# A mind destroyed by TV needs help. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mind-destroyed-by-tv-needs-help/16314 "2000-04-24T02:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mind-destroyed-by-tv-needs-help/16314/1 "2000-04-24T02:12:00Z")
## I remember a TV show I watched every afternoon after elementary school. The brain-weasel I am dealing with is I cannot remember the name of the show. Was japanese with the over dubbed voices. The family of three, mom, dad, and son were from outer space and could change into rockets when they blew a whistle. As I said. I cannot remember the title of this series. I need closure. My addiction of useless triva that sahll never help me land a better job DEMANDS I try and find an answer. can you help? There’s not a single grey hair on my soul, nor senile tenderness either. I’ve shaken the world with my voice’s power: There I go handsome, Twenty-two years old -Mayakovsky- ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mind-destroyed-by-tv-needs-help/16314/2 "2000-04-24T03:55:00Z")
I think I remember the show you’re talking about (if it’s the same show) but I can’t remember the title. Here’s what I remember about it: –The “son” robot looked like a normal boy who happened to wear a helmet with long antennae on it. His name was something like “Gam”? –He had a friend (human not robot) named something like Meeko who could blow a whistle to call any of the 3 robots. –The “father” robot looks like a big silver guy with yellowish-blonde hair (here I may be mixing in a different show, so I’m not sure about this one). Does that sound like the same show? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mind-destroyed-by-tv-needs-help/16314/3 "2000-04-24T04:16:00Z")
Figures. I give up on the websearch because I haven’t been able to find anything helpful, post a response, and then try one more search results and find: [http://www.jumptheshark.com/stump.htm](http://www.jumptheshark.com/stump.htm) > [@](#): > > Can someone help dsg28? > > “There was this fabulous sci-fi show that came on after school (back in the eighties)…set in kyoto ro something similar where they dubbed over the japanese and the evil guys in black tights would turn to ooze when they were shot by the superheroes goldar, silvar and another one…i believe they lived in a cave with methusalah Do you remember the name of this show?” > > The answer is… > > “Goldar"was the name of the show, along similiar lines like “Ultra-man”. goldar was a huge 100 foot golden man that could turn into a rocket, silvar (goldar’s wife) who could also turn into a rocket and their human looking son could turn into a missile i think. the son would fight the guys in black with karate and ray guns ,they would turn into ooze & goldar would fight giant monsters his size. haven’t seen that show since i was a child.” - Captain Mango This is a little farther down, and seems to describe the show more accurately: > [@](#): > > Can someone help Joe? > > “When I was a kid, there was a show that came on Channel 17 out of Atlanta. This was the Superstaion WTBS before it became the Superstaion. Anyway, there was Japanese show about Goldar and the Space Giants. There was a little Japanese boy with a red and white striped shirt. He blew a whistle when he needed help. There was a Goldar, a female space giant, and a kid space giant. They flew and could change from normal size to giants. Does anyone remember this? If so where can I find info. There was another show that came on after Goldar. It may have been Spectraman or something. He killed the Ninjas and they turned into a big puddle of snot. Is this ringing a bell to anyone? I would appreciate any help.” > > The answer is… > > “The answer is Specter Man.” - Tracy And then, doing a websearch using “Goldar” and “Silvar” as search terms (“Goldar” by itself brought up too many Power Ranger sites, as apparently that’s also the name of a Power Ranger character): [http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/space\_giants.htm](http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/space_giants.htm) The name of the show, btw, is **Space Giants** ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mind-destroyed-by-tv-needs-help/16314/4 "2000-04-24T09:46:00Z")
Bless you Kat. I can finally rest now that I have the answer.