek Files podcast) is our guest on this week's Gene-ology podcast, talking about the burgeoning friendship between Star Trek's future creator and one of the show's future stars - half a decade before #startrek went to series. www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-deforest...
June 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Larry Nemecek (host of The Trek Files podcast) is our guest on this week's Gene-ology podcast, talking about the burgeoning friendship between Star Trek's future creator and one of the show's future stars - half a decade before #startrek went to series. www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-deforest...
In case you missed it: Gene-ology covered a Gene Roddenberry script from a 1961 modern-day action show, with a character who'd be at home with the logical pointy-eared crowd... aside from being a chaotic evil tech-bro played by DeForest Kelley of #startrek (!). www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-pickup/
June 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In case you missed it: Gene-ology covered a Gene Roddenberry script from a 1961 modern-day action show, with a character who'd be at home with the logical pointy-eared crowd... aside from being a chaotic evil tech-bro played by DeForest Kelley of #startrek (!). www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-pickup/
How did Gene Roddenberry come to co-write an episode of a 1961 action show about a jetsetting insurance inspector? Put a lid on your avocado malt and buckle your seatbelt - buckle it tight! - as Gene-ology explores the Shannonigans both on-screen and off. www.missionlogpodcast.com/embezzlers-d...
June 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
How did Gene Roddenberry come to co-write an episode of a 1961 action show about a jetsetting insurance inspector? Put a lid on your avocado malt and buckle your seatbelt - buckle it tight! - as Gene-ology explores the Shannonigans both on-screen and off. www.missionlogpodcast.com/embezzlers-d...
C'mon, BBC, the breakout star of the latest season of #DoctorWho was *right there*
June 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
C'mon, BBC, the breakout star of the latest season of #DoctorWho was *right there*
And we're back! Gene-ology finds plenty to like - and plenty of things to question - in a teleplay Gene Roddenberry wrote for the obscure early '60s western Two Faces West. www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-lesson/
June 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
And we're back! Gene-ology finds plenty to like - and plenty of things to question - in a teleplay Gene Roddenberry wrote for the obscure early '60s western Two Faces West. www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-lesson/
Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
June 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
Not only does this week's Gene-ology feature a script about mercy and breaking cycles that sees Gene Roddenberry leaving the western series Whiplash on a high note... but this week's scene re-enactment appropriately features Gigi Edgley of #Farscape fame. www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-actress/
April 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Not only does this week's Gene-ology feature a script about mercy and breaking cycles that sees Gene Roddenberry leaving the western series Whiplash on a high note... but this week's scene re-enactment appropriately features Gigi Edgley of #Farscape fame. www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-actress/
We've really been enjoying Whiplash, but this particular Gene Roddenberry script for the show was top-tier stuff, and a bit stunningly ahead of its time. www.missionlogpodcast.com/dutchmans-re...
April 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We've really been enjoying Whiplash, but this particular Gene Roddenberry script for the show was top-tier stuff, and a bit stunningly ahead of its time. www.missionlogpodcast.com/dutchmans-re...
On this week's Gene-ology, we find Gene firing on *all* the ahead-of-his-time-for-1960 cylinders in "Sarong", another episode he wrote for the Peter Graves western series Whiplash. www.missionlogpodcast.com/sarong/
April 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On this week's Gene-ology, we find Gene firing on *all* the ahead-of-his-time-for-1960 cylinders in "Sarong", another episode he wrote for the Peter Graves western series Whiplash. www.missionlogpodcast.com/sarong/
Too many monitors for just one day? Check.
All the buttons? Check.
Mood lighting? Check.
Let's do the TrekTalks boogie, again.
Join us in about an hour and a half:
www.youtube.com/live/JRK3Tso...
All the buttons? Check.
Mood lighting? Check.
Let's do the TrekTalks boogie, again.
Join us in about an hour and a half:
www.youtube.com/live/JRK3Tso...
April 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Too many monitors for just one day? Check.
All the buttons? Check.
Mood lighting? Check.
Let's do the TrekTalks boogie, again.
Join us in about an hour and a half:
www.youtube.com/live/JRK3Tso...
All the buttons? Check.
Mood lighting? Check.
Let's do the TrekTalks boogie, again.
Join us in about an hour and a half:
www.youtube.com/live/JRK3Tso...
We now pause for station identification. Still working on getting the autopost relay going, but since a lot of folks are just now moving over here from X, I suppose reintroductions are in order. I too have deleted my old X account, so - welcome to the new digs.
November 17, 2024 at 3:22 AM
We now pause for station identification. Still working on getting the autopost relay going, but since a lot of folks are just now moving over here from X, I suppose reintroductions are in order. I too have deleted my old X account, so - welcome to the new digs.
Celebrating #nationalblackcatday with the Koosh here, fearsome guardian of my collection and frequent production assistant on so much of my work. I love my big void floof.
October 27, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Celebrating #nationalblackcatday with the Koosh here, fearsome guardian of my collection and frequent production assistant on so much of my work. I love my big void floof.
Are we covering a never-before-seen 1957 series pitch from Gene Roddenberry's files in podcast form? Yes. Will we spend the next two weeks examining unmade scripts from this series? Also yes. Going where no fan has gone before is just what we do, every week. www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-man-from...
April 8, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Are we covering a never-before-seen 1957 series pitch from Gene Roddenberry's files in podcast form? Yes. Will we spend the next two weeks examining unmade scripts from this series? Also yes. Going where no fan has gone before is just what we do, every week. www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-man-from...
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November 20, 2023 at 4:27 PM
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