{"id":3410,"date":"2008-08-04T06:08:07","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T06:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/08\/04\/quark-coming-to-dvd-2\/"},"modified":"2008-08-04T06:08:07","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T06:08:07","slug":"quark-coming-to-dvd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/08\/04\/quark-coming-to-dvd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Quark coming to DVD!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong>\u00a0\"Happy\"Mood:<\/strong> Happy\u00a0]<\/strong>
As children, my sister and I often fought over the TV. This was back in the 70s when households often had only one TV, five channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and an independent), and no VCR. After school we raced home. Whoever got the TV first could make a claim. Course it didn\u2019t usually stop us from a pitched battle, but every day it was the same. On one channel they showed Looney Tunes. My sister in her insanity hates Looney Tunes<\/span>. She preferred The Brady Bunch, which showed on another channel. UGH! It was even more crucial for me to get home on those occasions when the Million Dollar Movie had Ape and Godzilla weeks. You never knew when those gems might be shown again. For a while Friday nights were awful when for that brief period Quark<\/span><\/a> ran opposite Donny and Marie<\/span>. They canceled Quark<\/span> and I went back to my reading while she watched the Dancin\u2019 Mormon Happy Hour<\/span>.<\/p>\n

I recall Quark<\/span>, the tale of an intergalactic garbageman, being hilarious. I\u2019ve not seen the episodes since they originally aired back in the dark ages of 1977-1978, mostly because the show was never put out on VHS (except for bootlegs) nor DVD.<\/p>\n

Well happily this tidbit arrived in my inbox this morning:<\/p>\n

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Buck Henry \u2014 Oscar\u00ae nominated screenwriter (The Graduate<\/span>, Heaven Can Wait<\/span>) and Emmy\u00ae winner for his work on the hit TV series \u201cGet Smart\u201d \u2014 created a wonderfully wacky sci-fi spoof Quark<\/span> starring Richard Benjamin which since its debut and short run in 1977-78 has become a cult hit. In addition to Emmy\u00ae nominee Richard Benjamin (TV\u2019s \u201cHe &amp; She\u201d), the out-of-this-world space age comedy stars Tim Thomerson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/span>), Patricia and Cyb Barnstable, Bobby Porter, Conrad Janis (TV\u2019s \u201cMork &amp; Mindy\u201d), Alan Caillou, and Richard Kelton (TV\u2019s \u201cGunsmoke\u201d). Quark: The Complete Series<\/span><\/span> will be available for $19.94.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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I\u2019m not sure if it will be the same without the weekly fighting, but I imagine I\u2019ll muddle through. I just hope it isn\u2019t a Spaceballs<\/span> turd that my ten year old reality gussied up into a rose.<\/p>\n

The DVD is scheduled for a mid-October release<\/a>. Expect a review soon after!<\/p>\n

Quark coming to DVD!<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[\u00a0Mood: Happy\u00a0]As children, my sister and I often fought over the TV. This was back in the 70s when households often had only one TV, five channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and an independent), and no VCR. After school we … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n