 Lou Ferrigno in the 1978 episode "Married" The Incredible Hulk was a American television series that loosely adapted the Hulk comic book character and ran between 1978 and 1982, and starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk himself. From fan site, I believe is covered under fair use This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ...
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The Hulk, often called the Incredible Hulk, is a Marvel Comics superhero. ...
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Wilfred Bailey Bixby (January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993), better known as Bill Bixby, was an actor who starred in a number of popular American television series, notably as the title role in The Courtship of Eddies Father; as Dr. ...
Lou Ferrigno in the 1978 Incredible Hulk episode, Married Lou Ferrigno (born Louis Jude Ferrigno November 9, 1951) is a bodybuilder and actor. ...
Premise The origins of the Hulk in the TV series differed greatly from the original comic book. Banner is this time a geneticist who has been traumatised by the loss of his wife in a fatal car accident, and his guilt over his inability to save her from the burning wreckage. He begins to conduct research into the strange phenomenon which sees humans display supernormal levels of strength, and to understand why others faced with a similar traumatic experience to his own were able to save themselves or their loved ones while under abnormally high emotional distress. He concludes that high levels of gamma radiation from sunspots is the cause, and to prove the theory, he bombards his body with gamma radiation to see if he can instill supernormal strength into his body. Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ...
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400 year sunspot history A sunspot is a region on the Suns surface (photosphere) that is marked by a lower temperature than its surroundings, and intense magnetic activity. ...
Unbeknownst to him, however, the equipment is upgraded and administers a far higher dose than he intended, altering his body chemistry irrevocably. He initially thinks that the experiment has failed, but later that evening he experiences a flat tire and injures himself with the lug wrench. This triggers the metamorphosis (which begins with Banner's eyes turning into a white-greenish color) into the Hulk and he proceeds to destroy his car. While trying to reverse the process, the interferences of a nosy reporter called Jack McGee result in the destruction of the research laboratory and the death of a fellow scientist. Banner, now presumed dead, is forced to go on the run while trying to find a "cure" for his condition. In a manner similar to the popular series The Fugitive, this forms the basis of the TV series, as Banner endlessly drifts from place to place assuming different identities, while at the same time involuntarily using the powers of the Hulk to deal with the problems of the people that he encounters. Firestone tire A tire (U.S. spelling) or tyre (UK spelling) is a roughly toroidal piece of (usually) rubber placed on a wheel to cushion it. ...
The Fugitive is an American network television dramatic series (ABC, 1963-1967) starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent man falsely convicted for his wifes murder and sentenced to death, who escapes custody in a train wreck and begins a cross-country search for the one-armed...
Music One of the distinctive elements of this series that set it apart was the musical score used. In particular, the most famous music is a wistful piano piece called "The Lonely Man". It is typically used at the closing credits that typically show Banner on the road hitchhiking to the next town, burdened as ever with a destructive curse. A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ...
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Closing credits, in a television program or motion picture, come at the end of a show and list all the cast and crew involved in the production. ...
A parody of this score was made in the closing credits of an episode of the Family Guy, when Stewie Griffin impesonates the hitchhiking scene at the end of the show. Family Guy is an animated television series originally created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ...
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Notable Episodes - Pilot Episode
- "Death in the Family" (functions as a quasi-sequel to the pilot)
- "Married" - David Banner gets married to a terminally ill fellow scientist.
- "A Child in Need" - David Banner/the Hulk intervenes on the behalf of a child being severely abused by his father. The first time a serious social issue had been dealt with by a superhero.
- "Mystery Man" - Jack McGee discovers a man changes into the Hulk.
- "Prometheus" - Radiation from a metorite causes the Hulk to revert back to Banner abnormally and the Hulk is temporarily captured by the U.S. Government.
- "Dark Side" - In an attempt to find a cure, Banner injects himself with a drug that brings out his primal and evil instincts, making him dangerous and even more so as the Hulk.
- "The First" - David Banner encounters another man who is capable of becoming a "Hulk" - a man who has killed in the past and will do so again.
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Made-for-TV movies Three episodes of the series appeared first as stand-alone movies, but were later split into one-hour length for syndication. Two were produced as pilots before the series officially began in 1978. A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, telefilm, etc. ...
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1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
- The Incredible Hulk (pilot) - 1977
- Death in the Family (pilot)- 1977
- Bride of the Incredible Hulk (season 2 premiere "Married" parts 1 & 2) - 1978
After the cancellation of the television series in 1982, three television movies were produced with Bill Bixby reprising his role as Dr. Banner. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...
1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, telefilm, etc. ...
- The Incredible Hulk Returns - 1988 David Banner meets a former student who has a magical hammer that summons the god Thor. Set up as a possible pilot for a live action television series that would loosely be based on the Marvel Comic book hero named Thor.
- The Trial of the Incredible Hulk - 1989 David Banner meets the blind lawyer named Matt Murdock and his masked alter ego; Daredevil. The Incredible Hulk and the Daredevil battle the Kingpin of Crime. This was also set up as a possible pilot for a live action television series that would loosely be based on the Marvel Comic book hero named Daredevil.
- The Death of the Incredible Hulk - 1990 David Banner falls in love with a Eastern European spy and saves two kidnapped scientists.
More Incredible Hulk television movies where planned to help launch a pilot for She-Hulk and Iron Man. There was also talk about doing a television movie with the cast from the 1977-1979 live action Amazing Spider-Man television series in the mid-80s. However, all such projects were cancelled when Bill Bixby died of cancer in November 1993. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Thor carries his hammer and wears his belt of strength in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ...
Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ...
1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Cover to Daredevil v2 #41. ...
Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ...
1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
She-Hulk is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
Iron Man is a Marvel Comics superhero. ...
The Amazing Spider-Man is the title of both a comic book published by Marvel Comics and a daily newspaper comic strip. ...
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