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| Far Out Space Nuts | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television series Adventure Comedy Comic science fiction |
| Created by | Sid and Marty Krofft Joe Ruby Ken Spears[1] Chuck McCann Earle Doud[2] |
| Starring | Bob Denver Chuck McCann Patty Maloney |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sid and Marty Krofft |
| Producer(s) | Al Schwartz |
| Production location(s) | Samuel Goldwyn Studios Compact Video Systems, Inc. |
| Running time | 25 minutes (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 6, 1975 – September 2, 1976 |
Far Out Space Nuts is a Sid and Marty Krofftchildren's television series that aired in 1975 for one season, and produced 15 episodes. It was one of only two Krofft series produced exclusively for CBS (the second being 1984's Pryor's Place). Reruns of the show aired in daily syndication from 1978 to 1985 as part of the 'Krofft Superstars' package with six other Krofft series.
Plot[edit]
Like most of the Kroffts' productions, the show's opening sequence provides the setup of its fanciful premise: While loading food into various compartments to prepare a rocket for an upcoming mission, Barney instructs Junior to hit the 'lunch' button, but Junior mistakenly hits the 'launch' button. The rocket blasts off and takes them on various misadventures on alien planets.
Typically, in each episode, their spaceship (a NASAlunar module) would be captured by aliens (one being played by John Carradine, who so impressed Denver with his acting skills that the scene had to be reshot[3]) and taken to some strange planet, or the spaceship would just land somewhere. Then, either Barney and Junior or the ship would be taken away by the strange creatures on the planet. After some weird mission was carried out, the two astronauts would be reunited with the spaceship and be off on their next mission.
Cast[edit]
The show starred Bob Denver as Junior, a grey-haired (Denver was 40 years old at the time) and seemingly dim-witted but uniquely clever NASA maintenance worker, and Chuck McCann as Barney, his plump and grumpy co-worker. Patty Maloney played Honk, their furry little alien friend who made honking sounds out of the horn on the top of her head instead of speaking.
Episode list[edit]
| Nº | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'It's All in Your Mind' | September 6, 1975 |
| 2 | 'The Crystallites' | September 13, 1975 |
| 3 | 'Robots of Pod' | September 20, 1975 |
| 4 | 'Fantastic Journey' | September 27, 1975 |
| 5 | 'Tower of Tagot' | October 4, 1975 |
| 6 | 'The Three Spacekateers' | October 11, 1975 |
| 7 | 'Flight of the Pippets' | October 11, 1975 |
| 8 | 'Birds of a Feather' | October 25, 1975 |
| 9 | 'Dangerous Game' | November 1, 1975 |
| 10 | 'Secrets of the Hexagon' | November 8, 1975 |
| 11 | 'Captain Torque, Space Pirate' | November 15, 1975 |
| 12 | 'Vanishing Aliens Mystery' | November 22, 1975 |
| 13 | 'Barney Begonia' | November 29, 1975 |
| 14 | 'Destination: Earth' | December 6, 1975 |
| 15 | 'Galaxy's Greatest Athlete' | December 13, 1975 |
External links[edit]
- Far Out Space Nuts on IMDb
- Far Out Space Nuts at TV.com
- Episode list at ShareTV.org
References[edit]
- ^Ruby-Spears' Filmography. Received on 15 Sept. 2007.
- ^The end titles of the series state 'Created by Sid & Marty Krofft with Chuck McCann & Earle Doud'
- ^Far Out Space Nuts, archived from the original on July 8, 2011
| The Lost Saucer | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television series Adventure Comedy Comic science fiction |
| Starring | Jim Nabors Ruth Buzzi Jarrod Johnson Alice Playten |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Sid and Marty Krofft |
| Running time | 25 minutes (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 6, 1975 – September 2, 1976 |
The Lost Saucer is an ABC network television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It originally aired from September 6, 1975 to September 2, 1976. Reruns of the show aired from September 1976-December 1976 on The Krofft Supershow, and in daily syndication from 1978 to 1985 as part of the 'Krofft Superstars' package with six other Krofft series.
Premise[edit]
The Lost Saucer was about two friendly time-travellingandroids from the year 2369 named Fi (Ruth Buzzi) and Fum (Jim Nabors) who land their flying saucer on present day Earth (present day being 1975). They good-naturedly invite a young boy named Jerry (Jarrod Johnson) and his babysitter Alice (Alice Playten) to check out the interior of their craft.
As onlookers begin to gather though, the two androids become nervous about attracting attention and abruptly take off with Jerry and Alice. The flying saucer has the ability to travel through time, but the controls which allow the androids to specify an exact date become damaged, thus preventing the androids from returning Jerry and Alice to their rightful time and place.
The series follows the foursome as the two androids (who bicker and argue incessantly with each other, neither seeming competent with the ship's controls) encounter various adventures while trying to get Jerry and Alice back home or return to their own home on planet ZR-3 where they hoped to make repairs with the help of their lookalike creators Doctor Locker (Nabors) and Professor Pringle (Buzzi dressed as her purse-wielding spinster character Gladys from Laugh-In).
The adventures are usually set on Earth (or an Earth colony) either in the distant past or in the distant future hundreds (or even thousands) of years hence. Typically, episodes were blatant social commentaries dealing with extremes such as a world where names (and faces) were replaced with numbers, where machines were outlawed due to a global energy shortage, or a city where the population had grown lazy and obese because robots do all the physical work.
Accompanying them on their adventures was a creature known as the Dorse (played by Larry Larsen) which was a half-dog, half-horsehybrid with the body of a large shaggy dog and the head of a small horse.
There were 16 original episodes produced for the 1975-76 season. The first six episodes were later rerun in the first half of The Krofft Supershow's first season.
Themes[edit]
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Each episode had a specific theme, usually a social or environmental one. 'Fat Is Beautiful', for example, depicted a future in which people were grotesquely obese due to over-dependence on push-button conveniences, and leanness was in fact outlawed. In 'Get a Dorse', two scientists kidnap the Dorse to use as a power source because the world's fuel supplies were finally used up.
Episodes[edit]
| Nº | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | '894X2RY713, I Love You' | September 6, 1975 |
| 2 | 'The Tiny Years' | September 13, 1975 |
| 3 | 'My Fair Robot' | September 20, 1975 |
| 4 | 'Transylvania 2300' | September 27, 1975 |
| 5 | 'Beautiful Downtown Atlantis' | October 4, 1975 |
| 6 | 'Where Did Everybody Go?' | October 11, 1975 |
| 7 | 'Get a Dorse' | October 18, 1975 |
| 8 | 'Androids Come Home' | October 25, 1975 |
| 9 | 'Valley of the Chickaphants' | November 1, 1975 |
| 10 | 'Return to the Valley of the Chickaphants' | November 8, 1975 |
| 11 | 'The Laughing Years' | November 15, 1975 |
| 12 | 'Fat Is Beautiful' | November 22, 1975 |
| 13 | 'Planet of Lookalikes' | November 29, 1975 |
| 14 | 'Fi Am Woman' | December 6, 1975 |
| 15 | 'Polka Dot Years' | December 13, 1975 |
| 16 | 'Land of the Talking Plants' | December 20, 1975 |
External links[edit]
- The Lost Saucer on IMDb
- The Krofft Supershow on IMDb
- The Lost Saucer at TV.com
- The Lost Saucer at Episodate.com