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 Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 10:47 pm Post subject: Outpost in Space (1959) |
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Flight was a TV anthology series that was syndicated and ran from November 4, 1958 until March 25, 1959 for 38 episodes. The show was hosted by General George C. Kenney. It featured the importance of aviation, this would include war stories.
On March 25, 1959 the show featured the episode "Outpost in Space."
Premise: In a future time when men inhabit a distant hostile planet outpost, Tucson II, the crew in their underground bunker gets a distress call from a space freighter. They are about to crash land on the planet. The rescue, and what horrors awaits them on the planet's surface, shows that with all human advancements man hasn't changed.
Opening narration: "This is an outpost in Space, the Earth's farthest contact point for further Explorations into the changing universe but controlled by man and man hasn't changed."
Robert McQueeny, one of the leads in this episode, appears after the episode. As he walks around the MGM soundstage and the futuristic sets for this episode, he addresses the audience and tells them that they hope to be doing more shows about this planetary outpost. This episode of Flight served as a backdoor pilot for a weekly science fiction TV series which never was picked up. |
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Gord Green acciddentally posted this in the Forbidden Planet thread, so I've placed it here instead, on his behalf. 
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Outpost In Space 1959. Science fiction TV series
I never heard of this one, but here's the pilot episode on Youtube. Lots of Forbidden Planet props and sets!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4RwpqwCAps
From the description
"In a future time when men inhabit a distant hostile planet outpost, the crew in their underground bunker gets a distress call from a space freighter. They are about to crash land on the planet.
The rescue, and what horrors awaits them on the planet's surface, shows that with all human
advancements...(as the announcer says)...man hasn't changed.
Included at the end of the show the main character Robert McQueeney tells of the big stories that will be made in the future on Outpost in Space. Sadly this series did not continue. Well done sci-fi.
Also stars Theodore Marcuse, Robert Gist, Robert Fuller, Ron Hagerthy, James Callahan, Robert Sherman, Lisa Britton, and Frank Ray. Transferred from 16mm b-w film.
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Gord Green
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As I stated above there was a great use of FORBIDDEN PLANET props and sets.
Thanks to Bob Bertie for pointing out some of these props. (in green arrows).
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Maurice
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| Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:44 am Post subject: Re: Outpost in Space (1959) |
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| Pow wrote: | Flight was a TV anthology series that was syndicated and ran from November 4, 1958 until March 25, 1959 for 38 episodes. The show was hosted by General George C. Kenney. It featured the importance of aviation, this would include war stories.
On March 25, 1959 the show featured the episode "Outpost in Space."
Premise: In a future time when men inhabit a distant hostile planet outpost, Tucson II, the crew in their underground bunker gets a distress call from a space freighter. They are about to crash land on the planet. The rescue, and what horrors awaits them on the planet's surface, shows that with all human advancements man hasn't changed.
Opening narration: "This is an outpost in Space, the Earth's farthest contact point for further Explorations into the changing universe but controlled by man and man hasn't changed."
Robert McQueeny, one of the leads in this episode, appears after the episode. As he walks around the MGM soundstage and the futuristic sets for this episode, he addresses the audience and tells them that they hope to be doing more shows about this planetary outpost. This episode of Flight served as a backdoor pilot for a weekly science fiction TV series which never was picked up. |
I've been doing research on this for an article about late 50s sci-fi TV dramas, and a lot of what's online isn't accurate. Not your fault that online sources get it wrong.
Here's the skinny:
Flight was produced by California National Productions, which made a pilot called War Birds as well as Outpost In Space. After both pilots failed to sell in spring 1959 they were "burned off" as segments of Flight. As such, neither was ever a backdoor pilot; they were pilot pilots. 
Despite what IMDb claims, Outpost couldn't have aired on March 25th (or the week of; it was a syndicated show after all). I know this because:
1. On May 27th, 1959, Variety reported that War Birds had wound up as a Flight "insert." It goes on to say that Outpost "was being considered" as still another Flight insertion, adding, "but these plans have been aborted, at least temporarily."
2. TV listings from different markets indicated Outpost In Space as a Flight episode in late July. In Rochester, NY, it aired on WROC at 10:30 PM on July 23rd. It ran in Duluth, MN, at 9:30 PM on July 26th. Los Angeles NBC affiliate KCRA aired it on Weds. July 29th at 10:30 PM. In Salt Lake City, UT, it ran at 9 PM on August 3rd. etc.
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3. Variety reviewed the War Birds pilot when it aired on Flight under the title "Skyfighters," as the finale of a 39 episode run, August 5th, 1959 (also on KCRA).
4. If Flight ran a total of 39 episodes (per Variety), and Outpost ran as its 38th segment, going from a Flight debut the week of Nov. 4, 1958, 38 weeks later would be the last week of July.
Bingo!
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Bud, the pix upthread seems to be making the text go way out and I can't see the full width of the post texts without having to scroll left-right. Are you seeing this same issue?
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