The Greatest American Hero - Season 1, Episode 1 - Full Episode

In this acclaimed spoof, school teacher Ralph Hinkley encounters aliens who leave him with a red power suit, turning him into a superhero. The trouble is that he lost the instruction manual and now has to learn by trial and error to control the powers of his suit. With the help of his girlfriend and an FBI agent, a most unlikely crime fighter gets tangled in one crazy adventure after another.
#classictv #superhero #freetv #80s #80stv #superpowers

[@TheClimb511]

There will never be another time like the 80's...glad to have lived as a kid in that era.

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

Masters of the Universe with its moral values lesson in every episode. The Incredible Hulk, Dukes of Hazzard, Greatest American Hero all taught us no matter your problems, you put others before yourself and help your fellow man. You don't see that anymore. Glad to have been a kid then, too.

[@kiwidiesel]

Role models that inspired us to be great. Nothing like that anymore. Also happy I was a kid then too, wouldn't change it for anything. That song will be a forever favourite of mine too.

[@constitutionalli7522]

Omg, you were a kid in the 1980s? Shouldn't you be like dead already or something? LOL jk, much love from a 1980's model in WA, USA

[@bradthurkle7217]

Same 👍

[@chocodiledundee1]

Same here brother born in ‘75 I totally understand what you mean !

[@user-gl5ok5pc7k]

The theme song, makes me very sad.. hate that life has changed , I remember watching it and never missed an episode every Saturdays, before MacGyver

[@christhayil8354]

Yup...eventually we all gotta grow up

[@mem1701movies]

Things make me sad because of my frame of mind is ruining things I used to love. Might as well just leave things in the past. Does anyone else understand what I mean? I used to enjoy this show and others but watching stuff recently is overwriting those good memories with how much stuff sucks now.

[@jsmythib]

@@mem1701movies Agreed...weirdly' bad.

[@GhostRider-870]

On ABC..

[@fredtaylor9792]

@@mem1701movies Yes, exactly.

[@FuzzyAngyl...yesAngel]

Child of the 80s am the way..... The 80s had all the best show tunes, movies, sitcoms, cartoons, music, and toys. No other generation can beat it.

[@altha-rf1et]

Every wed night, well we had to record it and watch it when we got home from church

[@scootermom1791]

They sure did!

[@stevengill1736]

Every generation believes that, and that's just as it should be!

[@adamagnus]

​@@altha-rf1et you had to go to church twice a week didn't you? 🤔

[@altha-rf1et]

@@adamagnus sometimes 3, Sunday, Sunday Night during the summer and Wed, also missed a lot of esp of Fanstic Voyage series with them group of people lost in the devils triangle going from one time zone to another just watch some of them

[@generaldecker9971]

RIP Robert Culp legendary actor.. 6 decades of acting.

[@patrickbowers8359]

Anyone who watched this as a kid has sung the song many times in their life believe it or not. Or was that just me 😆

[@rodneysettle8106]

patrick bowers in high school music class we learnt to sing the song.

[@johnsmith7140]

Now when i think of yhis show i think of george costanza's voice mail greeting

[@GeoffNelson]

still stuck in my head. I had a 45 rpm record, I thought it was the greatest thing in the world.

[@Visceralreality]

I find myself randomly singing this song a couple times a year... LOL

[@notimportant8120]

I see what you did there

[@user-ty6do8yz4l]

This was the greatest times of my entire life! Late 70s, early 80s

[@nagashtheforsaken]

TV was just better back then. Today has better special effects, but in 40 years, how many shows today will be talked about like the ones from the 80s. Very few.

[@ironlungs1970]

These were great times I was born in '70 and I remember watching this show faithfully during it's run.What a great decade to be a kid.Right before everything changed,for the worse.

[@ug333]

Nostalgia is a funny thing. My parents grew up in the 50's and 60's, and they think it went to shit in the 70's It's always better when you're a kid.

[@michaeltokos1116]

Omg I wanna ride I've got the finest Gold I'll sacrifice it . I'm the finest champagne you'll ever 🍷. Let's party . I can't live on bread alone m omfg this fucking loser Jesus Fucking Christ.

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@ug333 I grew up in the 70s and 80s. It stunk. I'm better off now than I ever had been back then!

[@vincentanguoni8938]

@@ug333 you got that right bud!!! I was born in 51...I had a wonderful childhood.... everything turned to doggy doo when I was drafted...then worked my butt off, kids.. wife...other than a few pains Life has never been better!!!! This poster .. at 52 and doesn't even know himself...these are the best of times!!!

[@ledenhimeganidleshitz144]

Class of '49!

[@syaqsakma81]

This piece of gem is way better than anything Disney can churn out these days..

[@derrickwashington1713]

Disney is trying to push stuff on kids--Believe It Or Not! 😕

[@starwars518]

Facts!!!

[@doclime4792]

What's with all the confused old men in this comment section? This show is bottom-energy entertainment.

[@starwars518]

@@doclime4792 But yet you had the energy to comment. Back when it made its debut it was great

[@BeliaLastes]

​​@@doclime4792what's with the Gen Z's in this comment section watching this video when you could be clearly watching Disney Plus on your phone 🤳 and eating your Tostino pizza rolls and Hot Pockets 😂😂😂

[@thelionsshare6668]

I can't watch this without thinking of my dad. It was one of his favorite shows, and I used to watch it with him.

[@kojackMintz]

My Dad was like Bill Maxwell😄

[@scootermom1791]

My best friend's dad loved this show, too. Whenever I stayed over with her family, we'd always watch this show. We often made popcorn in the air popper and added a lot of real butter (no oil) before the show, too. It was a lot of fun!

[@billwilliamson9842]

my dad and I also would watch this show together. Good memories, mines been gone about 2.5 years now and I still have to catch myself when I want to pick up the phone to call him.

[@TedTheAtheist]

Mine was too busy drunk and dying for me to share anything with him. I think he liked watching football, that's all I can remember.

[@alexg6374]

Im 49, and Im in tears, omg. CONNIE Selleca, soo pretty. And the music, that music, oh boy, I wanna go back!

[@DarkSideofSynth]

49 tomorrow and I agree 100%! ;)

[@geraldburke5147]

Everytime you watch it you go back...you just cant stay..

[@Solitaire401]

Can one of us please build a time machine.

[@bucksteingold4334]

@@Solitaire401 I tried to make one copying the design from Napoleon Dynamite. We must both be missing some critical component?

[@DarkSideofSynth]

@@Solitaire401 Sorry, but my name is not Doc Brown ;)

[@dethbolt000]

The chemistry between these three characters was just impeccable. Robert Culp was the man before "the man" was even a common saying. Never missed an episode.

[@kryoboy2.074]

I also loved this show as a kid in the early 80s my lord😉

[@RecoveringGenius]

Culp is a fantastic recurring bad guy on Colombo. If you're on Colombo you're a good guy in real life because Falk was a real down-to-earth person who only had his friends on the show.

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

The man was a common saying in the 1960s at least.

[@anticom6099]

@@DJSockmonkeyMusic that was “stick it to the man,” not “you da man.”

[@davidlafleche1142]

You never heard of Stan "The Man" Musial.

[@ThePrivateryan]

The opening theme song still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it and sing along. One of the best shows of the 80's, hands down.

[@afz7711]

So do I Exactly the same 😪

[@scootermom1791]

I'm here watching this for the first time since watching the pilot in 1981 because of the theme song. It was going through my head the other day for some reason, so I had to see if the show was on KZbin. Thankfully it was! I'm glad we have a virtual time machine with YT. 😊

[@antonnyo3694]

I was 5 or 6 years old back then and this is shown in channel 7 along with, The A-Team, Chips, TJ Hooker, The Love Boat, etc. Brought back memories.

[@bgreaud]

And Fantasy Island

[@antonnyo3694]

@@bgreaud - oh, yeah. That one, too. LOL

[@ilanspierer7496]

@@antonnyo3694 genX born in 77

[@derekwilson8011]

Does anybody remember the Fall Guy Hardcastle McCormick Manimal Miami Vice the list goes on

[@antonnyo3694]

@@derekwilson8011 - Miami Vice, yeah I remember. Also Murder She Wrote.

[@MrAnomic]

The good 'ol days. Life seemed complicated back then but it turns out it was a good time to be alive and innocent where anything was possible. This theme song has remained on my playlist.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

So true! I remember watching this as a kid. I've always loved the show and the song.

[@bucksteingold4334]

A good time to have lived indeed. God bless.

[@davidlafleche1142]

Back in 1981, adults were saying that about 1965.

[@MrAnomic]

@Đeath Vader Dang, you eatin' peeps poo in the 80's? That's gross!

[@mikemclaren8704]

I agree w/ you 100%!!! on that theme song

[@johnnyjrotten59]

i have the 6 inch record of this theme song , my dad gave it to me a few months before he died.. we would watch this series together when i was a kid

[@joshuastavos4376]

I hope Yahweh’s Kingdom will have the wonderfulness and hope of this time which corresponds to my youth, and I hope we will all be united. Maybe I won’t deserve it, but I hope the happiness will be at least as good as the time you spent with your father watching this series.

[@felixg12]

I lost my Mom and Dad recently I miss the old days when they were alive, I'm not in depression but it was just my Moms birthday it felt weird not calling her

[@MrChinchilla_hn]

Great memories, Nice time. I was a young adult. God knows.

[@scootermom1791]

I'm a child of the 70's and 80's. I don't recall there being 6 inch records. There were those funny red vinyl records on cereal boxes (or something like that?). Were they only 6 inches?

[@johnnyjrotten59]

@@scootermom1791 it is a single song - i think it is 6 inches diameter

[@duket1449]

One of my favorite shows and theme songs in the 80s. Had a crush on Connie Sellecca. This brings back great memories.

[@thecarrow4728]

They don't make good ol shows like this anymore. I miss the 80's. Best time to have been young and anything was possible.

[@EvilNecroid]

yeah the 80s was so awesome

[@agod5608]

I liked the eighties. I was in my thirties.

[@Kate-hm7cj]

such an innocent time -you don't know what you got till its gone!

[@sharoneasley9717]

mike carr, tell me about it. They sure don't.

[@mancaveandgaragedesignsrec1492]

Any thing is still possible

[@Plisko1]

In the 80's when I heard the theme song to this show in this episode I went crazy. I remember grabbing an old dictation cassette recorder soon after and recording the song from the TV and listening to it over and over and over... it was so deep to me even as a kid. The song of an ordinary guy who suddenly became special... everyones dream... but he also had no idea what to do with this immense, Godlike power, it humbles him. "Believe it or not it's just me". OMG. The show really captured this. It was as if the show was written to fit the song... rather than the other way around.

[@themapples288]

I did the same thing as a kid! I also had a 45 record of Believe It Or Not and would play it repetitively lying on the floor with my ear next to the speaker, letting my imagination go.

[@parajerry]

I met Mike Post about three weeks ago...he wrote the theme and many more we all know. Really nice guy.

[@SupergiantgeckosLLC]

Couldn’t have said it any better 👍❤️💯

[@bradharrah3339]

You, too? I recorded the theme song on the Panasonic. Had to push down the orange part of the Play button to record. It turned out sounding like static.

[@samme1024]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@phillipbrown2318]

Brilliant chemistry between William Katt and Robert Culp Masterfully written by Stephen j Cannell.

[@justinrogers1575]

I loved this show as a kid and I still love this show. The 80s were the greatest.

[@user-ws1qf7ol4k]

No. The fifties were...we didn't worship TV.....we lived outside.. with our friends!!!! .

[@shaolin95]

​​@@user-ws1qf7ol4knone were..every Era had its pros and cons

[@veronicaspencelocke2003]

Me too, the '80's were the best. Funny enough, I could watch a 50 min TV show at night and still play with my friends while the sun was out - I even went to school too!😉

[@trikkerman1]

This and the Fall Guy were the top two shows I watched back in the early 80's.

[@luckyrockmore2796]

"Cuz I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine!"

[@lesnash6953]

Markie Post. Lord have mercy....Markie Post.

[@635lamanzanita]

One of my favorite shows when I was a kid! Brings back great memories! Absolutely made my day! Thank you!

[@JustinKeyworks1]

Me too

[@websurferguy]

Same

[@silentstryker1590]

Hell yes!! I was born in '77, this show introduces me to the "Superhero ". Love it.

[@tallllus]

Same here! Loved the theme song too.

[@stablecondition1581]

I also loved this show as a youngster

[@glennmercer3946]

What a blast from the past ,takes me back to when I was about 8 years old . How I loved the 80’s

[@madgepenelopemorgan2429]

In 1981 I was 23 years old, an avid tv watcher & fell in love with this show. I AM very grateful to be able to watch the series for free all ovah the internet. I can binge watch. At 65 I still smile widely & feel good all thru each episode. I also weep during sum eps, especially when the crying extraterrestrial shows us his war destroyed home planet. Looked like the red planet Mars. Many commenters here talmbout bein a kid during the 8o's & the wonderful tv shows they loved. I absolutely loved & tried not to miss numerous 'MUST SEE' shows during that decade. Greatest American Hero, Beauty & The Beast, Homicide Life on the Streets, etc & mos importantly to me Hill Street Blues. The 80's was GREAT TV! Despite no reruns of the current shows. if you missed a weekly ep, you just missed it.. That's why I am happily surprised to find there are eps of series I loved that I've nevah seen afore. 😊

[@tomjefferson2024]

Same Here. I'm 65 and Love The Show!

[@patrickswayyyze1090]

They all on Tubi!!! These shows 😬😬😬

[@scootermom1791]

Don't forget the sitcoms either. "The Facts of Life;" "Different Strokes;" "Family Ties;" "Cheers;" and "Night Court;". "Three's Company" and "Mash" are technically from the 70's, but there was some overlap into the 80's, so I have to include them. 🤣😅🤣😅

[@scootermom1791]

Oh! Don't forget "Little House on the Prairie," either. It overlapped into the 80's as well. It's one of my favorites that I've passed on to my daughter. She loves "I Love Lucy;" "Three's Company;" and "The Land of the Lost' thanks to me, too. Lol

[@Stansman63]

For an early 80s TV show, the spaceship was pretty awesome.

[@adstov]

20:20 The trunk of my car does that too. Nothing special.

[@tanya5322]

@@adstov sure, today the trunk of your car can do that, but did your trunk do that 40 years ago?

[@adstov]

@@tanya5322 just jokes man

[@robertthomas5736]

They Used the Same Space Ship, in My Stepmother Is an Alien, With Dan Akroyd and Kim Basinger

[@francescaa8331]

@@robertthomas5736well good catch! You're right, I had not noticed that. Often science fiction props get recycled in movies and television.

[@nickyannajones]

One weekend my dad took me to a restaurant and lo and behold i saw the main guy at a table. I absolutely loved this show. So, my dad told him so and asked if i could get an autograph. The man was so kind and gracious.

[@dj2bklyn]

What main guy are you referring to?

[@typetersen8809]

@@dj2bklyn William Katt. Apologies for being late to the party!

[@Cyba_IT]

Kinda weird that you saw him and got his autograph and don't even know his name 😂

[@bena2591]

@@Cyba_IT lol! big fan!

[@jordiortega4436]

What an amazing story. And the acting, the humor. wow!!!!!! Unforgettable.

[@dickon728]

I wasn't too sure if I would like watching this first episode yet again but it turned out to be an absolute delight. The show is a classic and should be recognised as such. Many people here agree.

[@maxheadrom3088]

What I like the most about this series is that the superhero was a Teacher!!!! Superhero 24/7!

[@jeffmutch7640]

The Greatest American Indoctrinator!

[@dougbrinklow9979]

I tried to never miss an episode of this when I was a kid, and the thing I hated the most was the fact that I never got to see the first episode. Thanks for posting! This made my day.

[@JohnDoe-ec1mz]

Miss a show? dude, didn't you have a VCR?

[@dougbrinklow9979]

@@JohnDoe-ec1mz LMAO. At that age, I wasn’t allowed to touch it

[@deandeck]

I was in the same boat! Had to go somewhere that night with my mom, only got a few details from my brother. I finally saw it! lol

[@John-ct9zs]

The first episode or pilot episode was shown a few times on ABC during the run of 1981-1983, but for some weird reason, as soon as the series went into syndication reruns from 1983 to 1990 the pilot was never shown. Even when FX picked up the show to air in reruns in the mid 90s, they still didn't show the pilot. Infact, it wasn't shown on TV until 1999 when Fox Family aired it. Really, really weird. I used to think it was because it was 2 hour pilot, but all other 2 hour pilots from the 70s and 80s were shown in syndicated reruns.

[@dougbrinklow9979]

Well now, that explains a lot. 👍

[@MrUndersolo]

My 80s childhood is rushing back at me..

[@easye5653]

I was 6 years old when the show debuted. It was always a Great and Fun time! I also remember Automan, He-Man, Air Wolf, Street Hawk, and The A-Team. The 80's was a Fantastic era to grow up in. A simpler time for sure!

[@theone2be33]

Not to many people know Auto man and Street Hawk. Loved those shows

[@Green3Eagle]

That does it. I'm buying the whole series on DVD. One of my favorite shows when I was a kid.

[@atrac88]

The comedy in this show is terrific. Both William Katt and Robert Culp more or less play it straight and it's the situational humor that brings the laughs.

[@ThePrivateryan]

I was a child in Southern California when this T.V show came out. Every Sunday for 3 years around noon The Greatest American Hero was in syndication. Over the course of its television run I got to watch all episodes and love it to this day.

[@casanova1925]

First time I saw this, I wasn’t surprised by the suit, the cape and the superhero stuff, I was only surprised they didn’t look for the book. Haha...

[@scootermom1791]

Right? You'd think they would have done that at least. Lol😊

[@arsehole8]

Ralph and his Magic "Jammies" this so Nostalgic to watch on a Sunday morning great stuff 🙂

[@erikdreiling2492]

The show definitely brings back memories. Everything from the 80s aesthetic to the sounds, especially the generic computer bleeping playing on a loop whenever the bad guys were in their control room. 😆👍

[@captainfragger6295]

Yeah and the funny part is that Superman never took three steps to jump. Even George Reeves usually just jumped out a window or jumped up into the air. Maybe I missed him taking three steps once or twice I just never remembered that. Christopher Reeves just stuck his hands up and started floating. On some of the newer Superman movies they just put their hands down on the ground like they are about to jump and little pieces of gravel start vibrating up off the ground. It was still awesome for the time I was really upset when I took it off the air. And then I thought they were going to bring it back but they put that brain dead liberals chick who wanted to save the whales no wonder it died then. I hated her within 2 or 3 minutes of seeing her

[@jnnx]

I would say this show has more an 70’s esthetic than an 80’s one. Early 80’s definitely feels more like the 70’s. . .

[@laurietijerina3816]

I love the theme song to The Greatest American Hero, that's why it became a hit on the charts! Cool!

[@acethis]

I love that song.. 😍

[@waltm.6107]

I remember this show along with Mork and Mindy. If you are blessed enough to have seen this you should thank God you are still here. There will never be shows like this again.

[@jaymac7203]

The 80's were amazing 😭 lol The A Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf, MacGiver all the greats!

[@niterida380]

High school students looked like adults in their 30s in the 80’s.

[@JJSPARROW1978]

Different diets back then. It was mandatory to smoke from age 5 with wet lunches every day. So they aged faster.

[@xilei3070]

But they weren't obese like students now...

[@jimofaotearoa3636]

its so you can still have a poster of them on your wall 2 years later without being accused of being a peter file like today. Child stars are one of the most throwaway objects in Hollyweird.

[@1MinuteFlipDoc]

they were late 20s early 30s for sure!

[@niterida380]

@@1MinuteFlipDoc I wonder what pre-schoolers looked like back then.

[@Aeroldoth3]

Man, seeing this again made me REALLY miss the 80s. I got teary-eyed.

[@mikemclaren8704]

The memories

[@Aussiedavid71]

Haha. Watched this in Australia, 10 yrs old. Loved it, bought the record. Told my younger friend I also had super powers 😆. Even watching the end of this episode on KZbin, that bloke throwing the paper out of the typewriter, haha, haven't seen that in decades.

[@SteveHartmanVideos]

The typewriter guy!! Classic. Haven’t seen in decades either! Wow.

[@heymisslayla]

Used to watch this when I was a kid, when life was simple, with only 2 TV channels. You don't have much options, so yeah, we watched what's available on screen. But I really had fond memories with this show. And the song is indeed still stuck in my head until now.

[@tengps88]

I really really like this show when my I was a kid . Now watching it makes all my childhood memories comes alive. Thank you.

[@dannyr2976]

I am not familiar with this show, only the theme song. I can see however some moments used in film, such as the hero testing powers, only to slam upside a billboard (Spider-Man, 2002) and communicating through radio (Transformers, 2007)

[@Babygirl_in_bama]

feel the same way❤️😊

[@fila6243]

yup lol. terrible show. great theme song.

[@pearhams2]

Yeah, loved this show when I was a kid. Now, being old, it's a lotta cheese for sure but still brings back the light hearted fun from being a kid.

[@mikemclaren8704]

Very well put

[@mohdhamin]

Thanks for bringing back good old memories. He is the only superhero who always experience air pocket during fly and never has good perfect landing. The instruction book to use the suit was missing. Oh gosh, I imagine the dedication of the stuntman guys to perform the never perfect good landing scenes throughout the series.

[@flynnryan]

instruction books. he failed to properly secure the first one back in the box and it could still be sitting in the middle of a dry lakebed somewhere, waiting for someone to stumble cross, recognize the symbol, and make a plot device out of it. Unless it got swept up as roadside rubbish and is in the heart of a landfill. SEcond instruction book to left on a "boulder" when he tried the shrinking ability. not considering that teh boulder next to you when you're microscopic size, is a grain of sand under your foot when you return to full size.

[@tgi3197]

To anyone too young to have watched this on tv, and is thinking this is corny, THIS was a benchmark series in the 80's. Damn good programming.

[@gregelguapo2661]

It's not corny, we're just more jaded and warped. You can tell the entire culture was a lot more innocent minded then.

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

@@gregelguapo2661Nowadays in real life these thugs would have done bad crazy disgusting things if the show was filmed today. Innocent is the correct word.

[@jnnx]

It WAS corny, but it’s also classic. Both things can be true.

[@John-ct9zs]

People keep in mind GAH was always a misunderstood TV show, even in it's own time of the early 80s. It was not a campy show like Adam West 1960s Batman, but it had it's campy and corny moments. The material was played straight and serious, but with strong elements of humor and action. The series creator took the concept of the superhero and held it up to the light, put him in the real world where people were not going to take a guy in spandex and cape seriously. Please remember, back in the 1970s and 80s, fantasy characters like superheroes were not as mainstream accepted as today. And also, Ralph never had a public superhero persona, nobody called him "The Greatest American Hero", FBI agent Bill Maxwell always got credit for Ralph's "busts", which is probably more fantastical, that in this universe people accepted that one FBI agent always did so much.

[@williamharris9525]

Greatest American hero was absolutely wonderful and so much fun to watch! The world today and entertainment today isn’t nearly as original as greatest American hero was. Each episode was unique and not a repeat of something else somewhere else.

[@lloydnbrownjr8997]

I totally agree with everyone, this series and, the theme song does give you warm fuzzy feelings, it still brings the kid, out inside of us, especially over 50!!! Class of 86!!! And loving the 80s an Awesome Decade!!!

[@johnnylibtard5764]

Same here bud...class of 86....look at us now in our 50's....crazy

[@savagegamez1674]

I grew up in the 80s and now I watch this with my grandkids.. where has the time gone

[@jimsmalleimb7709]

LOVE this show. Got the DVDs years ago and watch them once a year or so.

[@IanHunter78]

This was one of the first superhero shows I watched as a kid. Some of the humor and comic relief can be seen in today's superhero movies.

[@RockNRollJeezus]

OMG I've been humming this song in my head my entire life wanting to find this again!🤣

[@Taigan_HSE]

Still a better Green Lantern story than the Ryan Reynolds movie.

[@possumclovett1549]

I love these shows they bring back great memories and they had class and made sense wish they were on television now 👍😀

[@psychologixselfmastery]

I loved this show as a kid. Looking back on it now it looks like his special ed class is filled with 25 year old students!

[@dianaklien1560]

Not only is this a walk down memory lane for us older folks, but a peek for the younger people into the struggles we faced back in the day, such as needing to find a phone booth, the need for having change on you, and the disappointment when the phone was out of order. 😊

[@topa1798]

OMG😍😍😍😍😍,I'm a kid again,thank you for sharing 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@mikemclaren8704]

I had grandparents"when I was a teen in the 80's",and even they really enjoyed this show...and the theme song👍

[@albertlowe9510]

I miss Robert Culp! Brilliant actor. Great 80s fun!

[@tomjefferson2024]

Robert Culp Had Some Very Cool Guns All The Time. Albeit "Prop Guns". But NICE

[@shades1756]

Love this series. "Operation Spoilsport" hit me hard. I never forgot that episode.

[@johnw8578]

Wow! Blast from the past. I loved this show as a kid.

[@Lisabug2659]

Yep.....Theme song made me so happy! Life was so different then. Watched the love boat and Fantasy Island.....

[@dustygrant3043]

Always loved this show back in the 80's!!!!!!! It was like a superhero show for the everyday and average man!!!!!!! Kinda made me wanna be a teacher(but that dream never happened)!!!!!!!!! Robert Cult went on to star in "Everybody Loves Raymond" as Debra's father!!!!!!!! Sorry to here he passed away soon after that show went off the air!!!!!!! May he rest in peace!!!!!!!!!!

[@donwinslow522]

"I'd fly, but I haven't quite got the hang of it." -Ralph Hinkley This sure does bring back my childhood memories. 😃

[@kevinkaatz883]

Robert Culp steals the show. I watched this the 1st time around, spent nights as an 11 year old hoping I’d get the suit

[@Barcodum]

This was one of my favorite TV shows growing up.

[@ammobank]

Thank you for putting this together for me and my family. It truly was and is a great series. Better than the many that remain today.

[@dangermace11]

I remember watching this as a kid in Brunei back in the 80's. I had forgotten all about this great show until today. That spaceship was pretty cool considering the time

[@davidtaiwaileong8692]

Anybody else felt William Katt gave off Luke Skywalker vibes? That humbleness and journey into hero-ship he brought to the character of Ralph Hinkley may be what endeared him to viewers all those years ago. Good times.

[@annamariaavolio9208]

❤thanks....I cannot believe I found this gem...this was one of my favorites of all time❤❤❤ .

[@targuscinco]

That theme song! Brings me right back to being a little kid sitting in front of a wood panel tv without a care in the world. They don't make em like this any more.

[@darrinmagnus1]

Before Marvel on the big screen, before DC, there was The Greatest American Hero. God, I loved this show as a kid. :)

[@helenbailey8419]

Loved it when he was learning to fly..

[@sonofgunn1]

@A E he found it and lost it again lol

[@_XR40_]

Before Marvel? Before DC? Not really. 1950s = George Reeves was Superman. 1960s = Adam West was Batman. 1970s = Nicholas Hammond was Spider-Man. 1980s = Bill Bixby was the Hulk. 1990s = David Hasselhoff was Nick Fury. And so on...

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

AMEN

[@btqy]

Superman the movie had already been out. This is where they got the idea for the flying effects.

[@felixdoolan836]

Engaging, action, comedy but more importantly its FUN!! 100 percent better than 70% of whats been produced in the last 20 years!!

[@boomieboo]

My favorite TV series as a kid. Thanks for sharing! This show literally gave me OCD because I remember thinking if only he had double-checked to make sure he still had that gd instruction book for his suit none of his mishaps or dysfunction would've occurred. And he would've been the superhero he was meant to be all along. Now I check everything incessantly before going to/leaving somewhere or doing pretty much anything to make sure there's nothing I ever forget. So basically this show made me nuts. Thanks.

[@joselao9]

Brother, now I understand my obsession with instruction manuals. Goodness Gracious!!

[@jnnx]

Did your OCD also cause you to use our Lord’s name in vain, or is that just your Tourette’s?

[@boomieboo]

@@jnnx Neither. That was gd deliberate. Also, it's your "lord". Not mine. If there's anything else I can say to offend you please let me know immediately.

[@BillCollins0707]

​@@boomieboo😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gazbot9000]

I think the case design was flawed though. I'm blaming the aliens.

[@quantumcrash7266]

I LOVED this show! William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Seleca...all terrific and have great chemistry. Just downloaded the theme song "Believe it or not I'm walkin on air. I never thought I could feel so free hee hee!" :)

[@eschdaddy]

They don’t make shows like this anymore... this is one of the best of all time! I’d love to see this made into a movie.

[@ianmangham4570]

Amen 🙏

[@Gruuvin1]

Hollywood would ruin it now. Some things should be left in the past.

[@jimsmalleimb7709]

@@Gruuvin1 Yes. Correct.

[@llewelluynzepper6741]

They will wreck it with mentally ill messages.

[@RMarkNolan]

I was a fan as a kid in the 80s, but I never saw the first episode. Thanks for this!

[@suwakaji1]

Its same, with me.

[@gloria-du3op]

I was born in 1952 & I love watching reruns of Great American Hero. Great cast, wiiam Katt was good in Big Wednesday & Perry Mason too! Love it & the young kids were a plus.

[@bobstewart8032]

I loved this show. I also forgot just how beautiful Connie Sellecca was/is. The Theme song was also a great song.

[@scottwilliams846]

I like how as the series progresses, his students grow to respect him and learn and grow as individuals. They do become better people and even form a band. Sorry for spoilers.

[@asanitheafrofuturist]

That's cool info for the show I ain't mad at you although my feelings on spoilers have changed over the years

[@reesepacker7983]

yeah i always thought Tony would actually want to become a cop or fbi agent due the influence of Bill Maxwell who i think kinda say something of his younger self in Tony

[@insaneAlchemyOfeviI]

I LOVE this ever since I was a kid, -many many years ago ...

[@Betty-ss3cz]

Thank you Steven J. Cannel for making My childhood So Good RIP Steven J Cannel.

[@mauriceupton1474]

Only watched it in the 80s because Connie Selecca was so beautiful. She all ways lets him drive. Watching from Auckland New Zealand 🇳🇿 😍

[@randyjohnson6845]

With out her or someone just as beautiful the show would have failed within a few episodes

[@ITPalGame]

Two blessed conservatives, iirc. Her husband John Tesh is a Christian. (edit... omgarsh! Wiki says he briefly dated Oprah Winfrey!?... He dodged a bullet there with her wacko. support of racial politics, this fake "white privilege" crap - Critical race theory neo-Marxist cultural philosophy)

[@stevebryan2403]

Just watched it in Auckland as well

[@mauriceupton1474]

@@stevebryan2403 Her Auckland fan club:)

[@marcychan168]

God bless you all Downunder hope things are getting better for all of you ❤🙏 and Peace to you all.

[@lukewarmwater6412]

holy shit does this bring back memories!!! too bad this series didnt last for long, it was fun!

[@rojoburrito]

They ended it because DC comics was going to sue them..ti close to Superman

[@dr.davidenglish778]

This was one of my favorite programs as a kid.

[@ansarafsar6268]

I love this Film.Thankyou for putting the full version on KZbin.

[@azmanda1887]

Never thought would run into this again after so late in life. Yeah like most of the people here said, this brings fond memories. Back then in Singapore, TV is a luxury item in a household. First came TV set brand setron. My family can't afford to get this set. So we all kids would flock neighbor home to watch what running on TV or the whole neighborhood would gather on an open space area like a mini stadium and the personnel of the community centre will opened up the locked box containing TV for anyone who wish to watch at 7pm till 9pm only. Back then there not much program like we have now. State run broadcasts starts at 3pm and ends at 12 midnight daily after or bfore that just a hissing sound when we turn the TV on. And we need to adjust the antenna everyday to get a good picture lmao.. Good old days

[@darthslackus499]

There's something to be said about a community gathering. Doesn't matter what's on TV or if it's any good, just being among friends and neighbors is the fun itself.

[@ItsIronNomad]

In 2017 they were talking about a reboot of it but this time with a female lead, Hannah Simone. ABC declined to pick up the series. The shows that were picked instead didn't last very long.

[@devonkenny889]

Saturday's at 6, channel 20 WKBD Detroit; my mom, and aunt loved this show. 😊📺🎬📽

[@nedergubis2638]

I luv this show. Robert culp great actor, bill and connie wow.

[@gaemlinsidoharthi]

Ah! Fond memories. This was always a favourite. You know, when I was a kid, I always thought Americans stayed in high school until they were in their thirties.

[@showkingsent]

Never heard of this show until now. This is certified retro gold.

[@davidr9876]

This is really well acted, still good in 2020

[@joakimbylerius4597]

I was born in 89. And during my teen years of the 00s. I saw everything from macguyver to the greatest american hero. I love 80s heavy metal and movies/series. I also love all the cartoons from my 90s childhood. The fact that old and young people watch these old shows is a true testimony to their greatness. that will live on for a LONG time. And consider all the crap hollywood keeps giving us. I understand completely if people prefer watching older movies and shows. They were actually good. There you have it!

[@shilohauraable]

Wow! I forgot Michael Paré was in this show! One of my favorite guys! ❤

[@sweetmelissa9992]

I get so tired of hearing about how life suck now and it was better back then. I loved being a kid. I had no worries. However, things were not better than they are today. This show, however, is great no matter what decade we are in.

[@user-ud5xw8ox8g]

Actually, food was more pure, movies had more plot, and music wasn't vomit with autotune. Any questions?

[@duh2886]

I loved it as a kid. i never knew the lyrics to the theme song, being a spanish speaker. Years later, after i knew a bit of English, along came Goerge Constanza and his answering machine greeting. All i could sing right now was: "believe it or not, George isn't at home.."

[@ianmangham4570]

FANTASTIC UPLOAD, omg all the memories are flooding back

[@mrozboss]

Don't take me back to the future take me back to the 80s so glad I was a kid during this time

[@wetmonkey]

the both of them are so calm and continued as they were after witnessing the spaceship and a dead person walking/talking, no wonder the aliens chose them