28th August 2009, 6:06 PM
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Some old 1980's British sci-fi comedy I never heard of until this month, Sci-fi comedy has never really managed to gain acceptance on American tv, The only successful American made sci-fi comedies I can think of is futurama and 3rd Rock from the Sun (meh).
Red Dwarfs tacky low budget set and props make it even more funny, There is a number of episodes that paraody sci-fi films and shows, My favorite episode thus far is the season 3 premier " Backwards".
Quote:three million years ago, a radiation leak killed the crew of the mining ship, Red Dwarf. The only survivor was Dave Lister, the chicken soup machine repairman. He spends his time on the ship with a holographic projection of Arnold Rimmer (his dead bunkmate), Cat (a life-form that evolved from Dave's cat), Holly (the ship's senile computer), and Kryten (a service mechanoid). Written by Garrett Hobbs
The year is 2077. Dave Lister is a Liverpudlian caretaker working on-board "Red Dwarf" a gigantic space freighter traveling to Earth, the ship is commanded by Captain Ed Hollister. Lister is obsessed with eating curries and he irritates his pompous and cowardly boss and bunk-mate Arnold "Judas" Rimmer. Lister is sentenced to 6-months in suspended animation for smuggling his pet cat Frankenstine on-board. Lister awakes from suspended animation, only to find the crew have been wiped out in a radioactive disaster, he has been frozen for 3 million years and Red Dwarf is lost in the middle of deep space. But Lister is not alone on-board Red Dwarf. Also on-board Red Dwarf is: Holly, the ship's computer who has lost his intelligence after not being used for so long, A hologram simulation of Rimmer (A electronic ghost), The Cat, a humanoid that evolved from Lister's pet cat Frankenstine and Kryten, robot butler rescued from the American space cruiser 'Nova 5'.
Some old 1980's British sci-fi comedy I never heard of until this month, Sci-fi comedy has never really managed to gain acceptance on American tv, The only successful American made sci-fi comedies I can think of is futurama and 3rd Rock from the Sun (meh).
Red Dwarfs tacky low budget set and props make it even more funny, There is a number of episodes that paraody sci-fi films and shows, My favorite episode thus far is the season 3 premier " Backwards".