FIREBALL XL5 was aired Saturday morning in 1962-63. So good to see this show again. What memories, Steve Zodiac, Venus, Robert (the robot), the professor, Space City, etc. Suddenly, I'm 8 years old again!
Thanks. I was inspired to get the box set 'cause you put this up. Fabulous soundtracks. Fantastic sets, great stories, and the acting less wooden than in any of the garbage that passes for entertainment they've had on the TV over the xmas period. *****.
PROFESSOR: "Say Steve, have you heard, we're on UA-cam!" STEVE ZODIAC: "You ... what?" PROFESSOR: "Tube, Steve!" STEVE ZODIAC: "How many views have we had Prof?" PROFESSOR: "Now let me see ... erm, 26,718" STEVE ZODIAC: "Gerry will be pleased!" PROFESSOR: "Gerry who, Steve?" STEVE ZODIAC: "Anderson, professor ... Anderson!"
@1899lpv --- the first time I saw George Pal's 1953 version of The War Of The Worlds it was on a black and white television set. If you ever get a chance to see this film in b&w then it's an experience I highly recommend. Everything . . . and especially the Martian machines . . . comes out in sharper (and occasionally much more eerie) focus.
@DakariKingMykan I hope that my comment is taken with a grain of salt.What my point is that imagination is being replaced with video games, Blue Ray..and the famous Computer... Everybody's getting trapped in their own little bubble...I know, I surprise myself falling in that category once in a blue moon. Went boredom strikes. it is nice to have imagination kicking in high gear. Nobody's to blame...
@DakariKingMykan It is scientifically proven that black and white pictures are more clear. The absence of colors makes your imagination work a little more. Very effective in those days. All the kids born after the 80's lack imagination...Video games, couch potatoes,everything for less effort...
@1899lpv Black and white pictures are clearer because everything is in black and white with shades of gray (which are shades of black and white). The simplicity of the settings add to the charm because the minute details that we remember are produced by our active imagination, something that all kids born after the 80s lack. Blame it on the dumbing down of today's students by todays schools. Kids don't know how to think.
Thanks 😊 for uploading, "Cure for Depression" now 50 running, but can feel my childhood day's...Thanks 🙏
This was soh cool 60 plus years ago. ❤
Gerry Andersen was a genius! All his stuff is classic. Thanks for sharing!
FIREBALL XL5 was aired Saturday morning in 1962-63. So good to see this show again. What memories, Steve Zodiac, Venus, Robert (the robot), the professor, Space City, etc. Suddenly, I'm 8 years old again!
And Zulu the monkey
great memories...many thanks
Thanks very much for uploading this series! I have fond memories of watching these as a child. My cousin had one of those XL5 models.
Very good!! Thank you. I watched this when I was a kid.
Thanks. I was inspired to get the box set 'cause you put this up. Fabulous soundtracks. Fantastic sets, great stories, and the acting less wooden than in any of the garbage that passes for entertainment they've had on the TV over the xmas period. *****.
mandreke5, you are my hero, dude, for uploading this series. This is my favourite marionette series when I was a kid long time ago.
A multi-Teraton warhead? 😨 Makes the stuff the Thunderbirds had to deal with look like peanuts!
PROFESSOR: "Say Steve, have you heard, we're on UA-cam!"
STEVE ZODIAC: "You ... what?"
PROFESSOR: "Tube, Steve!"
STEVE ZODIAC: "How many views have we had Prof?"
PROFESSOR: "Now let me see ... erm, 26,718"
STEVE ZODIAC: "Gerry will be pleased!"
PROFESSOR: "Gerry who, Steve?"
STEVE ZODIAC: "Anderson, professor ... Anderson!"
@1899lpv --- the first time I saw George Pal's 1953 version of The War Of The Worlds it was on a black and white television set. If you ever get a chance to see this film in b&w then it's an experience I highly recommend. Everything . . . and especially the Martian machines . . . comes out in sharper (and occasionally much more eerie) focus.
this was my show as a kid !
I honestly don't mind the black and white...
So classical... so mysterious...
I wonder how many times I drew that the Fireball XL5 on my homework in the sixties.
@Iearjet
Yes... it is.
Still I wonder what Venus' full name is...
@Iearjet yep i got one of them great xl5 kits. damn well wish i kept it.
@DakariKingMykan I hope that my comment is taken with a grain of salt.What my point is that imagination is being replaced with video games, Blue Ray..and the famous Computer... Everybody's getting trapped in their own little bubble...I know, I surprise myself falling in that category once in a blue moon. Went boredom strikes. it is nice to have imagination kicking in high gear. Nobody's to blame...
@DakariKingMykan It is scientifically proven that black and white pictures are more clear. The absence of colors makes your imagination work a little more. Very effective in those days. All the kids born after the 80's lack imagination...Video games, couch potatoes,everything for less effort...
i barely remember this gettin old
General Alert - Priority One !!!
on our way ohm... on our way ohm... on our way ohm...
Oh, I forgot you are a robot...
@1899lpv Black and white pictures are clearer because everything is in black and white with shades of gray (which are shades of black and white). The simplicity of the settings add to the charm because the minute details that we remember are produced by our active imagination, something that all kids born after the 80s lack. Blame it on the dumbing down of today's students by todays schools. Kids don't know how to think.
Too young for this show, but I had Mgr. Matt Mason as a toy though.
MUST BE OBAMA CARE
Not in color. Uhhh!