Salvage 1
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| Salvage 1 | |
|---|---|
| Format | Sci-Fi/Comedy |
| Created by | Mike Lloyd Ross |
| Starring | Andy Griffith Joel Higgins Trish Stewart Richard Jaeckel Jacqueline Scott J. Jay Saunders Heather McAdam |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | January 20, 1979 – November 11, 1979 |
Salvage 1 is an American science fiction series that aired for 16 episodes (of the 20 produced) on ABC during 1979. The pilot film aired on January 20, 1979 to high ratings.
Noted science fiction author Isaac Asimov served as the show's scientific advisor.
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[edit] Pilot and episodes
Pilot (Parts 1 & 2) (20 January 1979):
Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith), owns the Jettison Scrap and Salvage Company, a specialist in reclaiming trash and junk in order to sell that as scrap. However, his dream is to recover equipment left on the moon during Apollo Program missions. With that purpose, he invites former astronaut Addison "Skip" Carmichael (Joel Higgins) and NASA fuel expert Melanie "Mel" Slozar (Trish Stewart) and establishes a team. He builds a spaceship called Vulture completely made of junk and powered by a chemical called mono-hydrazine. Broderick and his ragtag crew complete their mission and go on to further adventures in the subsequent series.
[edit] List of episodes
[edit] Season 1
- Dark Island (29 January 1979)
- Shangri-la Lil (5 February 1979)
- Shelter Five (12 February 1979)
- The Haunting of Manderly Mansion (26 February 1979)
- The Bugatti Treasure (5 March 1979)
- The Golden Orbit (1) (12 March 1979)
- The Golden Orbit (2) (19 March 1979)
- Operation Breakout (2 April 1979)
- Mermadon (16 April 1979)
- Up, Up and Away (14 May 1979)
- Energy Solution (21 May 1979)
- Confederate Gold (28 May 1979)
[edit] Season 2
- Hard Water (1) (4 November 1979)
- Hard Water (2) (11 November 1979)
- Diamond Volcano (Never Aired during original series run)
- Dry Spell (Never Aired during original series run)
- Harry's Doll (Never Aired during original series run)
- Round Up (Never Aired during original series run)
The last four episodes did air in the early 1990s on The Nostalgia Chanel, now known as the AmericanLife TV Network.[1]
[edit] Trivia
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- In Joel Higgins' later show Best of the West, Griffith played Higgins' father-in-law.
- The main body of Vulture is comprised of a Texaco gasoline Semi-trailer with cement mixer as the capsule. This is augmented with three shorter rocket boosters placed 120 degrees around the main tank.
- Estes Rockets made a prototype of a model rocket version of the Vulture. It was never brought to market. Article & photos of Vulture Model Rocket
[edit] External links
- Salvage 1 at the Internet Movie Database
- Salvage 1 at the Open Directory Project
