Here's some Sid and Marty Krofft memories for lots of kids back in the seventies. This re-titled episode appeared later in THE KROFFT SUPERSHOW. The aliens are Fi and Fum, played by Ruth Buzzi and Jim Nabors. The are from the year 2369 and have a flying saucer to get around in, but, you know, it's lost!! They also have two earthlings from the present, little Jerry and his babysitter, Alice, who were in the saucer when it had an emergency take off.
So, the gang land on a distant planet and find a giant wishbone, which Fi and Fum remember that it's the wishbone from a creature they have already encountered, a Chickephant! A Chickephant is a large animal with a chicken head on an elephant body.
This Dorse, horse head on a dog's body, is like Fi and Fum's pet. Anyway, it finds a giant egg and pushes it toward the ship...
We even gots three cavemen running around in the jungle, looking for anything that might just come their way.
A Chickephant shows up and the cavemen run like Hell.. The gang tries to say hi to the beast, but, they end up running like Hell too!
Inside the saucer, the dorse rolls the egg into the ship, and after not too long, that crazy looking mixed-up aminal breaks out of its shell, and it's a freaking Elefaken!! Hey pal, these names are making me dizzy!
Then, don't ax me why, but this knuckle dragger tells Fi that she is now his slave, and she must go to his cave and clean it up! Fi's energy is nearly depleted and needs to be recharged.
In the meantime, Fum wants to have mom meet her baby and gives out some ear shattering calls to her.. Baby waits on a rock but when mom sees it, she rejects the poor little thing!
Fum rescues Fi from the cave and recharges her, then it's a game of ring-around-the-rosy with the Dover Boys. Our friendly pals start their rocket boots, and...
Away they go!!.. Back to the ship!
They are trying to figure out what to do with Baby when the saucer gets rocked like a mofo, it's mom again, and she's mad as Hell...
Believe it or not, Alice comes up with a plan to rub the thing with peanut oil, since Chickephants liked peanuts. And, it works!!
Go figure.
Well, it's off to another adventure for the gang, see you in the reruns! That's it for today, be back Wednesday for Eegah's take on all this stuff, here at The Dungeon!!..
I remember this episode so well. Cheesy as all hell, but was enjoyable as a kid.
ReplyDeleteJim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi!? What was I doing that I never saw this wack-a-doodle looking show? How did I miss it? Oh my, the '70s...what a time!
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