SYFY to AIR The Greatest American Hero Marathon This 4th of July!

SYFY to AIR The Greatest American Hero Marathon This 4th of July!

For those of us old enough to remember The Greatest American Hero, this July 4th will offer the opportunity to revisit our childhood.

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By Hawksblueyes - Jul 03, 2010 06:07 AM EST
Source: Futon Critic



If you have never seen The Greatest American Hero, it is a funny look in to the life of a man who is given an incredibly powerful superhero alien suit. There is only one problem, he loses the instructions and never figures out how to make it do anything that he wants it to do. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It is worth watching to see what could have happened if Superman had no idea what he was doing.

I am going to tune in to at least one or two episodes to see if it is as funny as I remember and to see if it still holds up to what my childhood eyes made it out to be. I have not seen this in almost 30 years.

Below is a portion of the official press release from SYFY...

SYFY TO PRESENT THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO MARATHON ON SUNDAY, JULY 4, FROM 9AM-5AM

New York, NY - June 1, 2010 - Syfy celebrates America's birthday with a 20-hour July 4th marathon of the cult classic The Greatest American Hero, which hasn't been seen on national television since its original network run in 1983. The holiday celebration airs Sunday, July 4, from 9AM-5AM (ET/PT).

Featuring a most unlikely superhero, The Greatest American Hero aired from 1981-83, starring William Katt, Robert Culp and Connie Selleca.

Katt portrayed Ralph Hinkley, a young high school teacher in Los Angeles who is set upon by extra-terrestrials while on a field trip in the desert. The aliens give him an incredible red flying suit with unknown powers - unfortunately Ralph loses the instruction book. Culp plays a neurotic FBI agent who persuades Ralph to use his new powers to fight crime. Selleca is Ralph's girlfriend, an attorney.

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Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 7/3/2010, 6:54 AM
:)
daFISH
daFISH - 7/3/2010, 7:12 AM
Holy time capsule......this brings back a flood of memories. I remember always wishing he would figure the damn thing (suit) out and get on with some good super heroing! That aside...I loved this show :)
sadmamba
sadmamba - 7/3/2010, 7:19 AM
i can hear now the opening theme :D

"believe it or not im walking on air.."
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 7/3/2010, 7:25 AM
I remember evry time he took to the air everyone would try and guess what he was going to crash through when he treid to land. =P
DrDon
DrDon - 7/3/2010, 7:45 AM
Such a great crappy show.
MatchesMalone
MatchesMalone - 7/3/2010, 8:10 AM
I didn't have any 4th of July plans until now. :)
DrDon
DrDon - 7/3/2010, 8:31 AM
@Matches: I hope that's a joke.
ROMACK
ROMACK - 7/3/2010, 8:44 AM
I always liked the show as a kid, but I'm sure it looks very dated these days. You can watch it on NETFLIX as well.
MatchesMalone
MatchesMalone - 7/3/2010, 8:52 AM
@Draper-'Fraid not.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 7/3/2010, 9:15 AM
Matches: There is going to be a huge crowd of family and friends at my house for the all day 4th of July celebration, smoking and grilling 3 pigs. This is going to start arround 6 or 7 in the morning. I am still going to find time to check out some of these episodes that I have not seen since I was a kid.

Don't feel bad. =}
MatchesMalone
MatchesMalone - 7/3/2010, 10:39 AM
@Hawks-Sounds like fun. :)
And don't worry. Nobody could ever make me feel bad about my nerdery. I wear it proudly on my sleeve like a badge of honor. :)
Badmonkey
Badmonkey - 7/3/2010, 3:03 PM
This is freakin sweeeeeeeeeeettt. Man i loved this show as a kid. I loved it so much I learned the theme on guitar. My nerdom revisited.lol
jacksback
jacksback - 7/3/2010, 8:56 PM
I liked this show as a kid, it gave people something to look forward to, besides the everyday grind. All the things people have to do and see today, we didn't have back then. As stupid as it seemed, it was a great show!
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 7/4/2010, 12:05 AM
Jac41: I remember those days well, and you know what was cool? We had like five channels back then (a sixth came on in the early 80's), but you could almost always find something really good on somewhere. Now I have several hundred channels, and a lot of the time, I can find nothing on I want to watch.

As for the Greatest American Hero, I remember this show, and none too fondly, if I may be honest. After a couple of episodes or so, it got to be Jar Jar-like annoying to me. Okay, we get the joke. This guy has this amazing suit that can do all these cool things, but he doesn't know how to use it. I watched it for a few weeks hoping it would get better, but it didn't. And I was only like 15 or 16 at the time, and infinitely more forgiving of shows than I am today. On top of that was the lame theme song, which was just all over the radio for several months, and never really went away.I never liked it then, and time hasn't changed that.

Hey, for those of you who were around that did enjoy it, more power to you. I was there and I didn't like it.
JustinMSalvato
JustinMSalvato - 7/4/2010, 4:12 AM

EFF YEAH!
Joe6Pack74
Joe6Pack74 - 7/4/2010, 10:18 AM
Been watching this most of the day. Forgot about the 'Welcome back Kotter' aspect to the show.
Badmonkey
Badmonkey - 7/4/2010, 3:53 PM
@Number21- agreed with the WBK comment, forgot Michael(Eddie and the Cruisers Pare was one his students too.
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