Does anyone remember the show's name where a guy (he was a teacher, I think) is given s superhero suit by aliens but loose the instructions? He had a friend who was an FBI agent, who helped him to find-out about the suit's powers.
The theme song started like this: "Believe it or not..."
I remember the suit was red.
I'd like to know the name because I discovered a guy at "mercadolivre" (kinda brazilian ebay) who has some old sitcoms taped to sell.
Does anyone remember this sitcom and its name?
[ August 09, 2004, 03:49 PM: Message edited by: Eduardo_Sauron ]
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I loved that show......
especially his landings...
FG (although I never considered it to be a sitcom)
[ August 09, 2004, 03:34 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Ooo-ooo, look at me! Believe it or not, it's just me!
I LOVED that show as a kid.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
And I never considered it to be ancient.
*watched episodes of "Leave it to Beaver" and "The Ozzie and Harriet Show" on their original airings*
Ancient! Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Thanks for the name!
Unfortunatelly, the guy does not have it, which is a bummer (fond childhood memories).
The song's name is "Believe it or not", isn't it?
And yes, the show was awesome! Does anyone know how many seasons were aired? I guess there were 3.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I think it is! Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
"Beeweeve it or not I'm walkin' around...."
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Heh sndrake, I was just about to make a comment. Next thing you know some whipper-snapper will say Knight Rider or something is 'ancient'.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Was that before or after the dinosaurs went extinct?
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
I once got into a heated argument about which car was cooler, KIT or the General Lee. Hands down, the General Lee.
Did y'all see the Seinfeld where George makes an anwering machine greeting to the music of The Greatest American Hero theme song?
Believe it or not, George isn't at home... Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:Was that before or after the dinosaurs went extinct?
Don't remember.
I'll get back to you after I check the date on the steaks in the freezer. Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
"General Lee" is from... Dukes of Hazard? (If it isn't, please, don't kill me or anything, ok?)
KIT I remember! What was the show name in english? Here in Brazil its name was "A Supermáquina" ("Supermachine", or something like that).
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
It was called "Knight Rider," because the driver's name was Michael Knight, like the armored hero, and the car was black, like night (i.e. a homonym). In America, we think homonyms rock.
Edit: we also think night is inherently cool. A show called "Afternoon Rider," while intriguing in a soft-core porn sort of way, would probably not have been as successful.
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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
The only choices debated were Kitt and the General Lee? What about Starsky and Hutch's car?
And out of idle curiosity, since the darn song has been running through my head for about 2 weeks now, how does one go about getting in trouble with the law on the day they are born?
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Vomiting the face of a police oficer?
Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :
Nah,it's the moonshine that was hidden in their baby bottle. hehe
Posted by School4ever (Member # 5575) on :
I loved Greatest American Hero.
The threads today have me breaking out into theme songs.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
The Coyote from Hardcastle & McCormick was the better car, though if KITT had actually existed he would have been cooler.
The real question -- Bonnie or April?
For the original topic, I enjoyed the series, but apparently it suffered from its main character being named Hinckley. They tried to shift him to being called "Mr. H" after a particular political incident, but the show just kinda crashed. The other show I liked around that time also centered around some people who were given unusual abilities (an object which allowed them, anyway), but lost (twice, again) the owner's manual. Anyone know the show I mean?
And the other show with a car was Automan, but that one was just silly. And very short-lived.
--Pop
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
quote:And out of idle curiosity, since the darn song has been running through my head for about 2 weeks now, how does one go about getting in trouble with the law on the day they are born?
Here you go...
Just the good ol' boys Never meanin' no harm Beats all you never saw Been in trouble with the law Since the day they was born
Staightnin' the curves Flatnin' the hills Someday the mountain might get 'em But the law never will
Makin' their way The only way they know how That's just a little bit more Than the law will allow
Just them good ol' boys Wouldn't change if they could Fightin' the system Like a true modern day Robin Hood
Makin' their way The only way they know how That's just a little bit more Than the law will allow
I'm a good ol' boy You know my momma loves me But she don't understand They keep a showin' my hands And not my face on TV Hah hah Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"And I never considered it to be ancient.
*watched episodes of "Leave it to Beaver" and "The Ozzie and Harriet Show" on their original airings*
Ancient!"
Sndrake, if Greatest American Hero is acient, what does that make Leave It to Beaver? And even Batman? Prehistory? Yikes!
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
"Leave it to Beaver"...hmm...ah! Eminen's character mentioned it in one of the raps in his movie (8 mile) Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I don't even want to KNOW that, Eduardo. I can only imagine what Eminem might have to say about The Beave.
Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
Believe it or not George isn't at home. Please leave a message at the beep
I must be out, or I'd pick up the phone. Where could I be? (shrug shoulders and look around) Believe it or not I'm not home
The greatest show ever.
Oh, and Greatest American Hero was relatively good. As a kid I loved it. And the Dukes of Hazzard. (But not the Coy and Vance episodes.)
Automan. Ha. I seem to remember Laura Branigan (Gloria!) doing a guest appearance on that show. And that Asterisk that was some sort of Cursor, right? It became the car and was his interface to the computer's "powers".
Remember all the "vehicle shows"?
Knight Rider Airwolf StreetHawk Dukes of Hazzard
I know I'm missing some.
Ian
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Elizabeth: It's just a passing phrase. He don't talk anything bad about the show. He just mentions it because another caracter makes fun of him (because he's white and trying to become a rapper) telling him to try a role in "Leave it to Beaver".
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Eduardo, I was actually referring to the naughty connotation of "beaver." I thought that was where Eminem might take it. So to speak.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
There is a naughty meaning to "beaver"? English is my second language...I wouldn't know. To tell you the truth, I still don't. Posted by Annie Mayhem (Member # 6203) on :
Both these places have at least a few episodes of GAH on DVD:
Personally, I wish the Powers the Be would release "The Tick" (cartoon, not the execrable live-action version) and "Alien Nation" (TV series). I miss those shows...
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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Thanks, FG. Sorry, Eduardo.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Minor correction:
"Believe it or not, I'm Walking on air Never thougth I could feel so free-ee-e Riding around on a wing and a prayer Who could it be? Believe it or not, its just me."
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Farmgirl: I didn't want to know but I ended-up following your link anyway. Sheesh...the curiosity...
It's amazing what people will turn into slang. Really!
Elizabeth: No problem! I was just surprised there was a naughty meaning to the word.
And...Alien nation was awesome!
Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
Minor corrections to the corrections.
"Believe it or not, I'm walking on air I never thougth I could feel so free-ee-e Flying Away on a wing and a prayer Who could it be? Believe it or not, it's just me."
*loves that song - played it on a 45 over and over and over as a child*
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Can I correct the correction to the correction by pointing out typos? Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I don't know, CAN you? (smiley thing here)
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Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Was it turned into a grammar nazihood thread now?
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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
HELLO!! It's not "KIT" it's "K.I.T.T." Which stands for "Knight Industries Two-Thousand."
/Knight Rider geek.
Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
Ahh...drat, I did miss a typo.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that Believe It or Not just came up on my playlist. Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
So, Primal Curve, what was K.I.T.T.'s evil prototype called? No fair Googling.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I remember the evil prototype had yellow light instead of red one. Isn't it true?
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Depends-- there was a semi-truck called 'Goliath--' it smashed KITT up after Michael drove it through a car wash that had been rigged to emit a special chemical to strip off KITT's armor. . .
Man, did I really like this show??
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
No, not Goliath...there was a car just like Kitt, but with a yellow light instead a red one. It thought that he was the best, for being the one first-created, but had a lot of character flaws.
Kitt had to find confidence in himself (itself?) in other to defeat it's elder and evil (brother?) predecessor.
Yeah...how could I like it? But it was fun! I remember my mother bought me a remote-controll car just like Kitt! I would pretend I was Michael Knight!
(such a geek since an early age...)
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
[geek]The other car like KITT was KARR.[/geek]
Oh, and a guy who lived a few blocks away when I was a kid had one of the cars used on this show. Red light in the front, all the lights on the dash, the whole nine yards. How cool is that?
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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
I was worried that the same scanning red light on the KITT car was on the Battlestar Galactica Ceylon's.
What was the connection?
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
And KARR stood for Knight Automated Rolling Robot. [/geek]
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Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Didn't you google for it?
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Moose, what was the name of the show? It's driving me crazy!
Speaking of which, does anyone remember a tv show about a guy who dies but is given a chance to come back with the catch that he has to save a certain number of people?
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I don't know this one.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Kayla - I don't know about "save", but there is Brimstone
Which was a very cool show. Most of the good ones die young.
-Trevor
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Thanks TM! Your right, I was a bit off on what he was supposed to do. I knew it involved about 100 people and being given a second chance.
Now, if only Moose would answer my question.
However, I found some interesting trivia while looking for Brimstone. Did all y'all know that George Clooney was in two tv series named ER? One was a half hour comedy in 1984 and the other is famous.
I already knew that, but what caught my eye last night was the fact that Carrie Anne Moss (Trinity of The Matrix was in a tv series with Nick Mancuso named, surprisingly, Matrix. I just think it's weird to be in a flop and then agree to be in another project with the same name. They must not be superstitious.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Kayla, it was Voyagers. Sorry -- I was out of town for a while.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Ooh, Jon-Erik Hexum was such a hottie. Dumb, but hot.
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