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“I’m the Urban Spaceman, baby
I’ve got speed
I’ve got everything I need
I’m the Urban Spaceman, baby
I can fly
I’m a supersonic guy.”
The second iteration of the series had us on a cruise ship — so logically, we hired Gavin MacLeod for a guest shot. To make it interesting, the writers made him a former astronaut who bonds with Dylan’s character. At the end, he ends up on a space station (privately owned by the Richard Branson-like, but unseen owner of the hotels and cruise line). While setting him up for the blue-screens for the gag, I shot some pics — I even did a composite of this one to add him to a NASA astronaut crew. Gavin was a great sport and loved it all. I also got to “stunt double” for him on the gyro device we got for his character. Great fun. Best part was chatting about some of his pre-MTM roles, like the evil “Big Chicken” in the original “Hawaii 5-0.”.
To one and all, Be Safe-Stay Healthy