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Stam Fine Reviews looks at the 1982 series Voyagers! starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. This series followed the adventures of a time-agent Phineas Bogg, and his accidental 11 year-old sidekick, Jeffrey.
Voyagers are people who keep history from going wrong. Of course, things go wrong all the time.
I once tried to fix history by trying to bet on sporting events except that I forgot to first travel forward in time to get the results. - บันเทิง
Loved this show as a kid, found it on dvd, thought it would not hold up, it did. Great show for all ages, great acting, great chemistry between the two leads, if you can find it on dvd, grab it, RIP Jon-Eric Hexum
I watched every episode of this show as a child. I had dreams and even a few nightmares as a child about this show. Which means I loved it.
It also aired in Korea. I enjoyed it when I was young.
I never missed an episode either! It was one of the few non-police shows I enjoyed as a kid! So wish it had been longer than two seasons! The full year it aired (mid-Fall 1982 - Summer 1983) spanned fifth grade for me! The first season ended right after I had turned 11 (January '83)
And in Germany. Great show back than
I loved this TV SHOW
I loved this show as a kid.
I remember this programme it was good.jon erik hexum was a very good actor and gorgeous looking as well.Was sad to hear he died when i was 19 in 1984.
I used to love this show. What a shame Jon-Erik Hexum died the way he did.
I have to admit that I learned more about history from this show than I ever did in school.
In my head cannon, Phineas Bogg is Jeffrey Jones all grown up, and him taking his younger self on adventures is him training himself into becoming a Voyager
Interesting but not quite. Bogg himself mentioned he was originally from the 17th century - he mentioned he knew many pirates and served on a vessel (and how he got the regular clothes he wore).
I watched this as kid and enjoyed it sad was only 1 season
I watched this when it first aired. I loved this show so much I own an all brass replica of the Omni and the complete series on DVD. Hexum was awesome and Meeno was really good. It's a shame we never got more but I'm glad we got it at all.
I also have the show on DVD, but where did you get the Omni replica? I've been trying to find one for years.
@@Fast_Eddy_Magic There was guy on the Replica Prop Forum that made them in cast brass. it was tad bigger and heavier than the original, but he said for years he wanted to redesign and build it agin with newer techniques to make it smaller and more accurate and lighter. I don't know if he ever did though. Good prop maker though. I have an all metal book replica from that guy from the movie Enemy Mine.
My favorite show as a child
Voyagers got me to enjoy history infact, I was a history major in college
Voyagers, the A-Team, Fame and Knight Rider were my four favorite shows that year.
Yes ,i agree, they are my favourites
06:59 Dick van Dyke we forgive you.
Charles Lindbergh - we can help with his flight or save his baby......Chocks away !
When this show was out every elementary school had kids running around with home made Omnis out of cardboard. I enjoyed history so this show worked for me.
I’d love a Seven Days vid!
Time Tunnel (1966-67) was and is so loved by me that most other time travel themed TV shows (like Voyagers) come over as second best. On top of that, in the early 80s I was too busy watching that snot nosed witch Joan Collins in Dynasty (1981-89).
Seeing the other comments, I wasn’t the only kid that loved this show when it came out.. I thought the Omni was the coolest looking gadget on TV. Was disappointed when it stopped airing.
The kid was relatable and Phineas sort of dressed like Han Solo.
(Whoever invented steampunk must’ve been a Voyagers fan)
voyagers and quantum leap are 2 great shows
I had completely forgotten that this show existed, and yet being reminded of it brought back how much I enjoyed it back in the day. I know it wasn't the best of shows, but it was fun.
I watched it when I was in elementary school, Pacific Grove, California. We didn't have cable, but back in early 80s California there were so many different stations and choices. We even got Telemundo on a UHF channel.
Have no memory of this show, but I would have loved it as a teen.
Have to track it down.
and no need to be dissing the Happy Days time travel cartoon.
That show was bizarre and brilliant.
I remember the void to when I was a little girl 😭😔 I wish you was back on the air 😘❤️
That English soldiers accent is something else!!!
I would love to see this show revived with new actors, and with greater emphasis on battles between the Voyagers and the rebel time-lord. I assume that he’s the one going through time mucking up things that the Voyagers have to fix.
If they had a series finally it should have been saving the kid’s parents but at the cost of the kid forever forgetting about Bogg, leading to some really tough choices.
My childhood movie❤
You guys make Friday mornings so great with those reviews. Thanks ❤
I loved Voyagers as an 11 to 12 year old kid. I was upset when it got cancelled. I was even more upset later by the news of what happened to Hexum.
Jon-Erik Hexum did have a tragic end dying from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head after playing Russian roulette with a revolver loaded with a blank.
His mother gave her permission to use his organs for transplants and a number of people benefitted from this.
he was playing a sight gag not Russian roulette
Jon-Erik's death was so sad 😔😟🙁
I loved this show as a kid, watching it when it first aired. I would have loved for there to have been a second season delving deeper into the Voyager lore. Jon-Erik Hexum was one of my first adolescent crushes and I was completely devastated to hear about his passing. He was incredibly handsome, and by all accounts, an extremely nice person as well. It's too bad that he didn't get to have the long career that he was on track to have.
I had a good friend who was Jon-Erik's girl friend, and she sang nothing but praise about him being humble and super nice, and she never got over his death. It still brings her to tears.
It was truly a shame because he had tons of talent and promise! He had actually been in the process of working on a new show called Cover Up in which his accidental death from Russian Roulette cost them a full season of episodes and it actually wasn't half bad either (the episodes which did air from 1984 into 1985)! I loved Voyagers and also wish it had gone on longer! The producers had planned on a second year but interference from competing shows reversed the decision! The show spanned my year in fifth grade and didn't miss an episode
It feels like The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles owes a lot to this show's premise.
Happy to see a profile of this. I don't remember the specific plotlines so many years on but I loved that show. I didn't hear about why it didn't continue on, and you're right about the production feeling bigger through their smart use of resources. I wish it had continued.
This series has been introduced into China in the 1990s. I watched it passionately.
Loved this show
Wow......I had been trying to remember what the title of this show was for years. Thank you!
I saw this show being made in 1982 on the Universal Studios back lot.
This show was tight!
You should've mention the impact of the movie Time Bandits (and maybe Raider of the Lost Ark too) which certainly was the pitch to the studio. I was the kind of kid that grew up reading the Encyclopedia and atlas's at home so I was the target audience for the show which really was a Saturday morning show that made it to the evening schedule.
You should do a review of the short lived Q.E.D.
I'm late to the party, but I really enjoyed your Voyagers! Vlog. It was also shared a while back on my FB Group. It's honest and funny. The chemistry of the leads truly carried this show (I love the Starsky and Hutch reference!) The show had high ambitions, but a lot of network interference, among other things, got in the way too, slashing the budget as well and taking away that breakneck pace of traveling through history. The stories also had to be altered because Voyagers! was pummeled over the so-called "violent content." I can't even get started on that one. Thanks for bringing more attention to the show, I've been involved in the fandom for nearly 20 years, and it's great to see its popularity grow since the DVDs were released in 2009. Eventually, I will get my blog back up online, but my main website is still up.
one of my favorite show as akid and I had the biggest crush on Jon-Erik... his deep voice and blue eyes
Shows like this, took me outnofba miserable childhood, if onlynforn30 minutes to an hour. Was so sad this one never came back. Few cool shows that you could identify with as a child in primetime.
Ditto Square Pegs.
I loved that show.
Looking back, I also realized the number of actors from Voyagers who also appeared in the sci fic tv show "V"
I actually enjoyed Voyagers. The chemistry between Hexum and Peluce was classic - not exactly father/son, but they definitely respected the other. The stories are imaginative and don't fall back on too many clichés. Hexum was actually a very good actor and fits in well here. Shame we lost him so soon.
I do think they didn't take advantage of its potential, although it tried to expand its setup near the end of the series, which went nowhere since they canceled the show after one year. Voyagers could have been an American Doctor Who, in which the characters travel in time, fix what went wrong, and face off other kinds of temporal threats. After all, Doctor Who began as an educational kids show with a science fiction twist. There's no reason why Voyagers couldn't have gone on from there. Near the end, they created a character like Doctor Who's The Master, who worked towards defeating Bogg and Jeffery at every step -- and we are left with some historical characters who become aware of Bogg's purpose. That might have led to some interesting stories down the line.
But this was a Scholastic production, and they probably didn't want to go too far away from the show's educational purpose. In short, Voyagers wasn't about to introduce pepperpot monsters screaming "EXTERMINATE!" to get more people to tune in. And in the end, it was defeated by, perhaps ironically, 60 Minutes.
I smiled to myself seeing a brief scene of VOYAGERS! in HALLOWEEN :)
This is premium Stam Fine; we're given a synopsis of a show that somehow or someway we totally missed!
A Childhood Fav. Thank you 😊
Excellent. Another TV Show I have never heard about before. These old classics may be loved by many, but they look terrible to an outsider. This is a double treat! Stam's fine Comedy and an hilariously bad TV Show. Perfect for Fridays.
I remember watching this show, but I only remember what happened to Jon-Erik Hexum.
Nice how hey meet all those famous people and turn up at momentous events.
Do Otherworld!!
Lance Gault- You can never have too much Lance!! haha...
You could never have too much of him but you got his name wrong.
I do not remember this in 1982… must have been so bad, I tuned out.
I used to love this show when I was a kid!! RIP Jon🙏
I completely forgot about this time traveling gem
I grew up during the 1980s and I didn’t even know this show existed, it sounds like a lot of fun. :)
Also the story about the tragic death of Hexum genuinely breaks my heart, he seemed like a good guy.
as a kid, I really liked this show
I completely forgot about this show. I loved it as a kid. I remember being all torn up about Jon-Erik Hexum's death back then but forgot why. He was a great actor. I was a huge fan of his because of this show. He had a bright future.
The kid was like Wesley Crusher and the format is a cheaper version of Doctor Who but only set on Earth (and without fsrting monsters), but I loved this show as a kid. Nice to see you covering this show, now I want to see if there's a blu-ray! Thanks!
Menno actually is a history teacher in LA.
I enjoyed watching this back in the day.
My older brother used to bitch that Quantum Leap wasn't as good as Voyagers. We're a big reading family so I understand his love for it.
Both are my favorite series and both are good in my opinion.
Voyagers IS better
This show made no sense at all. But I loved it... and still do.
My goodness I remember every scene in this video. As a kid, it was one of my favorites. thank you for the memories.
Charming little show.
Saw every episode and was heartbroken when it was cancelled. That's the one thing you didn't really discuss. Probably better that way; would be like putting lemon juice into a cut. Anyway, great vid.
Never heard of this one.
Used to love the sixties show Time Tunnel as a kid in the seventies. This looks to be v similar
It was a real hoot, worth seeking out if you like the genre.
@@TheRadioAteMyTV Quantum Leap was a slightly more recent favourite too. Used to love watching Sam and Al’s adventures 😊👍
"Mopping the floor at the Time Tunnel..." You're terrible, Stam, terrible. Oh, by the way, I like "terrible..."
If every family had two TVs rest assured no little child would have watched 60 Minutes over Voyagers!!! No Way!!!!!! Lol!!!!🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, children had zero interest in “60 Minutes”! We ALL watched “Voyagers” and talked about it in school the next day.
It was a fun series!
That one actor's "British" accent sounded VERY Minnesotan to me. Whatever, as long as it's exotic.
I've heard of this show but never saw it 🙁
Not even sure it was broadcast in the UK in the 80s!
Very fun show. Shame it only lasted so long. The Titanic episode is one I always remembered
It isn't too hard to imagine a couple of Voyagers popping up to stop the cancellation which would have given Hexum a lot more years.
Voyagers! Great series. You should do an episode on Cover Up which was the series which allegedly Jon Erik Huxem shot himself with blank which was suppose to been a prank. That series should of been the series that could of been big but due to Hexum's death, the show went stale when Antony Hamilton taken over. Not Hamilton's fault but You feel it was made for Hexum.
My favorite example of a clip show done well is when DS9 used TOS footage for the tribble episode. That's how you recycle footage in a good way.
0:52 I remember watching this episode on Sci Fi channel.
The judge plays the original hulk in the Incredible Hulk TV show!
Bloody hell what part of Bogata did that British soldier come from?
My mother enjoyed this -- to a little consternation from my father, a professor of history -- and it was my way of being contrarian, of saying I'd had enough of 60 Minutes.
FYI, Cover Up completed its only season by killing off Hexum's character off screen and replacing him with a similar character to maintain the show's premise. Of note, Richard Anderson pretty much plays Oscar Goldman with a different name.
Love me some voyagers
Okay then... interest has been peeked... will have to chase it up
I really liked it at the time as a teenager. I think I was just desperate for anything SciFi.
Great video I've only seen two episodes of this series and I honestly forgot about it. Sorry you can't read it really makes these videos are even more impressive than I thought. 😉
Thank you. I had no idea about this show. My favorite time travel show was Sliders. How would you compare these two shows? also, I never saw Quantum Leap so how would you compare these three shows?
I can only imagine all the things they could have done with the evil voyager had the show lasted longer. 🙁
Fuck me, was that Jonathan Frakes as Lindenberg. I thought Startrek TNG was his first gig given his impersonation of Pinocchio
I kinda remember this show. But the lead and how he died oh yes I remember that - it was on repeat on the show Entertainment Tonight and the news at the time😕
if you haven't seen it theres an early 80's film called Millennium about time travelling tourists
Dude Time Squad tots ripped this off!
VOYAGERS!🙌🙌🥺
(All that's left is The Tomorrow People and you can close the channel. ;) )
Ouch, I heard about that incident involving an actor being killed by a prop gun. I didn't know the name of the actor.
I couldn't wait for this show each week. It was like Square Pegs, can't miss TV before that was a thing. Of course the block heads at NBC killed it, and indirectly they killed Bog in real life too - and you don't need an Omni to see that, then they killed Square Pegs too! What came after was two years of dearth on TV, unless you were a Knight Rider fan (meh, it was ok).
I just rewatched the whole show a few months ago, and I liked it better as a kid than a grown up, but only because I now know where they were really playing loose with the history. However, I may have never known the truth about history if it weren't for shows like Voyager to get me to read those books and watch those documentaries.
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This show was what Doctor Who was supposed to be. But for Daleks.
👍👍👍
Never watched the show as a little kid maybe for the reason it had a little kid in it and that seemed just dumb to me. I mean, who wants to see themselves in escapist entertainment! Absurd!
Sad about Hexum. I knew of the story when it happened but didn't know the actor. Prop guns with blanks aren't the same as a toy cap gun. RIP.
10:34 Jonathan Frakes!
I'm surprised I didn't watch this when it first aired Maybe there was a scheduling conflict (which is easier when there's only one TV.)
I loved that show i believe the kids name is pronounced pel loo chee