Saturday, April 6, 2019

Saturtainment: The Cryogenic Man (Ark II, 1976)

This ain't the 25th century of Buck Rogers, that's for sure.

In the Ark II episode, "The Cryogenic Man", a 20th century industrialist (guest star Jim Backus) and his assistant (John Fiedler) are revived from 500 years in cryogenic sleep. They intend to rebuild their factories, long torn down, and start anew, but then......



Backus, of course, would revive Mr. Magoo the next season for CBS, and toon fans know Fiedler, a respected character actor, as the voice of Winnie-The-Pooh's little buddy, Piglet, in several short films and the New Adventures of Winnie-The-Pooh, which aired on ABC years later.

Rating: B.

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