Quark (TV series)

Quark

Richard Benjamin and the Barnstable twins in NBC's Quark
Created by Buck Henry
Starring Richard Benjamin
Tim Thomerson
Richard Kelton
Tricia Barnstable
Cyb Barnstable
Conrad Janis
Alan Caillou
Bobby Porter
Composer(s) Perry Botkin Jr.
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producer(s) David Gerber
Mace Neufeld
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) David Gerber Productions
Columbia Pictures Television
Release
Original network NBC
Original release May 7, 1977 – April 7, 1978

Quark is an American science fiction sitcom starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on NBC.[1] The pilot first 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.[1]

The show was set on a United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an interstellar garbage scow operating out of United Galaxies Space Station Perma One in the year 2226. Adam Quark, the main character, works to clean up trash in space by collecting "space baggies" with his trusted and highly unusual crew.

In its short run, Quark satirized such science fiction as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Flash Gordon.[1] Three of the episodes were direct parodies of Star Trek episodes.

The series won one Emmy Award nomination, for costume designer Grady Hunt's work in the episode "All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms, Part 2".

The complete series was released on DVD on October 14, 2008.[1]

Characters

Episodes

A United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol cruiser

References

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