Quark (1977)

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Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the spy spoof Get Smart.

The show was set on a United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an interstellar garbage scow operating out of United Galaxies Space Station Perma One in the year 2226. Adam Quark, the main character, works to clean up trash in space by collecting "space baggies" with his trusted and highly unusual crew.

In its short run, Quark satirized such science fiction as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Flash Gordon. Three of the episodes were direct satires of Star Trek episodes.

The series won one Emmy Award nomination, for costume designer Grady Hunt's work in the episode "All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms, Part 2".

The complete series was released on DVD on October 14, 2008.

  1. Buck Henry

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Richard Benjamin as Adam Quark

    Richard Benjamin

    Adam Quark

    8 Episodes

  2. Tim Thomerson as Gene

    Tim Thomerson

    Gene

    8 Episodes

  3. Conrad Janis as Palindrome

    Conrad Janis

    Palindrome

    8 Episodes

  4. Richard Kelton as Ficus Pandorata

    Richard Kelton

    Ficus Pandorata

    8 Episodes

  5. Patricia Barnstable

    Betty

    8 Episodes

  6. Cyb Barnstable

    Betty

    8 Episodes

  7. Alan Caillou

    The Head

    8 Episodes

  8. Bobby Porter

    Andy

    8 Episodes

  9. Barbara Rhoades as

    Barbara Rhoades

    1 Episode

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Last Season

Season 1

1977 • 8 Episodes

Season 1 of Quark premiered on May 7, 1977.

Vanessa 38-24-36

(1x8, April 7, 1978) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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