Andy Griffith builds a junkyard rocket to the moon. No, you're not hallucinating.
A hotshot junkman decides to go to the moon with his two young companions in a homemade rocket to recover millions of dollars worth of discarded space equipment in this pilot to the series.
Practical Effects
The actual junkyard spaceship they apparently built for real.
Acting
Andy Griffith fully committed to this absolute nonsense.
Director
Lee Phillips
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a backdoor pilot for a series that never materialized, despite Andy Griffith's star power and the Apollo program still fresh in public memory.
Released the same year as Alien, this represents the exact opposite energy of 1979 space cinema: unserious, optimistic, and deeply, deeply weird.
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