# How many times can you use your balls? ("Starman" Thread ) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-you-use-your-balls-starman-thread/86269 "2001-10-09T04:34:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-you-use-your-balls-starman-thread/86269/1 "2001-10-09T04:34:09Z")
I loved this movie. I even watched the TV show where Starman came back and took anther body and he and his son went off to try and find the woman from the movie. They find her eventually and she turns out to be the chic from Buck Rogers (which deserves it’s own thread). I got a couple questions . . . What was the name of the actor who played the son? What else was he in? If I remember correctly, in the movie they could only use those magical little break-the-laws-of-physics balls once, and then they disappeared. But in the TV show they were able to use the same balls over and over again. Did they ever try to explain this? Or was it just a creative license thing, so they felt they could just screw continuity? I can’t remember . . . Great stuff either way. I love the science fiction . . . DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-you-use-your-balls-starman-thread/86269/2 "2001-10-09T04:41:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > I loved this movie. I even watched the TV show where Starman came back and took anther body and he and his son went off to try and find the woman from the movie. They find her eventually and she turns out to be the chic from Buck Rogers (which deserves it’s own thread). > > I got a couple questions . . . > > What was the name of the actor who played the son? What else was he in? His name will come to me. I know he played the oldest son in the “Brady Bunch” movies. I loved that show. I have all the episodes on tape. Love the theme music. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-you-use-your-balls-starman-thread/86269/3 "2001-10-09T04:47:10Z")
All the information you could want about the show can be found [here](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0090527).