The Great Space Coaster was a children's television show that ran from 1981 through 1986.
The show is about 3 young singers (Francine, Danny, and Roy) who are brought to a habitable asteroid in space by a puppet clown character named Baxter who pilots the "space coaster", a rollercoaster-like spaceship. The asteroid is populated by strange-looking, wise-cracking puppet characters like Goriddle Gorilla, Knock-Knock the bird, Edison the Elephant and Gary Gnu, who hosts the "The Gary Gnu Show". Baxter is forever on the run from M.T. Promises, a nefarious circus owner (played by a large, top-hatted puppet) who plans to re-capture Baxter and return him to the circus he worked at before he escaped. Each episode ends with a different life lesson, and various celebrity guest stars occasionally dropped by.My most memorable segment of the show was Gary Gnu, a gnu newscaster who always said "No Gnews is Good Gnews with Gary...Gnu".
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No gnus is good gnus!
ReplyDeleteLOVED this show! watched it all the time!
ReplyDelete"NO gnu is a GOOD gnu, with...Gary...Gnu!" (eyes open wide for a sec) lol
ReplyDeleteIt was a great show indeed!
A young Kevin Clash on the right. Who knew he would be one of the world's most famous puppeteers??
ReplyDeleteI remember this show I've been trying to ask networks to bring this show back. Danny (chris gifford) still looks the same and still handsome as i remember him. Good to see he's still into kids programming. I would like to relive this again and this generations kids to get a chance to see it too!
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