The Incredible Hulk (1977): 20 Things You Never Knew!

[@klchu]

Lou Ferrigno's Hulk is still the best live action Hulk, even after all these years. Even though the CGI Hulks look good and are huge, there's something about a real person that allows us to connect more with the character. The emotional parts are especially more touching.

[@patrickperalta59]

Kichu.......I agree Lou Ferrigno's live action Hulk id the best......... when The 2000's Hulk single Movies and the Hulk in the Avenger movies came out....at first I was suprised they went with the CGI Hulk instead of a Actor playing the Hulk like in the TV series. but the CGI Hulk was fine in the Avengers movies......Bill Bixby was perfect for David Banner.... and in my opinion Mark Ruffalo 's Version of Banner I enjoyed and was 2nd best to play the part.....he reminded me of Bill Bixby and his version of the character...

[@IAMCAVE]

True, but if they were to stay true to the comics then Hulk would’ve had to live up to his name. No human body builder could have matched it.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@patrickperalta59Ruffalo said that he tried to play Banner like the Bill Bixby version, as he was a fan of the show.

[@patrickperalta59]

@@dhenderson1810 I like his version of the character and has done a good job.

[@timmellor2599]

I grew up on this TV series and I loved it

[@tmutant]

Same here.

[@analoguecity3454]

Me too I, I was 7 when pilot came out!😊

[@christiaanjellesma1851]

my favorite show back in the old days

[@yell0wberry]

Speak for yourself, most of us still get a kick out of watching Lynda Carter, portray wonder, woman

[@bikeroffthebeatentrack]

The Lonely Man….. that piano solo at the end of every episode, as Dr Banner, threw his bag over his shoulder and walked away from another town, in his endless search for the cure….. 😢

[@garrywilson4436]

I loved this as a kid

[@terryhancock]

@@garrywilson4436 I know what you mean I miss it as a kid

[@melaniemiller7013]

I still go back now and again. 😂

[@yell0wberry]

Live action hero shows back in the 70s were the best stuff in life to enjoy as a kid. Although we didn’t have today’s technology, I still think it was better than what we see right now.

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

I'm glad I was a kid when all these shows were on, The Hulk, Wonder Woman, Spider Man, Bionic Woman, Manimal, etc. l know they can be cheesy to watch now but they were great for us much less sophisticated kids of the late seventies.

[@redeastwood4850]

And 80s kids

[@yell0wberry]

There you go, leaving our Shazam, Isis, and of course, the six million dollar man

[@noelhernandez363]

I had the pleasure of meeting the Hulk himself at the Alamo city comic-con!! It was freaking awesome!!

[@kgdrummerboy]

I met and got a picture with him in Calgary! He was very nice! Definitely awesome!

[@marctspence]

I like the fact that although Bill and Lou were seldom together at filming they became close friends.

[@dhenderson1810]

They appeared in a dream sequence together when Banner is hypnotised in the 2 parter "Married". There was also an episode where Ferrigno did double duty, as the Hulk but also as a body builder who ran a restaurant Banner was a waiter at, and they shared quite a few scenes together. Also, Lou spoke glowingly of Bixby in his book.

[@evlkenevl2721]

I was gonna say "It's a shame the modern MCU never paid homage to this show", but then I learned Lou was brought back as the Hulk's voice. You were right! I never knew!

[@moysie100]

Mr Magee don’t make me angry You won’t like me when I’m angry. Never forget that quote

[@yell0wberry]

I say this to my boss at work all the time

[@westies1962]

I loved the TV series back in the day! Great video! Very well done!!

[@johnmc3862]

I remember when Lou Ferrigno initially auditioned for the part he wasnt quite big enough. After serious work the makers did admit he had incredible bulk after all the hard work in the gym.

[@classic1971]

Lou was big enough. They wanted a tall actor for the Hulk, hence they got Kiel but he did not have the muscle, so he was let go and Lou was hired.

[@johnmc3862]

@@classic1971It was a joke!

[@ledartagnan]

Met Lou Ferigno at Comicon Ottawa in 2023 and then in Montreal. He is a big Star Trek fan! He is really a down to earth person. Great to talk to. He visited ou booth (Klingons). Was great!!!

[@chefmagneto]

0:21 the green paint on the bear is priceless.

[@dinomonzon7493]

The 1970s Incredible Hulk TV series was one of my fave shows growing up. Bill Bixby was perfect as Dr. Banner. It was producer Kenneth Johnson who made the Hulk successful by having the writers come up with themes for each episode. The title tune, "The Lonely Man" , was perfect for the show.

[@vimtobill4156]

This is the only Hulk that matters when it comes to other media. Great representation of the Hulk and Bruce Banner. Did Marvel justice.

[@thefinisher2010]

In the opening scenes, when he's getting the over dose of gamma, the digital screen goes from anger to danger

[@leonardvicari2857]

I watched the series since I was 12 and I met Lou Ferrigno at a science fiction convrntion

[@cmaden78]

I've heard people say he's a really really nice guy 💚

[@classic1971]

@@cmaden78 Not everyone

[@matthewakian2]

As an obsessive fan of this show since its inception, can't believe there is a lot on this list that I didn't know.

[@kevinluschak5241]

I absolutely loved this show it was the bomb!

[@majorprofit]

I still cannot look at him when he transforms into the Hulk, when he has those contact lenses in. But I liked and still like this Hulk tv-series. Bill Bixby was really good in it as far as I can remember.

[@dhenderson1810]

Bixby was Kenneth Johnston's first and only choice for Banner, and wouldn't do the show unless he signed on.

[@couldabeenanything]

21. As a young (probably way too young) of a child, this was my favourite show (closely followed by Wonder Woman), however I was banned from watching it after doing my best Hulk impression (most muscular pose and scream) at a checkout girl at the supermarket, causing my mother way too much embarrassment. When in later life I managed to acquire through nefarious means the full series, my Mother still had reservations

[@lisanidog8178]

No Lou was NOT completely deaf. He’s hearing impaired. His ear infection as a baby and I think no one realized his hearing problem when he was three that took 75-80% of his hearing but he’s not completely deaf. Hearing aides he had don’t work if you’re deaf. He went to a special school as a kid to learn to lip read and speak and of course his speech is different. I admired him because I’m hearing impaired. Years later I read he got a cochlear implant which restored much of his hearing.

[@lisanidog8178]

I was a huge Ferrigno fan for a while because of his show. In 1979 he came to my city for our auto show. Yeah. He’s big! He didn’t leave until he shook everyone’s hand. There were no autographs. Very light handed I might add too. Even sitting down he was big. My fantasy come true! It didn’t matter only shook his hand like everyone else and then moved on. I had seen my idol at the time and I was on cloud nine. But then of course life interfered and bye bye Lou. As a kid in the 60’s I watched Bill Bixby in My Favorite Martian and he was pretty good in The Courtship of Eddie’s Father. I never missed an episode of The Incredible Hulk when it was first on.

[@TheBlindDyslexic]

If Bixby did not pass, there were plans of introducing She-Hulk in another TV movie.

[@johnwalsh4998]

Love this channel..I live in Tipperary in Ireland....Big fan here..

[@s_class7027]

I didn't know he flipped the Celica himself, that's absolutely epic

[@DarkAutumnScribe]

Loved this. Nice job!

[@Dudleymiddleton]

When that "indelible" green paint started coming off him in the lake fighting that bear lol

[@michaelmckenzie6311]

I always knew his name was Bruce first and wondered where David came from! I understand now, thanks!

[@NathatNejTack]

Its said that Ferrigno and Bixby never shared screentime. Wrong. Because in the episode King of the beach Lou not only plays The Hulk. He also plays a hearing impaired bodybuilder which is aided by David Banner.

[@brunoskorniak9722]

You are correct sir!!

[@HariSeldon913]

Great episode. I especially like when Hulk is growling at the crowd and trying to scare them off, but they cheer for him. On the flipside, you see everyone with a camera snapping as many shots as they can, but next episode nobody has ever gotten a photo of Hulk.

[@dhenderson1810]

Also, in the episode "Married", Banner is hypnotised and has a dream that he was being chased by the Hulk, so they shared screen time then too.

[@Vengeance1978]

Wow. I remember that episode 😀

[@coreymalis3851]

Nice seeing Mickey Jones the drummer of Kenny Rogers in an episode having a soda with the Hulk. Sweet!

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

In the episode King Of The Beach, Lou Ferrigno played a different character, so technically he and Bix DID share screen time, and the only time he had a speaking role.

[@classic1971]

Also in the episode Married

[@KingMasynRules]

Greats facts in this video. The one about Lou's voicing the Hulk is a little bit off tho. He never voiced him in Hulk 2003. That was actually Ang Lee the guy who directed the movie.

[@deadpoolredsuit4892]

So many facts! - Thanks! ^_^

[@rockywatchesmovies]

Thank you, I aim to please

[@whaguitars]

LAST TIME I WAS THIS EARLY I had to apologize to her and then lie and say "This has never happened to me before."

[@keithcummings3260]

She replied, "you paid for the hour. What would you like to do for the remaining 59 minutes and 45 seconds?"

[@johnmc3862]

It's only kinky the 1st time.

[@whaguitars]

@@keithcummings3260 Yup I'm like a bull rider. 8 seconds and I throw my hat in the air.

[@terryhancock]

I like that show

[@mathewhyland8925]

That’s my nickname too mate. Great 👍

[@lisanidog8178]

I was a huge fan of this show when it first came out. There was only one episode where his character was a body builder and it was his first and only speaking part. Lou already knew how to talk. Because he’s hard of hearing as a kid having had an ear infection as a kid he used hearing aides, and he was taught to lip read. Have no doubt he may have needed speech therapy to make his speech a little clearer. But it’s not like he never talked before. I first saw him in Pumping Iron and on occasion he spoke. A few years ago he decided to get a cochlear implant.

[@cherihodges3606]

Wow! Thanks for this

[@KattMurr]

Ferrigno next to Arnold is hilarious because he makes Arnold look small...

[@stvinney]

This was still running on TV when I was a kid I think it ended when I was like 7 or 8 years old Early on I remember being terrified of the hulk I really wish they could make a good hulk TV series but apparently no one's talented enough to do anything with the character/characters

[@iainhewitt]

1978 to 2017. Sir Patrick and Hugh have a bit of catching up to do...

[@yell0wberry]

I enjoyed the hell out of this series, but as a little kid, it would have me depressed, listening to the closing music at the end of the show, knowing that David still had a ways to go to cure himself

[@bikeanddogtripsvirtualcycling]

In the pilot episode - 2 parter, David wasn't actually married. It became evident of the feelings he and the other Dr had for each other but they never actually confessed their love to each other and the lab explosion seen in the start credits for every episode made sure that would never happen.

[@lisanidog8178]

Just read, but don’t know if he’s still there, but in 2012 Ferrigno was sworn in as a reserve deputy to the San Obisbo County Sheriff’s Department. His late father Matty was a Police lieutenant in New York. Ferrigno is only 8 years older than me.

[@M1tch-s2b]

I have this series & movies 😁👍

[@KaFaraqGatri]

The character of Jack McGee, couldn’t come back as the actor suffered a life changing stroke.

[@JoelHenricks-s2o]

20 facts I already knew. Fascinating nonetheless.

[@classic1971]

Right

[@sstrick500]

Mr McGee!

[@WalterViggiano-it6sy]

The did have a cure for banner. It's called the "The Death of the Incredible Hulk"

[@chrisicotec7652]

hulk was never supposed to be green, he was supposed to be grey but in the printing process the grey had a bit of a green tinge to it so the hulk became green

[@MichelGingrasCD]

Good joly ! bout a hulk bein blu with them yello dots ?

[@davidmalton3984]

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[@Jimmersaunt]

Actually I recently saw a picture of Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno together and I was like😵

[@sstrick500]

Must be A.I. They're the same person.

[@kevinluschak5241]

I own the seasons on DVD. 2-5 except season 1.

[@julieseddon-v2s]

There was a Red Hulk later in the comic series

[@ruobe1]

Wasn’t wolverine in one one of the movies? I caught the last little bit of one in the 90s and remember wolverine walking away down a beach at the end. He was in the yellow and black costume. I haven’t been able to find the movie anywhere

[@classic1971]

Wolverine is not in the tv movies.

[@IAMCAVE]

Anyone else wonder where Banner’s belt went every time he Hulked out? Think about it the next time you put your belt on. 😂

[@classic1971]

Broke

[@BNatoAk]

On an episode of Mr. Rogers Bill and Lou are seen together 😂

[@yell0wberry]

So was the wicked witch of the West in the original Wizard of Oz movie

[@jamesyoung4508]

Kane's Parents and Kane and wifey KEKE and family and friends remember the incredible HULK ORIGINAL 😅

[@vernonsleight]

Marvel should have done a cgi Lou Ferrigno hulk for the movies. I don’t they could’ve made it work. Probably too hokey, but I would’ve liked it.

[@lisanidog8178]

Lou did have a speaking part in one Hulk episode. Can’t remember the name but he portrayed of course a bodybuilder and I was a bit surprised that he wasn’t half bad. I just can’t remember the episode name it was so long ago. I do however do remember a scene where he was talking to a female character, I think she wanted to be a budding manager and he had a scene where he was upset how people thought he wasn’t too smart because he had a hearing problem. I know the feeling. Used to get that too. I wish I could remember the title of that episode. He was also in the film Pumping Iron. That was the first time I’d ever seen Schwarzenegger.

[@classic1971]

King Of The Beach Season 4

[@lisanidog8178]

Ahhh! Thanks for the title! That was a really good episode.

[@classic1971]

@@lisanidog8178 Agree, showed Lou could act as something other than a monster.

[@lisanidog8178]

it did. I wouldn’t exactly call the hulk being a monster just the manifestation of unrestrained anger. Then when the anger cooled the hulk was a little bit childlike. He had a bit of a Neanderthal look.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@lisanidog8178It was explained in the pilot. The Hulk was an outer primal manifestation of Banner. Hulk won't kill, because Banner won't kill. Hulk only ever attacked in self defence or those who had harmed him or someone he cared about. He never hurt random people and was soft to children and animals. That's why, in "The First", the other Hulk was evil, because the old guy who was the other Hulk was drunk on power. So it manifests the personality of the host.

[@lisanidog8178]

Lou is in Wikipedia. I have to credit him for helping me in a way not to feel bad about myself being hearing impaired. And when I got a hearing test in my 40’s I was ecstatic when I was told I have high frequency deafness. It made everything make sense like when I tried being a medical assistant. Without an amplified stethoscope I can’t hear a heartbeat. And when my aides went out because the batteries went could barely hear and got flak from someone when I asked what the last thing the teacher said because couldn’t hear the teacher good enough. What an attitude that person had when I asked for that help until I told her I don’t hear good. Mom was wrong. I was listening but it was hard. And I hated the game Telephone. I couldn’t understand a thing when people whispered in my ear. I had to teach myself how to lip read some letters people say that I can’t distinguish. I don’t use hearing aides anymore. Hearing some sounds for the first time scared me too much. But thanks to Lou being a role model, I’m accepting of my hearing loss and educated a few who became more understanding. Hearing isn’t attached to intelligence. And some think if you don’t hear well you’re a little dim. And there is a difference between hard of hearing and deaf. Big difference. Lou isn’t deaf and he got a cochlear implant years ago. They don’t work if you’re completely deaf. You have to have some hearing.

[@mattstewart1637]

Proud of you for being an advocate for yourself!

[@lisanidog8178]

@ thanks.

[@lisanidog8178]

@@mattstewart1637 I pride myself on knowing things because I look them up.

[@guntertorfs6486]

The Hulk was less of an overactor than Bixby himself.

[@terryhancock]

I was born in 1977

[@kevinluschak5241]

David must of gone through alot of clothing lol

[@BETMARKonTube]

10:30 What? If we enjoyed... what?

[@TheBlindDyslexic]

Plus, there was a rumor that he felt that Bruce was Too Fairy-ish, putting it mildly.

[@HariSeldon913]

That was said in the video. Ironically, the Mad Magazine spoof of the show had it directly mentioned by a character while there was a TV behind him announcing Bruce Jenner winning the decathlon. That didn't age quite the way they expected.

[@dhenderson1810]

I also heard that they already had one superhero with the "Bruce" name. Bruce Wayne/Batman.

[@analoguecity3454]

The incredible hulk returns was 1987 , not 88!

[@classic1971]

May 1988

[@ktapreswreckd921v9]

"Stop calling me Hulk"

[@JamesFranklinRussellCowan]

Hulk

[@chrisdoratproductions8680]

I met Banner in person, not friendly at all. But, he probably just wanted his privacy, but the public is the one who makes him famous,

[@michael1968-m9b]

we know all this

[@keithcummings3260]

You need to fix your outro and re-release this (unless you're planning on featuring the truncated outro in a future episode of "20 Things You Never Knew About Rocky Watches Movies").

[@carlmontney7916]

It's been widely reported that Lou ferrigno had a speech impediment and required extensive therapy and coaching before he was actually able to do his own lines of dialogue. Also, don't argue with me you might make me mad. You wouldn't like me when I'm mad!

[@TimeVextorX]

Lou Ferrigno had a speech impediment because of he's deaf in one ear.

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

​@@TimeVextorXYes.

[@markfox1545]

He didn't have any dialogue you moron.

[@lisanidog8178]

Lou Ferrigno had an ear infection when he was three and they didn’t realize how bad his hearing was until later. It was in both ears. He had hearing aides, he was taught to lip read. A few years ago he got a cochlear implant.

[@allenkranawetter9482]

I believe Lou was deaf

[@JamesLaumand]

Hulk don’t like stairs,😡

[@fabianmoraisdelima7598]

vs Hulk

[@panowa8319]

Bring back practical effects. A CGI Hulk is terrible! Hire a real bodybuilder for the role. It's been alleged that there was supposed to be a sequel after "Death of the Incredible Hulk," That Banner has returned from the dead, but not as Banner himself, but as the Hulk being vocal and able to talk and not roaring with Banner's intelligence.

[@tonykopper3492]

It's true lou ferrigno did the voice of hulk in the 1966 cartoon show and the first two avengers movies after that Mark buffalo voiced hulk in Thor Ragnarok

[@brunoskorniak9722]

I'm sorry but I believe you mean the 1996 series?

[@enricodibiase5404]

😂😂😂😂

[@Mozza-g2m]

The name Bruce being too gay? If you said that to Bruce Lee, you'd probably get a kicking.

[@jonallen-dt2ui]

Imagine replacing an actual actor with a CGI hulk that looks terrible.

[@dhenderson1810]

Went from an actual person to angry Shrek.

[@da11king]

_The lonely man_ is the saddest tv show tune I have ever heard 🎶 ❤🥹. They dont make music like it anymore. Thanks for the video. I learned a lot about my fav Marvel hero and favorite Bruce banner actor , Bill Bixby.

[@rockywatchesmovies]

You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@FloridaMark1611]

Incredible Hulk tv show was the best, the rest sucked.

[@thescandinavian2487]

Whom ever came up with the idea of having girl versions of popular Superheroes needs to be launched in to space, unoriginal and so very boring.

[@BobMinelli]

💚 "Please, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me, when I'm angry" kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZDSan6FpL6VntE 💚