Far Out Space Nuts
Far Out Space Nuts is a Sid and Marty Krofft children's television series that aired in 1975 for one season, and produced 15 episodes. It was one of only two Krofft series produced exclusively for CBS. Like most children's television shows of the era, Far Out Space Nuts contained a laugh track. Like most of the Kroffts' productions, the show's opening sequence provides the setup of its fanciful premise: While loading food into various compartments to prepare a rocket for an upcoming mission, Barney instructs Junior to hit the "lunch" button, but Junior mistakenly hits the "launch" button. The rocket blasts off and takes them on various misadventures on alien planets. The show starred Bob Denver as Junior, a seemingly dim-witted but uniquely clever maintenance worker employed by NASA, and Chuck McCann as Barney, his grumpy, short-tempered co-worker. Patty Maloney played Honk, their furry friend who made horn sounds instead of speaking.
Cast
Bob Denver
Junior
Chuck McCann
Barney
Patty Maloney
Honk
Seasons
E1It's All in Your Mind
Sep 6, 1975
Junior and Barney are taken to a planet ruled by a brain-controlling computer named G.A.L. 36-24-36.
E2The Crystallites
Sep 13, 1975
The boys land on Crystallitis, a planet populated by glass people. Junior is appointed the new king, but learns he'll have to be turned into glass to qualify.
E3Robots of Pod
Sep 20, 1975
To rescue Princess Lantana of the underground city of Pod, the boys must retrieve a magic belt from the planet's evil ruler, the robot Mercurial.
E4Fantastic Journey
Sep 27, 1975
A mad scientist makes the mistake of his life by appointing Junior and Barney as his assistants.
E5Tower of Tagot
Oct 4, 1975
Barney and Junior are branded bad guys by a power-hungry tyrant, who has seen their arrival in his future machine and made them pawns in his bid to become ruler. While Junior and Barney are on another planet, he imprisons the beautiful Queen of the Serrians high in the Tower of Tagot. Naturally, the Space Nuts must come to her rescue.
E6The Three Spaceketeers
Oct 11, 1975
Mistaken for underground hero Junio, Junior is compelled to rescue Queen Helona of the planet Sporia from Troyak's crystal ball prison.
E7Flight of the Pippets
Oct 18, 1975
Junior and Barney become museum displays when they are shrunken by the Pippets.
E8Birds of a Feather
Oct 25, 1975
Junior and Barney arrive on the planet Vultron, inhabited by a race of bird people. The bird people capture the Space Nuts and force them to sit on an enormous egg until it hatches.
E9Dangerous Game
Nov 1, 1975
The Space Nuts are hunted for sport by Salana and her henchmen.
E10Secrets of the Hexagon
Nov 8, 1975
Junior and Barney get tricked into trading their ship for a mysterious hexagon key that supposedly operates a duplicating machine, which can make the Space Nuts a new spaceship to get home.
E11Captain Torque, Space Pirate
Nov 15, 1975
Junior and Barney are enlisted by the infamous space pirate to acquire a treasure map.
E12Vanishing Aliens Mystery
Nov 22, 1975
The Space Nuts are embroiled in a missing persons mystery surrounding an alien fortune.
E13Barney Begonia
Nov 29, 1975
An alien botanist tests his latest experiment on Barney, which turns him into a man-plant hybrid. Will he find the cure?
E14Destination: Earth
Dec 6, 1975
Junior and Barney return to Earth, but perhaps they've become more accustomed to their time in space.
E15Galaxy's Greatest Athlete
Dec 13, 1975
Barney and Junior are tricked into joining the Intergalactic Games by a couple of aliens in disguise.
Storyline
Far Out Space Nuts is a Sid and Marty Krofft children's television series that aired in 1975 for one season, and produced 15 episodes. It was one of only two Krofft series produced exclusively for CBS. Like most children's television shows of the era, Far Out Space Nuts contained a laugh track. Like most of the Kroffts' productions, the show's opening sequence provides the setup of its fanciful premise: While loading food into various compartments to prepare a rocket for an upcoming mission, Barney instructs Junior to hit the "lunch" button, but Junior mistakenly hits the "launch" button. The rocket blasts off and takes them on various misadventures on alien planets. The show starred Bob Denver as Junior, a seemingly dim-witted but uniquely clever maintenance worker employed by NASA, and Chuck McCann as Barney, his grumpy, short-tempered co-worker. Patty Maloney played Honk, their furry friend who made horn sounds instead of speaking.
