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occasionally asking the hosts and audience for help. This continued so long that the host of the following show gave him more air time. The show lasted over three and 1/2 hours, but he was unable to finish the story that night. Ellison came back on August 28 and continued writing. He returned once more on
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When Mike Hodel became gravely ill in early 1986, Ellison took over co-hosting the show with Mel Gilden. After Mike Hodel died on May 6, 1986, Ellison became the official new co-host on May 9, the memorial program for Mike Hodel. Gilden left the show a month later, leaving
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The show took a certain amount of pride in fostering the LA science-fiction community. Terry Hodel, Mike Hodel's wife, maintained and read on the air each week a calendar of science-fiction related events in the Los
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occasionally (and individually) co-hosted the show with James on an informal basis. A special 25th anniversary show aired in
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