Far Out Space Nuts

Synopsis

Far Out Space Nuts is a Sid and Marty Krofft children's television series that aired in 1975 for one season, and produced 15 episodes. It was one of only two Krofft series produced exclusively for CBS. Like most children's television shows of the era, Far Out Space Nuts contained a laugh track. Like most of the Kroffts' productions, the show's opening sequence provides the setup of its fanciful premise: While loading food into various compartments to prepare a rocket for an upcoming mission, Barney instructs Junior to hit the "lunch" button, but Junior mistakenly hits the "launch" button. The rocket blasts off and takes them on various misadventures on alien planets. The show starred Bob Denver as Junior, a seemingly dim-witted but uniquely clever maintenance worker employed by NASA, and Chuck McCann as Barney, his grumpy, short-tempered co-worker. Patty Maloney played Honk, their furry friend who made horn sounds instead of speaking.

First Air Date: 1975-09-06

Last Air Date: 1975-12-13

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 15

Created By: Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft, Joe Ruby, Ken Spears

Networks: CBS

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Top Cast

Bob Denver as Junior
Chuck McCann as Barney
Patty Maloney as Honk
Hal Smith as N/A
Joan Gerber as N/A

Seasons

Season 1 (1975)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: It's All in Your Mind (1975-09-06)

Junior and Barney are taken to a planet ruled by a brain-controlling computer named G.A.L. 36-24-36.
Ep. 2: The Crystallites (1975-09-13)

The boys land on Crystallitis, a planet populated by glass people. Junior is appointed the new king, but learns he'll have to be turned into glass to qualify.
Ep. 3: Robots of Pod (1975-09-20)

To rescue Princess Lantana of the underground city of Pod, the boys must retrieve a magic belt from the planet's evil ruler, the robot Mercurial.
Ep. 4: Fantastic Journey (1975-09-27)

A mad scientist makes the mistake of his life by appointing Junior and Barney as his assistants.
Ep. 5: Tower of Tagot (1975-10-04)

Barney and Junior are branded bad guys by a power-hungry tyrant, who has seen their arrival in his future machine and made them pawns in his bid to become ruler. While Junior and Barney are on another planet, he imprisons the beautiful Queen of the Serrians high in the Tower of Tagot. Naturally, the Space Nuts must come to her rescue.
Ep. 6: The Three Spaceketeers (1975-10-11)

Mistaken for underground hero Junio, Junior is compelled to rescue Queen Helona of the planet Sporia from Troyak's crystal ball prison.
Ep. 7: Flight of the Pippets (1975-10-18)

Junior and Barney become museum displays when they are shrunken by the Pippets.
Ep. 8: Birds of a Feather (1975-10-25)

Junior and Barney arrive on the planet Vultron, inhabited by a race of bird people. The bird people capture the Space Nuts and force them to sit on an enormous egg until it hatches.
Ep. 9: Dangerous Game (1975-11-01)

The Space Nuts are hunted for sport by Salana and her henchmen.
Ep. 10: Secrets of the Hexagon (1975-11-08)

Junior and Barney get tricked into trading their ship for a mysterious hexagon key that supposedly operates a duplicating machine, which can make the Space Nuts a new spaceship to get home.
Ep. 11: Captain Torque, Space Pirate (1975-11-15)

Junior and Barney are enlisted by the infamous space pirate to acquire a treasure map.
Ep. 12: Vanishing Aliens Mystery (1975-11-22)

The Space Nuts are embroiled in a missing persons mystery surrounding an alien fortune.
Ep. 13: Barney Begonia (1975-11-29)

An alien botanist tests his latest experiment on Barney, which turns him into a man-plant hybrid. Will he find the cure?
Ep. 14: Destination: Earth (1975-12-06)

Junior and Barney return to Earth, but perhaps they've become more accustomed to their time in space.
Ep. 15: Galaxy's Greatest Athlete (1975-12-13)

Barney and Junior are tricked into joining the Intergalactic Games by a couple of aliens in disguise.