Post by greenguy on May 19, 2020 14:16:37 GMT -5
I rarely look at sites such as IMDB or Wikipedia, just because they promote information that is wrong. However, based on some current talk about IMBD I thought I would check it out. I quickly found several:
"William Katt's real life mother, Barbara Hale, played Ralph's mother Paula Hinkley in a few episodes."
WRONG...she played his mother in ONE episode.
"Connie Sellecca was rarely seen during the second season, due to her real-life pregnancy."
This one is so wrong, I'm not even satisfied typing WRONG. She only missed THREE total episodes, and appeared in a quick phone call on two others.
"Two years after the show's cancellation by ABC, NBC picked up the series, and aired its reruns in a Sunday night, post-primetime time slot. This led to speculation that NBC was looking to revive the series, but their efforts only resulted in The Greatest American Heroine pilot."
WRONG...NBC NEVER ran the series, plus NBC as a network did NOT run anything on a national level in any Sunday post-primetime time slot. That slot was up to the local NBC affiliates to fill, as I should know as I worked for a NBC affiliate for years. It's possible a NBC affiliate ran the show in syndication on Sunday nights, but that would have been in their local market. Or NBC could have bought it for their "owned and operated" stations, but again that would have been those local markets only. NBC never ran the series on a national level.
"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 Christopher Reeve in Superman (1978)."
WRONG..but almost right. The guy in the hospital (standard hospital, not mental hospital) tells Ralph "That's a bad outfit Jim" and the pimp (played by Bo Rucker) in Superman: The Movie says "Say Jim..WHOA..That's a bad outfit"
I won't even address a couple of others that are subjective only.
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I will say I'm highly amused by some of the user reviews, and how they perceive the series.
A couple of favorites:
"Robert Culp reminds me of Lurch from the Addams Family TV series."
LMAO
"William Katz as the tragically named Ralph Hinckley and FBI agent Bill Maxwell (Robert Kulp)"
LOL...I will give that reviewer one star for the fact he spelled Connie Sellecca's name correctly, usually it's wrong even in pro written articles.
"Connie Selleca, even though she was pregnant during this shows filming, was eye candy & easy to fall for."
SEE her name spelled incorrectly...LOL!!! WTF...she was pregnant the entire 3 season run!?!
"William Katt's real life mother, Barbara Hale, played Ralph's mother Paula Hinkley in a few episodes."
WRONG...she played his mother in ONE episode.
"Connie Sellecca was rarely seen during the second season, due to her real-life pregnancy."
This one is so wrong, I'm not even satisfied typing WRONG. She only missed THREE total episodes, and appeared in a quick phone call on two others.
"Two years after the show's cancellation by ABC, NBC picked up the series, and aired its reruns in a Sunday night, post-primetime time slot. This led to speculation that NBC was looking to revive the series, but their efforts only resulted in The Greatest American Heroine pilot."
WRONG...NBC NEVER ran the series, plus NBC as a network did NOT run anything on a national level in any Sunday post-primetime time slot. That slot was up to the local NBC affiliates to fill, as I should know as I worked for a NBC affiliate for years. It's possible a NBC affiliate ran the show in syndication on Sunday nights, but that would have been in their local market. Or NBC could have bought it for their "owned and operated" stations, but again that would have been those local markets only. NBC never ran the series on a national level.
"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 Christopher Reeve in Superman (1978)."
WRONG..but almost right. The guy in the hospital (standard hospital, not mental hospital) tells Ralph "That's a bad outfit Jim" and the pimp (played by Bo Rucker) in Superman: The Movie says "Say Jim..WHOA..That's a bad outfit"
I won't even address a couple of others that are subjective only.
==========================================================================================================================================================
I will say I'm highly amused by some of the user reviews, and how they perceive the series.
A couple of favorites:
"Robert Culp reminds me of Lurch from the Addams Family TV series."
LMAO
"William Katz as the tragically named Ralph Hinckley and FBI agent Bill Maxwell (Robert Kulp)"
LOL...I will give that reviewer one star for the fact he spelled Connie Sellecca's name correctly, usually it's wrong even in pro written articles.
"Connie Selleca, even though she was pregnant during this shows filming, was eye candy & easy to fall for."
SEE her name spelled incorrectly...LOL!!! WTF...she was pregnant the entire 3 season run!?!
