Comments on: The New People

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:40:30 +0000

This is so funny! I didnt realize this was even here! Same thing for me. No one knew what I was talking about when I brought up the new people but, believe it or not, I always had the theme song stuck in my head! And by the way, it was my favorite show at the time even though I was only 8

By: mark

mark — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:36:59 +0000

Is there any way I can get copies of any of the episodes? I have searched on line with no luck. I remember the series but missed much of it.

Mark Nowak
compudyne2000@yahoo.com

By: attis

attis — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:29:32 +0000

Hay,

i lik very much your effort for this serial.

i was fun because it broadcasting in Greece also.

i think that lost owns alot in this serial. like it owns alot at Jules Verne misterious island

a big salut my friend

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:41:09 +0000

C’mon, TD. People stranded on an island is a story as old as stories, so I don’t think it’s fair to say Lost ripped off The New People, any more than it ripped off Gilligan’s Island or The Odyssey. That said, when I first heard about Lost, the first thing that popped into my head was The New People.

I remember the show very well. (I was eleven.) It desperately wanted to be cool and hip, but it was populated by Dragnet Hippies and always came across like what old dudes thought the “kids today” were into.

It’s hard to imagine that a network today would greenlight a drama so blatantly political and divisive.

If Rod Serling had stuck with the show, we might have had Lost 30 years early.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:31:57 +0000

I was 9 when this show aired and I loved it and it was very much with the times. It captured that feeling that we as a society were all on the edge of a “new world.” (ha! I say now). I was so bummed it was taken off the air. I’ve remembered snippets of the theme song all these years and here it is! Thank you!

By: joe d

joe d — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:52:10 +0000

I had the same problem the other people had with no one but me remembering this show..The one thing that did stick with me was the theme song.Im disappointed that its not available on DVD.Maybe some day.

By: TD

TD — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:47:10 +0000

I think that LOST may have been ripped off by this show. It seems too similar to be a coincidence.

By: carol

carol — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:13:30 +0000

WOW, I had the same experience with many people acting as if I had dreamed this up. I was 13 years old when this show aired and I loved it and thought the theme song was so cool…just decided to do a search this morning and found this site, how great is the internet ? Thank you to this site for proving I’m not demented ! Let’s hope somehow they release this show, how fun would that be? I thought about this show the minute I started watching LOST.

By: rnj1

rnj1 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:51:07 +0000

I, too, thought I was hallucinating, making up a program about kids on a desert island. And to make matters worse, whoever I told about it would look at me with an even weirder look when I told them I thought it was only a 45 minute show, back to back with another 45 minute show that starred David Steinberg. How nice to have proof. What a fabulous trip down memory lane, a la click-clacks and Weebles. Thanks.

By: RGJ

RGJ — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:39:27 +0000

José, I had no idea The New People was shown in Uruguay. I do believe someone once told me it was aired in Australia, so it was seen outside the United States. I wonder where else it was broadcast.