I was too young to know that show, but I had a particular frission run through me when I recognized the time tunnel sound effect! They reused it (or at least paid homage) with the De Lorean time machine in Back to the Future!
BBTF had no reason to make it two or three 60s-era explosive crashes right before the re-emergence of the De Lorean, except that the Time Tunnel had two or three explosive charges go off in their effect.
