The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)

A fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress.

Stars:

Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Bill Bixby	...	Dr. David Bruce Banner (82 episodes, 1977-1982)
Jack Colvin	...	Jack McGee (82 episodes, 1977-1982)
Lou Ferrigno	...	The Incredible Hulk (82 episodes, 1977-1982)

Storyline

Bruce Banner in the Animated version. Dr. David Banner is a brilliant scientist but, one day, a lab experiment that he is working on goes terribly awry. Since that time, whenever he is under extreme stress, his body undergoes a transmogrification and he morphs into 'The Incredible Hulk.' The Hulk is about seven feet tall, hugely muscular and powerful, and has bright green skin. After destroying whatever threatens Dr. Banner, he morphs back to normal human form with only amnesia and tattered clothing as evidence of what just transpired. As you can well imagine, this situation is quite troubling for Dr. Banner and causes him no end of problems.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | green | stress | fugitive | stress disorder | 

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Taglines:

Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 March 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

El increíble Hulk

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (87 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

In 1984, two years after the series went off the air, Bill Bixby offered Nicholas Hammond a chance to reprise his titular role from The Amazing Spider-Man TV series in a proposed Hulk/Spider-Man TV-movie crossover that would have been distributed by Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures. Hammond agreed to the offer, but Universal Studios eventually canceled the project, claiming that Lou Ferrigno was unavailable. However, Ferrigno said that he was never contacted about the project, and had no knowledge of it until he discovered the information while working on his autobiography in 2003.

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Goofs

In Death in the family when the hulk is fighting the bear some of the green makeup gets on the bear in a few shots.

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Quotes

Jack McGee: Human interest stories do not make front page.

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Connections

Spoofed in Surge of Power (2004)

User Reviews

It brought back the superhero genre.

Despite the success of The Adventures Of Superman(1952-1958), superheros at the time were thought of being silly and campy, and basically being like a Saturday morning cartoon. Their were a few mild success's with Batman(1966-1968),and Wonder Woman(1976-1979), and their was Spider-Man(1977-1979) Which was luckier then Captain America and Dr. Strange which both didn't even see a season. That is were The Incredible Hulk comes in, but you are asking yourself why did this show succeed, where so many others have failed. Simply the show took itself seriously, David Banner was cursed after an experiment goes awry, now whenever he gets mad, he becomes a 7 foot green monster, with incredible strength, and he is on the run hoping to find cure for his transformation, and not be captured by Jack McGee, the reporter who is obsessed with capturing him. The late Bill Bixby was great has David Banner, no good actor could have pulled it off the way he did. and Lou Ferrigno was also good has the angry but sensitive monster. And Jack Colvin is terrific has the noisy reporter Jack McGee. Just remember this show brought back the superhero genre.