Space Patrol (1962 TV series)
Space Patrol (1962 TV series)
wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Patrol_(1962_TV_series)
I watched this in black&white back in the early 1960's as a 7-8 year old.
There was no Uranus joke for me back then. To young. I was fascinated by the city and the spaceship. My first intoduction to Sci-Fi. and now here I am 50 years later Playing No Man's Sky the best sci fi game out there.
The series features the vocal talents of Dick Vosburgh, Ronnie Stevens, Libby Morris, Murray Kash and Ysanne Churchman, and comprises 39 half-hour episodes. This series is also known by its US title Planet Patrol to avoid confusion with the 1950s American live-action series of the same name. The marionettes used in the series incorporated some elements of Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation technique - specifically their mouths would move in synch with dialogue.
The series is set in the year 2100, by which time the indigenous and autonomous civilizations on Earth, Mars and Venus have banded together to form the United Galactic Organization (UGO). Space Patrol is the UGO's military wing, and the series follows the actions of this interplanetary force, focusing on the missions of a tiny unit led by the heroic, bearded Captain Larry Dart. The humanoids in his crew consist of the elfin Slim from Venus, and the stocky, ravenously sausage-mad Husky from the Red Planet, Mars. These men would regularly use one of two interplanetary space vehicles, the Galasphere 347 and the Galasphere 024.
A must have in your YouTube collection.