Space Patrol tribute poster by Michæl Paukner

Illustrator Michæl Paukner, whose poster art I've blogged a few times now, has started a terrific series of images paying tribute to the über-kitschy German science fiction television show Space Patrol (Raumpatrouille). Shown here, the Orion 7 craft. If you're unfamiliar with the show, this fan-site is a great place to start. Video clips and links to past appreciations of the TV series on Boing Boing after the jump.

Below, the opening sequence of an episode:

And here, a remix of the theme song with clips from various episodes:

Below, a misbehaving robot:

Below, some crazy dance moves:

• [Anonymous]

  The Wikipedia link is incorrect, pointing to another SF TV series also called Space Patrol.

  I believe this would be the correct link to the German show in question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raumpatrouille_orion

• [Anonymous]

  If I remember correctly wasn’t the last video on MST3K?

• [Anonymous]

  “über-kitschy” ? “ÃœBER-KITSCHY” ?

  Fähnrich Garten, wollen sie einen interplanetarischen Krieg starten ?

  (Ensign Jardin, do you want to start an
  interplanetary war ?)

  General Stefan, Schnelle Raumverbände

• [Kevin K-S]

  Whenever I see someone post a clip of the crazy dance routine from this, they always omit the funniest one. The dancers all form an outward-facing circle, lock arms, squat halfway down with knees akimbo and waddle in group rotation. I think they even flap their intertwined elbows.

  Good stuff!

• [Anonymous]

  I disagree that Raumpatrouille is “ueber kitsch.” It is actually a rather clever show. It just looks cheesy.
  Love the poster.

• [grimc]

  Orion 7 is a whole lot better than Orion Vista.

• [defacebook]

  The Peter Thomas soundtrack is fantastic (and available on CD). I wish the DVD was available in the states, but appears to be PAL only.

• [Cartoonist]

  Have a look at the new old Raumpatrouille book covers:
  http://cartoonist.posterous.com/raumpatrouille-book-covers