Very late sixties (1960's) and early to mid-seventies saturday morning (and Sunday 'noons) kids t.v. programing were what I lived for when I was a kid back then (I was born 1960). You couldn't have pryed me away from our t.v. set with a crow bar when my shows were on! remeber 'H.R. Puffin Stuff'? 'The Double Deckers'; And on Sundays, 'Bob McAllisters Wonderama'?! Wowie! What a great 't.v. era' for a kid. These days...well; I'm not a kid any longer but...BLAHHH! Nice memories here. Thanks.
Just so we ALL know and understand: The ARK II was ~*NOT*~ the same vehicle later used in the Jan-Michael Vincent / George Peppard movie "Damnation Alley". The ARK II was a completely custom vehicle that was built on a garbage truck chassis by The Brubaker Group. The Landmaster from "Damnation Alley" was built by Dean Jeffries. The front end of the ARK II was later re-used as the nose portion of the Seeker spacecraft in the Filmation series Space Academy and Jason of Star Command.
Hell to the yeah!!! I was wondering what this show was called!!! I kept putting in Space Ark but some lame band kept showing up. Thanks so much!!! You've made my year!!!!!!!!!...........
Given the recent attention a certain chimp has had in a certain independant film, I'd be concerned about the impact "Adam" would have on today's audience.
Ummmm...so if they are in a vehicle that is a mobile storehouse of scientific knowledge manned by a highly trained crew of young people...then why doesn't it at least have air conditioning? 0:26
A - - - monkey - - - is aware of the danger to be faced in unknown,even hostile areas, and is determined to bring the promise of a new civilization to the people and the planet. Really. Oh, brother! The first thing that the chimp is going to want to do is to find a banana and then wipe his bum with the peel. So much for the promise of a new civilization - what complete IDIOT decided to send an ape along.
Geez, all different races in that crew. Really smart, considering that the people they encountered would probably be ignorant religious racists among other things. They'd probably think the monkey was a demon or something. Oh well; this was made in the 70's, the decade political correctness was invented... so no surprise I guess!
I do remember this show...but the time they aired this show on Saturday mornings...I had the TV turned off and was outside playing football or basketball with the neighborhood kids. What surprises me is the show didn't have Brian Tochi in it...he was in everything else.
@shmuli9 It happens ALL the time. In fact in Africa small children are snatched up by adult "rouge" chimps all the time. They eat the children's fingers, faces, often while still alive. It was on the Discovery Channel. Chimps are not the sweet, docile animal they are portrayed as...
I watched this in 1976 when I was 10 via KXJB Fargo via cable-tv in Winnipeg. Saturday mornings were special because of the high quality of shows like this.
Oh the memories of Saturday morning. Why did they take that away from us and deprive the next generation of quality programing. It seems that society today wants to create a new generation of mindless imbeciles by airing garbage
@bammer259 "Oh the memories of Saturday morning. Why did they take that away from us and deprive the next generation of quality programing. "
Oh come on, none of the stuff on Saturday morning was quality. I'd get up at 6:00 am, eat a bunch of sugar laughing called cereal and "technical part of a complete breakfast" - if you also ate eggs, milk, etc, and vegged out for 6 hours.
The reason Saturday morning cartoons don't exist is because instead of 3 TV stations, we have hundreds.
This show has all the signs of being from the 70's- an ecological message, and a snipe at religion by using biblical names, especially "Adam" for the chimp. Nice!
They used that same vehicle (actually two of them) five years later in an apocalyptic B movie titled "Damnation Alley", with George Prepard, Jan Micheal Vincent and Dominque Sanda.
@ursa41 Yes I remember that movie. Sometimes they have to re-use stuff like the Colani or Mercedes truck in the 80s tv I dont remember the show right now. They later used it on a TV movie a few years ago.
@ursa41 Sometimes they use to make them from scratch for movies like in Mad Max 3, since there were no computer effects like todays. For tv series I dont know.
I just hope that they leave this show alone and don't try to make a movie out of it. Land of the Lost was proof that some things should be left alone.
Campy to the extreem, its interesting that its a small group of scientist who like to walk around mixing chemicals and nearly bumping into each other while doing it. Now if they had said that there was a pocket of technological civilization hanging out somewhere and they were trying to rebuild society I could believe it.
I use to work in Burbank and the old prop 'truck' that was 'Ark 2' used to be parked (along with a bunch of other stuff) next to an old building just off where the 101 and Barham Blvd intersect. Fun/Strange to see it for real... lots of childhood memories.
@em23 - looks more to me like a full-scale mockup of a Seeker from Space Academy mounted on a truck chassis. Didn't the Damnation Alley vehicle have wierd "stair-climber" wheels?
@TrikkyMakk Amen, brother!! :) I watched the DVDs of this show just last week, and Ark II proved even more compelling to me now than when I was a kid watching it.
@hankstr28 They got it on DVD on netflix along with ISIS, space acamedy, jason of star command. some of them were them were not protected so you can make copies
@Laceykat66 I think the strong female lead attracted the girls & the male leads added eye candy. Between Lancelot Link & Eastwood's monkey movies, Benji, the Wilderness Family & all things Bigfoot: producers in the 70s had big success with using animals in live action. Animals were effective in diverting attention away from low production value due to low budgets. Moreover, given this show's plot, the chimp was an confounding nod to the creation/evolution & 'cultural lag' debates of the 70s.
It's funny how our perception of what an advanced computer looked like from the 70s up to now. Reels? 0:35 Wow! thats a primitive computer. Nothing like these days. Nothing big like that on these computers. I liked the show back then though. One of the many kid shows I enjoyed back then while eating my Frosted Flakes. :-) Brings back my childhood
The crew of the Ark all give of horribly creepy smiles in the title sequence reminiscent of a cross between Pod People/Stepford Wives/people on serious calming medication... :)
the ARK2 should have went against the bumbling soldiers of STRIPES with their RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. That would have been an interesting matchup, that was 30 yrs ago too!
@EastOfEden1 answer to your 1st question, at least the chimp is smarter than everyone in the whitehouse, congress and the senate. Two, just ask the east indian parliament of the rampaging chimps last year that mauled a cabinet member! that's how they got the term, "stop monkeying around!" and everyone is going ape!
HaHa my dad had a 77' Dodge motor home that looked like the ark;wow! this is a long time ago now time really doesn't stop RIP dad thanks for the post.
OMG i remember this!Crazy lookin back over 30yrs to your chilhood.Would like 2 go back for a short time,maybe at my age now,that way my mom cant whip my butt lol.Great memories!!!!!!!!
Actually the Arkwas NOT used in "Damnation Alley": a vehicle was specially designed and built for that film which was much lower and shorter and heftier (and thus far less graceful looking) than the ark. I used to think they were the same vehicle too but they were completely separate entities. Obviously the designer for Damnation Alley was influenced by both the actual Ark and the settings and themes of the series.
@tellshiar The Ark2 vehicle was custom-made for the series, and was later cannibalized for the show "Jason of Star Command" (as one of their shuttles. The "Landmaster" of Damnation Alley was built by Don Jefferies, constructed on a garbage truck chassis with a unique 3-way suspension. It can be seen on Kuhenga Blvd in Hollywood.
The main theme with 70's sci-fi is that that in the 70's they recognized that the greatest threat we faced was our own human nature. In Other eras like the 50's or 80's the threat came from Aliens or Robots and tech was the savior. In the 70's tech was neutral and man was his own worst enemy.
remember this well- was cool for the hotrod dune buggy they had, & the ark was pretty badass...... it got pretty dry listening to all the environmentalist propaganda in between the action scenes.
Help. Does anyone remember the name of the short-lived TV show that took place on a space ark made up of individual eco-pods (or something like that) each containing a group of people from a different period in earth's history? It was on about the same time as Ark II.
The get a group of people together to rebuild civilization. OK, thats fine. The group could have been made up of anybody. But they made it a point to have ONE white guy, ONE hispanic, ONE asian girl and...
You don't know how happy I am to see even just seconds of this amazing show. Brilliant! Now I want the whole series. Apparently they only made one season - 15 episodes. How sad.
The 25th Century's greatest scientific achievement: a bus with a few computers which can be operated by three teenagers and a chimpanzee.
GusF 1 month ago 3
CRAP HD !
mobalistiko 3 months ago
WOW ! Forgot about this show. Used to watch it as a young teen . 30 years since I've viewd this . Always loved the jetpak
KISSARMYHQHD 3 months ago
i always liked the high rollin' 4x4 turbine powered motor home. for me it was even more cool than the rocket pack.
MrPhoenis 4 months ago
Very late sixties (1960's) and early to mid-seventies saturday morning (and Sunday 'noons) kids t.v. programing were what I lived for when I was a kid back then (I was born 1960). You couldn't have pryed me away from our t.v. set with a crow bar when my shows were on! remeber 'H.R. Puffin Stuff'? 'The Double Deckers'; And on Sundays, 'Bob McAllisters Wonderama'?! Wowie! What a great 't.v. era' for a kid. These days...well; I'm not a kid any longer but...BLAHHH! Nice memories here. Thanks.
telekingkong 4 months ago
that mainframe computer looks so futuristic! ;-)
sevenismagicman 4 months ago
Let's see? A White guy, A Latin kid, A Asian lady...and a chimp??? Dat's Wacist!
dmc31400 5 months ago
Christopher Glenn? doing the opening narration?
mainmedic 5 months ago
This is the kind of leftist bullshit my generation was fed as kids...lol No wonder an fucking dipshit asstard like Obama got elected President...lol
jkb0688 5 months ago
somebody get glen beck in that machine and he will save the world(or maybe just himself!)
Kummeedeeyin 5 months ago
I remembered when this show came on, but I did not really get into the show. I wonder if you could do a show like Ark 2 today. I am not sure.
faceman68 5 months ago
Just so we ALL know and understand: The ARK II was ~*NOT*~ the same vehicle later used in the Jan-Michael Vincent / George Peppard movie "Damnation Alley". The ARK II was a completely custom vehicle that was built on a garbage truck chassis by The Brubaker Group. The Landmaster from "Damnation Alley" was built by Dean Jeffries. The front end of the ARK II was later re-used as the nose portion of the Seeker spacecraft in the Filmation series Space Academy and Jason of Star Command.
QuentinWBuetow 6 months ago
@QuentinWBuetow Good info Quentin. You must work for the studio to know all this kind of insider info?
sqwuade 5 months ago
have this as a movie
marshallblackstarr 6 months ago
Wow, they should take that RV to downtown Detroit.
sickphil71 7 months ago
@sickphil71 Needs rocket launchers and Obama 2012 bumper stickers to even try that.
billkasperdotcom 6 months ago
Hell to the yeah!!! I was wondering what this show was called!!! I kept putting in Space Ark but some lame band kept showing up. Thanks so much!!! You've made my year!!!!!!!!!...........
slopoke2112 7 months ago
Given the recent attention a certain chimp has had in a certain independant film, I'd be concerned about the impact "Adam" would have on today's audience.
NateSean 7 months ago
"A Highly Trained Crew of Young People" -yeah right
cqtaylor 7 months ago
Caralho! Faz 20 anos que eu tento achar essa série e não lembrava o nome! Descobri hoje \o/ Fuck yeah!
virtuaspectro 7 months ago
I remember this show
jvarela965 7 months ago
I always thought it was pretty cool that they use a real jet pack on the show.
And I sure wouldn't mind having an RV that look like that.
PhotoNikonD300 7 months ago
Ummmm...so if they are in a vehicle that is a mobile storehouse of scientific knowledge manned by a highly trained crew of young people...then why doesn't it at least have air conditioning? 0:26
starstarstar42 8 months ago
I got news for you....one monkey isn't going to re-populate the planet.
texasghost 8 months ago
@texasghost Oh, he'll try. He'll try hard.
MiHiVidz 6 months ago
A - - - monkey - - - is aware of the danger to be faced in unknown,even hostile areas, and is determined to bring the promise of a new civilization to the people and the planet. Really. Oh, brother! The first thing that the chimp is going to want to do is to find a banana and then wipe his bum with the peel. So much for the promise of a new civilization - what complete IDIOT decided to send an ape along.
hasablad69 8 months ago
I used to draw Ark II when I was little. But, I had a real crush on Ruth (Jean Marie Hon).
kempmt1 8 months ago
Geez, all different races in that crew. Really smart, considering that the people they encountered would probably be ignorant religious racists among other things. They'd probably think the monkey was a demon or something. Oh well; this was made in the 70's, the decade political correctness was invented... so no surprise I guess!
bjggjb 9 months ago
Loved the rover from "Damnation Alley" Had a lot of air time.
silvereagle2061 9 months ago
@silvereagle2061 I hate to be a party pooper but the Ark II isn't the same vehicle from Damnation Alley. They're certainly similar, though.
madercic3aolcom 8 months ago
I do remember this show...but the time they aired this show on Saturday mornings...I had the TV turned off and was outside playing football or basketball with the neighborhood kids. What surprises me is the show didn't have Brian Tochi in it...he was in everything else.
texasghost 9 months ago
Anyone remember the name of those short little (live action) news clips aimed at kids they used to play Saturday mornings during commercial time?
Cerulean0987 9 months ago
@Cerulean0987 "In The News"
robaronin 9 months ago
yeah...where are our darn jetpacks!? We've been ripped off!
RedwoodTheElf 10 months ago
Man, I used to want that jet pack sooo bad back when I was 8.
GarthanSaal444 11 months ago
Jetpack!!!
sc813 11 months ago
What were they thinking? A chimpanzee will rip your face off!
collegeman1988 11 months ago
@collegeman1988: And this did happen, to Ray Walston on the set of 'My Favorite Martian' in 1963.
Neville6000 11 months ago
@collegeman1988 That face-ripping incident is bizarre. That's probably the ONLY time I've ever heard of a chimpanzee doing something like that...
shmuli9 11 months ago
@shmuli9 It happens ALL the time. In fact in Africa small children are snatched up by adult "rouge" chimps all the time. They eat the children's fingers, faces, often while still alive. It was on the Discovery Channel. Chimps are not the sweet, docile animal they are portrayed as...
pattyaaron 10 months ago
I watched this in 1976 when I was 10 via KXJB Fargo via cable-tv in Winnipeg. Saturday mornings were special because of the high quality of shows like this.
jaworskij 11 months ago
Oh the memories of Saturday morning. Why did they take that away from us and deprive the next generation of quality programing. It seems that society today wants to create a new generation of mindless imbeciles by airing garbage
bammer259 11 months ago 14
@bammer259 "Oh the memories of Saturday morning. Why did they take that away from us and deprive the next generation of quality programing. "
Oh come on, none of the stuff on Saturday morning was quality. I'd get up at 6:00 am, eat a bunch of sugar laughing called cereal and "technical part of a complete breakfast" - if you also ate eggs, milk, etc, and vegged out for 6 hours.
The reason Saturday morning cartoons don't exist is because instead of 3 TV stations, we have hundreds.
fuzzywzhe 8 months ago
@bammer259 ....and then vote for Obama too...))-:
merchmarine97 4 months ago
This show has all the signs of being from the 70's- an ecological message, and a snipe at religion by using biblical names, especially "Adam" for the chimp. Nice!
That Ruth was a hottie too.
BradiKal61 1 year ago
@BradiKal61 - It wasn't a "snipe" at religion, it was an homage. Of sorts.
paulparanoid 5 months ago
Now I remember, the Highway Man tv series use to have a weird truck too.
CaptCamping 1 year ago
The Ark sat right off the 101 freeway for decades! I think they finally moved it, a few years back.
JENDALL714 1 year ago
They used that same vehicle (actually two of them) five years later in an apocalyptic B movie titled "Damnation Alley", with George Prepard, Jan Micheal Vincent and Dominque Sanda.
ursa41 1 year ago
@ursa41 Yes I remember that movie. Sometimes they have to re-use stuff like the Colani or Mercedes truck in the 80s tv I dont remember the show right now. They later used it on a TV movie a few years ago.
CaptCamping 1 year ago
@CaptCamping I was wondering, Capt. Where these vehicles built from scratch or where their futuristic hulls rested / placed on truck chasiss??
ursa41 1 year ago
@ursa41 Sometimes they use to make them from scratch for movies like in Mad Max 3, since there were no computer effects like todays. For tv series I dont know.
CaptCamping 1 year ago
@ursa41 - No, they didn't. ARK II and The Landmaster are two completely separate vehicles that look NOTHING alike. Use Google and see for yourself.
QuentinWBuetow 6 months ago
@QuentinWBuetow Thanks, Quentin. I stand corrected!
ursa41 6 months ago
I just hope that they leave this show alone and don't try to make a movie out of it. Land of the Lost was proof that some things should be left alone.
42Cleve 1 year ago
I wish they still made cool stuff like this!
cyborgstream 1 year ago
Campy to the extreem, its interesting that its a small group of scientist who like to walk around mixing chemicals and nearly bumping into each other while doing it. Now if they had said that there was a pocket of technological civilization hanging out somewhere and they were trying to rebuild society I could believe it.
blindandwatching 1 year ago
I use to work in Burbank and the old prop 'truck' that was 'Ark 2' used to be parked (along with a bunch of other stuff) next to an old building just off where the 101 and Barham Blvd intersect. Fun/Strange to see it for real... lots of childhood memories.
gospyro 1 year ago
@gospyro i thought that was the vehicle from damnation alley, or are they the same?
em23 1 year ago
@em23 - looks more to me like a full-scale mockup of a Seeker from Space Academy mounted on a truck chassis. Didn't the Damnation Alley vehicle have wierd "stair-climber" wheels?
JBofBrisbane 1 year ago
@JBofBrisbane it did, but they are so similar...
em23 1 year ago
Holy crap! I remember this show.
Logan112 1 year ago
For all you who don't know, this was from a time when story telling was way better than the effects.
TrikkyMakk 1 year ago
@TrikkyMakk Amen, brother!! :) I watched the DVDs of this show just last week, and Ark II proved even more compelling to me now than when I was a kid watching it.
TheLeroyMoon 1 year ago
And what are those items that I suppose you know everything about altha2008?
49bobbyk 1 year ago
@hankstr28 They got it on DVD on netflix along with ISIS, space acamedy, jason of star command. some of them were them were not protected so you can make copies
altha2008 1 year ago
Sooooooooooooo gay.
49bobbyk 1 year ago
@49bobbyk so republican or should I say typical repub response on items that you donot know anything about
altha2008 1 year ago
@hankstr28 It is on DVD...It is available mail order ...Science Fiction Book Club carries it.
lsarac1 1 year ago
This show is on DVD....i have seen advertisements for it in my SCI FI book club monthly magazine
lsarac1 1 year ago
alot of the sound fx are from original star trek, also looks like planet of the apes sets and actors were used as well. good stuff!
HotDamnShortSales 1 year ago
ITS ON NETFLIX
jimdiamond 1 year ago
jeez, i actually remember watching this as a kid.
setpunk12 1 year ago
ARK-II looks imspired by the vehicles in the 1977 post-apocalyptic flick "Damnation Alley"
pbanta62 1 year ago
Oh god. Why is there always a "cute animal" character????
Is it the only way they could get girls to watch Saturday Morning TV, because "science is boring."
Laceykat66 1 year ago 4
@Laceykat66 I think the strong female lead attracted the girls & the male leads added eye candy. Between Lancelot Link & Eastwood's monkey movies, Benji, the Wilderness Family & all things Bigfoot: producers in the 70s had big success with using animals in live action. Animals were effective in diverting attention away from low production value due to low budgets. Moreover, given this show's plot, the chimp was an confounding nod to the creation/evolution & 'cultural lag' debates of the 70s.
TheLeroyMoon 1 year ago
@Laceykat66 Because producers are dumb shit.
Capt777harris 8 months ago
I'd love to have that ARK II. You can enter the cab via the bottom of the nose.
kd4adv 1 year ago
A politically correct crew: a white guy, an asian chick, a chola, and an african american.
beowulven 1 year ago
I so wanted a Jet pack as kid!!!!I even want one know lmao
williethunder 1 year ago
How ironic the intro is.
kd4adv 1 year ago
Al Gore watched this too much.
fortknoxguy 1 year ago 2
@rockyPants4000 Thanks man, I've always been curious. I wonder if it's a "World of wheels" or some other car musium nowdays?
lst1195 1 year ago
Anybody know what type of Vehicle ARKII was made from? Or was the thing totally scratchbuilt like a kit car?
lst1195 1 year ago
Adam was hot.
FreqBand 1 year ago
It's funny how our perception of what an advanced computer looked like from the 70s up to now. Reels? 0:35 Wow! thats a primitive computer. Nothing like these days. Nothing big like that on these computers. I liked the show back then though. One of the many kid shows I enjoyed back then while eating my Frosted Flakes. :-) Brings back my childhood
qualifiedtowotk 1 year ago
great show!
adric137 1 year ago
For some reason the beard on the leader does look right for a show about the future. I keep expecting him to sing a Spin Doctors song.
Attila709 1 year ago
They are driving a big RV, which gets about 2 mpg, in a future where there are no gas stations. I'm not sure this makes sense.
flapdoodle64 2 years ago
@flapdoodle64 Lol! Your right! We never did see them gas up. Did we?
qualifiedtowotk 1 year ago
mann I used to watch this every sat. morning when I was about 9yrs. old its been about 25 yrs. since i've seen this ,good post.
enwitmol 2 years ago
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enwitmol 2 years ago
The crew of the Ark all give of horribly creepy smiles in the title sequence reminiscent of a cross between Pod People/Stepford Wives/people on serious calming medication... :)
redcardinalist 2 years ago
After the American blow up the World, they drive round in mobile homes with pet monkeys. What a story
BlueRibbonWinner 2 years ago
the ARK2 should have went against the bumbling soldiers of STRIPES with their RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. That would have been an interesting matchup, that was 30 yrs ago too!
asianfighter62 2 years ago
@EastOfEden1 answer to your 1st question, at least the chimp is smarter than everyone in the whitehouse, congress and the senate. Two, just ask the east indian parliament of the rampaging chimps last year that mauled a cabinet member! that's how they got the term, "stop monkeying around!" and everyone is going ape!
asianfighter62 2 years ago
Wow! Great post. I have not seen this show since I was 11 or 12. Thanks so much.
thejimm2009 2 years ago
LOVED-IT!!!
response007 2 years ago
Terry Lester, R.I.P. (later was known as the BEST Jack Abbott in CBS' The "Young and the Restless."
2nd2nun1 2 years ago
HaHa my dad had a 77' Dodge motor home that looked like the ark;wow! this is a long time ago now time really doesn't stop RIP dad thanks for the post.
blitzspeer 2 years ago
OMG i remember this!Crazy lookin back over 30yrs to your chilhood.Would like 2 go back for a short time,maybe at my age now,that way my mom cant whip my butt lol.Great memories!!!!!!!!
iluvrachellef 2 years ago
Actually the Arkwas NOT used in "Damnation Alley": a vehicle was specially designed and built for that film which was much lower and shorter and heftier (and thus far less graceful looking) than the ark. I used to think they were the same vehicle too but they were completely separate entities. Obviously the designer for Damnation Alley was influenced by both the actual Ark and the settings and themes of the series.
Autostade67 2 years ago
This motorhome was awesome. . .and still is. It was also usd in the film, "Damnation Alley".
tellshiar 2 years ago
@tellshiar The Ark2 vehicle was custom-made for the series, and was later cannibalized for the show "Jason of Star Command" (as one of their shuttles. The "Landmaster" of Damnation Alley was built by Don Jefferies, constructed on a garbage truck chassis with a unique 3-way suspension. It can be seen on Kuhenga Blvd in Hollywood.
Hvygunner 2 years ago
looks interesting for a 70's scifi show!
only257 2 years ago
Pmsl ' manned by young people '
RogueBrit 2 years ago
One of the great saturday morning shows from my the past. Loved that wagon.
CadillacL 2 years ago
Chocolate milk and Ark II Saturday morning. Great childhood memory.
Toadbaby7 2 years ago
That jetpack was the shizzle when I was a kid!!
That Ark wagon was cool as hell too.
pfiberoptik 2 years ago
I loved this show when I was a kid.
MrMasfind 2 years ago
I just bought this on DVD along with "Space Academy" and "Jason of Star Command". It wa sa box set. I loved these shows when I was 10 years old.
snoopysam1987 2 years ago
Wow....I'm 8 years old again! I remember loving this show and wishing that they made a toy of the Ark II rig! LOL!
firstmusic00 2 years ago
yeah the movie was called damnation alley ,with jan micheal vincent and george peppard.
davidcbates 2 years ago
Didn't they make a movie in the late '70s very similar to this?
jjj11330 2 years ago
Yes, and oddly enough the one black guy gets eaten alive by carnivorous cockroaches ....
ShutUpH00ker 2 years ago
I love how 70's sci-fi recognized the apocalyptic journey our civilization was on,
afronutz 2 years ago
Yes - how can you go wrong with classics like the accidental trilogy of "Planet of the Apes", "Soylent Green", and "Omega Man".
Then you get into cautionary tales like "Rollerball (1975)", and Logan's Run - I'd be much happier if the US Senate was overrun by cats right now ;-)
hyretech 2 years ago
The main theme with 70's sci-fi is that that in the 70's they recognized that the greatest threat we faced was our own human nature. In Other eras like the 50's or 80's the threat came from Aliens or Robots and tech was the savior. In the 70's tech was neutral and man was his own worst enemy.
afronutz 2 years ago
This was great. What also was great was my 16 year old babysitter busting my dic when I was so naive and stupid. God I love those times.
renedelafuente123 2 years ago
i forgot about this show the last time i thought about this show was......crap the 1970's
Thunderwimpstudios2 2 years ago
I love how the monkey smiles on his intro just like the rest of the cast
majesticteam12 2 years ago 2
@majesticteam12 i think it's fucking sad really.
trisky1234 1 year ago
I watched this show religiously when I was kid. Loved seeing the opening here. Brought back a lot of good memories.
jobie123 2 years ago
How long with it be before they remake this show into a movie?
Shadamachaeon 2 years ago
a sci-fi movie about saving the planet? I'm holding my breath!
euanuglowisdead 2 years ago
Ruth was hot.
lilSnubby 2 years ago 13
I remember this. Boy this is old and it tells a lot about me remembering it...lol...I forgot about this show.
Lostsenshi 3 years ago
Kudos to Filmation for making live-action shows as good as its cartoons. Seventies television was a lot more fun than television today.
Barnstormer1969 3 years ago
remember this well- was cool for the hotrod dune buggy they had, & the ark was pretty badass...... it got pretty dry listening to all the environmentalist propaganda in between the action scenes.
smile0245 3 years ago
I say The Ark II couldn;t stand a chance against the 'Damnation Alley' Van!
Dreaded88 2 years ago 2
The only purpose the monkey would serve is testing. So I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be smiling.
tonflows 3 years ago
Help. Does anyone remember the name of the short-lived TV show that took place on a space ark made up of individual eco-pods (or something like that) each containing a group of people from a different period in earth's history? It was on about the same time as Ark II.
davidls11 3 years ago
It was Starlost.
neweightman 3 years ago
That's the one, thanks. I found it on SurfTheChannel(.)com. I had forgotten how cheesy it was.
davidls11 3 years ago
The get a group of people together to rebuild civilization. OK, thats fine. The group could have been made up of anybody. But they made it a point to have ONE white guy, ONE hispanic, ONE asian girl and...
A MONKEY.
How racist....
marty1968 3 years ago
I agree 100%
cturgenson 2 years ago
lol
afronutz 2 years ago
I remember watching this! I wonder who got stuck having sex with the monkey. Probably Samuel.
bradlbe 3 years ago
the monkey TALKS?!?!! oh, man, i have got to find a copy of this!
postpunk77 3 years ago
As a kid, this scared me. This is the world I'm growing up to?
CaptainBuckRogers 3 years ago
AWESOME!
Haven't seen that in 30 years. I'd love to see a good updated adaptation.
Thanks!
tipafo 3 years ago
Yikes! This was awful!
Chiggs58th 3 years ago
It's funny to watch this now knowing that the lead actor would go on to play the original Jack Abbott on The Young and The Restless.
recordman64 3 years ago
Sadly, he passed away a few years ago.
NewGremlin 3 years ago
Inside of ark II must of stank of monkey poo~
Plataea 3 years ago
I love it - ALL the characters have biblical names and Adam -the father of mankind is a goddamn monkey.
Darwinian Evolution in effect baby !!!
PRETALIATION 4 years ago
LMAO wow!! hoolarious!!!!!
litewatch 4 years ago
The beginning of the intro sounds like something Al Gore would say, lol...
jpowell180 4 years ago
LMAO!!!!! No kidding...I used to love this show when I was like 5. I always thought the ARK2 looked like a
"Fig Newton" on wheels.
RideMyBMW 4 years ago
All i remember aboutthis show was that the Chimp Adam talked, the chick was hot and it featured a lot of cave dwellers eating carrion.
deadpool2099 5 years ago
Further east they ate Soylent Green.
mwhite36 4 years ago
You don't know how happy I am to see even just seconds of this amazing show. Brilliant! Now I want the whole series. Apparently they only made one season - 15 episodes. How sad.
its5oclock 5 years ago
Dude I rented the complete series on dvd. it was awesome
afronutz 2 years ago
wow i use to love this show as a kid..always wanted the ark 2 truck it was fucking kool
demarcos69 5 years ago