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Greatest American Hero Tv Show
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Series Description:
The Greatest American Hero tv show was an adventure / comedy series about a Los Angeles high school teacher (Ralph Hinkley) who was given a red flying suit by aliens during a field trip to the desert. An F.B.I. agent convinces him to use the suit to fight crime. Ralph later discovers that the suit also gives him the power to become invisible, to see things from great distances and to see through solid objects. During the first season only, Ralph also sometimes included his students in his crime-stopping adventures.
Greatest American Hero Cast:
William Katt ................... Ralph Hinkley
Robert Culp .................... Bill Maxwell
Connie Sellecca ................ Pam Davidson
Faye Grant ..................... Rhonda Blake
Michael Paré ................... Tony Villicana
Brandon Williams ............... Kevin Hinkley
Marc Price ..................... Rodrigeuz
Don Cervantes .................. Cyler Johnson
Broadcast History:
First Two Seasons: Wednesday Nights from 8:00 to 9:00 PM on ABC
First 4 episodes of Third Season: Friday Nights from 9:00 to 10:00 PM on ABC
Final 9 episodes: Thursday Nights from 8:00 to 9:00 PM on ABC
Greatest American Hero Theme Song Lyrics
Title: "Believe It Or Not"
Written By: "Mike Post and Stephen Geyer"
Performed By: "Joey Scarbury"
Look at what's happened to me,
I can't believe it myself.
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
It should've been somebody else.
Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free eee eee.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me.
It's like a light of a new day,
It came from out of the blue.
Breaking me out of the spell I was in,
Making all of my wishes come true ue ue.
Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free eee eee.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me.
The Greatest American Hero Dvds
Are Available At Amazon.com!
The Entire First Season!
In addition to the first season's episodes, you'll also receive an 8 page
replica of the instruction manual for Ralph's super-powered suit with
color photos! ... Read More
Greatest American Hero Tv Show Trivia:
The theme song for the series became a major hit on the charts during the summer of 1981.
The owners of the Superman copyright threatened to sue citing similarities in the suits and of the superpowers.
On March 30, 1981, a man named John Hinckley attempted to assasinate President Ronald Reagan. Fearing public disgust over the similarity in last names (Hinkley & Hinckley), scripts were quickly rewritten to refer to the hero of the series as simply, "Mr. H" and sometimes even "Mr. Hanley". Eventually, however, things cooled off and his name was changed back to Hinkley.
Robert Culp's grandfather inspired him in his role as Bill Maxwell. He had also written an episode of "I Spy" where he wrote a character (Uncle Harry) who was also inspired by his grandfather.
Robert Culp wrote several of the scripts for this tv show. He had previously written scripts for his first series "Trackdown (1957" and "I Spy (1965)". He even won an Emmy for one of the "I Spy" scripts!
Thirteen years before appearing as an FBI agent in "The Greatest American Hero", Robert Culp played the role of a U.S. secret agent in I Spy. Actually, the rugged schedule of shooting I Spy caused him on many occasions to say that he didn't even want to see scripts for tv pilots. A friend convinced him to change his mind for "The Greatest American Hero".
Episodes List With Original Airdates
The Greatest American Hero Tv Show - The First Season
1... The Greatest American Hero (3/18/1981)
2... The Hit Car (3/25/1981)
3... Here's Looking At You, Kid (4/1/1981)
4... Saturday Night On Sunset Blvd. (4/8/1981)
5... Reseda Rose (4/15/1981)
6... My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (4/29/1981)
7... Fireman (5/6/1981)
8... The Best Desk Scenario (5/13/1981)
Greatest American Hero Tv Show - The Second Season
9... The Two-Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Fast Ball (10/28/1981)
10. Operation: Spoilsport (11/11/1981)
11. Don't Mess Around With Jim (11/18/1981)
12. Hog Wild (11/25/1981)
13. Classical Gas (12/2/1981)
14. The Beast In The Black (12/9/1981)
15. The Lost Diablo (12/16/1981)
16. Plague (1/6/1982)
17. Train Of Thought (1/13/1982)
18. Now You See It (1/20/1982)
19. Hand-Painted Thai (1/27/1982)
20. Just Another Three-Ring Circus (2/3/1982)
21. The Shock Will Kill You (2/10/1982)
22. A Chicken Every Plot (2/17/1982)
23. The Devil In The Deep Blue Sea (2/24/1982)
24. It's All Downhill From Here (3/3/1982)
25. Dreams (3/10/1982)
26. There's Just No Accounting... (3/24/1982)
27. The Good Samaritan (3/31/1982)
28. Captain Bellybuster And The Speed Factory (4/7/1982)
29. Who's Woo In America (4/14/1982)
30. Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell (4/28/1982)
The Greatest American Hero Tv Show - The Third Season
31. Divorce Venusion Style (10/29/1982)
32. The Price Is Right (11/5/1982)
33. This Is The One The Suit Was Meant For (11/12/1982)
34. Resurrection Of Carlini (11/26/1982)
35. The Newlywed Game (1/6/1983)
36. Heaven Is In Your Genes (1/13/1983)
37. Live At Eleven (1/20/1983)
38. Space Ranger (1/27/1983)
39. Thirty Seconds Over Litle Tokyo (2/3/1983)
40. Wizards And Warlocks (2/10/1983)
41. It's Only Rock And Roll (2/17/1983)
42. Desperado (2/24/1983)
43. Vanity, Says The Preacher (3/3/1983)
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