Heh...on a whim, I bought the jedis a "Flash Gordon" DVD at Walmart. It cost a buck and has three really old episodes...black and white, from the fifties, I guess.
The boys LOVE it! Funny!
Some things just never go out of style, sis. ;-)
~sip~
Heh...if they're the ones with Buster Crabbe, they're older than that - from the 30s. We used to have some of those...
All the uniforms looked to be leftover from other shows. Like, in one episode, they landed on a planet so they weren't wearing their "space" uniforms. All the good guys were dressed like Robin Hood and all the bad guys had Roman soldier outfits.
And the acting is delightfully dreadful!
I think they did make some in the 50s, too, though. I haven't seen those.