![]() ![]() Oakley originally conceived of the idea as a TV project or perhaps an animation. ![]() If the idea isn't wholly original, the presentation surely is. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt, but when he woke up, he wasn't quite the same." "I always thought it would be funny if, 'Well, he survived, but he wasn't quite right.' And that's kind of the premise of this whole series," says Oakley. Oakley adds his signature spin to the idea though - humor. Oakley himself jokes that much of the inspiration comes from Stephen King's revisionist history novel, " 11/22/63" which deals with that exact conceit. "Which is why it would never be appropriate for television, but makes a fine audiobook." "It's a sci-fi retro comedy, which puts it into three different niches," says Oakley. Kennedy ends the war in Vietnam and allocates the resources into the space race. The conceit behind "Space: 1969" is that Kennedy survived the attempt on his life in Dallas, presenting an alternative timeline of events. ![]() ![]() "I've had this idea for at least 15 years in various, various forms and not so much the idea that you see - or, rather, that you hear - in the current version," Oakley says. Oakley tells Wisconsin Public Radio's " BETA" it's a project he's been toying with for some time. Space 1969 By Bill Oakley, Narrated by Natasha Lyonne, full cast. ![]()
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