P.S. – Now, here's a memory for ya: "Fireball XL5" (marionettes in space)!!!! A quote from fiddlersgreen.net: "For the 1962-63 TV season, NBC picked up a show from the UK for its Saturday morning cartoon lineup. 'Fireball XL5' was produced by Gerry Anderson, who would go on to create 'Thunderbirds', 'Stingray', and 'Captain Scarlet'. But this was his second show to be produced and the first to be picked up in the USA. XL5 featured, as did most of Anderson's work, marionettes or as they called it, 'Supermarionation.' "

See pictures, synopsis, character list and episode descriptions here: http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/trekker/fireball.html

To hear music from the series, click on this link (beware: music plays automatically when the page appears!):http://www.zip.com.au/~raoul/fireball.htm

More XL5 images (black-and-white): http://www.chuckfoster.com/xl5/