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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name = Salvage 1
| image =
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| genre = [[Science fiction]]
| genre = [[Science fiction]]
| creator = Mike Lloyd Ross
| creator = Mike Lloyd Ross
| writer =
| writer =
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| starring = {{plainlist|
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Andy Griffith]]
* [[Andy Griffith]]
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* [[Richard Jaeckel]]
* [[Richard Jaeckel]]
* [[Jacqueline Scott]]
* [[Jacqueline Scott]]
* [[J. Jay Saunders]]
* J. Jay Saunders
* [[Heather McAdam]]}}
* [[Heather McAdam]]}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Walter Scharf]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Walter Scharf]]
| opentheme =
| opentheme =
| composer = [[Jack Hayes (composer)|Jack Hayes]]<br>[[Ken Harrison (composer)|Ken Harrison]]
| composer = [[Jack Hayes (composer)|Jack Hayes]]<br />Ken Harrison
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 20 (4 unaired)
| num_episodes = 20 (4 unaired)
| list_episodes =
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = [[Harve Bennett]]<br>Harris Katleman
| executive_producer = [[Harve Bennett]]<br />Harris Katleman
| producer = Mike Lloyd Ross<br>Ralph Sariego<br>Craig Schiller
| producer = Mike Lloyd Ross<br />Ralph Sariego<br />Craig Schiller
| editor =
| editor =
| cinematography =
| cinematography =
| camera = [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]
| camera = [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]
| runtime = 60 minutes
| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = Bennett/Katleman Productions<br>[[Columbia Pictures Television]]
| company = Bennett/Katleman Productions<br />[[Columbia Pictures Television]]
| distributor =
| channel = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| channel = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| picture_format =
| audio_format = [[Monaural]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1979|01|20}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|1979|01|20}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1979|12|09}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1979|12|09}}
| preceded_by = ''Salvage''
| related = ''Salvage''
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'''''Salvage 1''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[science fiction]] series that was broadcast for 16 episodes (of the 20 produced) on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] during 1979. The [[television pilot|pilot]] film, ''Salvage'', was shown on January 20, 1979, to high ratings.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
'''''Salvage 1''''' is an American [[science fiction]] series that was broadcast for 16 episodes (of the 20 produced) on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] during 1979. The series was based on the [[television pilot|pilot]] film, ''Salvage'', broadcast in early 1979.<ref>Maltin, Leonard, ''Leonard Maltin’s TV movies and Video Guide'', 1991 Edition, page 993, Plume, 1990</ref>


==Plot==
==Premise==
The pilot centers on Harry Broderick ([[Andy Griffith]]) who owns the Jettison [[Wrecking yard|Scrap and Salvage Co.]] and is a specialist in reclaiming trash and junk to sell as [[scrap]]. His dream is to recover equipment left on the Moon during [[Project Apollo|Apollo Program]] missions. In the show's opening title narration, Harry states:
Salvage operator Harry Broderick buys and sells [[scrap]] as well as electronics, aircraft and other equipment. Harry constantly has grandiose schemes to make money, sometimes not completely honestly. In the pilot, his dream is to recover equipment left on the Moon during [[Project Apollo|Apollo Program]] missions<ref name="directory">Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present'', 7th Edition, Ballantine Books, 1999, page 883.</ref> for he believes the salvage value will make it a worthwhile venture.<ref name="Apollo">Casey, Paul I. & Dorsey, Andrea M., ''APOLLO:A Decade of Achievement'', page 6, Js Blume Publishing, 2013}</ref> In the show's opening title narration, Harry states:


<blockquote>"I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back and sell it."</blockquote>
<blockquote>"I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back, sell it."<ref>Andy Griffith in 'Salvage',The Los Angeles Times, January 20, 1979, page 31</ref></blockquote>


He recruits former [[astronaut]] Skip Carmichael, who had departed from [[NASA]] because his revolutionary but unorthodox space flight theory was considered too risky. Skip leads Harry to Mel Slozar, a genius fuel and explosives expert who had been working as a [[Pyrotechnician|pyrotechnics]] expert in the motion picture industry. Mel has formulated an extremely powerful but dangerous [[monopropellant]], monohydrazine, that would enable not only [[single-stage-to-orbit]] but single-stage-to-the-Moon and back. FBI agent Jack Klinger is sent to investigate Mel's purchase of large amounts of explosive chemicals. They build a space vehicle named the ''Vulture'' and Skip and Mel voyage to the Moon, salvage the equipment and return.
He invites the former [[astronaut]] Addison "Skip" Carmichael ([[Joel Higgins]]) and [[NASA]] [[Rocket fuel|fuel]] expert Melanie "Mel" Slozar ([[Trish Stewart]]) to assist him in this effort. During Slozar's fuel experiments, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] becomes concerned over the purchases of chemicals.


The remainder of the series has the group embarking on various moneymaking ventures that Harry conceives, few of which involve the ''Vulture'' despite its prominence in the opening titles.
Broderick and his ragtag crew complete their mission and go on to further adventures in the subsequent series. A recurring subplot drives numerous attempts to find the appropriate explosive mixture to break an iceberg from the [[Arctic Shelf]], to be transported to the California coast as a source of fresh water.

[[Richard Jaeckel]] had a recurring role as Jack Klinger, the FBI agent tasked with keeping an eye on Broderick and his associates. Their relationship is generally rocky, but the Salvage crew fly to his rescue when he is captured during a mission to a Latin American dictatorship.


===The ''Vulture''===
===The ''Vulture''===
Harry builds a spaceship dubbed ''Vulture'', made completely from reclaimed salvage and powered by a chemical called mono[[hydrazine]]. The main body of ''Vulture'' is composed of a [[Texaco]] gasoline [[semi-trailer]] [[tank truck]] with a [[Concrete mixer#Concrete transport truck|cement mixer]] as the capsule. This is augmented with three shorter rocket boosters placed 120 degrees around the main tank.
Harry built a spaceship dubbed the ''Vulture'', made from reclaimed salvage and former NASA parts. A cement mixer, a gasoline tanker trailer, and several surplus rocket engines (bought at auction when the space program was in a slump) became the homemade spaceship.<ref name="Apollo" /> After the pilot, the Vulture was rarely used. One of its engines was destroyed in the second season premiere and it was never used again in subsequent episodes.

== Cast ==

* [[Andy Griffith]] as Harry Broderick, owner of Jettison [[Wrecking yard|Scrap and Salvage Co.]]
* [[Joel Higgins]] as Addison "Skip" Carmichael, former NASA astronaut.
* [[Trish Stewart]] as Melanie "Mel" Slozar, who worked with Skip at NASA.
* [[J. Jay Saunders]] as Mack, a former engineer at NASA and Harry's technical assistant at Jettison.
* [[Richard Jaeckel]] as FBI agent Jack Klinger (first season only).
* [[Heather McAdam]] as Michelle Ryan, an orphan that Mel befriends and wants to adopt (second season only).

[[Jacqueline Scott]] played Lorene, the office manager at Jettison (who was also Harry's ex-wife) in the pilot, but the character was eliminated in the series.


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
===Season 1 (1979)===
===Season 1 (1979)===
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|Title=Salvage
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|DirectedBy=Lee Philips
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|WrittenBy=Mike Lloyd Ross
| Title=Salvage
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| DirectedBy=Lee Philips
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|EpisodeNumber=3
| EpisodeNumber=3
|EpisodeNumber2=3
| EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Dark Island
| Title=Dark Island
|DirectedBy=Gene Nelson
| DirectedBy=Gene Nelson
|WrittenBy=Ruel Fischmann
| WrittenBy=Ruel Fischmann
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|01|29}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|01|29}}
| ShortSummary= Harry and his crew, who want to obtain dwarf spider monkeys for the San Diego Zoo, end up stranded on a remote island where they discover a giant ape.
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|EpisodeNumber=4
| EpisodeNumber=4
|EpisodeNumber2=4
| EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Shangri-la Lil
| Title=Shangri-la Lil
|DirectedBy=Ron Satlof
| DirectedBy=Ron Satlof
|WrittenBy=Judy Burns
| WrittenBy=Judy Burns
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|02|05}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|02|05}}
| ShortSummary= During a search for a B-25 bomber to salvage Harry finds a Japanese soldier who is unaware World War II has ended.
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|EpisodeNumber=5
| EpisodeNumber=5
|EpisodeNumber2=5
| EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Shelter Five
| Title=Shelter Five
|DirectedBy=
| DirectedBy=Jim Benson
|WrittenBy=
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay
| s = Geoffrey Fischer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|02|12}}
| t = Gerald K. Siegel
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|02|12}}
| ShortSummary= Harry buys a decommissioned military fallout shelter. An earthquake ruptures a water tank in the shelter, threatening to drown the young daughter of the facility's commanding officer.
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|EpisodeNumber=6
| EpisodeNumber=6
|EpisodeNumber2=6
| EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=The Haunting of Manderly Mansion
| Title=The Haunting of Manderly Mansion
|DirectedBy=Ray Austin
| DirectedBy=Ray Austin
|WrittenBy=Mike Robe
| WrittenBy=Mike Robe
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|02|26}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|02|26}}
| ShortSummary= Harry buys a supposedly haunted house to salvage, but the ghost turns out to be an alien stranded on Earth.
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|EpisodeNumber=7
| EpisodeNumber=7
|EpisodeNumber2=7
| EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=The Bugatti Treasure
| Title=The Bugatti Treasure
|DirectedBy=Ed Abroms
| DirectedBy=[[Edward M. Abroms]]
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Mike Lloyd Ross|t= Richard Chapman & Ruel Fischmann}}
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay
| s = Mike Lloyd Ross
| t = Richard Chapman & Ruel Fischmann
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| ShortSummary= A 16th century map is found inside of a 1934 Bugatti coupe that Harry bought. Will the map lead to Cortez's treasure?
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|EpisodeNumber=8
| EpisodeNumber=8
|EpisodeNumber2=8
| EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Golden Orbit: Part 1
| Title=The Golden Orbit: Part 1
|DirectedBy=
| DirectedBy=Ron Satlof
|WrittenBy=
| WrittenBy=Robert Swanson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|03|12}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|03|12}}
| ShortSummary= Harry wants to salvage a gold-plated satellite, while Skip is onboard a NASA spacecraft with a liquid nitrogen leak.
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|EpisodeNumber=9
| EpisodeNumber=9
|EpisodeNumber2=9
| EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Golden Orbit: Part 2
| Title=The Golden Orbit: Part 2
|DirectedBy=Ron Satlof
| DirectedBy=Ron Satlof
|WrittenBy=Robert Swanson
| WrittenBy=Robert Swanson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|03|19}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|03|19}}
| ShortSummary= Harry needs to rescue Skip and the others on the damaged spacecraft, but Jack Klinger impounds Salvage 1.
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|EpisodeNumber=10
| EpisodeNumber=10
|EpisodeNumber2=10
| EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Operation Breakout
| Title=Operation Breakout
|DirectedBy=Gerald Finnerman
| DirectedBy=[[Gerald Finnerman]]
|WrittenBy=Gerald K. Siegel
| WrittenBy=Gerald K. Siegel
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|04|02}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|04|02}}
| ShortSummary= An African dictator kidnaps Jack Klinger and demands a U.S. missile, but the U.S. government will not respond to the demand. Harry and his crew work to rescue Klinger.
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|EpisodeNumber=11
| EpisodeNumber=11
|EpisodeNumber2=11
| EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Mermadon
| Title=Mermadon
|DirectedBy=
| DirectedBy=Ron Satlof
|WrittenBy=
| WrittenBy=Mike Lloyd Ross
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|04|16}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|04|16}}
| ShortSummary= Harry befriends a runaway robot programmed to kill anyone believed to be a threat.
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|EpisodeNumber=12
| EpisodeNumber=12
|EpisodeNumber2=12
| EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Up, Up and Away
| Title=Up, Up and Away
|DirectedBy=Les Green
| DirectedBy=Les Green
|WrittenBy=Robert Swanson
| WrittenBy=Robert Swanson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|05|14}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|05|14}}
| ShortSummary= Harry survives a plane crash in a remote area, then faces outlaws determined to steal the counterfeit money in the plane.
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|EpisodeNumber=13
| EpisodeNumber=13
|EpisodeNumber2=13
| EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Energy Solution
| Title=Energy Solution
|DirectedBy=
| DirectedBy=Ron Satlof
|WrittenBy=
| WrittenBy=Richard Chapman & Ruel Fischmann
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|05|21}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|05|21}}
| ShortSummary= Melanie's plan to create crude oil causes an underground fire.
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|EpisodeNumber=14
| EpisodeNumber=14
|EpisodeNumber2=14
| EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=Confederate Gold
| Title=Confederate Gold
|DirectedBy=
| DirectedBy=Ray Austin
|WrittenBy=
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay
| t = Jack Turley
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|05|28}}
| ex1 = Robert Swanson
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The first season ranked 48th out of 114 shows that season with an average 17.7/26 rating/share.<ref>https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/79-OCR/BC-1979-06-18-OCR-Page-0056.pdf#search=%22rounding%20up%20the%20ratings%22</ref>
The first season ranked 48th out of 114 shows that season with an average 17.7/26 rating/share.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rounding up the ratings for 'the season' |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/79-OCR/BC-1979-06-18-OCR-Page-0056.pdf |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] |page=58 |date=June 18, 1979 |quote=48. Salvage t (ABC) 17.7 26 |via=World Radio History: Radio Music Electronics Publications}}</ref>


===Season 2 (1979)===
===Season 2 (1979)===
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|EpisodeNumber=15
| EpisodeNumber=15
|EpisodeNumber2=1
| EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Hard Water: Part 1
| Title=Hard Water: Part 1
|DirectedBy=Les Green
| DirectedBy=Les Green
|WrittenBy=Mike Lloyd Ross
| WrittenBy=Mike Lloyd Ross
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|11|04}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|11|04}}
| ShortSummary= Harry proposes to tow an iceberg to a drought-stricken island off southern California, but a rival salvage company steals their idea.
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| EpisodeNumber=16
|EpisodeNumber2=2
| EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Hard Water: Part 2
| Title=Hard Water: Part 2
|DirectedBy=Les Green
| DirectedBy=Les Green
|WrittenBy=Mike Lloyd Ross
| WrittenBy=Mike Lloyd Ross
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|11|11}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|11|11}}
| ShortSummary= Harry's rival bungles the transport of the iceberg so it threatens [[San Francisco]]. Harry tries to tow the iceberg to safety before the Navy has to destroy it.
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|EpisodeNumber=17
| EpisodeNumber=17
|EpisodeNumber2=3
| EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Round Up
| Title=Round Up
|DirectedBy=
| DirectedBy=Ron Satlof
|WrittenBy=
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay
| s = Walter Bloch
|OriginalAirDate=''unaired''
| t = [[Jeri Taylor]]
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|unaired in 1979}}
| ShortSummary= Harry and his crew try to save wild horses the government plans to slaughter.
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|EpisodeNumber=18
| EpisodeNumber=18
|EpisodeNumber2=4
| EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Harry's Doll
| Title=Harry's Doll
|DirectedBy=
| DirectedBy=Edward M. Abroms
|WrittenBy=
| WrittenBy=Richard Pierce & Ruel Fischmann
|OriginalAirDate=''unaired''
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|unaired in 1979}}
| ShortSummary= Harry buys a racehorse that shows little promise of winning races.
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|EpisodeNumber=19
| EpisodeNumber=19
|EpisodeNumber2=5
| EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Dry Spell
| Title=Dry Spell
|DirectedBy=
| DirectedBy=Ray Austin
|WrittenBy=
| WrittenBy=Jeri Taylor
|OriginalAirDate=''unaired''
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|unaired in 1979}}
| ShortSummary= Harry visits his aunt's small town, which has had no rain in years.
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|EpisodeNumber=20
| EpisodeNumber=20
|EpisodeNumber2=6
| EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Diamond Volcano
| Title=Diamond Volcano
|DirectedBy=
| DirectedBy=[[Dana Elcar]]
|WrittenBy=
| WrittenBy=Geoffrey Fischer
|OriginalAirDate=''unaired''
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|unaired in 1979}}
| ShortSummary= Harry offers his crew a Hawaiian vacation, but Skip and Melanie discover he wants to mine for diamonds inside a dormant volcano.
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The last four episodes were shown in the early 1990s on [[The Nostalgia Channel]], and overseas in the UK in some [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] regions in 1981.<ref>[http://users.snowcrest.net/fox/Salvage/episode.htm Salvage episodes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704105645/http://users.snowcrest.net/fox/Salvage/episode.htm |date=July 4, 2007 }}</ref>
Six episodes of the second season were produced before ABC cancelled the series.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=M-xEDAAAQBAJ&dq=Salvage+1+episode+opening+narrative&pg=PA216 de Vise, Daniel, ''Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show'', page 216, Simon & Schuster, 2016]</ref> Only the two-part season opener was broadcast. The last four episodes were shown in the early 1990s on [[The Nostalgia Channel]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://users.snowcrest.net/fox/Salvage/episode.htm |title=Salvage episodes |website=SnowCrest.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704105645/http://users.snowcrest.net/fox/Salvage/episode.htm |archive-date=July 4, 2007}}</ref> and overseas in the UK in some [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] regions in 1981.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/901137774/?terms=%22Salvage%201%22&match=1 24-Hour TV and Radio Guide, ''Lincolnshire Echo'' (Lincolnshire, England), May 20, 1981, page 6]</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/790251824/?terms=%22Salvage%201%22&match=1 Britain’s best viewing guide - Midlands ITV, ''Daily Mirror'' (London, England), May 7, 1981, page 18]</ref>
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==Production==
==Production==
[[Science fiction]] author [[Isaac Asimov]] was the show's scientific adviser.<ref>Appeared only in closing credits of some Salvage 1 episodes after the pilot. Asimov also states in his autobiography, ''I, Asimov,'' that he served as an advisor for a few Salvage 1 episodes: Isaac Asimov, I, Asimov: A Memoir (New York, NY: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1994), 367-68.</ref>
[[Science fiction]] author [[Isaac Asimov]] was the show's scientific adviser.{{efn|Appeared only in closing credits of some ''Salvage 1'' episodes after the pilot. Asimov also states in his autobiography, ''I, Asimov,'' that he served as an advisor for a few ''Salvage 1'' episodes<ref>{{cite book |first=Isaac |last=Asimov |title=I, Asimov: A Memoir |location=New York, NY |publisher=Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |year=1994 |pages=367–68 |isbn=978-0385417013}}</ref>}}


==Merchandise==
==Merchandise==
[[Estes Industries|Estes Rockets]] made a prototype of a [[model rocket]] version of the ''Vulture''. It was never brought to market.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040915102728/http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/9782/salestes.html Article & photos of Vulture Model Rocket]</ref>
[[Estes Industries|Estes Rockets]] made a prototype of a [[model rocket]] version of the ''Vulture''. It was never brought to market.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/9782/salestes.html |title=Article & photos of Vulture Model Rocket |website=[[Yahoo! GeoCities]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040915102728/http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/9782/salestes.html |archive-date=September 15, 2004}}</ref>

== See also ==
''[[The Astronaut Farmer]]'' (2006 film)

==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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* {{IMDb title|title=Salvage|id=0079847}}
* {{IMDb title|title=Salvage|id=0079847}}
* {{IMDb title|title=Salvage 1|id=0078681}}
* {{IMDb title|title=Salvage 1|id=0078681}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDa25M-de70 Salvage 1 - Season 2 intro]
* {{curlie|Arts/Television/Programs/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/S/Salvage_1/|''Salvage 1''}}


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Salvage 1
GenreScience fiction
Created byMike Lloyd Ross
Starring
Theme music composerWalter Scharf
ComposersJack Hayes
Ken Harrison
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20 (4 unaired)
Production
Executive producersHarve Bennett
Harris Katleman
ProducersMike Lloyd Ross
Ralph Sariego
Craig Schiller
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesBennett/Katleman Productions
Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJanuary 20 (1979-01-20) –
December 9, 1979 (1979-12-09)
Related
Salvage

Salvage 1 is an American science fiction series that was broadcast for 16 episodes (of the 20 produced) on ABC during 1979. The series was based on the pilot film, Salvage, broadcast in early 1979.[1]

Premise

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Salvage operator Harry Broderick buys and sells scrap as well as electronics, aircraft and other equipment. Harry constantly has grandiose schemes to make money, sometimes not completely honestly. In the pilot, his dream is to recover equipment left on the Moon during Apollo Program missions[2] for he believes the salvage value will make it a worthwhile venture.[3] In the show's opening title narration, Harry states:

"I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back, sell it."[4]

He recruits former astronaut Skip Carmichael, who had departed from NASA because his revolutionary but unorthodox space flight theory was considered too risky. Skip leads Harry to Mel Slozar, a genius fuel and explosives expert who had been working as a pyrotechnics expert in the motion picture industry. Mel has formulated an extremely powerful but dangerous monopropellant, monohydrazine, that would enable not only single-stage-to-orbit but single-stage-to-the-Moon and back. FBI agent Jack Klinger is sent to investigate Mel's purchase of large amounts of explosive chemicals. They build a space vehicle named the Vulture and Skip and Mel voyage to the Moon, salvage the equipment and return.

The remainder of the series has the group embarking on various moneymaking ventures that Harry conceives, few of which involve the Vulture despite its prominence in the opening titles.

The Vulture

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Harry built a spaceship dubbed the Vulture, made from reclaimed salvage and former NASA parts. A cement mixer, a gasoline tanker trailer, and several surplus rocket engines (bought at auction when the space program was in a slump) became the homemade spaceship.[3] After the pilot, the Vulture was rarely used. One of its engines was destroyed in the second season premiere and it was never used again in subsequent episodes.

Cast

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Jacqueline Scott played Lorene, the office manager at Jettison (who was also Harry's ex-wife) in the pilot, but the character was eliminated in the series.

Episodes

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Season 1 (1979)

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No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Salvage"Lee PhilipsMike Lloyd RossJanuary 20, 1979 (1979-01-20)
22
Harry puts together a ragtag team to realize his dream of going to the Moon and salvaging abandoned NASA equipment there.
33"Dark Island"Gene NelsonRuel FischmannJanuary 29, 1979 (1979-01-29)
Harry and his crew, who want to obtain dwarf spider monkeys for the San Diego Zoo, end up stranded on a remote island where they discover a giant ape.
44"Shangri-la Lil"Ron SatlofJudy BurnsFebruary 5, 1979 (1979-02-05)
During a search for a B-25 bomber to salvage Harry finds a Japanese soldier who is unaware World War II has ended.
55"Shelter Five"Jim BensonS : Geoffrey Fischer
T : Gerald K. Siegel		February 12, 1979 (1979-02-12)
Harry buys a decommissioned military fallout shelter. An earthquake ruptures a water tank in the shelter, threatening to drown the young daughter of the facility's commanding officer.
66"The Haunting of Manderly Mansion"Ray AustinMike RobeFebruary 26, 1979 (1979-02-26)
Harry buys a supposedly haunted house to salvage, but the ghost turns out to be an alien stranded on Earth.
77"The Bugatti Treasure"Edward M. AbromsS : Mike Lloyd Ross
T : Richard Chapman & Ruel Fischmann		March 5, 1979 (1979-03-05)
A 16th century map is found inside of a 1934 Bugatti coupe that Harry bought. Will the map lead to Cortez's treasure?
88"The Golden Orbit: Part 1"Ron SatlofRobert SwansonMarch 12, 1979 (1979-03-12)
Harry wants to salvage a gold-plated satellite, while Skip is onboard a NASA spacecraft with a liquid nitrogen leak.
99"The Golden Orbit: Part 2"Ron SatlofRobert SwansonMarch 19, 1979 (1979-03-19)
Harry needs to rescue Skip and the others on the damaged spacecraft, but Jack Klinger impounds Salvage 1.
1010"Operation Breakout"Gerald FinnermanGerald K. SiegelApril 2, 1979 (1979-04-02)
An African dictator kidnaps Jack Klinger and demands a U.S. missile, but the U.S. government will not respond to the demand. Harry and his crew work to rescue Klinger.
1111"Mermadon"Ron SatlofMike Lloyd RossApril 16, 1979 (1979-04-16)
Harry befriends a runaway robot programmed to kill anyone believed to be a threat.
1212"Up, Up and Away"Les GreenRobert SwansonMay 14, 1979 (1979-05-14)
Harry survives a plane crash in a remote area, then faces outlaws determined to steal the counterfeit money in the plane.
1313"Energy Solution"Ron SatlofRichard Chapman & Ruel FischmannMay 21, 1979 (1979-05-21)
Melanie's plan to create crude oil causes an underground fire.
1414"Confederate Gold"Ray AustinT : Jack Turley
S/T : Robert Swanson		May 28, 1979 (1979-05-28)
Harry and his crew search for Confederate gold, but are captured by local townspeople.

The first season ranked 48th out of 114 shows that season with an average 17.7/26 rating/share.[5]

Season 2 (1979)

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No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
151"Hard Water: Part 1"Les GreenMike Lloyd RossNovember 4, 1979 (1979-11-04)
Harry proposes to tow an iceberg to a drought-stricken island off southern California, but a rival salvage company steals their idea.
162"Hard Water: Part 2"Les GreenMike Lloyd RossNovember 11, 1979 (1979-11-11)
Harry's rival bungles the transport of the iceberg so it threatens San Francisco. Harry tries to tow the iceberg to safety before the Navy has to destroy it.
173"Round Up"Ron SatlofS : Walter Bloch
T : Jeri Taylor		unaired in 1979 (unaired in 1979)
Harry and his crew try to save wild horses the government plans to slaughter.
184"Harry's Doll"Edward M. AbromsRichard Pierce & Ruel Fischmannunaired in 1979 (unaired in 1979)
Harry buys a racehorse that shows little promise of winning races.
195"Dry Spell"Ray AustinJeri Taylorunaired in 1979 (unaired in 1979)
Harry visits his aunt's small town, which has had no rain in years.
206"Diamond Volcano"Dana ElcarGeoffrey Fischerunaired in 1979 (unaired in 1979)
Harry offers his crew a Hawaiian vacation, but Skip and Melanie discover he wants to mine for diamonds inside a dormant volcano.

Six episodes of the second season were produced before ABC cancelled the series.[6] Only the two-part season opener was broadcast. The last four episodes were shown in the early 1990s on The Nostalgia Channel,[7] and overseas in the UK in some ITV regions in 1981.[8][9]

Production

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Science fiction author Isaac Asimov was the show's scientific adviser.[a]

Merchandise

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Estes Rockets made a prototype of a model rocket version of the Vulture. It was never brought to market.[11]

See also

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The Astronaut Farmer (2006 film)

Notes

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  1. ^ Appeared only in closing credits of some Salvage 1 episodes after the pilot. Asimov also states in his autobiography, I, Asimov, that he served as an advisor for a few Salvage 1 episodes[10]

References

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  1. ^ Maltin, Leonard, Leonard Maltin’s TV movies and Video Guide, 1991 Edition, page 993, Plume, 1990
  2. ^ Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present, 7th Edition, Ballantine Books, 1999, page 883.
  3. ^ a b Casey, Paul I. & Dorsey, Andrea M., APOLLO:A Decade of Achievement, page 6, Js Blume Publishing, 2013}
  4. ^ Andy Griffith in 'Salvage',The Los Angeles Times, January 20, 1979, page 31
  5. ^ "Rounding up the ratings for 'the season'" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 18, 1979. p. 58 – via World Radio History: Radio Music Electronics Publications. 48. Salvage t (ABC) 17.7 26
  6. ^ de Vise, Daniel, Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show, page 216, Simon & Schuster, 2016
  7. ^ "Salvage episodes". SnowCrest.net. Archived from the original on July 4, 2007.
  8. ^ 24-Hour TV and Radio Guide, Lincolnshire Echo (Lincolnshire, England), May 20, 1981, page 6
  9. ^ Britain’s best viewing guide - Midlands ITV, Daily Mirror (London, England), May 7, 1981, page 18
  10. ^ Asimov, Isaac (1994). I, Asimov: A Memoir. New York, NY: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group. pp. 367–68. ISBN 978-0385417013.
  11. ^ "Article & photos of Vulture Model Rocket". Yahoo! GeoCities. Archived from the original on September 15, 2004.
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