The Great Space Coaster is an American live-action/animated children's television show that was broadcast in first-run syndication from 1981 to 1986.

Promises, a nefarious ringmaster who plans to re-capture Baxter and return him to the circus he worked at before he escaped.

The series' episodes, which were videotaped in New York City, were directed by Dick Feldman and were fitted with a laugh track.

The puppet designers and builders consisted of Jim Kroupa, Robert Lovett, Christoper Lyall, John Orberg, and Matthew Stoddart.

Other animated shorts including from the National Film Board of Canada, Weston Woods Studios, and Jim Thurman are always segmented within an episode.

Francine, Roy, and Danny sing a song together as the Space Coasters in each episode, sometimes originals or covers of 1960s and 1970s hits.