{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "you got any idea where psychic cetaceans talk to space aliens came from? I know it ended in Ecco the Dolphin and off-brand lisa...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/189028154293/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>talkinggorillabutler</strong> asked: you got any idea where psychic cetaceans talk to space aliens came from? I know it ended in Ecco the Dolphin and off-brand lisa frank school supplies, but where was it before Star Trek IV?</div>\n<p><a href=\"https://ponteh2dhh1ksdiwesph2tres.tumblr.com/post/189027406065/you-got-any-idea-where-psychic-cetaceans-talk-to\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">ponteh2dhh1ksdiwesph2tres</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"/post/189000011673/\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>Whale communication first came to wide attention with <a href=\"https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fen.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSongs_of_the_Humpback_Whale_%28album%29&amp;t=YWUwMzNlZmI5MDUxM2EzMGQ2YjUxMzRjODk4NzQzZjQwMjU2ZTMwNSxkNzI1MGU0MjJmZjQ3OWJlNjZjNjgyMDY4YjdjYjJlOTc2MmJmNTQw\" target=\"_blank\">Songs of the Humpback Whale</a> in 1970. And got mixed with other far-out period themes of nonhuman intelligence, I guess.</p></blockquote><p>Dolphin communication was popularized by John Lilly in the\u00a0\u201860s, which is why Ecco the Dolphin is named after Lilly\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Earth Coincidence Control Office\u2019.\u00a0</p></blockquote>"}