Back in the mid-80s we had a children’s show here called Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin and basically the vibe of it was these kids having to search for some golden salamanders. Not real salamanders, they were like figurines I guess, quite large, gold in colour, and I’m pretty sure they had jewels for eyes, like maybe rubies... I’ll let wiki take over...
Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin (aka Professor Poopsnaggle and His Flying Zeppelin) was a popular Australian children's television series and a spin-off from the 1984 series Secret Valley. Doctor Garcia had made an invention that would stop air pollution. After he mysteriously disappears, the children of the Secret Valley have to find six golden salamanders which each contain the name of a mineral for that secret recipe, and then locate the minerals. Professor Poopsnagle, the grandfather of Peter, a resident of Secret Valley, planned a steam zeppelin, a reconstruction of a red bus with technology of a hot air balloon so it can fly. The children now build it and search for the salamanders with the aid of an encoded document.
Had an amazing theme song, as I recall. I remember the thought of a golden salamander appearing in my back yard really gripping my imagination.
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Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin (aka Professor Poopsnaggle and His Flying Zeppelin) was a popular Australian children's television series and a spin-off from the 1984 series Secret Valley.
Doctor Garcia had made an invention that would stop air pollution. After he mysteriously disappears, the children of the Secret Valley have to find six golden salamanders which each contain the name of a mineral for that secret recipe, and then locate the minerals. Professor Poopsnagle, the grandfather of Peter, a resident of Secret Valley, planned a steam zeppelin, a reconstruction of a red bus with technology of a hot air balloon so it can fly. The children now build it and search for the salamanders with the aid of an encoded document.
Had an amazing theme song, as I recall. I remember the thought of a golden salamander appearing in my back yard really gripping my imagination.