Everything you need to know about Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

[@mrf19741]

Erin Gray as Colonel Wilma Deering and Pamela Helmsley as Princess Ardala were the stuff dreams were made of.

[@4wheelerDJ]

Should've had a rivalry between them for Buck's attention.

[@Paul_1971]

Both very gorgeous women - would be hard pressed to choose between the two!

[@Buster_Piles]

Slippery, jizzy dreams.

[@DrummerGrrrl]

These comments... yuck.

[@jerryc5743]

Pamela Helmsley was smoking hot.

[@caeserromero3013]

That second season outfit makes Wilma look like she's selling ice cream 🍦😂😂

[@charleswoodruff9013]

Buck Rogers, Logan's Run, Space:1999, ARK II, The Man from Atlantis, and Jason of Star Command...loved these shows growing up.

[@deathstrike]

I think Space 1999 (well 2099) and a well thought out Buck Rogers would make a good reboot series to launch either a Hulu or Netflix sci fi original. Both have a good premise, and with good CGI and sfx, could bring a good following.

[@antonnym214]

I liked all those shows, too! My cousin, Farrah Fawcett (we shared a great grandmother), was in the movie version of Logan's Run and that was awesome as well. All good wishes, my brother.

[@antonnym214]

@Paul Banta YES! I really like Journey to the Far Side of the Sun. Outstanding.

[@bryancreech1236]

@@antonnym214 have the movie on DVD

[@elfhighmage8240]

Oh, you named Space: 1999!

[@TMS5100]

you only need to know two things about buck rogers: erin gray, spandex.

[@JonnyBaak]

Lol

[@jplus2601]

ms3bani precisely!!!

[@jakemonster001]

Princess Ardarla and the planet of slave girls were good too!

[@Eaglejake]

1000 “up votes”!!!

[@benconway9010]

absolutely her in those sexy disco pants and shorts lets not forget

[@FADE_FROM_VIEW]

As a child, i watched Buck Rogers with my dad when i was about 4. My mother thought it was quality bonding time as my dad worked long hours and would always make time to sit on the couch with me and watch this. To this day he maintains it was because it was 'our thing' but the Erin Gray poster in the den in the early 80's at my parents old place says otherwise...

[@SandsOfArrakis]

You gotta say.. Your dad has good taste :D

[@Hammster69official]

This story brought a smile to my face. Of course I was a bit closer to my teen years at the time...

[@tonyhodgin1158]

FADE_FROM_VIEW you had an amazing father

[@FADE_FROM_VIEW]

Tony Hodgin still do 😎

[@clayz1]

Quality bonding time wasn’t a phrase when my dad and I watched the Dean Martin Show late sixties. We both liked Joey Heatherton and the rest of the cast of well dressed (scantily ) women. Although nobody actually said so, that’s the reason we were there.

[@christianalanwilson434]

RIP Glen A. Larson. You brought us a lot of timeless entertainment. How you got a 1 million per episode budget in 1978 for Battlestar Galactica can only be attributed to the Star Wars craze, but you still made that budget last and gave us some quality entertainment value for every dollar. Its a shame that Galactica was cancelled only to be rebooted 20 years later, which confirms that you were doing good work.

[@anna-elizabeth]

When I was little, I had Princess Leia, Colonel Wilma Deering, and Sheba from "Battlestar Galactica" as my role models.

[@victimology7761]

No you didn't. Strong women characters in Hollywood first appeared in 2015 with the greatest character ever committed to celluloid - Rey from The Force Awakens. Followed closely by Captain Marvel, The Ghostbusters (the good one, in 2016) Oceans Eight and of Course Sarah Conner in Terminator Dark Fate. Before that there were no strong female role models coming out of Hollywood in the last 100 years. That is why we needed them so badly. :D

[@hanniffydinn6019]

It’s bizarre, there were more female strong role models in the past! You l know, ones that people actually love ! 🤯🤯🤯🤡🤡🤡🤡🌍🌍🌍

[@satyr1968]

There Anne-Elizabeth, you've been corrected by Victimology. :-D

[@randythirdsun4955]

I BET YOU ARE FINE! NEW YORK TALK FOR HOT

[@michaelstricklett7130]

@Charles Yuditsky Why do you have to insult shlt shit like that! I agree.

[@gt5512]

Man, I'm now 51 and still have a huge crush on Erin Gray like way back while watching this!

[@marlanaedwards5296]

Marlana Edwards Is Erin Gray keen to Michael Gray from Shazam?

[@6548ww]

I'm 50 and yep I still have the hots for her too and I think she helped a lot of young boys become men.

[@johnturrentine9610]

G T I think she was every young boys crush.

[@MidnightAspec]

I’m also 51 but didn’t find her as appealing as Pamela Hensley.

[@QuantumRift]

I'm 62 and if you want to see her now, watch Hallmark Channel. LOL.

[@cheddarcheese7928]

Being a child of the 70's I remember this show fondly..I was all over anything Star Wars and saw Buck in the theaters.It's one of my Favorite childhood memories.And the toys were awesome!.I wish I can say I found E Gray hot but when ur a kid it was all about the adventure!.All this was thanks to my Mom who passed a few months ago..I still think of those times when I hear the Buck Rogers theme song Suspension.And I have to disagree with JohnnyBaak here.That song is FANTASTIC!.So thanks Mom!.And Cheers to all the 70's sci-fi kids out there!!

[@MousePotato]

Used to watch Buck Rogers religiously. Wouldn't miss an episode. Erin Gray must have been my first crush.

[@lamarravery4094]

I remember rushing my mom to get me home on Thursday nights after soccer practice because my favorite show would come on at 8pm and that show was Buck Rogers. Damn, I miss those childhood days.

[@speedracer1945]

I enjoyed her too and was 19 yrs old then . Though now looking at her she's still hot but on the thin side for me nowadays .

[@Johannesfluke77]

I managed to get all the episodes a few years back. I am not ashamed to admit that I shed tears watching them as it hit me in the feelings about recalling feelings from when I was a boy watching this. That intro music took me back in time. The episode with Jack Palance is one of the best in my memory

[@ianwheeler8764]

Erin was one of my first actress crushes as a fairly young boy. Couple that with space battles, and I was hooked.

[@myeffulgenthairyballssay9358]

Colonel Deering from Buck Rogers and Princess Aura from Flash Gordon are my Sirens of despair who burned into my brain when I was 6 or 7 years old when I didn't even know why, lol.

[@michael_swardh]

Erin Gray was extremely beautiful!

[@akane742]

Still is

[@ErwalDeeas]

She still is!!!

[@zt1053]

Cant believe they never had her guest on Star Trek tng

[@jimvt1959]

She still is.

[@trekkiedave7910]

Extremely!!

[@vexacon]

Loved the first season, the second was so bad it was laughable! Erin Gray and Pamela Hensley were a great duo, bad girl and good girl, both fighting over Buck!

[@steventowler7588]

I can't help but think about Flash Gordon! Dale Arden and Princess Aura having their rivalry over Flash :)

[@theexile6605]

Are you knocking "Hawkman?!" That's an outrage!!

[@vexacon]

Hawkman was laughable, should have made the show into a cartoon, at least they had Mel Blanc to do a whole lot of voices! Hawkman would have sounded great with an Elmer Fudd voice, at least it would have attracted a bigger audience than it had then!

[@theexile6605]

@@vexacon Ha, I suppose the first season was better, I don't really remember them that well. Certainly season 2 was a big shift in the series. I kinda liked Hawkman, though he came out of nowhere. They're replaying season 2 right now on cable channel "Metv."

[@vexacon]

Have not see the series for many years now, no channel on my cable box plays it, still have the movie on vhs somewhere! The second season was a bust, story lines were bad, if it were not for sexy Erin Gray i would have stopped watching it all together! Erin was a foxy minx, that's for sure, hot chick in heels a must for my tv viewing!

[@adrianrosenlund-hudson8789]

I remember that they changed Tweeky's voice, and which caused a minor uproar, and it was changed back.

[@billba]

Great work Jonny Baak!!! I am 45 and still miss BR and Battlestar Galactica.

[@joeh.5592]

I'm 42. Sometimes I wish we could turn back the time for better television.

[@peterfmodel]

I tend to agree. I found Buck Rogers to be very re-watchable, which is a key metric. The second season was ok, although I preferred Colonel Dearing as the military type. This is common today, but was pretty rare in the late 70’s.

[@roberteugene7295]

@@joeh.5592 I'll be 70 in April, but still fondly remember tv of that era. Buck Rogers in the 25th century was definitely memorable, and just as much fun as our host says. 🙂

[@p.mc.4449]

Any time you're missing it, there's always watching it on dvd. I do, and I'm 43.

[@Rambo-Gaming]

TV isn't quite what it used to be, is it? I remember, back in our day, there was always something good on TV. Even the commercials were fun to watch. Who can forget the old Domino's Pizza commercials with the Noid or the California Raisins commercials? TV, these days, is mostly crap.

[@christianalanwilson434]

R.I.P. Felix Silla (aka Twiki and Cousin Itt). You were a big part of my childhood and you will be missed.

[@kennethfink7060]

Erin Gray and that Princess Ardala actress..holy SMOKES. Markie Post was in an episode too, in tight shiny spandex. Amazing.

[@muznick]

So much self abuse was caused by this show.

[@Troy_nov1965]

I remember Markie Post being on there ... holy shit she was HOT!

[@ModernDayWarrior2112]

I learned a lot about my own body watching this show... ;)

[@xaenon]

@@Troy_nov1965 Damn straight she was hot. Erin Grey, Pamela Hensley, Markie Post... so much eye candy!

[@Bluestone524]

Pam Hensley. Smoking.

[@racafritz]

My parents couldn’t tell the difference between Star Wars and Buck Rogers characters, they bought me a couple of both action figures. So, in the end I had my own sci- fi universe to create. Kinda cool.

[@lenblack1462]

i had the Draconian Marauder and the transport vehicle with the treads.

[@myeffulgenthairyballssay9358]

@Raven Le Faye Don't worry, I used to have my Buck Roger's space ships attack my AT-AT and AT-ST all the time.

[@docsavage8640]

Buck Rogers was the fun that Star Wars abandoned with its self-serious sequels

[@rwarren58]

I ran into Erin Gray while on vacation in Mexico. I can tell you she is as nice and gracious and wonderful as she is beautiful. No attitude, no arrogance, just a genuine appreciation of a fan for her and the show.

[@jeffduncan9140]

Gil is an extremely nice guy, too.

[@mobjois]

Right in the nostalgia! This is the best video recorded from inside a bucket that I've ever seen.

[@michaelwills1926]

Loved this show. Erin Gray was my Farrah.

[@largol33t1]

That's kinda funny because she also was the one actress I remember from the late 1970s instead of Farrah! Saw a few pictures of her taken from the early 2000s. My god, she's still hot.

[@jasonedwards9644]

Everything I need to know about Buck Rogers: Erin Gray

[@MatthewSuffidy]

I liked how they disco danced with spaceship power up cables.

[@ianwestc]

Roller disco is the style of the future.

[@mitchg7809]

When I was nine years old my family was falling apart & there was a lot of fighting. Buck Rogers was my first escape from reality. I rode my bike to the theater on a Saturday moring & was the first one to buy a ticket for the matinee. I mowed all my neighbors lawns so I could order the Star Fighter from the Montgomery Wards catalog. (Simple times I guess Lol) I'm a middle aged man now but whenever I hear that theme song it takes me back to that nine year old boy's headspace.

[@zahemi914]

Hahahaa, now that you mentioned bidi bidi bidi bidi.... Really conjured up so many happy moments with my friends....TQ mate

[@1MarkKeller]

Such an amazing time to be a kid back then.

[@ianmunkyg1026]

@DEEPFOXJUDE yes

[@kostas6621]

Omg! I just went back in time.....back home to Buck Rodgers, Battlestsr Galactica and Space 1999. Watching these shows in my home town New York City.....that was the life! ❤

[@stewartlynch7859]

Erin Gray and Pamela Hensley were two of my favourite TV characters growing up, right up in the list of my favourites alongside Lynda Carter, Jaclyn Smith, Catherine Bach, Brianne Leary (Sindy in CHiPs), Jane Badler (of "V" fame), Barbara Stock (of Spenser For Hire), Teri Hatcher, Jayne Kennedy, former Miss Ireland Andrea Roche and acclaimed British actress Amy Robbins. Brunettes really ruled my childhood, but at least they didn't ruin it.

[@kazman718]

That theme music makes me tear up. Always will have a love for that series.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Great show. Used to see Erin Gray at wonder con every year for years. Said Hi every time I passed. It's good to tell someone like that in itself how their work inspired you. Great review.

[@JonnyBaak]

Thanks so much :-)

[@JonnyBaak]

Would've loved to meet Erin Gray, never get the chance in sleepy old Adelaide in Australia, we have one convention a year called Supanova where we get to meet actors. Going to do more videos like this, just finding the time to do these videos is hard. Got a huge list of sci fi TV shows and movies Im doing just in time for Christmas.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

Met Erin several years back here in the Netherlands. Really nice person :)

[@randybarnett2308]

One of my favorite lines in the whole series is when Buster Crabbs character tells Buck Rogers after shooting down an alien craft--- I been doing this sort of thing long before you were born! Rogers answered you think so? Crabbs character tells Buck Young man I know so!!👍Good series💀🤖🤖😎

[@jamessullivan8300]

Holy shit! I''m 51 now and I totally remember this line now that you posted it. It's a favorite line of mine too! Young people (geez getting old SUCKS!) will watch this show now and think it sucks and how anyone could like it. What they dont understand is it was really good special effects for the time and well.....I was 10/11 years old.

[@marcychan168]

Lol

[@victimology7761]

@@jamessullivan8300 getting old may suck, but as my dad says "Consider the alternative." Cheers! :)

[@lawrenceparker5438]

That's because he was the original Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon

[@davidlipman8093]

@@jamessullivan8300 o

[@cheddarcheese7928]

I love the movie poster saying "Buck Rogers lays it on the 25th century"..So 70's!!

[@odysseusrex5908]

Your favorable view of the second season is a minority opinion. I think the series hit its peak in the episode with Buster Crabbe, which may have been the first one shown. Buck: That's pretty good shooting over there, whoever you are. Gordon: The name's Gordon, and son, I've been doing that since before you were born. Buck: You think so, huh? Gordon: Son, I know so. The ironic double meaning of every word of that is just too delicious for words.

[@circuitsandcigars1278]

This is when the series jumped the Crabbe er shark lol

[@starsiegeplayer]

I think this was one of the first after the pilot. The pilots were poisoned and Crabbe's character came out of retirement to defend the Earth.

[@johntabler349]

My mom who was not a sci fi fan loved the Buster Crabbe episode as well

[@andrewford2783]

A massive THANK YOU for that. Still watching reruns at 63, in 23 again. Erin / Wilma was the best thing since sliced bread! Totally gorgeous (and still is today)

[@dhunter1133]

For me, the biggest mistake was toning down Wilma in season 2, basically making her into a stewardess in a dress. I mean, a full colonel, who basically serves as a communications officer? I can only imagine that with the addition of Thom Christopher, they felt that three strong personalities was one too many.

[@JuanDaMajikOne]

Man I totally remember waiting for this series with such enthusiasm back in the day. I was 8 when this show appeared on nbc on thursday nights.

[@Rambo-Gaming]

I remember when Michael Ansara played Kang in an episode of the original Star Trek. I think it was "Day Of The Dove".

[@Rambo-Gaming]

@SevelRomanov Didn't he also come back as Kang in that episode of Voyager, where Tuvok was having flashbacks to his days on the Excelsior, under Captain Sulu?

[@Kohntarkosz]

Michael Ansara was also in a movie called Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. He also played some of Genie King or whatever, on I Dream Of Jeanie (he was married to Barbara Eden at the time).

[@marcychan168]

You're right It was one of my favorite Klingons Along with Worf and Malzt TOS Search for Spock And Koloth TOS The Trouble with Tribbles

[@xaenon]

@@marcychan168 Mr. Ansara also provided the voice of Mr. Freeze in several episodes of Batman: the Animated Series and its spinoffs. Heart of Ice, Deep Freeze, Cold Comfort, the movie Subzero, and the Batman Beyond episode 'Meltdown'. Mr. Ansara absolutely killed it as Mr. Freeze. To take such a schmaltzy character from the 1960s and make him a credible villain was no small task, and Ansara did it to perfection.

[@MoonsingerMedia]

What’s this? .. a strong, intelligent independent woman BEFORE Captain Marvel?!? .. Does Brie Know?

[@starwarsrebel2006]

The original Captain Marvel was a man. There was a Saturday morning TV show in the seventies called "Shazam" which I watched as a kid. A teenager named Billy Batson would shout, "Shazam!" and be transformed into Captain Marvel.

[@heedmywarning2792]

the thing is.... Erin's character could SMILE.

[@oliverreilly8883]

Well Remember that the best of the Best Warrior in Battlestar Galactic was Lt Sheba

[@heedmywarning2792]

@@oliverreilly8883 Sheba, another bad b1tch, WHO COULD SMILE.

[@heedmywarning2792]

@J Calhoun I'm speaking of the original Battlestar Galactica.

[@SubvertHQSG]

Really enjoyed this episode, dug out my DVD copy even!

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

I love your line about being an 8 year old and "learning to grow up quickly" because of all the beautiful, scantily clad, women on the show!

[@mawnkey]

I remember always laughing at the often repeated theme in the show of how a guy from the 1980s frozen in time would be the only masculine guy left in the sci-fi future. It only took to 2019 for me to no longer find that too unbelievable for even sci-fi.

[@QuantumRift]

Yet you missed Twikki the penis-robot?

[@mikecubes1642]

funny how life imitates art

[@dantecervantes4162]

@@mikecubes1642 BHHWAAAAAHAHA!!!!

[@lamarravery4094]

We can't be masculine anymore, we're in the me too era. We might get sued or be branded a sexual predator.

[@ngamashaka4894]

Hey LBGTQ, Buck Rogers ( or God) called he say he wants his rainbow back !!!

[@daniel11v33]

That was a trip down memory lane, every bit worth the watch. Thanks!

[@HuntersMoon78]

I've recently been watching Buck Rogers on Forces TV here in the UK

[@cybersoil100]

Great show. I was in high school when BR came out and I still enjoy it today, every once in a while when I watch it.

[@radioclash8175]

Love watching this show on MeTV every Saturday night after Lost in Space.

[@johnellizz]

You mean Mandela Effect Television.

[@BMichaelGalloway]

Your eloquent way of speaking, matched with the echoing of my exact sentiments towards this show had me subscribe on my first view of your Channel.

[@TimothyONeill_84.]

Season 1 was great, Erin Gray was my first crush and probably the only reason I hung in during the run, however, season 2 was brutal to get through, I have forgotten mostly every episode except for when Erin Gray was on, other then her I couldn’t give two figs about the show anymore back then, oh well, nostalgia is fun though and Erin Gray still looks damn good looking today

[@subvet3668]

I hear ya. I hate how she was so marginalized in the second season. I don't remember what season it was but one of my favorite episodes was the one with the "space vampire".

[@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966]

@@subvet3668 Yess. The Vorvon. One of my favorite episodes of this series as an 11-year old! I still can hear the deeply modulated voice of Wilma/Erin as she said: 'I drained them, Buck! It felt soo goood!' 😄

[@SandsOfArrakis]

First season Wilma could take on entire enemy squadrons. Season 2. Well. Help Buck I get chased by 1 lousy 10000 year old fighter...

[@TimothyONeill_84.]

Greg Pettis At a quick glance, maybe, not so if you have them side by side

[@BigDaddyJinx]

Bonus points for using The Planets - Mars - The Bringer Of War by Holst in the background. Good job. That one piece of the suite inspired dozens of popular music scores we all love today.

[@TommyRibs]

Tweaky and Dr. Theopolis were he future version of Flavor Flav.

[@robzilla730]

BEEDEEBEEDEEBBDEE YEA BOYEE!

[@corbindalis]

The theme song was fantastic

[@Fenris77]

I grew up watching this show. Sadly they only aired five mixed episodes of the first season in Sweden I had to wait decades before I could get the DVD box.

[@Arroway2357]

I am happy to report that Erin Gray seems to be doing quite well for herself, managing celebrity autograph sessions and the like. She is a regular at DragonCon here in Atlanta, and her Tai Chi class is usually booked up throughout the convention. 😃

[@pinkyn0se]

I was born at the end of the seventies, so grew up watching this, and loved it. I used to fancy Wilma even then, although I didn't know what that meant...

[@seangunn3079]

Great story JonnyBaak. The soundtrack to the film was the first LP I bought as a 7 year old! You summed it up perfectly. We had GREAT Sci Fi in the 70's/80's. Great memories of the whole family crowding around to see BSG...not so much BRit25thC tho....it was comic strip as opposed to the compelling saga of BSG. Great summation and writing.

[@Lumibear.]

Well, this is freaky, I literally just impulse bought the entire series off eBay for £20 and I’ll be binge watching it this weekend, or at least part of it, and now thanks to you I have a show introduction! Like you I watched it with great fondness as a child, tho as it competed for ratings with Doctor Who I was always torn, but it was like seeing Stars Wars on TV, so, y’know, wow!

[@maxt69992008]

Thanks for some serious Buck Rogers talk. I am a big fan.

[@marlanaedwards5296]

I use to watch Buck Rogers with both of my parents when I was a little girl & I still do. And I love to hear Twiki talk.

[@cgicreations4744]

I worked on the set of Buck Rogers as a set builder ,It was a fun show . I built the time machine in Time Changer movie, a faith base movie in 2011.

[@rushfan9thcmd]

Got the series on dvd. Watched it back then too. Loved it. Yo Erin!

[@ooPHOENIXoo]

I remember as a kid Erin Grey was definitely one of my first crushes.🤔 Many thanks for bringing our childhood memories back to life! This is heartwarming!

[@buckwrestling]

First Season: Amazing. Second Season: Uhhh..... not so much.

[@leondillon8723]

Like "The Man From Uncle" series, they used Mauser pistols. Pamela Hensley and the outfits she was almost wearing are two of the best parts ! One of Erin Gray's uniforms made her look like one of the carhops at Arnold's Drive-in. If you don't know what a carhop is, try watching "Happy Days".

[@mgtowdarrelldundee8643]

i liked william conrad in cannon his tv show

[@MrWorf35]

Great work, Jonny! Thank you. Beedee beedee beedee.

[@Tony-1971]

I was 8 rears old when Buck Rogers in the 25th century came out. Loved the show.

[@baronzaebos8888]

That episode with the vampire creeped me out bigtime as a kid. He was like Nosferatu. Then Wilma starts talking in an evil vampire voice, bloody hell the 80's had some weird story lines.

[@dragonfly8341]

The TV series came first & the pilots of both Buck Rogers In The 25th Century & Battlestar Galactica were originally aired in the US & only then subsequently given the edited theatrical international releases to initially recoup some of the production costs as well create hype & buzz for the TV series which were aired in those territories after the cinematic releases. Those movies also contained the alternative footage & adult concepts that were censored from the US TV series to garner a PG rating & a more family friendly audience, nor did the Television Code of the era allow for on-screen deaths to be portrayed in prime time viewing. It was common place for this practice during the late 70's with TV shows like Spiderman starring Nicholas Hammond even getting in on the act with a pair of movies released abroad, & Galactica had a total of 3 movies released internationally, for example. A great time to be alive :) Erin Gray was always my favourite from this show

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

From what I can remember, the major differences were Ardala was nude in her pool in the beginning but you couldn't see anything and Tigerman was killed and got his nuts kicked in the movie. For BSG, we got to see pictures of Adama's wife and Baltar was killed at the end. There are probably some other scenes, I just can't remember and don't feel like spinning those DVDs anytime soon to check my memory.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

I've recently rewatched the early season 1 eps, oh My god, as good as I remember, splendid cheesy bright fun. I miss sci fi like this. It's like the Flash Gordon film. Bright colourful. Now everything is black and white.

[@jeffreycollier4220]

I love the dance seen with Buck and Princess Ardola great job in the beginning welldone.

[@hankmessaros1835]

Hawk was cool every kid wanted to be him

[@runlarryrun77]

Really? We laughed at him.

[@steventowler7588]

At the time I also thought he was pretty badass

[@collegeman1988]

runlarryrun77 Used to call him Bird Guy. I would have loved to have listened in on meetings where they were developing this character. How did they convince themselves that people would watch the new season with a laughably bad character like that?

[@TorquemadaTwist]

@@collegeman1988 He was remade in homage by Rick & Morty in the character Bird-Person.

[@MakayevR29]

I can remember loving the look of Hawks ship,it was one very cool design.

[@thulean.uruk-hai]

I remember watching that show every week as a young child, and was heartbroken when it was cancelled. Thank you for the nostalgia, on this one.

[@toddtr5520]

it was a good program, I thought so when I was 8 years old and when I bought the entire series on DVD about 10 years ago I literally binge wached the entire show in 2 days.

[@tapthor1986]

Hey man thank you for the great videos I loved all these shows of the kid. Some of the stuff I knew a lot I didn't. Thanks for taking me back to my childhood!

[@JosephKeenanisme]

Dated but fun, a bit like Logan's Run or Planet of the Apes series. Second season it went preschool in plot.

[@seventiesfan717]

Star Wars, The Black Hole, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Space: 1999, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Space Academy, Jason of Star Command, Ark II, Logan's Run, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Moonraker, Planet of the Apes, The Tomorrow People, Alien, Shazam, Isis, Superman- The Movie, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spider-man, The Bionic Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man- there was no shortage of great science fiction in the 1970's, my favorite decade.

[@8bitgamer85]

They should make this series again. The only show that comes closest to Buck Rogers in recent years was Farscape TV series from 1999-2003 in the Sci-Fi Channel.

[@jamiebraswell5520]

Better yet, just leave it alone. They would add ungodly amounts of blue check quotas to appease liberals, and reimagining it into something that doesn't feel even remotely like Buck Rogers. Remember that godawful series of Flash Gordon on SyFy?

[@lamarravery4094]

I wished this show lasted longer than it did. There was no planning, they should've done the first 3 seasons on earth then the other 4 seasons could've been spent looking for the lost tribes of earth

[@Fenris77]

I'm about to push 44 years now and I remember this show fondly despite that Swedish television only allowed like five episodes in total. I got the DVD box eventually and could watch the entire series. Still holds up.

[@antonnym214]

I liked Wilma, but I was in love with Princess Ardala. Pamela Hensley was maybe the prettiest lady on Earth in those days. It's a shame she wasn't in more movies.

[@keithallver2450]

Amen Bro! I was just starting to go through puberty and Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardala had my (at the time) 12yr old hormones racing.

[@antonnym214]

@@keithallver2450 Absolutely. Did you see Pamela in the 1975 film Rollerball? That was a great movie, and Pamela had a small part, but she was radiant.

[@keithallver2450]

@@antonnym214 No, I never saw Rollerball but I will definitely keep an eye out for it. It would be fun to see the young Pamela Hensley again just for a little nostalgia.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

After Buck Rogers, Pam was in a detective show called Matt Houston for three years and then she disappears from radar.

[@Daehawk]

My 9 year old self loved it. Wish the 2nd season was more of the 1st. Also I missed Ardala although Hawk was cool. And Wilma looked awesome this season. Always loved Gil Gerard because to me i looked up to him. Whats funny is now days he looks like my dad. The music is something I still love today. Never saw it in theaters but have that intro favorited on KZbin :) Good times and fun days. And ya even as a 9 year old I find those ladies HAWT.

[@2ndEndingVintage]

Holy Crap I had SUCH a crush on Erin Gray....and she entered my life when my teen libido was in overdrive. Emma Peel will always be The Goddess. Col. Wilma Dering....my Forever Princess !!! Thanks for this vid.....it brought back memories !!!!

[@zazaranger5]

Ahh, Emma Peel, 'nuff said

[@2ndEndingVintage]

yeah, @@zazaranger5 ...nobody will ever top Emma; it's not possible....Erin Gray was pretty awesome, tho.

[@zazaranger5]

@@2ndEndingVintage of course, Erin is definitely is a close second to Emma

[@rwarren58]

Emma Peel? Erin Gray? You sir, have excellent taste!

[@williestyle35]

r. i. p. Dame Diana Rigg, Sept. 10, 2020

[@pharflo]

That was a great review. Very informative. I didn't realize Buster Crabbe (former Buck Rogers) was Brigadier Gordon on the show.

[@pjgathergood6987]

Great video, JonnyBaak, very well put together as always. I was very young and never saw Buck's original run here in the UK (in fact I think it clashed with 'The Dukes of Hazzard' on the other side, long in the days before we had a VCR to record one) but saw the series when it was repeated several times on BBC2 in the late 1990s. It looked extremely dated, but I think it looked dated even a few years after it was produced, which is somehow part of it's charm, and add's to it's "comic book" feel (Note also I don't count dated as a bad thing; especially in terms of old school effects vs. horrible OTT CGI use). As a huge fan of Larson's 'Knight Rider' produced a couple of years later, it was of extra interest to me to see which sound effects and concepts (including the Cyclon's revolving red scanner light) were recycled from 'Battlestar Galactica' and 'Buck Rogers'! Erin Gray was great as Wilma Deering, and has always reminded me of Teela from the Masters of the Universe franchise in characteristics (can tell I'm an '80s kid!). The year 'Buck' finished, Gray was in a good first season 'Magnum, p.i.' episode, 'J. Digger Doyle' which seemed to act as a potential pilot for her own series (possibly to do with Larson also co-creating 'Magnum') which never emerged, which is a shame as she woulda been great and as an actress could have carried her own series well. The first season is mostly very enjoyable (I love the ruins scenes with the mutants seen in the Pilot though oddly this was never mentioned again), some episodes hold up better than others but that can be said for so many TV series of it's ilk. I'll agree with the common view that the second season is nowhere as good as the first, but only in it's overall setting. The overall Searcher setting I felt a bit dull and not very well put in place, and found Jay Garner as Admiral Efram Asimov (and to an extent the wonderful Wilfrid Hyde-White as Dr. Goodfellow) to be rather dull characters with little real purpose; they should have kept Tim O'Connor as Dr. Elias Huer instead. But Hawk is a great addition (he's very much like Mister Spock in the second season's more 'Star Trek'-setting), and I actually really enjoyed many of the stories with their often mythological-themed plots. However as the season wore on it did feel that everyone had lost heart slightly and a few of those late episodes do feel a bit limp. Considering producers originally didn't want Twiki and Theo to become a R2-D2 and C-3PO knock-off, it's ironic that the additional of Crichton in the second season actually renders himself and Twiki as this at times. Despite it looking very dated, I think it holds up well as it's charm is it's comic book feel, in an era where so much sci-fi now arguably takes itself far too seriously. I'm surprised a modern take on 'Buck Rogers' hasn't emerged, yet...

[@JonnyBaak]

Thanks so much for the kind words and sharing. Planning to do more videos about sci fi shows from that era, loved growing up in the late 70's and early 80's.

[@karlsmith2570]

An episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century had Buster Crabbe in a Guest Starring role as "Brigadier Gordon" which paid homage to his portrayal as both Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon

[@chrisvellner3922]

I would love to see a modern Buck Rogers that looked exactly like 1928 imagining. Have you done a Everything you need to know about Barbarella (1968) video yet?

[@colleenavery232]

Watching ORIGINAL mst3000 and I think it was tom servo went bdbdbdbd - & a lightbulb went on - had to look it up & found this vid THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Have to agree on all points I was 6/7 when BSG Ended & Buck Rogers came on This is really great I completely forgot about so much Tweakie Hawk (yes didn't care about tweak I watched it for Buck) All comes rushing back I don't care about the cheese the space stuff was SO COOL at that time After Star Wars Sci Fi Exploded with kids Still have my original cards and figures THANK YOU for The Way Back Machine Moment!

[@scifiguy26]

I loved that show back in the day... but season 2 ? the only thing that was good about it was hawk & his ship I remember I was pissed when I heard Twiki voice I was happy when changed it back to his original voice but it was too late.

[@jakemonster001]

Yeah, the new producer they brought on for season two really fucked things up. I mean really fucked up. Smh

[@superinsane1988a]

@SevelRomanov Oooh myyy

[@lamarravery4094]

Season two introduced new characters that no one cared about except for Hawk. Dr. Goodfellow, Criton the robot, Amiral Asimov, who the fuck cares? We loved Buck, Wilma and Twiki. I liked Dr. Heuer but they sadly got rid of him.

[@JayRickard]

Terrific content! Thank you so much for doing this. Big place in my heart for this show!

[@ryansyler8847]

You're getting quite a bit about the nature of Battlestar Galactica's broadcast completely wrong. Battlestar Galactica was always intended to be a television presentation. Glen Larson originally envisioned a three hour pilot spread over consecutive nights (Roots had recently been released on consecutive nights rather than weekly installments and was highly successful) with a series of telemovies to follow. ABC was the broadcast network, but the pilot was produced by Universal Studios. Fearing the enormous cost Universal made the decision to re-edit the pilot into a theatrical cut for release in Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan to try to recoup some of the production cost. This release was never intended for the US market and wasn't released theatrically in the US. It didn't need to be since US audiences would soon see the pilot episode of what was always intended, and indeed produced, as a television series. The overseas theatrical release occurred shortly before the pilot debuted on American television leading many (like yourself) to (erroneously) assume that the television series was produced as a result of the theatrical release's success. Nothing is further from the truth. The theatrical cut has several differences from the television cut as it (the theatrical cut) is intended to be a self-contained story, most notably being the execution of Baltar shortly after the attack on the colonies. As the series was only intended for broadcast on American television this edit was necessary to wrap up that story thread. But that is a result of an edit, not an elemental part of the script. With respect, if you're going to speak authoritatively on a subject, please do your research and get the facts straight.

[@josephmcclary9667]

Ryan Syler for some reason, I remember watching it on TV, then seeing it on the big screen here in the US.

[@ryansyler8847]

@@josephmcclary9667 You did indeed see a theatrical cut but, as you said, it was only after the television broadcast. Universal produced the pilot episodes which was a very expensive undertaking. Trying to recoup as much of the cost as possible, the theatrical edit was released internationally. After the successful broadcast of the pilot on ABC (which was actually interrupted by a special report of Begin and Sadat signing the Camp David Accords) Universal released the re-edited episodes theatrically to try to squeeze a little more cash out of it. But that decision was only made in the wake of the American broadcast premiere. It wasn't the plan at the outset. So you are correct. There was a theatrical release, but it was not the US premiere as it was internationally. I should have written "This release was never intended for the US market and wasn't released theatrically in the US until after the pilot episodes were broadcast." Thanks for calling my attention to this error.

[@UncleTerry]

@@josephmcclary9667 You are correct, I was living in Salem Oregon and saw it in the Theater before seeing it on television. I sneaked in to see it as well.

[@johnweatherman5685]

@@ryansyler8847 That cost was also the reason the special effects slowly devolved as the series progressed. They couldn't afford to keep making new footage and had to recycle the images from the pilot. This was a major distractions to me as a 10 y.o., even I could see dialog and imaging failed to line up. Of course Glactica80 and the "no fighting allowed" rules of the era was the death knell, but that the theatrical was a result of the pilot cost now makes a lot of the production effects make a LOT more sense.

[@reimourrpower9357]

Very thorough and revealing coverage of the show, thanks.

[@ericdraven7185]

late 70's early 80's sci fi at its very best for a young kid

[@johnnemesh5459]

I remember my Dad taking us to the theater...went to the Fox Theater in El Paso, TX...which had 2 screens. We watched both Buck Rogers and Superman: The Movie that day.

[@KesselRunner606]

I learned everything I know about dancing from Gil Gerard.

[@societyofroodest.590ad9]

I love the beginning music for your channel..."UFO" I believe. Loved that show too. Cheers!

[@gringofett3944]

One of my favorite shows, along with Galactica.

[@robw3027]

Fascinating, I only vaguely recalled Buck Rogers. Thanks.

[@cptrobby5700]

Part of me thinks they should try a reboot, but since most of the reboots that are done are absolutely awful - I'd rather keep my fond memories of this show the way they are

[@crazypiratesquirrel3038]

Robby 101 According to Gil Gerard (convention videos) the family of the gentlemen who created the original series and the company/studio that hold the rights have been at war for I guess well over a decade over profits. Apparently Gil & Erin tried to do something lower budget years ago with their characters as parents but gave up in disgust. Too bad.

[@SGTJDerek]

They did pretty good on Galactica. If the Family and Studio would get out of the damn way.

[@xaenon]

@@SGTJDerek There's money involved. 'Get out of the way' will never happen. And they'll fight to the death over every single nickel. Remember Roger Rabbit? Same reason you don't hear about that character anymore. Disney and Touchstone both have claims to the property rights of the character. Neither studio will budge.

[@johnweatherman5685]

@@SGTJDerek That was then. A BSG today would have to have Adama be trans and Laura killing the "religious" for...reasons...Every property in endless control battles is one less childhood memory to be destroyed just because as far as I am concerned. They are making the greatest womanizers in the history of television, James T Kirk himself, bi now. The political activism means there are no good reboots because there are no good story writers, just political hacks with delusions of adequacy.

[@stickman1742]

There shouldn't be a reboot by any large media company of today cuz it will be awful. Probably even worse than season 2 of the original. Someday the time will be right. And with the way things are changing right now, it may be someday soon.

[@thefrecklepuny]

I remember the series well here in the UK. I loved the opening where we see Buck falling through time and various events happening as he does so.

[@the-trustees]

Erin Gray in that skinsuit provided many a sweet release. :) Amazing show for it's time, if you ignore Twiki and Hawk. Grin.

[@bradleychilds4387]

I remember watching it still, on Thursday night.

[@TheWilliamHenley]

If the show had a budget of $800,000 per episode in 1979 (that's $2.7 million adjusted for inflation), it is no wonder it was canceled after 2 seasons - the ratings would have had to have been amazing to justify a third season.