I recently came across these cast publicity stills for the 1976 Saturday morning Filmation series
Ark II, featuring actors
Terry Lester, Jean-Marie Hon, and
José Flores, and thought I'd share them here. The post-Apocalyptic
Ark II was a childhood favorite, and actually holds up better than many of the other fondly-remembered sci-fi shows of my youth.
By the way, if anyone has a nice, high-quality still of actress Jean-Marie Hon, I'd like to feature her as a future "Space Babe" (she was also a regular on
The Man From Atlantis). I'm also looking for a nice pic of
Maggie Cooper from
Space Academy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I bought the box set that contained ArkII, Space Academy, and Jason of Star Command. Those shows bring back a lot of memories. I heard that Terry Lester passed away a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteTerry Lester passed away in 2003.
ReplyDeleteI really liked that show at the time.
ReplyDeleteMuch like Space 1999, this show had an incredible production value, at least in regards to the Ark and its crew, after that it tended to be people dressed in shabby rags and lots of location filming in the Chatsworth hills, but i loved it when i was a kid, who wouldn't have loved to have an Ark to cruise around in on trips, with that sweet Rover stored in the back of the rig for 4-wheeling.....and Jean-Marie Hon was SMOKING!!!!!! I need a nice big diecast of both vehicles bad...............
ReplyDeleteDusty Abell
A favorite of mine from the late 70's and early 80's when I saw this show. I now have it on DVD and enjoy it very much. And yes, Jean Marie Ho is a total (post-apocalyptic) Space Babe!
ReplyDeleteARK II was the pinnacle of saturday moring series. It certainly had high production values worthy of prime time. I consider it the high water mark of all live action tv series, ever.
ReplyDeleteMan, that Jean-Marie Hon, total space babe!
ReplyDeleteJean-Marie Hon...yum!
ReplyDeleteI just purchased the box set of this and Space Academy and Jason of Space Command. I plan on watching them along with Shazam on upcoming Saturday mornings to try to bring back that old vibe. I also recently purchased Man from Atlantis and have now made the connection thanks to this blog that Jean-Marie Hon was the hottie in both ARK II and MfA. As a 9 year old and then 10, I just didn't have the capacity to figure that out. But what I did realize, even then, was that I liked to look at her. Beautiful woman.
ReplyDeleteAgree. Ark II was Saturday am's best live action series along with Land of the Lost. Its a shame there was never any model/toy/vehicle merchandise for this program. As soon as the series came out on DVD, I bought it, along with Space Academy, Jason of Star Command and Land of the Lost.
ReplyDeleteThe stories were good in that cool 70's style that always had a moral at the end of the episode.
The addition of the Bell Rocket Belt was incredible.
And that Jean Marie Hon... So beautiful!!!