[Image] An Index to The Observer 1-12 [Image]

by Karen Funk Blocher

[PQL members, particularly new members, frequently ask that I recommend particular back issues of  The Observer for them to order. As editor, I can't honestly tell them which to buy first, partly because they are all special to me, and partly because different fans have different priorities. A leaper who is interested in all aspects of the show may particularly enjoy the interviews with writers and other behind the scenes people, while others may be primarily interested in Scott Bakula or in Dean Stockwell. I have therefore compiled the following guide and index to the first twelve issues of  The Observer, so that readers can choose issues according to their own particular interests. To save space, four of the most frrquently credited writers/interviewers are abbreviated as follows: KFB = Karen Funk Blocher, TAM = Tracy Ann Murray, TM = Teresa Murray and BF = Bing Futch. I have also omitted most news and editorial columns.]

The Observer #1 - January 1991

Cover: Goldenrod cover with black diagonal bar, copied from paperwork at Senate committee hearing in "Honeymoon Express." Only text on it: Project Quantum Leap.

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The Observer #2 - Spring 1991

Cover: six primitive screen captures (best I could do in 1991) of the Mr. Little promo. "Recently I have received a few letters from fans of Quantum Leap, demanding I move it back to its original Wednesday night time slot. Listen, I run this network. Do you know what I have to say to the fans of Quantum Leap? [buried in avalanche of letters] You win!"

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The Observer #3 - Summer 1991

Cover: tan or beige, with photo of Richard Herd and Scott Bakula as Captain Galaxy and Future Boy. "In this Issue: The Adventures of Captain Galaxy! Plus: A Special Spotlight on Dean Stockwell! Welcome to the Future!"

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The Observer #4 - Winter 1991-2

Cover: fake Time Magazine cover, with Scott photo by Nancy Rapaglia. "THE NEXT EINSTEIN - A scientist and an ex-astronaut team up to ask: is Time, not Space, the final frontier?" First printing had red border on cover.

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The Observer #5 - Spring 1992

Cover: Dean photo from Leap Day 1992 inside Star artwork. Dean Stockwell: a Star on Earth and in the Heavens, February 28, 1992.

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The Observer #6 - Summer 1992

Cover: photo of Scott in glasses with leap effect painted in. How do we know he's not Sam Beckett?

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The Observer #7/8 - Winter 1993

Cover: photo of Scott Bakula in his trailer, Sept 1992. Double issue counts as two issues for ordering purposes.

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The Observer #9 - Summer 1993

Cover: Sgt Leaper, our most ambitious cover to date. Photo montage on glossy stock, replacing all those people and objects from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover with QL actors, producers, writers, directors, fans, etc. On the drum: Dr. Beckett's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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The Observer #10 - Summer 1994

Cover: file folders of Sam and Al, stamped MISSING, "From the files of Project Quantum Leap"

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The Observer #11 - Winter 1995

Cover: photo montage from the pilot. "It's 1995. Do you know where your quantum physicist is?"

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The Observer #12 - Summer 1995

Cover: photo montage, Leaping through the career of Scott Bakula

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The Observer #13 - Winter 1996

Cover: photo montage on blue stock, Still Leaping After All These Years

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The Observer #14 - Summer 1996

Cover: photo montage, Saluting half a century of Dean Stockwell on film

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The Observer #15- Spring 1997

Cover: beige, first page of bogus newsletter of the League of Electrically Altered Persons (LEAP), with two "paintings" by Herbert "Magic" Williams and beginnings of articles by two other Waiting Room visitors

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Grouped by Subject:

Interviews - Actors

Interviews - Writers and Producers

Interviews - Others

Question & Answer Sessions:

Filmographies, Videographies, etc.:

The (Pen)ultimate Quantum Leap Episode Guide

Dean Stockwell - The Films

An Introduction to Scott Bakula on TV #7/8

A Guide to Scott's Theater Credits #15

A Guide to Scott, Dean & Don on Video #14

A Guide to Scott, Dean & Don on LaserDisc #15

Links

Project Quantum Leap Home Page

Other Voices in QL Fandom

Answers to Common Questions about QL
Karen Funk Blocher's Credos and Curios,
with links to other non-Leap pages