70-80's Saturday Memories!!!
Damon Christopher Claussen (III)
the quality of Saturday morning entertainment has changed drastically. Part
of the endless Saturday line-up, there were a few shows I didn't see posted,
so I thought I'd see how many of you remembered these:
Kids game shows:
WONDERAMA- A game show that gave away piles of awesome toys. Can't even
guess how many Star Wars toys may have been there. (drool drool)
POW- Small format, had a geeky host. Kids would call in and yell *POW* over
the phone when a target on the tv screen was in sight. How many direct hits
determined the prize. It was more of an intermission type program.
Strange but addicting shows:
ZOOM- Bunch of kids singing, doing wild things. All wore these nightmare
stripped orange and black shirts.. I still have the soundtrack.(gulp) I
think this show was formated similar to "You Can't Do That on Television".
Land of the Lost ----> Dr. Shrinker -----> The Bugaloos - I didn't see
anything posted about the good ole bugaloos. The jammed! Especially the
theme song.. "The Bugaloos...The Bugaloos, the in the air and
everywhere...flying high, flying loose...." uh, I'm getting strange looks
from people as I sing this.
Ark II - This show was ahead of its time. In fact, that awesome rig they
drove around in....you know, the one with the three tire combination per
wheel?! Well, its still sitting in a storage lot in Los Angeles. They've
only used it for one other show. I believe it was a movie with Jean Claude
Van Dam and Dolf Lundgren. Anyway, it was cool seeing it on the big screen.
So, if ya want to see it, it should be off of Barham blvd. in LA. Its stored
with a bunch of other cool spacey-type ships (converted volkwagons
probably).
The last thing in my post is a question. Does anyone else out there remember
Saturday morning coming to an end. What I mean is that you kind of knew it
had reached the (cou de graut) when Via Legre popped its head around the
corner. After Sesame Steet, After Electric Company....ahh the end is upon
us...."Da Da Da DA da da da DA da da da DA da....VILLA LEGRE..." Did anyone
else feel this was the end of Saturday entertainment, and the beginning of
chores for the rest of the day? Maybe its just me, I hated chores! :(
Thanks for listening.
Damon (C'mon an zooma zooma zooma zoom) Claussen
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of NY weekday afternoons with the Mighty Hercules, a fellow by the name
of Zacherly? He is still alive and well on radio in NYC.
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Roger P. Ang
Damon Christopher Claussen (III) <dcla...@trumpet.aix.calpoly.edu> wrote:
>Ark II - This show was ahead of its time. In fact, that awesome rig they
>drove around in....you know, the one with the three tire combination per
>wheel?! Well, its still sitting in a storage lot in Los Angeles. They've
>only used it for one other show. I believe it was a movie with Jean Claude
>Van Dam and Dolf Lundgren.
Oh oh yeah!!! Bunch of scientist cruising around in their cool
vehicle doing good deeds. Kind of had a "Planet of the Apes" feel.
Actually, I think the vehicle got used in that Chis Elliot show "Get a
Life". They slapped some plates on it and called it the "Paperboy 2000".
>The last thing in my post is a question. Does anyone else out there remember
>Saturday morning coming to an end. What I mean is that you kind of knew it
>had reached the (cou de graut) when Via Legre popped its head around the
>corner. After Sesame Steet, After Electric Company....ahh the end is upon
>us...."Da Da Da DA da da da DA da da da DA da....VILLA LEGRE..." Did anyone
>else feel this was the end of Saturday entertainment, and the beginning of
>chores for the rest of the day? Maybe its just me, I hated chores! :(
An apparent addict of PBS children's programming. I think The
Electric Company, Zoom, and Villa Legre were all produced by the
Children's Telelvision Workshop. Never really liked them. Had about
as much appeal as the New Mickey Mouse club. :-P
Roger P. Ang (ra...@laputa.ics.uci.edu)
Irvine? Where's Irvine? Grad student at the
In the heart of the Orange Curtain. Dept. of Information & Computer Sci.
Oh no! The poor fool. Univ. of California, Irvine. USA
JWOtter
Molly Brown" and all the kids in the audience would wave their arms above
their heads, crossing them. Remember the Snake Cans game. Bob McAllister
was the host.
ABC later adapted it into "Kids are People Too" (the Wonderama closing
theme song) It de-evolved right off the bat, becoming a juvienile talk
show of sorts. After the first season, ABC let Bob McAllister go in lieu
of the younger, hunkier Michael Young. Last time I saw McAllister in
anything it was some educational program PBS shows to grade schools during
the daytime hours. Does anybody know where Bob went?
-Just curious
-Otter
Dave Mackey
country, but he seems to be based in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey
area these days. He performed live at the Toms River First Night
on New Years Eve.
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> WONDERAMA- A game show that gave away piles of awesome toys. Can't even
> guess how many Star Wars toys may have been there. (drool drool)
Not to mention Lender's Bagel necklaces!
It was a childhood dream of mine to one day dance in one of the go-go booths.
Damon Christopher Claussen (III)
: I distinctly remember Wonderama. It used the theme from "The Unsinkable
sheesh - Now you really struck a memoratic nerve...I totally forgot about
the KaPT adaptation. It did kind of go downhill didn't it? I DO remember
the snake cans game....ooooohhhh yaaaa. Sitting on the edge of my seat
anticipating the snake to jump out at the twist of the can lid.
Twist...ahhhh (oh false alarm). There was also a mountain of presents you
could go through...another challenge perhpas...???
What really gets me is that no one has replied to the bugaloos yet. I
thought they were at least as familiar as HR Puff-n-Stuff and The New Zoo
Revue...maybe not. C'mon someone has to remember these stiped insects..:)
Damon Christopher Claussen (III)
: An apparent addict of PBS children's programming. I think The
: Electric Company, Zoom, and Villa Legre were all produced by the
: Children's Telelvision Workshop. Never really liked them. Had about
: as much appeal as the New Mickey Mouse club. :-P
Couldn't help it...my dad was in PR for KCET. I was the junior publicist in
my grade school class for Public Broadcasting...thanks dad!?! :|
I'm damaged for life..
Andy Hill
: the quality of Saturday morning entertainment has changed drastically. Part
: of the endless Saturday line-up, there were a few shows I didn't see posted,
: so I thought I'd see how many of you remembered these:
(shortened stroll down memory lane...)
: Ark II - This show was ahead of its time. In fact, that awesome rig they
: drove around in....you know, the one with the three tire combination per
: wheel?! Well, its still sitting in a storage lot in Los Angeles. They've
: only used it for one other show. I believe it was a movie with Jean Claude
: Van Dam and Dolf Lundgren. Anyway, it was cool seeing it on the big screen.
: So, if ya want to see it, it should be off of Barham blvd. in LA. Its stored
: with a bunch of other cool spacey-type ships (converted volkwagons
: probably).
My memory's been sort of unreliable lately, but if I remember
correctly, "ARK II" was more or less similar to a cool-looking RV. The
"three-tire-combination" to which you refer was used on a similar vehicle
in the old Jan-Michael Vincent movie "Damnation Alley", also starring
George Peppard, I believe. The general shape of the vehicles is very
similar, but ARK II was white, and the "Damnation" version was OD Khaki
green.
Chance (I still don't get anything accomplished on Saturdays)
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>: drove around in....you know, the one with the three tire combination per
>: wheel?! Well, its still sitting in a storage lot in Los Angeles. They've
>: only used it for one other show. I believe it was a movie with Jean Claude
>: Van Dam and Dolf Lundgren. Anyway, it was cool seeing it on the big screen.
>: So, if ya want to see it, it should be off of Barham blvd. in LA. Its stored
>: with a bunch of other cool spacey-type ships (converted volkwagons
>: probably).
>
to handle their special soldiers. The "three tires per wheel assembly" vehicle
is called THE LANDMASTER. It was constructed for the Damnation Alley film by
Mr. Barris who also made the 1960's BatMobile for th ABC Batman show. He has
made a lot of custom cars for TV & Movies. I saw him on a PBS HotRod show where
he showed off a few of his machines that are still sitting around his shop,
including the LandMaster. I would bet that he was responsible for ARK II as well,
but I have never seen his name associated with the show. oh & the original
Batmobile (one of 12 converted '59 Ford Futura's) and the Batcycle (Motorcycle
with a go-cart sidecar) were just recenty bought by the guy who owns
CYBERGENICS Labs,the people who make all the body builder suppliments you
find in the GNC stores.
Mike Bisbee
d> could go through...another challenge perhpas...???
d> What really gets me is that no one has replied to the bugaloos yet. I
d> thought they were at least as familiar as HR Puff-n-Stuff and The New Zoo
d> Revue...maybe not. C'mon someone has to remember these stiped insects..:)
Sorry, must've missed your post. Sure I remember "The Bugaloos"...names
like Joy, IQ, and Harmony...even have a few episodes on tape...
"The Bugaloos...the Bugaloos...we're in the air and everywhere..."
I seem to be the Krofft expert in this group as anyone will attest to.
If you have any questions, send 'em my way.
-Mike
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Nelson Fernandez
>
>There's been many threads about this already, and it goes to show that
>the quality of Saturday morning entertainment has changed drastically.
Part
>of the endless Saturday line-up, there were a few shows I didn't see
posted,
>so I thought I'd see how many of you remembered these:
>
>Kids game shows:
>POW- Small format, had a geeky host. Kids would call in and yell *POW*
over
>the phone when a target on the tv screen was in sight. How many direct
hits
>determined the prize. It was more of an intermission type program.
>
I thought it was Pix that they yelled, it was mostly bad Intellivision
games. One was a basketball game, a football game, and some space shoot
'em up.
>Strange but addicting shows:
>
>ZOOM- Bunch of kids singing, doing wild things. All wore these
nightmare
>stripped orange and black shirts.. I still have the soundtrack.(gulp) I
>think this show was formated similar to "You Can't Do That on
Television".
I had no patience for this one and 3-2-1 Contact
>
Land of the Lost ----> Dr. Shrinker -----> The Bugaloos - I didn't see
>anything posted about the good ole bugaloos. The jammed! Especially the
>theme song.. "The Bugaloos...The Bugaloos, the in the air and
>everywhere...flying high, flying loose...." uh, I'm getting strange
looks
>from people as I sing this.
>
I lived by this! Electra Woman and Dyna Girl were hot!!!
remeber Jason of Star Command?
>
Damon Christopher Claussen (III)
: In <3k4itq$1...@isnews.calpoly.edu> dcla...@trumpet.aix.calpoly.edu
: Land of the Lost ----> Dr. Shrinker -----> The Bugaloos - I didn't see
: >anything posted about the good ole bugaloos. The jammed! Especially the
: >theme song.. "The Bugaloos...The Bugaloos, the in the air and
: >everywhere...flying high, flying loose...." uh, I'm getting strange
: looks
: >from people as I sing this.
: >
: I lived by this! Electra Woman and Dyna Girl were hot!!!
: remeber Jason of Star Command?
Whoahhhhh, Now that also is from the past. WOW, totally forgot bout them.
Were they part of a troop or did they have their own show. Who starred as
Electra Woman or Dyna Girl? When did it air? What time? How can I see this
again? Jason of Star Command doesn't ring any bells, give some details bout
his character and show.
Thanks for the memories..
Damon
Duckswagen
>everywhere...flying high, flying loose...." uh, I'm getting strange
>looks from people as I sing this.
>
>I lived by this! Electra Woman and Dyna Girl were hot!!!
I used to be in love with the pink-girl Bugaloo (Jenny?) She was sooooo
British! Remeber the one where Benita Bizarre (Martha Raye) stole her
wings? I cried (I was only 10 or 11). Flying High! Flying Low!
I think she also played the tambourine, right?
I liked Dyna-Girl better than Electra-Woman. EW struck me as a sort of
feminist, career-minded type and DG was just out for fun.
Alan D. Earhart
dcla...@trumpet.aix.calpoly.edu (Damon Christopher Claussen (III)) wrote:
> Whoahhhhh, Now that also is from the past. WOW, totally forgot bout them.
> Were they part of a troop or did they have their own show. Who starred as
> Electra Woman or Dyna Girl? When did it air? What time? How can I see this
> again? Jason of Star Command doesn't ring any bells, give some details bout
> his character and show.
Wasn't "Jason..." part of some other show? I don't think it was a full
1/2-hour but I could be confusing it with another show.
I think it took place on some kinda' asteroid and they were similar to a
Galactic Police Force. They had to keep fighting some space pirate.
Then again, this may have all just been a dream influenced by too many
candy bars...
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Andy White
_I_ remember Jason of Star Command. What was the name of the evil bad guy
with the laser-shooting power eye? Draco? His ship was the Dragonship,
right?
Mike Bisbee
they
c> : drove around in....you know, the one with the three tire combination
per
c> : wheel?! Well, its still sitting in a storage lot in Los Angeles.
They've
c> : only used it for one other show. I believe it was a
c> movie with Jean Claude
c> : Van Dam and Dolf Lundgren. Anyway, it was cool seeing
c> it on the big screen.
They also used it (with slight modifications) as an automated paper delivery
system in an episode of the short-lived "Get A Life".