Fred Z. Randall (Harland Williams) is a wacky annoying computer geek who has programmed the spaceship to Mars. The flight crew comes to complain about a flaw but crew member Gary Hackman is shown to be incompetent and he's injured in the process. As a last resort, mission director Paul Wick suggests replacing Hackman with Randall. 'Wild Bill' Overbeck is the crew leader. Mission specialist Julie Ford disapproves. Randall starts training at NASA with a chimp. Bud Nesbitt is nominally blamed for Apollo 13.
The premise is stupid. Harland borders between annoying and somewhat likable. Most of the jokes don't work. It could be a lot worst. Harland has his moments. Most importantly, he's not mean-spirited. He does a lot of slapstick. The problem is that he can't help himself. I think he needs a partner to give him balance and go to the next level. Comedy is subjective and this would probably work better for some people.
The premise is stupid. Harland borders between annoying and somewhat likable. Most of the jokes don't work. It could be a lot worst. Harland has his moments. Most importantly, he's not mean-spirited. He does a lot of slapstick. The problem is that he can't help himself. I think he needs a partner to give him balance and go to the next level. Comedy is subjective and this would probably work better for some people.