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{{disline|For other uses of the term "The Super Scouts, | {{disline|For other uses of the term "The Super Scouts", see [[The Super Scouts (disambiguation)]].}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The inception of [[the Super Scouts]] was largely a result of ''[[Galactica 1980]]''{{'|s}} problematic "family hour" timeslot. Again and again, "Program Practices, | The inception of [[the Super Scouts]] was largely a result of ''[[Galactica 1980]]''{{'|s}} problematic "family hour" timeslot. Again and again, "Program Practices", the department of censors in [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] which monitored and suggested tone and content for its various shows, contacted series creator [[Glen Larson]] demanding more children in ''Galactica 1980''. Already disatisfied with the show, Larson responded to the network by saying, "Okay. I'll give you kids crawling out of your ears."<ref name="cole">{{cite_web|url=http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0030.htm|title=Interview with Galactica 1980 story editor Allan Cole|date=28 Feburary 2005|accessdate=11 August 2007|last=Larocque|first=John|format=|language=}}</ref> The result was the Super Scouts, a band of Colonial children enhanced to near superhuman ability by the differential in gravity on Earth. | ||
Dealing with the children on the set proved to be far more difficult than anticipated. They were either crying or laughing, or getting lost, and the crew would have to track them down to do the scene. Their needs required that a teacher and their parents be contacted constantly, even for the most minor of reasons, and they ended up being the only people more bothersome to the crew than the children. Additionally, they would only be available for a few hours each day of shooting<ref name="cole"/>. | Dealing with the children on the set proved to be far more difficult than anticipated. They were either crying or laughing, or getting lost, and the crew would have to track them down to do the scene. Their needs required that a teacher and their parents be contacted constantly, even for the most minor of reasons, and they ended up being the only people more bothersome to the crew than the children. Additionally, they would only be available for a few hours each day of shooting<ref name="cole"/>. | ||
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Three of the children were Larson's own. They had appeared in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], during the episode "[[Greetings From Earth]]". | Three of the children were Larson's own. They had appeared in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], during the episode "[[Greetings From Earth]]". | ||
The band of children appear in five ''Galactica 1980'' episodes including "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]], | The band of children appear in five ''Galactica 1980'' episodes including "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]", "[[The Super Scouts, Part II]]", "[[Spaceball]]", "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]" and "[[Space Croppers]]". | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||