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Space Force
USA 1978
produced by John Boni, Norman Stiles for Columbia/NBC
directed by Peter Baldwin
starring William Phipps, Fred Willard, Larry Block, Jim Boyd, Hilly Hicks, Maureen Mooney, Joseph G. Medalis, Richard Paul (voice), Billy Braver, Deborah Harmon, Zitto Kazann, Patricia Noble (voice)
written by John Boni, Norman Stiles, music by Artie Butler
TV pilot
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Somewhen in the future in deep deep space, on board the space station
Fort Leo: Under the sleepy eye of absent-minded Commander Hinkley (William
Phipps), two Captains vie for inofficial control of the station: There's
loveable rogue Captain Woods (Fred Willard), who just can't help being
involved in slightly illegal activities, but with always the end
justifying the cause, with this time around selling military equipment to
civilians and offering joyrides on the station's starcraft to tourists -
but all to help raise money for a children's hospital on planet Triton.
And then there's by-the-book militaristic Captain Stoner who stands for
law and order (or rather his definition of it) and would love to catch
Woods red-handed in one of his schemes - but Woods is just too sly to ever
let that happen. And then news comes in that one of the station's agents,
Berkovitz (Billy Braver) has been captured by some evil aliens, and while
Stoner wants to immediately wage war, Woods convinces Hinkley to give him
one hour time to save Berkovitz, and with the help of the ship computer
D.O.R.C. he finds out the coordinates where he's held, beams him up and is
celebrated the hero of the day ... A space station set pilot
that was never picked up for a series - and even if the concept as such
sounds like a surefire win, watching the pilot it's easy to see why it
hasn't caught on: Basically the whole thing feels just too generic, and
despite the space station setting, one can't help being reminded of Sergeant
Bilko, Hogan's Heroes and probably dozens of other
like-minded sitcoms every step along the way, and it doesn't help that the
lead characters lack any depth or subtlety, seem to be there only to hang
specific jokes onto. And the jokes are really not that good, seem a little
outdated even for the 1970s. Sure, the mere obscurity value of the pilot
makes it fun to watch in a nostalgia sort of way, but that's not enough to
make it "good" in any way.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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