Coming to DVD on October 14th: “Quark.”
Don’t remember it? That’s easy enough to believe. The show appeared on NBC in the midst of “Star Wars” mania, but it only lasted for eight episodes. Nonetheless, it made a possibly too-substantial impact on a young lad in Chesapeake, VA. That lad, of course, was me, and although I could be wrong about this, I have always suspected that I was one of only a handful of kids in America who actually wanted to play “Quark” on the elementary school playground instead of “Star Wars.” (“Okay, guys, I’ll be Commander Quark! Now, who wants to be Andy the Robot? Guys…? Hey, stop punching me!”) Now, granted, I’ve been disappointed enough in my time to consider that it may not have aged well, but when I consider that it was created by Buck Henry, starred Richard Benjamin, Tim Thomerson, and Conrad Janis, and took the piss out of most of the popular sci-fi films and TV series of the day, I have to believe that it’s still going to be a joy to watch it again.
You can get the details about this impending release from TVShowsOnDVD.com by clicking on the below photo (which, by the way, is only preliminary artwork)…
…but I will tell you that I have already set up an interview with Mr. Janis to discuss the series (and, of course, his other work with aliens over the years, including a certain Orkan), have put out feelers to chat with both Mr. Benjamin and Mr. Thomerson, and am keeping my fingers crossed that Mr. Henry will prove agreeable at the suggestion that we chat. In other words, stay tuned for a feature-length piece entitled “Excavating the Lost Cult of ‘Quark.'”
Yes, I know: I’m totally geeking out…and it feels good.
