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No real imagination & logic How about a small mini series showing the end of the journey returning to the beginning. (Loop) and deciding whether to continue or not with messing with time.
Same thing that happened with Star Trek, although it lasted 3 seasons. Network executives simply don't understand science fiction. And if they don't understand it, despite a huge letter campaign (which probably overwhelmed the local post office) to keep Star Trek going for a 4th season, the XO's stood their ground, and Star Trek was phasered out of existence (they thought). The animated series ('72 or '73?) lasted 22 ½-hour episodes. Some trekkies consider it the "unofficial 4th season," or year four of the 5-year mission. But I got into the wrong time track. I can imagine the same or similar thing happened. Despite all of the mail and telephone messages, the network XO's canceled Time Tunnel anyway. Network executives are always very slow learners. It seems they still haven't learned the obvious axiom, namely that network XO's don't go against fans. But no, the only things they see are $ and ¢. Will they never learn?
The problem with Time Tunnel toward the end was it started to frequently feature those Irwin Allen signature cheesy aliens too many times instead of characters involved with historical events.
I was in grade 3 or 4 at the time. The teacher had started to talk about the volcanic eruption that took place in Krakatoa. This happened on a Monday. Well the teacher was somewhat miffed by the fact that most of us already new about Krakatoa! We told her the answer was simple. Krakatoa was on Time Tunnel the Friday before! Time Tunnel was such a great show, especially if you like history! Very informative! Some of the leaders of different countries today could use to brush up on history!
I was 10 years old, and The Time Tunnel was my favorite show of all time. (Pun intended) I cried when I realized the show was canceled. I was devastated.
I absolutely loved The Time Tunnel as a kid, even though I knew that most of the historical figures they visited didn't speak modern English. But it was still fun!
The Time Tunnel had the nice bonus of being at least somewhat educational. History teachers liked it, not because it necessarily taught history authoritatively, but it could spark students' interest in a certain historical event.
I loved the show as a kid. I have the box set. The one thing that made me laugh and still does, the time tunnel also acted as a dry cleaner. No matter how many times James and Robert had their clothes ripped, dirtied, and what not, after they traveled to the next place, the clothes were perfectly clean.
That's most likely because they were removed from one time and sent to another, so whatever happened to them in the previous time didn't exist, like they were never there, so it's like they started out on a clean slate.
It also changed their clothes just before the end of some of the episodes! My favorite trope was how the two of them were slammed hard to the ground at the start of every adventure. That Time Tunnel had a lot of 'bugs' in it to be so expensive!
Robert Colbert is 93, I met him in Pacific Palisades and I found out he is really good friends with Lee Meriwether and very sadly. That's when I found out about her illness. We are losing our heroes. Thanks for the memories.
When I was in the reserves, we had a uniform ribbon that had that hourglass logo on it. When people asked what I had gotten the ribbon for, I used to tell them it was for when I worked on 'Project Tic-Toc". Some people got the joke and asked how Doug and Tony were doing.😅
I used to with someone who belonged to the Titanic Historical Society. I let him watch my tape of the pilot and he did not like it because it was not accurate as far names and ship information was concerned. Plus scene where the ship was sinking and people were breaking out the with champagne bottles. He said porthole windows on a ship and very thick and that was not possible.
Time Tunnel reruns are still on a channel called MeTV. If you want to stay up to 3 am to watch it. 😂. In fact, all the classical shows of the 60’s that Dan mentioned are on MeTV Saturday Night. Starting with Batman, StarTrek TOS, NightStalker, Lost In Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants and Time Tunnel.
Have you ever seen the movie Time after Time with Malcolm McDowell, David Warner and Mary Steenburgen? One of my favorites and I don't think it ever gets enough attention love to hear your review of the movie !
I enjoyed watching "The Time Tunnel." I had the James Darren recording "Goodbye Cruel World." I enjoyed it when he showed up on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" as a singer.😊
Here where I live, we have a network called METV, that plays every Saturday the original Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, The Invaders, The Thunderbirds, the original Star Trek, Voyage to the bottom of the sea, Kolchak, and I'm sure I missed a few, but they're played back to back every Saturday night...sadly it's mostly after midnight until 7am.
When i was 15 years old i stayed home and watched this on friday nights instead of hangin out with my friends thats how much i loved this series and the other Irwin Allen series.
The whole family loved this show when I was a kid. We sat down in front of the Black & White Pye TV with viewing time and snacks carefully planned out by my mum. Mum rolled out the snacks and drinks just at the right times as not to miss any of the show. My dad and his TV mates spent many weeks of planning and they finally installed a gigantic 10 Bar 20 foot high arial that tied down like a circus tent on the roof of our home. We lived in the country and had the best TV signal in the district. We could watch any TV show coming from repeaters all around the country. It was not just a tv show but an institution when the family, friends and neighbours got together to watch our favourite TV shows.
The Time Tunnel was responsible for my career in teaching as back in 1966 I learned for the first time about the Titanic, Custard's Last Stand, and other historical events. If not for that show--who knows--I might have gone into a lucrative career in finance of the law, but I sure as heck would not have enjoyed it as much as I did teaching history!
I LOVED The Time Tunnel! I was only in the 5th grade, but I used to make my own models of the tunnel. I’ll be mocked for saying this, but I enjoyed it far more than Star Trek.
Same here. I was disappointed that they canceled after 30 episodes. I read it was canceled for the same reason Lost In Space was. Both networks, CBS and ABC told Irwin Allen to cut back on expenses and he said he cannot cut back any more than what he has. LIS was canceled after 3 seasons and TT after only one. Sad.
I'm 57 years old and was a HUGE fan of just about everything Irwin Allen ever did as a kid, but this one flew under my radar for some reason. Maybe it was not syndicated in my area? I first heard about it just a few years ago and watched a few episodes. I remember watching James Darren and thinking to myself, "Where have I seen this guy before?" Being a big Star Trek fan, and especially Deep Space Nine, it dawned on me that he played Vince Fontaine in the holosuite nightclub that Nog had created!
I remember it, Time Tunnel, Lost in Space , Dr Who and Thunderbirds. A great time to be a kid with a load of inspirational shows to get you interested in the future and learning science.
I also remember reading that Time Tunnel ran out of ideas…there were only so many sets from movies/other shows you could build a story around, and even with a high budget, ‘tin foil aliens’ started to look cheap..
I was born in 79 so this was way before my time but i downloaded all the episodes of this show and im really enjoying it! Thanks for letting me know it existed.
I would like to know more about Battlestar Galactica 1977, particularly the cylon costumes as what happened to them as well as know more about Land Of The Giants
I loved this show when I was a kid. Even now, whenever I see Whit Bissell in a show/movie I say, "I know him! He was in The Time Tunnel!" LOL Great RUclips channel - I feel like it was made especially for me! 🙂
Also, remember Whit in the original film version of "The Time Machine"? (A few years before "The Time Tunnel"!) By the way... I love your surname, Dennis!
Whit Bissell was in the original 1960 movie "The Time Machine" with Rod Taylor in the lead role. In 1978, Whit Bissell (and John Zaremba) were in a TV-movie version of "The Time Machine" (the time traveller Neil Perry visits the Puritan colony in Massachusetts, the California gold rush, then the future with the Eloi and Morlocks) - cheap on the time lapse special effects of buildings going up or being torn down.
I was a kid when this came out and I loved this show so much it sparked my interest in time travel right up to this day. When he mentioned that there wasn't much in the way of merchandise, I still have one of the patches that are sewn on all the lab coats for all the workers at the Time Tunnel. I never sewed it on anything and still have it and keep thinking every once in a while to actually sew it on a white jacket.
I was talking about this show the other day and no one else seemed to remember it. I was born in '66 so I was obviously watching it in reruns in the early 1970s. It used to come one with Land of the Giants and Lost in Space. I guess it was an Irwin Allen block on Saturdays or Sundays.
Re-watching Time Tunnel now, Ann makes me crack up. One moment optimistic with full confidence, next minute pessimist with zero confidence. One minute grateful, next minute resentful. One minute brave, next minute cowardly .. ..
Here in Brazil, "The Time Tunnel," or in Portuguese "O Túnel do Tempo," was very successful in the 1970s and in its constant reruns in the following years. It still has a huge legion of fans to this day.
You should do a video spotlight about the classic daytime gothic suspense romance drama, Dark Shadows, of which i was a fan of as well as The Time Tunnel, now that would be a story in itself, Because Dark Shadows lasted from 1966 until 1971. It was made popular by the first appearance of 175-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins, when he was released from his chained coffin after 200 years, by Willie Loomis, in early 1967.
The Time Tunnel was one of the first 'sci-fi' shows I remember watching and then liking. I was probably in my early teens at the time. I was disappointed when it suddenly stopped being shown and I found out a short time later it was cancelled. About a year later, my cousins turned me on to Star Trek, and I was hooked on that for life. At least for that, there was enough fan activism to keep that alive in one form or another for... well, decades. I also recall starting to watch Quantum Leap in the middle of its initial run during the 90s. I remember thinking that its premise was similar to The Time Tunnel. I also became a fan of Doctor Who in the late 2000s, as well as Fringe, and later Continuum. Those kept my sci-fi juices flowing. I'm loving the new crop of Star Trek shows.
Hey Dan, Love your channel! I have always been infatuated with Irwin Allen's "Power Sound". The sound used for the Jupiter 2's engines, the Time Tunnel, the Spindrift, etc. I think it was referred to in production as 'Hinckley's Spaceship', or something like that. To this day, in my humble opinion, that is still one of the most awesome sound effects! I would love to finally find out how that sound was created. If anyone can help with this mystery, it is you. Help me Dan Monroe Kenobi... you are my only hope! Peace, brother.
As a child 0f the '60s I was inspired to get a degree in Nuclear Engineering because of Star Trek, Lost in Space, and the Time Tunnel. Although the show suffered from subpar scripts (apparently so they could match the story to the available stock film scenes) there were some shows that showed off the potential of the concept such as Chase Through Time and Secret Weapon. Definitely a candidate for modern re imagination.
I think it's wonderful that (as of this writing) James Darren, Robert Colbert and Lee Merriweather are still with us. Time Tunnel is clearly one of my all-time favorites tv shows!
Great video of a GREAT show. I remember as a kid being so disappointed that a second season wasn't coming. The Titanic episode was my favorite. Thanks Dan for another great show.
I loved the show! Last year I watched half a dozen episodes before I moved. Nearly half the people on the show ended up on Star Trek too. This was also a sneaky way of teaching kids history!
TT was one of my all-time favorite shows. I was devastated when I learned that it was canceled. I refused to watch that Custer show and thought whoever came up with the idea for Custer to replace the Time Tunnel should have been fired and sent to Siberia for 20 years. 😡😡
There used to be a whole website dedicated to him. Great character actor but boy, in that TT episode where he played the French general was that embarrassing!
I liked it, at age 10. I had forgotten that is was on Friday evening. I liked that time slot actually. It was a time slot with a different feel to it, end of the school week so no thoughts about having to get up early the next day..
The cast was outstanding and Ms. Merriwether gave the show a lot of gravitas. She had a wide range of roles but this is, in my opinion, is one her best. The musical score ranks at the top of any TV Network Era list along with Mission Impossible (Lalo Schafrin) and a few others.
You have a great channel I enjoy every episode. I enjoy many of the same things that you showcase on your channel as I was growing up In the same time period. Supper Cool
I was 10 years old when Time Tunnel was broadcast. The show was one of the reasons that I did so well in history class during my high school years 😅. I am so glad that Me-TV runs all the episodes of Irwin Allen TV shows.
@@ivannadler1789 how do you DVR from an app? Don’t you need to have the app playing the episode at the scheduled time? And DVR from an online stream? Was easy when i had cable.
Irwin Allen productions were a staple of my after school entertainment as a kid growing up in Australia in the 70s. Lost in Space , Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , Land of the Giants , and the Time Tunnel were the cause of many missed homework assignments. One of his films would be on re-run most Saturday afternoons on tv. The Towering Inferno was the first movie i saw at the cinema with friends. The man was certainly prolific.
you give an AWESOME analysis and insight both into the show and the challenges of producing one at that time. This one should have been big but I guess it was ahead of its time eh :D Thanks for taking us back
Time Tunnel my favourite series. Dan if you ever cover The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) let me know as I have several of the original screen used helmets used in the Errol Flynn movie. The helmets were also used in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), which was an inspiration on George Lucas to create Star Wars.
There’s a show called Voyagers! that was a time travel plot too. It had a man and boy who were fixing history. It starred Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. I’m not sure, but I believe it ended because of the accidental death of Hexum.
A comic once made a joke about the show, saying this debacle of being stuck in time is what happens when you award a government contract to the lowest bidder. 😁
Kind of surprised that you didn't mention Quantum Leap. I loved both shows. I guess the major difference, at least in my opinion, was that QL was mostly about everyday people and TT went for major historical events - Titanic, Pearl Harbor etc.
The reason it was cancelled despite high ratings is that network executives have never understood or even liked Sci Fi.
*GROAN*....network executives
Leslie Moonves is an especially notorious example of this.
True
No real imagination & logic How about a small mini series showing the end of the journey returning to the beginning. (Loop) and deciding whether to continue or not with messing with time.
Same thing that happened with Star Trek, although it lasted 3 seasons. Network executives simply don't understand science fiction. And if they don't understand it, despite a huge letter campaign (which probably overwhelmed the local post office) to keep Star Trek going for a 4th season, the XO's stood their ground, and Star Trek was phasered out of existence (they thought). The animated series ('72 or '73?) lasted 22 ½-hour episodes. Some trekkies consider it the "unofficial 4th season," or year four of the 5-year mission.
But I got into the wrong time track. I can imagine the same or similar thing happened. Despite all of the mail and telephone messages, the network XO's canceled Time Tunnel anyway.
Network executives are always very slow learners. It seems they still haven't learned the obvious axiom, namely that network XO's don't go against fans. But no, the only things they see are $ and ¢. Will they never learn?
Time to take Time Tunnel back to Now.
Updated version would be a instant hit on Netflix.
The problem with Time Tunnel toward the end was it started to frequently feature those Irwin Allen signature cheesy aliens too many times instead of characters involved with historical events.
I was in grade 3 or 4 at the time. The teacher had started to talk about the volcanic eruption that took place in Krakatoa. This happened on a Monday. Well the teacher was somewhat miffed by the fact that most of us already new about Krakatoa! We told her the answer was simple. Krakatoa was on Time Tunnel the Friday before! Time Tunnel was such a great show, especially if you like history! Very informative! Some of the leaders of different countries today could use to brush up on history!
I was 10 years old, and The Time Tunnel was my favorite show of all time. (Pun intended) I cried when I realized the show was canceled. I was devastated.
I loved *The Time Tunnel* when I watched it when I was six!. Also *Land of the Giants* and *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.*
I absolutely loved The Time Tunnel as a kid, even though I knew that most of the historical figures they visited didn't speak modern English. But it was still fun!
The Time Tunnel had the nice bonus of being at least somewhat educational. History teachers liked it, not because it necessarily taught history authoritatively, but it could spark students' interest in a certain historical event.
The Time Tunnel was a show that was ahead of it's time.
My friends and I LOVED The Time Tunnel. It was our salve after Lost in Space was cancelled.
I used to Love this show as a kid and I still Love it now. Too bad it lasted just one year. 👏👏👏
I loved the show as a kid. I have the box set. The one thing that made me laugh and still does, the time tunnel also acted as a dry cleaner. No matter how many times James and Robert had their clothes ripped, dirtied, and what not, after they traveled to the next place, the clothes were perfectly clean.
That's most likely because they were removed from one time and sent to another, so whatever happened to them in the previous time didn't exist, like they were never there, so it's like they started out on a clean slate.
It was a dual time tunnel-dry cleaning machine. I think Samsung makes them now 😉
It also changed their clothes just before the end of some of the episodes! My favorite trope was how the two of them were slammed hard to the ground at the start of every adventure. That Time Tunnel had a lot of 'bugs' in it to be so expensive!
As a child of the 60s, I love this channel. I appreciate all the work you do to produce such quality content on my favorite movies and TV shows!
Robert Colbert is 93, I met him in Pacific Palisades and I found out he is really good friends with Lee Meriwether and very sadly. That's when I found out about her illness. We are losing our heroes. Thanks for the memories.
I always enjoyed her acting work on Barnaby Jones. 🔍
When I was in the reserves, we had a uniform ribbon that had that hourglass logo on it. When people asked what I had gotten the ribbon for, I used to tell them it was for when I worked on 'Project Tic-Toc". Some people got the joke and asked how Doug and Tony were doing.😅
Great one@ Thank you.
I loved The Time Tunnel as well.
I am looking forward to the Voyage to the Bottom of the sea video. That was one of my favorites as a kid.
It's on its way I promise :-) I work as a one-man show, so it takes forever to get these videos done :-) stay tuned
The program was very educational. As a third Grader , that’s when I learned about important historical events , Such as the Titanic.
I used to with someone who belonged to the Titanic Historical Society. I let him watch my tape of the pilot and he did not like it because it was not accurate as far names and ship information was concerned. Plus scene where the ship was sinking and people were breaking out the with champagne bottles. He said porthole windows on a ship and very thick and that was not possible.
Time Tunnel reruns are still on a channel called MeTV. If you want to stay up to 3 am to watch it. 😂. In fact, all the classical shows of the 60’s that Dan mentioned are on MeTV Saturday Night. Starting with Batman, StarTrek TOS, NightStalker, Lost In Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants and Time Tunnel.
You forgot 'the Invaders'!!
RIP TONY. BEEN GONE LAST WEEK
Have you ever seen the movie Time after Time with Malcolm McDowell, David Warner and Mary Steenburgen? One of my favorites and I don't think it ever gets enough attention love to hear your review of the movie !
Time after Time was a very imaginative movie & didn't get enough acclaim! Love movies about time travel!
I enjoyed watching "The Time Tunnel." I had the James Darren recording "Goodbye Cruel World." I enjoyed it when he showed up on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" as a singer.😊
Here where I live, we have a network called METV, that plays every Saturday the original Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, The Invaders, The Thunderbirds, the original Star Trek, Voyage to the bottom of the sea, Kolchak, and I'm sure I missed a few, but they're played back to back every Saturday night...sadly it's mostly after midnight until 7am.
Don't forget Svengoolie, the classic horror movie host!
When i was 15 years old i stayed home and watched this on friday nights instead of hangin out with my friends thats how much i loved this series and the other Irwin Allen series.
The whole family loved this show when I was a kid. We sat down in front of the Black & White Pye TV with viewing time and snacks carefully planned out by my mum.
Mum rolled out the snacks and drinks just at the right times as not to miss any of the show. My dad and his TV mates spent many weeks of planning and they finally installed a gigantic 10 Bar 20 foot high arial that tied down like a circus tent on the roof of our home. We lived in the country and had the best TV signal in the district. We could watch any TV show coming from repeaters all around the country. It was not just a tv show but an institution when the family, friends and neighbours got together to watch our favourite TV shows.
The Time Tunnel was responsible for my career in teaching as back in 1966 I learned for the first time about the Titanic, Custard's Last Stand, and other historical events. If not for that show--who knows--I might have gone into a lucrative career in finance of the law, but I sure as heck would not have enjoyed it as much as I did teaching history!
This channel IS our very own Time Tunnel!
I LOVED The Time Tunnel! I was only in the 5th grade, but I used to make my own models of the tunnel. I’ll be mocked for saying this, but I enjoyed it far more than Star Trek.
Same here. I was disappointed that they canceled after 30 episodes. I read it was canceled for the same reason Lost In Space was. Both networks, CBS and ABC told Irwin Allen to cut back on expenses and he said he cannot cut back any more than what he has. LIS was canceled after 3 seasons and TT after only one. Sad.
Thanks Dan
This was one of my favorite TV shows ad a kid
My pleasure peter, thanks for watching :-)
I'm 57 years old and was a HUGE fan of just about everything Irwin Allen ever did as a kid, but this one flew under my radar for some reason. Maybe it was not syndicated in my area? I first heard about it just a few years ago and watched a few episodes. I remember watching James Darren and thinking to myself, "Where have I seen this guy before?" Being a big Star Trek fan, and especially Deep Space Nine, it dawned on me that he played Vince Fontaine in the holosuite nightclub that Nog had created!
Back when this show came out, I lived for Friday nights to watch it.
I remember it, Time Tunnel, Lost in Space , Dr Who and Thunderbirds. A great time to be a kid with a load of inspirational shows to get you interested in the future and learning science.
Irwin Allen was right up there with Gerry Anderson and Rod Serling. GREAT entertainment!
Loved this when I was a kid.
I have the series on DVD and enjoy watching it from time to time. So many series were ruined by insane day and time changes and so much more.
I also remember reading that Time Tunnel ran out of ideas…there were only so many sets from movies/other shows you could build a story around, and even with a high budget, ‘tin foil aliens’ started to look cheap..
TT was probably Irwin's most consistent show quality wise, too bad it wasn't able to go another season or two. Thanks Dan!👍👍
I totally agree the writing on this show was consistently outstanding :-)
@@MoviesMusicMonsters I also loved the show (especially James Darren as Tony -- drool, drool). But the show was much too expensive to continue.
Always liked voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. I was hooked on it as well as the Wild Wild West
I was born in 79 so this was way before my time but i downloaded all the episodes of this show and im really enjoying it! Thanks for letting me know it existed.
I still have my GAF ViewMaster reels of Time Tunnel. I’m 66 years old.
Mine are all sadly gone...
I still have my Adam West Batman 1966 view master reel!
I am a bit shocked that in our age of reboots, remakes and rubbish, more of Mr. Allen's shows have not been subject to the big budget blunders.
That set for the Time Tunnel kept me watching week after week. that set was amazing!
I would like to know more about Battlestar Galactica 1977, particularly the cylon costumes as what happened to them
as well as know more about Land Of The Giants
Loved the show. Liked the desert entrance scene when the ramp secretly opened in the middle of nowhere.
I loved this show when I was a kid. Even now, whenever I see Whit Bissell in a show/movie I say, "I know him! He was in The Time Tunnel!" LOL Great RUclips channel - I feel like it was made especially for me! 🙂
Also, remember Whit in the original film version of "The Time Machine"? (A few years before "The Time Tunnel"!)
By the way... I love your surname, Dennis!
Whit Bissell was in the original 1960 movie "The Time Machine" with Rod Taylor in the lead role. In 1978, Whit Bissell (and John Zaremba) were in a TV-movie version of "The Time Machine" (the time traveller Neil Perry visits the Puritan colony in Massachusetts, the California gold rush, then the future with the Eloi and Morlocks) - cheap on the time lapse special effects of buildings going up or being torn down.
I loved it. I must have been 12 or 13 when it was on TV in my country...every Saturday morning..
"Who the heck is home on a Friday night?" - Me, as a kid, watching the "Invaders" :)
I was a kid when this came out and I loved this show so much it sparked my interest in time travel right up to this day. When he mentioned that there wasn't much in the way of merchandise, I still have one of the patches that are sewn on all the lab coats for all the workers at the Time Tunnel. I never sewed it on anything and still have it and keep thinking every once in a while to actually sew it on a white jacket.
R.I.P:James Darren
In the 1960's there was a joke about ABC: "You want to know how to end the Viet Nam War? Put it on ABC and it will be canceled in 13 weeks."
😂😂😂 I remember that
I was talking about this show the other day and no one else seemed to remember it. I was born in '66 so I was obviously watching it in reruns in the early 1970s. It used to come one with Land of the Giants and Lost in Space. I guess it was an Irwin Allen block on Saturdays or Sundays.
Re-watching Time Tunnel now, Ann makes me crack up. One moment optimistic with full confidence, next minute pessimist with zero confidence. One minute grateful, next minute resentful. One minute brave, next minute cowardly .. ..
I am sure you have not seen it all, the last episode had Doug and Tony return, well it did in the UK.
That's amazing! Would you mind giving a brief overview of the episode? Huge fan of the show here.
Loved the Time Tunnel when I was a kid on TV
Here in Brazil, "The Time Tunnel," or in Portuguese "O Túnel do Tempo," was very successful in the 1970s and in its constant reruns in the following years. It still has a huge legion of fans to this day.
Wow, you’re nearing 100K subs, congratulations!!!! 👏👏👏👏
You should do a video spotlight about the classic daytime gothic suspense romance drama, Dark Shadows, of which i was a fan of as well as The Time Tunnel, now that would be a story in itself, Because Dark Shadows lasted from 1966 until 1971. It was made popular by the first appearance of 175-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins, when he was released from his chained coffin after 200 years, by Willie Loomis, in early 1967.
Dark Shadows started out as a regular , run of the mill soap opera that was in danger of being canceled until the introduction of Barnabas
Wonderful video. Whats is really great is that both main actors are still alive.
The Time Tunnel was one of the first 'sci-fi' shows I remember watching and then liking. I was probably in my early teens at the time. I was disappointed when it suddenly stopped being shown and I found out a short time later it was cancelled. About a year later, my cousins turned me on to Star Trek, and I was hooked on that for life. At least for that, there was enough fan activism to keep that alive in one form or another for... well, decades. I also recall starting to watch Quantum Leap in the middle of its initial run during the 90s. I remember thinking that its premise was similar to The Time Tunnel. I also became a fan of Doctor Who in the late 2000s, as well as Fringe, and later Continuum. Those kept my sci-fi juices flowing. I'm loving the new crop of Star Trek shows.
Hey Dan, Love your channel! I have always been infatuated with Irwin Allen's "Power Sound". The sound used for the Jupiter 2's engines, the Time Tunnel, the Spindrift, etc. I think it was referred to in production as 'Hinckley's Spaceship', or something like that. To this day, in my humble opinion, that is still one of the most awesome sound effects! I would love to finally find out how that sound was created. If anyone can help with this mystery, it is you. Help me Dan Monroe Kenobi... you are my only hope!
Peace, brother.
As a child 0f the '60s I was inspired to get a degree in Nuclear Engineering because of Star Trek, Lost in Space, and the Time Tunnel. Although the show suffered from subpar scripts (apparently so they could match the story to the available stock film scenes) there were some shows that showed off the potential of the concept such as Chase Through Time and Secret Weapon. Definitely a candidate for modern re imagination.
Thank you for the great introduction to Time Tunnel. I was born a few years too late to enjoy the original run.
My two favorites were Time Tunnel and Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea.
I loved watching this show as a kid.
I think it's wonderful that (as of this writing) James Darren, Robert Colbert and Lee Merriweather are still with us. Time Tunnel is clearly one of my all-time favorites tv shows!
And Sam Groom (technician Jerry) who was the star of the 1976 “Time Travelers” tv movie Dan alluded to. The film also featured Richard Basehart.
Watching it as a kid in the 70's was awesome. Every episode was a cliff hanger.
Another one of my favourite old tv shows that I share with my son and daughter ! Great channel and videos Dan !
Great video of a GREAT show. I remember as a kid being so disappointed that a second season wasn't coming. The Titanic episode was my favorite. Thanks Dan for another great show.
Your Show is Fantastic. Love all that you do. Brings back so so many memories. Thank You.
I loved the show! Last year I watched half a dozen episodes before I moved. Nearly half the people on the show ended up on Star Trek too. This was also a sneaky way of teaching kids history!
The time tunnel complex reminds me of the Krell city from Forbidden Planet.
It reminds me of the super cool underground complex in the movie "Fantastic Voyage."
I believe that it was repurposed Forbidden Planet footage.
As a kid in the 60s and early 70s here in the UK this was always on and I loved it... Thanks for this....
I decided to be a physicist and mathematician because of this extraordinary series.
wow! they had a view master? I missed that back in the day. That was my favorite show.
Time Tunnel is what got me interested in the Titanic.
Seeing the Time Tunnel artist conception reminds me of the underground abandoned city on Forbidden Planet.
TT was one of my all-time favorite shows. I was devastated when I learned that it was canceled. I refused to watch that Custer show and thought whoever came up with the idea for Custer to replace the Time Tunnel should have been fired and sent to Siberia for 20 years. 😡😡
Whit Bissell deserves his own wing in the sci-fi hall of fame. He shows up almost everywhere
There used to be a whole website dedicated to him. Great character actor but boy, in that TT episode where he played the French general was that embarrassing!
Yep, Whit Bissell excellent actor, he played a villain in the sci-fi classic Soylent Green
I remember he was also in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Creature From The Black Lagoon.
Whit Bissell was the OG Admiral Kirk!🖖🤣
Witt was on Land of The Giants, Star Trek (The trouble with tribbles) City beneath the sea, VTTBOTS
I liked it, at age 10. I had forgotten that is was on Friday evening. I liked that time slot actually. It was a time slot with a different feel to it, end of the school week so no thoughts about having to get up early the next day..
I was watching this show in 1967 when a tornado hit our house.
Now THAT was a Time Tunnel!
The cast was outstanding and Ms. Merriwether gave the show a lot of gravitas. She had a wide range of roles but this is, in my opinion, is one her best. The musical score ranks at the top of any TV Network Era list along with Mission Impossible (Lalo Schafrin) and a few others.
She made a cool Catwoman in the 1966 Adam West Batman big-screen movie, too.
Thanks for covering one of my all-time favorite shows!
You have a great channel I enjoy every episode. I enjoy many of the same things that you showcase on your channel as I was growing up In the same time period. Supper Cool
Great job -- one of my favorite programs 'back-in-the-day' (too young to go out Friday nights) -- I didn't realize it had been only one season!
Another great, great show that aired only one season and also deserves your attention: The Prisoner.
I was 10 years old when Time Tunnel was broadcast. The show was one of the reasons that I did so well in history class during my high school years 😅. I am so glad that Me-TV runs all the episodes of Irwin Allen TV shows.
Yeah.. at 4am only on Saturdays. Useless
Yeah I just DVR it.
@@ivannadler1789 how do you DVR from an app? Don’t you need to have the app playing the episode at the scheduled time? And DVR from an online stream? Was easy when i had cable.
@@wadeinn463METV is not an app..it's broadcast on regular TV (antenna)
The Time Tunnel episode "The Alamo" just aired last night on MeTV
MeTV does a great job keeping old series alive for new generations
I watched reruns when I was a kid in the 1970s
I was 10 years old in 67 great show. And now I'm 67 years old. Woohoo
Me too
Irwin Allen productions were a staple of my after school entertainment as a kid growing up in Australia in the 70s.
Lost in Space , Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , Land of the Giants , and the Time Tunnel were the cause of many missed homework assignments.
One of his films would be on re-run most Saturday afternoons on tv.
The Towering Inferno was the first movie i saw at the cinema with friends.
The man was certainly prolific.
you give an AWESOME analysis and insight both into the show and the challenges of producing one at that time. This one should have been big but I guess it was ahead of its time eh :D Thanks for taking us back
Like you, I LOVED Time Tunnel! Thirteen year old me complained for weeks after I learned it was cancelled. Waah!
There was actually a model kit from Japan of the Time Tunnel set. Extremely rare now!
Time Tunnel my favourite series. Dan if you ever cover The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) let me know as I have several of the original screen used helmets used in the Errol Flynn movie. The helmets were also used in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), which was an inspiration on George Lucas to create Star Wars.
There’s a show called Voyagers! that was a time travel plot too. It had a man and boy who were fixing history. It starred Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. I’m not sure, but I believe it ended because of the accidental death of Hexum.
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Phineas Bogg and his Omni chronometer
Phineas Bogg was played by John Erik Hexum.
He lost his life in an accident Involving a firearm on the Set of another Series called Cover Up.
I loved the Time Tunnel as a kid. It was the best of the Irwin Allen shows. I've got the DVDs.
"A rock is a rock, a tree is a tree, go shoot it in Griffith Park."
The Time Tunnel's lead-in, The Green Hornet, was also cancelled. So, there's that.
Thirty episodes back then is like three seasons today! Crazy!
A comic once made a joke about the show, saying this debacle of being stuck in time is what happens when you award a government contract to the lowest bidder. 😁
Kind of surprised that you didn't mention Quantum Leap. I loved both shows. I guess the major difference, at least in my opinion, was that QL was mostly about everyday people and TT went for major historical events - Titanic, Pearl Harbor etc.