Quark
This week, it's Buck Henry's last attempt at creating a TV series: the sci-fi spoof "Quark," which had the misfortune of having its pilot shown 18 days before "Star Wars" came out, and not going to series for nearly 10 months after "Star Wars" came out.
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There could be an episode about Red Dwarf USA.
I actually did like Quark - I thought it was fun, and the characters were interesting. Tim Thomerson is always cool, the Bettys were cute, and Richard Benjamin was perfect as what amounted to the straight man role - the only normal person aboard. Too often, however, there was little but the shtick. It didn't do very well with actual storylines, although it might have been better if Buck Henry stuck around, but he didn't. Loved the TV theme, however. But, yet again, the Brits did it better with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and later, the fantastic Red Dwarf.
There are some people that are not lucky on television. Richard Benjamin is one of them.
May the 4th be with you. Quark on.