Scott Miller Wrote:For some reason Sha Na Na popped into my head tonight.
cyber-jack Wrote:I remember a couple of strange shows from my youth, but couldn't give you the names if my life depended on it. These shows ran weekday afternoons on Channel 44 in Northern Illinois, (This eventually became TBS, I believe) as part of the channel 44 fun bunch or something to that effect. The show I remember most clearly was a Japanese show about a family of robotic rockets. The father was a gold rocket and the mother was a silver rocket, the kid was silver as well I think. This was long before Transformers or Power Ranger days, I want to say 1975 or 1976, but it had the same kind of hokey feel to it. The other show was along the lines of rocket man, but a Japanese version.
Channel 44 was great as a kid. Godzilla movies all the time, creature feature on Saturday afternoon, and Georgia Championship wrestling on Sunday...What more does a five year old need?
All Thumbs Wrote:The show was called "Space Giants" in the US and Kenji nailed it with the picture. The charatcers were Goldar, Silvar and Gam and they transformed into rockets. The bad guy was Rodak
Kenji Wrote:I'm not sure, but your mentioned "father was gold rocket".....maybe, it's Magma Taishi(Ambassador Magma).
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All Thumbs Wrote:The show was called "Space Giants" in the US and Kenji nailed it with the picture. The charatcers were Goldar, Silvar and Gam and they transformed into rockets. The bad guy was Rodak
Sam Wrote:WOW!!! Space Giants!! I thought I was the only person who remembered that show. I can still hear that whistle in my head. MAKE IT STOP!!!
BTW the other show you mentioned may be my favorite at that time - Spectreman.
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:One of my favorite shows of the 60s was THE INVADERS, starring Roy Thinnes as David Vincent. "The Invaders...alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination...the Earth. Their purpose...to make it =their=world. David Vincent has seem them. For him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed, deserted diner...and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. David Vincent knows the Invaders are here. Now he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun." Anybody remember it?
Sam Wrote:For some odd reason, which is normal for my brain, another show popped into my head while I read your post - The Greatest American Hero. I loved that show but can barely remember it.I loved that show too. And the theme song.