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Quark is a 1977 American science fiction sitcom starring Richard Benjamin. Broadcast on Friday nights at 8:00–8:30 p.m. on NBC, the pilot aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the spy spoof Get Smart.
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| dbo:abstract | Quark, la escoba espacial es una serie de televisión de ciencia ficción americana pero desde el punto de vista de la sitcom. Protagonizada por Richard Benjamin, se emitía los viernes noche en 8:00-8:30 PM por la NBC. El episodio piloto se emitió el 7 de mayo de 1977, y fue cancelada en abril de 1978. Quark fue creada por Buck Henry, cocreador de Superagente 86. La serie sigue las aventuras de La United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, una patrulla que se dedica a recoger basura espacial con base en la Estación Espacial Perma Uno en el año 2226. El personaje principal es el capitán Adam Quark, que viaja en una nave espacial con forma de ballena junto a su inusual tripulación. En su corta carrera, Quark satirizó a series, películas y cómics tales como La Guerra de las Galaxias, 2001: Una Odisea del Espacio, Perdidos en el Espacio y Flash Gordon. Tres de los episodios eran parodias directas de episodios de Star Trek. La serie ganó una nominación al Emmy por diseño de vestuario en el episodio «All the Emperor Quasi-Norms, Part 2». La serie completa fue editada en DVD en 2008. (es) Quark is a 1977 American science fiction sitcom starring Richard Benjamin. Broadcast on Friday nights at 8:00–8:30 p.m. on NBC, the pilot aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the spy spoof Get Smart. (en) |
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| dbp:caption | Richard Benjamin and the Barnstable twins (en) |
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| dbp:shortsummary | 11.0 (dbd:second) While on a routine mission, Quark and his crew are captured by Zorgon the Malevolent , the Most Vicious Gorgon Space Pirate and Half-Brother to the High Gorgon Himself. Zorgon tries to learn from Quark where to find "It"—which represents a problem as Quark has no idea what "It" is. Meanwhile, Zorgon's daughter, Princess Libido , has fallen in love with Ficus. Ficus agrees to a meeting with Princess Libido in hopes of letting her down gently because, as he explains to her, "Where I come from, we don't kiss. We pollinate." This line of reasoning fails to dissuade her. The next scene finds both of them lying on the floor on their backs, sticking their arms and legs up in the air, and saying "bee bee bee bee" over and over again, increasing in rapidity and pitch in anticipation of the arrival of the bee. Andy and Gene/Jean escape and disguise themselves as Gorgon scientists and Gene/Jean is asked to give a lecture on "It". The episode cliffhanger has Quark horrified to realize that the location for "It" that he gave as a bluff has turned out to be absolutely correct. This episode borrows from & parodies Flash Gordon with sendups of Ming the Merciless, his daughter Princess Aura, Prince Barin and Prince Vultan. (en) A deep space phenomenon threatens to destroy the galaxy, and Quark's ship is the only one in the area. Palindrome and The Head instruct Quark to go on a suicide mission to save their civilization, but he's so far away they can only contact him by telegram. The two of them argue over telegram costs and spend most of the episode trying to reduce the number of words in the message so as to keep the cost down. Meanwhile Quark and company accidentally save the day anyway. (en) Quark and his crew are sent on a suicide mission to Polumbus to discover why no one has returned alive. Quark and his crew fall prey to their fantasies as part of a fiendish plot by the dreaded Gorgons to drain the minds of the United Galaxy's most brilliant scientists. Quark encounters a beautiful dream girl, Ficus encounters a teacher, the Bettys encounter dancing clones of Quark, and Gene/Jean encounters his favorite comic book character "Zoltar the Magnificent" . In order to save his crew, Quark must destroy the obelisk and free the shape-shifting "Clay People" it enslaved. Borrows from and parodies the Star Trek original series episodes "Shore Leave" and "This Side of Paradise". The episode's title is a play on the film Goodbye, Columbus starring Richard Benjamin. (en) Expecting his usual garbage hauling assignment, Quark is excited to hear that the Head has authorized an "extended romantic interlude" with Princess Carna of Kamamor . Troubles ensue when the crew encounter a stray space baggy carrying a virus which ages Quark two years for every hour. Borrows from & parodies elements of the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Deadly Years". (en) While on a routine mission, the ship is accidentally pulled into a black hole, which splits the crew into good and evil counterparts. The exception is Ficus, who remains the same because "there are no good or evil plants, there are just plants", leading both sets of crew members to scream at him in their usual exasperation. After Quark confronts and defeats his evil self on a nearby asteroid, he sends the evil crew back through the black hole. As the evil crew is being sent back we hear the evil Adam Quark say "Keep your deflectors up, do-gooder! You haven't seen the last of this face!" Borrows from and parodies elements of the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Mirror, Mirror". The episode title is a play on the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. (en) Perma One is in a state of emergency, as the Gorgons have created the ultimate weapon to defeat the United Galaxy. Palindrome gives Quark the secret weapon, "The Source" . Quark must believe completely in the Source in order to defeat the Gorgons. The episode parodies elements from Star Wars and 1930's sci-fi serials Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. The episode title parodies the phrase "May the Force Be with You" from Star Wars. (en) Ficus sacrifices himself and marries Princess Libido to save the crew. Gene/Jean manages to impress the Gorgon scientists with its lecture, and it and Andy escape. Quark and the Bettys are sent down to the planet to be eaten by a Lizigoth, but are saved by the Baron of The Forest People. With the Baron's help, Quark locates "It", which turns out to be a small stone on a necklace. Subsequent events lead Quark to believe he is invincible when in fact "It" is nothing more than a powerless rock. Quark returns to Zorgon's ship, survives a struggle with Zorgon's monster champion, and leaves the planet with his crew after Zorgon accidentally shoots Libido, freeing Ficus from his obligation to her. Unfortunately, when Quark tries to report on what happened, Palindrome has absolutely no interest. His assistant, Dink, however, is fascinated by the story. (en) In the Spanish-language version the scene where the Bettys compare Quark to a god was removed so as not to offend Catholic viewers. (en) Ficus was not a part of the cast in this episode, and the "science guy" role was held by Dr. O.B. Mudd, a crotchety one-eyed old man played by Douglas Fowley . It is mentioned that Mudd and Quark built Andy together. Mudd never appeared or was mentioned again in the series, and no explanation was given for his departure from the show, other than a gag about transferring. The Barnstable twins are credited with the last name "Barnett" in the pilot. (en) |
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| dbp:title | Quark (en) All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 1 (en) All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 2 (en) Goodbye, Polumbus (en) May the Source Be with You (en) The Good, the Bad and the Ficus (en) The Old and the Beautiful (en) Vanessa 38-24-36 (en) |
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| dbp:writtenby | Stuart Gillard (en) Steve Zacharias (en) Buck Henry (en) Bruce Kane (en) Jonathan Kaufer (en) Robert A. Keats (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Quark is a 1977 American science fiction sitcom starring Richard Benjamin. Broadcast on Friday nights at 8:00–8:30 p.m. on NBC, the pilot aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the spy spoof Get Smart. (en) Quark, la escoba espacial es una serie de televisión de ciencia ficción americana pero desde el punto de vista de la sitcom. Protagonizada por Richard Benjamin, se emitía los viernes noche en 8:00-8:30 PM por la NBC. El episodio piloto se emitió el 7 de mayo de 1977, y fue cancelada en abril de 1978. Quark fue creada por Buck Henry, cocreador de Superagente 86. La serie ganó una nominación al Emmy por diseño de vestuario en el episodio «All the Emperor Quasi-Norms, Part 2». La serie completa fue editada en DVD en 2008. (es) |
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