After the release of their very successful song 'Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft' in the Fall of 1977, the Carpenters continued to mine the sci-fi craze of the late 1970s by participating in a May, 1978 special on ABC TV. Titled The Carpenters: Space Encounters, it was a melange of Carpenter's hits, lip-synced, and accompanied by footage of dancers in 'sci-fi' costumes. Several 70s celebrities: comedian Charlie Callas, actor and emcee John Davidson, and Suzanne Somers (from Three's Company), come aboard for additional corny antics.
The entire 50-minute show can be seen here.
Anyone under the age of 30 who tries to watch the show likely will come away distressed from the cheesiness (can anyone watch Davidson and Callas converse in 'alien' language and not be unscathed ?), but if you're a Baby Boomer, well.........hopefully all the drugs you've done in the past will make Space Encounters digestible. And I will say that Somers looks pretty fetching in her 'Space Girl' outfits........
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