Fireball XL5

[7oceansenergy]

Check out the curved bar just behind Steve Zodiac's head at around 34 seconds. TELL ME THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A STARGATE SEGMENT.

[7oceansenergy]

One of the characters looks like Gil Gerard from the later Buck Rogers TV Series. Somewhere I also spied one that looked like Actor James Garner of Rockford Files. And that professor dude looks a spitting image for Comedian Sid Caesar. And if you look extra close at some of the shots you can see the beginning ideas for Stargate's big ring device taking form. Using blond actresses was continued on into Space: 1999. They were all a good run.

[7oceansenergy]

The blond looks like Seven of Nine!!! A little SHORTER perhaps.....

[Honey2TheBee1]

I loved Fireball XL5. Steve Zodiac was my first crush!!!.... I was six or seven!!

Robert was the only robot that never scared me. ....(was that because he was transparent?hmm)>

Thanks.

[pshaw100]

They were still more animated than alot of todays "actors"

[ejectthetape]

this is class....bring back so many memories. Ive never heard this version

[ejectthetape]

this is class....bring back so many memories

[spike280]

omg..this was sooo great. I actually "special-ordered" the 45 rpm theme song. It was so cool it almost made me cry. ok...I was 8 or 9 at the time.

[gunneyfru]

Wasn't this on channel 5 in New York??

[rijkent55]

We watched Fireball XL 5 in Auckland, New Zealand, circa 1963, 64. It was probably my favourite TV programme at that time, when I was 7, 8, 9 years old ! (=:

[elafonisi08]

That doesn't half sound like Cliff RIchard

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@elafonisi08 Don Spencer WOULD be pleased......

[elafonisi08]

@Factnotfictionpeople Is that the same Don Spencer who used to present Play School?

[duckgeezer]

OMG,,,,,,,I have this 45 in my attic.

[inregionecaecorum]

bl**dy 'ell "we'll cruise along the milky way and land upon the moon"

Such astronomical absurdities passed me by when I was a nipper.

Lets hear it for Zoonie the Lazoon, about my intellectual level at the time :(

[Hydrart]

Gerry Anderson, Awesome.

[wenshadow1]

Brings back old memories of when I was a lot younger!!!!!!!

[FactoryHen]

On our way home ...

[storebror21]

Seems ridiculous now, but when I watched this as a young child, that robot scared the sh*t out of me - and it was brilliant. The music is so typically 60's. Thanks for posting.

[maureencora1]

Hey. Kids don't see the things we saw in 1962 as state of the art TV kids shows.

[WilliamGruff]

@gerdenshed: Don't forget Professor Matthew Matic.

[swollower]

Thswas one of the first songs I ever learnt to sing! I thing I was about two in "63" But Thunderbirds were my heroes really and then Stingray and lastly Cpt Scarlet and Joe 90 God I miss them! Great TV from a far off distant past.

[Strawberry7Lynn]

My cousin had a "Venus" doll when she was a child. It had tin boots, painted green!

[neilprocter]

And Professor Matthew Matic.....

[CheekyUploads]

Great Video .Wayne (SwellMusik) lol

[bricknboxer]

Wow, I just stumbled onto Stingray and now Fireball XL5! My memory of these shows was pretty foggy but when I saw the XL5 it all came back. I swear I had a toy or maybe a model of the XL5. I would have been 5 or 6 years old when this was on the air. Thanks so much for putting these on youtube!!

[ChrisDutch]

What were the character's names?

[gerdenshed]

@ChrisDutch

The was Colonel Steve Zodiac, Doctor Venus, Lieutenant Ninety, Robert the Robot and don't forget Zoonie the Lazoon lol...

Mark.....

[BradBrassman]

@gerdenshed.....and Professor Matt Matic

[zambot3]

@ChrisDutch look it up on google

[gerdenshed]

@ChrisDutch

Try the info section above, they're all listed ;o)

Mark...

[AndrewKFletcher]

Thanks for the memories

[qsoboy]

I loved it

[robertwmartens]

A curious inconsistency: At 0:02 the characters are drawn like realistic humans, with facial expressions, but at 1:26 they're drawn more like the puppets with blank stares that they were!

[gerdenshed]

The first was an American comic the second on an English Annual cover

Mark...

[ewaf88]

@robertwmartens There were several comic adaptations of Fireball XL5. One was certainly 'child' oriantated which followed the series - but there were others (in colour) which were more Adult in tone. One story featured an Alien race which accidentally created a horrific Monster race through their though patterns. It was more like an advanced episode from Star Trek than a children's TV show.

[thesixtiesguy]

I grew up on Supercar, Fireball and Stingray. Three of the best shows ever on TV. Thanks Gerry and Sylvia for so much great stuff.

Thanks so much for the vid. I have all the DVD sets. I'm a superfan.

[msaurin1963]

Classic 60's t.v, & record, originally sung by Don Spencer...l think, Thanks for posting it.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

I remember this stuff, but Supercar was my favorite show.

Thanks for sharing this with us.

George Vreeland Hill

[digimaan]

Robert the robot used to scare me shitless - it was the voice...

[gerdenshed]

The voice of Robbie was in fact the only charactor voiced by Gerry Anderson himself ;-)

Mark....

[Fattboy59]

Fireball was scary to a little wimp kid like me. A few years later I was ready for Thunderbirds. That was Cool!

[gerdenshed]

@Fattboy59

F.A.B lol....

Mark...

[Fattboy59]

Thunderbirds Are Go

[Fattboy59]

These puppets used to scare the shit out of me back then

[cortaventtos]

como influyo de pequeño el gusto por la astronomia y la ciencia ficcion esta serie

[MegamanX4ThArmor]

Grande de Catasstrophe del a de kikeriki?

[M35kriegsmarine]

This is the best! I haven't heard this since I was a little kid! This show sparked my imagination. I even had the the toy Fireball XL5 ship. I must have played this song a million times in the last week since rediscovering it. The 1950's/early 1960's had the best music, and this was one of the best from one of the best shows. Thanks for taking me back in time! Long Live FIREBALL XL5. Cheers, Marc

[Thunderbirdfanman]

Great selection of Fireball XL5 puppets at televisionpuppets dot com

[MegamanX4ThArmor]

Where can i get these Comics showed in the Sliceshow?

[Enforcer57]

I had the toy set. was my favorite possesion for yrs. Haven't seen this stuff since it was on. My God. I was 6. Always loved space and military tech and history after this.

[ManiaCop100]

totally agree, without this there'd be no moon landings. Our generation grew up with the imagination and will to go into space.

[TralfazConstruction]

Yes it looks a little 'crude' 45 years after the fact.

This does not deter me from enjoying it in the spirit of an 8 year-old child as I was 8 years-old at the time it ran. "Fireball XL5" sparked my imagination and grew larger as time passed. When I did purchase all of the episodes on DVD back in '03 I found myself falling head over heels for it again. I've found it to be a great companion/diversion on rainy days when I'm shut-in catching up on my record keeping.

Long live "Fireball XL5".

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@TralfazConstruction LOL So you're the other 'saddo' that bought the DVD set, eh! I watched a few episodes, but man THOSE STRINGS! Like pieces of anchor cable. Still and all - a classic.....:-)

[TralfazConstruction]

@Factnotfictionpeople Yes, I saw the "strings" too but after several minutes I was drawn back into the spirit of things. There was a certain innocence to the proceedings and I remember starting to feel the excitement about 10 minutes before the end of "Hector Heathcote"; this being during the original run of "Fireball XL5". Ah, the good old days.

[handsyhands]

I love all things Fireball and UFO, I have Don Spencer singing the shorter version of FBXL5 as my ringtone, it's amazing how many people remember this series. Is the link you sent to soulcornflake this longer version? if so, can I have it too ... please. Has anyone seen the bit in Love Honour and Obey where Sean Pertwee sings this at a Karaoke Bar ... genius!

[soulcornflake1]

Is there anywhere I can get an mp3 of the theme song?

[gerdenshed]

I sent you a link ;-)

Mark...

[joseph85delaney]

sand it here? :)

[jacqui612]

Zoonie was brill, and so cute- his usual sentence was" I wanna go home".

[ManiaCop100]

Zoonie used to say "welcome home" and the robot said "on our way home". I can see how time may have merged them in your memory though!

[ItsAmadWorld2]

I remember seeing this on a lousy black and white tv when I was two years old. I only remember the glass robot is all.

[gerdenshed]

Same here ;-)

Mark....

[CaptBubble]

Is that Harry Webb / Cliff Richard singing the title song? I used to love this show

[gerdenshed]

Barry Gray wrote the music for this ;-)

Mark..

[GTOUGH]

Where have forty five years gone???

[gerdenshed]

I know the feeling lol....

Mark...

[eldutchi]

i watched every episode when i was a kid, and i still remember every word of the song lol

[petergay1957]

Fantastic - brings back all my childhood memories and yes the rail track is still a good idea!

Peter

[CheekyUploads]

Wonderful 5*

[gerdenshed]

This is a wonderful song ;-)

Mark...

[SpeedTriple59]

I want a Venus doll..and a ride in Fireball..any one out there can you help..!!

[gerdenshed]

Wish I could lol...

Mark...

[boonehawks]

Mark. you're Great man...I dig your other videos also.....good guitar & singing!

[gerdenshed]

That's very kind my friend ;-)

Mark...

[boonehawks]

Hi Mark,

And thank you to.

That launch rail design is better than trying to lift a million pound rocket streight up. Don't you agree? If American scientists would pay closer attention to sci-fi visionaries, maybe we'd be farther along? Please comment.

[gerdenshed]

Maybe they do... They all seem to be riding around on Jetskis' Wonder if that's where they got that idea?

Mark...

[boonehawks]

If NASA produced these spaceships and launch rails, they'd probably work. Gerry Anderson & Derek Meddings are Genius's

[gerdenshed]

Thank you my friend... It worked at Peenamunde...

Mark...

[SpeedTriple59]

I work with a Lazoon,his name is Kesh..

[jlhkia]

Sung by Don Spencer.

[gerdenshed]

It's a classic ;-)

Mark...

[globeliner]

Great.

[philblick]

who remembers ZOONEY

[gerdenshed]

Zooney the LaZoon was a rare creature who doesn't like publicity ;-)

Mark

[philblick]

why aint zooney on here

[runyon99]

Great British contributions: The Beatles, Shakespeare and all the Gerry Anderson tv shows! This was my favorite as a kid! I had a model rocket that i played with till it probably fell apart. Great memories! thanks.

[PANORAMA1815]

how come yu Brits are so so good at making these cult shows ?

[gerdenshed]

It's all down to the genius Gerry Anderson :-)

Mark...

[daveirwin6969]

How dare you ! lea

Someone else mentioned "STRINGS"

sick people.

[gerdenshed]

If she asked you out on a date there would be strings attached :-)

Mark...

[daveirwin6969]

Ha very good Mr Shed !

Now stop dissin my bird

[daveirwin6969]

forget Marina and Betty Rubble that Venus was HOT !!!!!!

I would !

[leahall]

I agree mate but I recon her tits are plastic

[PANORAMA1815]

I think 'Venus' was modelled on Honor

Blackman (Pussy Galore)

[gerdenshed]

I think you right be right my friend :-)

Mark....

[daveirwin6969]

Hey she dos look like Honour Blackman !

[gli7utubeo]

I really liked this show when I was about 7 long ago. I still love the song. Somehow, the show was very inspiring. I think I was hot for Venus. Was Robert's head an inverted plastic cup?...

[gerdenshed]

I may do a cover of this song, it's great :-)

Mark...

[ez2me2009]

I love this song. Even in it's French dub version it is great!

[williamshank]

Please upload Captain Scarlet

[pili2255]

Well done!

Gaby.

[gerdenshed]

Thank you :-)

gerdenshed...

[KarenEng]

Looks like a cool show and I love the song! ;)

[gerdenshed]

It is a catchy little tune. I may do a cover ;-)

gerdenshed...

[blinddrunkal]

Did you know that Don Spencer (the singer) toured with The Rolling Stones? Bet they loved him.

[gerdenshed]

I've been practising the song and I will release it one day :-)

gerdenshed...