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The Greatest American Hero (1983) – Wizards and Warlocks and It’s Only Rock and Roll 

  I’m coming up on the end of my time with Ralph (William Katt), Bill (Robert Culp) and Pam (Connie Sellecca), but there’s another Cannell series I grew up with cresting the horizon. I’m entering unusual territory here, in that from what I can garner from IMDB, this pair of episodes and next week’s were…

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The Greatest American Hero (1983) – Space Ranger and Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo 

  If this beloved series was getting shakey before, we can see now that the show is starting to fall into real trouble. First up is Space Ranger, a story hinged on all manner of coincidence and bad writing from Rudolph Borchert (though it may not be his fault entirely as the studio was seriously…

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The Greatest American Hero (1983) – Heaven is in Your Genes and Live at Eleven

  We’re closing in on the end of The Greatest American Hero, and I’m starting to worry that some of the stories are going to get a little goofy. For instance… Heaven is in Your Genes was written by Patrick Hasburgh and aired on 13 January, 1983. Bill (Robert Culp) has been kidnapped, but is believed…

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The Greatest American Hero (1982/1983) – The Resurrection of Carlini and The Newlywed Game

  We’re flying through the final season of The Greatest American Hero, and there are some good eps, and some bad eps, this week, I though both of them were pretty solid. First up is The Resurrection of Carlini, which was written by Frank Lupo, and originally aired 19 November, 1982. There’s magic in the…

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The Greatest American Hero (1982) – The Price is Right and This is the One the Suit was Meant For

  Ralph (William Katt) finds himself in all manner of trouble in this week’s installment. First up we have, The Price is Right, which was penned by Cannell and aired on 5 November 1982… High school reunions are a funny thing, you want to impress your former classmates by your perceived success in life, and you want…

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The Greatest American Hero (1982) – Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell and Divorce, Venusian Style

  In this week’s installment, we straddle two seasons. We finish up with Season 2, and plunge into the 3rd and final season of this beloved Cannell series. Up first is Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell, which aired 28 April, 1982, and was written and directed by Bill Maxwell himself, Robert Culp! While Bill and Ralph (William…

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The Greatest American Hero (1982) – Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory and Who’s Woo in America

  It’s more high-flying fun with this week’s installment of The Greatest American Hero. First up we have Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory. This episode was penned by Cannell and Frank Lupo and aired 7 April, 1982. Ralph (William Katt) almost gets exposed in a national paper when he and Bill (Robert Culp) team up with a…

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The Greatest American Hero (1982) – There’s Just No Accounting and The Good Samaritan

The IRS causes problems for everybody in the first episode this week! There’s Just No Accounting was written by Frank Lupo and aired on 24 March, 1982. This episode ends up being a lot of fun, very whimsical, and lets our characters just behave as we know they should after a couple of crazy episodes….

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The Greatest American Hero (1982) – It’s All Downhill From Here and Dreams

  Things are definitely starting to get goofy in The Greatest American Hero universe, it’s still wonderfully fun, but you can see that there are other people starting to mess with the formula… First up we have It’s All Downhill From Here, written by Patrick Hasburgh, which aired on the 3 March, 1982. Ralph (William…

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The Greatest American Hero (1982) – A Chicken in Every Plot & The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea

  This week’s installment sees Ralph (William Katt), Bill (Robert Culp) and Pam (Connie Sellecca) in the Virgin Islands taking on voodoo and sea monsters!! If that doesn’t tell you that stories are getting a little goofier, I’m not sure what else will. First up is A Chicken in Every Plot, aired 17 February, 1982…

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