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I too recall it going on for multiple seasons. I was 7 when it premiered (my parents were science fiction buffs, My Favorite Martian, Star Trek, UFO, The Invaders.....I loved my childhood!), so these are some of my earliest memories of TV shows on our Black and White TV/Stereo Console!
I was 8 when this was on TV. Because it was about history my dad would watch it with me and then, after it was over, he’d tell me a lot more about what actually happened at that particular time and place. This was the beginning of my lifelong love of history. My friends and I all had mad crushes on James Darren. At school we’d play Time Tunnel at recess right after the latest episode. Happy memories.
I watched Time Tunnel when I was age 8 as well along with my younger brothers. However my father worked two jobs at the time. His morning job was at a local television station and then his night job was as a motion picture machine operator (a projectionist at a local movie theater) . Some of the times I would stay up late at around 1 am in the morning just to see my father when he got home. Dad would often take us to see the latest James Bond movie (Sean Connery at that time) while he ran the projectors in the booth. We got to see some new movies for free in the balcony when I was with my two younger brothers.
I remember the show. There were a lot of short cuts, bits and pieces from earlier movies because they couldn't afford lots of extras for great battle scenes. I loved the swirling tunnel. It would have been great if it had continued.
The swirling tunnel is about the only thing I remember of this show. I do remember watching it a few times, but I was only around four at the time. Never saw it being rerun anywhere afterwards either, unfortunately
I was fascinated. As a nine-year-old, after one episode, I had to look up the eruption of Krakatoa. An event I had never heard of. I scoured our encyclopedias and made trips to the public library. Perhaps this is where I got my love of Roman and Greek history.
When I had my boyhood in the 1960's, The Time Tunnel was my favorite TV show and the beginning of my lifelong obsession and fascination with time travel!
I really enjoyed the show as a kid. But couldn't help but notice how Tony and Doug never landed any place that wasn't dangerous. They never or hardly ever had to drink, eat, shower, shave or wash their clothes. And could always speak the language of any place in time that they landed.
Yeah! It worked out that they always landed just prior to some epic moment in history. If I was a time traveler I would probably land on a farm in 1890 and have to clean horse stalls and milk cows all day.
One of my favorites as a kid. Surprised it only lasted one season though, especially when there are so many more great historical events to visit. Here's a remake that could make it today.
I was about 12 or 13 when this was on. One comic once said this show was a good example of what happens to two guys who are part of a science project built by government contractors with the lowest bid. BTW: Check out at 3:20 how clever they camouflage the power cables between the consoles on the floor by using a covering with the same color as the floor. No point having a bunch of power lines visible on TV to light up their special effects.
Another show very similar to this that I love is Sliders. They are a group of people who have a device that can send them into another dimension but they lose their home coordinates so every episode they slide to a new dimension hoping to make it home only to find a new adventure. It was a full series with an ending so definitely worth checking out if you haven't seen it. It also has a great cast with Jerry O'Connell and John Rhys-Davies
Thank you for this video about The Time Tunnel...badass! I whole heartily agree with you on the historical aspects of this show. I was 11 when it came out and was mesmerized by the freaky travel over the history I was watching. I now have all 30 episodes on 8 dics'. It's a goog time to pull them out to start watching them again because in this f-ed up world I'd much rather be someplace else other than where we are right now. So book me into the Time Tunnel and if your all filled up, I'm going to call Mr. Peabody and Sherman for a trip back in time on their Wayback Machine...bye, bye!
Awesome show! I was 7 years-old living in Alaska. Already hooked on science fiction and history, I looked forward to this show. At 64, I still enjoy watching episodes. I understand that the show was very expensive to make. It takes money to make science fiction believable.
I saw this series when I was around 5 years old (circa 1971). It also made an indelible imprint on me. I think it is a big reason why I have loved time-travel movies and tv series all my life ❤
In the 1980s I wrote a Doctor Who and Time Tunnel crossover story. When I did it, people would read the first little bit and say "I forgot about that one!" And I probably got 4 or 5 copies of the two novels that were written by well meaning friends. Oh, and since The Doctor hooked the Tunnel up through his Tardis, he managed to bring them home.
Your videos are so detailed and cover the subjects nicely. We are the same age and your perspectives are like mine . It was a great time to be watching TV . And to be a kid !
I loved this show when I was a kid. It got me interested in reading history. And one of the stars became a member of the Star Trek Deep Space Nine cast. I enjoyed that tool
I loved the series as a kid, because along with Lost In Space, it was one of the first series shown in color. I did have a problem with the premise that you would randomly wind up in a place like the top deck of the Titanic minutes before it hit the iceburg.
I heard they did make a closing episode where the time travelers did come back but it never aired. Years ago I seen it for sale on ebay and I did bid on it but I was outbid.
I was 20 in 1966 & loved "The Time Tunnel", but since I was in the Army National Guard then, I wasn't always able to see the show. e.g. I missed the one where they went to the Moon & didn't see it until U-tube had it on in 2020! The shows were all broadcast in color so that made it seem more futuristic (color was relatively new then)! Great show but they simply ran out of plots!
If every one is going to say how old that they were I was 8. Like all Irwin Allen's shows they were all great. I have a few show on dvd wish I could find the rest.
So very Cool. Thank you. We're about the same age. I was (10) at the time. Though short-lived, the "Time Tunnel" was one of my favorite shows as well ! 👍😎
Thanks for posting this video. I just re-watched a movie called _Lucky_ (2017) starring Harry Dean Stanton and James Darren. This is a great film about growing old, and coming to terms with one’s mortality. It is also Harry Dean Stanton’s swan song, and he gives brilliant performance as the title character, Lucky, a man of 90 years, who served on a US navy supply ship in WW2, and who is rapidly coming face-to-face with oblivion. James Darren plays Paulie - Lucky’s best friend, and confidant. I just wanted to point out there’s a strange scene in this movie that appears to be a wink/nod to _The Time Tunnel_ . This happens at the 40 minute mark where Paulie attempts to stop a fight between Lucky, and an attorney, played by Ron Livingston. The scene takes place outside the only bar in town that Lucky is still allowed into. Paulie is trying to convince Lucky not to fight, and then a moment later, the scene become surreal. Paulie is mesmerized by an eerie red light, the music changes, and Paulie says to his friend, “Go home, Lucky” And then, silently and slowly, Paulie walks toward the red light. As he does so, there are colorful oval-like lens flares that surround Paulie. These lens flares evoke images of Tony Newman walking into _The Time Tunnel_ . Paulie follows the light and disappears. It is such a weird scene. Lucky follows the light too, walking past some psychedelic murals, and comes to an illuminated “Exit” sign. Is it all a dream? This is the only scene in the movie that is like this, and it makes me think it’s a bit of a nod to James Darren’s work in _The Time Tunnel_ . I could be wrong about this - but check in out - and let me know what you think. _Lucky_ is not a sci-fi movie - so it could just be a directorial flourish that has nothing to do with _The Time Tunnel_ . Also, this movie stars actor, Tom Skerritt - who was in a _Time Tunnel_ episode concerning an earlier (1860) assassination attempt of Abraham Lincoln, while Lincoln was on his way to his inauguration. This movie is currently available for free on UA-cam, and I enjoyed it enough that I had to watch it again. But I did not notice the possible _Time Tunnel_ Easter egg scene until the second viewing.
Thank you thank you,I was also 12 at the time,my favourite shows were westerns but lost in space,the time tunnel,and voyage to the bottom of the sea were firm loves of mine,so I raise a glass to you for the memories,here’s to the sunny slopes of long ago cheers!
If they ever made A 2021 version of this for tv I would hope they keep the actual tunnel and also the very cool kalidascope flying thru the tunnel visuals .
Thank you for this! I was your age at the time of this series. Boy, did I have a crush on James Darren but besides that, I still loved the show for the history aspect of it too. There was nothing else like it on tv. I was so disappointed that it lasted only one season............
I loved Quantum Leap, but - whether they admit it or not - it was definitely a reboot of the concept of being lost in time with only a tenuous connection to those trying to get you back. It even ended with the hero never coming home.
I love this show, the whole premise of the series is fantastic, I still catch this show on late Saturday night early Sunday morning on MeTV, whenever I wake up in the middle of the night and turn on my television, I always enjoy this show
Shows like this and the original Star Trek still stand up today on inventive writing, even though the film sets and effects are dated. It doesn't matter, the stories are the important thing. My favourite one season show is The Lost Room.
I loved 'em all... Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea! My parents wouldn't get a color TV until the colors were 'exact', so I always thought they were all in B & W!
I think the Time Tunnel could have really been a lot more awesome and hopeful. In the episode of Pearl Harbor, Tony got to meet his father whom he always thought died there. I would have liked to see a creative twist with Tony’s father played by Linden Chiles, having almost the identical time signature as his son. Imagine instead of Tony’s father having died in 1941, he actually was transferred with Tony and Doug and became trapped with them in time so the loop of years where Tony thought his dad had died was not accurate and Tony and his Dad would bond through their adventures in time with Doug. I would have enjoyed that.
My problem with the show was that there are a lot of fascinating moments in history, but the show only dealt with the times in history we all learned about by the time we were 12 years old. The sinking of the Titanic, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Little Big Horn massacre, etc. And then instead of using their imagination to explore equally (but perhaps not as well known) moments in history, they brought in aliens.
Jimvanhise: Today much of the history that we were taught are no longer being taught in high school, so this show would have been simplistic introduction to some historical events.
This show seemed to be spun off an earlier film called THE TIME TRAVELERS in which scientists invent a time portal, a kind of window into which they step into to travel to another time. Four scientists wind up going into it when the time-window fails, leaving them trapped in the future. The Allen organization had a copy of the original script, which also had sequences described that were later deleted before filming. These included a glimpse into the prehistoric past with dinosaurs etc, showing that the time portal could access any time---the future or the past. The movie also started with scenes in which the financiers of the project arrive to try to shut down any further funding as a potential waste of money unless the scientists' experiments can show that their time device could actually work. The scientists continue their efforts to prove their theory, and are successful, though an accident---the portal's instability----causes them to get stranded in the future. What is especially unique about THE TIME TRAVELERS----done on a very small budget, but well-done---is the very unusual ending, which literally depicts a kind of "infinity loop".
I too was a big fan of the show. Right from the neat entrance to the complex. In those days the networks just pulled the plug. The Fugative was the first show that had an actual ending to the series. I too was unhappy when they canceled The Time Tunnell. I saw the pilot to the attempted remake. It was pretty good. Too bad they didn't give it a go.
A useful reminder of a show with high production values and very much ahead of its time. Odd repetition of the narration at the very beginning which could have been edited out.
Well I live in SC we have a station called me TV and time tunnel land of the Giants and all the other Irwin Allen shows come on I wish they remake time tunnelIt comes on about 4 o’clock in the morning what is really good I really have enjoyed it thank you for this report we appreciate you
Ésta serie excelente daba por lo menos para dos temporadas más, e incluso desfilaran como invitados otros actores. Series de Irwin Allen, dejaron un legado para la ciencia ficción de aquéllos años.
It seems so obvious that at least one other TV show (any movies?) had almost the same exact plot line: "Quantum Leap!" (But with only 1 main character.)
I didn't like Quantum Leap. Always the USA and always within 50 years of the present. Not very exciting. The Time Tunnel went all over the place. Much better.
Murray Leinster wrote a novel in 1964. This series was based upon the book. After the series debuted Leinster rewrote his novel using the same title and adaptin the chatacters to fit the TV show, He wrote a second TV novel Timeslip.
I was seven when this show came out. I was a history buff and a science fiction fan. I loved this show and particularly remember the Walls Of Jehrico, Battle of Troy, the Merlin King Arthur episode, The Titanic and Pearl Harbour episodes. The history was pretty bad. Rewatching these on DVD I find I still really like the Battle of Troy episode. It seemed to be written by someone who had actually read the Iliad and liked the source material. A lot of the other episodes were less reverent about their material. One had the Germans invading Italy in 1915 during WW I. One had an appearance by Samuel Colt for local colour I think, 20 years after he had died. The person writing the Titanic episode didn't bother to get the Captains first name or any of the officers names correct. There was Kipling centric India Afghanistan episode set in the 1880's but with more of a feel for events that occurred in the 1850's. Still it was very interesting to my young self and probably provided me with some of my earliest visions of Custer's last stand, the Alamo, the french Revolution, Battle of New Orleans, certainly the Indian Mutiny, though I was already pretty well versed on the second world war and there were four or five WWII episodes. None of the movie bits he is using for his show are attributed. How did he get away with that? Other shows that this one reminds me of include Sliders and Star Gate.
In all honesty, knowing now that it only went back physically 9 rings before using a "cone" in the back, I have to say this was the best example of "forced perspective" ever done on any set. While the remake tried to re-capture that look, it certainly didn't capture the look, feel, power, or even the sound effect of the original. BTW, the lighting of the tunnel itself was done in a very unique way. Note the first ring. See the outer structure of it? No. Why? It was angled away from you and painted flat black so as to reflect as little light as possible. All the parts of the rings after it were done the same but not as much. The result is you see the rings, but not what's holding them in place. Also, lighting up the rings was done with lamps on the ring on front of it and surface of each ring was angled just a bit to reflect that light so as to give the impression that the ring was lit up from inside. Electrical arcs were also in between rings. The remake never even got close to that type of effect.
I loved this show and the music. If it is remade, I want the travelers to be from the 60s or 70s, with no certain future or past they travel to being 100% accurate. I, as a viewer, want to be fricking surprised if they go to 1986 and find a soviet-led world, or back to the 1600s to find some weird versions of pirates in the Caribbean.
I was only 12 when The Time Tunnel debuted on TV. I was only 12 when The Time Tunnel debuted on TV. oops just went back in time again. I was only 12 when The Time Tunnel debuted on TV.
The idea of the Time Tunnel was spectacular. The cast was perfection. The technology was great, but there should have been more shown. The stories for the most part sucked though. I think the best episode was with the volcano Krakatoa. There were elements of episodes I liked as well, but some were boring and could have been so much better. Again, not the fault of the concept or the cast or even the technology.
Back then shows did a lot more episodes each season 30 was good some shows did 39 episodes like Leave it to Beaver every year they made 39 shows in 39 weeks. Other shows did 36 or 32 some only got 26 and that was a normal number of episodes.
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I was 9 when this show debuted in 1966. This was my favorite among Irwin Allen's productions!
Far and away Irwin Allen's best TV series!
This show still comes on locally Saturday Mornings at 4am…..I love it….
I swear I remember this show but can’t believe it was on such a short time. It feels like it was on for years.
I could have sworn it ran 2 seasons.
That's why it's the TIME TUNNEL
I too recall it going on for multiple seasons. I was 7 when it premiered (my parents were science fiction buffs, My Favorite Martian, Star Trek, UFO, The Invaders.....I loved my childhood!), so these are some of my earliest memories of TV shows on our Black and White TV/Stereo Console!
Time moved slower back then..summer lasted a year..the time between Thanksgiving vacation and Christmas vacation was 6 months long...
I was 8 when this was on TV. Because it was about history my dad would watch it with me and then, after it was over, he’d tell me a lot more about what actually happened at that particular time and place. This was the beginning of my lifelong love of history. My friends and I all had mad crushes on James Darren. At school we’d play Time Tunnel at recess right after the latest episode. Happy memories.
I watched Time Tunnel when I was age 8 as well along with my younger brothers. However my father worked two jobs at the time. His morning job was at a local television station and then his night job was as a motion picture machine operator (a projectionist at a local movie theater) . Some of the times I would stay up late at around 1 am in the morning just to see my father when he got home. Dad would often take us to see the latest James Bond movie (Sean Connery at that time) while he ran the projectors in the booth. We got to see some new movies for free in the balcony when I was with my two younger brothers.
I remember the show. There were a lot of short cuts, bits and pieces from earlier movies because they couldn't afford lots of extras for great battle scenes. I loved the swirling tunnel. It would have been great if it had continued.
The swirling tunnel is about the only thing I remember of this show. I do remember watching it a few times, but I was only around four at the time. Never saw it being rerun anywhere afterwards either, unfortunately
I fell in love with Lee Meriwether while watching this show as a six-year-old! Love that show! 😉
She also played Catwoman in the Batman movie.
What a hottie!!
Most males did lol
I was fascinated. As a nine-year-old, after one episode, I had to look up the eruption of Krakatoa. An event I had never heard of. I scoured our encyclopedias and made trips to the public library. Perhaps this is where I got my love of Roman and Greek history.
When I had my boyhood in the 1960's, The Time Tunnel was my favorite TV show and the beginning of my lifelong obsession and fascination with time travel!
I was 10 years old when I watched the pilot episode of Time Tunnel in 1966. I never even heard about the Titanic until I watched this episode.
I loved Time Tunnel. It would be nice to make a new series on Prime or Netflix.
The closest thing would be The Man In The High Castle on Amazon Prime Video.
Loved this show, I was aware at the time the show was produced with the idea of using old movies to add gravitas to the show.
I really enjoyed the show as a kid. But couldn't help but notice how Tony and Doug never landed any place that wasn't dangerous. They never or hardly ever had to drink, eat, shower, shave or wash their clothes. And could always speak the language of any place in time that they landed.
Babel fish
Yeah! It worked out that they always landed just prior to some epic moment in history. If I was a time traveler I would probably land on a farm in 1890 and have to clean horse stalls and milk cows all day.
@@MrTruckerf an you don't have to worry about no chemtrails
One of my favorites as a kid. Surprised it only lasted one season though, especially when there are so many more great historical events to visit. Here's a remake that could make it today.
I was about 12 or 13 when this was on. One comic once said this show was a good example of what happens to two guys who are part of a science project built by government contractors with the lowest bid. BTW: Check out at 3:20 how clever they camouflage the power cables between the consoles on the floor by using a covering with the same color as the floor. No point having a bunch of power lines visible on TV to light up their special effects.
I loved this show. So much for my young imagination to consider.
As a child I thought, "The Time Tunnel" was brilliant!
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Loved the time tunnel and thought it was a damn shame thete was not more seasons. This show needs a reboot. We came close with Timeless
Another show very similar to this that I love is Sliders. They are a group of people who have a device that can send them into another dimension but they lose their home coordinates so every episode they slide to a new dimension hoping to make it home only to find a new adventure. It was a full series with an ending so definitely worth checking out if you haven't seen it. It also has a great cast with Jerry O'Connell and John Rhys-Davies
Love that show...but always wanted them to come back!
My brother and I loved this show. We couldn't wait for the next episode, in the coming week. It was a shame, it only lasted 1 season.
You forgot Peabody and Sherman, clearly inspiration for this series! :-)
I loved Peabody and Sherman. I did another video on Rocky & Bullwinkle here ua-cam.com/video/8gT7TfXyyWs/v-deo.html. One of my favs growing up!
You know, Doctor Who is still "day tripping" through time & space for over 60 years! 🕰️
Don't forget about the wizard and tooter the turtle.
@@RerunZone And don't forget the Land of the Giants
I was a 16 yr old sci fi,super hero comic fan,just starting to read the classics. Loved this show!
Thank you for this video about The Time Tunnel...badass! I whole heartily agree with you on the historical aspects of this show. I was 11 when it came out and was mesmerized by the freaky travel over the history I was watching. I now have all 30 episodes on 8 dics'. It's a goog time to pull them out to start watching them again because in this f-ed up world I'd much rather be someplace else other than where we are right now. So book me into the Time Tunnel and if your all filled up, I'm going to call Mr. Peabody and Sherman for a trip back in time on their Wayback Machine...bye, bye!
All of Irwin Allen's sci fi series were fabulous! Including this one. When I was a kid in the 60s I wanted to grow up to be him!
Awesome show! I was 7 years-old living in Alaska. Already hooked on science fiction and history, I looked forward to this show. At 64, I still enjoy watching episodes. I understand that the show was very expensive to make. It takes money to make science fiction believable.
I saw this series when I was around 5 years old (circa 1971). It also made an indelible imprint on me. I think it is a big reason why I have loved time-travel movies and tv series all my life ❤
I was 8 in 1967, so somewhere in America, I was watching this show along with you!
Some of the episodes really were fantastic.
In the 1980s I wrote a Doctor Who and Time Tunnel crossover story. When I did it, people would read the first little bit and say "I forgot about that one!" And I probably got 4 or 5 copies of the two novels that were written by well meaning friends. Oh, and since The Doctor hooked the Tunnel up through his Tardis, he managed to bring them home.
After the series was cancelled, they still could have made a conclusion episode with Tony & Doug being safely rescued.
Your videos are so detailed and cover the subjects nicely. We are the same age and your perspectives are like mine . It was a great time to be watching TV . And to be a kid !
I loved this show when I was a kid. It got me interested in reading history. And one of the stars became a member of the Star Trek Deep Space Nine cast. I enjoyed that tool
I loved the series as a kid, because along with Lost In Space, it was one of the first series shown in color. I did have a problem with the premise that you would randomly wind up in a place like the top deck of the Titanic minutes before it hit the iceburg.
I heard they did make a closing episode where the time travelers did come back but it never aired. Years ago I seen it for sale on ebay and I did bid on it but I was outbid.
I was around 10 or 11 and I just loved this show! I thought it ran for several seasons but I guess not. I remember quite a few of the episodes.
Loved the show. Thanks for producing this clip. Top notch. Cheers!
OMG... I was 9 years old when this started... Would love to see a re-boot...
I'm still hooked on this show, I got it on DVD and blu-ray
I was 20 in 1966 & loved "The Time Tunnel", but since I was in the Army National Guard then,
I wasn't always able to see the show. e.g. I missed the one where they went to the Moon &
didn't see it until U-tube had it on in 2020! The shows were all broadcast in color so that made
it seem more futuristic (color was relatively new then)! Great show but they simply ran out of plots!
I was 10 when Time Tunnel was on, my buddies and I loved the fight scenes the most. Wild Wild West and Time Tunnel had the best fight scenes.
Time Tunnel cemented my lifelong interest in the Titanic. Of all the shows I watched, this one had the most influence.
Thanks for posting this, my favorite episodes was Merlin and the Ghost of Nero.
If every one is going to say how old that they were I was 8. Like all Irwin Allen's shows they were all great. I have a few show on dvd wish I could find the rest.
So very Cool. Thank you. We're about the same age. I was (10) at the time. Though short-lived, the "Time Tunnel" was one of my favorite shows as well ! 👍😎
This was my all-time favorite tv show. I was devastated when it was canceled. 😡
Thanks for posting this video. I just re-watched a movie called _Lucky_ (2017) starring Harry Dean Stanton and James Darren. This is a great film about growing old, and coming to terms with one’s mortality. It is also Harry Dean Stanton’s swan song, and he gives brilliant performance as the title character, Lucky, a man of 90 years, who served on a US navy supply ship in WW2, and who is rapidly coming face-to-face with oblivion. James Darren plays Paulie - Lucky’s best friend, and confidant.
I just wanted to point out there’s a strange scene in this movie that appears to be a wink/nod to _The Time Tunnel_ . This happens at the 40 minute mark where Paulie attempts to stop a fight between Lucky, and an attorney, played by Ron Livingston. The scene takes place outside the only bar in town that Lucky is still allowed into. Paulie is trying to convince Lucky not to fight, and then a moment later, the scene become surreal. Paulie is mesmerized by an eerie red light, the music changes, and Paulie says to his friend, “Go home, Lucky” And then, silently and slowly, Paulie walks toward the red light. As he does so, there are colorful oval-like lens flares that surround Paulie. These lens flares evoke images of Tony Newman walking into _The Time Tunnel_ . Paulie follows the light and disappears. It is such a weird scene. Lucky follows the light too, walking past some psychedelic murals, and comes to an illuminated “Exit” sign. Is it all a dream? This is the only scene in the movie that is like this, and it makes me think it’s a bit of a nod to James Darren’s work in _The Time Tunnel_ . I could be wrong about this - but check in out - and let me know what you think. _Lucky_ is not a sci-fi movie - so it could just be a directorial flourish that has nothing to do with _The Time Tunnel_ . Also, this movie stars actor, Tom Skerritt - who was in a _Time Tunnel_ episode concerning an earlier (1860) assassination attempt of Abraham Lincoln, while Lincoln was on his way to his inauguration.
This movie is currently available for free on UA-cam, and I enjoyed it enough that I had to watch it again. But I did not notice the possible _Time Tunnel_ Easter egg scene until the second viewing.
Great show!!! Loved the opening theme as well. The tunnel itself looked really cool!
Thank you thank you,I was also 12 at the time,my favourite shows were westerns but lost in space,the time tunnel,and voyage to the bottom of the sea were firm loves of mine,so I raise a glass to you for the memories,here’s to the sunny slopes of long ago cheers!
I Loved This Show, to the Deepest Part of Me
If they ever made A 2021 version of this for tv I would hope they keep the actual tunnel and also the very cool kalidascope flying thru the tunnel visuals .
Thank you for this! I was your age at the time of this series. Boy, did I have a crush on James Darren but besides that, I still loved the show for the history aspect of it too. There was nothing else like it on tv. I was so disappointed that it lasted only one season............
I own the blurays and they are fantastic wish that voyage and land of the giants were also on bluray.
I loved Quantum Leap, but - whether they admit it or not - it was definitely a reboot of the concept of being lost in time with only a tenuous connection to those trying to get you back. It even ended with the hero never coming home.
They still show reruns of the Time Tunnel on MeTV.
I love this show, the whole premise of the series is fantastic, I still catch this show on late Saturday night early Sunday morning on MeTV, whenever I wake up in the middle of the night and turn on my television, I always enjoy this show
It's on Hulu.
Saw it first-run! Loved it!
I was 11 when that show hit. I loved it!!
Shows like this and the original Star Trek still stand up today on inventive writing, even though the film sets and effects are dated. It doesn't matter, the stories are the important thing. My favourite one season show is The Lost Room.
Me too! I have the same experience as you seeing this series as a kid.
I loved 'em all... Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea! My parents wouldn't get a color TV until the colors were 'exact', so I always thought they were all in B & W!
Somebody bring it back!
I was also 12 and loved it
one word classic
Superb. 💙 T.E.N.
Definitely an awesome show my father put me on to the show I got to see the reruns of it back in the 90s on the Syfy channel.
I think the Time Tunnel could have really been a lot more awesome and hopeful. In the episode of Pearl Harbor, Tony got to meet his father whom he always thought died there. I would have liked to see a creative twist with Tony’s father played by Linden Chiles, having almost the identical time signature as his son. Imagine instead of Tony’s father having died in 1941, he actually was transferred with Tony and Doug and became trapped with them in time so the loop of years where Tony thought his dad had died was not accurate and Tony and his Dad would bond through their adventures in time with Doug. I would have enjoyed that.
My problem with the show was that there are a lot of fascinating moments in history, but the show only dealt with the times in history we all learned about by the time we were 12 years old. The sinking of the Titanic, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Little Big Horn massacre, etc. And then instead of using their imagination to explore equally (but perhaps not as well known) moments in history, they brought in aliens.
Yes, too many stupid aliens
including a pre-movie mash Robert Duvall
Jimvanhise: Today much of the history that we were taught are no longer being taught in high school, so this show would have been simplistic introduction to some historical events.
Quantum Leap did justice to time travel. Some minor historical events but mostly about events that could change without altering history too much.
I loved this show!!
This show seemed to be spun off an earlier film called THE TIME TRAVELERS in which scientists invent a time portal, a kind of window into which they step into to travel to another time. Four scientists wind up going into it when the time-window fails, leaving them trapped in the future. The Allen organization had a copy of the original script, which also had sequences described that were later deleted before filming. These included a glimpse into the prehistoric past with dinosaurs etc, showing that the time portal could access any time---the future or the past.
The movie also started with scenes in which the financiers of the project arrive to try to shut down any further funding as a potential waste of money unless the scientists' experiments can show that their time device could actually work. The scientists continue their efforts to prove their theory, and are successful, though an accident---the portal's instability----causes them to get stranded in the future.
What is especially unique about THE TIME TRAVELERS----done on a very small budget, but well-done---is the very unusual ending, which literally depicts a kind of "infinity loop".
Loved this show. Yes it was cheesy but I sure enjoyed it.
I too was a big fan of the show. Right from the neat entrance to the complex. In those days the networks just pulled the plug. The Fugative was the first show that had an actual ending to the series. I too was unhappy when they canceled The Time Tunnell. I saw the pilot to the attempted remake. It was pretty good. Too bad they didn't give it a go.
A useful reminder of a show with high production values and very much ahead of its time.
Odd repetition of the narration at the very beginning which could have been edited out.
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Ésta serie excelente daba por lo menos para dos temporadas más, e incluso desfilaran como invitados otros actores. Series de Irwin Allen, dejaron un legado para la ciencia ficción de aquéllos años.
It seems so obvious that at least one other TV show (any movies?) had almost the same exact plot line: "Quantum Leap!" (But with only 1 main character.)
Would love to see this show recreated.
I didn't like Quantum Leap. Always the USA and always within 50 years of the present. Not very exciting. The Time Tunnel went all over the place. Much better.
Murray Leinster wrote a novel in 1964. This series was based upon the book. After the series debuted Leinster rewrote his novel using the same title and adaptin the chatacters to fit the TV show, He wrote a second TV novel Timeslip.
I was seven when this show came out. I was a history buff and a science fiction fan. I loved this show and particularly remember the Walls Of Jehrico, Battle of Troy, the Merlin King Arthur episode, The Titanic and Pearl Harbour episodes.
The history was pretty bad. Rewatching these on DVD I find I still really like the Battle of Troy episode. It seemed to be written by someone who had actually read the Iliad and liked the source material.
A lot of the other episodes were less reverent about their material. One had the Germans invading Italy in 1915 during WW I. One had an appearance by Samuel Colt for local colour I think, 20 years after he had died. The person writing the Titanic episode didn't bother to get the Captains first name or any of the officers names correct.
There was Kipling centric India Afghanistan episode set in the 1880's but with more of a feel for events that occurred in the 1850's.
Still it was very interesting to my young self and probably provided me with some of my earliest visions of Custer's last stand, the Alamo, the french Revolution, Battle of New Orleans, certainly the Indian Mutiny, though I was already pretty well versed on the second world war and there were four or five WWII episodes.
None of the movie bits he is using for his show are attributed. How did he get away with that?
Other shows that this one reminds me of include Sliders and Star Gate.
In all honesty, knowing now that it only went back physically 9 rings before using a "cone" in the back, I have to say this was the best example of "forced perspective" ever done on any set. While the remake tried to re-capture that look, it certainly didn't capture the look, feel, power, or even the sound effect of the original.
BTW, the lighting of the tunnel itself was done in a very unique way. Note the first ring. See the outer structure of it? No. Why? It was angled away from you and painted flat black so as to reflect as little light as possible. All the parts of the rings after it were done the same but not as much. The result is you see the rings, but not what's holding them in place.
Also, lighting up the rings was done with lamps on the ring on front of it and surface of each ring was angled just a bit to reflect that light so as to give the impression that the ring was lit up from inside. Electrical arcs were also in between rings. The remake never even got close to that type of effect.
When I met Jimmy Darren at AM Philadelphia him and I talked for like an hour about The Time Tunnel.
I loved this show and the music. If it is remade, I want the travelers to be from the 60s or 70s, with no certain future or past they travel to being 100% accurate. I, as a viewer, want to be fricking surprised if they go to 1986 and find a soviet-led world, or back to the 1600s to find some weird versions of pirates in the Caribbean.
I was 6 years old and it was on at my bedtime…..I never saw a whole show
Favorite 😊
I was 11 years old in 1966
This Why I Liked Qua- Leap.
Back to the Past, I Wish.
I liked Lee Meriwether a lot. "The Kidnappers" gave Lee a chance to flex her acting muscles a bit.
I remember it ! ..Damn..but we had some wild shows back then, didn't we..?!..☎️🤡🎸..🐟
I was only 12 when The Time Tunnel debuted on TV.
I was only 12 when The Time Tunnel debuted on TV.
oops just went back in time again.
I was only 12 when The Time Tunnel debuted on TV.
I liked the tunnel itself, but the plots and stock footage got stale after a while. Viewers knew they could not change key moments in history.
It sounds a lot like Quantum Leap.
Sliders was good too.
But it wasn't about time travel, it was about traveling between parallel Earths.
I've never seen it in color before...
Editing voiceover is hard
The idea of the Time Tunnel was spectacular. The cast was perfection. The technology was great, but there should have been more shown. The stories for the most part sucked though. I think the best episode was with the volcano Krakatoa. There were elements of episodes I liked as well, but some were boring and could have been so much better. Again, not the fault of the concept or the cast or even the technology.
Actually two seasons interrupted on the 2nd by Allen’s disputes with executives 66-67
I think the time tunnel was a great show
Back then shows did a lot more episodes each season 30 was good some shows did 39 episodes like Leave it to Beaver every year they made 39 shows in 39 weeks. Other shows did 36 or 32 some only got 26 and that was a normal number of episodes.
Some visuals very clearly inspired by scenes in FORBIDDEN PLANET.