Spaceball (30 Mar. 1980)

Spaceball (Mel Brooks not involved) This episode has Troy and Dillon being lured away on special mission by Xavier... See full synopsis »

Director:

Barry Crane

Writers:

Glen A. Larson (creator), Jeff Freilich,

Stars:

Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Robyn Douglass

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kent McCord	...	Capt. Troy
Barry Van Dyke	...	Lt. Dillon
Robyn Douglass	...	Jamie Hamilton
Lorne Greene	...	Commander Adama
James Patrick Stuart	...	Dr. Zee (as Patrick Stuart)
Allan Miller	...	Colonel Jack Sydell
Paul Koslo	...	Billy Eheres
Bert Rosario	...	Hal
Fred Holliday	...	Brooks
Jeremy Brett	...	Xaviar / Lieutenant Nash
Mike Brick	...	Super Scout (as Michael Brick)
Nicholas Davies	...	Super Scout
Ronnie Densford	...	Super Scout
Mark Everett	...	Super Scout
Georgi Irene	...	Sunshine

Storyline

Spaceball (Mel Brooks not involved) This episode has Troy and Dillon being lured away on special mission by Xavier... See full synopsis »

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 March 1980 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 12, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The "Directed by" credit is misspelled as "Direcetd by".

User Reviews

Oh dear

The nicest thing that can be said about this episode is that it has a lot less of Troy and Dillon than other episodes of this woeful sequel to the original Battlestar Galactica. You can only pity Lorne Greene, still going through the motions as Commander Adama, and this episode's special guest, Jeremy Brett, who is a long way from Sherlock Holmes in a roll- neck, Germanic accent, and evil grin.

We met the Super Scouts in the preceding two-parter episode, where we learned of their superpowers and their lack of recognizable human DNA. Here they end up playing a baseball game which utilizes all their remarkable talents. Tedious Jamie Hamilton, the reporter who has been out of earth's orbit, is still on hand to do very little, while Brett's comedy villain performance hardly stretches his acting muscles.

Spaceball is plain awful. The bit with the TV camera is fun I suppose but Jamie taking this oddly accented fellow to be a good Galactican just makes her look daft.