The First Hulk TV Facts
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- This video reviews the two part TV Incredible Hulk episode, "The First" starring Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby with lots of fun facts. I not only go over the episodes that introduced the "First Hulk, but I tell you some things you may not know on the actors that played the monster. I go over facts on actor Harry Townes that transformed into the first creature and the actor who played the creature Dick Durock. You may not have known for example that Durock starred as the Swamp Thing in the 80's and early 90's.
This is also the first episode that the Incredible Hulk fought a super powered character and would remain the only episode that this happened until the TV movies after the original series had ended.
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How many of you all watched this episode when it first aired back in 81?
Evil Hulk scared 😱 the piss out of me! I was 7. 🤣❤️😃
@@matthewdunham1689 I still remember when the very first Hulk TV movie scared my sister to death. She hid behind the couch when he was transforming. I don't remember being scared even then, which is weird because I was scared of basically all monster movies at that point. I probably was though.
@@tvcrazyman the Hulk wasn't scary unless you were a bad guy! 🤣❤️
I certainly did! I missed the second part the first time around because I had a Cub Scout meeting that night. I got to it in reruns later that summer. I couldn't wait!
Me!!!I remember that day!!! Awesome!!!
This is the best episode in the show by far. Frye's Hulk scared the shit out of me when I was a kid
The hulk in general scared the shit out of me as a kid.Thank God for Mr Rogers
@@meachapegan1264 Mr Rogers is the real hero lol
Alway's remembered this ep as a kid. And the one where they trapped the Hulk in the round container. Frye's hulk was very scary as a kid indeed. And he looked similar to the monster in an episode of Battle of the Planets where they fight a giant mummy and after the mummy's wrapping is destroyed reveals a scary monster
@@digitalmagicAR I also love that episode where he was half David, half Hulk for like 2 episodes
@@joec7217 Yes that was another good ep. I don't think I saw that one as a kid but I certainly rememember it many years later when I bought the DVDs.
Del Frye's Hulk was not as muscular as Banner's Hulk, of course, but Frye's Hulk was still super strong and taller (creepy, mean and eerie as well). Del Frye's Hulk transformation sound was eerie, also.
I always wondered why he wasn't as muscular as the Banner Hulk when I was a kid, but I think the answer may be in the pilot for the show. When Banner and Dr. Marks are investigating the cases of people that develop superhuman strength in stressful situations, and they find there's a genetic material in the mitochondrial DNA of all the people in the study. Banner laments that he must not have any of this in his system because he was unable to lift the car to save his wife a year earlier.
Marks posits that unless they check they'll never know and after checking, they find that Banner actually has more of that material in his DNA that just about they've examined thus far. It's just there was a correlation to that material and also sun spot activity giving off Gamma Rays that sort of jumpstarted those strength events.
My guess is that Frye just didn't have as much of the material in his genes and wasn't as strong as a result. We see him smack Banner's Hulk around a bit at first there, but the Hulk is rather calm all things considered (the stress of the cure being lost turning him) but when he gets truly angry, Frye can't really budge him.
Here's an interesting trivia fact for you. In 1968, Dick Durock was an alien security guard in Star Trek Season 3 Episode 13 Elaan of Troyius. You can see him in one scene guarding her quarters & he looked really huge.
Dell Frye = (Toho's) Frankenstein (in terms of body language, appearance (somewhat). The difference was that 1965 Frankenstein was misunderstood yet mostly hated (just like our Hulk) whereas the Dell Frye Hulk was evil yet tragic - Frye's hometown and how they treated him made him evil).
This was my favorite episode(s) in the series.
The drama in the story was chilling, and I loved the twist when David discovers he is talking to an ex-Hulk!
Also the acting was amazing when Frye tells Banner that he has kept the equipment safe all these years waiting. "I've been waiting for YOU!"
Frye’s Hulk was creepy as hell. My brother always referred to him as the “Smiling Hulk”. 😁
The two-part episodes of Hulk were always the best. Like this one, and the one where Banner is stuck between Hulk, and Banner after being exposed to the meteor.
Prometheus. Part 1 and 2
I loved Prometheus as a kid! I was just fascinated by the whole two part episode….
As a kid in the 1970's, I could never watch Banner turn into Hulk. I would always look away or run upstairs 😂
Me too. I wasn't in elementary school yet but my brother was in high school and would literally put my face to the screen so I couldn't turn away.
Frye’s creature may look corny today. However, the idea of someone changing into another Hulk and smiling was VERY scary as a kid. HA. Frye’s creature gave me nightmares. This is by far the best episode of the series. For the first time, the Hulk found his equal as an opponent.
Actually, I think the later seasons of The Incredible Hulk have better special effects than a lot of modern CGI. Dick Durok's portrayal of Frey's Hulk still looks plenty creepy to me.
Of course, The Incredible Hulk worked so well mainly because producer Kenneth Johnson and the cast all treated the subject matter seriously, and not as a joke. Much as I loved Adam West's Batman as a kid (and still have a soft spot for it), that campy, farcical take just wouldn't have served the Hulk well.
This was my favorite episode(s) in the series.
The drama in the story was chilling, and I loved the twist when David discovers he is talking to an ex-Hulk!
Also the acting was amazing when Frye tells Banner that he has kept the equipment safe all these years waiting. "I've been waiting for YOU!"
As for Frye's smiling, it made total sense. Unlike David, Frye was Happy to (finally again) become a Hulk.
Another Frankenstein connection: The town of Vasaria is a nod to the town of the same that sometimes appeared in the later Universal Frankenstein films (also spelled as "Visaria").
It wasin "House Of Frankenstein".
This episode had my favorite Hulk-Out of the series - the last one of part 2 which was one of the few of the series that triggered from adrenalin instead of just pain. The Frye creature throws the vial containing the cure, the vial breaks, and we see Banner's eyes. It's almost a full 2 minutes before we see the Hulk full, and, in a masterpiece of acting, Banner breaks into tears - utterly horrified that he's lost his last chance for a cure. Then, the Hulk emerges - who ALSO has tears in his eyes - and, for the first time in the series encounters someone who looks just like him. Hulk isn't angry in this scene - he's just curious. Then, this other Hulk starts whaling on the Banner Hulk, for no reason as far as our Hulk is concerned! It takes several minutes for Hulk to get angry enough to really start fighting back. It's a glorious scene.
The one problem I always had is emphasized in part 2 when the two Hulks finally meet. Lou always had such an incredible physique, and Dick Durock really had only his size working for him. He may be taller than Lou, but he's not as muscular, and it shows. So does his lower back where they didn't quite get the green makeup on him. He doesn't even burst out of his clothing like Lou does!!
Of course, this episode had a ton of references to the Universal Horrors. Dr. Clive and Del Frye are the obvious ones. The town where the episode takes place is Vissaria -- Visaria (one "s" only) was where the early Universal Frankenstein films took place (except when they called it Vasaria in one film, Frankenstein in another, and, well, didn't actually mention the town's name in the first). And Lola Albright's character is named Elizabeth (Henry Frankenstein's fiancée and later wife in Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein). Someone was really paying attention to Universal's own legacy when they made this episode. Gotta give them credit.
Felt his pain, when his cure was destroyed! Great acting indeed, by Bixby.
This is also my favorite Hulk out of the series. It's just so sad! My second favorite Hulk out is when Dell changes in the store room closet. His smile as he looks directly into the camera is legitimately terrifying and oh so awesome.
Well, if both Hulks had been squat and muscle-bound, we wouldn't have been able to tell them apart as they tangled with each other. I do wish, though, that Hulk had encountered some more "super" characters and creatures. The show tried to make Hulk more grounded, it's clear. BTW, I suppose the characters' names pulled from the old Frankenstein film is to reference that the Hulk was based on that monster.
Bixby made me feel Banner's grief and despair in that scene. Truly a gifted actor.
Favorite Hulk key episodes, The First & Prometheus .
Now that is a face only a monster could love.
😀
10-13-22 I bad worked for A man who made wooden toy"s, he took A trip to California to sale his toys, he met actress Adrian Barbo who stars in the movie swamp thinng with Dick Durock as the swamp thing.
That's cool. 😀
Definitely My Favorite Episode Of Da Incredible Hulk TV Series!
I was petrified of this episode as a kid
Wow! I never saw this episode before! That’s a pretty good storyline.
There was another episode that had Banner learning of another man who was afflicted with his own "Hulk." It was called, "Kindred Spirits", and it involved an archeologist who discovered that back in the caveman era, there was a "Cave-Hulk" and they even found a primitive painting of this man transforming to the creature. He held a club in one hand and a branch in another. The episode featured Kim Katrel from both Porky's and Sex in the City as the archeologist's assistant who was also a Native American, whose people claim the land where the dig is being made at.
I thought it would have been better if it turned out that the creature survived all these later in the present maybe as one of the archaeologists or with Kim Catrall playing the she hulk mate of the prehistoric hulk whom survives today but has a greater control of her alter ego to the point where she can just turn her eyes blue when she wants for a little boost of strength but without losing control.
I remember that episode! One of the best in the entire series. It had a TON of potential lore to draw from. Too bad it never went anywhere after that.
@@optimus2g Yeah. The only thing that came of it that the actor who was the leas archeologist in that episode was later the lead scientist in the two-part episode, Prometheus.
The Hulk in the modern world is feared as a rampaging monster.
The Hulk in the prehistoric world is worshipped as a god.
Our guy is just misplaced in time.
@@duprez2 Well, by what I saw of the scene featuring Cave Hulk, the people fled from him when he came upon their encampment.
This episode will always be a classic
First time I watched the episode was in the early Eighties when The Incredible Hulk aired on Friday nights at 8PM. I literally hid in my father's lap when I saw the evil Hulk. He was " Incredibly " scary!
So glad I got to meet Dick Durock 😊 RIP
I watched it with my Dad, who kept chuckling at how silly the “First” Hulk looked. I had to admit he was right.
He looked like a green Chuck Connors to me
It makes total sense that Frye's Hulk wasn't huge like Banner's.
Del was critically ill when he was originally turned into the creature.
All of the metabolic energy was directed at healing the original disease back then.
Then the geriatric Frye's Hulk directed energy into healing the rheumatism and other ailments of old age.
Both times he was in physical deficit.
There was actually an Incredible Hulk episode where he goes to an archeological dig and finds out that other Hulks may have existed in stone age periods as well. This was technically not the first Hulk really. It was titled Kindred Spirits and was in season 2 episode 19.
As a kid, this was the only Hulk episode that creeped me out!! Lol
'The First' is one of the most entertaining stand-out Episodes of : The Incredible Hulk !
This brilliant TV Series has a number of fantastic Episodes which I really enjoy watching, such as : 'The Pilot' 'Married' 'Escape from Los Santos' 'The Snare' 'Prometheus'
I thought the best one was The Death of the Incredible Hulk.
@@jamesbrice6619 A couple of interesting facts about the "Death Of The Incredible Hulk".
1) The love interest in that episode, though never named her superhero name, was meant to be a prototype of Black Widow.
2) DOTIH actually had a Marvel villian in it- Kingpin (played by John Rhys-Davies).
3) The third movie originally wasn't originally supposed to be the final movie, wasn't originally named that, and the movie ended differently.
They changed it because Bill Bixby got diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, so the film and ending was "changed" to tie up loose ends, as Bixby couldn't act any more.
@@dhenderson1810 Wow! Thanks for all that info! I wasn't sure why they were ending it, but I knew that Bixby wasn't around much longer. That woman did a great job in it and Bixby seemed to have fun Making it. I did not remember Kingpin in it!
Man, who'd thought lou ferrigno hulk was literally fighting DC Swamp thing, a green super powered individual. I didn't realize till now that dick durrock was the OG SWAMP THING, I remember watching several episodes of that TV series and possibly the movie as well. For a 90s story about a powered up character it was good for the time period.
The man who played Dell Frye also played Chase Gioberti's father Jason on the very first episode of Falcon Crest. During the series second season, Dirk played a bodyguard for The Company. He didn't have many lines at all, but he was fierce like his Hulk alter ego.
He also played Swamp Thing as well
The Dell Frye actor also played Russell Winston in Knots Landing and Professor Ryan in The Hogan Family episode Close Encounters.
They actually have reintroduced Del Frye and the scientist as a father and son who effectively end up the same way in the recent “Immortal Hulk” run (which is the best Hulk run I’ve read since the 90s)!
10-13-22 I've thought they could have A TV movie of the creature of viserea, end Doctor Jeff Clive, he helps A young Del Frye in this this movie takes back in 1952 wen Del Frye became the Gamma Frye monster.
That would be a cool TV movie especially if they made it like a old black and white horror movie.
@@tvcrazyman godzilla 1989 vs hulk 1982 pls
This is one of my favorite episodes of this incredible show the showdown between both hulks
Never saw this episode so thanks for showing this loving these as always 😃
Thanks Pratman!
Man, if I was that first Hulk, I'd be mad I didn't get the cool muscles that Ferrigno had.
I was born in 98, but I was able o watch reruns and I love it!
I've just spent the last two months watching the original 'The Fugitive' series. It's brilliant. The Incredible Hulk show took a lot of ideas from that. Dr. Banner is a descendant of Dr. Kimball, and Dr. Kimball is a descendant of Jean Valjean. And I think Harry Townes must have played more supporting characters in that show than anybody else.
One of my favorite episodes ultimate showdown between both hulks
Lou Ferrigno's creature vs Dick Durock's creature? No contest. Frye's e creature was a wimp by comparison. He wasn't as muscular as Big Louie was, and when Frye transformed, his clothes didn't rip the way David Banner's did, plus he was always throwing his arms back. Who was he trying to scare anyway?
If there was ever a Incredible Hulk horror movie the first Hulk would be perfect.
I've had a previous idea for the first Hulk creature as The Abomination of a elaborate crossover with the Six Million Dollar Man, Knight Rider and The Incredible Hulk. with Dean Stockwell as Emil Blonsky using film footage from The Dunwich Horror from 1970.
Rewatching this made me realize that Dell Frye's hulk seemed to be the antithesis to Banner's hulk in a number of ways.
Frye's hulk was malicious, where Banner's hulk was benevolent.
Banner's hulk would lean forward and flex, whereas, Frye's hulk would rare back and flail his arms.
Frye's was taller in height, Banner's hulk was shorter.
*Some have criticized Frye's hulk for lack of musculature. Banner's hulk was clearly younger, and more muscular. Dell Frye was probably well into in his late 60s or into his 70s, so I feel that it could be reasoned that this was simply an older hulk.
Ultimately, this episode was by far the scariest thing I'd ever seen on a TV screen or on film. Just hearing the sound of the solar panels opening up made my stomach hurt. It was a masterful episode.
Frye was definitely a scary hulk even without the muscles. I kind of think that maybe the physical shape of the hulk had something to do with the mental state of the person turning into the hulk as well.
@tvcrazyman as David explains in part 2 of the episode, "[Dell Frye] is very dangerous. The creature that Dell becomes is guided by his personality. And Dell Frye is a murderer." So you are 100% correct. It's one thing to have a hulk on your hands. But to have a hulk who originates from an angry, troubled man such as Dell Frye is something else entirely. That being said, I'd be terrified to be anywhere near Frye's hulk!!
Thanks for these facts. Ive been a hulk fan for many years. Actually learned things i didn't know about the two actors.
I remember when I first saw del Frye change it scared the hell out of me ..I think I was11yes old?
I was 6, and it definitely messed with me.
You forgot to mention that Del Frye did appear in the Immortal Hulk comics where they are two different versions of him as a glowing green skeleton and yes he was the closest thing we got to a supervillain in this series because I didn’t how hard would it be to bring in the Leader since he is just a green man with a giant brain and moustache but as I said time and time again about Frankenstitching on Devientart.
I remember reading about that Immortal Hulk appearance , but I don't think I have that one in my comics yet. Most of my Hulks are from the 70's to the early 2000's in readable condition at least. I think they really wanted to keep the show grounded in reality. They didn't want to go with supervillains which probably would have been hard to do right in those days. It would have been fun to see what they could have done with the Leader or the Rhino or the Abomination.
@@tvcrazyman They did. Kenneth Johnson mentioned in one of his commentaries that Stan Lee wanted the Hulk to face a couple of giant robot dogs, and Kenny had to patiently explain that he wanted the series to be grounded, without including battles with strange comic book monsters. This is really the only one where he encounters a second gamma creature, and only in Prometheus (also from this season) does the series really touch on more science fictional elements.
@@tvcrazyman or Xemnu the living Hulk
@@tvcrazyman Also, they didn't have huge budgets for TV shows then, so costumes, makeup and other things needed for supervillains would have added to the price tag.
Hell, the show ended up getting cancelled, not because of ratings, but because it was too expensive to make (as the show had a lot of outdoor shots).
The Kingpin is a villain in one of the tv movies
Funny story. For years I thought that the human form of the bad hulk was played Normal Fell…. Stanley Roper on threes company.
I love this show growing up don’t make me angry. You won’t like me when I’m angry.😮😂
I remember that Swamp Thing show.😎
My favorite episode from this tv series
What's interesting about the climax scene where Hulk meets Hulk was that Dick Durock literally towered over Lou Ferrigno.
I don't know if that was intentional or that was more like reality.
And actually Harry Townes was average height but Dick Durock was definitely taller than Lou Ferrigno. But didn't have the muscle mass Lou had. The 2 worked well together though. Lou didn't have the ego and was said to be a sweetheart.
In the episode Dick Durock's Hulk looks about 4 inches taller than Lou Ferrigno's Hulk while in reality Durock was only one inch taller than Ferrigno (6'6" vs 6'5")
2 episodes of pant-staining terror back in the day when I was 8 or 9, I don’t know how I plucked up the courage to watch the second part (probably to make sure Banner Hulk won). Even when I finally revisited it 40 years later it still made me shudder. Fryes’s Hulk is creepy as feck, they even give it a scarier transformation sound. Sadists.
This was a well thought out,informative video on one of my favorite TV series as a child."The First" two-parter episode is easily one of my favorites.Thanks for researching and sharing the trivia about it.👍
Thanks, I appreciate it.
What got me was how David was curious and actually got closer when he saw Dell Frye hulk out. If it had been me, I would have made a break for the door so fast I'd bust out of my socks.
I remember this like it was yesterday, i couldn't stop laughing how funny that first Hulk's form looks 🤣🤣
Ohh hell yeah…me too. I used to ask myself, how can a hulk not have muscular definition. 😆
@@MockeryManor 🤣🤣😭😭
I remember this hulk. I always felt that the hulk in this show was extremely under powered and it was unintentionally funny when the hulk did something and everyone looked on in wonder and shock.
I remember watching this episode. In fact, I watched this a millions of times!
Who knew that the first Hulk was Chuck Connors?🤣
Glad i found your post of this 1st hulk. Never knew about this one i mean ur youtube channel deal
I watched it back then, but it was more like a creature feature horrormovie.
Far more ARRRRRGGGGHH !
Than the tame Avenger of today.
I watched TV Hulk as a kid but never saw this episode. Great video!
Thanks
That was just Florida Man on some bad bath salts.
Thanks for this video! 🙂
When i was a kid in maybe 2003 i remember i emailed Dick Duroc who played as Swamp thing and the Evil hulk Ofcourse. He responded too. It was cool.
Funny thing is Del Fry wasn't the first Hulk either. The earliest known Hulk was a Native American in pre columbian America.
Best Hulk ever! We were 11 at the time
thanks 4 all the stuff i didnt know!!
Scared me big time back in the day! Old man hulk still kinda creeps me out! 😂
I remember my brothers and I laughing our butts off at this second hulk when we were kids, because he was so... built differently.
It was weird watching the hulk fighting grandpa hulk.
They didn't want to use another muscular guy cause they didn't want competition or comparison to Lou.
I thought it was because they couldn't FIND another guy as tall and jacked as Lou.
At 6ft5 230 lbs Lou was pretty rare back then.
Dirk was 6ft6 but looked much taller than Lou in their stare down.
The thinner you are the taller you look.
Just a technicality but Frye was actually the 2nd known Hulk in the series, Banner being the 3rd.
The real 1st was back in prehistoric times, his remains being found in a cave by archaeologists
i recently tried to google this episode to see if i was remembering it correctly in that there was an episode with another hulk in it and david gave him the only cure . i couldn't find any info on it , so i was so very happy to see your video. i guess i remembered it wrong as i thought the other hulk got cured . oh well at least i know now
when Banner realized the cure was destroyed and his anquish caused him to change, Bixby's acting moved me to tears. Still does.
I love the lonely man Hulk. Its the best version and straddles the line for man or monster.
Great episode.
Missed this episode (cause I was a baby) but watched ALL of swamp thing including the tv show, Dick Durock ruled! Great vid!
Thanks
This and Steve Austin vs.
Bigfoot are the two most epic things I remember geeking out over as a little kid.
Hulk vs. Swamp Thing in a certain manner.
The HULK show has some seriously tense moments & great acting
That is one freaky-looking monster!
Why do I feel like i'm sat in an episode of Beavis and Butthead listening to Mister van Driessen giving commentary.
I remember seeing this episode !
This is an excellent video.
I remember him fondly. ❤️
Nice work man
Ironically, Del Frye's creature is NOT "the first". It's the second. There was an even earlier Hulk than either Del or David in the course of the series. MUCH earlier in fact. David discovers it existed in prehistoric times. (This Hulk is also played by Lou Ferrigno, who simply wears a waist-length wig.) Apparently some caveman was exposed to gamma rays by being in proximity to an erupting volcano. (Somehow.)
Dwight Frye & Colin Clive are not the only Frankenstein references: Vasaria is also a fictional town in a couple of Universal Frankenstein movies.
Amazing 😳
I remember as a kid, only watching the end part, the big confrontation, and was wondering why the other hulk monster was being so mean but new that the good Incredible Hulk would will win the day!
My favorite part of the whole series…
That was a fantastic episode.
Whoa. I'm from Huntsville and didn't know about this episode until today. Been doing a deep dive on it for the last couple of hours only to just know find out that Harry Townes is from here. I used to be Episcopalian too. I wonder if he went to Nativity.
I watched it a couple of times as a kid and as an adult. I'm from Birmingham, didn't know he was from Huntsville. Cool.
Good stuff!
I love your channel brother keep up the fantastic work
Thanks 😀
Skinny Hulk scared the absolute shit out of me as a kid
When the old show of the Hulk dealt with the struggles and agony of the Hulk better than anything the MCU has ever done...wow
True. However, the TV show had 4 full seasons and a partial 5th season to more fully explore of the characters of both Banner and Hulk.
@@MrMedictom Yeah, but it's done better in a couple of episodes like this one.
Pretty cool. Thanks!
My pet peeve with this show was his name being changed to David from Bruce
love love love these episodes. as for criticism, I would add that there wasn't enough of an impact from this story. Meaning McGee didn't get any closer to finding out David Banner was still alive. I will always wonder if the show reached that point, maybe CBS would have allowed KJ to finish the show. The First would have been a great place for McGee to find out that John Doe was Bruce Banner.
Harry Townes made a guest appearance on a season 2 episode of Emergency as John Gage's attorney after he received a letter from the IRS being audited.
Wow that’s cool to no love the hulk & swamp thing , watching those on tv , as kid growing up
Thanks!
Dick Durock towering over Ferrigno shatters the illusion of him being also being 6′ 5″. Probably closer to 6′ 2″