Incredible Hulk TV Series Special Effects and Mistakes

[@kennethmanning9984]

Lou Ferrigno is still the hulk no cgi needed

[@tvcrazyman]

I agree.

[@demetriusdillard2863]

I enthusiastically concur! Much like Christopher Reeve will always be the definitive Superman and Lynda Carter will always be the definitive Wonder Woman, Lou Ferrigno will always be the definitive Incredible Hulk!

[@vernerulmet2290]

Tv crazy man I have a question. You asked if the hulk dropped into a net, I don’t know but if not maybe he jumped into a Frankie Avalon???

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Good one, @@vernerulmet2290! That truly made my day! Thanks!

[@MrPleers]

@@demetriusdillard2863 And Bill Bixby will always be my Dr.Banner. He was the heart of the show.

[@davidsmith7962]

When I first saw The Incredible Hulk Series I instantly fell in love. Out of all of the episodes I’ve watched… my favorite would be The First.

[@craig1538]

As a child I remember watching the Incredible Hulk with my brother at our friends house. We all used to be terrified of it but none of us dared admit it. Great memories.

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

As strong as Big Louie is, one would think he'd have no problem throwing bad guys through the air.

[@thebenz37]

Married was always a sad episode for me as a kid. It got even sadder for me when I watched it again shortly after my wife passed. But I always remember the story David told Carolyn about the berry branch really hit home

[@monkeyzorr3090]

Sorry for your loss

[@LokiturnedmeintoaFrog]

Sorry for your loss❤

[@zythr9999]

Sorry for your loss.

[@OathTaker3]

My favorite TV show growing up! Loved it, still do.

[@bassthumper7331]

Your video are always fun to watch. As a child I never saw these bloopers.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@thegoldendog7991]

Had my headphones turned up, that intro really got my attention!

[@kurtarron6482]

Good memories. Back to yesteryear. So cool thanks

[@DavidNicholson101]

Finally somebody addressed Bixby wearing the prosthetics and green tinted paint. I like how later on they would show an extreme closeup of his face during transformation to make it look like his face was in mid transformation.

[@ronalddunn291]

I saw Lou in Pumping Iron. I was 13 yrs old and that got me pumping the Iron. Lou is the Incredible Hulk.👍💪

[@Dogmom-vj5ko]

I remember going to school with a kid we called the Hulk not only did he look like Lou ferrigno but he was just as big and he was a wrestler so this is about 40 years ago but I'll never forget

[@josephambrose2852]

Please post positive proof pronto Pics preferred

[@Kajehart]

I was 12 in 77 when I saw the first metamorphosis and it scared me lol. Those were big effects back then lol.

[@Rick-pb9yi]

This was and still is my favorite TV show of all time. My opinion is that this is 1 of the morally cleanest shows of all time. It taught honesty, anti drugs, anti racism, etc. This was done without forcing it upon you. For example, in some episodes where Banner needed clothes following a Hulk Out, he would take them from outside clothes drying lines, then attach money from where he removed the clothing.

[@CarlW-v4w]

I could watch this all day !! This is interesting !!

[@pc0k236]

The Hulk followed by the Dukes of Hazard. As a 8 to 11 ish kid...... it was heaven.

[@cuachogaidh]

I met Lou Ferrigno at a comic convention. He signed my comic "the real Hulk"

[@daryleschroeder6299]

I really enjoyed this video! Even though you don't have high production values you really make the most of the material you have to use. Your passion and nostalgia really come through in a positive way. When I was about 12 or 13 years old I had the great pleasure of meeting Lou Ferrigno at a custom car show. I will never forget how gracious he was to his fans. I got to shake the Hulk's hand😊

[@shannonmanley9217]

I Loved watching the Hulk, so many Great Memories. Looking forward to your next video. take care my Friend. 😊

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@shannonmanley9217]

@@tvcrazyman yvw!!!

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

If you can't see the face of someone doing a jump like that, chances are it's a standin.

[@tvcrazyman]

I hope you all enjoy this week's video on the Incredible Hulk.

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Thank you, TVcrazyman! I most certainly did!

[@davidcarrol110]

It was excellent.The segment in which you discussed Lou's stunt double Manny Perry. He had to overcome a lot of racial prejudice to get the job and he was brilliant.

[@brianhumphrey6791]

@@tvcrazyman I did 👍

[@craig1538]

Yes defo. Loved it. Cheers. 👍😁

[@demetriusdillard2863]

You and me both, @@craig1538!

[@mickshrimpton6494]

Awesome video, Tim, thank you!

[@tvcrazyman]

I appreciate it.

[@CorbinConnection]

This is so nostalgic. I grew up on this show. So when the marvel live action started I went nuts. Awesome video 👍

[@marcwood5895]

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you.

[@reyamalloy]

Hey nice to put a face to the voice of Tvcrazyman :) Great video I loved the Incredible Hulk :)

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@cadeevans4623]

This hulk will always be the greatest the best hulk love the show great video

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@cadeevans4623]

Your welcome

[@theshape3988]

These videos are sooooo interesting to watch. Make more of these great videos plz

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@mikehernandez8063]

I was born in 90 so my first real "Hulk" experience was the 2003 movie which is underated i believe,but it was nice to have so much hulk history backlog to explore and the show was amazing so now im forever a Hulk fan haha

[@mikemayberry7121]

I think it'd be awesome if you did a video like this for the 70s Live-action Spider-Man show. The stunts are real and spectacular in that short-lived series.

[@robertfullerjr8124]

I remember bullets piercing Tv Hulk's skin drawing blood ..... my comic books saved my love for ole green jeans ...

[@christophercoreygupton2973]

Absolutely one of my all time favorite shows!

[@miamiblandino]

I became a hulk fan because of the TV show and the Toys and clothes they had in stores during the era of the hulk tv show 1978-82

[@Pratman]

Best special effects ever still better than today's CGI 😀

[@tvcrazyman]

Yeah, the things the stuntmen did back then were almost super human without effects. Those guys didn't need no CGI.😀

[@smvanaman70]

​@@tvcrazymanabsolutely.

[@MariofromNY]

Nice to see all those posters at the end. Very insightful and very cool trivia never heard Robert Bruce Banner.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, I've gotten a few posters over the years.😀

[@madmanmark8387]

Back in the day a little intro was written in how Hulk and maybe Spider-Man came to be who they became.

[@tvcrazyman]

@@madmanmark8387 Yeah, at the top of the first page of every comic. I would read those every time almost.

[@wantq2000]

I thought the The Incredible Hulk Comics came after the tv series too. I never heard of the comic version till then. My dad had to tell me that the comic came first. Later on during my teens I started buying the comics thanks to the tv series though, A big Hulk fan especially the tv version. Love this vid.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, I remember how awesome I thought that it was to see the Hulk in a comic book. Back then comics were 35 whole cents which seemed like a lot back then, but they were worth every penny.

[@wantq2000]

@@tvcrazyman I remember buying old comics for 25 cents each. I would buy up Hulk comics. I lost them all after moving out of an apartment because the clean up guys cleaned and threw away everything. I was "Angry". LOL.

[@dougmeyers]

Very cool informative video! Thanks

[@FlintIronstag23]

10:09 It's hard for Jack McGee to seem intimidating when he puts on those glasses. 🤣

[@tvcrazyman]

Yeah, those glasses are definitely not very cool looking.😀

[@HariSeldon913]

@@tvcrazyman Neither is the rest of 70's fashion these days. 10:14 was an episode where David had a doppelganger who was a mob boss.

[@WalterFrith]

Great video. Regarding some of the mistakes and goofs? Back in the day, you were watching the show on a small TV with rounds corners and in low resolution. Now, I am watching the show on blu-ray and on a 65 inch 4K TV so, yeah, mistakes are going to be more noticeable. I don't fault the show back in the day. It was an expensive show to produce and they could not have foreseen the progress in home entertainment technology.

[@danamcdonnell9064]

I remember in the rodeo episode, a guy announces over the PA that they are looking for a lost child named Nicky Corea. Nicholas Corea was the show producer, so this was an in-joke. It looks like they had a lot of fun doing the show. And it seemed like it was the golden age of TV stunt work.

[@vx4982]

I was only 3yrs old when the Hulk (1978 - 1982) tv series first aired.

[@StephenBazile]

Awesome information

[@antfrancis9941]

It was the eyes & the music (when he's about to change) that scared the hell outta me as a kid.👍

[@JTM1987]

When I was a kid I was terrified of Lou as the Hulk

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Coincidentally, Bill Bixby would reunite with his former "My Favorite Martian" castmate, Ray Walston, in season three's "My Favorite Magician." All in all, this was another highly entertaining and informative video. Thanks for sharing, TVcrazyman, and keep up the good work.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@demetriusdillard2863]

You're very welcome, @@tvcrazyman! Keep up the good work, bro!

[@sirmojo4537]

I was 6 when we watched the pilot on CBS. We had a console TV where I would get beside the TV cabinet once I saw those eyes in my attempt to hide from the Hulk. You gotta admit, the first season Hulk's appearance was terrifying. 😳

[@tvcrazyman]

I can't remember being too scared from it though, and I was scared of almost any monster shows, maybe it was because my mom told me he was a good guy. I wish I could remember, I just remember my sister hid behind the couch she was so scared of the Hulk.

[@cheryl2962]

Just Subscribed!

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@maximpestsolutions3696]

Awesome...Thanks🙏

[@kellygrant7660]

This was my favorite show in the 70s I loved watching all the episodes this show remains my favorite to this day I have this series on DVD I liked Bill Bixby and the theme song is my favorite

[@Tinyman12]

This is my all time favorite shows of all time. I do have all 5 seasons on DVD.

[@brianhumphrey6791]

Watched this growing up in the 80’s even had the Hulk Doll!

[@tvcrazyman]

I had the plastic action figure along with Batman and Superman. I think they were made by Mego.

[@brianhumphrey6791]

@@tvcrazyman nice!

[@pablosilva6988]

Cool movie poster of the perfect weapon.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, I found it a couple of weeks ago at a flea market for five bucks along with Chuck Norris.

[@pablosilva6988]

@@tvcrazyman awesome 🎖️

[@nicholaswoodall3840]

the hulk is my favorite tv show i love the episode where the 2 hulks fight

[@isaacruiz6832]

He definitely inspired me to get into bodybuilding 💪🏼💯

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

It took at least three hours of sitting in the makeup chair for Big Louie to get completely covered in green paint, and about half as long to get the green makeup taken off.

[@davidchahal7682]

Good Memories !!

[@robpolaris7272]

I remember watching reruns of Lou Ferigno as Hulk and Bill Bixby as Banner as a kid. It was entertaining but you could see a lot of flaws even as a kid.

[@aqacefan]

I once did a Hulk-like costume for Hallowe’en… more than once, a passer by hummed or whistled “The Lonely Man” 😏

[@SelfIndulgentGamer]

Even as a kid, I had real contempt for the Mcgee guy 😂

[@PropainBringer0737]

5:45 If i had to guess, Stan Lee probably wanted the bear to be a robot so it would make more sense that the Hulk would struggle with it. Imo it would've been more interesting if they used the Wendigo instead of the bear, but I'm guessing they didn't have the budget for that. 6:43 Lou, the Hulk and DBZ inspired me to lift weights when i was a kid, and i still lift to this day.

[@tvcrazyman]

That may have been what Stan was thinking. At that point he probably didn't fully realize which way the show was headed. Wendigo would have been awesome!

[@mr.timebombman2230]

He's even bigger now . For his age it's unreal

[@haro82]

Still the definitive Hulk

[@panowa8319]

My all-time favorite hero is Spider-Man. As a kid, watching "The Incredible Hulk," I imagined all the time that i was going to Hulk out, and on some occasions, I would get too carried away and ripped the buttons from my shirt. Mom was not too happy.

[@tvcrazyman]

That's funny.😀

[@joeriveracomedy]

Looked pretty good on Mr. Rodgers

[@melwilliams5926]

One thing that is not very nice, is that people never show any respect for stuntmen, if it was not for Manny Perry doing Lou Ferrigno's stunts for the tv series and feature length films, there wouldn't have been an Incredible Hulk TV show, so people should try remembering that.

[@matthewmarcinko9157]

It's important to remember that this show, like most sci fi/fantasy tv shows at the time, was being shot on a very tight budget and even tighter shooting schedule. As a result, there wasn't a lot of time to meticulously fix these mistakes in post production in the way films and tv shows today have the luxury of doing.

[@tvcrazyman]

It's true, today a whole season of shows is so short they have a lot more time to work on them, but I still see goofs here and there, especially if you count bad CGI. For me it seems that any time today they have a wild animal represented it tends to be bad CGI.

[@DNulrammah]

One thing that you missed : In part two of "Promethieus" (also in "Earthquakes Happen") , They use dialog from the opening of "The Six Million Dollar Man ("...I've got a blow out in damper three! Set your pitch to zero. The pitch it out, I can't hold altitude..." ) LOL!!! According to IMDb, It was done as an in-joke by or for Kenneth Johnson.

[@tvcrazyman]

I'm going to have to look for that now. 😀

[@teresajeffries3934]

My daddy always laughed at how the hulk would bust out of his shirt and coat, but never his pants!!!

[@mitchbray6637]

My favorite Hulk memory is when I read the 2018 one shot comic, "Last Call". In it, Bruce Banner is considering ending his own life and calls the suicide hotline and a worker and he talk about the Hulk and about Betty and she reminds Bruce that the Hulk has also done a lot of good. But as they are talking, the hotline worker is being harassed by the Marvel Villain. Mr. Hyde, who more directly influenced by Stevenson's classic tale than the Hulk is. Anyway, Hyde is stalking the worker and the Hulk saves her and he decides to not end his life and calls off Deadpool, whom he had hired to kill him. Even Deadpool was pleased with Banner's final decision, as was I. What a powerful and inspiring story. My favorite Hulk story and memory of all time. As far as my favorite memory of the show: The TV Piliot and the two tv movies with Thor and Daredevil. For Films, The 2003 and 2008 solo Hulk films. I like both. I don't care what anyone says and also, The first AVengers film and Infinity War/Endgame. Awesome movies all of them.

[@hanoman78]

The Incredible Hulk had the best CGI Hulk in Lou Ferrigno.. 🔥🔥🔥

[@JesusBrought]

Great vid, your voice reminds me of Gomer Pyle

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, but I'd like to think I only sound like Gomer when I'm talking about Shazam. 😀

[@JesusBrought]

@@tvcrazyman 🤭🤗Good one

[@JosephMiller-gh6mv]

This was back when TV shows were so good kids stayed home at night to watch them because they had so many good ones back to back every night right up to bedtime now nothing

[@smokingzombiefilms]

Hulk likes sporting the Lou Loafers 👞

[@6ft2220beast]

You missed another guest star- Final Round- John Witherspoon was Rocky's trainer in The Final Round in the movie Friday, Witherspoon plays Craig's (ice cube) dad, and referenced boxing all the time- guessing he had some boxing background or love for the sport

[@richardbowman9432]

As I was a child I watched The Incredible Hulk

[@Barnabas45]

It's a shame no one is streaming this TV show?

[@mrs.847]

I was a young girl at the time of the show and madly in love with Bill Bixby.

[@somel7352]

I was afraid after watching first show during my childhood 😅

[@kevingiven3463]

Hey, TV Crazyman, I don't know how to write to you other than commenting on one of your posts, but since you're an expert on bloopers, I was wondering if you could tell me which episode of The Planet of the Apes TV series shows a chimp lifting his arm and his sleeve dropping to reveal a human arm. They only made up his hand to look like a chimp while the rest of his arm was not made up.

[@tvcrazyman]

I honestly don't know off the top of my head, but I have been meaning to do a Planet of the Apes goofs video. I'll have to set aside a week to re-watch and research and maybe I'll find it then.

[@marktheeagle3719]

That footage of Lou Ferigno being made up as the Hulk is from an episode of The Fall Guy.

[@onotualiyuohindase155]

It was still fun and good though

[@HangoverTelevision]

13:00 oh I still got a very special Hulk comic lying around here ;)

[@jessejohnson3.24]

I wish they would have gave the hulk a practical effect animatronic in movies and following the comic book well

[@nicolepowell5470]

Loved the hulk when it was shown here in the UK. It aired in 1978 here although i must have watched it in the 80's because in 78 i was only 6, i remember liking the hulk but actually found Dr Banner creepy.

[@Shadow750Jax]

I had a Hulk comic years ago where he fights the 3-D man. It was a multi-part publication and I only had the first part. I never got to see how it ended. Does anyone have these?

[@tvcrazyman]

I looked it up, he's in Hulk 251. The cover says," Whatever happened to the 3-d man. Wiki says he popped up in Contest of Champions and years later in Avengers Forever.

[@Shadow750Jax]

@@tvcrazyman thanks!

[@briancorbin5542]

I have to go back and watch this i have the complete series on blu ray

[@k.b.tidwell]

I'm glad you spent all those thousands of dollars on comic books so I didn't have to.

[@tvcrazyman]

I don't think I spent that much actually, for years I only got comics from the dollar boxes and the 50 cent or less. I do spend a little more lately because I have all the cheap ones for the most part, but you can still find deals out there at flea markets.

[@georgeton4991]

RIP Ric Drasin.

[@ginoborrero2222]

Fun Fact: The Evil Hulk in The First part 1 and 2, Dell Frye was actually made into the comics after his debut in the show. However the character in the comics is different from the Tv series Dell.

[@smvanaman70]

Even with all the cool tech in the past 40 years, Ted Cassidy still has the quintessential Hulk roar. Especially Season 1. No shade to Napier at all. Or Lou. Or anyone else. Cassidy was one of the voiceover actors that was very hard to follow. Probably like trying to replace an iconic singer in a rockin' band. Curious, tho. Did Napier provide the audio for Frye's creature in the First? Anyway. Considering the tech available at the time and the budgetary constraints, everyone involved did a great job. Thanks.

[@tvcrazyman]

Don't know about the first and Napier, but I do agree with you that Ted Cassidy had the best Hulk roar. It is very noticeable when they stop using his roars.

[@Phillyd0gg]

where do you get these hulk clips? I'm going to do a video about the 70s hulk in a couple months?

[@gratefuljr]

In the episode 747, how does David get his bag and jacket back at the end of the episode?

[@tvcrazyman]

That's a good question.

[@michaelabercrombie7698]

I didn't lift weights for a long time. When this show came out I was in daycare / kindergarten. I did have the inflatable incredible hulk muscles that you would put under your shirt and pump up. First time I saw this show it was the tv movie. After that it was the pilot episode of The Dukes of Hazzard.

[@MikeLutton]

i just wish the Incredible Hulk Would of had Series final and Mcgee would of finally got his story

[@theskyybay420]

I hid behind the couch every time E.T. was white, dying, and made his dying/crying for Elliott noise.

[@KHAOE1]

3:22 wearing "Loaferignos"

[@John-bo1sz]

I used to be so scared of Hulk as a kid that when I went to bed, I would sleep as close to the wall as possible in case the hulk jumped through my wall he wouldn't land on me. 😅

[@tvcrazyman]

When I was a kid I was most scared of vampires and some mud monster that came out of the ground I saw on TV that I can't remember the name of. I was afraid my parents would turn into vampires or a mud monster would come out of the wall.

[@John-bo1sz]

@@tvcrazyman that's funny!

[@MarkEvans-wx3sg]

Dude jumped 18 ft, not 80

[@tvcrazyman]

I agree that sounds more reasonable, but it says 80 feet in the book "You Wouldn't Like Me When I"m Angry" on page 144 under the picture of Manny Perry.

[@MrPleers]

When I was a kid and did something bad, my parents didn't hit me. Instead they didn't allow me to watch The incredible Hulk for that week. And to add more to my pain, they watched it, so I could hear the Hulk roar from my room. 😞

[@tvcrazyman]

That punishment was definitely too much. Hopefully, you got to see the re-run later that year in the summer.

[@MrPleers]

@@tvcrazyman I did see the re-run a few years later.I missed the pilot episode though. But I got the complete series on DVD about 10 years ago.

[@drhkleinert8241]

I think Stan Lee was inspired to create the Hulk by a thing everybody knows by themself. If youre too stressed, working on whatever, it wont work, it cant fixed and everything goes wrong everybody had loose control, grab the whatever and throw it right through the room or garage while screaming and then kicking on it like the item is a real living thing. A fact of the ferrigno Hulk is that in the 70s they dont have CGI or a Bodybuilder who had the Comics Hulk Body, today we have but they are too short. And for Mr. TVcrazyman: When you or whoever talk about the Ferrigno Hulk you allways had to remind that this is a TV serie for Children. Its pure fun and no child would see wires, trampolines or fakebears. They believe what they see like i believe the adventures of Godzilla in the early 70s in cinema. And of course all episodes had to made fast and cheap. Fun fact: Lou said in an interview in the late 90s that children talks to him and say that they love the Hulk and that makes him happy. He love to bring joy to kids for decades as the Hulk and today adults with their own children tell him that they loved the Hulk as a small kid. In one episode Lou plays a Bodybuilder who wants to open a Restaurant and in that episode you can see that Lou Ferrigno can act, not only grunt and throws things around. I met him a few times and he is a nice man.

[@tvcrazyman]

We all can definitely relate to wishing we could hulk out from time to time, but, it sure would cost a lot of money if I hulked out every time some machine made me mad. 😀

[@FloridaMark1611]

I don't have 25 cents!