When I was younger I watched a Astronomy show on PBS. It was on weekly from what I remember.

It started off with a image of Galaxy Spinning ( Cool Spacey Music to boot) and a host would appear (I believe he had a mustach.)


Sorry about not being able to give more details. I was very young.

Any help would be great.


I'm not 100% if this show was done in the 80's Maybe late 70's.

Jack Horkheimer, AKA "The Star Hustler", http://www.jackstargazer.com/ .

I found him moderately intolerable back then, and I doubt that I've mellowed much...

--Bill

His program lasts all of five minutes and is usually stuck in some Godforsaken time slot on most PBS stations. He has a genuine enthusiasm for the subject and presents it quite well to the public in the time he does have.

Of course if he didn't wear his enthusiasm on his sleeve, then the critics would probably whine about how dull his presentations are. Darned if you do....

Be grateful there is a straightforward astronomy program somewhere on television, despite its very poor time slots and nil publicity.

Hats off to Horkheimer!

Sorry Boys Thats not the one!

Thanks for the try.

??!!? Are you sure?? It TOTALLY sounds like you're describing the "star hustler". He is mustachioed, weird, and often rides around on extremely corny 8-bit computer graphics. The show ran into the 90's at least on my local pbs station but only actually aired at like 3am on Sundays or something. His online site is now called "jack stargazer" because of the obvious porn magazine refrence being too simillar. Also I ALWAYS remember seeing him with that same exact gross vest on in every single episode.

It was not intended for kids. Pretty complex from what I remember.

It had a very cool Beginning/Ending with a spinning animation of a Galaxy.

The more I think of it the more I believe it was 70's Space science show.


There is a small chance it was a Canadian show Since I'm In Canada.

Cosmos was on PBS in 1980.

Carl Sagan. PBS is re-airing Cosmos with a few changes...It will be interesting to see if and how they handle Tempel 1.

Is this the series you are referring to:

http://science.discovery.com/convergence/cosmos/cosmos.html

There was a show in the sixties (Discovery 66, IIRC) that may have been 'revived' in the seventies. I don't recall too much about it other than it was a show about science presented for a younger audience.

Did they show Patrick Moore's BBC program in Canada at some point?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/

When I saw this show in the early to mid 90's, it was always called "Stardate", as was its public radio incarnation.

...John...

So, does this mean I should hold off on finally ordering the DVD's? How much of it could they change, and who would they be able to use to fill in for Dr. Sagan?

...John...

I don't think there are any changes to the original narrations; I think that the only changes are that they updated the computer graphics. Sagan is still Sagan, and I don't think they'd ever try to get anyone to "fill in" for him! Especially because the production company that reissued the anniversary set (Cosmos Studios) is run by his widow, Ann Druyan...

--Emily

That's a relief to hear. Then I might just go ahead and order the DVD's now. I remember growing up with his series, and I've even managed to lay my hands on the soundtrack (or a partial, perhaps). Unfortunately, the version I recorded off of TV several years ago has finally worn out, the tapes having broken and frayed from so much usage.

...John...

I've been watching the updated series and the original narration is entirely intact. There are, indeed, new computer-generated graphics, but more impressively, there are numerous images from the Voyagers, Galileo and Cassini that had not been acquired yet at the time Cosmos was originally produced.

For example, at one point Sagan is speaking of the outer planets, and his narration only discusses Jupiter and Saturn. But the images went on to show Voyager 2 and HST images of Uranus and Neptune, including the famous Voyager 2 Neptune rotation movie.

While there aren't any Saturn images from Cassini in the updated series, they do use Cassini's Jupiter encounter movies.

Oh, and there are quite a few Pathfinder and MER images of Mars in the appropriate segments.

The producers did a fine job of merging the new imagery into the existing narration.

-the other Doug

I've got the CD's - but they were a gift before Tempel I, so they might have additional updates. They haven't changed them (Carl's attire is dated) - only added comments at the beginning of the -rare- episodes where significant changes in the science have occurred.

Thanks for the try guys.

My next try will be to email the network to ask them. See if that works.