scifi – Page 5 – My Third Parent

The 1970s-80s sitcom “Happy Days” – which was set in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s – had at least two strange and unlikely brushes with science fiction.

Mork (Robin Williams) was an extraterrestrial from the planet Ork who visited the Cunninghams. The sitcom “Mork & Mindy” spun off from this episode.

And the 1980-82 Saturday morning cartoon “The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang” featured several members of the Happy Days principle cast along with an anthropomorphic dog named Mr. Cool joining a young woman from the future named “Cupcake” in her less than reliable time machine.

Big thanks to @MeTV @MeTVBoston for picking up Swamp Thing! Have never watched the entire run, so very exciting! #RedEyeSciFi

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The Bionic Woman (1976), “Canyon of Death”

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Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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Thom Christopher as Hawk in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

Thom Christopher as Hawk and Barbara Luna as Koori in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

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Buster Crabbe, Erin Grey and Gil Gerard filming Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

Buster Crabbe was Buck Rogers in the 1936 film serials, and was asked to return for a guest starring role in the Buck Rogers reboot series in 1979.