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callmetootie · 05-20-2001, 11:33 AM

Does anyone here remember the short lived show, "Supertrain". It was about a group of eccentric people aboard a train with swimming pools, slot machines, and all sorts of other stuff.

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goofy1 · 05-27-2001, 01:45 AM

I remember it, but didn't care for it much. The train looked 10 feet wide on the outside and 20+ feet wide on the inside.

blimmix · 06-30-2001, 03:53 AM

Yup. Love Boat, but on a train. Pretty dire. Created by Donald E. Westlake, of all people! (And if you don't know who he is, get thee to a library, and read "The Ax"...)

wkrpiscool · 07-03-2001, 08:52 AM

I hope to see Supertrain if it ever airs. The format sounds very interesting to me

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Sean Snow · 07-07-2001, 12:27 PM

Ohhh, I've heard of it. It cost a lot of money, because I think in one shot they had a special train set, and the entire thing collapsed, pushing them WAY over budget.

pscisme · 01-15-2005, 08:38 PM

yep, saw it during the original run-gosh-awful! i'd sure be willing to buy quality episodes now, though! (it's an illness, i admit...)

treky · 01-26-2005, 01:08 AM

I remember hearing about it. I remember hearing that it was really, really, god-AWFUL!!!!

That, and another show that aired at the same time called "Pink Lady and Jeff".

2 of the all-time worst shows that NBC ever aired!

maryfan5 · 03-08-2005, 07:26 PM

maybe because I thought the train was really "neat" I remember loving this show as a kid and being really sad when it went off the air. But if I saw it today, I would probably think it sucked.

TJL · 03-08-2005, 10:21 PM

There are some things about the seventies that should beforgotten.

Supertrain is one of them.

D-Dey · 04-08-2005, 02:17 PM

One time I used "Supertrain" as a reference in a freaky letter to "The Late Show with David Letterman," that I was originally planning for "Late Night with David Letterman." It was a re-write of "Hark the Herald Angles Sing" that I hoped he'd use on a Christmas-time episode. I fell asleep around the time I hoped it would air, and woke up just in time to turn on my TV to see him finishing his letters, so if Dave read it on the air, I'll never know.

05-20-2001, 11:33 AM	#1
callmetootie Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 06, 2001 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 4,768	Anyone Remember Supertrain??? Does anyone here remember the short lived show, "Supertrain". It was about a group of eccentric people aboard a train with swimming pools, slot machines, and all sorts of other stuff. ------------------ Andrew Carden

01-26-2005, 01:08 AM	#7
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03-08-2005, 10:21 PM	#9
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04-08-2005, 02:17 PM	#10
D-Dey Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: Long Island, New York, USA Posts: 5,518	One time I used "Supertrain" as a reference in a freaky letter to "The Late Show with David Letterman," that I was originally planning for "Late Night with David Letterman." It was a re-write of "Hark the Herald Angles Sing" that I hoped he'd use on a Christmas-time episode. I fell asleep around the time I hoped it would air, and woke up just in time to turn on my TV to see him finishing his letters, so if Dave read it on the air, I'll never know.
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05-27-2001, 01:45 AM	#2
goofy1 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Shoreline,WA,USA Posts: 18	I remember it, but didn't care for it much. The train looked 10 feet wide on the outside and 20+ feet wide on the inside.

06-30-2001, 03:53 AM	#3
blimmix Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 30, 2001 Posts: 6	Yup. Love Boat, but on a train. Pretty dire. Created by Donald E. Westlake, of all people! (And if you don't know who he is, get thee to a library, and read "The Ax"...)

07-03-2001, 08:52 AM	#4
wkrpiscool Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 28, 2001 Location: Liverpool, New York USA Posts: 37	I hope to see Supertrain if it ever airs. The format sounds very interesting to me ------------------ My favorite WKRP charcter is Andy Travis.

07-07-2001, 12:27 PM	#5
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,408	Ohhh, I've heard of it. It cost a lot of money, because I think in one shot they had a special train set, and the entire thing collapsed, pushing them WAY over budget.

01-15-2005, 08:38 PM	#6
pscisme Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 08, 2005 Posts: 230	yep, saw it during the original run-gosh-awful! i'd sure be willing to buy quality episodes now, though! (it's an illness, i admit...)

03-08-2005, 07:26 PM	#8
maryfan5 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 23, 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 116	maybe because I thought the train was really "neat" I remember loving this show as a kid and being really sad when it went off the air. But if I saw it today, I would probably think it sucked.