Captain Kremmen was a British science fiction comedy radio serial set in the early 21st century.
Everett took the name Kremmen from a series of American radio comedy discs called "Superfun" produced by Mel Blanc and his son, Noel.
[2] One of the regulars in the series was voice actor Bob Arbogast, and he came up with Kremmen, as a fictitious brand name for spoof commercials.
These were heard by Everett in his Radio London days, and he revived the name for his space captain, and used some of the Superfun spoof ads in the Kremmen series.
According to a 'computer read-out' at the beginning of the episodes, he has an IQ of 498 and a height of 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), and is a supreme athlete, a concert pianist, concorde pilot, mountain climber, diplomat, space captain & genius.
Her first visual appearance saw her looking like Marilyn Monroe, but this was changed in the TV series where she became a black woman with peroxide blonde hair.
Gitfinger is extremely short (barely half the height of Carla and Kremmen) and wears a white lab coat.
Other minor characters include Gonad, Schmuckstein, Threllmer and Fooman, who are all technicians aboard the Troll-1 – Kremmen's spaceship, which is more than a little reminiscent of a portable cassette recorder.
This latter feature is the reason the Thargoids drink tea; as Gort explained: "You try asking for llllager and llllime with llllips llllike these!"
[5] The single "Captain Kremmen (Retribution)" was a UK chart hit for Kenny Everett and Mike Vickers, peaking at No.32 in late November 1977.
The View-Master company was well known for creating products aimed at children during the years the Captain Kremmen set was produced.
In autumn 1979 "Kenny Everett's Video Show Annual 1980" was published (64 page, large format hardback), featuring Captain Kremmen, Carla and Gitfinger on the cover.
[10] In autumn 1980 "Kenny Everett's Video Show Annual 1981" was published (64 page, large format hardback), featuring Captain Kremmen, Carla and Gitfinger on the cover.