Help me remember an old Sci Fi TV show

[Planterz]

There was this show I remember watching in the late 80s or early 90s. There was this guy, I think he was an alien, but appeared human, or maybe he was just from the future. To help him in his adventures he had this red floating ball following him around. It might have had a black spot on it; I seem to remember an episode where he was at Disnenyland/world and to be inconspicuous he tied a string to the ball thingy and gave it Mickey Mouse ears.

Vague enough for ya? I'm sorry I can't be more specific, but that's really all I remember. It was around 20 years ago, and I was only about 10, give or take a couple years.

Thanks.

 

[mykulmorris]

You might find something on 'youtube' if you type in 80's or 90's sci-fi tv shows??? Just a thought...
-M

 

[Varg Lobos]

The only show I can think of with a floating ball was Starman the tv series from the late 80's with Robert Hays. The floating ball was a ball of light though, not a red ball.

 

[ron_m80]

The Prisoner?

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I am not a number I am a free man!!

 

[Planterz]

I'm fairly certain that it wasn't Starman.

 

[Planterz]

The Prisoner?

No. There's no way I would have confused those 2. The floating red ball was soccer/basketball sized - and helpful - not a tool for the bad guys like Rover was. The show was American made, and I'm pretty sure it was new when I was watching it.

I do love The Prisoner. It's also my favorite Iron Maiden song. I just need to find Danger Man/Secret Agent Man so I can see the whole saga.

 

[Planterz]

Well, google was no help. I tried searching for a bunch of things, and the closest I got was a link to this thread.

 

[Planterz]

I found it. It's called Hard Time on Planet Earth, from 1989, starring the "THERE'S NO FEAR IN THIS DOJO" guy from The Karate Kid. Here's the synopsis from wikipedia:

The main character was an alien Elite Military Officer (Kove) who served in a huge interplanetary war. After the war ended, he was prosecuted for rebellion against the planet's ruling Council; he was found guilty, but in recognition of his valuable services in the war, he was given the chance to reform by spending an undetermined amount of time in a vastly underpowered human form on planet Earth. Along with him was dispatched "Control" (voiced by Danny Mann), a small floating robot in the form of a mechanical eye with the mission of overseeing Jesse (the earthly name adopted by the alien warrior, from the name tag on the first Earth clothes he wore) to make sure Jesse kept his violent behavior in check. "Control" also provided comic relief to the series, usually by assessing the events with the catchphrase "Negative Outcome. Not Good." Each episode followed Jesse as he reluctantly helped different people in need. He derives much of his information from television shows, giving him a skewed sense of Earth culture. At first, Jesse only helped those in need to earn Control's approval in order to put an end to his exile, but he slowly became fond of the goodness he encountered from some of Earth's people.

Here's the best picture I could find of Control.

Seems to be completely unavailable even on VHS.

Edit: All the episodes are on youtube. Looks pretty cheesy. I don't remember it being cheesy, but what the heck did I know...I was 9.

 

[orca8589]

I found it. It's called Hard Time on Planet Earth, from 1989, starring the "THERE'S NO FEAR IN THIS DOJO" guy from The Karate Kid. Here's the synopsis from wikipedia:



Here's the best picture I could find of Control.

Seems to be completely unavailable even on VHS.

Edit: All the episodes are on youtube. Looks pretty cheesy. I don't remember it being cheesy, but what the heck did I know...I was 9.

They all are, and that's why they're so cool! I don't remember Hard Time on Planet Earth, but there were others that were real cheese platters around that time.

I watched a Buck Rogers episode from the early 80's (on YouTube) a while back with my son, and we both agreed that Twiki needed to be thrown in a full bathtub & blown up.

~Chris

 

[untamed]

Haha! Beat me to it!

It was Cobra Kai's own sensei Martin Kove in the lead. I think I was a senior in high school when they showed that series here.

Edit: All the episodes are on youtube. Looks pretty cheesy. I don't remember it being cheesy, but what the heck did I know...I was 9.

LOL! That's gonna get truer as one gets older.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

All the episodes are on youtube. Looks pretty cheesy. I don't remember it being cheesy, but what the heck did I know...I was 9.

The War of the Worlds tv show scared the living hell out of me when I was a kid. I would not be able to fall asleep after watching an episode.

I bought the series a couple years ago, and it was not only not scary, it was actually funny to watch.

 

[KEmSAT-Survival]

I loved War of the Worlds. I also really like the V series, and, to this day, one of my favorites has always been "Something is Out There".

 

[Edwood7]

The War of the Worlds tv show scared the living hell out of me when I was a kid. I would not be able to fall asleep after watching an episode.

I bought the series a couple years ago, and it was not only not scary, it was actually funny to watch.

I think I remember a soldier guy that carried a tomahawk in the War of the worlds series… I think?

 

[stilgar]

Colonel Ironhorse.

 

[SharpByCoop]

Cheesy? About twenty five years earlier we had Fireball XL-5. Wow.

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Coop

 

[Edwood7]

Colonel Ironhorse.

Thats it thanks !!!

 

[AKC]

Glad you found it, I was going to embark on a mission. A lot of the shows were "cheesy"

I liked the "cheese"

There were certain reasons to watch "Buck Rodgers in th 25th Century"

TV was`a lot more fun when we were younger.

 

[untamed]

^ Ahhhhhh. . . Erin Grey from Buck Rodgers. I remember having one of my first "adult longings" because of her :wink:

 

[foxx]

Glad you found it, I was going to embark on a mission. A lot of the shows were "cheesy"

I liked the "cheese"

There were certain reasons to watch "Buck Rodgers in th 25th Century"

TV was`a lot more fun when we were younger.

It's odd that as I get older, the pretty girls get younger.