Season 2 • Episode 2
LatestHarry and crew run into extreme difficulties in bringing an iceberg to California to be used as a source of water. The engine they use to steer the mountain of ice breaks loose and the iceberg drifts into the shipping lanes.
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, for he believes the salvage value will make it a worthwhile venture. 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."
Acting
Andy Griffith's twinkling con-man charisma carries every scene.
Production
Ridiculous spaceship built from actual salvage—meta before meta was cool.
Writing
Pilot premise so wild it somehow got 20 episodes greenlit.
Creator
Mike Lloyd Ross
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired months after Moonraker and months before Empire Strikes Back—capturing that weird 1979 space craze limbo.
The Vulture ship was built from an actual aircraft fuselage and truck parts. The budget was reportedly so tight that Griffith reportedly did some of his own stunts.
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