The Sad Failure of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

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While fondly remembered now, NBC's Buck Rogers in the 25th Century wasn't on for very long and was cancelled in the middle of a season, partly because of the behind the camera fighting.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between September 1979 and April 1981 on NBC, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film before the series aired.
Buck Rogers was played by Gil Gerard, Erin Gray played Wilma Deering and don't forget Twiki, the robot voiced by Mel Blanc.
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@georgeniebling6566 2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing wrong with that show that more of Erin Gray couldn't fix

@stevenhenry5267 Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@ocularpatdown 10 ай бұрын

Hear! Hear!

@Skabanis 6 ай бұрын

She is Smoke show

@jamied501 2 жыл бұрын

Gil Gerard worked for my grandfather at the AIDC in Arkansas before he left to be an actor. Everyone liked him. Also season 2 Wilma went from being a squadron commander to a flight attendant.

@Theywaswrong Жыл бұрын

Ran into Gerard several times around Heber Springs....usually the Walmart, Hahahaha. Think he had a place on the lake around Tannenbaum. But I have never watched an episode, just knew who he was.

@brianknapp6215 2 жыл бұрын

The first season was really fun to watch- especially all the guest stars: Roddy McDowall, Jack Palance, Jamie Lee Curtis, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Markie Post, Peter Graves, Gary Coleman, Ray Walston, Dorothy Stratten (a tragic tale), Richard Moll, Anne Lockhart, Jerry Orbach, Judy Landers, Sid Haig, Vera Miles, Julie Newmar- and Buster Crabbe! Edit: looking over this list- I realized that _three_ of the villains from the 60's Batman series were guest stars!!

@johnnyjohn2527 Жыл бұрын

Doubly unfortunate as Dorothy Stratten's voice was dubbed in the.episode. Rip, Dorothy. 💖💔✌

@swanofnutella4734 2 жыл бұрын

For a "failure" they sure did rerun this show a lot. This was a cornerstone of my tv upbringing.

@JCG52577 2 жыл бұрын

Still running! One of the retro channels plays it every late Saturday night.

@DocMicrowave 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Though I was always disappointed when season 2 rolled around in the reruns.

@DocMicrowave 2 жыл бұрын

@@JCG52577 Yep, MeTV I think.

@AjI2009 2 жыл бұрын

This guy has no clue. They are evn doing a remake with George Clooney

@Pdalow 2 жыл бұрын

Troll 2 has been seen by quite a few people as well, do you consider that a success? This show went downhill in its second season and that's why they cancelled it. There's nothing wrong with admitting that something you like isn't good, try growing up.

@freakyzed8467 2 жыл бұрын

Colonel Deering was my first TV crush.

@dinomonzon7493 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t blame you! 😇

@joes9954 2 жыл бұрын

She was for pretty much any teenage boy growing up back then. It was nice to see her in a few episodes of Star Trek Continues as Capt. Gray which was rather nice.

@hoosieryank6731 2 жыл бұрын

I tuned in for Princess Ardala initially, later went for the good Colonel.

@Naurif 2 жыл бұрын

Man--Erin Gray was especially beautiful in that series.

@rtstrong 2 жыл бұрын

Erin Gray and her shiny spandex jumpsuits… yeah, boi..!

@hepchaos 2 жыл бұрын

As a fan of the genre, I have to point out that Edgar Rice Burroughs published the first John Carter novel in 1912, a full 12 years before the publication of Buck Rogers.

@kennethphillips6006 Ай бұрын

Glad someone pointed that out!

@triphazard6802 2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted the Battlestar Galactica fleet to finally get to earth and find the Buck Rogers crowd there. A crossover that would have thrilled kids everywhere.

@GaryCameron 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted BSG to reach Earth in the 23rd or 24th century and encounter the Federation which then obliterates the Cylons.

@apreviousseagle836 2 жыл бұрын

@@GaryCameron So geeky and Deux Ex Machina, but I would have approved of the Enterprise D just HAMMERING a few of those Cylon Basestars.

@danielserene4532 2 жыл бұрын

@@GaryCameron I always thought about them getting to Earth and finding the SDF-1. I'd love to see some Cylons dealing with Veritechs.

@putinscat1208 2 жыл бұрын

They did get to Earth and met Mike Brady.

@Wilphart 2 жыл бұрын

@S D I resemble that remark!

@mattwho81 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love a future where pilots are so dependent on computer targeting that the Drakonis can beat them simply by jamming the target sensors. Then a 500year old dude turns up and say, “Why not shoot manually?” And everyone amazed.

@ntal5859 Жыл бұрын

I watched the episode were Buck went to the space casino[5 at the time] turned to my Dad and said how can they not added two numbers and are amazed at Buck's ability to add. Little did i realise within 40yrs this is reality most people can't do basic maths anymore.

@MaMastoast Жыл бұрын

@ImOnIt4272 We honestly had a moment at work where the act of taking a piece of paper and drawing what we meant took an embarrasing amount of time to come up with... we were trying all sorts of computer related solutions.

@dyslectische 2 ай бұрын

@@ntal5859 Jip by technology make people more stupid

@kennethfharkin 2 жыл бұрын

This and Battlestar Galactic both had outstanding first seasons and disastrous, near unrecognizable, second season which ended the shows. I remember both and even as a 10 year old kid could not understand why both shows were destroyed.

@Wis_Dom 2 жыл бұрын

As a child, I honestly learned about Buck Rogers through "Duck Dodgers", lol.

@stevedenis8292 2 жыл бұрын

Best them song by Tom Jones.

@austintrousdale2397 2 жыл бұрын

…in the 24 and 1/2 Century!!! 🦆

@piercesable344 2 жыл бұрын

I on the other hand heard of him through a quick mention by Danny Mcbride from "This is the End"...

@Omegaslashbuster1 2 жыл бұрын

Not only was Duck Dodgers a thing it was a SNES video game.

@brianknapp6215 2 жыл бұрын

Marvin the Martian is- and always will be- my favorite Looney Tunes character!!

@dwiggins1 2 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorites shows as a kid! I even met Gil Gerald and Erin Gray at Wizard Con a few years ago.

@wtk6069 2 жыл бұрын

As a kid, I didn't get the semi-satirical seventies vibe that ran throughout the first season, but, rewatching it as an adult, I appreciated the added texture it gave the show. It made it smarter and self-aware, and it was sorely missed in the second season when that kind of thing mostly vanished.

@retro_reflections 2 жыл бұрын

Erin Gray - hotter than fire. Twiki - criminally underused. The second season - almost as bad as Galactica 1980.

@zufalllx 2 жыл бұрын

Oooohh... And Galactica 1980 was BAD...

@mjwbulich 2 жыл бұрын

Erin Gray is how I discovered I was heterosexual. That spandex outfit had me feeling things that seven year old me did not understand.

@Q80Warlock 2 жыл бұрын

@@zufalllx Except for the last episode that had Starbuck...

@babykosh5415 2 жыл бұрын

Except for Bird Man....Bird Man was Cooooool

@lancemartin6782 2 жыл бұрын

Erin is mine....i saw her first. I am her bestest fan. I told her that every day when I mailed a fan letter for 12 years..... ..

@ottototo8 2 жыл бұрын

The space vampire episode with Wilma Deering in the satin, magenta, jumpsuit...

@solomonkane102 2 жыл бұрын

Markie post

@timberwolf0122 2 жыл бұрын

biddi-biddi-biddi nice bum Wilma!

@krasskswg 2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie - that episode creeped me the hell out when I was a kid.

@johnw8578 2 жыл бұрын

@P Stace Me too

@kengaroo67 2 жыл бұрын

And the Vorvon was wearing Commander Adama's medallion.

@MarcTheLoneGamer 2 жыл бұрын

The Buck Rogers opening music is one of the best and nostalgic TV themes ever IMO. :)

@Grinlathak 2 жыл бұрын

Muah Ringtone!

@wolf335599 2 жыл бұрын

Its pure and magnificent disco

@navbuoy 2 жыл бұрын

I could have sworn that the Starfighter design was actually a throwaway from Star Wars itself and was eventually repurposed as the Snowspeeders in Empire Strikes Back. Ralph had a lot of unused designs from Star Wars that sorta popped back up in BattleStar Galactica too.

@rojui5912 2 жыл бұрын

Was a fan of Erin Grey as a kid after watching some Buck Rogers reruns.

@Berengier817 2 жыл бұрын

Just googled her, I can see why

@canibaloxide 2 жыл бұрын

She was my first celebrity crush

@saiberunato 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, looked pretty fine in her tight jumpsuit.

@gregn8206 2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention that Erin Gray has aged exceptionally well, in appearance and professionally….starting a company helping ex-celebrities on the convention circuit.

@KennethDPedersen 2 жыл бұрын

She was my first crush also!

@kj6446 2 жыл бұрын

Erin Gray was my huge crush back then ❤

@solomonkane102 2 жыл бұрын

She was in playboy

@stickiedmin6508 2 жыл бұрын

"Was?" I left forty behind a disturbingly long time ago, but I still pine for Colonel Deering. Growing up seeing ladies like her on the screen implanted the inclination within me to seek out female company that not only beguiled and bewitched my eyes but which could also neatly and confidently kick my ass and leave me wishing for more. To this day, a flight suit and helmet, with a pair of big, heavy boots is *_FAR_* more enticing than flimsy fashions, high heels and a ton of makeup...

@phayroent9742 2 жыл бұрын

I only remember her from Silver Spoons with Ricky Schroder and the boy that grew up to be Carlton on Fresh Prince!

@kafan439 2 жыл бұрын

Still one of the best opening theme and credits ever. Gil Gerard and Erin Gray were everything at the time. The original Angela and Tony. The 2 parter where Buck went undercover as a criminal and helped prevent the super-baddies from their plan of destruction still stands as a fave of mine. And Hawk was a pretty cool addition. The roller dancing performance couldn't change how cool this show was at the time.

@EastsideShowSCP 2 жыл бұрын

As a fan of stuff like Buck Rodgers and Flash Gordon, I did enjoy the TV show and played Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday on the Sega Genesis. That game is one of my favorites on the Sega Genesis. You can watch Buck Rogers on MeTV every saturday night on Sci-Fi Saturday nights with a bunch of other shows. Its a nice nostalgia trip.

@Lordjunon 2 жыл бұрын

That genesis game still holds up for the most part to this day.

@inthefade 2 жыл бұрын

@@Lordjunon I rented that game many times with a close friend. I remember it being really good, and I thought basically no one else had played it! Great tactical RPG, and the space combat was really fun too.

@seymourbutts9085 2 жыл бұрын

I was always a fan of Buck Rogers and Flesh Gordon but that's just me.

@anderclayton9856 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool game.

@EastsideShowSCP 2 жыл бұрын

@Wiley Combs space quest was a hilarious series, same with most if Sierra games during that time period.

@MudSluggerBP 2 жыл бұрын

Wilma Deering was my first childhood crush ❤️

@manofsan 2 жыл бұрын

Pamela Helmsley as Princess Ardala wasn't bad either

@gshaffer84 2 жыл бұрын

Uber Hot, Epic.

@randomhandle 2 жыл бұрын

Same.

@manofsan 2 жыл бұрын

Met actress Erin Gray at a Comicon 10 years ago. She's a grandma now, but she's still a slim & fit-looking grandma. She arranges and chaperones celebrity appearances at comicons.

@curtismathews1582 2 жыл бұрын

I had a thing for Buck and Hawk and I think they helped me become the Gay man that I am today!

@Dorelaxen 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVED this show as a kid. Still do. I've managed to meet the majority of the cast. Gil Gerard is the nicest guy you could ever imagine.

@stevekitt52 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. A very friendly bloke. Erin was also very nice to meet.

@lukestrawwalker 2 жыл бұрын

His career was pretty slim after "Buck Rogers" IIRC... only thing I can remember seeing him on was "Star Trek Continues" which was a fan-fic production LOL:) Later! OL J R :)

@Dorelaxen 2 жыл бұрын

@@lukestrawwalker Yeah, he had some serious weight issues after the show was over. Ballooned to over 300lbs. He talked about it pretty candidly. Worked his ass off for over 2 years to get back into shape. He's looking pretty damn good these days.

@lukestrawwalker 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dorelaxen wow that's crazy didn't know that. I know from his part in "Star Trek Continues" he didn't age anywhere near as well as Erin Gray...

@machupikachu1085 Жыл бұрын

@@lukestrawwalker Didn't Gerard also do some show with a kid who was a ninja?

@davelightman 2 жыл бұрын

Great summary! Much as with Galactica, I tend to view Buck Rogers as a 1 season deal. Such a shame that 80s sci-fi tended to start huge, and run out of steam incredibly quickly. Another great example was V - I prefer to think that the subsequent series never happened.

@ruscular Жыл бұрын

I didn't even know there was more V series, and watching it now. I consider Buck Roger as a one season show as well. I think I may have agreed to Gil Gerard point of view. He knew what made the show great, and they steered away from it because they made the show silly and safe for the kids.

@Whalewraith 2 жыл бұрын

The weird thing is that at the time Buck was pushed over Galactica, yet Battlestar has had far stronger legs over the years.

@philipportelli7700 2 жыл бұрын

They actually wanted to drop Erin Gray for Season Two but Gil Gerald fought for her! And I liked the character of Hawk! He had a cool ship!

@zt1053 2 жыл бұрын

They could have added hawk but kept the format the same

@brianknapp6215 2 жыл бұрын

I _did_ like the episode "Journey to Oasis" from Season 2. You had Mark Lenard playing an alien who could _take off his own head-_ fer crying out loud! Plus Alex Silva pulled double duty as both Twiki *and* that weird blue alien Odee-x!

@DocMicrowave 2 жыл бұрын

I think they actually did 'drop' Erin Grey in season 2. She was almost like a different character.

@jackdunn5147 2 жыл бұрын

@@DocMicrowave The softened her up alot for season 2

@jackdunn5147 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the Hawk birdman concept was silly. I know they were trying do demonstrate tolerance but come on.

@johnthwaites5976 2 жыл бұрын

Only watched it for Erin Grey, she made me feel all funny as a young man 🤣🤣

@Vato-Psyko-Loko 2 жыл бұрын

I watched for princess Ardala.♥️♥️♥️

@redbyrd64 2 жыл бұрын

I watched for both

@Vato-Psyko-Loko 2 жыл бұрын

@@redbyrd64 you stud!!!

@timmooney7528 2 жыл бұрын

IIRC Erin was originally supposed to cut from the cast in season 2. I think everyone knew that was a bad move. Kind of sad that she went from being Buck's equal in the first season to being a sidekick in a stewardess outfit in the second season.

@sadev101 2 жыл бұрын

@@Vato-Psyko-Loko ardala was kinda the kinky one.

@mathieu4204 2 жыл бұрын

It's a fun show, but season two feels like a totally different thing. Season's two's only cool factor: Hawk's ship. That thing looks awesome and would have made an incredible toy for 3 3/4" figures.

@alucard624 Жыл бұрын

Hawk in general is the best thing about Season 2.

@pooddescrewch8718 Жыл бұрын

Thats why he was created . To sell toys . I thought he was awful .So was Chrichton .

@half-assedcraftswithbigmik4301 2 жыл бұрын

The starfighters in this series are some of the sharpest designed.

@Sergiovsousa 2 жыл бұрын

And with the ugliest laser beam colour...what was that? Greenich yellow vomit?

@jhnpwlk 2 жыл бұрын

Gil Gerard is from my hometown. One of the biggest things to come out of small town Arkansas.

@NateSean 2 жыл бұрын

You'll get another one. Eventually.

@TheBlackPaulMuadDib 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not hiding the fact that I watched this show for Erin Gray. Hell ha. Hot, Hot and more Hot.

@redbyrd64 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Wilma lines was “I drained him, and it felt good “. Let’s just say that line and Erin’s delivery fueled some pubescent dreams

@bitplaya7432 2 жыл бұрын

I watched it for the evil princess. She was hot

@yannbeelen1630 2 жыл бұрын

First one who fell in love wilth when i was 10

@bobbythomas9603 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, the space vampire episode is etched into my brain.

@JuanGonzalez-hv6vs 2 жыл бұрын

Me too, I had a crush on her.

@malcolmar 2 жыл бұрын

Well done! I loved this show as a kid. For some reason, it really captured my imagination back then. Because of changing viewing times back in the day, I was never able to see the whole series. Thanks for the tip of being able to watch this on the NBC website. I am actually more excited about watching restored old shows in HD than watching many of the "new" shows out right now. Keep up the great work!

@jacobhope6164 2 жыл бұрын

I met both Gil Gerrard and Erin Grey at the 1st Annual Twisted Terror Convention several years ago. My wife and I went to see some of the actors from The Walking Dead, you know, back when that show was actually pretty good. For me though, ole Buck Rogers easily stole the show. We talked for about an hour, and he's a really cool older guy. Apparently, he and Erin Grey still don't get along. He had a funny, but still respectful way of talking about it. They had separate booth on opposite sides, and opposite ends of the main convention hall. I spoke briefly with Erin Grey. She was as beautiful as ever, and gracious. I could see though that hearing "You were my first crush" all day long was taking it's toll on her. So I told her "My first crush was my kindergarten teacher Mrs. Sneed, but I used to wish my mom was more like you on Silver Spoons." That got a genuine laugh from her.

@lamartherevenger 2 жыл бұрын

Was watching this show recently and had to laugh. So many stars were on it. Gary Coleman, Frank Gorshin, Markie Post, Dennis Haybert, Jack Palance, and of all people, Jamie Lee Curtis.

@spacedinosaur8733 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I got it on 💿 and watched again for the first time after many years.

@coreylevine8095 2 жыл бұрын

And all of Batman arch enemy were on the show

@jacquelinecallejas1390 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the Jamie Lee Curtis episode. It brought up co-ed jails.

@timmooney7528 2 жыл бұрын

Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratton was also on an episode (Miss Cosmos)

@kathymartin7724 2 жыл бұрын

@@timmooney7528 yes I remember that episode. Bless her heart.

@overninek5139 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this series as a kid. I don't think we'll ever see another version of this Buck, tho...

@brodriguez11000 2 жыл бұрын

80's was about campy.

@mayloo2137 2 жыл бұрын

@@brodriguez11000 and it didn't just apply to sci-fi series. You also got night-time series like Dallas, Knots Landing, etc. All those night-time dramas were high camp.

@speedracer1945 2 жыл бұрын

I was 19 and grew up on comics and after Battlestar Galactica left Buck Rogers was great sci fi with great action and of course Erin Grey who was hot .

@Bunkeralpha 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this show in reruns as a kid. I thought it was great. Another gem lost to time and thankfully I have the series on DVD to remind me now and again.

@alphawlff 2 жыл бұрын

I seem to remember Space 1999 suffered a similar fate. First season was good and then they did a 180 for the second season.

@JohnKelly2 2 жыл бұрын

Princess Ardala was my first crush, sorry Leia. And I had that lunch box. I even carried it for 2 years!

@Elwaves2925 2 жыл бұрын

I never cared for Ardala or Leia in a crush type of way. Wilma Deering to a certain degree but crush wise, I was already spoken with Cassie and Athena from BSG. :-)

@majorpwner241 2 жыл бұрын

That lunchbox is awesome. I barely even know the show but wanted that when I saw it.

@wstine79 2 жыл бұрын

There is a MeTV Sci-Fi watch party on Saturdays via Twitter. We watch Svengoolie, Star Trek, Buck Rogers, Kojak the Night Stalker and Lost in Space. The show still holds up, even the 2nd season.

@babytoshiro7014 2 жыл бұрын

👌 awesome

@TheRunningLeopard 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who enjoys the scifi Saturday MeTV puts on.

@eligebrown8998 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@ajclements4627 2 жыл бұрын

I wish they’d run the PotA series and animated one again.

@wstine79 2 жыл бұрын

@@brainlock72 I would fix it, but I don't wanna loose my like.

@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs. 2 жыл бұрын

Always thought the problem with Buck Rogers was that it didn't have that one good recurring villain that a hero needs. Princess Ardala was pretty hard to root against, she was far too entertaining and far too good-looking, Kane and Tiger Man had their moments of likeability, too. Maybe they should have made more of Emperor Draco.

@machupikachu1085 Жыл бұрын

This. To have a story arc, a show is only as good as it's villain.

@xposhboyx 2 жыл бұрын

As a child I was totally mystified and devastated that the series just ended in a puff of smoke.

@emuhill 2 ай бұрын

It was a puff of smoke that got redirected to your rear. That was what the second season was to the fans. The producers should have known better than to try and blow smoke up the fan's butts as nobody likes that.

@LordPachotron82 2 жыл бұрын

A little correction: John Carter debuted far earlier than Buck Rogers.

@thesamster5859 2 жыл бұрын

I was about to say rhe same thing.

@chadfalardeau5396 2 жыл бұрын

John Carter was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the same guy that wrote the original Tarzan novels too.

@onjohns1 2 жыл бұрын

I came here to say this.

@nigellemaitre8363 2 жыл бұрын

@@onjohns1 Me too, John Carter debuted in 1912. Buck in 1928.

@Vesperitis 2 жыл бұрын

@@RyanMercer I'm still sad I'm one of the few people who actually liked the Disney version.

@masterpainter72 2 жыл бұрын

The original serial Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon Buster Crabbe made a guest appearance on an episode during the first season as General Gordon(!!)

@austintrousdale2397 2 жыл бұрын

Remember seeing him on that episode in syndication. Writers gave BC some dialogue that was a nice wink at the audience.

@gloworm6387 2 жыл бұрын

@@austintrousdale2397 " Son, I was flying before you were born."

@mikegrossberg8624 2 жыл бұрын

@@gloworm6387 Gordon: "I was doing this before you were born!" Buck: "You think so, huh?" Gordon: "Son, I KNOW so!"

@MerensWorld 2 жыл бұрын

Yes and Buster is not his Real name. He has a Comic Book Name. Its Clarence Crabbe. They should have had him in the Flash Gordon movie with Sam Jones aka the Highwayman. Flash Gordon QB N.Y. Jets. Busters scene in that episode of Buck Rogers was Iconic.

@mx472000 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how they tried to make Gil Gerard look like Lee Majors.

@JackBeddows 2 жыл бұрын

How? His hair was different? Isn't that just the way he looked?

@mx472000 2 жыл бұрын

@@JackBeddows facial structure and the hair style they gave him.

@jeffburnham6611 2 жыл бұрын

One of the more noticeable cross-overs between BSG and Buck Rogers is the control stick of the fighters. It's the same one we see in the Colonial Vipers.

@keithconnell8460 2 жыл бұрын

The fighters in BR were the original Colonial Vipers before they were scrapped and used in BR instead. At least that’s the trivia line from another channel I watched. Can’t confirm that personally

@zepmarq 2 жыл бұрын

I always liked the opening theme. While not as kick-ass as "Airwolf" or "Knight Rider", it was still cool... 😎 In an 80s synthpop kinda way.

@asyourgm 2 жыл бұрын

And the real-life Saturn V footage helped.

@zufalllx 2 жыл бұрын

That's the only kinda way ;)

@shaggycan 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the best opening of any TV show ever, and the 80s had a lot of great openings.

@phillipthorne8363 2 жыл бұрын

@@asyourgm I was a space-nut as a kid, so I recognized the Saturn V footage for what it was, and couldn't reconcile it with the shape of the "Ranger 3" spaceplane.

@dwainpannell4931 2 жыл бұрын

There are lyrics to the song look it up on KZfaq

@BenPanced 2 жыл бұрын

WE DON'T TALK ABOUT SEASON TWO. Especially since Wilma looks like she's about to come down the aisle and ask you if you have any trash or remind you to put your tray table back up in its full, upright, and locked position.

@TheLAGopher 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, season 2 did have some diamonds in the rough such as The Testimony of a Traitor, Satyr, and The Guardians.

@brianknapp6215 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLAGopher "Journey to Oasis" wasn't bad, either!

@brianknapp6215 2 жыл бұрын

Hey- there's nothing wrong with crushing on a stewardess... especially if she looks like Erin Gray!😍

@jroberts2nd 2 жыл бұрын

While I was the perfect age to have loads of these toys, since I was That Kid Who Watched Any Sci-fi He Could Find and was the target audience-the only thing I had was the set with over 35 pieces. Alas, I don't remember precisely how many pieces there were above 35. This will haunt me forever.

@markelijio6012 Жыл бұрын

For "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," both extraordinary artists were Bruce Broughton who won his first Primetime Emmy Award in 1981 and the special effects wizards of EEG's Boss Film Studios in Los Angeles, California in the second and final season. It's not a bad TV miniseries, it's fun to watch and grow.

@WritersOnTheWall 2 жыл бұрын

idk about sad failure but I'm literally watching buck Roger's space rocker episode in a parking lot with my kids waiting for my oldest to finish karate class

@charliepotatoes001 2 жыл бұрын

Coolest Dad Ever!

@WritersOnTheWall 2 жыл бұрын

@@charliepotatoes001 tell that to my duaghters lol

@spacedinosaur8733 2 жыл бұрын

Space Rocker episode was the best... along with the Olympics episode.

@maxcooper6554 2 жыл бұрын

Love Space Rockers! Favorite episode! Besides, who can resist Jerry Orbach as a villain?

@spacedinosaur8733 2 жыл бұрын

@@maxcooper6554 Buck Rogers had the best villains

@kylebrooks3683 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved the design of tge Starfighters. Such a sleek, brutal shape. It looked fast sitting still.

@legendmir1 2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree! It’s a fantastic design.. almost out of place in this mediocre TV series

@samfrito 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. That ship and the Marauder ship were really sleek and could be the thing to salvage from a toy collector. Surprised Mego made accurate toys of them.

@jlarrybrewer1149 2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY!!! The Starfighters from Buck Rogers and the Cylon fighters from Battlestar Galatica were the BEST spaceship designs from the 70’s

@jlarrybrewer1149 2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY!!! The Starfighters from Buck Rogers and the Cylon fighters from Battlestar Galatica were the BEST designs from the 70’s

@stickiedmin6508 2 жыл бұрын

@Benjamin Willard It's telling that so many of the absolutely iconic silhouettes and craft designs of my (I could even be as presumptuous as to say, "Our" - it seems a fair assumption that most of us here grew up with the same fascination for cool looking spaceships) childhood can be traced straight back to Ralph McQuarrie. The sleek, pointy fighters from Buck Rogers, The Colonial Vipers, X-Wings, TIE Fighters and pretty much everything else in between; It's nowhere near enough to say that the guy _influenced_ the way whole generations view, imagine and see sci-fi - He directly *_shaped_* all our ideas of how futuristic science fiction / fantasy should look. The world would be a *_VERY_* different place without Ralph McQuarrie . . .

@maxheadroom4659 2 жыл бұрын

I love this series. The intro is one of the best ever. Very creative and cinematic.

@farleysmoke5130 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved this show as a kid. Need to hunt down the DVDS. Thanks Dan great video 😎👍🏼

@UnclePhil73 2 жыл бұрын

I just got Twiki saying “Bidi Bidi Bidi” all the time out of my head. Lol

@favoritemustard3542 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back, Twiki!

@eligebrown8998 2 жыл бұрын

For sure

@rickc2102 2 жыл бұрын

I used to smoke strawberry bidis, so a fair number of times that damn robot peeked out from deepest memory to make me crack up.

@originaluddite 2 жыл бұрын

And then his golden gal-pal from that cruise liner episode was forever saying 'booty booty booty'...

@eligebrown8998 2 жыл бұрын

@@originaluddite i forgot all about that

@djzyx 2 жыл бұрын

I've got blue prints for UFO's and all sorts of inventions.

@nikolatesla8143 2 жыл бұрын

@Back from the Deadpool yeah sure buds

@djzyx 2 жыл бұрын

@@darthkai8242 I just was hungry for fish sir

@terrenceodonnell6347 2 жыл бұрын

Your channel has grown so much.. Damm the memory's.. Awesome stuff Dan

@daveroche6522 2 жыл бұрын

"What could she be doing in her cabin with 3 Buck Rogers......pause..... FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF?" Best line ever!

@bunkerzero 2 жыл бұрын

I caught a couple of Buck Rogers episodes on SciFi channel... When The SciFi channel used to be.... cool 😎

@kmaru80 2 жыл бұрын

God l loved the Sci Fi channel for the first several years

@elizabethmolino8262 2 жыл бұрын

@@kmaru80 ,It's a shame it went to crap as the years went on.

@bunkerzero 2 жыл бұрын

I hear that! Loved SciFi channel as a kid, showing old school classics like Lost in Space, Land of the Giants and of course Buck Rogers as well as MST3K (also shows like sightings )

@l0g1cb0mb 2 жыл бұрын

It was great when it was "This is Sci Fi!", and "This is Sci Fi 2.0" Something went sideways when they changed it to SyFy - that's a bug, not a feature! When they get someone to fix that I think they'll be back on the right track, but until then, they're in they're own Bizarro world not doing what it says on the tin. But I ain't one to gossip... .

@altha-rf1et 2 жыл бұрын

No I do not even know how to find it

@elizabethmolino8262 2 жыл бұрын

Buck Rogers really need a reboot just like how Lost in Space got a reboot on Netflix.

@iancarpenter441 2 жыл бұрын

No more reboots, re-imaginings or rehashes! They're always bad!!!!

@paulleach3612 2 жыл бұрын

@@iancarpenter441 Lost in Space was surprisingly good. Slight twists to help seem fresh, but intertextual enough for familiarity. (As for always being bad. Let's not forget Cape Fear. De Niro is chilling in a remake that is better than the original.)

@LeeStoneman 2 жыл бұрын

@@iancarpenter441 No they're not. BSG was better, Lost in Space is excellent. Most of the time they're worse, but not always.

@altha-rf1et 2 жыл бұрын

Unless they do it good like Star Trek Battle Star Galatica reboot was awful

@iancarpenter441 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulleach3612 The original was better for sure. Much more in the way of acting and atmosphere.

@gringotom242 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up watching repeats of this in the 80s and still love it today!

@gakabler 2 жыл бұрын

My high school marching band played the Buck Rogers theme and also adapted into one of our percussion street beats.

@rmglover3191 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, Erin Gray. The 51 year old me gets the same stirring as the 9 year old me when I see those pictures. You, Catherine Bach, Farah Fawcett, and Lynda Carter. What a childhood. Absolutely loved the opening theme of the movie.

@stevenhenry5267 Жыл бұрын

No Jaclyn Smith?

@ericheckenkamp6091 2 жыл бұрын

This is sad, because despite the disco funk, and the bad 2nd season decisions there was a really cool show here. I have been a Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers fan forever and this one was great. Princess Ardala....fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@JasonHauser125 2 жыл бұрын

I loved Buck Rogers as a kid. But even then I recognized the wide disparity from Season 1 to Season 2. It was jarring how much the tone shifted. And the video game Countdown to Doomsday is a flat out classic rpg, very fun. It is amazing how much cool stuff they packed into that little game.

@jcope3886 2 жыл бұрын

"Pull out your cards and your backgammon boards. Lucky Buck is back!"

@ob1quixote 2 жыл бұрын

When kids ask how the '70s really were, the answer is they put Pamela Hensley in those outfits on Prime Time national TV. That's how it was.

@ob1quixote 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, and I'm pretty sure that in our house at least Tigerman and Twiki joined the Star Wars figures, the Adventure People, the G.I. Joes, and the Woodseys in defending the Supertrain from Darth Vader.

@MegaTempo22 2 жыл бұрын

I know. And Buck Rogers aired during the family hour of 7-8 p.m.

@padawanmage71 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching the pilot movie when it originally came out and I’ve been trying to find it on dvd, Blu-ray, etc. I specifically remember a scene where Buck calls Colonel Deering ‘sir’ out of respect since he knew he’d pushed it too far with his antics.

@ajclements4627 2 жыл бұрын

On August 17, 2016, Madman Entertainment released the series on Blu-ray to Australia and New Zealand in 1080p. The eight-disc set includes each episode in HD. Extras include theatrical version of the Pilot episode and feature-length version of "Flight of the War Witch" (both in standard definition), the syndicated two-part version of "Journey to Oasis" (in HD), textless opening and closing credits sequences, opening credits without voice-over narration, and isolated music and effects audio tracks on each episode. The Blu-ray sets have been released in various other countries since. As of 2019, all the episodes are available for streaming for free on the NBC app, it’s on Tubi as well. Kino Lorber announced a Region 1 Blu-ray set to be released on November 24, 2020. It includes the movie (in HD for the first time on home media) and seasons 1 & 2.

@sylvarogre5469 2 жыл бұрын

Another great dive into the backstage maneuvering that brought an untimely end to one of my childhood favorites. 👍🏼

@festushaggen2563 2 жыл бұрын

I was too young at the time to get into Buck Rogers but thanks to my favorite station MeTV and Super Sci-Fi Saturday Night, I’ve finally been able to see what I missed all those decades ago. It’s not Star Wars or Star Trek but it’s and easy watch with a great 70’s vibe underneath the campy sets and costumes. Liked it so much I bought the dvd series for my collection because it’s fun and new TV shows suck.

@HMcQ7891 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't a failure any more than the _Flash Gordon_ movie was. Loved _Buck Rogers_ when it aired. I remember it being fairly popular, it was more accessible (and entertaining) than _BSG,_ Gil Gerard ranked high with TV heroes like Lee Majors, & the reruns ran for several _years_ after the original run - bookending the weekday afternoon block of premiere cartoons at 5pm (in my city).

@BlackArroToons 2 жыл бұрын

@HPMcQueen Agreed, well said, thanks. Buck Rogers was a fun, entertaining series with a number of well-written, varied episodes to keep things interesting along with some great characters and conflicts.

@ColdRFusion 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Yes Gil Gerard was very popular, he was on Battle of the Network Stars two years running '79 & in '80 with Princess Ardala, Pamela Hensley

@originaluddite 2 жыл бұрын

Two seasons and a bunch of toys is hardly failure by my standards. Then again, I actively seek out one-season wonders, so my standards are pretty low.

@gladspooky9455 2 жыл бұрын

It's the cheapest-looking show ever made and features the sappiest '70s lead you could possibly cast. They also literally go into a space disco at one point.

@originaluddite 2 жыл бұрын

I watched Dr Who and Blakes-7 back then so, as a kid, I thought Buck Rogers had slick production. As for the sap, well, everything, especially from the US, was kinda like that then, and everything was disco if it wasn't new wave or punk.

@jackielinde7568 2 жыл бұрын

It's funny that the voice actor for Daffy Duck was cast as Twiki... because there were a few goofs Warner Brothers did on the Buck Rogers stuff... "Duck Dodgers" specific goofs...

@stevedlu4252 2 жыл бұрын

im very surprised it was not mentioned

@napoleonwilson6499 2 жыл бұрын

In the 24th and ½ century!

@HawthornHawk 2 жыл бұрын

@@napoleonwilson6499 a bee a a bee a Big Deal

@anthustenebris9202 2 жыл бұрын

@@napoleonwilson6499 The extra half is important!

@Prich319 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I get an Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator? The Earth blocks my view of Venus.

@datswissguy5387 2 жыл бұрын

Best sponsor segment ever.

@KendrickHarrisKenfinity 2 жыл бұрын

We're never "stuck in the future" when we reconnect with our awesome but changed and then short lived sci-fi series. Stay safe everyone!

@davidhanson4909 2 жыл бұрын

Am I alone in hating cute robot sidekicks? Even as a kid I wanted to flush Daggett and Twiki out of airlocks.

@MikeKaess 2 жыл бұрын

Flint Dille had me put together a short video show casing Buck Rogers back in the beginning of 2020 because he was trying to get some things off the ground. Then the pandemic happened and I have no idea what even happened to all that.

@warpartyattheoutpost4987 2 жыл бұрын

Whoa! Was Frank Miller involved? They were gonna collaborate on a "Buck Rogers" film a long time ago in a galaxy... well, in our galaxy.

@MikeKaess 2 жыл бұрын

@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 not to my knowledge. And if he was, he wasn’t involved in anything I was. But I was only involved a short time before all the cons the videos was going to be shown at were cancelled.

@user-hc9qv9yb9m 2 жыл бұрын

Flint from Claster?

@warpartyattheoutpost4987 2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKaess, thanks! I'm gonna watch your Black Series Greedo comparison video. I have the Greedo from the cantina shootout with Han Solo box set.

@dinomonzon7493 2 жыл бұрын

Flint Dillie wrote for G. I. Joe and Transformers.

@mousetreehouse6833 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of work went into this; thanks for untangling it for me!

@mrjones29 2 жыл бұрын

Erin Gray and Pamela Hensley were two of the sexiest women on tv at that time, and honestly there was a bevy of legendary beauties during the 1970s on American tv rival shows.

@glennszydlowski5987 Жыл бұрын

I think that both Erin and Pamela were even sexier because they both played strong, powerful, independent women. Pamela was perfect at playing the strong, spoiled princess that exuded raw sexuality in every scene she played. Erin perfectly played a strong, independent woman on the outside but showed that she was also a sensual, passionate woman on the inside. It is a shame that they wrote Princess Ardala totally out of the second season and reduced Erin's role to a glorified flight attendant with minimal impact to the story.

@mrjones29 Жыл бұрын

@@glennszydlowski5987 Yep you're right. But I loved Erin's look in the 2nd season, a space flight attendant in a hot mini skirt 🥵😄

@jgray7440 2 жыл бұрын

The story of Buck Rogers and how it relates to Dungeons and Dragons is fascinating.

@gameoverinsertcointocontin8102 2 жыл бұрын

I remember playing a Buck Rogers game, which was basically the AD&D rules adapted in a sci fi setting. It was one of the classic 'gold box' SSI AD&D games.

@fleafrier1 2 жыл бұрын

@@gameoverinsertcointocontin8102 As I recall there was a game just like D&D that was called Gamma World. It was post apocalyptic and had futuristic weapons, armor, etc.

@mamanoneyall51 2 жыл бұрын

Buck Roger's in the 25th century, Gil Gerard was one of my crushes as a little girl.

@homoousias 2 жыл бұрын

Love this one! Thanks 🤓

@Journeyman.71 2 жыл бұрын

I always *LOVED* the vinyl costumes that just had a picture of the character(s) or a poster image on the torso, rather than an attempt to mimic the look of a character!

@therealpaulortiz 2 жыл бұрын

Dan- I just want to say...you've taken the beard game to the next level! Wilma Deering was probably the best thing about Buck Rogers!!! Thanks for the great video good sir!!

@muttleysb5830 2 жыл бұрын

Remember having the buck rogers duvet set as a kid, don’t remember the second series!

@briancross7835 11 ай бұрын

"The original space man! The ultimate trip! Buck Rogers swings back to Earth and lays it on the 25th Century!" Classic...

@brianslater5935 2 жыл бұрын

I had a Buck Rogers bed, with Twiki on the headboard when i was younger. I also went to the legendary Buck Rogers restaurant in Glasgow Scotland.

@rustedbeetle 2 жыл бұрын

Erin Grey was my first crush! I didn't know at the time (during the show's first run) that she was older than my mother by a year.

@stuartbagley2586 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the pilot in theaters. My brother made fun of me when it popped up on tv like a month later. 😢

@JonTripp115 2 жыл бұрын

Little did you know this would be the business model for almost every major film in 2020.

@orlock20 2 жыл бұрын

I still remember the bikini babes on the letters in the original intro.

@CliveO1515 2 жыл бұрын

I saw it in the theater too. 😅

@altha-rf1et 2 жыл бұрын

Me too, later at a drive in back in the mid 90's they had both Buck Rogers and Battle Star Galatica first esp playing

@RyanMartinez 2 жыл бұрын

All I remember from that show was "Biddy biddy biddy". And I kept getting that confused with the robot dog on Battlestar Galactica and the robots in The Black Hole, Lost in Space, and Silent Running. LOL

@gakabler 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for including Adam Strange in that final list

@stewartglencrose9023 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like someone could sue Red Dwarf, a man in suspended animation, wakes up in the future and a robot called Kryten

@tigerbread78 2 жыл бұрын

In that case, they could sue Futurama, a man in suspended animation, wakes up in the future, and a robot called Bender (Crichton is spelled differently from Kryten)

@mistermaestersirthomas9164 2 жыл бұрын

Shhhh, don't even think that!

@JLvatron 2 жыл бұрын

"Wot the Smeg?"

@CarolusMagnus2501 2 жыл бұрын

Parody is legally protected as a "derivative work."

@RobCamp-rmc_0 2 жыл бұрын

I think Patrick Stewart wanted to sue Grant Naylor for ripping off TNG but 1. realized that Red Dwarf was first and 2. sat down and watched it and ended up enjoying it

@joshuamstark 2 жыл бұрын

Yesssssss thank you!!! Gil Gerard… resident of the state of Arkansas!

@christopherlabye3039 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the "McCloud" MST3K drop. That alone made me supremely happy. Also thank you for this amazing back story.

@welshhibby 2 жыл бұрын

I love the fact he comes back to earth thousands of years lateR and its the late 70's with disco MUSIC !

@starwarslegends8583 2 жыл бұрын

Two women who will forever be hot eye candy throughout the series. Erin Gray (Wilma Deering) and Pamela Hensley (Princess Ardala). Both of them memorable hotties of the 70's.

@ericheckenkamp6091 2 жыл бұрын

Pamela Hensley looks like she smells like cocoa butter. I mean that in a good way.

@starwarslegends8583 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericheckenkamp6091 Totally agree!

@carlosencarnacion1255 2 жыл бұрын

I love cocoa…….😍😍😍

@Loremastrful 2 жыл бұрын

No lie, But I prefer catsuit, Emma Peele, Deering to mini skirt midshipman Deering any day.

@starwarslegends8583 2 жыл бұрын

@@Loremastrful Very not bad choices. Top notch actually. That one episode where Wilma was a vampire, oh boy! Emma Peele in a cat suite is always a good thing!

@baroncalamityplus 2 жыл бұрын

Love the super serious messed up Earth from the movie. Earth being a brutal Fallout post apocalypse like setting with humans gathered in a few futuristic cities shielded from the outside. I liked the less serious tone of Buck and his adventures in the first season but I wish the Earth from the movie was still used.

@curtismathews1582 2 жыл бұрын

I never did see the movie, just the TV series.

@johnwireman2660 2 жыл бұрын

I always assumed those mutant ghettos still existed. They just weren’t as big and bad as Deering made it sound because she was trying to scare Buck from wandering into one.

@ricogoldstar 2 жыл бұрын

Buck Rogers is the precursor to 'Demolition Man'. I remember as a kid,, seeing Buck Roger's in the theaters with my Dad, and getting a pre teen chubby when Princess Ardala of the Draconian Empire made her sexy debut.

@pe51ter 2 жыл бұрын

We bought our first colour tv in November 1980 in John Lewis department store in Reading Uk. It was a 16 inch Sony. We rushed home to try it out. The first programme we watched was Buck Rogers.

@dbeane43 2 жыл бұрын

Rediscovered this show by accident on Me TV. Its cheesy but a far as 70s/80s sci fi it ain't bad.

@julymiller2308 2 жыл бұрын

Currently on tubitv

@NGMonocrom 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically, Gil Gerard was 10,000% *wrong* in wanting to make the show more serious. With the exception of Hawk, and a couple of the stand-alone episodes, season 2 was garbage! More serious was the wrong direction to go. The biggest irony is that Gerard as Rogers was completely believable whenever he delivered those comedic lines during season 1. Had he stuck to acting, the show likely would have gone on for at least 5 seasons (assuming nearly all of the changes in season 2 hadn't have taken place.)

@only257 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed📼

@ericmcphail4544 2 жыл бұрын

This. All I remember from 2 is the guy that can remove his head for no good reason whatsoever and the oddly sweaty "ALCOHOL IS BAD" episode where they drink wine and turn into Satyrs.

@jayexonauts5587 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. And they ruined Wilma too!

@rdbull5890 2 жыл бұрын

@@jayexonauts5587 They turned Wilma from an ace fighter pilot to a flight attendant. The only thing she was missing in season 2 was a drink cart!

@bashsibda6289 2 жыл бұрын

Hawk was the coolest ever.

@dougjohnson1199 2 жыл бұрын

The show was not written to be an epic saga, it was just tv entertainment. A fun show to watch. The second season looked to be budgeted out of the change in a piggy bank. I still watched it.

@paulleach3612 2 жыл бұрын

Christmas day 1983 - after re-runs and VHS recordings have saturated my 5 year old mind the joy at getting a Buck Rodgers space helmet and pistol was beyond measure. (Wrapping my baby brother in used turkey foil so he could join in the game however...)