Salvage 1
| Salvage 1 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Created by | Mike Lloyd Ross |
| Starring |
Andy Griffith Joel Higgins Trish Stewart Richard Jaeckel Jacqueline Scott J. Jay Saunders Heather McAdam |
| Composer(s) | Jack Hayes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Columbia Pictures Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | January 20, 1979 – December 9, 1979 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Salvage |
Salvage 1 is an American science fiction series that was broadcast for 16 episodes (of the 20 produced) on ABC during 1979. The pilot film, Salvage, was shown on January 20, 1979, to high ratings.[citation needed]
The noted science fiction author Isaac Asimov was the show's scientific adviser.[citation needed]
Pilot and episodes
Pilot (parts 1 & 2) (January 20, 1979)
Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) owns the Jettison Scrap and Salvage Company and is a specialist in reclaiming trash and junk to sell as scrap. His dream is to recover equipment left on the moon during Apollo Program missions. He invites the former astronaut Addison "Skip" Carmichael (Joel Higgins) and NASA fuel expert Melanie "Mel" Slozar (Trish Stewart) to assist him in this effort. He builds a spaceship dubbed Vulture, made completely from reclaimed salvage and powered by a chemical called monohydrazine. The main body of Vulture is composed of a Texaco gasoline semi-trailer with a cement mixer as the capsule. This is augmented with three shorter rocket boosters placed 120 degrees around the main tank. Estes Rockets made a prototype of a model rocket version of the Vulture. It was never brought to market.[1] Broderick and his ragtag crew complete their mission and go on to further adventures in the subsequent series.
List of episodes
Season 1
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Dark Island" | January 29, 1979 |
| 2 | "Shangri-la Lil" | February 5, 1979 |
| 3 | "Shelter Five" | February 12, 1979 |
| 4 | "The Haunting of Manderly Mansion" | February 26, 1979 |
| 5 | "The Bugatti Treasure" | March 5, 1979 |
| 6 | "The Golden Orbit (Part 1)" | March 12, 1979 |
| 7 | "The Golden Orbit (Part 2)" | March 19, 1979 |
| 8 | "Operation Breakout" | April 2, 1979 |
| 9 | "Mermadon" | April 16, 1979 |
| 10 | "Up, Up and Away" | May 14, 1979 |
| 11 | "Energy Solution" | May 21, 1979 |
| 12 | "Confederate Gold" | May 28, 1979 |
Season 2
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | "Hard Water (Part 1)" | November 4, 1979 |
| 14 | "Hard Water (Part 2)" | November 11, 1979 |
| 15 | "Diamond Volcano" | November 18, 1979* |
| 16 | "Dry Spell" | November 25, 1979* |
| 17 | "Harry's Doll" | December 2, 1979* |
| 18 | "Round Up" | December 9, 1979* |
* Scheduled for these dates but were not run. The last four episodes were shown in the early 1990s on The Nostalgia Channel, now known as Youtoo TV.[2]
References
External links
- Salvage at the Internet Movie Database
- Salvage 1 at the Internet Movie Database
- Salvage 1 on the Open Directory Project