8/15/11

A is for AUTOMAN: #3 in a series of pop culture primers


A is for AUTOMAN, A.I. super-cop


B is BEYOND WESTWORLD, T.V. spin-off flop


C's CAPTAIN CAVEMAN, who somehow got laid


D's for DARK SHADOWS, doomed to be re-made



E's ELECTRA WOMAN, her theme song's sublime


F is for FUTURE COP, with Ernest Borgnine


G's GODZILLA series gave us "Godzooky"


H is HOLMES AND YO-YO, robot-cop dookie


I is for ISIS, both sexy and chaste


J is for JOSIE, beat Scooby to Space


K is KNIGHT RIDER, the Hoff's finest hour


L's LAND OF GIANTS, huge prop plants and flowers


M is for MANIMAL, transforms with a Grrrr-ing


N's for THE NEW PEOPLE, pilot penned by Serling


O is for ORKO, not seen in the movie


P's for THE PRISONER, that remake's a doozy


Q is for QUARK with a laugh-track in space


R's for RED DWARF, introduced a cat-race


S is SPACE '99, so very 70's


T is for THUNDARR, finally on DVDs 


U is for ULTRAMAN, where monsters were beaten


Of course V is for V, where hamsters got eaten


W's THE WIZARD lasted one season


And X is for XENA, filmed in New Zealand


Y is YOGI'S SPACE RACE, another Star Wars cash-in


Z is this ZORRO show, futuristic re-hashin'


Look for another pop culture abecedarium next week. 

note: a version of this poem appeared at the excellent SFSignal.


Related posts: 

A IS FOR ALIEN: #1 in the series (with a focus on killers from horror movies of the 1970's and 80's) 

A IS FOR ANAKIN: #2 in the series of pop culture primers (characters from Science-Fiction films)


A IS FOR ANTHRAX A survey of heavy metal (written by my wife)

A IS FOR AEON A guide to cartoons


A IS FOR ANDRE: Wrestling, natch


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