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Michael Paré | Tony Villicana | |
Jesse D. Goins | Cyler Johnson | |
Robert Culp | Bill Maxwell | |
William Katt | Ralph Hinkley | |
Faye Grant | Rhonda Blake | |
Connie Sellecca | Pam Davidson | |
Don Cervantes | Paco Rodriguez | |
William Bogert | Les Carlisle | |
Carmen Argenziano | Murph | |
Milt Kogan | Dr. Moran | |
Bill Quinn | Harlan Blackford | |
J.P. Bumstead | Agent Spiegel | |
Glenn R. Wilder | Capt. Franklin | |
James Whitmore Jr. | Byron Bigsby | |
Chip Johnson | Agent Sharp |
Director |
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Producer |
Stephen J. Cannell
Christopher Nelson |
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Writer |
Stephen J. Cannell
Frank Lupo |
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Cinematography |
Jacques Marquette
Bradley B. Six |
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Musician |
Pete Carpenter
Mike Post |
A special-ed teacher, an FBI agent, and a UFO? That's right, you've guessed it -- The Greatest American Hero. This show was first aired in 1981, and was both a comedy and a drama. A special "power suit" that only works on him is given to the teacher by the aliens, and he is paired up with the gumshoe FBI agent who keeps them both busy with his scenarios. The suit of "unearthly powers" gives the power of strength, flight, invisibilty, flames, telekenesis, vision of events without being there, protection from bullets and fire (if he remembers to cover his head!), and some others that he must figure out as well because; HE LOST THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAME WITH THE SUIT! Intro Theme: Look at what's happened to me I can't believe it myself Suddenly I'm up on top of the world It should have been somebody else Believe it or not I'm walking on air I never thought I could feel so free Flying away on a wing and a prayer Who could it be? Believe it or not it's just me |
Disc 01 | |||
Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 11/4/1981 1. The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fast Ball | |||
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It's base-ball time, and The California Stars pitchers are all getting beaten-up by thugs, so it's up to Ralph and Bill to figure out why. Bill comes up with a fabulous idea--- Ralph can wear the ""suit"" under his uniform and pitch himself. When the thugs attack him, LOOK OUT!!!
Now it's off to the field to test Ralph's control. Can he get it over the plate? He says that he used to pitch in high school, and as a matter of fact they called his fast ball ""the Hinkley high smoker!"" Pam says they called him ""easy hit Hinkley"", but with Bill in the catcher's mitt--- Ralph breaks Bill's hand with a 200 mph fastball. A tryout for the pitching job is scheduled, and the coach of the stars puts in their best hitter, Kyfano. They never expect our boy to be any good, but, three pitches later.-- Kyfano is out and Ralph is in! They tried to clock it, but it wouldn't register. Up to bat at negotiating the contract is Bill (should have been Pam!!), and they rip him off with a phony life insur
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 11/11/1981 2. Operation: Spoilsport | |||
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Ralph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a suprise missile attack against Russia.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 11/18/1981 3. Don't Mess Around with Jim | |||
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Ralph and Bill are kidnapped by a tycoon that actually had his own suit given to him years ago by the aliens. The suit corrupted this man to use it for personal fortune, and he did not lose the instruction book. The aliens did not like the way he was using the suit, and they took it away from him.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 11/25/1981 4. Hog Wild | |||
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A motorcycle gang steals the super-suit, and tries to use it to take over a town. It only works on Ralph, so they must force HIM to do their dirty work while holding Bill captive.
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Disc 02 | |||
Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 12/2/1981 5. Classical Gas | |||
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Ralph's students start a band, and a promoter lands them a spot on a big ticket concert while trying to get Pam to go out with him.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 12/9/1981 6. The Beast in the Black | |||
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Ralph finds a window into the 4th dimension while scouting an old house. Bill gets possesed by a woman's spirit, and Ralph must return her through that window.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 12/16/1981 7. The Lost Diablo | |||
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Bill has a treasure map, and takes Ralph and his class out to the desert to find the lost Diablo Gold Mine that vanished a long time ago, and are met with resistance from the local thieves.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 1/6/1982 8. Plague | |||
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A psycho military cult leader tries to spread the small-pox virus.
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Disc 03 | |||
Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 1/13/1982 9. Train of Thought | |||
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Ralph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the suit really works.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 1/20/1982 10. Now You See It | |||
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While practicing flying in the desert with Bill, Ralph gets a vision of a plane crash. It's the suit showing it to him, and Bill can only see it when he touches Ralph. They rush to the scene to find no plane, and figure out that it must be something that hasn't happened yet, and they're supposed to prevent it. We come to find out that Pam is on that plane, and it's been hijacked. To make matters worse, the plane has an experimental cloaking device that makes it invisible to radar, and the Air Force would rather shoot it down than have the plane in enemy hands.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 1/27/1982 11. The Hand-Painted Thai | |||
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Years ago, prisoners of war were brainwashed to respond to a code phrase. Now, someone is using them to commit acts of sabotage. Bill and Ralph investigate, but Bill inadvertently falls under a hypnotic trance, leaving the heroics up to Ralph.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 2/3/1982 12. Just Another Three-Ring Circus | |||
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Ralph takes a job at the circus as a human cannonball while trying to help Bill bust a crime ring that involves a phony dating service.
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Disc 04 | |||
Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 2/10/1982 13. The Shock Will Kill You | |||
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A space shuttle is about to crash, and only Ralph can save it. He does so, but ends up supermagnetized, perhaps permanently. Worst of all, a strange creature aboard the shuttle heads towards Los Angeles, electricuting all who get in its way.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 2/17/1982 14. A Chicken in Every Plot | |||
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Ron O'Neill, John Hancock, Thalmus Rasulala, Lincoln Kilpatrick Scenario: When an old FBI buddy invites Bill to his Caribbean retreat, Maxwell takes Ralph, Pam and the students along. Unfortunately, they find themselves involved in a voodoo plot to take over the island's government.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 2/24/1982 15. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | |||
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Ralph and Bill hunt for the sea creature ""Carrie"" in the Bermuda Triangle thinking that the monster may be responsible for all of the boats that disappear there. They uncover a stolen boat ring, and never find the creature.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 3/3/1982 16. It's All Downhill from Here | |||
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Ralph skis like a pro with the suit on, and stands in at the Olympics for a Russian skiier so the man can defect to America, and hand over top secret information that he stole.
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Disc 05 | |||
Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 3/17/1982 17. Dreams | |||
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An act of kindness backfires when Ralph uses the suit to help a coworker with a personal project. This leads his other co-workers to take daring chances for their own shots at success. Soon, he must don the super suit not only to prevent them from ruining their lives, but also to save Bill from a vengeful, recently paroled killer.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 3/24/1982 18. There's Just No Accounting... | |||
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Bill convinces the parents of a kidnap victim to pay the ransom, certain that Ralph can recover it when he saves their little girl. Ralph finds himself being audited by an overzealous IRS agent who's convinced he took the ransom money. Meanwhile, Ralph and Bill keep getting shot at in drive-by shootings, but by who?
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 3/31/1982 19. Good Samaritan | |||
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Tired of using the suit to fight crime, Ralph decides to branch out. He tries to intervene in a battle between an old man fighting for his home and the city taking it away, but Bill has him on the hunt for bank robbers.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 4/7/1982 20. Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory | |||
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Bill recieves hot tips on a speed factory working out of a fast food chain, and a newspaper reporter publishes pictures of Ralph flying.
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Disc 06 | |||
Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 4/14/1982 21. Who's Woo in America | |||
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Ralph's mother is re-marrying to a man who planted a much wanted micro-chip in her engagement ring.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 4/28/1982 22. Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell | |||
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Bill falls in love with a female FBI agent, and wants to tell her about the suit. She turns out to be a spy, and is ordered to kill him.
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