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TV Horrors: The Phoenix

Saturday, October 29th, 2016

If you were trying to construct The Most Painfully 1970s SF TV Show Ever, you might come up with The Phoenix, and never mind that it debuted in 1981.

I mean, look at the intro footage, and tell me it doesn’t reek of the 1970s:

I mean, ancient astronauts, pyramid power, ESP, big medallions and feathered hair! How much more 70s can you get?

This arrived after my “I’ll Watch Any Damn SF/F/H Show On TV” phase, and it actually came and went so quickly (only five episodes aired, including the pilot) I wasn’t even aware of it.

Someone has put up a fairly crappy quality video of the complete pilot:

Hope you like flute music. The writing isn’t very good, but Judson Scott (who I remember best as Khan’s second-in-command) is surprisingly tolerable as Hunky McSunAlien.

For more on similar subject, see Decade of Weirdness: The 1970s and Retro TV Memories: The Fantastic Journey.