Space Patrol

	Commander Buzz Corry of the Space Patrol (Ed Kemmer) is lecturing to Space Patrol cadets on the features of the incredible Terra V, Corry's personal flagship, which travels not only through space and hyperspace, but also through time! Corry spends so much time having high adventures in the wild, vast regions of space that the cadets don't see him more often than once a year!
	"Smoking Rockets, Commander!" says Cadet Happy (Lyn Osborn) as Commander Corry tunes in a distress call on the Space-O-Phone. There's trouble a-brewing on Neptune. Maybe the evil Prince Baccarratti is up to his old tricks again!
	No matter what the danger, Corry's space flights tend to turn into junkets for [left to right, rear] Major Robertson (Ken Mayer), lovely Carol Carlisle (Virginia Hewitt), daughter of the Secretary General of the United Planets, and sultry Tonga (Nina Bara), Major Robertson's aide... or intern? Or...? The very short skirts worn by Tonga and Carol sent many a teenager's heart to racing, particularly when they had to climb a ladder, as they did in virtually every program!
	It doesn't take Corry long to take down a bad guy, and he almost always needs nothing more than his two balled fists. Actually the helmeted figure here is not a bad guy, but the commander of an alien space fleet sworn to wipe out the evil warlord Manza, with or without the help of Corry. Corry, of course, needs little help, because in the end Manza is fairly helpless against Corry's bare hands. Manza is ultimately found to be nothing more than a tiny circle of transparent crystals imbedded in a mound of dirt!

Click here for the Space Hero Files entry on Space Patrol.

For an interview with Ed Kemmer-- Commander Buzz Corry himself!-- that concentrates on his Space Patrol days, click here.

For another interview with Ed, this one concentrating on his B-Movie career of the later 1950s, click here.

For an interview with Space Patrol writer Norman Jolley, click here.

CADET SPACE BULLETINS!

Space Patrol Bulletin #4 (March, 2003):

From Jean-Noel Bassior:

Judy Kissinger, a friend of Norm Jolley's (Norm wrote TV's Space Patrol), would like to create a star in his memory on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. I've never seen it, but I'm told it's similar to the "Walk of Fame" on Hollywood Blvd. in which celebrity names appear on a star on the sidewalk. (I tried to get stars for Ed and Lyn there, but no luck.) Norm loved the Palm Springs area - he had a home there at one time - and in recent years, he and his wife, Lois, lived in a mobile home park in the area. I first heard about Judy's efforts from Lois and here's what Judy sent me:

"On August 13, 2002, Norm Jolley died of a heart attack at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. No services were held. Norm distinguished himself for over 50 years as a television actor, writer and producer. He will be remembered for Space Patrol and for creating memorable episodes of Highway Patrol, Wagon Train, The F.B.I., Ironside and Barnaby Jones. He will be treasured for his wonderful sense of humor, his hearty laugh and his love and friendship. As he was a longtime resident of the Palm Springs area, friends and family would like to place a star in his memory on the sidewalk in the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. Donations may be made to "Walk of Stars," a charitable 501C3, not-for-profit, public corporation (Tax ID #95-350-8485) c/o Judy Kissinger, 25774 Mesa Court, San Bernardino, CA 92404-3074."

My feeling about this is that I think Norm would love it. He used to tell me that the writer is invisible. Sometimes we forget that much of what we loved about SP came from his brain. He donated his body to medical research, so there's no gravesite; but this seems like it would be a fitting memorial.

Space Patrol Bulletin #5 (March, 2003):

GOLD EDITIONS: As of Spring 2003, Swapsale has returned to the good old days when video releases were mastered directly from the original kinescopes. Check out this link for full details on these special "Gold Editions." At present there are three volumes of SPACE PATROL and one volume of TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET. Not only is the video quality of these releases sharper than the original live broadcasts of the early 1950s, but also they feature specific programs never released in the home video market in any form before.

The Roaring Review of the book can be found here.