Voyagers TV Series Goofs and Trivia Facts

[@natf4305]

I was 11 years old when this show came out. I remember learning so much about history. Each episode had 2, sometimes 3 storylines. "Take a voyage to your local library, it's all in books." This was during the time of "RIF". Reading Is Fundamental. I have the DVD collection of the series. Meeno Peluce was devastated by the death of Jon-Eric Hexum. He ultimately became a history teacher. Putting this show up against 60 Minutes for a huge mistake. I would love to see this return again. Thank you James D. Parriott for sharing your vision with us. "Smart kids give me a pain".

[@tvcrazyman]

I hope you all enjoy this trip back in time to 1982 on a time travel series. The Voyagers was probably one of the best shows of the 80s to not really get a chance. It was filled with a lot of fun and adventure.

[@davidponseigo8811]

I was 9 years old when this came out and I remember watching this with my dad. We loved Sci-Fi shows and movies. He introduced me to Star Trek and we were both watching Star Trek Discovery when he got sick and passed away a week later.

[@earlsmith2524]

And the PSA at the end. Take a voyage down to your public library its all in books

[@billelliott7531]

One of the best parts. Encouraging reading.

[@STEPHANTODD]

Love this show! Still holds up today.

[@jeffking4176]

It was really too bad they canceled it. It was really a brilliant show. It actually taught History, as well as entertaining. Meeno Peluce, was an excellent actor, and though he did work in a lot of shows, it seems he ended up with the short stick. Voyagers, and a couple of unsold TV Pilots . Seems he is a Professional Photographer. His sister, Soleil Moon Frye played the TV roll “Punky Brewster”.

[@alfredodoardi2717]

thanks for the post tvcm. I was just at the age of not seeing it as originally aired, but in syndication(?). Very enjoyable show, cast and plots. It was probably among the shows that were getting to pricy to make. The locations, the stunts and 'practical' effects began to disappear from most shows throughout the 80's

[@alman54]

I was 11 when Voyagers came out. I loved it. It was a historical adventure series that was a lot of fun. As you point out, I saw Meeno Peluce everywhere. But I knew him best from The Amityville Horror, which I saw at a drive-in a year before with a friend's family. I still remember him for two things: Voyagers and Amityville Horror.

[@danbanks7930]

I remember this show it was very short-lived and for some reason it wasn't in too many reruns

[@shannonmanley9217]

I so remember this show. I thought it was Great. Looking forward to your next video. take care and God Bless. 🙂

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@shannonmanley9217]

@@tvcrazyman yvw!!!

[@billelliott7531]

I love Phineas Boggs catch phraze. 'Bats Breath!"

[@OathTaker3]

I loved this show! I believe I was 11 or 12 when I seen it & was surprised that they cancelled it.

[@Mouserjan0222]

They canceled it because John Eric Hex put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. It did have blanks in it but it still killed him

[@leemyers9762]

That tragedy happened on his next series "Cover Up".

[@SteelBoy]

Loved the video. I loved Voyagers as a kid. I have a couple fun facts for you guys as well. In the Abraham Lincoln episode, there is an extra marching with the troops. That extra was Luke Perry. And also Meeno Peluce, is the half brother of "Punky Brewster" herself Soliel Moon Frye.

[@juliemcarthur3004]

Loved this show

[@davidponseigo8811]

I worked with props on multiple movies but only one with firearms and that was Olympus Has Fallen and we only used fake guns. Three types, realistic for up close that fired only blanks, non firing realistic for mid range shots and rubber firearms for far away. I still have a few of them.

[@sandrablanchette2239]

I really enjoyed Voyagers! and was so sorry they cancelled it.

[@MariofromNY]

I use to watch this show with my dad, it has brought back many good memories. Wearing the same cloths makes scene for filming. #1 in the plane from Star Trek. It was a great show should have had more seasons for sure.

[@tvcrazyman]

I have to wonder what would have happened if they had shown it on Friday at 8 or Saturday night.

[@jons.6216]

What I remember Meeno Peluce the most from was that annoying kid Tanner on the TV version of The Bad News Bears with Jack Warden! Haha!

[@RDJ134]

I Remember this show vaguely beeing on Dutch TV in the 80's and totaly forgot this one till now.

[@csumme7]

Loved that show. Great video by the way.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@ztomas1]

Jonathan Frakes (Captain Riker) was in Episode 10 of Voyagers

[@TheMick126]

My favorite episode is cleo & the babe

[@Pratman]

Never watched this but looked an awesome TV series 😀

[@tvcrazyman]

If you enjoy time travel adventures I highly recommend checking it out. 😀

[@CHASEMARC]

Loved this show so much I even own an Omni prop (the watch time machine)

[@cadeevans4623]

Awesome video great goofs and facts need too watch I this show looks great

[@tvcrazyman]

I definitely recommend getting the DVD set.

[@cadeevans4623]

Awesome thanks for the recommendations buddy

[@Voyagersguidebook]

Thanks for this video it was very fun! Very well put together! I would hate for a reboot because I can't quite imagine anyone but Jon-Erik and Meeno Peluce in the roles. Maybe a continuation! They could say that Voyager Bogg died a celebrated Hero to the cause. Meeno Peluce can be a distinguished Voyagers Headquarters Professor or one of the Tribunal. The last I heard he said he would be up for coming back. The TV show "Timeless" on NBC was a love-letter to Voyagers! as the director was a fan! They even used a number of similar historical foul-ups. I also always loved pointing out random goofs. I need to add my full list to my websites eventually. It's been a long time for an update.

[@tvcrazyman]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Your Voyagers website has been out for while hasn't it? I'm thinking I have been on it a few times, some years back.

[@joeljoseph2490]

Meeno Peluce was the brother of Soleil Moon Frye who of course played Punky Brewster.

[@homebuyercoaches4044]

Did he die?

[@mrcydonia]

And he still is.

[@joeljoseph2490]

I should have said he is Soleil Moon Frye's brother. My bad! 😃

[@caged-melody]

Hey babies, it’s Meeno! Jumping Jack Flash!

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

I loved this show and just watched the whole series last summer again. There are some actual history issues that I wish weren't there, but it still stands tall amongst time travel shows for accuracy, so I will take it. Plus every episode ended with go read a book about it, so that would clear up the issues for people, just like it did me. : ) That they cancelled it for a show that tanked in the ratings and then Bog went and did that thing on the set of Dynasty, what a bunch of tragedies that followed. That they had fan meet ups on the set of Voyager was so awesome too.

[@Hardbody217]

Too bad I don't have an Omni to time travel and stop the cancelation of this show. Not only would we have gotten more episodes, but the new timeline would most likely derail the later tragedy.

[@gregkatz5411]

My family loved this show!

[@paulsarnik8506]

If it had lasted J. E. might still be with us. 😓🙏🏼. 🤓😎✌🏼

[@kurtarron6482]

I never watched this one. No good tv back then. But reminds me alot of Quantum Leap, which I enjoyed immensely

[@scottmartin6931]

Do a quantum leap goofs .

[@stanzelko5243]

Never seen this show, but looks ok.

[@smgdfcmfah]

I was 12 in 1982, the perfect demographic for a show like this... HOW DO I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF IT?!? I recognize every scene from the other shows referenced, but can not even imagine hearing about this program. Very strange!

[@tvcrazyman]

I can tell you this, I think I used to catch just the very end of it when it first came on because it came on the same time my parents took me to church, and then a lot of parents probably had the TV on 60 minutes which came on at the same time.

[@smgdfcmfah]

@@tvcrazyman That makes sense. Sunday evening Church was the bane of my existence as a kid! If we did skip it and we were home in front of the t.v., I imagine we were watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (after Disney). But we only had one television and dad didn't watch just any old kid's show. I'm still surprised I never tripped across it at that time - unless I did and for whatever reason my timing was bad and the scene/episode didn't grab my attention. Thanks for the info!

[@mudvalve]

Yeahhh, but Time Tunnel really veered off from historical context towards the end of the season!

[@AlanEmmons-qw6bg]

Holy quantum leap Batman!!! Its the time tunnel! Where's Lee Meriweather?

[@johngreen5570]

I always thought it funny no matter where or when they were at, everyone spoke english.

[@tvcrazyman]

For that I'm glad. I've always hated reading sub titles.😀

[@Hardbody217]

My decades later, retroactive head canon is that the "Voyagers" class was the first class of the Time Agency, and Captain Jack's Vortex Manipulator is the future version of an Omni. The Omni had an (unknown to Bogg) translation circuit. Somewhere, somewhen, Jack meets the only Time Agent more handsome and charming than he is and fanboys out hard.

[@outsider238]

In that gladiator episode there's also another blooper where while they're fighting, on the right of the screen you can see a jeep in the background. There's also an episode where Jeffrey and Bogg jump into the back of a covered truck and when Bogg slides the back cover down, you can see he's only pantomiming it. There's actually no back cover.

[@tvcrazyman]

I'm going to have see if I can find that jeep now.

[@outsider238]

​@tvcrazyman It's at the beginning of the episode where the credits are running. Where "Directed By" shows up. It's either a jeep or a truck. Also in the Billy The Kid episode, there's a scene where Billy and Jeffrey are walking in town and the building behind them looks like the clock tower building from "Back To The Future" before it was turned into the clock tower. I wish I knew the title of the episode where Bogg is pulling down the cover (that's not actually there) on the back of the truck they jump into. It's a very obvious and funny goof.

[@tvcrazyman]

@@outsider238 Thanks

[@outsider238]

@@tvcrazyman You're welcome!

[@joeanderson9852]

❤❤

[@fjccommish]

TVCrazyman originally had the Omni, but he lost it.

[@tvcrazyman]

It's probably in my comic book room somewhere.😀🤔

[@leemyers9762]

To tvcrazyman and the (as I write this) 3 people who misspelled his name: It's spelled JON-ERIK HEXUM! You see it from the opening credits of "Voyagers!" THREE TIMES during this video!!

[@mannywilliams6409]

People probably think Brandon Lee was the first actor killed by a blank. I know I forgot about Jon-Erick Hexum.

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

I loved "Voyagers". I was disappointed when I heard about Mr. Hexum's death. Disappointed he wasn't smarter.

[@ahhamartin]

Wow aren't we judgemental in hindsight? The scene was his character making and loading blanks on a bed, Production was delayed midscene, so Hexum, who was due to catch a flight to another job, took a nap right there while waiting. When he woke up they were told production was STILL delayed. The whole tired crew grumbled and Hexum, still partially asleep, tried to liven their mood by jokingly "shooting" himself.... He had already loaded and unloaded for several takes so maybe he was too asleep to remember. Although just a blank, muzzle pressure drove a skull fragment into his brain. He had recently seen a tv show ("Hill Street Blues", a Emmy winning cop drama praised for it's supposed realism) where a character did the same with a blank, but was fine. The next scene had already filmed and was his character faking a murder by shooting "light load" blanks at another character harmlessly at close range. More importantly, since the bed scene didn't require firing the 629, only dummy rounds were supposed to be on the "bedroom" set. SAG rules required the armorer to secure firearms during down time but... Having had the benefit of being a PMI at Parris Island, I know all about muzzle bast. Hexum DIDN'T; he was a tired 27 year old with near zero firearms experience,

[@shawnallen1639]

1918? It was 1903

[@tvcrazyman]

Yep, you got me on that one. I guess, I wrote it wrong in my notes.

[@billcary30]

both series with hexum should have done better than they did. this could have been great, maybe just one story per epiosde instead of multiple, and the other one from waht i've read had good ratings and was doing well till hexum died, and then everybody was just mailing it in adn when it got cancelled nobody really was disappointed. which is a shame for a few reasons. one you should never "mail it in" just cause life takes a bad turn. i get why it happened it's just not the thing to dod. from what i've seen of clips and such the episodes without hexum were jsut as good maybe even a bit better so not sure i totally buy into the "mailing it in " being what they did. the guy that replaced hexum did a good job, unfortunately it'd be anotehr few years before he'd get another good role, on the reboot/coninuation of mission impossible. another show that ended way to soon, but this was kind of understandable, given the fact that it only made the air cause of the writers strike at the time, and they got around that by reusing old scripts for a few episodes. though the one that's an obvious reuse, was really not since they tacked on a totall different ending and reason for what happened. so if you reuse a script its oik if you add stuff to it during a writers stirke, but can't write new ones....................? ok...........

[@4817Indian]

1903.Not 1918.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, whenever I make a goof it's too bad I can't change it. All I've figured out how to do once I've uploaded a video is cut out snippets.

[@Mouserjan0222]

John Eric Hexum put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. It did have blanks in it but it still killed him. He was fooling around but it was a tragic accident

[@dennisjoseph6567]