Tv Theme Captain Scarlet End Credits

[Coldspider801]

None of these things ever happened it was just them standing around

[truekiwijoker]

Does anyone else find amusement in how this song about his indestructibility is accompanied by drawings of Captain Scarlett in serious peril with a worried look on his face?

[ArteL01]

@truekiwijoker I dunno, at 1:08 he looks pretty jolly.

[Shells2387]

My dad and I sat and watched this in the early ninety's. It was re-living a childhood for him and an education for me!

[effov]

1:14 "SUPERMARIONATION" ?

[RyouRan]

@effov Yeah, it's got nothing to do with Super Mario. ;) (I used to think so when I was little) It's the name of the method Gerry Anderson used to make his puppets move so realistically. It's a combination of "super", "marionette" and "animation" if I'm not mistaken.

[Rodan100]

Scarlett 1-0 Black

Spectrum is Green, Mysteron scum

[JackWProductions]

It's pretty obvious that the 6 dislikers are Mysterons.

[drunkmonkeykungfu]

Chuck Norris fears Captain Scarlet.

[doctorw2]

this where they got the idea for captain jack harkness moffat is so clever.

[72Who]

Ahh, the blocks my childhood was built of...

[SuperChairmanMeow]

Real fans would know he wasn't completely indestructible as his weakness was electricity.

[UncleFeedle]

Wonder where those title paintings are now. If they still exist, they must be worth a bloody fortune.

[dannyshouseofvideos]

@UncleFeedle Potty mouth mate. No need for that sort of language in the morning.

[qwerqwerqwer65]

i wish we could see how he actually got out of those situations!!

[DrGuy123456789]

back then , they didnt give shit what they showed . Come on today would they ever show anyone being faced with a cobra , about to be crushed by spikes or being ran over by a tank no thats why this show kicks ass

[Seafordshadow]

capn scarlet (the dude) reminds me of capn jack harkness from doctor who...maybe its because theyre both indestructible...

[Nicholols]

1:06 Captain Scarlet laughs in the face of your Panzer II Battle Tank!

1:13 but doesnt find radioactive lava in the slightest bit creaseworthy.

[MidniteBliss]

The thing that tickles me is that someone watching these credits, with no knowledge of Scarlet's powers and without paying attention to the lyrics, might think to themselves "wow, this guy sucks at his job".

He totally doesn't, but it's still a funny way to look at these images.

[GamesForLife123]

is he a pupil of chuck norris?

[Densaku]

@GamesForLife123 No. Chuck Norris learned from him...

[Adammarketis]

I kinda think it's a slap in the face that the ending credits look far more dramatic than the actual program itself. I mean I'd really like to see an episode where Scarlet is droped into shark invested waters being held down by rocks.

Woulden't it been cool if they had an 2-D animated series based on this style? Rather than CGI they went for when making that new series.

[moorepla]

THE SPECTRUM IS GREEN

[Clone683]

i finally got the DVD's after years with the videos :) :)

and stingray and thunderbirds :)

[johnbarry007]

John Barry ruled film scores, Barry Gray done the same for kids tv

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Very 'Merseybeat' theme tune

[CrispyClaire]

This brings back so many memories! This was great.

[Cpt50Caliber]

I DEMAND REPEATS ON THE BBC!!!

[BaalZobel]

I think younger people do not understand the stress involved in trying to see these gems for kids in the late 60's. you blink and you miss it. I loved this end tune. but maybe saw it 3 or 4 times until the advent of youtube.

[Treblaine]

Early example of tenso

[Treblaine]

OH FUCK NO NOT THE WOODEN BOXES OF DOOM!!

I'd rather be run over by a tank!

[scampben]

@Treblaine But they are filled with those little polystyrene chips. You could get a nasty bruise.

[xoxJennyxox1993]

I LOVE CAPTAIN SCARLET :)

[lurch010908]

sounds like the beatles singin this

[bunnyfeet123]

captain scarlet has jugger nog on his side!!



[captainpanic08]

He always looks shocked. Part of it is 'shit, someone's trying to kill me' as though it's never happened, and the other part is 'I'm gonna die!' which he never does, and is well aware of that fact. You'd think he'd be bored.

[SamBekit]

@captainpanic08 Could you imagine being chewed on by sharks knowing that you'd never die and still being able to feel the pain and wondering how long it would take before the sharks gave up? (I can't remember if he can actually feel pain)

[ccie12933]

0:54 -- "Okay, we tried to drown him. We threw him out of a building. We tried to feed him to a snake. We threw him out of a moving car. We trapped him under rubble and put a bomb just out of his reach. We tied him up and threw him to the sharks. We tried a room with closing walls and spikes. None of that worked. Any ideas?"

"Let's throw BOXES at him!"

" Why... it's just crazy enough to work!"

[tiga92001]

@ccie12933 that's some jackass stuff right there

do not try this at home

[sefog]

@ccie12933 You don't know what's in those boxes. It could be weasels, with machine guns and laser beam eyes.

[theoldgalah]

Bet he went damn not again every time...

[Bodsmad]

I'm 12, I still sometimes watch this, it's so good, Idk? It's just like, he's indestructable

[Foebane72]

Hey, I've just realised - could CS be the prototype for Torchwood's Captain Jack? They're both indestructible, after all.

[Throatmad2090]

I love this theme.........Someone's gotta make a tribute video to the immortal Captain jack Harkness from Torchwood, he's indestructible as well :) Come on someone make a video.

[wrath231]

6 people are GREEN!

[Lowerthetone1]

Wish I'd kept all the Captain Scarlet toys I bled my parents white for. Could have cleaned up on ebay!

[Inquisitorcabal]

I remembered always pretending to be destiny angel while my cousins argued on which of them gets to be captain scarlet, good times indeed.

[JetfireandJetstorm12]

6 people couldnt hold the walls with spikes

[XxC0AtSyZz]

the best tv theme ever

[AlexanderT21]

So when does any of this actually happen (besides falling off a building) xD

I'd especially like to see the one with the sharks or the tank running him over.

[IngoBlaze]

Favourite part of the end credits wall always, SPECTRUM IS GREEN!

[IngoBlaze]

Favourite part of the end credits wall always, SPECTRuM IS GREEN!

[AiMuiNoodle]

THIS IS THE ONE I REMEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JetfireandJetstorm12]

6 people fell off a building

[butterflyknifexxxx2]

Man i have good memories from this, and what made this show even better is my 2nd cousin or something keith wilson worked on it! gotta be one of the best shows from my childhood

[srb9]

Ah the end credits theme song!

[SuperLara911]

fuck the misterons captain scarlet kicks ass

[Ashworth6]

Captain Scarlet is invincible. You are not. Remember this. Do not try to imitate him.

[tiga92001]

@Ashworth6 he should join the jackass group

i can picture now

hi im captain scarlet and im riding a motorcyle to an exploding building

filled with gernades

[evilrobottolhurst]

@Ashworth6 if only the Jackass man had remembered that!

Didn't it begin "Remember, Children, Captain Scarlet is indestructible..." he was pretty invincible too! lol

[DAN13LS70NE]

I can remember back when this was on always arguing with my brother in which picture is Captian Scarlet more in peril in.

[HermioneGrangerGal]

@DAN13LS70NE : And I'll bet the falling wooden boxes of doom won every time.

[tiga92001]

this show is great back in the 90's it was on SYFY

every week, this dude scarlet has the best power that anyone would ever

want that is immortality, ill tell you this, that is one

tough dude

[44Neely44]

This brings back so many lost memories

[Cpt50Caliber]

HA SUCK IT SHITTY CG SERIES!!!

This is the real Captain Scarlet xD

[MorrisManDanceMan]

so brilliant program as a kid brilliant

[acerbusaura]

Mister Ron And The Scarlets would be a good name for a puppet band.

[ryuksiner]

i used to watch this this song was one of the reasons why

[GCmediacourse]

0:08 How is he going to get out of this

[tiga92001]

@GCmediacourse hes immortal his bones never break this dude is pure badass

(in a MTV jackass kind of way)

[GCmediacourse]

@tiga92001 I'm only joking becuase I always wondered how he will get out of it

[tiga92001]

@GCmediacourse i know that, but imagine him on mtv jackass

that would be funny if he fell of a moving plane without a paracute

and into a moving car

[GCmediacourse]

@tiga92001 Captain Scarlet on Jackass would be Brillaint. Nice thinking

[superspy6]

@GCmediacourse Painfully...

[bonkscout]

@superspy6 :D

[MrBig2576]

Blast from my childhood. This is my favourite version of the theme song.

[SPeacock]

@MrBig2576 Likewise :)

[AccountProto5X]

Only Captain Scarlet can survive FALLING BOXES!

[scifiguy9000]

THAT SHOW WAS AWESOME AND SO WAS THUNDERBIRDS!!!!!!!!!!

[Ruth42]

"He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken. To have his kneecaps split and his body burned away and his limbs all hacked and mangled..." oh, wait, sorry, wrong hero. :P

[Snipercakeman]

Thumbs up if you listen to this song when wantin some memories from de past ;D

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Very Mersey beat theme song. At least that time, Anderson chose a theme that was contemporary rather than the outdated jazz used on UFO or Space 1999

[welshnick300365]

I wonder how many other hits 'The Spectrum' had ?

[maths23]

I uesd to watch this on BBC 2 in the 90s

[MarxistKnight]

I always thought an awesome (if unwanted) ending to Captain Scarlet would be that he was the ultimate Mysteron agent all along and had always been under their influence!

[superspy6]

@MarxistKnight better than the ending they had, they just kinda kept going, would have been nice if they did defeat the Mysterons in the end but then the adventure would never continue :)

[themaster666able]

Wait I forgot he is has the healing power.

[themaster666able]

I wonder how in hell he survived all those things.

[MrScottx]

What a great show!!! The shows of the 60's were really Great. Shows loke this and Lost in Space, Time Tunnel, Voyage to the bottom of the sea, Space Ghost, Herculoids, Star Trek, Land of the Giants, etc. Why were they great? Because they were so full of imagination!!! Today's shows just care about how they look, Special effects etc. Back in the day this wasn't a concern..instead it was all about fun and imagination. Thats one of the many reasons why today's shows just can't touch these!!!

[matelot95]

Evocative, Heroic, SUPERB!

[hugtube1]

Captain Scarlet would kick the shit into Chuck Norris

[scorchx3000]

@hugtube1

Even if Chuck defeated him, Scarlet would only come back again, and again, and again until Chuck is exausted.

[cheeselovingtree]

the pictures in this credit sequence used to terrify me. I think it was the facial expressions.

[DashTyro]

when will someone a live action captain scarlet?

[JacobRudduck]

@DashTyro In a way, I think Torchwood is quite similar in concept, particularly with the indestructible Captain Jack as leading man.

[Kiwifrank]

@JacobRudduck - I was thinking precisely the same thing! And both characters acquired their ability by fluke...

[viridismonasteriense]

@JacobRudduck #Captain Harkness!# It does fit! :D

[xsf908]

What the hell are those Mysterons, Ghost, aliens , machines ?

[TheAlmightyFace99]

Clumsy fucker.

[GamePadVader]

IN-DE-STRUC-TIBLE CAPTAIN SCARLET!!!

[udizzle1]

6 people were unable to escape the falling boxes of death

[Snipercakeman]

@udizzle1 and suddenly found out that the indestructable power didnt work on them.

[tiga92001]

@udizzle1 what the frak are in those boxes anyway

[Underb00t]

Kenny watches the best of shows, thats why hes Mysterion:... INDESTRUCTABLE!

[FoxPlant2006]

Since Captain Scarlet was really a Mysteron construct they knew how to kill him. Why didn't they use his one weakness on him?

[DakariKingMykan]

TRIVA QUESTION... let's see who knows it.

Who here can tell me the one thing that can actually kill Scarlet, and he won't recover. (No it's not old age)

[williebeable21too]

@DakariKingMykan ..Gerry Anderson

[Apophisguard]

@DakariKingMykan a strong electrical field?

[50CENT123GO]

@DakariKingMykan

The electron gun.

It was used to kill other mysterons.

[50CENT123GO]

@DakariKingMykan

It fires a stream of electrons which destroy a mysteron replica.

It was accidently found out in the episode "Operation Time". Where the mysteron plans to assasinate that genaral I think. The plastic surgeon was killed , duplicated and towards the end of the episode was forced into a "electric" room.

[PippinRally]

Oh boy, I remember watching this on TV in the early 90s and I used to fancy Captain Scarlet like mad.

[spokeydo]

im 19 years old and i still think captain scarlet is call, fuck i think i might duy my hair black cause ive just figured out i have the captain scarlet 60s-70s comb over LOL.

and yes i hate the new CGI cant beat the puppets.

[ummarah2000]

god he is HOT - shame he does not exist

[ejcmoorhouse]

who here hate the CGI version?

[keddw]

We need Capatain Scarlet at West Ham Now!

[Ropponmatsu2]

Is that Cliff Richard singing this?

[AlexDraco]

Figure... A series where the main character "dies" at the end of each episode !... Gerry Anderson is a genius. Period.

[suejaztar]

THE BEST OF THE BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dasgilde]

i have the dvd box 1and 2

[brisdude2007]

SIG

[VinnyMonster1]

@sofasport That's assuming the process that recreates him needs the original body. Many Mysteron Agents are utterly destroyed and are recreated near their remains.

[227060]

my fav of the old skool Anderson/Supermarionation shows, I LOVE the James Bond touch of all these shows

[227060]

my fav of the old skool Anderson/Supermarionation shows

[Stuart0000X]

This is much better than Thunderbirds!

[srb9]

Spectrum Is Green!

[rockintc]

The voices provided for the Spectrum characters are:

Captain Scarlet = Francis Matthews.

Captain Blue = Ed Bishop (Commander Straker from U.F.O.)

Colonel White/Captain Black/Mysteron = Donald Gray

Lt. Green = Cy Grant

Destiny Angel = Sylvia Anderson

[Stevekungfu]

A true hero! ....Am I right in saying Scarlet's voice was Cary Grant?

[jazzwing]

If he's indestructable, why's he trying to disable the dynamite?

[eddiefuzz]

This was sung by the lead singer with the Wombles!!!!

[Sharron8]

@eddiefuzz : Is that true? 

[Stevekungfu]

@eddiefuzz  ...Mike Batt? Thanks, I didn't know that.

[Elzebub666]

I want Scarlet's jacket!, do they come in a large?

[iMjackwareham]

LOl, boxes? compared to the other deaths, kinda pathetic really :L

[escole48]

I used to love this show when I was a kid. This brings back old memories... :)

He was every little kids champion fighting against cozy bad guys from another planet - the dreaded Mysterons.

[7egend]

The Captain for WWE Champion

[ccie12933]

Wow! I remembered this song - the tune, rather, but not the lyrics - from watching it in syndication in the very early 1970s. Now, 40 years later, I know what the $%&)#$* the show was. : ) Thanks!

[celtocarib]

F.A.B.

[Exodianecross1978]

I wish, they would make a movie with real actors! I'm sure that this would rock!

[MrXclio]

@Exodianecross1978 hope not, remember thunderbirds movie? it was awfull,

[Exodianecross1978]

@MrXclio Yes, you're right, but I think that it would be easier to make a real movie about Captain Scarlett, because, it's more actual! Don't forget, he fight's against terrorism.... ALIEN TERRORISM!

[mscisfun1]

I used to watch this as a kid. I still love it, although my VHS videos that I taped from SciFi channel in the '90's are now useless.

[JONNOG88]

Judging by this trouble always seemed to follow old Scarlet. I wonder why they never made an episode with him on the phone to Claims Direct. Could you even get insurence if you where indetrucable. 'Spoose not

[StonedMarmaduke]

He looks pretty bored with some of the ways the Mysterons kill him. Especially the boxes. And can you blame him?

[Rucker1980]

Sheesh, being indestructible sure makes one clumsy

[owenwilsonjunior]

boxes??? never realised how silly that death is compared to the others lol

[sprayframe]

i love it how they're like '... oh btw spectrum is green.. but anyways'

[welshnick300365]

I wonder how many hits 'The Spectrum' had .....

[saskabush2006]

@welshnick300365 Given their name, most likely this was a house band created just to record this one tune.

[a217andy]

i like this song

[Alternativepope]

Is it me or did the puppets look creepy in this show? Maybe cause they looked quite lifelike? Anyways they shud do a movie of this! Thunderbirds was cheesy balls.

[katrus]

Looking back on this, I realize how messed up it was. Even though he was indestructable, it didn't have to end with "Look at all the wacky ways we can kill him off!"

[sciottos]

@katrus

And our parents wondered why GI Joe's hand was always being blown off with firecrackers...

[StevieD92]

Never realised just *how* savage this was as a kid.

[inzen1909]

@StevieD92 yes captain scarlet the book fidder and the weapon of mass destruction but that what the torys do all the time

[earlemartin]

The vocal harmonies on this are amazing.

[Tachyonstorm]

GrandPrix55, you know your stuff - and i thought i was a fanboy!

[SolidGoldCEO]

you could caption every scene with the phrase "Oh Bollocks!"

[emanuelshapera]

This is the better ending. 

[Morrelloween]

Filmed in Supermarionation!!!!!

[bobbydj01]

S. I. goddamn G. motherfucker.

[ajom010k]

this video has inspired me to go watch another episode of captain scarlet.

[CenaTv2]

i prefer the first version of this theme tune without the words. the one that just says Captain scarlet

[yardlet6]

@CenaTv2 Me too. This bunch sounds like a wannabee beat band.

[JONNOG88]

Best theme to any of Gerry Anderson's shows. Gerry is a legend. And I felt the itv robbed with their version of Captain Scarlet in recent years. Am I alone in thinking that Captain Scarlet is the greatest British Sci-Fi hero ever.

They need make more stuff like this. And no more of that Lazytown crap.

@ 1:07 he looks drunk.

[tonymontana1974]

@JONNOG88 hahahahaha looks drunk at 1.07 thats good.

[vamperz09]

i enjoyed watching this wen it was on during the mid 90's a great show before it got cgi'ed

[ebag10]

lol sounds like the beatles

[Pssybart]

Lol! He really get's himself into any kind of danger in this outro. They should add a pic of him running from a cannibal tribe.

[Stingray19681]

This is the softer, sappier version of the theme song with vocals. The more rock 'n roll version was much better (no vocals), posted by jmess007. Check it out.

[Dreadnaught2007]

Ahhh !! What can i say Captain Scarlet saves the day again. Love this song by " The Spectrum have tried to find but cannot find locally . Will have to order from Uk to add to collection it was catchy then still brilliant now. really hoping they make a movie but maybe not . Still love the show , Gerry and Sylvia Anderson thank you . " Spectrum is Green"

[staffsyeoman]

Ahhh... the second version with 'The Spectrum' - I remember them on Top of The Pops in Spectrum uniforms! A naff classic.

[BMan100]

oh man, they must have ran out of thing to hurt the guy lol.

[elvis45rpm]

this was great!!!! i always wanted to look like him when i was younger HAHA!!!

i do a bit now as it happens!!

[CodyZamboni]

loved this show when I was a kid, Brits know how to make fun cheesy sci-fi

[manweller1]

Loved this show when i was kid brilliant.

[mattbodomtully]

I love the fact that pretty much every episode culminated in "have they finally killed Captain Scarlet?"

" no! HE'S INDESTRUCTABLE!"

[Ashworth6]

@mattbodomtully Yeah, and the way that in every episode The Mysterons announced to the Earthlings in advance what their evil plans were. "THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE MYSTERONS. WE ARE GOING TO ASSASINATE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT LUNCHTIME TODAY." Maybe if theyd kept quiet about it they would have won now and then.

[VGRetro]

@Ashworth6 You got to remember that this was a war of nerves. The Mysterons are testing the people of Earth by telling them what they're going to do. Even though Spectrum knows what they intend to do, they have no idea how they were going to do it. And if Spectrum manages to beat them, the Mysterons are like "whatever", and go after someone else next Friday Tea Time (or whatever time it used to be on in your area).

[SPeacock]

@mattbodomtully My only complaint with this series is that it never got a proper ending.