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treky · 05-13-2006, 03:04 AM

how many people here remember the short-lived sci-fi comedy on NBC called "QUARK"? It only aired for one season in, I beleive, 1978 on Friday nights as a replacment for the [U]DREADFUL SANFORD ARMS" (a spin-off of "SANFORD & SON" which lasted a total of 3 episodes-which tells you how bad it was). It stared Richard Benjamin as a guy named Adam Quark, who was the leader of an intergalatic garbage scow. I remember 3 of his crew members were Gene/Jean someone who had complete sets of both male and female chromosones. When he was a man, he was really "macho" and willing to "take on" anyone (sort of a futureistic outer space "Dirty Harry"), and when he was a woman, he/she was, how can I describe it? Let's see...sort of "femine, unwilling to fight or anything (you know, saying things like "OOO I broke a fingernail"!), two pretty, identical woman named Betty 1 and Betty 2, and one was a clone of the other one, but noone knew which was which, and they would sometimes argue with each other "I'm the clone"! "No, I'm the clone"!
And their leader was called "The Head" and he was just this big head!

It was written by, or created by, Buck Henry, who was a writer for "GET SMART" so the series had some of the kind of humor that that show had.
For instance, I remember 1 show where they were celebrating a Christmas-like holiday called "11"

Nighthawk76 · 05-13-2006, 02:38 PM

I thought you were talking about Quark from DS9.

gilligan fanatic · 05-13-2006, 06:58 PM

I have seen a few. To me it's preety boring. You can watch the entire series here http://www.quark.name/

Tuesday Weld · 05-13-2006, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DAX

I thought you were talking about Quark from DS9.

That's exactly what I thought!

80sTrivia · 05-13-2006, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DAX

I thought you were talking about Quark from DS9.

That's what I thought as well, DAX!!!

I can't say that I remember this show at all...

Nighthawk76 · 05-13-2006, 10:39 PM

Mr. Television · 05-13-2006, 11:04 PM

I think I saw one episode but I can't remember much about it.

Tuesday Weld · 05-14-2006, 10:55 AM

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Lamont · 05-14-2006, 08:47 PM

i loved the show
it was sort of a "mel brooks-ish" type of humor, mixed in with a bit of the Airplane oddness

i have the complete series on dvd in good quality!

Troi Tribble · 01-07-2007, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I have seen a few. To me it's preety boring. You can watch the entire series here http://www.quark.name/

Those link files on that page do not work.

bencasey · 01-07-2007, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamont

i loved the show
it was sort of a "mel brooks-ish" type of humor, mixed in with a bit of the Airplane oddness

i have the complete series on dvd in good quality!

So do I, from the original NBC airings. LP unfortunately but masters.

gilligan fanatic · 01-07-2007, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Troi Tribble

Those link files on that page do not work.

Strange, they work for me

scaryistheword · 01-08-2007, 05:09 PM

I just got the entire series on dvd if anyone is interested. 2 disk. Personally I thought it was great.

EmpressDR · 01-08-2007, 06:13 PM

When Howard Stern mentioned the site "Guess the Dictator or Sitcom character" I went immediately to it, to stump the game, and used Ficus and Gene/Jean --and I was the first on one, the second on the other!

TJL · 01-08-2007, 06:17 PM

I barely remember this show. I wish Sci Fi would show an episode as a goof.

05-13-2006, 03:04 AM	#1
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	QUARK how many people here remember the short-lived sci-fi comedy on NBC called "QUARK"? It only aired for one season in, I beleive, 1978 on Friday nights as a replacment for the [U]DREADFUL SANFORD ARMS" (a spin-off of "SANFORD & SON" which lasted a total of 3 episodes-which tells you how bad it was). It stared Richard Benjamin as a guy named Adam Quark, who was the leader of an intergalatic garbage scow. I remember 3 of his crew members were Gene/Jean someone who had complete sets of both male and female chromosones. When he was a man, he was really "macho" and willing to "take on" anyone (sort of a futureistic outer space "Dirty Harry"), and when he was a woman, he/she was, how can I describe it? Let's see...sort of "femine, unwilling to fight or anything (you know, saying things like "OOO I broke a fingernail"!), two pretty, identical woman named Betty 1 and Betty 2, and one was a clone of the other one, but noone knew which was which, and they would sometimes argue with each other "I'm the clone"! "No, I'm the clone"! And their leader was called "The Head" and he was just this big head! It was written by, or created by, Buck Henry, who was a writer for "GET SMART" so the series had some of the kind of humor that that show had. For instance, I remember 1 show where they were celebrating a Christmas-like holiday called "11"
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05-13-2006, 02:38 PM	#2
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,256	I thought you were talking about Quark from DS9.

01-08-2007, 05:09 PM	#13
scaryistheword Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 29	I just got the entire series on dvd if anyone is interested. 2 disk. Personally I thought it was great.

01-08-2007, 06:13 PM	#14
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01-08-2007, 06:17 PM	#15
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