6.4 /10 1 Votes
6.3/10 TV No. of episodes 15 Producer(s) Al Schwartz Final episode date 2 September 1976 Number of episodes 15 | 6.5/10 IMDb Country of origin United States First episode date 6 September 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by Sid and Marty KrofftJoe RubyKen SpearsChuck McCannEarle Doud Starring Bob DenverChuck McCannPatty Maloney Cast Similar The Lost Saucer, Valley of the Dinosaurs, The Ghost Busters, The Krofft Supershow, Sigmund and the Sea Mon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Far Out Space Nuts is a Sid and Marty Krofft children's television series that aired in 1975 for one season, and produced 15 episodes. It was one of only two Krofft series produced exclusively for CBS (the second being 1984's Pryor's Place).
Contents
Plot
Like most of the Kroffts' productions, the show's opening sequence provides the setup of its fanciful premise: While loading food into various compartments to prepare a rocket for an upcoming mission, Barney instructs Junior to hit the "lunch" button, but Junior mistakenly hits the "launch" button. The rocket blasts off and takes them on various misadventures on alien planets.
Typically, in each episode, their spaceship (a NASA lunar module) would be captured by aliens (one being played by John Carradine, who so impressed Denver with his acting skills that the scene had to be reshot) and taken to some strange planet, or the spaceship would just land somewhere. Then, either Barney and Junior or the ship would be taken away by the strange creatures on the planet. After some weird mission was carried out, the two astronauts would be reunited with the spaceship and be off on their next mission.
Cast
The show starred Bob Denver as Junior, a grey-haired (Denver was 40 years old at the time) and seemingly dim-witted but uniquely clever NASA maintenance worker, and Chuck McCann as Barney, his plump and grumpy co-worker. Patty Maloney played Honk, their furry little alien friend who made honking sounds out of the horn on the top of her head instead of speaking.
