7 years ago today the journey began. It was Tuesday, March 22, 1995; and the Fox Tuesday night movie was an unexpected science fiction adventure simply named Sliders. 14.1 million households would tune that evening to see just how Elvis was still alive...just what that blue vortex was...and whether or not that really was the fat kid from Stand By Me. It was the beginning of something that would stimulate minds for years to come...even until this day.

Through sheer dumb luck, I happened to be watching Fox earlier in the afternoon on that Tuesday and saw the Sliders commercial. The entire presentation of the commercial just grabbed me. I had not really been a fan of the parallel world concept before then, but for some reason I was really reminded of the type of wonder I had upon seeing the first commercials for Quantum Leap (which also started out as a movie - NBC Sunday night). That was the first of several parallels the series would hold to QL...because just as I did with QL, I thought Sliders was only a movie until I saw the notice of the next episode at the end. It was somewhat like Christmas coming in March. ;-)

What was your first experience with Sliders...your favorite memory...the thing that hooked you into watching the show? I couldn't think of a better day to talk about it.

Tf
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