"'Oh, look, how cute! A plastic space alien out front to welcome us to the reunion!' Foolish Earthlings! That's our advance scout, Colonel Blee-yorp (Earth name: Dooley Womack), carefully surveying the old Floyd Bennett parking lot, which will serve as the landing strip for our other spacecrafts during the glorious assault."

"That's right: our other spacecrafts. How do you think Purge and I got here? That's our pimped-out ride parked right behind Milleridge Cottage, cleverly disguised as the Jericho water tower. Foolish Earthlings!

Awk Awk! Awk!"

Photo by David Lutzker

"Similarly, when you walked into the Milleridge Cottage (read: human detention center), this 'harmless' purple OBGYN-ian (Earth name: Veg-O-Matic) seemed to wave hello. Hardly! His webbed hand emits high-powered X-rays for the purpose of gauging your protein, carbohydrate, and fat content for future consumption. Verdict? You look dee-licious!"

 Upon entering, you picked up your photo ID name badges at the main tables, which

 were manned by Hal 3000, Rosie the Robot Maid, and Robbie the Robot. Jon 

 Greenberg ('72), one of the early arrivals, chats with reunion committee member Larry

 Licht ('72).

Rosie the Maid from TV's

 The Jetsons had a thang

 going on for Hal 3000, the

 homicidal computer from

 2001: A Space Oddsey.

 Complicating matters, so

 did Robbie the Robot

 from Lost in Space.

 Robbie and Rosie signed

 autographs. Hal didn't,

 not because he's a diva

 (though God knows he

 is!), but for a much more

 basic reason: no arms!

Photo at far left by David Lutzker