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Release Date:
10 March 1978 (USA)
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Tagline:
Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry
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Plot:
A fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress.
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Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy.
Another 1 win
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4 nominations
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| Frank Orsatti | | (12 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Reza Badiyi | | (8 episodes, 1978-1980) |
| John McPherson | | (7 episodes, 1979-1980) |
| Jeffrey Hayden | | (5 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Barry Crane | | (5 episodes, 1979-1981) |
| Kenneth Johnson | | (4 episodes, 1978-1980) |
| Kenneth Gilbert | | (4 episodes, 1978) |
| Michael Vejar | | (4 episodes, 1981) |
| Chuck Bowman | | (3 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Alan J. Levi | | (3 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | | (3 episodes, 1978) |
| Nicholas Corea | | (3 episodes, 1979-1980) |
| Joseph Pevney | | (2 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Larry Stewart | | (2 episodes, 1978) |
| Patrick Boyriven | | (2 episodes, 1980-1981) |
| Dick Harwood | | (2 episodes, 1980-1981) |
| Jack Colvin | | (2 episodes, 1981) |
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| Nicholas Corea | | (13 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Jill Donner | | (12 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Karen Harris | | (12 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Andrew Schneider | | (8 episodes, 1979-1981) |
| Kenneth Johnson | | (7 episodes, 1978-1980) |
| Reuben Leder | | (5 episodes, 1981) |
| Chris Bunch | | (4 episodes, 1980-1981) |
| Allan Cole | | (4 episodes, 1980-1981) |
| Richard Christian Matheson | | (3 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Thomas E. Szollosi | | (3 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Migdia Chinea-Varela | | (2 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Frank Dandridge | | (2 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Justin Edgerton | | (2 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Jim Tisdale | | (2 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| James D. Parriott | | (2 episodes, 1978) |
| Deborah Dean Davis | | (2 episodes, 1979-1981) |
| Daniel B. Ullman | | (2 episodes, 1979-1980) |
| Craig Buck | | (2 episodes, 1979) |
| Sam Egan | | (2 episodes, 1979) |
| Diane Frolov | | (2 episodes, 1981-1982) |
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| Kenneth Johnson | .... | executive producer (80 episodes, 1978-1982) |
| Nicholas Corea | .... | supervising producer / producer (53 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Robert Bennett Steinhauer | .... | producer / supervising producer / ... (46 episodes, 1979-1982) |
| Chuck Bowman | .... | supervising producer / producer (35 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| Jill Donner | .... | producer (28 episodes, 1980-1982) |
| Stephen Caldwell | .... | associate producer (26 episodes, 1978-1980) |
| Alan Cassidy | .... | associate producer (25 episodes, 1979-1981) |
| Karen Harris | .... | producer (23 episodes, 1980-1982) |
| James G. Hirsch | .... | producer (11 episodes, 1978-1979) |
| James D. Parriott | .... | producer / supervising producer / ... (11 episodes, 1978) |
| Jeff Freilich | .... | producer (9 episodes, 1979-1980) |
| Andrew Schneider | .... | producer (2 episodes, 1981-1982) |
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Additional Details
Runtime:
60 min (87 episodes)
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
In most episodes, David Banner turned into the Hulk twice. The first transformation typically occurred 20 to 30 minutes after the start of the show, while the second transformation took place during the climax.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the Hulk breaks through a brick wall, (typically at the end of the show) the clothing that he wears changes between his approach to the wall, and to the view of him running down the alley, and this is repeated in several different episodes, which clearly looks like the same stock footage being re-used.
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Quotes:
Jack McGee:
Human interest stories do not make front page.
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A primary complaint about this TV show is that it wasn't like the comic book. Whether or not the TV show was like the comic book is irrelevant. The Hulk performed physical feats in the comic that would have been impossible to duplicate when this series was running, and comic books are so simplistic and often violent, they never would have allowed it on prime time TV.
That said, the Incredible Hulk was a good TV show with strong acting by Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno that was, mostly, harmless fun for the whole family. The Hulk represented a kind of "Elephant Man" character, who certainly looks scary, but is genuinely kind and gentle and wants to help people in trouble (sort of a one man A-Team). I don't remember him ever seriously hurting anyone, and most of the physical parts involved him bending gun barrels so they couldn't be fired or turning cars over on their roofs. With the kind of strength the Hulk had, he could have torn people in half, but he settled for bending steel piping around them and leaving them helpless for the police to take to jail. He was gentle with animals and young people as well as old.
The story is a very sad one: Bixby, playing scientist David Banner, is stuck in a life on the run from an obsessed reporter who wants to become famous by photographing the Hulk. Banner and the Hulk represent the ultimate misunderstood hero/antihero: someone who is a better person than most of us are, yet is persecuted because of other people's misunderstandings.
Harmless fun for the whole family, and some good lessons for youngsters about kindness and not judging others for their appearance.