| abstract | - Far Out Space Nuts was Sid and Marty Krofft's seventh (or sixth) television show; sixteen episodes aired on Saturday mornings in 1975. The show was co-created by Chuck McCann & Earle Doud.
- Far Out Space Nuts is a Sid and Marty Krofft children's television series that aired in 1975 for one season, and produced 15 episodes. It was one of only two Krofft series produced exclusively for CBS (the second being 1984's Pryor's Place). Like most children's television shows of the era, Far Out Space Nuts contained a Laugh track. Like most of the Kroffts' productions, the show's opening sequence provides the setup of its fanciful premise: While loading food into various compartments to prepare a rocket for an upcoming mission, Barney instructs Junior to hit the "lunch" button, but Junior mistakenly hits the "launch" button. The rocket blasts off and takes them on various misadventures on alien planets. The show starred Bob Denver as Junior, a grey-haired and seemingly dim-witted but uniquely clever NASA maintenance worker, and Chuck McCann as Barney, his plump and grumpy co-worker. Patty Maloney played Honk, their furry little alien friend who made honking sounds out of the horn on the top of her head instead of speaking. She was usually the smartest of the trio, although her attempts to communicate were often misunderstood by her two friends, who wore red baseball caps and orange coveralls.
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