Quark(1977)
ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
First Air Date: 1977-05-07
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 6.7
Votes: 21
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on NBC. 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. 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. Three of the episodes were direct satires 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.
Keywords
spacecraftfuturesatirespacespoofsitcom
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
Quark
Air Date: 1977-05-07
An expanding enzyme cloud threatens to destroy the galaxy.
E02
May the Source Be with You
Air Date: 1978-02-24
Perma One is in a state of emergency as Gorgon has created the ultimate weapon to defeat the United Galaxy. Quark is...
E03
The Old and the Beautiful
Air Date: 1978-03-03
Expecting his usual garbage assignment, Quark is excited to hear that The Head has given an ""extended romantic inter...
E04
The Good, the Bad and the Ficus
Air Date: 1978-03-10
While on a routine mission, the ship is accidentally pulled into a black hole, which splits the crew into ""good"" an...
E05
Goodbye Polumbus
Air Date: 1978-03-17
Quark and his crew are sent on a suicidal mission to Polumbus to discover why no one has returned alive. Quark and h...
E06
All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms (1)
Air Date: 1978-03-24
On a typical mission Quark is captured by Zargon the Malevolent, who tries to learn from Quark what ""it"" is and whe...
E07
All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms (2)
Air Date: 1978-03-31
Ficus sacrifices himself and marries Princess Libido to save his crew. Meanwhile, Quark and the Bettys are sent down...
E08
Vanessa 38-24-36
Air Date: 1978-04-07
For Holiday Number 11 Quark is given a new ship computer (Vanessa) by Palindrome, which will have complete control ov...
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