Space Academy (1977)
Saturday Mornings on CBS
30 September 2002
In case those who wanted to see this ill-forgotten show from the mid-70's again,let me inform you that some of the episodes are available somewhere on video(in which I got the opportunity to see one of them)and let me tell you that this was totally ill-fated crap of an array of children's television of bad junk.The show was mostly seen on Saturday Mornings when it originally ran for one season on CBS. This show focuses on a group of high school kids who were aboard a spaceship academy that was commanded by the school leader/or principal(played by Jonathan Harris,aka Dr. Zachery Smith of the Lost In Space TV series),and his assistant/science officer(played by James Doohan,aka Mister Scott,or 'Scotty' from the Star Trek TV show)somewhere going through unchartered worlds in the remote reaches of the galaxy.

I totally agree with the other comment about the special effects since some of the props look so store-brought,especially with the spaceship that looks like one of those big pink erasers that were picked up for the art supplies aisle at the nearby K-Mart. You can tell that the company that produced this show,Filmation Productions were responsible for this since during the 1970's they cranked out a lot of cheesy shows including "Shazam!","Isis","Ark One",and "Jason Of Star Command"--in which the same special effects were used again for other shows to save production costs.

Sorry piece of children's television at its complete worst.
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