7.7
Thunderbirds
1965
Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers
0.030m19532 seasons
Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers was a 30-minute, weekly CBS-TV network outer space adventure series, broadcast live Saturdays from April 18, 1953 to May 29, 1954. Set in 2153 and all-too-obviously inspired by Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, the series depicted the adventures of fearless Rocket Rangers, who operated from Omega Base, piloting their nuclear-powered space ship Beta throughout the solar system, to battle crime and the weird menace of extraterrestrial life-forms. The three Rangers were curly-haired Rod Brown, prickly Frank Boyd and obese Wilber Wormser. Their immediate superior was Commander Swift. Director George Gould had also been the director of ABC's Tom Corbett from 1950 to 1952, and he carried with him to CBS several of the writers for that pioneering series, plus its basic concepts, plus the major special effect, an amplifier producing travelling mattes. The very close similarity between Rod Brown and Tom Corbett generated at least one lawsuit, which seems to have resulted in the Rod Brown kinescopes never being rebroadcast. Rod Brown's adventures had a sponsor, Jell-O Instant Pudding. However, there are very few premiums or toys associated with the series, as compared to its rival live space adventure series such as Captain Video, Space Patrol, and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. A Rocket Ranger membership card and a Rocket Ranger Squadron Charter have been observed. In addition, plaid flannel shirts for young boys, featuring a solid-color flannel placket silkscreened with the Rocket Ranger title, space ship, and spaceman, were also available.
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Operation Decoy
1953-04-18 · 30m
The Case of the Invisible Saboteurs
1953-04-25 · 30m
The Planet of Ice
1953-05-02 · 30m
Whispers in the Mind
1953-05-09 · 30m
The Crater of Peril
1953-05-16 · 30m
The Globe Men of Oma
1953-05-23 · 30m
The Adventures of the Venusian Sea
1953-05-30 · 30m
The Little Men of Mercury
1953-06-06 · 30m
World of the Doomed
1953-06-13 · 30m
The Strangler Trees of Triton
1953-06-20 · 30m
Stranger From Outer Space
1953-06-27 · 30m
The Phantom Birds of Beloro
1953-07-04 · 30m
The Black Cloud of Calistro
1953-07-11 · 30m
The Suits of Peril
1953-07-18 · 30m
Apples of Eden
1953-07-25 · 30m
Space Bugs
1953-08-01 · 30m
The Martian Queen
1953-08-08 · 30m
The Fire Deamons of Deimos
1953-08-15 · 30m
The Big Hammer
1953-08-22 · 30m
The Volcanoes of Venus
1953-08-29 · 30m
The Death Ball
1953-09-05 · 30m
The Unseen Planet
1953-09-12 · 30m
The Madness from Space
1953-09-19 · 30m
The Looters of Leeron
1953-09-26 · 30m
The Octopus of Venus
1953-10-03 · 30m
Colossus of Centauri
1953-10-10 · 30m
The Lights from Luna
1953-10-17 · 30m
The Twin Planet
1953-10-24 · 30m
The Treasure of Tesoro
1953-10-31 · 30m
The Robot Robber of Deimos
1953-11-07 · 30m
The Magic Man of Mars
1953-11-14 · 30m
The Stickman of Neptune
1953-11-21 · 30m
Moneymakers of Juno
1953-11-28 · 30m
The Deep Sleep
1953-12-05 · 30m
The Cyclops of Themis
1953-12-12 · 30m
The Electric Men
1953-12-19 · 30m
The Copernicus Diamond
1953-12-26 · 30m
The Stone Men of Venus
1954-01-02 · 30m
Energy Eaters from Luna
1954-01-09 · 30m
