I was born in ‘77 and I can confirm that the Hitler episode did air on Nickelodeon. I remember it as well as I remember the Man for Emily episode and Jedikia? revealing himself to be a robot. It’s my earliest recollection of Hitler and he scared the shit out of me in that show! Thank you for making this! I was far too young to make sense of any of it!😆
NeeVor the psychopathic shape changer from planet VasheeYa. (Probably not spelled properly and probably not close to the pronunciation, but it has been over 23 years since that Bright Ball in the air last flew in the promo.
Hitler series aired back in the early 80s. Hitler being an alien shape shifter was inconsistent from season 1 where it was revealed Hitler was a time traveler.
A show that's very near and dear to me....I'm close in age to Alasdair and several other cast members, and my two twin sisters were (are?) very much Moose & Lisa, heh. (Would that make dad Ross? Close, truth told.) Notice the similarities between Senator Prevert & Homer Simpson, from the obvious physique, perpetual five o'clock shadow, slovenliness, etc. Listen to their voices side-by-side; incredibly similar in affect/timbre.
Another Fun Fact: in the TV series of The Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy, Peter Davison played The Dish Of The Day, and Sandra Dickinson was Trillian.
Yet Another Fun Fact: the child of Peter Davison (the 5th Doctor) and Sandra Dickinson (Trillian) is Georgia Tennant, who is married to David Tennant (the 10th and now 14th Doctor), and is herself the mother of Ty Tennant (Aegon Targaryen).
I've been watching in order from ep 1 and while I agreed with the commenters on Vegetable Soup being the best video so far, extremely compelling, what an ending, etc. This is the one that really solidified why I'm watching. It was touched on in one of the last couple episodes with the overly-ranty type of media 'critique' that the internet has been full of lately, but... there's so much to appreciate about the series and you in particular. 1) Your research is excellent. You don't just regurgitate what someone else has said, you dig past the first layer and start bringing in the threads that connect to other things- like the stuff about the BBC and Dr Who in this episode. You don't just say 'well all these other places say BET was on Nick'- you seek it out. It's true research and synthesis and it's something you just don't see much of these days. You're also really good at contextualizing information. 2) You have an open, honest enthusiasm for media in general. So much of media critique these days is focused on the negative, but even when you _don't like_ a show, like this one, you still have so much interesting insight and appreciation for the people who create it. You can recognize that a show was cheap or fell short in many ways or featured Hitler without just dismissing everything about it out of hand. Nuance is a lost art, but also I find myself gravitating more towards a foundation of love over a foundation of hate. The love and passion you have for media is compelling. Basically I started watching because after watching the doc on the CSA at Nick, it was suggested to me... I was expecting a bit of nostalgia blast from seeing shows I remembered. Instead, I've been intrigued by shows I've never even heard of and learned things about the way tv in general and kids' tv specifically have evolved over time. The little strings and 'remember this guy for later' bits really emphasize that nothing in media happens in a vacuum, even if you were too young to realize it in the moment.
Can't look at that Thames Television logo without the Benny Hill theme playing in my head... (although it would later be attached to Dangermouse as well).
Fun fact, Big Finish productions for a time produced audios for the tomorrow people which utilized new characters and also made great use of a majority of the original cast as mentors to the new generation of tomorrow people. They were awesome audios and delved into some dark areas before they lost funding and the license to make them. This was about 15 years ago I believe, I could be wrong.
I know I'm late to the party, but yes, the 'Hitler' episode DID air on Nickelodeon, back in the day. There's was a scene where Mike was goofing in front of a mirror with an SS hat and a 'finger-'stache', before he seemed 'taken over' in his head as being a Nazi, doing the 'Seig Heil' salute, over and over again, loudly. John comes in and manages to shake him out of his trance.
It is not that her powers were the least flashy, it's that if they all had the same power, then the action would all end up very same-same. You want your characters to be distinct. They oculd have made each of the Tomorrow people have slightly different psychic powers, Fire control, force fields, astral projection, the limitations on each character as to what they could do would make the action more interesting.
I love the 1970s Tomorrow people,It's partly a sentimental thing, but also I don't know why but I love old low budget sci fi like the Tomorrow People, Doctor Who, and the 1930's Flash Gordon. I don't know why but the worse the effects the better, I don't know why it could that it's a bit funny or escapist, but I have a feeling I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Just discovered and, over three days, completed a binge watch of all the episodes produced so far. What a fantastic detailed look at so many sides to such an interesting subject. We need more video series like this! As to The Tomorrow People, it was before my time on Nick (The Third Eye was my first touchstone) and I inwardly cringe at some stuff (Alien Hitler is just... why? Then again, BBC did Heil, Honey, I’m Home, so go figure), but it’s at least an effort to put something on Nick that might appeal to older kids. Cannot survive on Pinwheel alone after all. And yeah, I might check the show out for myself. Bring on YCDTOTV!
The Tomorrow People sound like the kind of characters that would be the villains in a Doctor Who story. Thinking themselves better than everyone else is very much a trait that a lot of Doctor Who monsters share.
The 70s tomorrow people was better than the 1992 remake it had bad writing I hated the 1992 remake so much I only watched the first episode of the 1992 remake😊
I remember seeing that Nick reboot of The Tomorrow People... Forgot about it until you showed that clip. Forgot about The Adventures of Black Beauty too. Don't get me wrong: I'm excited for you to get to the 90s, knowing you're gonna dig up stuff I never even DREAMED I'd know about shows, and also for you to get the views and attention you deserve for this series... But I'm REALLY enjoying where we are now, slowly creeping into my little nest of nostalgia, shows I watched being born in the mid 80s and remembering things long since forgotten to me..... You Can't Do That On Television though... THAT I remember. And BOY am I excited!
Wow. This show seems to be made of 68% Yikes and Yikes byproducts, but you do a good job of showing why it was wanted. Also this is a good reminder of the phenomenal amount of work you put into this stuff and how deep you delve.
I loved this on Nickelodeon when I was a kid. I had the DVDs a decade or so back. Would love to have a complete set. This and the third eye were my jam.
I loved this show when I was twelve. After it went off the air in the summer of '84 I didn't see it again until it came out on DVD some twenty-some-odd years later and I was well into my thirties. It's still fun nostalgia for me.
I found that some of the better serials were those se on Earth, with a minimum of badly designed monsters, etc, and were more drama based, such as "Secret Weapon" and "Revenge of Jedikiah". Oops - I wrote that while halfway through your video - turns out you agree with me 🙂
I love this show just binged watched it 1972/73? but did not know there was a 90s version I can not find it to watch or I can with it broken in to umpteen pieces and no rime or reason with what episode goes where. .I really enjoyed this thank you uploader
First five minutes in: "This is a pretty good episode of Nick Knacks" 5:15 into the video we get into the history of television sci fi, Dr. Who, an explanation of the BBC, the formation of ITV in response to the BBC and the creation of "The Tomorrow People" in response to Dr. Who: "Okay, now we're cooking with gas!"
God, when you quick-fire referenced Alex Mac, Allen Strange, Space Cases and Animorphs, I got hit with a huge nostalgia wave, so very cool to see some of what set the stage for them.
True facts: Warner Amex actually had the rights to the initial US Doctor Who syndication package (namely seasons 7 and 8) back in the QUBE days (in fact QUBE Columbus is believed to be the last known whereabouts of The Mind of Evil in color). Whether or not they still had the rights and/or tapes by 1981 is unknown but they could have elected to run the show if they wanted to.
The BBC's deal with Time-Life/Warner Amex ended on April 30, 1981, at which point the US syndication of BBC programming was taken over by Lionheart Television (including Doctor Who). Lionheart was responsible for that until 1987, at which point they were acquired outright by BBC Worldwide.
So theoretically yes Warner Amex could have aired seasons 7, 8, and 9 from the channel's inception up until the point Time Life's deal expired. Of course I would imagine this didn't happen because those Pertwee episodes are far from kid friendly and most fans would have been confused by the absence of Tom Baker.
Warner Amex (through Time-Life) had also been distributing the first four Tom Baker seasons since 1978. They famously recorded a bunch of recap/teaser segments for each episode with voiceover work by Howard Da Silva. So Nickelodeon theoretically could have aired those, although they'd have lost the rights only a few months into the year.
First off, The Tomorrow People was actually sort of a 'watered-down' version of Doctor Who. In a brief nutshell, Dr. Who was originally intended as a children's program, until Terry Nation had brought in The Daleks, which had ultimately changed the program's entire scope. However, after two regenerations, and entering into the Seventies, sci-fi for kids and teens had gone under fire. While we had the FCC, Great Britain had Mrs. Mary Whitehouse, whom was constantly calling networks whenever something inappropriate was put on the airwaves. So when ITV did come out, with Thames needing their version of this show, Roger Price was tasked into making a similar one, but with one obstacle: no excessive violence. So as Roger did state, he came up with younger set, and yes, they had fantastic powers (well, the same powers) but they had one annoying flaw: they could not kill. That is to say, no blowing up people's brains, or sending them to the cornfield, or making them go insane. Now the best way to understand this, remember the first season of The Superfriends, where though you had the JLA, they were pretty much there, and had little action going on (hey, the 70s). The Tomorrow People were sort of like that, apparently most episodes had them 'talking things out' with their adversaries than just attacking them. or coming up with a solution which sometimes was thinly inspired by H. G. Wells. (The Bubble Skins, anyone?) To me, here's how The Tomorrow People came off as a Bewitched meets Dr. Who sort of vibe. Let me explain: just like in Bewitched, one could say The Tomorrow People, in their own right, were witches more than telepaths, since they all had the same powers, which could easy be taken away. Just like Darrin and Samantha had to keep her being a witch a secret, so did The Tomorrow People, in fear, humans (or SAPs) would not understand them, or use them for weapons. Samantha had the Witches' Council, the TP had the Galactic Council, which although they didn't regulate the TP, but somehow would always show up whenever some inexplicable problem came up on Earth. Not all the time, but it felt like the GC was more of a Rube Goldberg device, if anything else. Whereas John and Carol were regulated as the Darrin archetype, berating Kenny and Stephen for using their powers (jaunting, mostly) in public. Then came Jedikah, which to me was sort of the precursor to Terminator... if Terminator was a block android, who for the most part, had limited shape-shifting abilities... and possessed the mentality of Dick Dastardly. Considering he was originally programmed to enslave the Tomorrow People, then in 'The Medusa Strain,' decides on eradicating them to eliminate their descendants, though not certain why. Then in the Second Season finale, somehow Jedikah survives his fate in 'The Medusa Strain,' and attempts to eliminate the TP once and for all, until the Galactic Federation step in and save them, and with TIM turning him into a man... because it's a punishment? Yeah, we'll teach the android--who was originally programmed to capture all Telepaths and enslave them--the error of its ways, not by reprogramming him into a good robot, or exiling him with a guy into space to watch bad movies, but instead turn him human and let him suffer a poor existence (i'm assuming from the episode) on Earth. Man, talk about a dark version of Pinocchio... When the Third Season came, my theory behind Mike Holloway coming onto the scene was technically the US' fault, since the trend with television and film was adding a rock star into the mix for the kids. Well, that and the Archies... Fun Nick Knack Fact: Mike's character was called Michael Bell, whom there really was an actor named Michael Bell, whom voiced Drew Pickles and other characters in 'Rugrats.' Despite the short-comings of the show, The Tomorrow People was sort of like ITV's take on 'Lost in Space,' on the lines the series was so bad, it was really good. For us kids, we didn't care for all the special effects and scientific jargon, to us, TP was just pure escapism. My only problem was the shows being broken up into episodes, since sometimes I would miss a day and suddenly find myself in a completely different episode altogether.
I watched The Tomorrow People as a teenager when it was originally shown in the UK in the 1970's and have just binge watched the entire series here on you tube (Feb 2021) which I enjoyed. I agree that the series was very Doctor Who like. When re-watching the series, I became aware of things what were shown/mentioned in the show that I think would not be mentioned or shown on children's television today. In addition to the things mentioned in this video. there were references in a classroom setting to corporal punishment in school, the scene when Tyso shows his bare back with the marks from his father's belt and the scene in Scotland where Andrew's father locks him in a cage in the cellar with the intention of giving him a thrashing. Then there is the partial nudity. John and Stephen in their swimwear in The Blue and The Green caught my attention as did the close up of Elmer in A man for Emily, but the most interesting was the scene in Living Skins when the camera zooms in closer and closer on 17 year old heart-throb Mike's well filled underwear! That must have caught the attention of Mike's female fans big time! Then we come to the Nazi episodes. Not shown in this video but Mike and others dress in much more realistic black Nazi uniforms complete with swastika armbands and listen to Horst Wessel Lied being played on a juke box in a cafe in England. Unbelievable; not so much the theme of the story but the playing of Horst Wessel Lied (which I think may have been cut from some edits of the episodes). It is curious though about how much more sensitive to these things we are today compared to the generation who actually lived through WW2 and didn't appear to have a problem with this. Concerning Elizabeth having to remain in the cave. Her (or at least somebody) staying behind was of course necessary to the storyline, but I do think that had I been the writer of this episode I would probably have chosen a different reason for her having to stay behind other than the fact that she was black. However, in Star Trek Next Generation Lt. Worf is told to stay behind because he is a Klingon for exactly the same reason and that doesn't come across as objectionable in the same way, so is this just unnecessary sensitivity? I agree that Carol and Kenny were weak characters and was pleased to see them replaced by Elizabeth who I like. Kenny was almost a non-character as he didn't do very much and Carol, nice as she was, was too soft and gentle. I also liked Stephen and was sorry to see him go. Carol and Kenny's absence from the show was explained away but poor Stephen and Tyso just disappeared without explanation never to be seen or spoken of again as if they had never existed. Hsui was an odd character and I found her (presumably fake) 'chinese' accent difficult to understand. Mike was arrogant and full of himself and I would agree with the assessment that he thought of himself as the star, which in all probability he was due to his good looks and popularity. I noticed at one time one of the teeth in his necklace was pointing upwards directly at his throat; I can't imagine what would have happened if he had tripped and fallen over at that point. The worst episode was A Man For Emily. Awful. I agree that Secret Weapon was probably the best episode. I found the 4/5 part episodes to be better than the shorter 2 part episodes. From a scientific point of view, with the exception of the ridiculous depiction of Earth orbital space in A Man For Emily, I think the series was quite good for the era and avoided too many common errors found in science fiction of the period. In the context of the time at which it was made, I disagree with your assessment of the Tomorrow People as a not a very good show. Compare with the US produced Lost In Space with it's Colonel Sanders look-alike aliens and scientific inaccuracies.
As I was listening to this for about the 5th or 8th time, I'm just now noticing that the incidental music you are using for your voiceover narration is the theme music to Blake's 7 on a loop.
I've just found out that the actor who played Hitler in this series, Michael Sheard, also played him (quite memorably, and without a word) in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Yes, someone finally called them out on the pompous “we’re superior to you” scary idea represented by this show, which is the problem of extremist views. The Hitler show did air on nick btw I remember seeing it as a kid as did the one with the KKK alien.
Technically the BBC isn't owned by the government, it's an independent corporation funded by public money. However, the government *does* control how much of that money the BBC receives via the licence agreement, which tends to mean the corporation is held hostage to a large degree by whichever government currently holds the purse strings. It also means it's impartiality when it comes to news reporting is highly questionable.
It's also worth commenting on the nature of regionalisation in relation to ITV - up until the early 2000s, it was divided by regions split across the whole country, and each region was a separate franchise with it's own programming, presenters and budgets. As not all programmes were networked across the country at the same time, you could visit your grandparents twenty miles down the road and watch a completely different line-up to what you would see at home. That's pretty much all gone now with the ITV brand homogenised to the point it's basically just the same everywhere you go in the UK, one of the reasons modern TV is just that much more boring.
I didn't get to see cable all that much at that age and I rarely got to see this and The Third Eye, but I mostly remember the ads that Nick would play when I was at friend's houses. Rarely I would be there late enough to see the shows though.
Watching through this series helps me really understand were nickelodeon came from. For the longest time I only had the perspective of someone who grew up with nick from the mid 00s to 2017-'19
Yep the Hitler episode did air on Nickelodeon I remember watching it. Keep in mind this was 1981/82 and sensibilities then were not the same as now, people were not as easily offended or triggered then.
The 1980s was actually one of the peaks for attempts to censor media in the USA, particularly book bannings. People were plenty offended by things like feminism, homosexuality, and "secular humanism", and the Parents Music Resource Center was constantly trying to cancel musicians for profanity.
That 1990s reboot of The Tomorrow People ended up getting integrated into the original continuity. There was a Tomorrow People audiobook series produced with the original voice actors from the 1970s Tomorrow People. In that series they mentioned that while the 1970s characters were off-planet some new breakouts occurred in the 1990s. Basically that's the same universe for both series and the audio books merge them together.
This was a fun look at what seems to be a deeply misshapen show. In many ways, you can see it striving to be more than Doctor Who. It might have underused its POC actors, but unlike Doctor Who, at least it had regular POC cast members before 2005. For context, a minstrel show aired on the BBC for all but the last year of The Tomorrow People's original air-date. A cast even attempting representation was pretty special. But it shows all the little ways Doctor Who worked and this didn't. And nothing could be as woefully wrongheaded as having Hitler fill the same role most shows would have had a sinister master-scientist.
This was fantastic. But, afraid to say. I only knew of the 90s version. Too bad, no one has a review on that series. It's as if everyone forgotten about it.
Peppermint leaf I remembering Saturday morning at ten , growing up in Sheffield just moved to 514 Wilshire street near Shakespeare road, I love the theme song but my uncle and brother and my younger every boring episode but there were a few black actors like Steve ramshiled who played, kenny,and of course aswad' lead guitarist, legendary bringsley forde.
In an interview in one of The Tomorrow People audiobooks they mentioned that the reason why all the props and set change dramatically between the first and second season of The Tomorrow People is because they thought the series was going to be cancelled. They literally threw away all the props after season 1.
The Hitler episode ABSOLUTELY aired on Nickelodeon. I always remembered the melting Hitler moment quite clearly, and it was only ever viewable on Nick. And while it wasn't a good show per se, the creepy-ass image of a melting Hitler had the desired effect on my 6 or 7 year old mind: It made the sight of him disgusting and repellant. In that regard, it was a good choice. Remember to think how a child would react to this, not how you would react as an adult. Most of your other negative comments are on point, though.
The only reason i knew about the tomorrow people is because the hitler episode aired as part of a clip show from one of those shows saying "woah look how wacky and racist the 70s were" so when you finally spoke about it i was so relieved. I need other people to know what this show did. The concepts are really interesting though. Perhaps a remake today for ITVX would be a good idea?
The first collected volume of Ultimate X-Men, made up of issues published in early 2000’s as part of the then new Ultimate universe, was called The Tomorrow People.
there was 2 reboots. Nickelodeon put out the first reboot in the 90's and WB put out what I believe the worst reboot of tomorrow people a couple years ago. here's some interesting fun facts. did you know that Tomorrow People had a connection to Star Wars? in the Medusa Strain arc. a young Dave Prowse (yes, before he become the man behind Death Vader) appeared as an android
@@barneyendive843 the biggest problem I have with the WB version is Carel is an vengeful a-hole who wanna kill Jenikia, they made john a bit shady, Stephan was bland. they also throw the whole they can't kill thing off the curb with a BS loophole style excuse. making jenikia a Col. Masters type character instead of a shape shifting robot was a bit stupid and making him be Stephan's uncle is just also kinda silly.
Wait, Cameron Stewart is one of your Patrons? Cameron "One of the Best Comics Artists in the Industry" Stewart is a Patron? Or is he another Cameron Stewart?
The promo at 36:36 is pretty much a 40 second explanation of why the Sy Schneider era failed. (Even the prospect of covering those shows in Nick Nacks seems like a chore). I’ve only seen an episode of this (kind of ran away screaming). I can see how, if you’re used to the £500 budgets Doctor Who was working with at the time, looking at this and thinking “well that looks like crap but not significantly worse than what we were used to.” Fun fact: the groovy title theme was written by Dudley Simpson, (not the writer of The Who theme but producer of all episode soundtracks until 1980). If you heard a soundtrack during the Tom Baker era, there’s about an 85% chance it was from Dudley Simpson
Honestly, I don't think it was too too bad. It wasn't great and couldn't have lasted but I think most kids could find a one or two shows on there during that era or from that era to entertain themselves. As the 90s came in you were either a Disney, Nick, or Cartoon Network kid channel wise it seemed and consumed all of your 'kid content' from one channel but back then when it was even more channel surfy, it wasn't so bad. Not great for a company or ratings, but not abysmal for a kid during that time either, for the most part.
Aw, I liked Against The Odds and picked up some interesting stuff from it as a kid. I hope it'll get covered here. (My favorite ep, as I recall, was the one that covered P.T. Barnum and Harry Houdini.)
You make comments that all the aliens looked human early in your video and later on make fun of the fact that the show had so many bug-eyed monsters... Not horribly consistent.
I *WOULD* take the ending of the Secret World of Alex Mack... if you'd ever finish your retrospective ;P Just kidding Greg ;) I would like to see more of the retrospective, but I know you have so many other things on your plate.
Like What Will They Think Of This, I was also introduced to the Tomorrow People on Nickelodeon back in the spring of 1982 and watched every one of the 68 episodes until the summer of 1984 when both mentioned shows and Dusty's Treehouse traded places with Danger Mouse. This was a simply best alternative kids science fiction show compared what my father was watching then: Star Trek. I hated Star Trek. There was too much advanced slang lingo and slow moving effects going around that would make bedtime stories fun. That was where the Tomorrow People came in as it was a show for kids in an attempt to make science fiction more fascinating to the young minds of children like myself at the time. I believe Nickelodeon's run on the show was the only time it was seen in the states as it was seen nowhere else before or since on network, syndication, and cable TV anywhere. There was a 1992 reboot but to put it lightly, it was just, well, garbage. My heart and soul was back from the 1970's and I was hoping they would bring that version back, not to do a full fledged reboot. At least I did get the DVD set and to be honest, I don't remember seeing the Hitler serial on Nickelodeon at all, but the rest will live on indefinitely.
i agree with you about the 1992 remake i only saw the first episode and didn't understand the pilot at all quantum leap was better then the 1992 remake of the tomorrow people quantum leap's pilot episode which came out in 1989 had a better pilot episode it wasn't too hard to understand it this 1992 remake had a confusing pilot episode in my opinion
I was born in ‘77 and I can confirm that the Hitler episode did air on Nickelodeon. I remember it as well as I remember the Man for Emily episode and Jedikia? revealing himself to be a robot. It’s my earliest recollection of Hitler and he scared the shit out of me in that show! Thank you for making this! I was far too young to make sense of any of it!😆
Yes, the Hitler serial did air on Nickelodeon. I remember it.
I found a newspaper clipping saying the hitler arc aired.
NeeVor the psychopathic shape changer from planet VasheeYa. (Probably not spelled properly and probably not close to the pronunciation, but it has been over 23 years since that Bright Ball in the air last flew in the promo.
Yup. Sad but true. Hitler character appeared on Nick. Oh to be a fly on the wall at the Nick offices when the complaint letters piled up.
Hitler series aired back in the early 80s. Hitler being an alien shape shifter was inconsistent from season 1 where it was revealed Hitler was a time traveler.
This is a wild comment to see before the video starts
Person 1: Gee, I can't wait for the You Can't Do That On Television episode. When's it gonna drop?
Person 2: I don't know! *gets slimed*
Always works!
A show that's very near and dear to me....I'm close in age to Alasdair and several other cast members, and my two twin sisters were (are?) very much Moose & Lisa, heh. (Would that make dad Ross? Close, truth told.)
Notice the similarities between Senator Prevert & Homer Simpson, from the obvious physique, perpetual five o'clock shadow, slovenliness, etc. Listen to their voices side-by-side; incredibly similar in affect/timbre.
Back then we dealt with Hitler by making fun of him, not by avoiding the topic. So we made Hitler a slimy space alien in a kids show!
My favorite story was "The Blue and The Green". I watched it six years ago, when I was 13. I had a crush on the kid who did the paintings. Good times.
Fun fact: “A Man For Emily” features Peter Davison’s then wife, Sandra Dickinson (she’s the one in red at 25:03). And yes, she does speak like that.
Another Fun Fact: in the TV series of The Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy, Peter Davison played The Dish Of The Day, and Sandra Dickinson was Trillian.
My friend Amanda's dad shared an office with their accountant.
He said of them: "Lovely couple but I couldn't tell a word she said."
Yet Another Fun Fact: the child of Peter Davison (the 5th Doctor) and Sandra Dickinson (Trillian) is Georgia Tennant, who is married to David Tennant (the 10th and now 14th Doctor), and is herself the mother of Ty Tennant (Aegon Targaryen).
The "And he's in a band!" callback about the Space Prime Minister was a riot. Perfectly timed and delivered.
I've been watching in order from ep 1 and while I agreed with the commenters on Vegetable Soup being the best video so far, extremely compelling, what an ending, etc. This is the one that really solidified why I'm watching. It was touched on in one of the last couple episodes with the overly-ranty type of media 'critique' that the internet has been full of lately, but... there's so much to appreciate about the series and you in particular.
1) Your research is excellent. You don't just regurgitate what someone else has said, you dig past the first layer and start bringing in the threads that connect to other things- like the stuff about the BBC and Dr Who in this episode. You don't just say 'well all these other places say BET was on Nick'- you seek it out. It's true research and synthesis and it's something you just don't see much of these days. You're also really good at contextualizing information.
2) You have an open, honest enthusiasm for media in general. So much of media critique these days is focused on the negative, but even when you _don't like_ a show, like this one, you still have so much interesting insight and appreciation for the people who create it. You can recognize that a show was cheap or fell short in many ways or featured Hitler without just dismissing everything about it out of hand. Nuance is a lost art, but also I find myself gravitating more towards a foundation of love over a foundation of hate. The love and passion you have for media is compelling.
Basically I started watching because after watching the doc on the CSA at Nick, it was suggested to me... I was expecting a bit of nostalgia blast from seeing shows I remembered. Instead, I've been intrigued by shows I've never even heard of and learned things about the way tv in general and kids' tv specifically have evolved over time. The little strings and 'remember this guy for later' bits really emphasize that nothing in media happens in a vacuum, even if you were too young to realize it in the moment.
Can't look at that Thames Television logo without the Benny Hill theme playing in my head... (although it would later be attached to Dangermouse as well).
as well as the famous documentary, "The World At War"
Fun fact, Big Finish productions for a time produced audios for the tomorrow people which utilized new characters and also made great use of a majority of the original cast as mentors to the new generation of tomorrow people. They were awesome audios and delved into some dark areas before they lost funding and the license to make them. This was about 15 years ago I believe, I could be wrong.
that suck they do a lot. I believe they only put 2 big finished audios.
The audios to Survivors was also awesome and had original actors making cameo's.
@@stevecook5930 agreed 😊
I know I'm late to the party, but yes, the 'Hitler' episode DID air on Nickelodeon, back in the day. There's was a scene where Mike was goofing in front of a mirror with an SS hat and a 'finger-'stache', before he seemed 'taken over' in his head as being a Nazi, doing the 'Seig Heil' salute, over and over again, loudly. John comes in and manages to shake him out of his trance.
Jean Grey had the least flashy powers of the original X-Men? Dare I remind you Beast's original power was basically "acrobat with big feat." :p
Saberian Dream Not Flashy? The dude was lifting a car over his head on the first issue of action comics!
It is not that her powers were the least flashy, it's that if they all had the same power, then the action would all end up very same-same.
You want your characters to be distinct. They oculd have made each of the Tomorrow people have slightly different psychic powers, Fire control, force fields, astral projection, the limitations on each character as to what they could do would make the action more interesting.
I love the 1970s Tomorrow people,It's partly a sentimental thing, but also I don't know why but I love old low budget sci fi like the Tomorrow People, Doctor Who, and the 1930's Flash Gordon. I don't know why but the worse the effects the better, I don't know why it could that it's a bit funny or escapist, but I have a feeling I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Agreed 😊
Just discovered and, over three days, completed a binge watch of all the episodes produced so far. What a fantastic detailed look at so many sides to such an interesting subject. We need more video series like this!
As to The Tomorrow People, it was before my time on Nick (The Third Eye was my first touchstone) and I inwardly cringe at some stuff (Alien Hitler is just... why? Then again, BBC did Heil, Honey, I’m Home, so go figure), but it’s at least an effort to put something on Nick that might appeal to older kids. Cannot survive on Pinwheel alone after all. And yeah, I might check the show out for myself.
Bring on YCDTOTV!
I think half of the show's popularity can be attributed to the opening sequence and main musical theme. That shiz is *haunting*.
Remember that hit song by The Republic Tigers? Sure sounds like it to me.
Dudley Simpson composed it, he did a lot of music for Doctor Who, but was famously fired from that show around the time Tom Baker came into the role.
I agree. The theme was huge as was the intro. In those days, shows like this just opened your imagination to go further with the ideas it brought up.
it was the x-files theme and intro of that time period
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The Tomorrow People sound like the kind of characters that would be the villains in a Doctor Who story. Thinking themselves better than everyone else is very much a trait that a lot of Doctor Who monsters share.
The 70s tomorrow people was better than the 1992 remake it had bad writing I hated the 1992 remake so much I only watched the first episode of the 1992 remake😊
Apart from the limiting factor all tomorrow people possess, their inability to kill.
Who cares?
I remember seeing that Nick reboot of The Tomorrow People... Forgot about it until you showed that clip. Forgot about The Adventures of Black Beauty too. Don't get me wrong: I'm excited for you to get to the 90s, knowing you're gonna dig up stuff I never even DREAMED I'd know about shows, and also for you to get the views and attention you deserve for this series... But I'm REALLY enjoying where we are now, slowly creeping into my little nest of nostalgia, shows I watched being born in the mid 80s and remembering things long since forgotten to me.....
You Can't Do That On Television though... THAT I remember.
And BOY am I excited!
@Molly Pop agreed☻
The original tomorrow people was better in my opinion 📼📽🤯
Wow. This show seems to be made of 68% Yikes and Yikes byproducts, but you do a good job of showing why it was wanted. Also this is a good reminder of the phenomenal amount of work you put into this stuff and how deep you delve.
Excellent overview of the series.
I loved this on Nickelodeon when I was a kid. I had the DVDs a decade or so back. Would love to have a complete set. This and the third eye were my jam.
I was too young to catch the original Tomorrow People, but was a big fan of the 90's iteration. Can't wait for you to cover it in the future.
I loved this show when I was twelve. After it went off the air in the summer of '84 I didn't see it again until it came out on DVD some twenty-some-odd years later and I was well into my thirties. It's still fun nostalgia for me.
I found that some of the better serials were those se on Earth, with a minimum of badly designed monsters, etc, and were more drama based, such as "Secret Weapon" and "Revenge of Jedikiah". Oops - I wrote that while halfway through your video - turns out you agree with me 🙂
I love this show just binged watched it 1972/73? but did not know there was a 90s version I can not find it to watch or I can with it broken in to umpteen pieces and no rime or reason with what episode goes where. .I really enjoyed this thank you uploader
It's on the dailymotion website all 68 episodes are on their📽
First five minutes in: "This is a pretty good episode of Nick Knacks"
5:15 into the video we get into the history of television sci fi, Dr. Who, an explanation of the BBC, the formation of ITV in response to the BBC and the creation of "The Tomorrow People" in response to Dr. Who: "Okay, now we're cooking with gas!"
God, when you quick-fire referenced Alex Mac, Allen Strange, Space Cases and Animorphs, I got hit with a huge nostalgia wave, so very cool to see some of what set the stage for them.
So Mike Holloway was the Tommy Oliver of the Tomorrow People?
Kenny did bring Stephen and John back to life
True facts: Warner Amex actually had the rights to the initial US Doctor Who syndication package (namely seasons 7 and 8) back in the QUBE days (in fact QUBE Columbus is believed to be the last known whereabouts of The Mind of Evil in color). Whether or not they still had the rights and/or tapes by 1981 is unknown but they could have elected to run the show if they wanted to.
The BBC's deal with Time-Life/Warner Amex ended on April 30, 1981, at which point the US syndication of BBC programming was taken over by Lionheart Television (including Doctor Who). Lionheart was responsible for that until 1987, at which point they were acquired outright by BBC Worldwide.
So theoretically yes Warner Amex could have aired seasons 7, 8, and 9 from the channel's inception up until the point Time Life's deal expired. Of course I would imagine this didn't happen because those Pertwee episodes are far from kid friendly and most fans would have been confused by the absence of Tom Baker.
Warner Amex (through Time-Life) had also been distributing the first four Tom Baker seasons since 1978. They famously recorded a bunch of recap/teaser segments for each episode with voiceover work by Howard Da Silva. So Nickelodeon theoretically could have aired those, although they'd have lost the rights only a few months into the year.
First off, The Tomorrow People was actually sort of a 'watered-down' version of Doctor Who. In a brief nutshell, Dr. Who was originally intended as a children's program, until Terry Nation had brought in The Daleks, which had ultimately changed the program's entire scope. However, after two regenerations, and entering into the Seventies, sci-fi for kids and teens had gone under fire. While we had the FCC, Great Britain had Mrs. Mary Whitehouse, whom was constantly calling networks whenever something inappropriate was put on the airwaves.
So when ITV did come out, with Thames needing their version of this show, Roger Price was tasked into making a similar one, but with one obstacle: no excessive violence. So as Roger did state, he came up with younger set, and yes, they had fantastic powers (well, the same powers) but they had one annoying flaw: they could not kill. That is to say, no blowing up people's brains, or sending them to the cornfield, or making them go insane. Now the best way to understand this, remember the first season of The Superfriends, where though you had the JLA, they were pretty much there, and had little action going on (hey, the 70s). The Tomorrow People were sort of like that, apparently most episodes had them 'talking things out' with their adversaries than just attacking them. or coming up with a solution which sometimes was thinly inspired by H. G. Wells. (The Bubble Skins, anyone?)
To me, here's how The Tomorrow People came off as a Bewitched meets Dr. Who sort of vibe. Let me explain: just like in Bewitched, one could say The Tomorrow People, in their own right, were witches more than telepaths, since they all had the same powers, which could easy be taken away. Just like Darrin and Samantha had to keep her being a witch a secret, so did The Tomorrow People, in fear, humans (or SAPs) would not understand them, or use them for weapons. Samantha had the Witches' Council, the TP had the Galactic Council, which although they didn't regulate the TP, but somehow would always show up whenever some inexplicable problem came up on Earth. Not all the time, but it felt like the GC was more of a Rube Goldberg device, if anything else. Whereas John and Carol were regulated as the Darrin archetype, berating Kenny and Stephen for using their powers (jaunting, mostly) in public.
Then came Jedikah, which to me was sort of the precursor to Terminator... if Terminator was a block android, who for the most part, had limited shape-shifting abilities... and possessed the mentality of Dick Dastardly. Considering he was originally programmed to enslave the Tomorrow People, then in 'The Medusa Strain,' decides on eradicating them to eliminate their descendants, though not certain why. Then in the Second Season finale, somehow Jedikah survives his fate in 'The Medusa Strain,' and attempts to eliminate the TP once and for all, until the Galactic Federation step in and save them, and with TIM turning him into a man... because it's a punishment? Yeah, we'll teach the android--who was originally programmed to capture all Telepaths and enslave them--the error of its ways, not by reprogramming him into a good robot, or exiling him with a guy into space to watch bad movies, but instead turn him human and let him suffer a poor existence (i'm assuming from the episode) on Earth. Man, talk about a dark version of Pinocchio...
When the Third Season came, my theory behind Mike Holloway coming onto the scene was technically the US' fault, since the trend with television and film was adding a rock star into the mix for the kids. Well, that and the Archies...
Fun Nick Knack Fact: Mike's character was called Michael Bell, whom there really was an actor named Michael Bell, whom voiced Drew Pickles and other characters in 'Rugrats.'
Despite the short-comings of the show, The Tomorrow People was sort of like ITV's take on 'Lost in Space,' on the lines the series was so bad, it was really good. For us kids, we didn't care for all the special effects and scientific jargon, to us, TP was just pure escapism. My only problem was the shows being broken up into episodes, since sometimes I would miss a day and suddenly find myself in a completely different episode altogether.
I watched The Tomorrow People as a teenager when it was originally shown in the UK in the 1970's and have just binge watched the entire series here on you tube (Feb 2021) which I enjoyed.
I agree that the series was very Doctor Who like.
When re-watching the series, I became aware of things what were shown/mentioned in the show that I think would not be mentioned or shown on children's television today. In addition to the things mentioned in this video. there were references in a classroom setting to corporal punishment in school, the scene when Tyso shows his bare back with the marks from his father's belt and the scene in Scotland where Andrew's father locks him in a cage in the cellar with the intention of giving him a thrashing. Then there is the partial nudity. John and Stephen in their swimwear in The Blue and The Green caught my attention as did the close up of Elmer in A man for Emily, but the most interesting was the scene in Living Skins when the camera zooms in closer and closer on 17 year old heart-throb Mike's well filled underwear! That must have caught the attention of Mike's female fans big time!
Then we come to the Nazi episodes. Not shown in this video but Mike and others dress in much more realistic black Nazi uniforms complete with swastika armbands and listen to Horst Wessel Lied being played on a juke box in a cafe in England. Unbelievable; not so much the theme of the story but the playing of Horst Wessel Lied (which I think may have been cut from some edits of the episodes). It is curious though about how much more sensitive to these things we are today compared to the generation who actually lived through WW2 and didn't appear to have a problem with this.
Concerning Elizabeth having to remain in the cave. Her (or at least somebody) staying behind was of course necessary to the storyline, but I do think that had I been the writer of this episode I would probably have chosen a different reason for her having to stay behind other than the fact that she was black. However, in Star Trek Next Generation Lt. Worf is told to stay behind because he is a Klingon for exactly the same reason and that doesn't come across as objectionable in the same way, so is this just unnecessary sensitivity?
I agree that Carol and Kenny were weak characters and was pleased to see them replaced by Elizabeth who I like. Kenny was almost a non-character as he didn't do very much and Carol, nice as she was, was too soft and gentle.
I also liked Stephen and was sorry to see him go. Carol and Kenny's absence from the show was explained away but poor Stephen and Tyso just disappeared without explanation never to be seen or spoken of again as if they had never existed. Hsui was an odd character and I found her (presumably fake) 'chinese' accent difficult to understand. Mike was arrogant and full of himself and I would agree with the assessment that he thought of himself as the star, which in all probability he was due to his good looks and popularity. I noticed at one time one of the teeth in his necklace was pointing upwards directly at his throat; I can't imagine what would have happened if he had tripped and fallen over at that point.
The worst episode was A Man For Emily. Awful. I agree that Secret Weapon was probably the best episode. I found the 4/5 part episodes to be better than the shorter 2 part episodes.
From a scientific point of view, with the exception of the ridiculous depiction of Earth orbital space in A Man For Emily, I think the series was quite good for the era and avoided too many common errors found in science fiction of the period. In the context of the time at which it was made, I disagree with your assessment of the Tomorrow People as a not a very good show. Compare with the US produced Lost In Space with it's Colonel Sanders look-alike aliens and scientific inaccuracies.
I do remember THIS!!!
Did anyone recognize the link set background from YCDTOTV on the last episode of the classic tomorrow people called, "War of the Empires".
As I was listening to this for about the 5th or 8th time, I'm just now noticing that the incidental music you are using for your voiceover narration is the theme music to Blake's 7 on a loop.
Yes, the Hitler episode DID air on Nickelodeon. I audiotaped a number of stories in 1983-84, including that one.
"He means you can't go because you're black". I'm not even offended or anything I was like "the fuck?".
I love that blake's 7 theme in the beginning
This was my jam.
Loved the 70s tomorrow people tv series 😊
I've just found out that the actor who played Hitler in this series, Michael Sheard, also played him (quite memorably, and without a word) in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Harry Styles joining the MCU. What a wild idea!
Yes, someone finally called them out on the pompous “we’re superior to you” scary idea represented by this show, which is the problem of extremist views.
The Hitler show did air on nick btw I remember seeing it as a kid as did the one with the KKK alien.
It was satanic, pushing New Age nonsense on little children.
They addressed that in the first episode...it was Carol when she helped break out Stephen
That was an odd way to describe defragging. So much so I’m wondering if he meant an older process I know nothing about.
This is gonna be a prpject that goes on forever
Whoa finally approaching the green slime era, to be honest I find this early stuff more fascinating just because I never heard of them.
Technically the BBC isn't owned by the government, it's an independent corporation funded by public money. However, the government *does* control how much of that money the BBC receives via the licence agreement, which tends to mean the corporation is held hostage to a large degree by whichever government currently holds the purse strings. It also means it's impartiality when it comes to news reporting is highly questionable.
It's also worth commenting on the nature of regionalisation in relation to ITV - up until the early 2000s, it was divided by regions split across the whole country, and each region was a separate franchise with it's own programming, presenters and budgets. As not all programmes were networked across the country at the same time, you could visit your grandparents twenty miles down the road and watch a completely different line-up to what you would see at home. That's pretty much all gone now with the ITV brand homogenised to the point it's basically just the same everywhere you go in the UK, one of the reasons modern TV is just that much more boring.
It's a shame to see that regionalism erode away as it did.
It's not the same as PBS in America, correct?
I actually find the Tomorrow People quit fun.
Don't think I didn't catch the Blake's 7 theme playing in the background of this video.
I didn't get to see cable all that much at that age and I rarely got to see this and The Third Eye, but I mostly remember the ads that Nick would play when I was at friend's houses. Rarely I would be there late enough to see the shows though.
3:42 idk if it's just because it's 4am but I absolutely lost my shit at this clip
Watching through this series helps me really understand were nickelodeon came from. For the longest time I only had the perspective of someone who grew up with nick from the mid 00s to 2017-'19
Yep the Hitler episode did air on Nickelodeon I remember watching it. Keep in mind this was 1981/82 and sensibilities then were not the same as now, people were not as easily offended or triggered then.
The 1980s was actually one of the peaks for attempts to censor media in the USA, particularly book bannings. People were plenty offended by things like feminism, homosexuality, and "secular humanism", and the Parents Music Resource Center was constantly trying to cancel musicians for profanity.
I really appreciate the Alfie Bester reference to The Stars, My Destination. I'm an avid reader, me.
~ TDG
That 1990s reboot of The Tomorrow People ended up getting integrated into the original continuity. There was a Tomorrow People audiobook series produced with the original voice actors from the 1970s Tomorrow People. In that series they mentioned that while the 1970s characters were off-planet some new breakouts occurred in the 1990s. Basically that's the same universe for both series and the audio books merge them together.
"Man-Size Googly-Eyed Alien In A Cape". New band name.
Or one of those generically named costumes
Quartermass? The narrator has alcohol enthusiasm
Oooo a longer episode! Hooray!
I WATched the Hitler episode on Nic when I was a kid c. 83
13:33 "John, what's going on???" "Nevermind Kenny, make sure the secret lab is spiffied up a bit".
LOVED IT.
I loved this as a kid.
Yep, all the episodes aired on Nickelodeon. I used to watch it as a kid.
Toe Knee Lee 😌
Cool ☻
I see nothing wrong with laughing at Hitler and his obsession with syphilis and occultism.
"Two-morrow peee-pull, where is your PAST?!"
Peter...was treated disgustingly.😢😢😢
I agree.
This was a fun look at what seems to be a deeply misshapen show. In many ways, you can see it striving to be more than Doctor Who. It might have underused its POC actors, but unlike Doctor Who, at least it had regular POC cast members before 2005. For context, a minstrel show aired on the BBC for all but the last year of The Tomorrow People's original air-date. A cast even attempting representation was pretty special.
But it shows all the little ways Doctor Who worked and this didn't. And nothing could be as woefully wrongheaded as having Hitler fill the same role most shows would have had a sinister master-scientist.
There’s something amazing about putting Peter Davison in a Colin Baker wig.
This video never spells out there was a SECOND American remake that was produced 25 years after the first version.
😮???JAUNTING like...The Jaunt pt 1&2 PSI FACTOR Chronicles Of The Paranormal???😮
This was fantastic. But, afraid to say. I only knew of the 90s version. Too bad, no one has a review on that series. It's as if everyone forgotten about it.
Patrick McCook hated the 92 remake when I was 8 in 1992 they had bad acting as a adult this show had better acting😇
Love this series! will you ever go over the animated series that played on nick? Like Belle and Sebastian?
Peppermint leaf I remembering Saturday morning at ten , growing up in Sheffield just moved to 514 Wilshire street near Shakespeare road, I love the theme song but my uncle and brother and my younger every boring episode but there were a few black actors like Steve ramshiled who played, kenny,and of course aswad' lead guitarist, legendary bringsley forde.
The Hitler episode is actually the one I remember seeing, 1983-ish.
I find it to be a fun show
Gotta break out yeah set myself free!
Sorry my kid was watching Rainbow Rocks
In an interview in one of The Tomorrow People audiobooks they mentioned that the reason why all the props and set change dramatically between the first and second season of The Tomorrow People is because they thought the series was going to be cancelled. They literally threw away all the props after season 1.
The Tomorrow People had a unique flaw - they couldn't kill.😀😀😀
R.I.P...Peter vaughan clarke.😢😢😢
I didn't realise he'd passed either until a few weeks ago. 😢
The Hitler episode ABSOLUTELY aired on Nickelodeon. I always remembered the melting Hitler moment quite clearly, and it was only ever viewable on Nick. And while it wasn't a good show per se, the creepy-ass image of a melting Hitler had the desired effect on my 6 or 7 year old mind: It made the sight of him disgusting and repellant. In that regard, it was a good choice. Remember to think how a child would react to this, not how you would react as an adult. Most of your other negative comments are on point, though.
"Okay, so we need you to cosplay Hitler on public television..."
Space cases and animorphs were my jam as a kid!
Saberian Dream I’ve been told that. I heard that the book series ends on a badass cliffhanger though.
The only reason i knew about the tomorrow people is because the hitler episode aired as part of a clip show from one of those shows saying "woah look how wacky and racist the 70s were" so when you finally spoke about it i was so relieved. I need other people to know what this show did.
The concepts are really interesting though. Perhaps a remake today for ITVX would be a good idea?
The tomorrow people
The first collected volume of Ultimate X-Men, made up of issues published in early 2000’s as part of the then new Ultimate universe, was called The Tomorrow People.
Saw this show on the dailymotion website years ago though it was good😎📼
23:11 - Mike Holoway comes across as rather self-aggrandising in interviews. Perhaps he was led to believe he was THE STAR?
American remake that so good wasn't no how did that not long lol
Y'know, I never saw this version. I was all about the 90s reboot of Tomorrow People though. That was pretty fun.
So was nickoldeon created in Canada?
there was 2 reboots. Nickelodeon put out the first reboot in the 90's and WB put out what I believe the worst reboot of tomorrow people a couple years ago.
here's some interesting fun facts. did you know that Tomorrow People had a connection to Star Wars?
in the Medusa Strain arc. a young Dave Prowse (yes, before he become the man behind Death Vader) appeared as an android
That was The CW...and Yes it was the worst
@@barneyendive843 the biggest problem I have with the WB version is Carel is an vengeful a-hole who wanna kill Jenikia, they made john a bit shady, Stephan was bland. they also throw the whole they can't kill thing off the curb with a BS loophole style excuse. making jenikia a Col. Masters type character instead of a shape shifting robot was a bit stupid and making him be Stephan's uncle is just also kinda silly.
So that’s two pop arena videos on British science fiction were it is revealed aliens caused the nazis
What's the other one?
This is as creative as doctor who
They were like the Purple Children? XD
That woman in the fake platinum blonde fro saying "Man-boy"... Reminds me a lot of Tara Strong doing her Bubbles' voice from "Power Puff Girls".
Any chance on covering when The Brady Bunch was on Nick?
KWAY-ter-mass :P
Wait, Cameron Stewart is one of your Patrons? Cameron "One of the Best Comics Artists in the Industry" Stewart is a Patron? Or is he another Cameron Stewart?
I mean, probably. Then again, Neil Cicierega is that Neil Cicierega. Stranger things have happened.
The promo at 36:36 is pretty much a 40 second explanation of why the Sy Schneider era failed. (Even the prospect of covering those shows in Nick Nacks seems like a chore).
I’ve only seen an episode of this (kind of ran away screaming). I can see how, if you’re used to the £500 budgets Doctor Who was working with at the time, looking at this and thinking “well that looks like crap but not significantly worse than what we were used to.”
Fun fact: the groovy title theme was written by Dudley Simpson, (not the writer of The Who theme but producer of all episode soundtracks until 1980). If you heard a soundtrack during the Tom Baker era, there’s about an 85% chance it was from Dudley Simpson
Honestly, I don't think it was too too bad. It wasn't great and couldn't have lasted but I think most kids could find a one or two shows on there during that era or from that era to entertain themselves. As the 90s came in you were either a Disney, Nick, or Cartoon Network kid channel wise it seemed and consumed all of your 'kid content' from one channel but back then when it was even more channel surfy, it wasn't so bad.
Not great for a company or ratings, but not abysmal for a kid during that time either, for the most part.
Aw, I liked Against The Odds and picked up some interesting stuff from it as a kid. I hope it'll get covered here. (My favorite ep, as I recall, was the one that covered P.T. Barnum and Harry Houdini.)
There was an excellent parody made by blackmoon UK years ago... track it down, it's hilarious
1:30 “Shy Sneider”
You make comments that all the aliens looked human early in your video and later on make fun of the fact that the show had so many bug-eyed monsters... Not horribly consistent.
I *WOULD* take the ending of the Secret World of Alex Mack... if you'd ever finish your retrospective ;P Just kidding Greg ;) I would like to see more of the retrospective, but I know you have so many other things on your plate.
I'm done with it, I don't know what he's talking about. Alex Mack will get an episode of Nick Knacks, but it's not manageable as an episode guide.
Like What Will They Think Of This, I was also introduced to the Tomorrow People on Nickelodeon back in the spring of 1982 and watched every one of the 68 episodes until the summer of 1984 when both mentioned shows and Dusty's Treehouse traded places with Danger Mouse. This was a simply best alternative kids science fiction show compared what my father was watching then: Star Trek. I hated Star Trek. There was too much advanced slang lingo and slow moving effects going around that would make bedtime stories fun. That was where the Tomorrow People came in as it was a show for kids in an attempt to make science fiction more fascinating to the young minds of children like myself at the time. I believe Nickelodeon's run on the show was the only time it was seen in the states as it was seen nowhere else before or since on network, syndication, and cable TV anywhere. There was a 1992 reboot but to put it lightly, it was just, well, garbage. My heart and soul was back from the 1970's and I was hoping they would bring that version back, not to do a full fledged reboot. At least I did get the DVD set and to be honest, I don't remember seeing the Hitler serial on Nickelodeon at all, but the rest will live on indefinitely.
i agree with you about the 1992 remake i only saw the first episode and didn't understand the pilot at all quantum leap was better then the 1992 remake of the tomorrow people quantum leap's pilot episode which came out in 1989 had a better pilot episode it wasn't too hard to understand it this 1992 remake had a confusing pilot episode in my opinion
@@only257 Interesting you mentioned Quantum Leap. Both shows had similar premises but Quantum Leap was better.
@@meyerj75 i did enjoy both shows including quantum leap