History Series / FarOutSpaceNuts

[[caption-width-right:250:Creator/LaurelAndHardy... ''[[RecycledINSPACE in space!]]'']]

*** Basically it's Skipper and Gilligan [[InSpace IN SPACE!]]
* FantasticComedy
* FatAndSkinny

* LaughTrack

* PeopleInRubberSuits: Again, a Krofft staple.

* ThoseTwoGuys
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Another Krofft staple.

* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike

One of the zanier Saturday morning series from Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions, ''Far Out Space Nuts'' aired on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1975. Bob Denver and Chuck [=McCann=] played Junior and Barney, two NASA janitors who were loading food onto a rocket when a [[CapsLockNumLockMissilesLock wrong button press]] launched them into space.

* PowerEcho: Alien guest stars always seemed to sound as though there was a microphone right in front of them even if they were talking at normal inside voice levels. The LargeHam acting made it look more ridiculous than anything else.

The series wasn't remarkable, but it was entertaining.

[[caption-width-right:250:Laurel and Hardy... ''in space!'']]

** Although, as noted in Actor Allusion on the Trivia tab, Junior was practically Gilligan as a NASA Commissary worker.
*** Basically it's Skipper & Gilligan [[InSpace IN SPACE!]]

->''Breakfast. Lunch. I said '''lunch''', not '''launch'''!''

While trying to return to Earth, our accidental astronauts visited various strange planets. On one of those planets, they met a furry creature whom they named Honk (PattyMaloney).

* ActorAllusion: Bob Denver's character caused the screwup that launched them into space, and was regularly the cause of further screwups, just like [[Series/GilligansIsland Gilligan]].

* DuelingShows: Ironically, with Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Series/TheLostSaucer'', which was another Krofft show that came out the same year, and basically was a carbon copy of this show.

** Although, as noted in Actor Allusion, Junior was practically Gilligan as a NASA Commissary worker.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One of Bob Denver's sons wanted to portray Honk.
* WrittenByCastMember: Chuck [=McCann=] actually co-created the series, and wrote a number of the episodes.

* CelebrityStar: John Carradine was a guest star in one episode; in fact, Bob Denver was so humbled by his presence on the set, that a number of Carradine's scenes had to be reshot.

* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: The launch sequence was stock footage of a ''Saturn V'' launch, and the spacecraft resembled an Apollo lunar module. The real Apollo lunar module carried enough fuel to go between lunar orbit and the lunar surface, once. Yet, this spacecraft manages to visit a new planet each week, most of which aren't even planets in our own solar system. (This probably isn't a case of SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale, because the writers weren't Sci Fi writers.)

One of the zanier Saturday morning series from SidAndMartyKrofftProductions, ''Far Out Space Nuts'' aired on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1975. Bob Denver and Chuck [=McCann=] played Junior and Barney, two NASA janitors who were loading food onto a rocket when a wrong button press launched them into space.

* ActorAllusion: Bob Denver's character caused the screwup that launched them into space, and was regularly the cause of further screwups, just like [[Series/GilligansIsland Gilligan]]

* CelebrityStar: John Carradine was a guest star in one episode; in fact, Bob Denver was so humbled by his presence on the set, that a number of his scenes had to be reshot.
* DuelingShows: Ironically, with ''TheLostSaucer'', which was another Krofft show, that came out the same year, and basically was a carbon copy of this show.
* Expy: WordOfGod has it that the characters of Junior and Barney were meant to be like Creator/LaurelAndHardy.

* ShortRunner: Another Krofft show lasting one season, with sixteen episodes.

One of the zanier Saturday morning series from SidAndMartyKrofftProductions, ''Far Out Space Nuts'' aired on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1975. Bob Denver and Chuck [=McCann=] played Junior and Barney, two NASA janitors who were loading food onto a rocket when a wrong button press "lunched"...er, ''launched'' them into space.

One of the zanier Saturday morning series from SidAndMartyKrofftProductions, ''Far Out Space Nuts'' aired on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1975. Bob Denver and Chuck [=McCann=] played Junior and Barney, two NASA janitors who were loading food onto a rocket when a wrong button press launched them into space.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Bob Denver was already famous as the star of ''Series/GilligansIsland''.
** Chuck [=McCann=] appeared in a series of deodorant commercials.
** Patty Maloney had a role in the MadeForTVMovie ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark''.
** Hal Smith (a guest villain) was previously Mayberry's town drunk on ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''.

* ActorAllusion: Bob Denver's character caused the screwup that launched them into space, and was regularly the cause of further screwups, just like [[GilligansIsland Gilligan]]

* Expy: WordOfGod has it that the characters of Junior and Barney were meant to be like LaurelAndHardy.

** Hal Smith (a guest villain) was previously Mayberry's town drunk on ''TheAndyGriffithShow''.

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One of the zanier Saturday morning series from SidAndMartyKrofftProductions, ''Far Out Space Nuts'' aired on {{CBS}} in 1975. Bob Denver and Chuck [=McCann=] played Junior and Barney, two NASA janitors who were loading food onto a rocket when a wrong button press launched them into space.

While trying to return to Earth, our reluctant astronauts visited various strange planets. On one of those planets, they met a furry creature whom they named Honk (PattyMaloney).

** Bob Denver was already famous as the star of ''GilligansIsland''.