Enjoying The Greatest American Hero Marathon

[rocketeer25]

Loved this as a kid, and am really enjoying the marathon running on SyFy today.

More than ever, I'm really appreciating Robert Culp as Bill Maxwell. Nobody could have played that role as good as him. I wonder if he ad-libbed a lot of stuff, or if the writers catered to his delivery? Either way... a classic role for a classic actor!

 

[MooCriket]

:lolI'm watching as well. First time I have watched it in years. What a fun show I wonder if he really did eat dog biscuits?

 

[Servo]

Watching it here, too, even though I have the DVDs.
Just one of those shows that, when it's on, you have to watch.

 

[Jet Beetle]

I'm forced to watch over the shoulder - while I work. Maxwell's dialog was mostly re-written by Culp and ad-libbed at times. I miss him more watching these. I was happy to see Operation Spoilsport still had the song Eve of Destruction in it - as originally broadcast. the dvds are garbage because of the studio junk music they put in over songs Cannell didn't want to pay for. Always will be my favorite show.

I'd love to have one of these

to go with this

 

[SSgt Burton]

the dvds are garbage because of the studio junk music they put in over songs Cannell didn't want to pay for.

Couldn't agree more Jet! I was utterly disappointed when I bought the SE boxset and discovered the covers by Scarbury were gone.

Oh and I never did thank you for that full length version of Eve of Destruction you posted in the 80s Cold War songs thread; I had been looking for that for ages! So thank you! :thumbsup

Jet- I assume the Instructions Book is the real deal (sure looks like it); is everything there screen used?

This was easily one of my favourite shows back then!

Kevin

 

[jcoffman99]

Watching it now as I wear my GAH t-shirt.

 

[Jet Beetle]

Couldn't agree more Jet! I was utterly disappointed when I bought the SE boxset and discovered the covers by Scarbury were gone.

Oh and I never did thank you for that full length version of Eve of Destruction you posted in the 80s Cold War songs thread; I had been looking for that for ages! So thank you! :thumbsup

Jet- I assume the Instructions Book is the real deal (sure looks like it); is everything there screen used?

This was easily one of my favourite shows back then!

Kevin

Everything is real - the instruction book (built by our very own Rich Coyle) i won in auction back in 97 (i believe) as well as the box the suit came in. This suit in this pic was from the first season and was the one I took with me when I pitched then later wrote the movie for Disney. This is the ONE show I'm happy to pay whatever for the props. i have two other suits in my collection - one from each season and I'm hoping to get a Green Guy suit from a gent I know in Canada - who found it of all places in a resale shop for costumes - Cannell had cleaned out his warehouse two weeks previous so I guess the thing ended up there.

thanks for the compliments.

I stupidly passed on the latest profiles auction because the lot was made up of silly objects - but I did so want one of this

By the time I remembered the auction - it was too late. oh well, maybe another will come my way.

 

[rocketeer25]

Do you know if the movie is still moving forward?

 

[Jet Beetle]

Not at Disney - I have to say - that job was a nightmare. I won't go into specifics but as much as I LOVE LOVE LOVE GAH I wanted to quit three weeks in. I wrote my draft for the movie - which Disney loved but when it came down to it they had to decide on one Superhero movie to make - GAH or Sky High - and seeing how Cannell retains alot of the money from his creations, Disney made a financial decision and went with Sky High - during the time my script was at the studio it did a lot for me - Got me a pitch at Warner for Superman, William Katt read it and flipped for it so much that he actually called me on the phone - we're close friends to this day. And it also lined up my time at Paramount for the next two years. It was a good script - but chips fall the way they do sometimes.

 

[Wes R]

i loved the show too. Can someone point me to the 80s cold war music thread by the way? i'm a huge cold war fan (i collect radiation gear too lol).

 

[gunnerk19]

I got to watch about 20 minutes of one episode before work last night; slept all day after getting home from work at 8 am yesterday. Wish I had known it was going to be on all day I'd either have gotten up earlier or something... Now it'll probably be another few years before they run it again...

Remember when SciFi channel (I refuse to accept the name SyFy lol) used to be fairly predicable as to when shows aired? I think it was several years ago that one day out of the month they would play say, TOS BSG for 10 or 12 hours out of the day, but not anymore...

 

[Contec]

Remember when SciFi channel (I refuse to accept the name SyFy lol) used to be fairly predicable as to when shows aired? I think it was several years ago that one day out of the month they would play say, TOS BSG for 10 or 12 hours out of the day, but not anymore...

I remember getting Scifi channel over satellite and that i watched MST3K for the first time.(been a fan ever since) Sitting up late at night to watch B-movies :love
May you rest in peace SciFi channel, because your clown clone SyFy just shows junk.:thumbsdown

 

[jt001]

Disney made a financial decision and went with Sky High

I gotta say, I watched Sky High again a couple of days ago. Man, I still love that movie!!!

 

[micdavis]

Love that show. Great Theme song.

Really wanted to se Jet's movie too. Damn shame.

 

[Jet Beetle]

I gotta say, I watched Sky High again a couple of days ago. Man, I still love that movie!!!

thanks JT and you too Mike -

I have to say the best thing about Sky High is most of the kids who went to see it 6 years ago were around 12 or 13 - now they are 18. You have no idea how many 18yr old girls I've met who get all gaga over the fact I wrote that movie. "That was my favorite movie when I was a kid!!!" My wife doesn't find it as amusing as I do.:lol

I still wish they had made my Hero script - The basics where the same -

Agent is killed
Guy named Charlie who runs a mom and pop grocery store (I was going for a John Denver type of character from Oh God) is chosen for the suit
Charlie's ex wife is engaged to a rich guy named Vincent (picture a Sam Neil's Damien Thorn), who is on the cover of Time magazine - his story is he started with nothing and now has an Empire - speculation is he is running for President next.
Charlie accidentally sets his house on fire trying out the suit (leaves the instruction book behind).
He teams up with the dead agent's partner (a female fed) who we find out was actually planning on marrying her ex partner.
She and Charlie are captured by the bad guys who killed her ex partner.
Turns out Vincent is the head of the bad guys. He has Charlie's instruction book.
Charlie learns Vincent has a suit too, but the power has corrupted him, that's how he attained his fortune.
Vincent tells Charlie about the others before them "Before me, it was a girl named Hathoway, before her, a schoolteacher named Hinkley -- the green guys have been doing this for a long time."
Vincent also lets Charlie know that if he had read his instruction book he could have taken Vincent out without a problem - Charlie's suit is much more powerful. Vincent destroys Charlie's instruction book.
Charlie gets his suit back (thanks to his partner) and has to fight Vincent - who has total control of his suit, while Charlie is in kindergarden with his.
Charlie does defeat Vincent
the Aliens return and ask Charlie and his partner if they want the responsibility of saving the planet.
Charlie says he'll do it, but he doesn't want the instruction book. That way, he'll always be on the defensive and it'll limit his power and keep him from going corrupt.

That's the basics of what I turned in - and as I said - the studio loved it. I was the first who suggested Owen Wilson to play Charlie, he was sent the script and in talking to him years later I learned he called the studio and said "I'm there!". Sigh. Such a heartbreak. It was such a high to get to work on the one show that inspired you to get into the business in the first place. The project is at FOX now - I have no idea how the script reads.

 

[STARTREKTOS]

I remember listening to my 45 of the theme song when I was young. I am only thirty now but I found it in the thrift store. I used to play that song every morning before I went to school. Good times.

 

[rocketeer25]

thanks JT and you too Mike -

I have to say the best thing about Sky High is most of the kids who went to see it 6 years ago were around 12 or 13 - now they are 18. You have no idea how many 18yr old girls I've met who get all gaga over the fact I wrote that movie. "That was my favorite movie when I was a kid!!!" My wife doesn't find it as amusing as I do.:lol

I still wish they had made my Hero script - The basics where the same -

Agent is killed
Guy named Charlie who runs a mom and pop grocery store (I was going for a John Denver type of character from Oh God) is chosen for the suit
Charlie's ex wife is engaged to a rich guy named Vincent (picture a Sam Neil's Damien Thorn), who is on the cover of Time magazine - his story is he started with nothing and now has an Empire - speculation is he is running for President next.
Charlie accidentally sets his house on fire trying out the suit (leaves the instruction book behind).
He teams up with the dead agent's partner (a female fed) who we find out was actually planning on marrying her ex partner.
She and Charlie are captured by the bad guys who killed her ex partner.
Turns out Vincent is the head of the bad guys. He has Charlie's instruction book.
Charlie learns Vincent has a suit too, but the power has corrupted him, that's how he attained his fortune.
Vincent tells Charlie about the others before them "Before me, it was a girl named Hathoway, before her, a schoolteacher named Hinkley -- the green guys have been doing this for a long time."
Vincent also lets Charlie know that if he had read his instruction book he could have taken Vincent out without a problem - Charlie's suit is much more powerful. Vincent destroys Charlie's instruction book.
Charlie gets his suit back (thanks to his partner) and has to fight Vincent - who has total control of his suit, while Charlie is in kindergarden with his.
Charlie does defeat Vincent
the Aliens return and ask Charlie and his partner if they want the responsibility of saving the planet.
Charlie says he'll do it, but he doesn't want the instruction book. That way, he'll always be on the defensive and it'll limit his power and keep him from going corrupt.

That's the basics of what I turned in - and as I said - the studio loved it. I was the first who suggested Owen Wilson to play Charlie, he was sent the script and in talking to him years later I learned he called the studio and said "I'm there!". Sigh. Such a heartbreak. It was such a high to get to work on the one show that inspired you to get into the business in the first place. The project is at FOX now - I have no idea how the script reads.

Sounds great! I'm in line with my $10 on opening night!! Love the nod to the original too...

 

[jt001]

thanks JT and you too Mike -

I have to say the best thing about Sky High is most of the kids who went to see it 6 years ago were around 12 or 13 - now they are 18. You have no idea how many 18yr old girls I've met who get all gaga over the fact I wrote that movie. "That was my favorite movie when I was a kid!!!" My wife doesn't find it as amusing as I do.:lol

I still wish they had made my Hero script - The basics where the same -

Agent is killed
Guy named Charlie who runs a mom and pop grocery store (I was going for a John Denver type of character from Oh God) is chosen for the suit
Charlie's ex wife is engaged to a rich guy named Vincent (picture a Sam Neil's Damien Thorn), who is on the cover of Time magazine - his story is he started with nothing and now has an Empire - speculation is he is running for President next.
Charlie accidentally sets his house on fire trying out the suit (leaves the instruction book behind).
He teams up with the dead agent's partner (a female fed) who we find out was actually planning on marrying her ex partner.
She and Charlie are captured by the bad guys who killed her ex partner.
Turns out Vincent is the head of the bad guys. He has Charlie's instruction book.
Charlie learns Vincent has a suit too, but the power has corrupted him, that's how he attained his fortune.
Vincent tells Charlie about the others before them "Before me, it was a girl named Hathoway, before her, a schoolteacher named Hinkley -- the green guys have been doing this for a long time."
Vincent also lets Charlie know that if he had read his instruction book he could have taken Vincent out without a problem - Charlie's suit is much more powerful. Vincent destroys Charlie's instruction book.
Charlie gets his suit back (thanks to his partner) and has to fight Vincent - who has total control of his suit, while Charlie is in kindergarden with his.
Charlie does defeat Vincent
the Aliens return and ask Charlie and his partner if they want the responsibility of saving the planet.
Charlie says he'll do it, but he doesn't want the instruction book. That way, he'll always be on the defensive and it'll limit his power and keep him from going corrupt.

That's the basics of what I turned in - and as I said - the studio loved it. I was the first who suggested Owen Wilson to play Charlie, he was sent the script and in talking to him years later I learned he called the studio and said "I'm there!". Sigh. Such a heartbreak. It was such a high to get to work on the one show that inspired you to get into the business in the first place. The project is at FOX now - I have no idea how the script reads.

Wow, thanks for sharing!!! Love it! I hope they don't change it too much!