The Bay City Rollers Meet The Saturday Superstars hyped up NBC's 1978-9 lineup in an hour-long primetime special, which at the time was rare.
To refresh, this was NBC's freshman class of 1978:
Yogi's Space Race.
The Krofft Superstar Hour.
The Fantastic Four.
The Godzilla Power Hour.
It didn't take long before the network tinkered with the lineup, as Space Race was split into 3 component parts, and reruns of Jonny Quest were added to create Godzilla Super 90.
We've reviewed all four of the above before. The Bay City Rollers are joined by Scott Baio (Who's Watching The Kids?), Joe Namath (The Waverly Wonders), Erik Estrada (CHiPs; he'd also appear on the Krofft Superstar Hour), and Kaptain Kool & The Kongs. We've previously seen "And I Never Dreamed", and, as has been documented, Debra Clinger (Superchick) had been cast in CBS' The American Girls, and Michael Lembeck (Kaptain Kool) moved on to One Day at a Time and a directorial career. Seems as though Mickey "Turkey" McMeel went to the Barry Gibb Falsetto School.
Billie Hayes reprises as Witchiepoo, and Jay Robinson, whose Dr. Shrinker was rebooted as Dr. Deathray, plays Dracula here, recalling his role in "Train Ride to Hollywood" 3 years earlier. Dick Tufeld, the announcer for Fantastic Four, has that gig here.
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