Dr. Bruce Banner Tries To Experiment On Himself | The Incredible Hulk

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Dr. David Bruce Banner, a fugitive scientist, has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress. He is the Incredible Hulk.
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[@chiefsteps-in-poo8447]

It doesn't matter how good the CGI gets in the future or how good the actors are, Lou Ferrigno will always be The Incredible Hulk.

[@user-rt5br1zi3u]

🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

[@kevinritter9964]

Best Ever

[@adrianblake-williams5294]

For real.

[@heatherratliff1813]

And Bill Bixby will ALWAYS be Dr David Banner

[@chiefsteps-in-poo8447]

@@heatherratliff1813 Thank you. Didn't put that but you are right. Mr. Bixby was the perfect actor for that role. Mild-mannered, peaceful pacifist who wanted nothing more than to stay calm.

[@MrJP75]

Bill Bixby will always be known as the best actor to play Dr. Banner!!!

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

Oh yeah you got that right he even looked like him

[@javierperez-hi8ss]

For always

[@zacharylee1995]

Facts

[@kevinmiller6380]

And Lou Ferrigno will always be the best choice to play the Hulk.

[@DrLuke49]

R.I.P. BILL BIXBY AND TED CASSIDY (NARRATOR AND VOICE OF THE HULK)

[@JustinWalterSweeney]

Bill Bixby gave David Banner so much heart, compassion, depth, and life. RIP Bill

[@andrewpercival1427]

The part where he stands up with the lightning behind him is brilliant .

[@AizenBlack86]

Yes I felt like I was watching Godzilla emerge from the shadows of the smoke but in this case is rain and hulk. This scene was badass.

[@zacharylee1995]

I definitely Agree

[@zyloproductions4870]

The perfect character establishing intro shot.

[@rjam1974]

Yes great catch! It added to the Hulk rage. Matched it perfectly

[@djdefk2]

I have a marvel A2 size hulk comic from the 70s with the cover depicting that scene. Not sure what was first I’ll have to the date on it but it was just as awesome especially at that size

[@chylemc]

This was the greatest low budget show ever made. Bill Bixby is a genius

[@eq1373]

This wasn't a low budget show

[@andyrandall9289]

@@eq1373 correct, during it's heyday the series was the most expensive too produce. Most shows of the time like Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century used stock footage in their battles. With the hulk, the special effects and the makeups used on Bixby and Ferrigno were costly. So they would usually go overbudget, it hurt them alot because they couldn't afford big name stars like Carry Grant, Elizabeth Montgomery, both big fans of the show. I could of seen Montgomery as Elaina Marks in the pilot. Or as Doctor Caroline Fields in the 2 hour, second season premiere, Married. Both she and Bixby were on the same game shows of the 70s. So they had great chemistry together.

[@TheVoid24]

This wasn't a low budget show clown

[@jamesbrice6619]

@@TheVoid24 the money they spent on the Promethius episode must have been enormous

[@TheVoid24]

@@jamesbrice6619 yeah idk I wasn't there lol

[@montanasxm]

I'm still fascinated by this episode. I've been a fan of Lou Ferrigno Hulk transformation since i was 4 years old and here i am at 45 still loving it👏👏👏👏👏🔥

[@MrPerry-bg1vv]

Time fly’s

[@lisarittenhouse1658]

At the end when the Hulu saved Elaina she died in the Hulk"s arms!

[@scottdahlberg4890]

49 and still loving it.

[@kevinmiller6324]

@@scottdahlberg4890 I'm almost 56 and still loving it. I've got seasons 3-5 on DVD; need to get myself seasons 1-2.

[@DistantCousin]

SAME!

[@AldenRDavis]

“Within each of us, ofttimes, there dwells a mighty and raging fury.”

[@generalshockwavekingpin326]

The Metamorphosis here, looks and feels so real (long before CGI). You can feel the rising power and strength, as well.

[@gillianwilson7469]

Its not cgi it lou he plays hulk

[@sirmojo4537]

@@gillianwilson7469 and Lou Ferrigno actually flipped that car under his own strength; no cables involved 😱

[@gillianwilson7469]

@@sirmojo4537 yes of course he did he was a body builder

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@sirmojo4537 the machine that was supposed to give him the assist broke, so Lou did it himself.

[@oldb-1kenobi363]

This originally aired on 04 Nov 1977. I was 7 years old and can still remember exactly where I was that night...glued to the TV!

[@canderson718]

Lol...same here. I was 7 years old too. I remember talking about this show the next day at school with some other kids who saw it too for the first time. Ahhh...the 70's. Good times.

[@1950Grendel]

My son was 3 and we had prepared all week for this. When the Hulk finally appeared my son was terrified and ran out of the room. Prepared another week to get him to watch week 2. When my granddaughter, 3, gets mad she pounds on the sofa and says "Hulk smash!" We still love her when she's angry.

[@scottmoore1614]

I was also 7 years old!

[@maryamos]

I was 9-years old at the time when this came on.

[@donwinslow522]

I also was 7 when this awesome movie premiered. 1977 was a great year to be a kid. I got to see Star Wars for my 7th birthday, just six months earlier. 🙂

[@alejandrofranco04]

Although I’m only 18, I grew up watching this show as a little kid thanks to my dad introducing me to this series with a DVD copy of the pilot, then around the time it was shown on Netflix I just binge watched this series, I loved it. And I can honestly even say that the late Bill Bixby is still by far the best actor to play Bruce Banner.

[@dbbanner]

Man, I love it too. I watch it all the time

[@samcovington8713]

I was born in 2002 so I was around 6 when I first watched the pilot, and my god I couldn’t sleep for a week the Hulks growling terrified me as a kid to the point I’d hide under my covers and refused to leave my room until my parents turned it off. About 10 years later I watched it again and I was absolutely obsessed with it I binged all 5 seasons and to this day I still think this is by bar the best Hulk ever put to screen. Something about the Avengers hulk seems to supernatural and otherworldly but Lou’s hulk seemed more human and down to earth but still incredibly powerful and scary when he was on screen.

[@josephmacias9678]

Dude I’m 21. And I remember watching this show with my mom who introduced this to me! I remembered being terrified and excited when I saw the pilot episode! I’m glad I’m not the only young person who loves this series!

[@tl7091dty]

It’s actually David Banner, in this series

[@alejandrofranco04]

@@tl7091dty I know that, technically the same just a mild name change.

[@AlexOjideagu2]

This is the greatest Hulk Transformation in history. It's almost like a werewolf transformation in American Werewolf in London. The rain and anger and atmosphere and frustration too is perfect. You can feel it

[@jrewing1512]

The transformation was amazing. Unlike the later hulk outs this one was both scary and terrifying. Watching as David become this primal force that is the embodiment of all his rage. I wish they had more hulk outs like this.

[@3912James]

I love the fact that David sensed that something was wrong within him but proceeded to change the tire.

[@jdbarr769]

@@3912James The music, the special effects--it just revels in primal rage!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

I!Agree With All Of You About This One!

[@kevinmiller6380]

@@3912James How do you know?

[@3912James]

@@kevinmiller6380 Look at his facial expression at the start of the transformation and how he looked spaced out before he remembered that he had to remove the flat tire. He even admitted that something was happening to his soon to be wife Carolyn in Part 1 of Married.

[@mellodee123]

How about the fact that this transformation still gives me the chills!!! Before The Howling before An American Werewolf In London......THIS was the best transformation EVER!!! And Lou Ferrigno really lifted that car!!!!

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

The machine that was supposed to give Lou Ferrigno the assist in flipping over the car had broke, so Lou did it by himself.

[@perryegolson833]

@@BrotherDerrick3X Holy f**k.

[@davidhubbard6963]

FACT!!!!

[@thepubknight6144]

@@perryegolson833 Lou was a world's strongest man competitor He also lifted a transmission in another episode by himself

[@PRHILL9696]

same here

[@waynemacfarland1546]

And so, the Incredible Hulk is born!

[@andrewscott4014]

That suspenseful violin music is what always made this show for me.

[@SupremeKaiRich]

I love the build-up for this first transformation! First he thinks the experiment failed, then he gets caught in the rain, then the car won’t start right away. And when he fails to change his tire, he finally snaps. Straight out of a monster movie!

[@danbaranowski]

At 7:50 I’m thinking “sh*t’s about to hit the fan”

[@kevinmiller6324]

Rich Tannis-Yeah, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with Fredric March as Jekyll.

[@paulforester6996]

Who hasn't wanted to beat the crap out of at least one of their cars? I probably screamed like the Hulk at a few cars even.

[@BrianRetro]

If you were to see the scene after this one where he encounters the little girl at the lake, it's literally taken from the 1931 Frankenstein movie (both were distributed by Universal, so this was not a coincidence). However, in that movie, the monster actually throws the little girl into the lake. In this scenario, the little girl is frightened of the Hulk, tries to row away from him but panics and falls into the lake. The Hulk tries to save her by pushing a huge tree into the lake. By the way, in one shot that has the Hulk looking up the tree, the overhead shot of the Hulk is actually Richard Kiel, the original actor who was supposed to play the character. So, even in this very early encounter, the Hulk is already showing the side of his compassion and concern, especially when it comes to little children.

[@PCCphoenix]

"Monster movie" is right.

[@SuperBobby1967]

This serie was one of the best of all time. The two actors playing Banner/Hulk were so well chosen because the was a chemistry going on that pierced the tvs. This transformation will never be equaled in any movie.

[@ruqone]

TV greatness right here. I feel like this particular "hulkout" is iconic.

[@ericklingenberg5309]

This was/is such a wonderful collaborative effort. The writing/direction of Kenneth Johnson and the performances of Bill Bixby & Lou Ferrigno. Stan Lee adored this adaptation of one of his creations & you can see why judging from this pilot.

[@rnw2739]

and the music of Joe Harnell, don't forget that!

[@d.s.thagreat7631]

My absolute favorite show of all time . As a kid ,it had me GLUED to the television.

[@michaelvaughn8864]

I know that's right as a grade schooler back then

[@dbbanner]

Oh man, me too. I still love this show so much.

[@archangel5627]

The pilot episode/tv movie was really good. It was pretty dark and it managed to try and stay in the realm of reality by not flying off the rails into completely unbelievable cheesy science fiction. I can totally see why this went on to become an ongoing tv series. David’s first transformation into the Hulk was awesome!

[@clintkinsey1614]

I love the music score!!! It still gives me goose bumps!! His eyes go green and LOOK OUT!!

[@freddy8479]

YOU'RE SPOT ON ABOUT THE MUSIC SCORE, PARTICULARLY WHEN DAVID IS EXPERIMENTING ON HIMSELF IN THE LAB. (0:00-3:48)

[@justinrad5073]

Great tv show. Bill bixby is a legend and a very underated actor. R.I.P Bill. 💚

[@ScreenBlaster13]

The pilot episode has always fantastic. This is how David's life as the Hulk began. After losing his wife Laura due to his lack of strength to remove her from the burning car she was in, he was determined to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have. However David's impatience and an overdose of Gamma Radiation cost him greatly. David's first transformation into the Hulk was awesome. 👍

[@mrwoods22]

What are you, the narrator? 😏

[@ScreenBlaster13]

@@mrwoods22 No, just a fan of the show. 🤣

[@davidbanner9344]

@@ScreenBlaster13 my favorite all time show!😁

[@wiglafsfilms8418]

@@mrwoods22 Lol! That was funny, man!

[@courier2003]

Banner and Dr Marks we're interviewing people who had experienced unexplained phenomena of excessive strength during times of stress. Banner later learned that with each of these incidents, there was high levels of gamma radiation present. However, on the day of the car accident with his wife, there was low gamma activity. This is what led to his experimenting on himself by taking a gamma injection. When he went into the gamma lab, his original intent was to only take an injection of 300,000 units. But the machine wasn't calibrated properly, and he ended up taking an injection of 2 million units. It was this overdose that led to his metamorphosis

[@mickeythebull9842]

This is one of my favorite "monster changes" of all time.

[@josephcrawford7922]

Same here

[@josephcrawford7922]

@Omar T Uh-huh!!

[@tonyareddinger6227]

Me too I definitely agree with you and your comments too I'm with you all the way

[@PRHILL9696]

Mine too

[@manchuriancandybar864]

Along with Werewolf tv series (1987) starring John J. York.

[@tomcourteney-hoare1421]

Original and best Hulk

[@earledmondsjr789]

100%

[@michaelabercrombie7698]

This one is more realistic.

[@scottmoore1614]

As a child of the 70s, I was a big fan! I loved the comic book and this show just took things to a whole other level. True, there was no Abomination or Thunderbolt Ross but the show had a more “realistic”, psychological approach to the subject matter. Bill Bixby just made the show. He was amazing and you had so much sympathy for poor, cursed David Banner. I distinctly remember being almost moved to tears on a number of occasions. Classic!

[@1950Grendel]

The show always took itself seriously and not tongue in cheek. The few shows where they brought in another "creature" (remember Thor?) were fun but nearly as dramatic and therefore moving.

[@scottmoore1614]

@@1950Grendel I remember the episode with the “other Hulk”. I believe it was a two parter and involved an older man who had the same affliction. His personality was decidedly darker than Banner, thus his Hulk was a lot more savage and deadly. The man actually enjoyed it! I remember how disturbing that creature was…more realistic than an Abomination from the comic book.

[@kelvinmorris1991]

@@scottmoore1614 dell Frye

[@foamfan7593]

@@scottmoore1614 imagine if they did show abomination

[@scottmoore1614]

@@foamfan7593 It would have been cool if Abomination had been a true “abomination”…more like something out of a horror film.

[@generalshockwavekingpin326]

The gamma ray machine act that would change David's life, forever.

[@jrewing1512]

And he will die.

[@generalshockwavekingpin326]

@@jrewing1512 Actually, Bill Bixby was planning to do another movie called, The Rebirth Of The Incredible Hulk.

[@Melissa-jp8ps]

Hasn’t everyone owned a car that they wanted to do this to?😂😂😂

[@josephmacias9678]

I never owned a car but as a kid I always imagined being angry and turning into the hulk and destroying the car 😂

[@Chazz_US_Marine]

Yup, especially when you are trying to take off a rusted bolt and it breaks. This scene is what I am thinking about every single time.

[@lesterpena]

I think the idea of roadside assistance was thought about after ppl saw dis episode and it became pretty clear we all could use the Hulk or at least someone to help out when a stupid car breaks down in the middle of a road during a lightning storm! Brilliant! 😅😃☺

[@lesterpena]

I always wanted to do this to my 2007 Pontiac G6 years ago! It was a royal pain in da ass that car! 😅🤣😝

[@daffyd5867]

Whenever i scrapped my knuckles changing a puncture. ..i know how he felt

[@alfulci6914]

This is so momentous, it just builds and builds and builds, real feels, not pre fab manufactured drama.

[@sdsuman1]

Sound effects & music were epic here just building up that tension til you can cut it with a knife as that radiation level rose .

[@orlandoalessandrini2505]

I remember being around 10 years old waking up at 6 in the morning just to watch 2 episodes back to back. I didn't care if they were repeats. I love *this* Hulk.

[@danbaranowski]

7:50 television history is made 🤑 My late grandfather (a Hulk fan himself) always taped every episode of this show when it was rerun in syndication and we’d watch it together every Sunday I went over to his house for years; he’s the reason I became a fan of the Hulk in the first place Since then, I’ve read Greg Pak’s PLANET HULK & WORLD WAR HULK comics (and its subsequent spin-off comics FRONT LINE, GAMMA CORPS, INCREDIBLE HERCULES, WARBOUND, AND DAMAGE CONTROL) and the first seven volumes of Jeph Loeb & Ed McGuinness’ (who I met at the 2013 Boston Comicon) RED HULK series (RED HULK, RED & GREEN, HULK NO MORE, HULK VS. X-FORCE, FALL OF THE HULKS, WORLD WAR HULKS, & SCORCHED EARTH)

[@paulbowler5345]

I love the Hulk TV series, it was such a brilliant show!

[@danieljohnson2539]

The very first transformation to the Hulk still remains best! Bill Bixby should have won an Emmy

[@AlbertonBeastmaster]

The music is pivotal to building up to the transformation. Everything about it was so beautifully done.

[@Trenton-om9qs]

My dad grew up on this show as a kid. I'm 17 years old and I also love this show. I always consider Lou Forigno as The Incredible Hulk and Bill Bixby as David Banner

[@josephmacias9678]

My mom introduced me this show when it use to be on Netflix. We would watch an episode every weekend. I’m 21 years old and I love this show so much!

[@1950Grendel]

Everyone who was alive in the 1970's has said at least one in their life, "Don't make me angry (insert name); you wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

[@stormyt8114]

This show has taught me never again play with Gamma Radiation

[@kgrkid]

Also, don’t try to change a tire during an electrical storm

[@alexsaucedo8032]

@@kgrkid I know right Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. LOL HAHAHAHA

[@stormyt8114]

@SSJ4GAWD Hell yeah! haven't u?

[@tenhirankei]

You shouldn't need the show to know not to do it. Dr. Banner and every other scientist out there would do well to heed the warning in the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story!

[@scotsmith2391]

If I could get it to do what it did to Banner I would soak it up as much as I could LOLOLOL

[@ronalddunn291]

You can see Lou had a size and definition nobody could come close to nobody!💪

[@nick4733]

Wow! What a nostalgic pleasure to see this again. The beauty of this is excellent casting of Bill Bixby as Dr David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk. Great music score and visual effects. The most important factor for me is, no CGI effects. Just natural good directing, good casting, good visual effects and good story. No need for cartoon like GCI rubbish. Good old 80s tv. What a great time to be a kid, ha!

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Hey just to let ya know if you want to see the whole series again they have it out on d.v.d. I should know I have the entire box set of all 4 seasons of the show and I also agree it was great seeing again I grew up watching this show back in the 80's watching Dr. Banner try to find a cure for what was happening to him and always trying to stay out of trouble though sadly trouble always had a habit of finding him though with that huge bounty Magee put on him didn't help matters as I remember in one episode this guy who was like a big game hunter or a mercenary wanted to kill the Hulk for over a million dollars.

[@hostilemgtow603]

The mighty incredible hulk. There's no superhero like him 😏👊💥.

[@franzhaas3712]

" Mr. Mcgee don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry ".

[@michaelskora5577]

Lou Ferrigno did an excellent job playing the hulk in the show and i Love this show

[@mr.a5191]

Funny story... I have a younger brother who had never seen the tv series. We had a bunk bed, and he had a habit of looking down from the top bunk to see if I was awake. So I Decided to play a trick on him. I bought the Incredible Hulk DVD collection, and a set of white contacts. One day he came in the room, and I was watching the hulk. After watching for awhile, he goes " That couldn't really happen, could it"? I say " Does radiation exist? Then it can happen". That night, we go to bed, and sure enough, he looks down to see if I'm awake. I tried to make it seem like I was dreaming, then opened my eyes with the white contacts in, looking right at him.I have never seen my brother run so fast in my life! PS: Yes, I got in trouble. Yes, it was worth it.

[@teddycuthbert]

A marvellous story! And I'll bet your brother still remembers that to this day, hahaha! Thank you for sharing this.

[@horrortherapy6431]

This was quite possibly the scariest thing to watch as a 5 year old. Nothing like watching a calm mild-mannered man go from being just that to being an eight-foot-tall not so Jolly Green Giant.

[@PRHILL9696]

It still gets me and I still love it

[@karstenmeanor8812]

7 feet

[@lisarittenhouse1658]

At the end when the Hulk saved Elaina, she died in the Hulk's arms!

[@METAL1ON]

Here in the UK this was the first ever instance myself and my mates knew of the Hulk back in the 70's. I remember the older lads talking about watching a new TV show where this man smashes through a wall. Lo and behold we were introduced to the Hulk!!!. This TV version always stayed with me especially the music for the closing credits.

[@knightrcer]

Bill Bixby did an amazing job portraying David Bruce Banner for 5 seasons. I was afraid of the hulk Lou Ferrigno played for so long. Had nightmares of him chasing me. Until I saw the episode where Lou met the hulk on stage where Lou portrayed a bodybuilder. It gave me the psychological strength to take my greatest fear of being beaten by bullies and turn the hulk into a source of strength. To work out my muscles so that I wouldn't ever fear bullies ever again and defend myself. I have an autographed photo of Bill putting in the contacts for tbe first time with Producer Kevin Johnson. Kevin mailed it to me for being the only one to respond to his comme tary on the DVD episode season opened Prometheus asking for a copy of the mad magazine skit they did of their show the incredible hulk. I found scans of it online a decade or so prior. I was so happy to make contact and to help someone who had entertained me for so many years from being 8 years into my twenties. I farmed the autographed photo and hunt it on my wall.

[@gregorypaulwatson1088]

There were some highs and some lows I this series but the pilot episode is actually superb! Bill Bixby was the reason for the series success appealing to a sided audience than just kids

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Yeah!Kids Young And Old!Haha!

[@quit293]

This and the first with old man hulk were the best episodes of series

[@tjf7101]

Six years old in 77. This show was MUST see Friday nights. Had the pajamas too 😅 Have a Hulk glass a buddy got me for my 50th. Use it everyday 👍

[@MrOctober44]

Incredible scene. So little dialog yet it leaves you completely captivated. Getting to see the first transformation in such a methodical way was brilliant

[@jondavis845]

This 1st change scared the hell of me as a kid! The transformation from banner to hulk was classic! The best change was always when banner change while flying the plane in 747 main event stuff!

[@PRHILL9696]

agree

[@fuel4insanity6]

I remember that episode. And the fact that he was actually scared to the point of panic. Remember it's extreme emotions that trigger the transformation. Whether it be anger or fear or extreme sadness. There was a time where he went up against another guy who was an evil version of the hulk. And he had the antidote to his cure. And he destroyed it so that way nobody can get it including Dr banner. David was filled with extreme rage and sadness at the same time because he felt his only hope was gone and that's when he transformed and battled that evil version of the hulk. Look it up sometime.

[@TheCarltoons]

04 Nov 1977, Friday night. I was so jacked!

[@scotsmith2391]

So was Banner, LMBO

[@colvinwilliams1392]

STILL LOVE this show!! Grew up watching this as a kid!

[@MrKneeV]

This is one of my favorite episodes of any TV show ever.

[@edisonmoten7385]

Banner was inpatient by tapping into the hidden strengths. Now he got a mutation. Near the main center of his brain. Now whenever he becomes angered or screech of hormone, he becomes a mutant thing. A beast untill that rage ends. Use to luv the Hulk when I was a kid🤣🤣🤣

[@josephcrawford7922]

Me too

[@williamchick]

Loved as as a kid and love it as an adult

[@3912James]

Love "The Death Of The Incredible Hulk" quote.

[@wiglafsfilms8418]

If anybody's interested, they have 2 of his Hulk movies on the Tubi app for free. The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk and The Return Of The Incredible Hulk.

[@Dee1nOnly92]

@@wiglafsfilms8418 ohhh i have that DVD And have owned it for nearly 20 years now. My grandpa bought it for me at a pawnshop back then. I would watch them over and over late at night. Damn there was some good memories back then

[@RogueBlackOp]

I like this version of him turning into the Hulk because it’s way more realistic with good reasoning behind it. Much more fit for a TV show

[@sbgoldma]

One of my favorite Hulkouts!!!! Thanks

[@ropongi1008]

The video is titled "Dr. Bruce Banner", when I think most people know his name on the TV series was "Dr. David Bruce Banner", but what a great series, and what a great pilot episode witch also partially played in the in the intro of each episode in the series every week. I totally grew up on this show.

[@anthonyhardy7135]

It should have been Dr David banner that's who the show is about

[@eggbertbenedicht4944]

THE 1ST EPISODE OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK SERIES IS PROBABLY THE SECOND BEST EPISODE MADE . I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THE BEE🐝 EPISODE WHERE THE HULK COULDN'T CHANGE COMPLETELY BACK TO DAVID IS THE TOP BEST EPISODE MADE .

[@kevinmiller6380]

@Diana Barry Prometheus.

[@colvinwilliams1392]

NEVER gets old watching the TV show! I can watch this show over and over again!

[@Wilizm]

They never could transformation as good as this during series. This was demonic but fantastic.

[@marky1974]

Still think the pilot episode was never topped..it was darker and more atmospheric than the others..which I also loved as a kid..

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

It's crazy that throughout this whole thing from leaving the lab and driving home angry I'm surprised he didn't start hulking out right there before getting the flat tire or hurting his hand while trying to change the tire.

[@scotsmith2391]

In later episodes he did hulk out while driving, or just not enough change for the pay phone. That first time though...like the first time for everything...have to break through that ceiling. Not knowing what is coming just keep building and building then suddenly crossing that point of no return...and a sudden rush of raw power and strength and endorphins

[@rashb3994]

What you're saying makes sense but his anger level needed a snapping point. He was frustrated and disappointed bordering on anger all the way up to the change but he was consumed with trying to figure out why it didn't work up until the tire. That was the last straw.

[@3912James]

He was angry...but he needed the emotional commitment (attempting and failing to change the tire) in order to change into the Hulk (remember the people David and Elaina studied? Each of them demonstrated untapped strength - aided by gamma ray sunspots - as a result of getting extremely angry over the possibility of failing the task at hand - saving a boy from a burning car, knocking down a thick door, carrying a wounded soldier to a place of safety despite nursing an injury/injuries).

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

We all know it was low Gamma activity the day his wife was killed in the car accident but man can anyone imagine what would of happened if the gamma activity of the sun was high I mean really high like higher than what David had discovered with all those people he interviewed and he hulked out right there trying to get his wife out of that car man that would have been nuts you know what I mean.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

@@scotsmith2391 Remember the episode '747' where he was onboard an airplane and he hulked out twice the first time in the cargo hold and the second time sitting in the pilots seat trying to land the plane without knowing the planes hydraulic lines were severed earlier which is why he was having trouble with the control stick and he hulked out right there and a kid he met before came in and saw the Hulk sitting in the chair and the kid had to help the Hulk land the plane now that was an interesting situation David found himself in and I remember one funny situation David found himself in was in one episode where I think he was a cab driver or something and he had a passenger who was pregnant and suddenly went into labor and he tried to get the gas stations attendant's attention but the guy ignored him and closed a door on David's hand if I remember that part correctly and David hulked out right there and the Hulk got the guy and dragged him out to the car and another one that was really funny was when David got involved in a black market for babies and he hulked out and saved both a woman and her baby that David met and became friends with earlier and what was really funny about that one was the Hulk picked up the baby and looked at it and actually grinned at how cute the baby was now that was funny seeing the Hulk smile.

[@russellmiller823]

No wonder why green is still my fave color after all these years!!!! BIG fan of the "Incredible Hulk"!!!

[@stevenshiller1600]

The Hulk was indestructible.

[@ProfessorKenneth]

Bill and Lou will always be Dr banner and the Hulk. 🧬. My favourite marvel character. 👍🏻💯 My favourite show when I was a kid , still is.

[@SyntheticFilms]

Lou Ferrigno's Hulk make-up for the pilot episode and the early season one episodes was so much better and scarier!

[@marquelbarnes3963]

I remember as a kid going to the dentist sitting in the chair, I would imagine that whole scene😂

[@scotsmith2391]

Were you kind of hoping the dentist secretly zapped you?

[@jeffleake1960]

god bless the 1980,s/ late 70,s i couldnt of picked a better decade to be a child if i tried . i was 6 in 1980 and terrified of the hulking out scene. go slow mo hulk go

[@richardbowman9432]

That's a great transformation. AND THE STORM GOES WITH IT.

[@geo386]

I never missed an episode Friday nights on CBS. I was often chastised for watching a live action superhero show. Who knew many years later I would get to meet one of my heroes Liu Ferrigno. He is a kind and soft spoken individual. I have run into him at Comic-cons and it was so great when he remembered me. This and the Spiderman show thrilled me in my youth. It gave me the strength to realize mo matter how much I was bullied that after a confrontation I learned to get back to and press on.

[@bigboyfilmproductions8478]

I didn't grow up in the 70s but I had this on DVD and when I saw this I was terrified, this just goes to show how good this show was that as a kid in the early 2000s it left an impact on me.

[@yuljohnson6838]

Great opening hulkout,couldn't been better. The music amping up the tension along with Bill's perfectly timed acting of frustration due to changing the tire is superb. And Lou's imposing physique ripping the shirt and turning over the car made for a great Incredible hulk pilot!!

[@willstuart4504]

I was 10 years old when I watched this on my parents wood panelled 36" TV ..... and I remember being transfixed as Dr. Banner bends the tire-iron and flips the car... I know as an impressionable kid this show, .this scene specifically, gave me goosebumps and I was hooked. Even today as I rewatch this episode, I have to admit ..... for the early 80's, they did this first transformation of the Hulk.. brilliantly. Sure do miss those 80's and 90's..

[@dbbanner]

Will, you took the words right out of my mouth. I was and am still mesmerized when I watch this. Seeing him bend that tire iron and then flipping the car is just so truly incredible. I love seeing it over and over

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

You know it's funny that it was the live action t.v. series of the Incredible Hulk that helped Lou Ferrigno start his acting career with Bill Bixby taking him under his wing to teach him the ropes and when he started body building Lou trained under Arnold Schwarzenegger now that was awesome.

[@williammickle3421]

I still love this show. I wish it was on in my area

[@coolwata105]

This scene still draws me in. NO CGI. NO MILLION DOLLAR BUDGETS Just Hydraulics, pyrotechnics and TALENT both in front and behind the camera.

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

Brings me back to my Dad and I watching this Friday nights while eating Chinese food way back when. Followed by the Dukes of Hazzard. Precious childhood memories.

[@davearonheim1582]

Masterfully filmed. From the quietly suspenseful music in the lab to the confused yet drunk with growing power look on Banner's face when he started to transform to the terrifying rage afterward... The people in charge of this pilot and show (especially the first couple of seasons) really knew what they were doing.

[@user-wv6wk3gr8h]

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[@jonisafreak3]

Bixby refused to do the show if it couldn’t be done as realistically as possible. He fought very very hard to make the show as adult oriented because he knew that if they captured the children and the adults they’d strike gold. He also wanted to legitimize television and comic books and he couldn’t do that if they went cheap or corny on the hulk.

[@davidgraves1800]

This, and the Dukes of Hazzard were my favorite shows when I was growing up. And they both came on Friday nights.

[@fernandoayala9919]

Unlike later adaptations, in this version of Bixby and Ferrigno, here David (or Bruce) is responsible for what happened, namely, it is not a laboratory accident or an explosion, but everything is caused by his desperation to find an answer to his research and he did not even bother to know why there was a white mark.

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

Of all the hulk transformation scenes...the first is my all time favorite!

[@christophern2396]

This hulk actually puts fear In you unlike the joke we have in the mcu now

[@jokertdk]

Exactly right! 👍 Gone are the foreboding horror influences in favor of formulaic mcu comedy and jokes.

[@kevintravers3988]

I'd be happy to see a return to this kind of Hulk. But I don't think the new Hulk is god awful.

[@kevinmiller6324]

@@kevintravers3988 Unfortunately the days of tv shows like this are in the past. The only way you could watch something like this is to watch it on KZbin, Hulu, on DVD, or some other way of viewing this, or any other classic show.

[@scottmoore1614]

Great musical score, too!

[@randybarnett2308]

This Hulk would kick the shit outta MCU Hulk !!!💪🤢👍

[@lesterpena]

After the Hulk destroys da car, he starts walking like saying, "Hey I can just hitchhike my way home no problemo!" 🤣😅😝

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Anyone remember how in The Death of the Incredible Hulk where David intentionally shocked himself to change into the Hulk for those 2 scientists that were working to help him as we all saw David having flashbacks to the death of his wife,the death of his friend Elena Marks and we even saw the showing of the x-ray of his skull prior to the change which we haven't seen since his first Hulk out during this scene when he was trying to change the tire now that was something to see.

[@jacklong1290]

This pilot alone set the tone and bar for the character of Dr. David Banner. What's impressive is that the episode is not just about the origin of the Incredible Hulk but a real emotional human drama about a man who is in conflict with himself, who had everything and lost everything. Making it grounded in reality. Also, the whole suspense to this sequence feels less like a superhero movie and more like supernatural horror film.

[@TheHoff305]

Hulk Smash!!!

[@kevinmiller6324]

I wonder what Elaina Marks would have said had she been there to witness Banner's first ever Hulkout?

[@anthonyhardy7135]

She passed the hell out

[@littlebman545]

Rest In Peace bill we miss u 😔❤️

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

In either the comic books or the 2 cartoon series it was never said exactly how much Gamma Radiation he absorbed so it was nice to see exactly how much he absorbed when they made the live action t.v. series a dose of Gamma Radiation at 1,900,000 units even though I know in the comic books and the cartoon series it was either a gamma bomb or a gamma reactor the only other Live Action Incredible Hulk that showed similar origins of the Hulk like the Live Action t.v. series was the Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton where in that movie they showed flashbacks to how Dr. Banner became the Hulk like in the t.v. show.

[@marionv.brittainiii7188]

That gamma radiation went far beyond the limit into Dr. David Banner's system.😱, Hence the Incredible Hulk. 💯

[@frank-bmtz]

This show was ahead of it's time. Imagine how great it'd be today with CGI. It was and still IS awesome to this day.

[@alfulci6914]

CGI would make it worse, CGI has no organic qualities or power

[@davidhubbard6963]

it's a Classic because it has no CGI effects!!

[@filthycasual8187]

@@alfulci6914 Unfortunately, as great as Lou Ferrigno is, he's no longer credible as the Hulk when playing him physically. CGI is the only way to do the Hulk justice.

[@FreshPrincex4]

@@filthycasual8187 unless if they can find another individual in today's age who's just as built like Lou was in his prime.

[@antomano5623]

The cgi is b.s.. This works without any modern day technology. We grew up on this and still love it and definitely appreciate it the way it is.

[@OptimusPrime298]

Bill Bixby said the pilot would remain a classic of all time

[@GrowingLight1]

This is classic like no other Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno The best duo

[@barbaramozie6285]

I always thought Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno were so good-looking and plus I enjoyed the series, wish it would come back on!!

[@lisarittenhouse1658]

I agree!

[@mi-ka-eltheguardian3837]

I've noticed that this very first hulkout , was somehow triggered by a car accident , much like the one David was involved in , years earlier . Gamma radiation alone did not caused the mutation , there was also a strong emotional boost .

[@thepubknight6144]

Good catch

[@rogercollins4753]

The actual transformation was triggered when he hurt his hand trying to loosen a lugnet on the tire

[@PaintDryPictures]

With the big budget Hulk movies made in 2003 and 2008 as well as the crossover appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...after 46 years, this is still the best Hulk film ever made. No effects-heavy action, no big fights, just simply a tragic monster movie. That's all you need out of a Hulk movie.

[@alexojideagu]

Exactly this is so raw and brutal. Not cartoonish but horror like

[@philipwarlin3888]

At 9:50 it’s really amazing that Lou was able to flip that whole car right over.