The series was a superhero drama-comedy. Ralph Hinkley was a schoolteacher for 'special students', and was determined to get through to them. The novelty of the show was based on his inability to properly learn to use the super suit, and even learn of its capabilities, other than by trial and error, because he lost the instruction manual in the desert.
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03x09 Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo Aired: Feb. 03, 1983A young Chinese scientist has invented a deadly particle "ray gun" weapon. A local gang kidnaps his uncle, hoping to obtain the gun. Bill's plan … [continue reading]
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Show's Cast / Crew
Directors
- Arnold Laven (7 episodes)
- Rod Holcomb (6 episodes)
- Ivan Dixon (6 episodes)
Writers
- Stephen J. Cannell (46 episodes)
- Frank Lupo (10 episodes)
- Patrick Hasburgh (7 episodes)
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Series Fun Facts
- William Katt's real life mother, Barbara Hale, played Ralph's mother Paula Hinkley in a few episodes.
- In the pilot when Ralph is taken to a mental hospital wearing his super outfit, a man tells him, "That's a bad suit, Jim!" A similar line ("Say Jim, that's a bad out-FIT!") was said to
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[hide] - Shortly after the first season ended in late Spring of 1981, the show's theme song "Believe It or Not", performed by Joey Scarbury was released as a single. The song became one of that…
[show]Shortly after the first season ended in late Spring of 1981, the show's theme song "Believe It or Not", performed by Joey Scarbury was released as a single. The song became one of that Summer's biggest hit songs reaching Number Two on the Pop Charts in August, and spending 18 weeks in the Top 40.
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