Duration 5:18
FAB Facts: The Strange Musical Connection Between the Muppets and Space: 1999
Published 30 Sep 2020
There are always behind the scenes cross overs in the film and TV industry, and the worlds of Century 21 and beyond were no exception. One drummer who worked with Barry Gray on various Supermarionation shows and Derek Wadsworth on Space:1999 Series Two also provided the music for a much loved Muppets character... Subscribe to our channel now: http://bit.ly/GAsubscribeYT Find out more at the official Gerry Anderson website: http://www.gerryanderson.co.uk Follow us on social media: Facebook: http://facebook.com/GerryAndersonOfficial Twitter: http://twitter.com/GerryAndersonTV Instagram: http://instagram.com/GerryAndersonTV YouTube: /GerryAndersonTV Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/GerryAndersonTV ~~~~~~~~ Tune in to the official Gerry Anderson Podcast! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-gerry-anderson-podcast/id1396254711?mt=2 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-gerry-anderson-podcast ~~~~~~~~ Watch us live every month on FAB Live - the Facebook Anderson Broadcast from Jamie Anderson and Richard James - on the Gerry Anderson Facebook page (http://fb.com/GerryAndersonOfficial) or catch up on all the past episodes on the FAB Live YouTube playlist: /playlist/PL0NXq1NHbJMLvCh8fE42PELQtmJF0ldzW ~~~~~~~~ Join tens of thousands of other fans and get the latest Gerry Anderson news in your inbox every Saturday morning, and join the Gerry Anderson email newsletter list: https://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/subscribe-gerry-anderson-newsletter/
Category
Show more
Comments - 21
-
@@iandeeley90334 years ago Great Fact! Love the way it connects the works of both Gerry Anderson and Jim Henson! 4
-
@@Aussie12764 years ago Two of my favourite puppet masters--Gerry Anderson and Jim Henson
-
@@ryanstephenkristoferkearns13194 years ago Cool and I remember seeing 2 computers from Skydiver in a photo of the Muppets with 2 of the characters and I think on the Pigs in Space playset looked like had the controls from the Lunar Module set in UFO and most of the props of the Pigs In Space spaceship interior were from Moonbase. ... 1
-
@@adamsmailes54844 years ago I can see Animal doing the manic drums from the Stingray intro.
-
@@chrisc15534 years ago Theres a great old ATV Christmas tape from the early 80s of Elstree studios were you can see a lot of behind the scenes footage from the Muppets and its fascinating seeing it because so much of the buildings reminds one of UFO. ...
-
@@SteveInScotland4 years ago So we’re saying Animal played the title music for Season 2 of Space: 1999, that conjures an image! Lol 3
-
@@TacShooter3 years ago I thought you would the musical connection was the theme that played whenever the ITC logo spun before both Space: 1999 and The Muppet Show. So many times I was disappointed as a boy when I heard the logo, but it turned out to be The Muppet Show instead. Airings of Space: 1999 had become very spotty and unpredictable by that point. ...
-
@@cessnaace2 years ago If "Space: 1999" had lasted a little longer we might have seen Martin Landau and Barbara Bain on "The Muppet Show," so the Swine Trek could have landed at Moonbase Alpha.
-
@@brotherkellymatthewbarnes88823 years ago Would you say: that was as close to Space 1999 John Cleese ever got? 1
-
@@starsiegeplayer4 years ago We need season 2 theme song video with animal playing the drums to it.
-
@@melaniefrontage92544 years ago My favourite Muppet was Beaker. My least favourite is Chris Chibnall. 4
-
@@colinp22384 years ago Did Kermit or Fozzie ever act as maybe an alien in anything? 1
-
@@brotherkellymatthewbarnes88823 years ago Another Miss Piggy, Empire Strikes back connection discovered, not tr mention Moonbase Alpha.
Related videos for FAB Facts: The Strange Musical Connection Between the Muppets and Space: 1999:
