From the Fangarian ChronoSpheric Vault: I submit to you a bizarre little plot called 'Starstruck.'

Thanks to films like 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture,' television was endlessly being assaulted with sci-fi specials and plots. And as the RiffTrax crew has shown from The Star Wars Holiday Special, just because you have a well-established franchise/genre as the basis, it doesn't mean entertainment gold.

With the success of 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,' (whereas its second season was just a Star Trek knockoff) networks deluged the airwaves with constant sci-fi plots, regardless of whether it made sense or not.

One such case was with CBS, not daunted by the flop known as 'The Star Wars Holiday Special,' they decided to concoct this little known disaster known as Starstruck.

From the intro, you wonder what really makes it sci-fi because they propel all the way back to the days of the pilgrims, up to modern day to explain the show itself.

Basically a family decides they've had enough of the modern world and decide after attempting to live on the Moon, they will live in space, running sort of a Space Stop for traveling ships. (Makes you wonder if they ever came across the Satellite of Love, eh?)

Anyway it was sort of a failed sitcom because of the fact it attempts to cash in more of the Star Wars craze, but doesn't make a lick of any real sense whatsoever.

So why does RiffTrax need to riff this, even if it is a sitcom?

1) The strange mash-up premise: Not sense NBC once considered a Flintstones-Star Wars send up (no really), Starstruck comes off with a combination with western homesteaders in space. Even the main character is wearing clothes you might find from the 17th Century. (Probably suspect this was due to the mainstay of Sci-Fi Hero wardrobes in the 70s, remember Jason of Star Command?)

2)Incessant need of alien costumes and an Irish speaking android. One thing I always thought was funny, as with TSWHS Catina scene, apparently produces presumed unless you had people in Sid & Marty Krofft costumes posing as aliens, you have absolutely NO IDEA you're in space. Surely not from the light star scene outside, nor the cutscenes showing space craft. At times you'll wonder if you're really watching a sci-fi sitcom, or just a lost episode of the Muppet Show.

3) Inexplicable subplots: What really killed this show was the fact you can hardly follow what's going on in this intergalactic station. In fact, the only thing I could make out was a villain terrorizing the place, and the main character fighting him in zero gravity (I guess), with his family looking on, then applauding him when he wins.

Overall one wonders what the CBS execs were thinking when they greenlighted this pilot, but it interesting to see how many ways you can have a show set in space. This is one I'd love to see the RiffTrax Crew, either the guys or Mary Jo and Bridget, tackle this one, despite the laughtrack.

Because even though it's supposed to be a comedy, it's not a very good one and oddly makes TSWHS look better for some reason.

Here's a YouTube video for you to judge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPLEoZ1TtZM