Stop the Presses (24 Nov. 1978)

David is washing dishes at Bruno's Restaurant, whose owners are being targeted by a sleazy journalist from The National Inquirer. When Banner's picture is taken, he has to break into the building where Jack McGee works to get it back.

Director:

Jeffrey Hayden

Writers:

Kenneth Johnson (developer), Karen Harris (teleplay),

Stars:

Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Bill Bixby	...	Dr. David Bruce Banner
Jack Colvin	...	Jack McGee
Lou Ferrigno	...	The Incredible Hulk
Julie Cobb	...	Jill Norton
Mary Frann	...	Karen Weiss
Pat Morita	...	Fred
Art Metrano	...	Charlie
Sam Chew Jr.	...	Joe Arnold
Richard O'Brien	...	Mr. Roberts
Judson Pratt	...	Guard Samuelson
Janet Brandt	...	Lenette Logan
Michael Griswold	...	Mr. Geller (as Mike Griswold)
Tain Bodkin	...	Game Warden
Sandy Champion	...	Printer
Donald Petrie	...	Copyboy

Storyline

David is washing dishes at Bruno's Restaurant, whose owners are being targeted by a sleazy journalist from The National Inquirer. When Banner's picture is taken, he has to break into the building where Jack McGee works to get it back.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to greta garbo

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 November 1978 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

48 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

David's employers Karen and Jill are named after The Incredible Hulk writing partners Karen Harris and Jill Donner.

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Goofs

Obvious stunt double for Banner during kitchen struggle with Charlie.

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Quotes

Karen White: Listen Jill, he may be great at helping us with the books, but if that man is a dishwasher, then I'm Greta Garbo.

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Connections

Featured in The Incredible Hulk: Mystery Man: Part II (1979)

User Reviews

the hulk and McGee

David has found a job in Chicago at Bruno's restaurant washing dishes. Soon Bruno's is in trouble when a sleazy journalist from The National Inquirer. The journalist takes pictures from the restaurant but before he does he's throwing trash and rotting flesh in the kitchen. But David is working when it happens again and his picture is taken. So he need those pictures to stay undercover. But not only that. McGee is almost losing his job because hunting down the hulk all over America costs a lot of money and nothing gets solved so McGee decide to buy a gun to shoot animals with. He will uses when he comes across the hulk which he does when David get stuck in the presses and is turning into the hulk. The hulk is shot but McGee too. Just when the hulk is turning into David McGee is fainting out. Will he recognise David Banner?

This episode was given on the box of season one as an extra and you can see that it was shot more professional. The hulk himself got black hair in stead of the green from season one. It's a very interesting episode because it was used twice in an episode an a film as a flashback.

Also we can see that Banner wasn't doing his own stunts, a double is seen in the fight scene with Banner and Charlie. A very strong series this is, it still stand the time of writing and so far I never have seen a really boring episode. Most of the power of the series lays in the hands of Bill Bixby.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5