@RUTGERS.ARPA:Gubbins.5581i2807@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA (01/31/85)
From: Gubbins@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA Quark was one of my favorite shows, although I knew that it would not last even as long as it did. Another of my favorites was "When things Were Rotten" a Robin Hood spoof with Dick Gauteay (sp) (Himie from Get Smart) as Robin and Dick Van Patten (dad in 8 Is Enough) as Friar John. Anyway, Quark was the show about Adam Quark, commander, United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol, mission: To Clean up all the trash in the Milky Way (trash as in garbage, but the end up disposing of some nasties along the way). The ship's mascot was Ergo, which was an alien pet that was very hungary and always tried to eat Quark. The robot was named Andy and was put together by the pilot episodes scientist, the eminate scientist Dr. O. B. Mudd, who lost an eye some years ago when he fell asleep while looking into his microscope. In the short lived series, Mudd was replaced as stated previous msgs by a plant being. The chief engineer, Gene/Jean is both sexes. And of course, my favorites, the second in command are the Bettys, one of which is a clone, if only we knew which one... The first show was a special hour long double episode about when Quark finds/gets/saves THE SOURCE. But I had seen (and recorded Audio only) and had all but forgotten the pilot that was shown about a year previously. This pilot was used to end the series. In it, we see The Head, Quark's boss, which is a huge head (I have a headache the size of a supernova...) and Palendrome was The Head's aide (played by Mindy's dad in Mork). It was a great SF TV show, a lot of gags, site jokes, and all around fun. The pilot opens with a big, intense scene where the ship gets behind a massive other ship and grabs an ejected massive garbage baggy. Cheers, Gern