Enter Rover

[Daegonath]

on the wrapping of the 'inflatable rover', it says 'helium sold separately'.'

[johnstarnes]

Even now, in 2011, Rover's eerie, throaty, bio-mechanical growl gives me goosebumps.

[godstomper]

Its actually being developed by the military.

[wamb17]

Iv been to that place, it's located in whales.

[jrmetmoi]

Rover's sort of cute because he's round, bouncy, and soft. Awww. And I'm sorry but at 0:32, Rover sounds like he's singing some rather muffled old Gregorian chant songs, you know like that band Enigma used to use in their songs back in the 90s.

[87jking]

dude..... W...T...F...?

[emaimon1]

don't fuck with rover!

[mortalkombat1950]

i found waldo

[thuggofdablock]

ah so that's where the simpsons got this from

[SourJovis]

Darth Vader is scary because you can't see his face. Rover is scarier because you don't even know what the heck it is.

[tobygrey22]

Rover, the enigmatic bubble gum beach ball ! always on call by those above #2

[moondustyperson]

if you werent afraid of balloons before, you are now

[kar120cfanatic]

The common man versus Congress!

[bluereaper75]

WALDO NOOOOOO!!!!!

[tjfreak]

haven't sen this since I was 5 or so, cant believe it ! one of those shows that put fear and creepiness right to my gut

[hecate55]

That guy obviously deserved to die! My gawd he was a fashion pas faux in that tacky outfit! The giant mencing balloon or bubble was pretty campy on its own. Wonder why no one carried a giant hat pin to deal with it??!!

[hecate55]

That guy obviously deserved to die! My gawd he was a fashion pas faux iin that tacky outfit! The giant meancing balloon or bubble was pretty campy on its own. Wonder why no one carried a giant hat pin to deal with it??!!

[jrmetmoi]

Does Rover suffocate people or does it sear their skin?!

[larrydart13]

I love rover

[Kwyjibo1992]

why doesn't he just pop it with a plastic fork?

[heyj64]

@Kwyjibo1992 "Shut up! That's Why!"

[Kwyjibo1992]

@heyj64 hey oh *high five*

[FencingBoomerang]

@Kwyjibo1992

Rover takes bullets in a later episode.

[WID7]

Thats what my exercise ball does, now I know why.....thanks for posing, for the longest time I asked people about his show and they didnt know what I was talking about

[stevetube888]

wtf it makes no sense!

[schoolgirlsrgreat]

I was afraid of ballons as a kid because of this thing lol

[TheGallianthe]

Rover wins again! The one in the remake was huge!

[Meevinman]

Wow

[ocarrace]

ehmm....

dudes... did tht guy just got raped by a balloon thing :O

the world is DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!!

[gyrotuffjonykirby]

How can people like this more than the 2009 remake? The 2009 remake has tons better effects than the original, plus IAN MCKELLEN GUYs

[cha5]

@gyrotuffjonykirby The 2009 remake had a weak storyline and had none of the edge of the original Patrick McGoohan series, special effects and Ian McKellen alone will only carry you so far.

[Kwyjibo1992]

just pop it with a fork!!!! lmao

[dabbleduck]

beautiful...

[Itaju]

damn. this is creepy!

[snorky001]

What was that?

That was Rover that was.

[tonymontana1974]

Rover is badass.

[klaatu42]

The guy Rover chases looks so DEVO.

[7DARKHELLS]

I remember that lame killer Smoke Bubble!

Thanks for posting!

[JohnMacLGP]

what is inside the balloon?

[Steadyrock100]

@JohnMacLGP from what I heard they put a little water in the balloon to give it some weight.

[JohnMacLGP]

just water !! could be mixed in with helium gas ?? sometimes it appears to me as it's going flat. . then like a flexable plastic bubble that sucks you in to it .good cheap special FX. !!

[NeutronDance]

@JohnMacLGP

The souls of past victims

[JohnMacLGP]

@NeutronDance ..it made sounds too ,one of the sounds was like a lion roaring

[salvarfawkes]

"Why did you think a big balloon would stop them?"

"Shut up! ... That's why!"

[Anitagebbie]

The original rover was a mechanical device that caused a lot of problems, one day the film set saw a weather balloon in the sky hence the balloon

Cheers Ian and anita

[skullsrlove]

damn you beat me to it! :D

[MassimoPiai]

@salvarfawkes simpsons?

[91ashton]

That would be telling!

You will give US.. .information...

[garglfluz]

i watched this in gr 8 french and the ball's name was OSKAR

[bigcountrygeorge]

how can one thing be funny, stupid, dangerous and scary at the same time

[4MiFans]

@bigcountrygeorge Gary Busey?

[stlsue3611]

i've remembered the white ball chasing a man since i was very little......i just now figured out which show i was watching....my family was stationed in germany and this was one of the few shows broadcasted on the base. wow

[shaboopie12]

if they put this on a mexican border the mexican will eat it

[phantom1000A]

lol put this on the mexican boarder.

[losuns]

I was 9 years old when The Prisoner aired in 1968. To a 9 year old, the show made no sense at all.  But that damned ballon kept me watching. Special effects on TV were not much back then, all we had was Star Trek,...and Rover. Everything else sucked as far as special effects.

[deviousgirlchild]

i'm intrigued, what is this? i'm also slightly creeped out.

[Blurgle3]

....the hell?

[DeathBlackGothDoom]

First saw a spoof of Rover on the Simpsons. Even on the Simpsons it creeped me out. I plan to watch the AMC version of it!

[jasong19711]

society is actually getting this bad because in some countries they holler at you from loudspeakers under the cameras everywhere if you so much as drop a piece of paper on the street!

Obama has the same dream for the USA!

[islamsucksallah]

Those rover things scared me when I was a kid watching this show in the 60's. Now, how I wish we had rovers throughout the world killing off islam.

[LowFiBoy1]

The Village is everywere

[flint55]

If you freeze it at .24 you'll see some cars and trucks in the background. A minor gaffe but Rover is terrifying to a small child. When I was a very very young, I wondered why my father was watching this show with the roaring ball.

[kakabukkake0]

haha yeah it creeped me out too when my dad first showed me this show

[uhsfeth]

Rover has always terrified me.

[pepsoflexo]

does anyone else think thisa is where the idea for the black smoke monster in lost came from

[Zitubos]

There is a broad consensus that Rover, the id monster of Forbidden Planet and Caliban from Shakespeare´s "The tempest" belong to the same tradition of "irrational monsters" and are references for Smokey.

[jrmetmoi]

@Zitubos Smokey the Bear is an 'irrational monster'?

[Erectoralporicy]

@jrmetmoi

Of course he is.. Telling everyone he meets that only they can prevent forest fires.. Pretty irrational if you ask me.

[walter0bz]

i bet when people watch AMC's the prisoner they'll say "it's a bit like Lost"

[RHandLM]

@pepsoflexo YEAH! It's similar... john locke would be proud

[asubjectiveopinion]

@pepsoflexo

Every "idea" in Lost is taken from another show.

The Lost Islands, The Prisoner, The New People etc etc

The dude is great at recycling ideas from shows that he thinks people won't remember.

[goransin01]

I always wondered just what the hell Rover was supposed to be (aside from a big balloon). Was it a mechanical device or a genetically engineered creature. Be interesting to see what Rover would look like if made with modern FX, maybe something like an Amoeba.

[Asmordeanx]

Wait until November and watch AMC to find out.

It looks like they kept with the white sphere idea of the original.

[walter0bz]

probably wise, best not fuck with iconic elements when doing a remake

[4MiFans]

Doesn't mean they won't try

[walter0bz]

rover vs smoke monster

ROVER PWNS!!!

[jagerfaust2009]

@Olivia

Thats an easy question No1 is...

highly unusual someone at my door? back in a jiff......

[aranveda]

Nope !!

It is and it is not......

[CarrieGates]

circles are like vortexes and black holes, always plotting to suck you into their mystical mathematic centre, triangles are attractive, alluring, and dynamic, imho. I held a poll on facebook on my status and 28 people responded...hit me up in fb to check it, it's a pretty interesting debate. (fb: "Carrie Gates" Saskatoon)

[CarrieGates]

circles are scarier than triangles

[Zitubos]

And why do you think is that?

[kikoykikay]

@Zitubos aparently spheres are more spaceous than 3-sided 2-dimensional beings. If I were you, I'd really be terrified.

[jrmetmoi]

@CarrieGates Maybe that's why the Pyramids are still up! ha ha haaa  xD

[ReadyAimDuck]

@CarrieGates Because you can get "vicious circles"

[OliviaD515]

How did the programme end?? :)... please reply :)

[Zitubos]

That is a very complicated question. The common interpretation is that it is allegorical and I think that is the best way to see it. But there are lots of website out there that will provide you with interesting insights.

[OliviaD515]

Thatks for replying!! I will(go on some sites to find out) :)

[epicgma69]

@OliviaD515 You can watch the whole series on the website for amc, you may have to look a bit though, but it is there.

[MasterJediDude]

@OliviaD515 That would be telling.

[usmctanks1]

was not so much the Rover that got you scared, but the sound, and the faces through its "skin" had nightmares about it!!! Not highly rated, but was shown for a long time at night on PBS!!!

[Shadgrimgrvy]

You can almost hear rover going "OM NOM NOM" as he sucks that guy in.

[AcrossNERV]

"What the mind fuck was that"......not that creepy just wanted to say that.

[garrisonskunk]

"Rover got 'em"

[cljohnston108]

I was about 5 when the series ran on TV, and one of my earliest childhood memories is of the Rover sucking people in, with their faces pushed against the membrane, trying to get out.

Gave me such nightmares!

Years later, in my twenties, I was working at a store in the Westside Pavilion and Patrick McGoohan came in!

I told him about the impact the Rover had on me as a child, and he shrugged and said, "Yeah, well, they're still out there."

How cool is that!

[rippedwrangler]

I was just a kid when this was on and I found rover to be pretty scary, but seeing as how it was obviously composed of a a thin membrane, I always wondered why Number 6 was too stupid to try using a sharp object against it.

[Dietpepsivanilla]

RIP to Patrick McGoohan.

[UTNexus2005]

Homer Simpson defeated the Rover with a mere Plastic SPORK.

[davidls11]

Yes, but they didn't have sporks back in the 1960's.

[UTNexus2005]

but they did have forks and pins that were not safe, they would have sufficed.

[davidls11]

Anyway Sporky...you can watch the whole series online for free at surfthechannel(.)com :)

[UTNexus2005]

I don't think i want to expend bandwidth on non saveable video files.

[UTNexus2005]

In other words, no, unless their downloadable.

[davidls11]

Sorry, sometimes I forget that not everyone has unlimited internet. With Comcast you don't have to worry about bandwidth. It's still a good site though.

[DMCMan]

Actually Comcast is one of the ISPs that has download caps. They've had it since October I believe.

[davidls11]

If it does, and if it applies to streaming video, it must be a pretty big cap. I've been watching about 10 movies a month and lots of old TV shows.. FYI-"Watchmen" and "Coraline" just became available on watch-movies-links(.)net.

[relic45]

Rover...the most unusual,highly effective image of terror I've ever seen

[pinoydramaacademy]

Honestly, it's creepier than most things in horror films.

I love it! But am terrified of it at the same time.