Apologies for going a little off topic, but those of you with fond
remembrances of Fireball XL5 and Space Patrol should check out the lost
adventures of "Captain Stargood".
It's a somewhat drunken and lecherous parody of 60s puppet shows:
http://www.captainstargood.com/"Fresh from the success of a popular series of animated commercials, the
shows creators, early-1960s wunderkind puppeteers and filmmakers Oswald
Larsen and L. B. Laurence, were approached by network television execs
anxious to cash in on the growing national fascination with the Space Race.
A notorious megalomaniac, Larsen demanded and surprisingly received, total
autonomy in the shows production. Apparently satisfied with the limited
footage they were shown of the requisite spaceships and puppet derring-do,
the team was given carte blanche for their production. The show debuted on
time, and by some reports, fared quite well in the ratings. Then someone
actually sat down and watched the show."
There are three episodes so far:
http://www.captainstargood.com/episode-guide/balls-of-mysteryhttp://www.captainstargood.com/episode-guide/inappropriate-contacthttp://www.captainstargood.com/episode-guide/sponsor-1-blackhole-condoms(While watching it, I kept having mental images of the production being run
by Evil Gerry, with a goatee, and an eye-patch)
"Prepare for docking maneuver!"
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JasonH
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