The Incredible Hulk (1977-82). "You look a little Green, David."
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Stam Fine Reviews looks at the classic 70’s/80’s TV series version of The Incredible Hulk, starring Bill Bixby as Dr David Banner, with Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Jack Colvin as investigative reporter Jack McGee.
The Incredible Hulk TV series, created by Kenneth Johnson, is a very different take on the classic Marvel comic and rather unique compared to other superhero series of the time, mainly down to well engineered trousers than don't rip if your waistline suddenly expands.
Hulk also features an iconic theme tune by Joe Harnell, a solo piano piece called “The Lonely Man.”
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0:00 Introduction
0:38 Origins
3:00 The Pilots and Series
7:49 It's Not Easy Being Green
8:26 Metamorphosis
9:28 Bill Bixby (Dr David banner)
10:42 Lou Ferrigno (Hulk)
11:53 Jack Colvin (Jack McGee)
14:18 Hulk Sounds
14:48 The Series is good.
15:23 Musical Flourishes and Flares.
16:03 Cancellation
16:50 Episodic Formula
18:17 Standout Episodes
23:26 Spin-Offs
24:28 Flashbacks, Clips, Stock Footage
25:13 "Isn't that...?"
25.49 AfterH*U*L*K*
26:43 Summary - Zábava
Nobody ever talks about the acting. Bixby was amazing, and for someone with no acting experience......Lou showed emotions deserving of an Emmy
Agreed. 💯
Right! The acting only won Mariette Hartley an Emmy! ♥️
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Lou was also at a disadvantage with his hearing loss. He could make you feel the primal emotions of rage as well as confusion and tenderness
@sharonwilliams2746 Lou due to his deafness and a slight speech speech impediment probably allowed for him (Lou) to have a greater ability to communicate and convey emotions NONVERBALLY which likely allowed this.
That first transformation in the rain changing a tyre is one of the greatest moments in television history!
I agree 100%. I love that scene….I am mesmerized watching it
@@dbbanner also the nightmare scene in season 2s ' The Hulk Gets Married' where David is chasing the bus driven by the Grim reaper taking his wife away. A very powerful metaphor and transformation scene. Ah the days where shows had great writing and cleverly constructed scenes.
I've just bought the first and second season box set🤔....and
You are absolutely right....
I would "go" even further
ALL THE FIRST EPISODE IS AMAZING💯
A metaphor for real life as Bill Bixby’s wife committed suicide after the death of their 6 year old son.
My eight-year-old self would definitely agree with you, now 27
Even in interviews, you could see Ferrigno had a natural charm and charisma. He really came off as a gentle giant which is how the Hulk is around people he and Banner care for.
Bill Bixby, Michael Landon, Lee Majors...some of my childhood heroes from television.
You know when this show first appeared on UK tv back in the 70s, as a child this was just mind blowing stuff, it was right up there with The bionic man, we all ran about in school in slow motion going NaNaNaNaNa..........or going Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii as you changed into the hulk......these show were revolutionary fir the UK back then.
I agree with all this 🙂
Agreed!
I have both series on Blu-ray, I still love these shows at 50yrs old, and I still have all the merch.
MY GUY!!!
I too was first released in 77
And had inflatable Hulk swimming arm band things
I remember the pilot episode coming on the telly. It was a Saturday evening, and I joined the show part of the way through. It scared the crap out of me at first till I realised what it was.Great show!
Bill Bixby was such an underrated actor. One of the best from any era.
This show was literally a phenomenon at the time.
Absolutely one of the funniest and best moments in that shows history was the clip from Terror in Times Square when the thug says "You really don't wanna make me angry" and you see Bills face slowly pan into camera range...his look is absolutely priceless lol
Best live action portrayal of a superhero ever.
The Incredible Hulk was one of my favorite shows growing up. Along with Mork and Mindy, Taxi, Welcome Back Kotter, Mash, Three's Company and The Waltons. There were so many great shows back then, so much so I could rattle off another dozen easily.
Oh for sure like Magnum, PI, Green Acres, Hogan's Heroes, Barney Miller, The Andy Griffith Show, The Equalizer, The Rockford Files, Perry Mason, Star Trek, The Odd Couple, Spenser For Hire, Sanford and Son, All In The Family, The Jeffersons, Moonlighting, Family Ties, Good Times, The A Team, Murder, She Wrote, Hill Street Blues, Quincy, ME, Matlock etc. There was just so many eclectic and entertaining tv shows in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
They were fun to watch and had great theme songs. They all had a special identity and I enjoyed seeing the stars on Battle of the Network Stars with Howard Cosell. There's no way a show like that would work today.
Bill Bixby was such a great actor. This series was really for the adult public, not for kids.
I love this show as a kid. I was walking around telling people “do not make me angry, you wouldn’t like me angry” apparently this was hilarious coming from a 4year old 😁
It would still be funny cuz youre a woman lol
There were millions of Gen X kids who said that line lol.
As a kid around 4 (1978) I got in trouble for cutting my pants to look like the Hulks pants (think of the cartoon version pants) I should have cut them the tv version lol
This use to scare the living Crap out of me in the 80s 😱 I remember 1983 he was at Universal Studios Hollywood when I was 5 years old my Dad couldn’t calm me down 🤣
I'm sure many kids did toOo!! And NOW, .. I have more in common with David Banner than before!! I've been exposed to Gamma Radiation too!! I have Trigeminal Neuralgia, nerve PAIN. The only thing that got rid of the PAINS .. was Gamma Knife Radiation. 73 minutes of it in a 7-hr procedure. TRUE PRINCESSES wear halos on their heads. Still have the scars from wearing one during the Gamma Knife. SoOo', DON'T make me ANGRY!! You WOULDN'T like me .. when I'm ANGRY!!! .. 😎 BoOooo!!! hAeHaE!!!!
My favorite superhero.. I still model myself after the Hulk💪🏽💪🏽
Friday nights on CBS Dukes of Hazzard and The Incredible Hulk...I had a great childhood.
"Your friend won't wear a shoe this size, doctor?" "Whom might that be, Bigfoot?"
"Oww, I landed on my keys!" That joke never gets old! LOL
Go on without me.... don't be a hero!
Hey, that's no joke. Sitting down with your keys in your back pocket is bad enough. I can only imagine how landing on them could traumatize someone for ever.
As a kid, I LOVED this show and as an adult I still do. I was never bored. Friday nights in 1978 Wonder Woman at 8pm and The Incredible Hulk at 9pm. Since it was Friday, I could stay up later. What a great time to grow up.
I seem to remember watching TIH as a kid and nearly tearing up whenever the show ended. The Lonely Man theme and David waking away from the new friends and safe place that he and the hulk had created.
Yea. That music pulled at the heart strings.
That theme must be one of the most saddest tearful end themes ever created.
I learned to play it on the piano. Really sad.
When I Watched it in the 70s & 80s The Music At the end Always Made Me Cry
The wedding episode with Marriett Hartley and her character is dying is one of my favorite episodes. During a dream sequence with Death as a bus driver still freaks me out.
My favorite fact about that episode is that like Bill Bixby and Ken Johnson Marriett Hartley was not interested but her agent said to read the script and told her "this is your emmy." Sure enough she got an Emmy for her performance in the episode.
David Banner would give you the shirt off his back.
Ok that was funny!
I loved this show as a little kid and never missed an episode!
Season 4 was my favorite and in my opinion, the best of the series. They really went outside of the box with that season and gave the show a string of diverse stories that uncovered new layers in Banner and Hulk. Prometheus, Dark Side, The First, Interview With The Hulk, The Harder They Fall, just to name a few
The saddest feeling ever, I'm 60 and had avoided watching this.. until now 😢😢 letting go really hurts.. it's over now I don't have to worry him being sought out all the time, R.I.P david/lou. . I can let go now... I was Always haunted by this show,, him always walking away, and the ending music 😢😢😢😢 good-bye friend 😢😢
Stam Fine - your guarantee of quality reviewing. Splendid work again. Thank you.
This series was a "must watch" when I was growing up. It probably caught me at just right age too. Young enough to be enthralled by the two appearances per episode of the big green fella and old enough to appreciate the warmth and integrity Bill Bixby exuded.
One of my favorite shows growing up.
Instead of going with my parents on Friday nights to watch high school football games , I would stay home . I didn't want to miss The Incredible Hulk .
The music that tune OHHHH MY GOD that tune was so iconic…. It said SO MUCH with that sad ballad in the end , absolutely iconic , 70’s is SO BEAUTIFUL, ‘70’s was an awesome era !
dr david banner phyiscian scientist . one of the best intros of a show. loved it as a kid .
This show was very reminiscent of "The Fugitive", which also featured a man on the run, taking odd jobs which were beneath him, while helping others he's meet on the run. Still, I remember this show fondly. I was one of those kids who couldn't wait to see Bruce Banner " Hulk out", but as an adult, I can also better appreciate the rest of the show.
I agree you looked forward to a Hulk out and as an adult you understand the show even better.
Actually it's David Banner not Bruce on the show. The creator didn't like the name Bruce and changed it to David after his son.
It’s exactly like the old Fugitive TV show except that they added the Hulk element to it. The similarities are unmistakable.
'An apt comparison. When Tim Daly was starring in a single-season revival of "The Fugitive", I was part of an online fan group of TIH, and our consensus was that Daly would have made a good David Banner.
@@iakona23Kenneth Johnson was actually inspired by Les Miserables (which also inspired The Fugitive).
Great series. Watched when I was a kid. Even went around the house doing the Hulk roar. 😂
One of my FAV shows ever!!! I still get goosebumps when he hulks out, and btw Lou Ferrigno still looks great at 70 yrs old...this will always be a classic to me🙌
My kids loved this. My kids are now middle-aged.
Obviously.
We have the complete series on DVD. And my wife and I rewatches every episode two years ago. And enjoyed it at lot. It´s funny how you watch the series. As a kid, I could not wait for David to get angry and see him change into the Hulk. As an adult (40 years later) I was wishing for David to find the cure and finally have a happy life. Bill Bixby always was the heart of the show.
I loved it when Bill Bixby used any medical technobabble... he sounded like a real doctor.
Great stuff -- we used to pretend to Hulk-out in the play ground as kids in the late 70s -- good times. It's a bit like "The Fugitive" with extra Gamma radiation.
@Stephen Mundane one of my friends and I would do the same thing except we would watch the show while hulking out love watching his shirt rip because of his massive muscles his muscles bulging while flexing making the shirt rip we didn’t rip our clothes we would be shirtless wearing shorts
"I don't have a quarter for the phone!"
Fantastic.
I am a Huge Incredible Hulk fan all the way back from 1975! I used to collect lot of Hulk comics, I loved the live TV show so much at one as they where filming in NYC where THE Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk running up Time Square. To this day I still own the large Mego Incredible Hulk figure from 77.
I never realized Bixby had such a tragic personal life. Bodybuilder Manuel Perry was the "intermediate" Hulk during Bixby's transformation to Lou Ferrigno and Ferrigno's stunt double.
can you imagine a hulk out at self-checkout 9:16 😂
I loved this show as a kid was scared shitless of the hulks eyes and loved Bill Bixby as david was an amazing show still watch it today 70s tv was awesome ❤️
An excellent summing up. I loved it when I was 12. I'm 52 now and still love it.
Same! ☺️
The thing I never understood about the show is how easily Banner was able to hide his identity. He is a world renowned scientist! So how was he able to stay hidden for so long.
Suspension of disbelief and pre-internet age
The episode I remember is the one where Bruce encountered a scientist who created a proto-Hulk, played by Dick Durock, who would go onto play Swamp Thing.
The First
One of my favorite TV shows of all time. As a young boy growing up in the 1970's I collected the comic book and action figures and to see it on television was awesome. Though his strength was not nearly like the comic book, the stories were good for the most part. Prometheus was about as close to the comic as you can get with the military involved. Jack Mcgee was about as close to being general Thunderbolt Ross of hounding Banner. The television movies were a nice way of bringing the series back and introducing Marvel characters. The death of Bill is sad because they were in the talks of possibly having another movie even though Hulk allegedly died falling from the sky and transformed back into Banner. I own the complete series on DVD as well as the 3 TV films. It was good to see them again years after the show was canceled and a few years back MeTV had it on. Seeing Stan Lee in one of the films would lead to more cameos in the latter Marvel films and also Lou Ferrigno in the 2 Hulk movies. A good review and whatever you do "don't make me angry you wouldn't like me when I am angry" is as an iconic line as Arnold Schwarzenegger saying "I'll be back."
Incidentally, Arnie himself was also considered for the title role even before Richard Kiel or Lou Ferrigno, but at 6'2 he was deemed too short for the part. Then 7'2 Kiel got it, but after about a week's filming, he was replaced by 6'5 Ferrigno because he just didn't have the right physique.
I love how Banner's "journey across the country" always looked like Southern California.
Great childhood memories watching this show.
Amazing show, I saw it as a kid and watched it as an adult recently, it holds up incredibly well.
Waking up too early is just Fine.
My dad was born in 1970. His brother was only a few years older, my uncle was a big comic book fan and he watched the Hulk tv show. My dad, who was only 7 during the beginning of show and 12 when the ended, told me stories of how he watched the show with his brother and would be scared of the hulk. Understandable because when I watched the show on Netflix at the age of 7 I was scared at first but warmed up to the hulk. Great show give me some great moments with my dad.
Before Stan Lee in Trial of the Incredible Hulk, Jack Kirby appeared as a police sketch artist in an episode.
Fred Ward appeared as a cowboy in the rodeo episode.
A poignant, funny and beautiful homage to one of my favourite TV programs as a child. thank you Stam Fine. Excellent as always 👌
Very well done, I loved this show during it's original run.
This was a quality show more of a 'morale' booster and motivational 'mantra' for kids like us growing in the 1970-80s decade!!!some 'interesting lessons of life 'became part of the episodes while the protagonist tackled his 'inner' demon!!!
I love it!!! Great job! It was really funny. Especially the part about a Ralph Malph tattoo!! 😂😂😂😂😂
This show was my punishment. If I messed up in school or acted bad it was taking away from me Friday night
Probably one of my favorite episodes in the whole show is the one where David befriends a troubled Rock star who's basically a mix between Aladdin Sane era Bowie, Alice Cooper, and KISS. One of the hulkouts involve David's drink being spiked with acid
I love that pre hulkout he hallucinates being chased by the hulk, and after, it's the hulk throwing him across the room. Definitely something that stood out when I watched it XD
Metamorphosis
Great video. Amazing that no one ever asked what happened to David after the Hulk showed up.
As I kid, me and my friends were anything but bored with the non-hulk moments. We ate every moment of the series. And were amazed the first time we saw Lou without the makeup.
This was a brilliant, funny review. Good job Stam.
The irony of the series is that Banner's primary goal was to purge himself of the creature, yet without the Hulk, he would've been killed dozens of times over. 💪☺
Kenneth Johnson had a knack for turning possibly cheesy comic-book concepts into interesting dramas (Alien Nation; 'V'). Aside from the inspiration from The Fugitive (itself of course inspired by Les Miserables), I think Johnson took a cue from the old Adventures of Superman TV series in which Clark Kent was the main character almost all the time, with Superman only appearing relatively briefly to save the day. Similarly, Johnson knew that keeping the Hulk off stage most of the time heightened the anticipation.
At the time it aired, most people supposed the change from 'Bruce' to 'David' was because 'Bruce' (or 'Brucie') was a name that Johnny Carson repeatedly used as a joke name for effeminacy or gayness. It seems that this has been forgotten in the intevening years.
Anyone remember the episode of Mr. Roger's where he visited the Hulk set?
I was just old enough (and had been reading comics for a few years) when this started. I had to convince my parents to let me stay up half an hour past my bed time (I was 7) to watch it.
The Lonely Man … One of the greatest themes ever made I dare anyone to say they’ve never felt alone or misunderstood
The Incredible Hulk looked truly menacing, until the camera panned down to his green espadrilles.
What a lot of the current superhero flicks are missing is good acting and relying too much on computer-generated action. What made Christopher Reeves, Bill Bixby so enduring is their acting but also how their movies/shows did not rely on CG too much. The actors and plots made them work
I liked that tv series so much.
I loved this show as a kid and its one of the rare ones that not onky ages well but actually gets better. Back then we were really expecting Nicholas Harmond/Spider-Man to crossover. They both handled the characters and their worlds in similar ways. What a shame that never happened. I personally even had hoped that Dr. Strange would do a Halloween episode with Bixby/Ferrigno-Hulk (inspired by the Defenders). I still have hopes however slim that Ferrigno-Hulk or Harmond's Peter Parker (heck even Reb Brown, or the TV movie's Thor or Daredevil) will show up again so we can get one more visit to that universe.
In defense of Wonder Woman TV show - It's a show that fully embraced its comic book origin without turning into a parody, paving the way for Superman the movie.
Over all of these years, still my all-time favorite series. I watched it in the 1990's looking for production flaws. The producers took everything very seriously. The series is like the prisoner - just a tormented man with someone on their tail.
what an amazing man and actor rip bill. the incredible hulk was and still is an amazing series. bill and lou you could never replace them
Lol! I remember me and my mate looking at 'The Snare' a few years back. "That creature you became David...."It Was Magnificent David....Magnificennnnttttt!!!!!!!" 'The First' was fantastic. Loved seeing that old dude really loving the power...and come on...two Hulks squaring off? Loved it! I also remember the one 'Like A Brother' where David takes on local Pimped up gangster 'Taylor George'....the dude had a fucking panther as a pet!!!😂😂😂
i loved this show as a little boy. i always found it hilarious when they would say "who is that? where the hell did he come from?" these people are so stupid. you just kicked the shit out of a very nice man...threw him out the door and a green monster shows up who happens to be mad at you for no reason. ok. where the fuck do you think he went?!? i love that show...i watched with my grandpa every week...and the dukes of hazzard came on right after....those were good times
I think it's the shock of seeing Hulk and completely forget about throwing this weakling out the door or window.
@@madmanmark8387 if they cant put 2 and 2 together after they recover from the concussions then theres just no hope for them...lol!
To be fair this is a world where there are basically no super humans, so I can see why you wouldn’t put two and two together. It just seems more ridiculous to the audience when you recognise the formula week to week. To me it’s sillier that they always throw him through a door or something so he can transform with modesty lol.
One of the best shows in the history of tv entertainment. From the deadpan expressions of most of the actors and deliveries. To the story plots and action. One of the standards of excellence of marvel comics. I remember an episode where David has been planning to get together with a woman he has begun to adore and when they meet up she moves closer to him and springs her ankle. That sets off the rage machine that is the hulk 😝❤️👍
I remember as a kid this would come on sci fi and as I gotten older (18 - 20 yrs old) it would come heroes and icons.
Thank you for highlighting some episodes! Currently watching the dark side episode. It reminds me of the fairly recent immortal hulk run with joe fixit being stuck inside banners body. Devilish thoughts, night club chaos and personality splits. Awesome
I loved when they used to play The Incredible Hulk marathons on SciFi before the series came out on DVD years ago!👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️
"The Hulk" was the bomb when i was a tike in the mid seventies. The outro piano tune always got me...
This show is to me absolutely dearest, I was 2 years old in the end of 1977 , I still remember it and Wonder Woman , the Incredible Hulk touched my childhood life in a such special way , yes mostly due to absolutely spotless choice of actor Bixby and Ferrigno are absolutely iconic , the best hulk ever same as Reeve as SuperMan and Lynda Carter as WonderWoman those characters from the ‘70’s absolutely captured the cartoon superheroes giving them life in a way that will be never matched again , I love it so much , Bixby and Ferrigno gave Hulk something else some extra more sensitivity, more charisma! There’s something so real so special about the original Incredible Hulk and the stand of time is here to proof ! Absolutely stunning tv series one of the finest ever ! I was born in Brazil 🇧🇷 it was massive in Brazil
Stam Fine you really very reliably crack me up. Thanks & don't stop on any Legos.
One of the early comic changes I remeber was when he was franticly trying to use a pay phone. The call did not go through and his dime was not returned. He called the operator and said, "My dime! I did not gety back my diiiiimmmme!!!!" He changed to the Hulk and destroyed the pay phone.
Bixby was terrific as the anquished Banner. When he encountered someone who turned into an evil Hulk, and that evil Hulk destoyed the cure, the look of pain and saddness on Banners face was more than mere acting and, in that turmoil, Banner changed to the Hulk.
one of all time favorite shows..still today
Yay, always look forward to these videos.
THE INCREDIBLE SULK ! ! !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Using existing sets on a studio back lot was a time honored tradition in movies and TV. They'd have permanent ones like a city street the reused hundreds of times.
If you watch the Star Trek episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever", you can see Kirk and Edith walk past Floyd's Barber Shop from "The Andy Griffith Show"
This is one of the few series from that period that holds up today.
For me the A Team is another.
What this show lacked in terms of special effects, it made up for in terms of heart and soul. If you don't care about the lives and well-being of the main characters, it doesn't matter how good the effects are.
Still my favorite Hulk.
At 2:25 the sheer IRONY of arguing how lame first and last names start with the same letters like Peter Parker, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, etc! But then they cast real life perfect actor for Banner, "Bill Bixby!!" 🤣
You can't make this stuff up!
I use to watch this show back in the days when it was nothing on TV the incredible hulk still until this day it is a great series sorry that it ended in 1982 bill Bixby was a good actor I miss him
From the UK here. This show was just before my generation so reruns of the show were winding down. I saw an occasional show but I was too young and they were too out of order for me to make sense of them. It's true that shows of this generation were often a lot of fun and a bit campy... but probably don't get the recognition for the more serious elements of the stories and the finer acting moments. The clips of the guest actors was a bit of an eye opener. This has been a great showcase for them. I do fondly remember a lot of shows and cartoons from when I was growing up but for me it was Airwolf that captivated me. You clearly have love for what you're covering rather than simply poking fun at them, you make your documentaries informative but also funny. Great stuff as always.
At 18:11, "I don't have 25 cents!" That's funny right there. I loved this show when I was a kid, but now I appreciate it even more when I see how good of an actor Bill Bixby was. CBS had a perfect Friday night lineup back then.
There is no other sadder tv theme song that ends an episode than the Incredible Hulk. It's kind of a downer that we're always feeling like crap seeing Bill Bixby walking lonely miles and not getting a ride 😥. Poor guy simply couldn't catch a break every single episode.
I love this show, and its iterations of both Hulk and Banner remain my absolute favorite across all adaptations. I think it comes down to something Stam Fine repeated several times in the video; this show has heart. For me, the comics tend to over-emphasize the chaotic nature of the Hulk ('cause 'splosions and heroes fighting each other are kewl) to the point where the Hulk is just a destructive force. The TV show version loves him some property damage (so long as it's within a 70s TV show budget), but it's made repeatedly clear that the Hulk shares Banner's priorities and desire to help/protect people. The three main leads are also just perfectly cast. I can't imagine the show being anywhere near as successful or well-remembered if it weren't for Bixby, Ferringno, and Colbin.
Yes casting is so crucial! Bixby, Ferrigno and Colvin were born for those roles. Bixby and Ferrigno have never been topped in those roles imo. I do wish they would've included McGee in the 2008 movie.
I have been a fan of Bill Bixby my whole life. I watched re-runs of My Favourite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and was super excited to see a few episodes of The Magician (it was on really late for a little kid) then the Hulk and Bean Town in real time. I remember learning about his cancer and then him dying from it. But I never knew all the terrible stuff from his kid dying and wife problems. Back then there was no internet and people's lives could remain a lot more private. No chance of that now. One of my heroes turns out to have had a really hard life. Money and fame don't always get you happiness. That's too bad, especially for the good guys.
I first saw the Trial of the Incredible hulk, later I catched some reruns in the 2000´s.
I love the atmopshere in this show. I really like Bill as an actor. And I feel Mark pulls more from this Banner so I see similarites. And that music is just wonderful. I have not yet seen the whole show, I mean I love it but after 50 you feel like you have seen them all. But I have´t seen him reunite with his parent, that happy version of lonely man got me crying right away.
I have´t watched many older shows from the 70´s or even 90´s but Magnum PI, Knight Raider are among them I like so I might cheak out more and look up The Magican if I can watch some episodes.
I disagree. Ruffalo's Banner and Hulk is nothing like Bixby and Ferrigno. In fact Ruffalo's version is inferior imo. The one I felt pulled most from Bixby best was Edward Norton and the 2008 showed far more love and respect for the characters and the show than any other version.
I guess I was a weird 10 year old. This was my favorite show when I was a kid, and not just for the hulk out's. I was very concerned about David, and what was going to happen to him. I was very interested in this show. Later on, I was so pissed when "Death" came out, and he died. 😢
Comment written before watching this YT vid.
How many people can say that watched the Hulk on TV, first run, from Pilots to Belated Finish. I was only like 6 years old when the first Pilot aired, and I remember my Mom sitting with myself and my younger brother to watch the pilot. BARELY remember, because I think most of it went over my head, I think the iconic tire changing scene was the only thing that really stood out to me. Anyway, I watched the show all the way until the end. I don't know if I ever matured enough during the original run to really understand what the show was about. And I was not the kind of kid who was ever asked to articulate or analyze what they liked about a TV show. I guess I must have liked it enough to keep coming back.
Fast forward a couple of years to syndication, I was now old enough to maybe better appreciate the show, and one standout story (Prometheus) I really wanted to see again was in my mind when I found it was airing on a local UHF station on weekend afternoons. I must have missed that episode by a few, because I think they showed it in broadcast order then repeated and I ended up re-watching most of the series before Prometheus came up.
Fast forward a few more years to the DVD era. I got these all as they came out, naturally. And by then, I was definitely experienced enough to really connect with this show.
Great Job, Kenneth, Bill and Lou!
Oh, and, Great Job Stam Fine!
My brother & I watched this every week in the 70's. ❤️
being old enough to have watched these seventies superhero shows I liked the hulk and have a soft spot for Wonder Woman it was fun and covered a time jump better than a movie that shall remain nameless even coming up with a way to bring the love interest back.
I liked how the hulk was monstrous but not a monster and Bixby gave the character of Banner real heart and gravitas and he wasn't quite as hulk prone as you indicated. The movies where a mixed bag the one with Thor was fun in a very B movie way. Overall the series was a good watch which is all you can ask for.
I fully admit I cried when the Hulk fell from the plane as the Lonely man played.