QUARK (NBC 1978) RARE!!! HARD TO FIND!!! Richard Benjamin, Tim Thomerson, Alan Caillou, Conrad Janis, Richard Kelton, Bobby Porter, Tricia Barnstable, Cyb Barnstable

From the brilliantly offbeat mind of Buck Henry—who, alongside Mel Brooks, famously spoofed the spy genre with Get Smart—comes this clever 1978 cult comedy that boldly goes where no sanitation crew has gone before!

A loving send-up of space operas like Star Trek and Star Wars, Quark follows the misadventures of Adam Quark (Richard Benjamin), an “ordinary human” reluctantly commanding a United Galactic Sanitation Patrol ship. His not-so-heroic mission?

“To boldly seek out grime and grit, to collect the uncollectible space baggie, and to always leave the area cleaner than when I found it.”

Stationed at Space Station Perma One, Quark dreams of thrilling intergalactic exploits—but instead finds himself battling cosmic clutter under the watchful bureaucracy of Otto Palindrome (Conrad Janis), who answers to the ominous overlord known only as The Head (Alan Caillou).

Quark’s eccentric crew makes every mission memorably absurd:

• Ficus (Richard Kelton), a highly evolved, Spock-like Vegeton (yes—a plant-man).

• Gene/Jean (“Timothy” Thomerson), a “transmute” possessing both male and female characteristics.

• Betty I and Betty II (Cyb and Patricia Barnstable), glamorous navigators—one of whom is a clone, though neither can agree which.

• Andy the Android, a robot whose circuitry runs more toward cowardice than courage.

Short-lived but sharply written, Quark delivers rapid-fire satire, playful sci-fi tropes, and a wonderfully deadpan performance from Benjamin. Though it lasted only one season, the series has earned a devoted cult following for its ahead-of-its-time humor and affectionate parody of the genre’s grandiosity.

Proceed with warp speed!

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Number of DVDs: 2

Number of Episodes: 8

Quality: 9/10

Region: 0

Running Time: 3 hrs 42 min (approx)

Aspect Ratio: Full Screen, 1.33:1

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