Childhood Memories Restored: Space Giants
by Chris Padgett on Dec.04, 2009, under Favorite Sitcom
Goldar from the Space Giants
As a kid I use to love watching this show. It was produced in Japan in the 1960′s and later shown in the USA in the late 1970′s and perhaps ran into the early 1980′s. I was on a 10+ year search for this classic TV show and just now discoverd the name of it. It’s called the Space Giants and to my surprise, they even have a few short clips from this classic TV program over at YouTube. It certainly brought back a lot of memories and I barely do remember this TV show. Goldar was the main character and he was the one saving the day all the time. Evil characters and monsters kept coming to Earth and was trying to take over. A little boy would always seem to find the trouble first and then with 3 quick blows into his whistle, he would call Goldar to the scene. It was all over when Goldar showed up and he would use his powers to defeat these space monsters. Goldar was a 50 foot robot and it was up to him to defend the Earth and keep our planet as we know it.
Anyone remember this TV program from the late 1970′s? You may have your own childhood memories of a TV show that you use to watch all the time. If so, then please fee free to share it. If you don’t know the name of the title, just give all the details you can and I will try to help you locate an old TV program. I think everyone has a classic TV show they use to watch as kids and probably wished they could see it again. Some programs do come back at a later time for us to watch. I’m sure most of you can remember the Dukes of Hazard when it first came out. It took about a decade later and the show came back on the air. It seemed a bit silly the 2nd time around watching the Dukes of Hazard, but it was great watching it as a kid. I even heard that the Dukes of Hazard was so popular in the state of Mississippi, they had to change their Friday night football games to Saturday night. This was because the Dukes of Hazard was so popular and no one was showing up to watch high school football in Mississippi. This was back before the VCR and when the VCR did come out; it was pretty expensive and most families couldn’t afford it.
Did you ever watch the Dukes of Hazard or Space Giants growing up as a kid? Can you remember other popular TV shows like BJ and the Bear, Greatest American Hero, and Matt Houston? These are some more TV shows I watched growing up in the late 1970′s and 1980′s. Another TV show that ran for only 2 years (1977 – 1977) during this time was Carter’s Country. It was located in a fictional town of Clinton Corners in the state of Georgia. This was suppose to be near the home of Jimmy Carter (U.S. President) and the reason the show was called Carter’s Country. Carter’s Country featured Victor French as the police chief and it was a TV show I watched a lot back then. Are these TV shows in your memory bank some where and you remember watching them too? I really am glad that I found out the title to the show that featured Goldar and now I know it’s called the Space Giants.
July 8th, 2011 on 1:52 pm
why won’t you put tis one back on tv i use to watch it when i was a kid and i thank my kids would like to see goldar turn into a rocket
July 13th, 2011 on 11:51 am
I spent years searching for this show after it went off the air in May of 1981 (WTBS Superstation 17, Atlanta.) Thank GOD for the Internet. The Space Giants was no mere TV show, it is a way of life. Just like me I’ve read dozens of comments from people about how they would run home everyday after school to be sure not to miss it. Even as a kid of 7,8,9,10 years old I would laugh at the “cheeziness,” but that just endeared me to it all the more. The Space Giants taught me about the UN. It taught be the word “Defend,” (previously I always used “protect.” It was simple (many say overly so), but the great voices of the voice-over actors made each character memorable (even though Mikko, Silvar, & various other characters were done by the same person). Goldar’s unshakable, calm resolution gave me someone to emulate when courage was called upon. And the relentless intergalactic hegemony of Rodak prepared me for the likes of Osama bin Laden. (Okay, that might be a stretch.) The voices, the bright colors, the music, and (in retrospect) the eye-catching camera angles kept my young eyes glued to the set. I’ve since collected the entire series on DVD thru eBay, and yes, I put it on and enjoy it still. Long Live Goldar, The Space Avenger!