tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post4275006378203991645..comments2024-03-13T14:53:58.150-04:00Comments on MUSINGS OF A SCI-FI FANATIC: The Sci-Fi Fanatic BIG 50+: Greatest TV InfluencesSFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-13885275211185640522021-03-11T08:47:56.701-05:002021-03-11T08:47:56.701-05:00Thanks Steve! I don't recall that one but I...Thanks Steve! I don't recall that one but I'm glad you mentioned it and added it here for anyone who stumbles upon the classics from the good old days.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />sffSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-46206990749849068882021-03-10T13:25:19.640-05:002021-03-10T13:25:19.640-05:00Great list! A BoTP image google brought me here, t...Great list! A BoTP image google brought me here, thanks for the interesting trivia you included as well. I fondly recall watching reruns of Family Affair, but did not know that Buffy OD'd young, that was a shocker.<br /><br />> I loved Adam-12 and Emergency! <br /><br />Then surely you recall 240-Robert? Helicopter ranger/sheriff types rescue people in distress and solve crimes. "Air CHiPs" would not be inaccurate. A mere 16 episodes but just plain cool to my 9-year-old self! Early turns from stars Joanna Cassidy and Mark Harmon.Steve Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099318091066423508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-60265088510838603842015-03-12T08:12:34.391-04:002015-03-12T08:12:34.391-04:00That's hysterical.
Thanks for sharing that sto...That's hysterical.<br />Thanks for sharing that story Anonymous.<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words. I hope you enjoy the site.<br /><br />I think the episode you are looking for is Season Two The Android Machine and its sequel Revolt Of The Androids with actress Dee Hartford. You are putting me to the test but I think that's it.<br /><br />Take care.SFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-30284693913009604352015-03-11T19:37:58.894-04:002015-03-11T19:37:58.894-04:00Hi
Thank you for sharing the photo from Lost in S...Hi<br /><br />Thank you for sharing the photo from Lost in Space. Could you tell me what episode this is from? I recall a character called the Ice Lady which looks like the lady in silver. I wanted to find a photo of her in action to pass along to my sister to see if she remembers this (we thought it was incredibly funny at the time and used to re-enact the episode repeatedly!)<br /><br />Great site, i will be back often!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-78788190317234204652011-02-02T18:30:47.287-05:002011-02-02T18:30:47.287-05:00Dagnabbit Ivan. Hello my friend. Glad you stopped...Dagnabbit Ivan. Hello my friend. Glad you stopped. I'm so thoroughly annoyed with myself because I completely forgot Adam-12. ARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!! I loved Adam-12 and Emergency! Those two went hand and hand for awhile with me. <br /><br />I'm so completely annoyed that I did not show the "love" as you put it to those two classics. Ugh! <br /><br />Never followed Kung Fu or, believe it or not, Kolchak. <br /><br />But again, thanks for mentioning Adam-12, which also sparked my memory for Emergency! Two classics that deserved a placement on this list for me. I have to go and inflict pain on myself now. [I thought you'd like that!]. Thanks again Ivan.<br />Best, SFF<br /><br />Ray, Cheers for swinging by. I loved Arabian Nights too. I always looked for that on Banana Splits. It was one of my four favorites!<br /><br />Will. Always good to hear from you my friend, but did you have to rub that age thing in!? Ouch. : )<br /><br />I did see SWAT the movie and honestly can't remember a single thing about it. Never saw Chips 2000 but I would have loved seeing it. : )<br /><br />And the Bill Bixby image is my homage to Secure Immaturity moving on to other things. Good luck my friend. All the best, SFFSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-48013698231440877122011-02-02T17:41:07.569-05:002011-02-02T17:41:07.569-05:00Very cool post dude! I'm realizing you are a l...Very cool post dude! I'm realizing you are a lot older then me. My list would be so lame compared to yours!<br /><br />Did you ever see SWAT the movie? I wonder if it was any good or had ANY relation to the show.<br /><br />Also, did you see CHiPs 2000, an original movie that came out in 2000 reuniting the original cast and adding new people. I don't know if it was a pilot or not but it was kinda fun (but bad in that CHiPs way).Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-87257991279970430892011-02-02T16:06:49.466-05:002011-02-02T16:06:49.466-05:00Blimey, reading that list was a trip down memory l...Blimey, reading that list was a trip down memory lane, I was transferred back to the 70's, me and my brother Lee, getting up early on a Saturday morning to watch the TV. We used to love the Arabian Knights cartoon, which was on the Banana Splits show. <br />"Memories, Light the corners of my mind, Misty water-colored memories........."Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-77422875276376550552011-02-02T14:10:55.574-05:002011-02-02T14:10:55.574-05:00What a list! Great job, with lots of crossover int...What a list! Great job, with lots of crossover into my TV memories.<br /><br />Now, I won't go on about Dragnet or Adam-12 (done enough of that already at my own blog), but I'm surprised not to see any love for Kolchak: The Night Stalker or David Carradine's Kung Fu (and the fall of 1974, ABC's Friday night line-up was $6m Man, Kung Fu, then Kolchak. That network knew what I liked!).Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443946766217092846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-91630845654810720802011-02-02T13:07:25.067-05:002011-02-02T13:07:25.067-05:00L13. I know right? A complete memory lane trip.
...L13. I know right? A complete memory lane trip.<br /><br />I liked Rocky & Bullwinkle. Good stuff. I never saw Kimba or some of those earlier anime imports. I'm glad you mentioned them though.<br /><br />I did, however, purchase an anime DVD that was released years later called Jungle Emperor Leo [a Kimba film] by the studio behind the late Tezuka, the man behind Kimba and it is a beautifully animated film. My kids loved it.<br /><br />Never did catch Speed Racer.<br /><br />Thanks so much my friend.<br />Best to you all, SFFSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-9972911566773122412011-02-02T12:55:57.417-05:002011-02-02T12:55:57.417-05:00Thanks Angry Lurker. I know what you mean. The m...Thanks Angry Lurker. I know what you mean. The more I thought about the shows I watched as a kid and the more I jotted them down, the more I was stunned I actually remembered some of them. And Heather Thomas. Aye carumba.<br /><br />Thank you Jedediah. Gosh, love those Tom Baker years. I'd like to sit through them again and just watch them strictly on a story level- just for fun. Thanks again.<br /><br />JKM- Thanks my friend. I hope all is going better. Glad everyone seemed to enjoy this. It was a project and a half, but nice to put all this programming in perspective for myself. Thank you as always. Wishing everyone well on your end.<br /><br />JD.. Thank you my friend. I echo your sentiments. Starblazers is a great example where the animation hasn't exactly aged well, but it has its moments and it certainly remains a special story. All dear to the heart as you said. Cheers.<br /><br />Doc. Thank you my friend. You are not an old geezer. That remains a number. Let's remember that.<br /><br />I enjoyed your commentary. Exactly right about Davey, but I loved the messages and, of course, as you pointed out, Goliath! He rocked.<br /><br />Great point about the Jetsons, but I must admit, never cared much for it so more by design I suppose. I never knew that about Quest.<br /><br />Thanks for your additional Gerry Anderson memories. I can't comment intelligibly on it, but it's hard to imagine anything better than Thunderbirds when it comes to Anderson's Supermarionation work.<br /><br />Star Trek had a huge influence on syndication. There's a great article about Star Trek's syndication and its impact in a book called Boarding The Enterprise.<br /><br />I loved Banana Splits. It was a complete mind trip. Loved Danger Island. Hard to believe that was Richard Donner eh?<br /><br />Thundarr. Wow. Great point about Jack Kirby and the fact of the matter is you can really see Kirby's influence on soeme of that animation. It's crystal clear! Thank you.<br /><br />You're point about the Hulk cannot be overstate. I agree with your observation wholeheartedly.<br /><br />Your comments on Tales Of The Gold Monkey really have me looking forward to opening my DVD box set. Can't wait.<br /><br />Great observation about the A-Team. The cast made it a hoot of fun!<br /><br />I loved your cartoon list. I liked many of them. The Flinstones was a good show, but I never loved it. I LOVED TOP CAT. I wish I put that on my list.<br /><br />I also liked that early The Fantastic Four 67 cartoon. That was definitely something that should have made the list as well. I always tried to fix the rabbit ears for that one so I could see it.<br /><br />All the best Doc. Thanks for your own personal reflections!SFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-14766135109292445192011-02-02T12:52:05.738-05:002011-02-02T12:52:05.738-05:00A great post to go down memory lane with, SFF! So ...A great post to go down memory lane with, SFF! So many of these were part of my child- and teenhood. It really is a <i>Way Back Machine</i> (WABAC from Rocky & Bullwinkle) in many ways. How about the Japanese imports (anime/manga) of the 60s era? Did ASTRO BOY, GIGANTOR, KIMBA, SPEED RACER or 8TH MAN have an effect on you like it did for me? Many thanks for this fantastic post, my friend.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-91005319212776612772011-02-02T11:00:20.209-05:002011-02-02T11:00:20.209-05:00Okay,I'm back!
The Amazing Spider-Man – I was...Okay,I'm back!<br /><br />The Amazing Spider-Man – I was still reading the comics at the time and enjoyed this despite the limited effects budjet.<br /><br />The Incredible Hulk – The best super hero drama ever done on TV. I remember watching the first season with my little sister and we’d have “the green drink” (Mountain Dew) while waiting for Bill to “Hulk-out.”<br />Battlestar Galactica – I liked this at the time, despite its many flaws, but it was honestly never one of my favorites.<br /><br />Buck Rogers In The 25th Century – Great corny campy fun, but I had hoped that it could have been done more in the tradition of the 1939 serial.<br /><br />Tales Of The Gold Monkey – I just finished watching this of DVD and it is just as fun as I remembered it!<br /><br />The A-Team – One of the all-tine “guilty pleasures”! You knew you were wasting your time with this trash, but you were having so much fun you couldn’t help yourself.<br /><br />The shows that I left off that I didn’t watch were: Hawaii Five-O, H.R. Pufnstuff, Sigmund And The Sea Monsters, Land Of The Lost, Little House On The Prairie, The Lost Saucer, Far Out Space Nuts, S.W.A.T., Starsky & Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Bigfoot And Wildboy, CHiPs, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Starblazers, Battle Of The Planets, The Greatest American Hero, Knight Rider, and Three's Company. I didn’t watch any of the Sid and Marty Kroft shows because I was too old by the time they aired. I had my own TV in my bedroom by the mids-70’s, so instead of watching a lot of these popular cop shows and comedies, I was watching old horror, sci-fi and classic movies in my room.<br /><br />Of the shows that I did watch that you list that I didn’t, it is mainly due to the fact that I don’t have any real fond memories of watching them. I love your list S-F-F and I’m sure it could have been even longer. Just the cartoons on my list I would add Top Cat, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Milton the Monster, Frankenstein Jr. And the Impossibles, The Bugs Bunny Show, The Fantastic Four (’67), George of the Jungle, The Wacky Races, The Go-Go Gophers, Hot Wheels, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines… well… you get the idea. Keep those wicked cool lists coming!Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-32986437361369383112011-02-02T10:58:09.858-05:002011-02-02T10:58:09.858-05:00That’s quite an amazing list of pop icons, Sci-Fi ...That’s quite an amazing list of pop icons, Sci-Fi Fanatic! Although it makes me feel like an old geezer, because I’m old enough to have watched all of those shows when they first aired.<br /><br />Davey And Goliath – I grew up in a non-religious family, so it took me years to figure out that this program espoused Christian doctrine. Hey! I was only 6 and who didn’t want talking dog?<br /><br />Gilligan's Island – This and the Three Stooges were the apex of comedy to me at the age of 7!<br /><br />Johnny Quest – Most people don’t relies this aired in prime-time originaly, so I have fond memories of watching this with my Dad. My Dad was also a big fan of The Jetsons, which you left off your list. H-B released Johnny Quest on DVD in 2004 and it is a must have for animation fans of any age!<br /><br />Thunderbirds – The best sci-fi show for kids – ever! This was Gerry Anderon’s masterpiece of Supermarionation! However, I do have fond memories of watching Supercar (‘60-‘61), Fireball XL5 (’62) and Stingray (’64). One of the highlights of my childhood was seeing the feature film Thunderbirds are Go! (1966) at the local theater with my friends.<br /><br />Lost In Space – I l-o-v-e-d this show during its original run. Although even as an 8 year old, I noticed the change in tone from season one to season two. Even then I preferred the less comedic approach.<br /><br />Star Trek: The Original Series – It goes to show you how good this show was as it is the only program on your list that is still currently in syndication.<br /><br />Space Ghost – My favorite Saturday morning cartoon of all time! This had the best of everything Sci-Fi! H-B released this on DVD in 2007 and it still holds up to adult eyes, even if the storylines are a bit juvenile.<br /><br />Batman – I loved this show as well. I watched many of these with my Dad, but I could not understand why he was also laughing at it. That is until I watched it several years later as a teenager.<br /><br />The Herculoids – Another classic H-B sci-fi Saturday morning cartoon and a favorite as a child. This still hasn’t been released on DVD, which is a shame.<br /><br />Spider-Man – Yes, the animation was very crude, but the artwork was close to the look of the Marvel comic at the time and the stories were great! This show started my lifelong love affair with comic books!<br /><br />The Banana Splits – I still remember the first time I watched this show. I went over to my friend’s house to watch it on their new color TV and I laughed so hard at the opening music, that my friend’s mother rushed into the TV room to see if I was alright. Danger Island was my first exposure to the “cliffhanger” and I loved the anticipation of seeing what would happen on next week’s episode.<br /> <br />Happy Days – For the first three or four years of its run, this was must-see-TV for the entire family! What teenager didn’t want to be as cool as “The Fonz”?<br /><br />Space:1999 – I was getting savvy enough in my science fiction education to relies the absurdity of the basic premise, but I still enjoyed the effects and the fine cast.<br /><br />Doctor Who – This was first syndicated on PBS in the late ‘70’s. Even though I was busy with college, work and a new girlfriend, I made time to watch this every night!<br /><br />Man From Atlantis – Not the best as SF, but as a character study it was top notch.<br /><br />Logan's Run – In many ways this was better SF than the film it was based on.<br /><br />Thundarr The Barbarian – This was an amazing cartoon for Saturday morning TV. It was created by comic book writer Steve (Howard the Duck) Gerber and had production designs by Jack Kirby and character designs by Alex Toth! I’m going to go order the DVD right now!Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-21775291234594937122011-02-02T10:29:04.903-05:002011-02-02T10:29:04.903-05:00I have to echo JKM's amazement. Very impressiv...I have to echo JKM's amazement. Very impressive list! I certainly am right there with ya re: SPIDER-MAN '67, THUNDARR and STAR BLAZERS - all cartoons that imprinted on me at a very young age. I'm so glad that all three are finally available on DVD and despite some of their limitations either technologically or otherwise, they are all still near and dear to my heart.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-40669739354166271672011-02-02T07:16:29.586-05:002011-02-02T07:16:29.586-05:00SFF: Wow! An incredible and thorough list of inf...SFF: Wow! An incredible and thorough list of influences. I think we were separated at birth, indeed, for this tally brings back a flood of great memories, and I remember with fondness and love every selection. Star Blazers, Land of the Lost, Tales of the Gold Monkey, GAH, even Bigfoot and Wildboy. And of course, the prominence of Star Trek, Space:1999, Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers.<br /><br />Fantastic trip down memory lane, my friend. Thank you for a lovely essay, and for the gorgeous pictorial to go with it.<br /><br />best wishes,<br />John Kenneth MuirJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-75312752264985232272011-02-02T06:54:56.434-05:002011-02-02T06:54:56.434-05:00That list was fun. I have only seen a few of those...That list was fun. I have only seen a few of those, some where not shown on German TV as far as I know and some I only watched as an adult (I'm coming to the end of the Tom Baker Doctor Who years right now).???https://www.blogger.com/profile/00467285279627231933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-85533430503903855462011-02-02T06:42:42.469-05:002011-02-02T06:42:42.469-05:00Good grief.......memories have come flooding back....Good grief.......memories have come flooding back....Wait 'till your father gets home, The Greatest American Superhero.....some I had never heard of and of course Heather Thomas and Linda Carter and Heather Thomas.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.com