What Happened to the TIME TUNNEL?

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Dan Monroe / Movies, Music & Monsters

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@donsmeltzer4083 14 күн бұрын

The reason it was cancelled despite high ratings is that network executives have never understood or even liked Sci Fi.

@jimbear62 14 күн бұрын

*GROAN*....network executives

@starmnsixty1209 14 күн бұрын

Leslie Moonves is an especially notorious example of this.

@gorymarty56 14 күн бұрын

True

@EddieLopez711 14 күн бұрын

No real imagination & logic How about a small mini series showing the end of the journey returning to the beginning. (Loop) and deciding whether to continue or not with messing with time.

@erzahler1930 13 күн бұрын

Same thing that happened with Star Trek, although it lasted 3 seasons. Network executives simply don't understand science fiction. And if they don't understand it, despite a huge letter campaign (which probably overwhelmed the local post office) to keep Star Trek going for a 4th season, the XO's stood their ground, and Star Trek was phasered out of existence (they thought). The animated series ('72 or '73?) lasted 22 ½-hour episodes. Some trekkies consider it the "unofficial 4th season," or year four of the 5-year mission. But I got into the wrong time track. I can imagine the same or similar thing happened. Despite all of the mail and telephone messages, the network XO's canceled Time Tunnel anyway. Network executives are always very slow learners. It seems they still haven't learned the obvious axiom, namely that network XO's don't go against fans. But no, the only things they see are $ and ¢. Will they never learn?

@gibblespascack1418 3 күн бұрын

This is Quantum Leap before Quantum Leap was ever though of. "Oh, Boy"

@cmacmenow 3 күн бұрын

Time to take Time Tunnel back to Now. Updated version would be a instant hit on Netflix.

@ukiahsguitarsolos3436 3 күн бұрын

I loved The Time Tunnel as well.

@morgangallowglass8668 14 күн бұрын

I am a bit shocked that in our age of reboots, remakes and rubbish, more of Mr. Allen's shows have not been subject to the big budget blunders.

@cathydanks8908 4 күн бұрын

My friends and I LOVED The Time Tunnel. It was our salve after Lost in Space was cancelled.

@davidgeier5827 14 күн бұрын

The problem with Time Tunnel toward the end was it started to frequently feature those Irwin Allen signature cheesy aliens too many times instead of characters involved with historical events.

@Stinger3381 14 күн бұрын

As a child of the 60s, I love this channel. I appreciate all the work you do to produce such quality content on my favorite movies and TV shows!

@airborneranger-ret 14 күн бұрын

"Who the heck is home on a Friday night?" - Me, as a kid, watching the "Invaders" :)

@richelliott9320 14 күн бұрын

Whit Bissell deserves his own wing in the sci-fi hall of fame. He shows up almost everywhere

@martinhaub6828 14 күн бұрын

There used to be a whole website dedicated to him. Great character actor but boy, in that TT episode where he played the French general was that embarrassing!

@juangallegos1048 13 күн бұрын

Yep, Whit Bissell excellent actor, he played a villain in the sci-fi classic Soylent Green

@collosusrex-2985 12 күн бұрын

I remember he was also in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Creature From The Black Lagoon.

@Ronalti65 8 күн бұрын

Whit Bissell was the OG Admiral Kirk!🖖🤣

@radioroger1683 6 күн бұрын

Witt was on Land of The Giants, Star Trek (The trouble with tribbles) City beneath the sea, VTTBOTS

@gordonmuise8208 14 күн бұрын

This channel IS our very own Time Tunnel!

@candido7491 3 күн бұрын

Before I watch this post or read any comments on it , my three favorites in the genre are The Twilight Zone , The Time Tunnel , and The Outer Limits , in that order . We need a new Time Tunnel series .

@collingalanos1783 14 күн бұрын

The Time Tunnel was a show that was ahead of it's time.

@ebarteldes 3 күн бұрын

I watched reruns when I was a kid in the 1970s

@Mark_Wheeler 14 күн бұрын

I absolutely loved The Time Tunnel as a kid, even though I knew that most of the historical figures they visited didn't speak modern English. But it was still fun!

@topper1958 13 күн бұрын

I still have my GAF ViewMaster reels of Time Tunnel. I’m 66 years old.

@slagit 13 күн бұрын

Mine are all sadly gone...

@Mark.G475 13 күн бұрын

I still have my Adam West Batman 1966 view master reel!

@brianarbenz1329 14 күн бұрын

The Time Tunnel had the nice bonus of being at least somewhat educational. History teachers liked it, not because it necessarily taught history authoritatively, but it could spark students' interest in a certain historical event.

@brettcampbell778 12 күн бұрын

I loved *The Time Tunnel* when I watched it when I was six!. Also *Land of the Giants* and *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.*

@donchoq 14 күн бұрын

When I was in the reserves, we had a uniform ribbon that had that hourglass logo on it. When people asked what I had gotten the ribbon for, I used to tell them it was for when I worked on 'Project Tic-Toc". Some people got the joke and asked how Doug and Tony were doing.😅

@AdmiralNelson1000 13 күн бұрын

Great one@ Thank you.

@richardbehrle1496 11 күн бұрын

Robert Colbert is 93, I met him in Pacific Palisades and I found out he is really good friends with Lee Meriwether and very sadly. That's when I found out about her illness. We are losing our heroes. Thanks for the memories.

@DavidLLambertmobile 8 күн бұрын

I always enjoyed her acting work on Barnaby Jones. 🔍

@frankdeangelo1208 12 күн бұрын

Back when this show came out, I lived for Friday nights to watch it.

@jefffuller9918 13 күн бұрын

I loved the show as a kid. I have the box set. The one thing that made me laugh and still does, the time tunnel also acted as a dry cleaner. No matter how many times James and Robert had their clothes ripped, dirtied, and what not, after they traveled to the next place, the clothes were perfectly clean.

@kainnosgoth7336 13 күн бұрын

That's most likely because they were removed from one time and sent to another, so whatever happened to them in the previous time didn't exist, like they were never there, so it's like they started out on a clean slate.

@wotan10950 2 күн бұрын

It was a dual time tunnel-dry cleaning machine. I think Samsung makes them now 😉

@wotan10950 2 күн бұрын

I LOVED The Time Tunnel! I was only in the 5th grade, but I used to make my own models of the tunnel. I’ll be mocked for saying this, but I enjoyed it far more than Star Trek.

@Tazzman225 Күн бұрын

Same here. I was disappointed that they canceled after 30 episodes. I read it was canceled for the same reason Lost In Space was. Both networks, CBS and ABC told Irwin Allen to cut back on expenses and he said he cannot cut back any more than what he has. LIS was canceled after 3 seasons and TT after only one. Sad.

@dougpattison5499 3 күн бұрын

I was in grade 3 or 4 at the time. The teacher had started to talk about the volcanic eruption that took place in Krakatoa. This happened on a Monday. Well the teacher was somewhat miffed by the fact that most of us already new about Krakatoa! We told her the answer was simple. Krakatoa was on Time Tunnel the Friday before! Time Tunnel was such a great show, especially if you like history! Very informative! Some of the leaders of different countries today could use to brush up on history!

@normm1619 6 күн бұрын

I also remember reading that Time Tunnel ran out of ideas…there were only so many sets from movies/other shows you could build a story around, and even with a high budget, ‘tin foil aliens’ started to look cheap..

@mikeburch2998 14 күн бұрын

Off topic.... Julie Newmar was by far the hottest catwoman. 🙂

@Stewart_Clark-Livros 19 сағат бұрын

Here in Brazil, "The Time Tunnel," or in Portuguese "O Túnel do Tempo," was very successful in the 1970s and in its constant reruns in the following years. It still has a huge legion of fans to this day.

@nufosmatic Күн бұрын

The Time Tunnel was the most expensive series on television except for Lost In Space except for Star Trek... and, somehow, Lost In Space used transistors and Star Trek used vacuum tubes...

@capt.jtspaulding7682 14 күн бұрын

30 episodes? That's 3 seasons today. LOL.

@willmfrank 14 күн бұрын

Five seasons, for some series. 🙄

@peterbailey6930 14 күн бұрын

Thanks Dan This was one of my favorite TV shows ad a kid

@MoviesMusicMonsters 14 күн бұрын

My pleasure peter, thanks for watching :-)

@rogerlong9783 10 күн бұрын

Time Tunnel is what got me interested in the Titanic.

@dandelatorre1870 2 күн бұрын

Wow, you’re nearing 100K subs, congratulations!!!! 👏👏👏👏

@davidspendlove5900 11 күн бұрын

Loved this when I was a kid.

@maxsmodels 14 күн бұрын

The Time Tunnel was sort of a proto Quantum-Leap.

@stevepaul6955 2 күн бұрын

I loved watching this show as a kid.

@more.power. 14 күн бұрын

The whole family loved this show when I was a kid. We sat down in front of the Black & White Pye TV with viewing time and snacks carefully planned out by my mum. Mum rolled out the snacks and drinks just at the right times as not to miss any of the show. My dad and his TV mates spent many weeks of planning and they finally installed a gigantic 10 Bar 20 foot high arial that tied down like a circus tent on the roof of our home. We lived in the country and had the best TV signal in the district. We could watch any TV show coming from repeaters all around the country. It was not just a tv show but an institution when the family, friends and neighbours got together to watch our favourite TV shows.

@iainriley8819 14 күн бұрын

Dan , Please do The Invaders . Please....

@MoviesMusicMonsters 14 күн бұрын

It's coming I promise :-)

@DavidLLambertmobile 8 күн бұрын

Do New Zoo Revue & Hot Fudge too! 📺

@tony-gb5ub 3 күн бұрын

The program was very educational. As a third Grader , that’s when I learned about important historical events , Such as the Titanic.

@Tazzman225 Күн бұрын

I used to with someone who belonged to the Titanic Historical Society. I let him watch my tape of the pilot and he did not like it because it was not accurate as far names and ship information was concerned. Plus scene where the ship was sinking and people were breaking out the with champagne bottles. He said porthole windows on a ship and very thick and that was not possible.

@Scooterdude01 14 күн бұрын

I was 10 years old in 67 great show. And now I'm 67 years old. Woohoo

@jerryleewillis2492 9 күн бұрын

Me too

@DeFilmKater 10 күн бұрын

James Darren => Vic Fontaine in DS9 some thirty years later. 🤗

@Vamptonius 10 күн бұрын

Spent the whole video trying to figure out where else I'd seen him.

@tinman8972 3 күн бұрын

"They just couldn't get a FIX on them!"

@Tazzman225 Күн бұрын

They could get a fix on them but due to a lack of power they could not keep it for long.

@brianmcguinness9642 12 күн бұрын

The time tunnel complex reminds me of the Krell city from Forbidden Planet.

@suncat9 12 күн бұрын

It reminds me of the super cool underground complex in the movie "Fantastic Voyage."

@NigelBassman 12 күн бұрын

I believe that it was repurposed Forbidden Planet footage.

@suechaidez7161 7 күн бұрын

I loved Time Tunnel!

@Hunter-R-Hickey 8 күн бұрын

TT was one of my all-time favorite shows. I was devastated when I learned that it was canceled. I refused to watch that Custer show and thought whoever came up with the idea for Custer to replace the Time Tunnel should have been fired and sent to Siberia for 20 years. 😡😡

@munteacher 13 күн бұрын

The Time Tunnel was responsible for my career in teaching as back in 1966 I learned for the first time about the Titanic, Custard's Last Stand, and other historical events. If not for that show--who knows--I might have gone into a lucrative career in finance of the law, but I sure as heck would not have enjoyed it as much as I did teaching history!

@jefft786 13 күн бұрын

In todays TV production, 30 episodes would be 3 years!

@erocoptics5642 4 күн бұрын

What scares me as I'm old enough to remember watching that show

@michaelwhalen2442 2 күн бұрын

I still have my View Master with the Time Tunnel series of discs.

@Tazzman225 Күн бұрын

I have mine somewhere. Did you know that the last frame on the TT disc was from the unaired episode. It shows Tony and Doug standing among foliage with a Time Tunnel in the background.

@michaelwhalen2442 Күн бұрын

@@Tazzman225 I don't have it in front of me, but I do remember that exact frame. Thanks!

@user-gz9dv9oh9o Күн бұрын

The time tunnel was actually on the air for many decades, but just in the future…or in the past. 🤔

@Ronaldl2350 14 күн бұрын

I am looking forward to the Voyage to the Bottom of the sea video. That was one of my favorites as a kid.

@MoviesMusicMonsters 14 күн бұрын

It's on its way I promise :-) I work as a one-man show, so it takes forever to get these videos done :-) stay tuned

@JustWasted3HoursHere 14 күн бұрын

I'm 57 years old and was a HUGE fan of just about everything Irwin Allen ever did as a kid, but this one flew under my radar for some reason. Maybe it was not syndicated in my area? I first heard about it just a few years ago and watched a few episodes. I remember watching James Darren and thinking to myself, "Where have I seen this guy before?" Being a big Star Trek fan, and especially Deep Space Nine, it dawned on me that he played Vince Fontaine in the holosuite nightclub that Nog had created!

@mgconlan 8 күн бұрын

In the 1960's there was a joke about ABC: "You want to know how to end the Viet Nam War? Put it on ABC and it will be canceled in 13 weeks."

@erocoptics5642 4 күн бұрын

Always liked voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. I was hooked on it as well as the Wild Wild West

@whatsup7253 4 күн бұрын

30 episodes that's 3 seasons now. Must have been a hit.

@garysiers1014 14 күн бұрын

Here where I live, we have a network called METV, that plays every Saturday the original Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, The Invaders, The Thunderbirds, the original Star Trek, Voyage to the bottom of the sea, Kolchak, and I'm sure I missed a few, but they're played back to back every Saturday night...sadly it's mostly after midnight until 7am.

@annmarieblanc6363 14 күн бұрын

Don't forget Svengoolie, the classic horror movie host!

@jaymedina3142 14 күн бұрын

Irwin Allen was right up there with Gerry Anderson and Rod Serling. GREAT entertainment!

@JeffreyBatten-lq8gu 2 күн бұрын

Actually the original pilot had Tony and Doug returning, from the jungle. Slire 21 on the view-master set if from that, and there are a few stills around . the tunnel appears in the mist on the jungle. I still hope the footage survived and Id love to see the original, intact 70 minute pilot.

@Tazzman225 Күн бұрын

Back in the 90s someone on ebay was selling an TT final episode on VHS that was the last episode where they brought the travelers back to their own time. It never got aired.

@straingedays 11 күн бұрын

Re-watching Time Tunnel now, Ann makes me crack up. One moment optimistic with full confidence, next minute pessimist with zero confidence. One minute grateful, next minute resentful. One minute brave, next minute cowardly .. ..

@mischugee 11 күн бұрын

Time Tunnel reruns are still on a channel called MeTV. If you want to stay up to 3 am to watch it. 😂. In fact, all the classical shows of the 60’s that Dan mentioned are on MeTV Saturday Night. Starting with Batman, StarTrek TOS, NightStalker, Lost In Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants and Time Tunnel.

@ronaldburk115 9 күн бұрын

You forgot 'the Invaders'!!

@dandelatorre1870 2 күн бұрын

Irwin Allen seemed to always cast a tall handsome man and an equally handsome but slightly shorter co-star.

@user-ut8sh8bg5f 14 күн бұрын

When I finally saw it in reruns I thought it was a better show than I remembered. The use of stock footage, preexisting sets and costumes made it look expensive.

@dalethelander3781 12 күн бұрын

"A rock is a rock, a tree is a tree, go shoot it in Griffith Park." The Time Tunnel's lead-in, The Green Hornet, was also cancelled. So, there's that.

@lucasdeaver9192 14 күн бұрын

I don't think its a coincidence that the Time Tunnel set looked a lot like the underground layer of the Krell in Forbidden Planet.

@windnchgo 14 күн бұрын

I've thought the same thing.

@AllanNeaves-qn3zr 4 күн бұрын

Only 30 episodes 😳 seemed a lot more, but still a happy part of my youth.

@anneangstadt1882 7 күн бұрын

Nine-year old me loved this! Actually may have kicked off a lifelong interest in history.

@ivannadler1789 8 күн бұрын

I was 10 years old when Time Tunnel was broadcast. The show was one of the reasons that I did so well in history class during my high school years 😅. I am so glad that Me-TV runs all the episodes of Irwin Allen TV shows.

@wadeinn463 8 күн бұрын

Yeah.. at 4am only on Saturdays. Useless

@ivannadler1789 8 күн бұрын

Yeah I just DVR it.

@wadeinn463 8 күн бұрын

@@ivannadler1789 how do you DVR from an app? Don’t you need to have the app playing the episode at the scheduled time? And DVR from an online stream? Was easy when i had cable.

@garywright7826 8 күн бұрын

@@wadeinn463METV is not an app..it's broadcast on regular TV (antenna)

@JohnRWMarchant 12 күн бұрын

30 episodes is 3-5 series now in modern times.

@jamesphilip6737 14 күн бұрын

Fantastic Voyage is probably on the list too, hopefully 😊

@donchoq 14 күн бұрын

"Custer" was a piece of crap. I remember my Dad asking "They cancelled Time Tunnel for this"? And he LOVED westerns!

@AdmiralNelson1000 13 күн бұрын

Remarkable! Thank you.

@donosborne9398 19 сағат бұрын

I've never actually seen "Time Tunnel", but it sounds similar to a recent time traveling series called "Timeless", about people jumping through time to "fix" history. It was pretty good.

@clivewi9103 3 күн бұрын

I am sure you have not seen it all, the last episode had Doug and Tony return, well it did in the UK.

@shueflyee1833 22 сағат бұрын

That's amazing! Would you mind giving a brief overview of the episode? Huge fan of the show here.

@markpedroza7294 14 күн бұрын

The Time Tunnel episode "The Alamo" just aired last night on MeTV

@windnchgo 14 күн бұрын

MeTV does a great job keeping old series alive for new generations

@robertszvetics210 11 күн бұрын

When i was 15 years old i stayed home and watched this on friday nights instead of hangin out with my friends thats how much i loved this series and the other Irwin Allen series.

@jayducharme 14 күн бұрын

"God ... network executives" never gets old. Time Tunnel was my favorite Allen series. Visually, it was the most magical. The tunnel itself was stunning and as a kid I really believed it could work. It also had my favorite John Williams soundtrack of that period. I agree that sometimes it's best to leave a classic untouched.

@nv4142 11 күн бұрын

Have you ever seen the movie Time after Time with Malcolm McDowell, David Warner and Mary Steenburgen? One of my favorites and I don't think it ever gets enough attention love to hear your review of the movie !

@rongendron8705 10 күн бұрын

Time after Time was a very imaginative movie & didn't get enough acclaim! Love movies about time travel!

@PraiseDog 3 күн бұрын

I liked it, at age 10. I had forgotten that is was on Friday evening. I liked that time slot actually. It was a time slot with a different feel to it, end of the school week so no thoughts about having to get up early the next day..

@barbaraanneneale3674 7 күн бұрын

Oh I have to add my complaint about its cancelation. As a kid, I loved this show.

@redjupiter2 14 күн бұрын

My father was in the US Navy during World War II, and he watched Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. After seeing the summertime promotional video for Lost in Space on CBS, my six-year-old self proclaimed that I must be allowed to watch this new program when it starts, the problem being it overlaps into my bedtime. My younger brother and I won that battle and became lifelong fans of LIS. Myself and my grandmother, who was a schoolteacher, where the only members of our family that watched the short-lived but fantastic Time Tunnel. I don't think Irwin Allen ever realized what he really had in his 4 famous television series, and the ridiculous network executives certainly never understood anything across the board except beans. Thank you for another fantastic journey back!

@nufosmatic Күн бұрын

10:08 - Friday Night was where Star Trek was sent to die...

@hugomansavage 14 күн бұрын

Colossus: the Forbin Project

@seemoretoys5944 14 күн бұрын

SkyNet's dad(s) - Colossus and Guardian...

@wwrk25 14 күн бұрын

Loved Forbin project. I bought it on DVD to have. Most people dont remember it. 😊

@vernonsmith6176 14 күн бұрын

@@wwrk25 how about creation of the humanoids, I have that on DVD .

@johnmarx3919 12 күн бұрын

AND we are running headlong into such a nightmare when AI will run everything!

@robertpeters4161 2 күн бұрын

Everything made in this century is crap

@richardpeel6056 13 күн бұрын

Wasn't Quantum Leap just a re-imagining of the Time Tunnel theme?

@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo 13 күн бұрын

Or Stargate?

@sistakia33 10 күн бұрын

Thirty episodes back then is like three seasons today! Crazy!

@aultraman 11 күн бұрын

Watching it as a kid in the 70's was awesome. Every episode was a cliff hanger.

@zennabella1676 4 күн бұрын

THIS IS A GREAT OLD TV SHOW, I HAVE THE ENTIRE COLLECTION ON DVD.

@rgarcia8876 7 күн бұрын

I thought this was an excellemt show predating Quantum Leap.

@dw7704 13 күн бұрын

It was kind of like a dramatic version of Peabody’s Improbable History, without the puns. And a forerunner to Quantum Leap.

@calvinlweir2795 11 күн бұрын

No one has ever done a remake of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

@dennisfoster6866 11 күн бұрын

I loved this show when I was a kid. Even now, whenever I see Whit Bissell in a show/movie I say, "I know him! He was in The Time Tunnel!" LOL Great KZfaq channel - I feel like it was made especially for me! 🙂

@philfoster8789 11 күн бұрын

Also, remember Whit in the original film version of "The Time Machine"? (A few years before "The Time Tunnel"!) By the way... I love your surname, Dennis!

@chizmcquade489 10 күн бұрын

Whit Bissell was in the original 1960 movie "The Time Machine" with Rod Taylor in the lead role. In 1978, Whit Bissell (and John Zaremba) were in a TV-movie version of "The Time Machine" (the time traveller Neil Perry visits the Puritan colony in Massachusetts, the California gold rush, then the future with the Eloi and Morlocks) - cheap on the time lapse special effects of buildings going up or being torn down.

@arthurlopez4487 4 күн бұрын

Loved the Time Tunnel when I was a kid on TV

@brettany_renee_blatchley 7 күн бұрын

Seeing the Time Tunnel artist conception reminds me of the underground abandoned city on Forbidden Planet.

@JasonRitchie-mg7zw 7 күн бұрын

They reused artist renderings from Forbidden Planet on Time Tunnel. Very good catch!

@dragonweyr44 14 күн бұрын

I would like to know more about Battlestar Galactica 1977, particularly the cylon costumes as what happened to them as well as know more about Land Of The Giants

@windnchgo 14 күн бұрын

Another great, great show that aired only one season and also deserves your attention: The Prisoner.

@williambilyeu9801 11 күн бұрын

I enjoyed watching "The Time Tunnel." I had the James Darren recording "Goodbye Cruel World." I enjoyed it when he showed up on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" as a singer.😊

@PitcairnIslander 7 күн бұрын

I was a kid when this came out and I loved this show so much it sparked my interest in time travel right up to this day. When he mentioned that there wasn't much in the way of merchandise, I still have one of the patches that are sewn on all the lab coats for all the workers at the Time Tunnel. I never sewed it on anything and still have it and keep thinking every once in a while to actually sew it on a white jacket.

@dkod19 6 күн бұрын

The Time Tunnel was one of the first 'sci-fi' shows I remember watching and then liking. I was probably in my early teens at the time. I was disappointed when it suddenly stopped being shown and I found out a short time later it was cancelled. About a year later, my cousins turned me on to Star Trek, and I was hooked on that for life. At least for that, there was enough fan activism to keep that alive in one form or another for... well, decades. I also recall starting to watch Quantum Leap in the middle of its initial run during the 90s. I remember thinking that its premise was similar to The Time Tunnel. I also became a fan of Doctor Who in the late 2000s, as well as Fringe, and later Continuum. Those kept my sci-fi juices flowing. I'm loving the new crop of Star Trek shows.

@iainriley8819 14 күн бұрын

I know it's not American but how about some Gerry Anderson like Stingray, XL-5 or Supercar or even Doppelganger/Far side of the sun .