

Quark
1977–1978 · NBC · 30 min · 1 season
S01E08 · Vanessa 38-24-36
Sat, 8 Apr, 11:00 am
Vanessa is the new computer installed on Quark's ship that is designed to eliminate the need for a human commander. Quark is upset over Vanessa's omnipotence, not to mention the fact he might soon be unemployed. Vanessa doesn't help matters when she gases the crew and closes the door on Quark's air hose while he's out for a space walk.
About
Quark is an American science fiction sitcom set on a United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an interstellar garbage scow operating out of United Galaxies Space Station Perma One in the year 2226. Adam Quark, the main character, works to clean up trash in space by collecting "space baggies" with his trusted and highly unusual crew.
Episodes
- E01
Quark
Sun, 8 May· 30 minCmdr. Adam Quark's United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol saves the world.
- E02
May the Source Be with You
Sat, 25 Feb· 60 minWhen the dreaded Gorgons declare a star war in the galaxy, Commander Adam Quark is sent to blow up their doomsday vehicle with the help of the mysterious, almost all-knowing "source." The High Gorgon is displeased when Quark's ship penetrates his incredibly huge planet-sized ship. He stops worrying when he senses Quark has the "source" at his side, because the "source" is as correct as a broken clock.
- E03
The Old and the Beautiful
Sat, 4 Mar· 30 minAssigned to save the galaxy by having an extended romantic interlude with the incredibly sensuous Princess Carna, Commander Adam Quark catches a space virus and suddenly ages to 80 years old just before the big rendezvous.
- E04
The Good, the Bad and the Ficus
Sat, 11 Mar· 30 minTrapped in a black hole in space, Quark and his crew are split into their good and evil counterparts, except for the plant Ficus -- because plants don't have good and evil counterparts. When the Good Quark suggests a meeting to reconcile their differences, the Evil Quark agrees to a fight to the death. The Good Quark's reaction: "Fight to the death? I just wanted to meet with him..."
- E05
Goodbye, Polumbus
Sat, 18 Mar· 30 minOn a planet where dreams come true just by thinking about them, Adam Quark conjures up his dream girl while chief engineer Gene/Jean thinks up his comic strip idol, Zoltar the Magnificent, along with Zoltar's arch-enemies, the Krelex warriors. Pursued by the warriors and madly in love with his dream girl, Quark must decide whether or not it's worth it to remain in paradise.
- E06
All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms (1)
Sat, 25 Mar· 30 minEmperor Zorgon captures Quark and his crew and demands to know where "it" is. Quark would be glad to tell him -- if he only knew what "it" is. Quark hopes to be saved from certain death when Zorgon's daughter, Libido, falls in love with the logical, unemotional plant, Ficus, and tries to pollinate with him.
- E07
All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms (2)
Sat, 1 Apr· 30 minAll seems to be going well until Quark leads Zorgon right to "it" and makes him one of the most powerful men in the galaxy.
- E08
Vanessa 38-24-36
Sat, 8 Apr· 30 minVanessa is the new computer installed on Quark's ship that is designed to eliminate the need for a human commander. Quark is upset over Vanessa's omnipotence, not to mention the fact he might soon be unemployed. Vanessa doesn't help matters when she gases the crew and closes the door on Quark's air hose while he's out for a space walk.
Cast

Richard Benjamin
Adam Quark

Tim Thomerson
Gene / Jean

Cyb Barnstable
Betty II

Patricia Barnstable
Betty I

Conrad Janis
Dr. Otto Palindrome

Richard Kelton
Ficus Pandorata

Douglas Fowley
Dr. O. B. Mudd







