Spaceball 

Treacherous Xaviar, the renegade Galactican, in disguise sends Troy and Dillon on a phony mission, so that he can take as hostage the earthbound Galactican children who Jamie has entered in... See full summary »

Director:

Barry Crane

Writers:

Glen A. Larson (created by), Frank Lupo

Stars:

Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Robyn Douglass

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kent McCord	...	Captain Troy
Barry Van Dyke	...	Lieutenant 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	...	Mr. Brooks
Jeremy Brett	...	Commander 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

Treacherous Xaviar, the renegade Galactican, in disguise sends Troy and Dillon on a phony mission, so that he can take as hostage the earthbound Galactican children who Jamie has entered in what turns out to be a hilarious, out-of-this-world charity baseball game, on "Galactica 1980".

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

During the Baseball game, two of the players of the opposing team, The Polecats are named as batters Frankie Lupo & Jeffy Frieley. These were most likely named after two of the writers of the episode, Frank Lupo & Jeff Freilich.

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Goofs

One of the Galactica kids is shown playing at second base wearing a glove on his right hand, indicating he throws left-handed. Left-handers never play second base because they cannot "pivot" on a ground-ball double play. The coach, a former big league ballplayer, would know this.

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.

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 Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1