Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the spy spoof Get Smart.
The show was 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.
In its short run, Quark satirized such science fiction as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Flash Gordon. Three of the episodes were direct satires of Star Trek episodes.
The series won one Emmy Award nomination, for costume designer Grady Hunt's work in the episode "All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms, Part 2".
The complete series was released on DVD on October 14, 2008.
All Seasons
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Season 11977
6.954083h 41m
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Title
Rating
Yours
Votes
Runtime
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0
Quark
6.7
108
25 min
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1
May the Source Be with You
7.0
70
46 min
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2
The Old and the Beautiful
6.6
65
25 min
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3
The Good, the Bad, and the Ficus
6.6
58
25 min
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4
Goodbye, Polumbus
7.0
66
25 min
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5
All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 1
7.1
63
25 min
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6
All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 2
7.1
58
25 min
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7
Vanessa 38-24-36
7.1
52
25 min
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Richard Benjamin Adam Quark
Tim Thomerson Gene, Jean
Patricia Barnstable Betty
Cyb Barnstable Betty
Conrad Janis Palindrome
Alan Caillou The Head
Bobby Porter Andy
Richard Kelton Ficus
Joan Van Ark Princess Libido
Ross Martin Zorgon the Malevolent
Crew
Buck Henry
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