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Ray Guns and Rocket Fuel

Don't Touch That Dial for November 10, 2026: Ray Guns and Rocket Fuel. 10 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, songs and theme tunes): Star Wars, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Alien Action Figure and more, with Ricky Voltage. In this episode: 0:00 Stupid Potato 0:12 Stupid Potato 0:44 Don't Touch That Dial opens: Ricky Voltage welcomes you 1:49 Star Wars (TV trailer, 1977) — Star Wars is a 1977 American space opera written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox, and it is the first film in the franchise. In a galaxy under the control of a tyrannical empire, a rebel group works to destroy the empire's superweapon. After the rebel leader Princess Leia is captured, Luke Skywalker sets out to rescue her with help from the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who teaches him about a mystical energy field called the Force. The cast includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, and James Earl Jones, among others. 2:18 Star Trek: The Animated Series (TV theme, 1973) — Star Trek: The Animated Series, created by Gene Roddenberry, aired on NBC Saturday mornings from September 8, 1973, to October 12, 1974, with 22 episodes over two seasons. As the second series in the Star Trek franchise, it featured mostly the same characters as Star Trek: The Original Series and followed the Starship USS Enterprise exploring the galaxy in the 23rd century. 4:20 Alien Action Figure (commercial, 1979) — Alien is a science fiction horror and action franchise that screenwriters Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett created, starting with the 1979 film Alien. The series focuses on dangerous confrontations between humans and alien creatures called Xenomorphs in a future setting. 4:46 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 4:56 Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer - Doctor Who Theme 7:16 Weetabix - Doctor Who (commercial) 7:54 CBS Orchestra - Lost in Space 9:50 Battlestar Galactica (commercial, 1979) — Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson that started with an original television series in 1978, followed by the sequel series Galactica 1980 and various books, comics, games, and other media. A reimagined version developed by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick premiered as a miniseries in 2003, with a television series running from 2004 to 2009. A prequel series called Caprica aired in 2010. 10:18 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato …and 5 more. The whole running order: Don't Touch That Dial Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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Don't Touch That Dial for November 10, 2026: Ray Guns and Rocket Fuel. 10 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, songs and theme tunes): Star Wars, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Alien Action Figure and more, with Ricky Voltage.

In this episode:

  1. 0:00 Stupid Potato
  2. 0:12 Stupid Potato
  3. 0:44 Don't Touch That Dial opens: Ricky Voltage welcomes you
  4. 1:49 Star Wars (TV trailer, 1977) — Star Wars is a 1977 American space opera written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox, and it is the first film in the franchise. In a galaxy under the control of a tyrannical empire, a rebel group works to destroy the empire's superweapon. After the rebel leader Princess Leia is captured, Luke Skywalker sets out to rescue her with help from the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who teaches him about a mystical energy field called the Force. The cast includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, and James Earl Jones, among others.
  5. 2:18 Star Trek: The Animated Series (TV theme, 1973) — Star Trek: The Animated Series, created by Gene Roddenberry, aired on NBC Saturday mornings from September 8, 1973, to October 12, 1974, with 22 episodes over two seasons. As the second series in the Star Trek franchise, it featured mostly the same characters as Star Trek: The Original Series and followed the Starship USS Enterprise exploring the galaxy in the 23rd century.
  6. 4:20 Alien Action Figure (commercial, 1979) — Alien is a science fiction horror and action franchise that screenwriters Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett created, starting with the 1979 film Alien. The series focuses on dangerous confrontations between humans and alien creatures called Xenomorphs in a future setting.
  7. 4:46 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato
  8. 4:56 Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer - Doctor Who Theme
  9. 7:16 Weetabix - Doctor Who (commercial)
  10. 7:54 CBS Orchestra - Lost in Space
  11. 9:50 Battlestar Galactica (commercial, 1979) — Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson that started with an original television series in 1978, followed by the sequel series Galactica 1980 and various books, comics, games, and other media. A reimagined version developed by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick premiered as a miniseries in 2003, with a television series running from 2004 to 2009. A prequel series called Caprica aired in 2010.
  12. 10:18 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato

…and 5 more. The whole running order: Don't Touch That Dial

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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