The Incredible MCU That Time Forgot | IGN Inside Stories

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe heads into Phase 4, 5, 6 and beyond, it’s easy to take for granted. The continuous storytelling from The Infinity Saga and the recently dubbed Multiverse Saga across feature films and Disney+ Series might be entrenched in the zeitgeist now, but it’s not the first time a shared universe of Marvel Comics characters showed up on screen. No, the FIRST MCU was in the '80s. Spinning out of the smash hit The Incredible Hulk, Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno took their small screen superhero act to the next level. This is the Inside Story of the original shared Marvel world, The Incredible MCU That Time Forgot.
The mini-doc features the Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno, along with Eric Allan Kramer who played Thor, the original Daredevil Rex Smith, Elizabeth Gracen whose spy Jasmin was for all intents and purposes Black Widow, and writer Gerald Di Pego, who scripted two of the three films. The cast and crew talk about the original series, coming back with The Return of the Incredible Hulk, and riding that success through The Trial of The Incredible Hulk before wrapping up the trilogy with The Death of The Incredible Hulk.
While Marvel Studios' modern Avengers have grown from “I am Iron Man” to the snap in Infinity War, to Endgame and beyond on Disney+, some of the groundwork had been laid over 40 years ago with David Banner and his alter ego the Hulk.
Produced and Edited by Clint Gage
Written by Scott Collura and Clint Gage
Illustrations by Amanda Flagg
Animation by Casey Redmon
Graphics by Kevin Cappiello & Will Batchelor
Featuring
Gerald DiPego
Lou Ferrigno
Elizabeth Gracen
Eric Allan Kramer
Rex Smith
Technical Producers
Marhyan Franzen
Tayo Oyekan
Red Rigos
Sources:
"Science Fiction Television Series" by Mark Phillips and Frank Garcia
"Marvel Comics: The Untold Story" by Sean Howe
"You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry: A Hulk Companion" by Patrick A. Jankiewicz
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[@KelticTim]

When Hulks end credits music started playing, how could it not hit you in the feels? It’s the loneliest tv music ever created.

[@richardwaddington2038]

Thanks for adding that . As a young boy sat on the setee with me mum we both cried at the end of every episode . Sad at the time , now one of the most wonderful childhood memories I have !

[@KelticTim]

@@richardwaddington2038 glad to help. It would make the Hulk himself cry if he ever heard it. Not the MCU pansy variant of the Hulk, the real Hulk off the books pages, the one who becomes Maestro, he would ball his eyes out.

[@gregsmith7949]

So true 👍

[@starkenterprise303uma]

I'm from Indonesia and i grew up watching this show. I can still remember everytime the show ends He always end up walking alone on the highway waiting for someone to pick him up for another great adventure with sad theme song

[@johndickey5150]

You're absolutely right about that. I was 7 years old and it was my favorite TV show. When that piano music started I almost came to tears because that music was so hauntingly sad and of course it meant the show was over. Until next week. 😁

[@Quakerman14]

I will never stop liking hearing how nice Bill Bixby was.

[@johnmilius3031]

Bill Bixby was so nice, at the end of every Hulk episode as a kid I never understood why nobody gave him a ride.

[@garyhernandez2577]

@@johnmilius3031 man I loved Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno got to meet lou Ferrigno awesome guy, never had the pleasure of meeting Bill Bixby

[@benjaminvalenti1242]

I go to this little convention here in Florida it always happens in the month of February is called pensacon and almost every year Lou ferrigno is there I say hi to him all the time what a nice guy he is that all the way my fellow brother in Christ that's what he is I love Lou ferrigno

[@FernandoGastelo]

The Daredevil looks like it would have been a good show back then, the actor seemed as committed as Cox

[@e-convoy1783]

Honestly, if not for the budget or it not getting off the ground, I would adore to see what they could've done with the comic daredevil outfit or the yellow suit!

[@e-convoy1783]

@Stephen Greenhorn That's cool!

[@ValiantWrestling]

@Stephen Greenhorn Rex Smith.

[@e-convoy1783]

@Stephen Greenhorn LoL

[@Aaron-zt5ee]

In this movie, Daredevil made so many sight/blind puns, it's a wonder no one figured out he was blind. It was pretty cheesy but fun.

[@georgeplimpton9429]

Bill and Lou, the very BEST version of Banner and the Hulk. And when the credits rolled, you didn't stick around for another scene, you stuck around to hear the music and see "David" walk off to another place with sympathy for what he was going through.

[@donsolo5705]

I still think the transformation scene from the Incredible hulk show is better than the new movie stuff. When bill bixby's eyes would glow green it was the best , you knew what was about to happen .

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

THAT and the eerie Sound effect. This all worked SOO well.

[@williamnone]

I remember watching those scenes as a kid and my first thought was, "Oh the bad guy dun fucked up now! His eyes done went green!" 😆

[@DocVonBraunChannel]

A live action actor was much more convincing as the Hulk than a computer-generated animation!

[@weelzneal4768]

Weird how generations opinions differ

[@djhinton79]

The Death of The Incredible Hulk broke me as a kid. I was in tears and unconsolable. Even now I get misty eyed at that scene and have a hard time watching it, due in part to how much the series and movies helped me to learn how to do the right thing even if you are treated unkindly. Being misunderstood just because you look different and can seem scary until you get to know someone. Thanks guys for bringing these movies back into the conversation.

[@kylebroflovski9690]

Lmao

[@ernestthomas9090]

I personally remember the Hulk looking up and mouthing the, "help me," as he was dying.

[@cyrilbolt3826]

Yes

[@Ken19700]

I was already 20 years old when this came out. I thought it was a great end to a great character. I was hoping that a son of the Hulk series would come from it.

[@EthanMacKuin]

Same. I was crushed when Bill passed.

[@gspendlove]

Here I am crying like a baby over someone I never met, only ever saw on TV, and who's been gone for thirty years. Thank you, Bill. You brought me joy almost every week of my life for a long time. If you hadn't done what you did, my childhood wouldn't have been as fun. Getting to see the Hulk rough up some jerk who had it coming was a wonderful source of catharsis for me. And I was very happy to see the TV movies. They were great. BTW this video forgot to mention that Stan Lee had his very first cameo in The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, where he was a member of the jury!

[@levicuen5931]

They showed and mentioned it, it was breif though.

[@imricjames5210]

David “Bruce” Banner the Hero I waited to see every week as a kid. 💯 Loved this show!!! 💥The Incredible Hulk💥

[@lesslycarthan4963]

I have the entire series

[@JuanPeron007]

Best superhero show ever made. And way better story wise than todays movies.

[@mrg466]

Only, his name was never David, nor is it even Bruce! But the character actual name is Dr. Robert Bruce Banner! I hope one day they actually bring out that fact!

[@hankthepatriot3733]

I cried my eyes out at the end of Death of the Incredible Hulk! 😭 R.I.P. Bill Bixby

[@hamhockbeans]

Imagine Revenge of the Hulk.

[@rashb3994]

So crazy the Banner and Black Widowship really began in the (Edit: ) 90's MCU. Maybe the avengers one was a nod to that because no one was expecting that one.

[@rashb3994]

@Rajveer Singha You are correct. Fixed it. Thx!

[@sergeyvoznyuk1176]

black widowship

[@alpussycatthesubstantialch4049]

Bill Bixby, you are missed. You will live forever in my adolescent heart.

[@karl_alan]

The Donald Blake character was true to comics at the time...granted he and Thor inhabited the same body & swapped back & forth, but the character did exist.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Perfectly true.

[@jb888888888]

Didn't Thor give up on the Don Blake persona by 1988? His "civilian identity" was construction worker Sigurd Jarlson: Thor with glasses and a ponytail.

[@BenSkyLakewood]

Woe yeah forgot about him why isn't he in the Thor movies?

[@56postoffice]

@@jb888888888 Spot on. Used to collect Thor in the late 80s.

[@alexsolomon7991]

umm....no. the live action don blake was a MESS. while the character was indeed in the comics, the tv depiction was WAY off base. for one thing, Blake WAS thor..they were not two different people. it was all part of the curse Odin lay on him to teach thor humility. originally, if he let go of his hammer for more than 60 seconds, he would turn back into his mortal persona. he never got to summon himself like he was a Pokemon.

[@MrPleers]

David banner: "That's easy ???" Daredevil:"I can do it with my eyes closed." That was gold.

[@Shaeniff]

I fell in love with the Incredible Hulk when I was 12 (34 years ago), after I'd already loved Marvel from "Spider-man and His Amazing Friends" and my brother's comic book collection. I've watched the series over and over and often come back. I guess it's no surprise that I met all live-action Spider-man movies with bated breath and that I've been an MCU fanatic from day one. At my husband's household, comics were banned. At mine, they were life, so I dragged him and my teenage son along into the MCU. When he was itty bitty, my boy was so excited to meet Lou Ferrigno at a comic con. Though Charlie Cox IS and ever will be Daredevil to me, I still love revisiting this version of Daredevil. This video was awesome. I'm so happy to know that Bix was as great as he seemed in the show.

[@garrettreed6166]

Awesome! We are right near the same age obviously from the shows you mentioned. I'm so rooted in my Marvel obsession from back then that I remember watching Spider-Man short clips on the Electric Company(PBS) Those shows are a great childhood memory for me

[@MarkArandjus]

Daredevil would've been a great show for that period of episodic television. You'd have Matlock-type courtroom drama and Kung Fu-like (the David Carradine show) fight scenes for the superhero stuff. Nice episodic villain of the week type deal, would've been so quaintly awesome.

[@amitypredator9385]

I would have watched. But he would have needed the red suit.

[@HovektheArtist]

@@amitypredator9385 wasnt he in the yellow suit at that point

[@amitypredator9385]

@@HovektheArtist don't think so. That was his original 60s suit. I think he was still in his traditional red t this point.

[@dexter8584]

For sure. Rex Smith was a bad ass Daredevil hands down.

[@johnstrawb3521]

Well said! Vincent D'Onofrio absolutely kills it as Kingpin, but I'm now going to have to look up Rhys-Davies' version. Seeing Gimli as Kingpin should be a... cross-dimensional experience.

[@LokiDWolf-im7jg]

Wow! The pure nostalgia with all of this. And so much I didn't know living in that era. This was a well done video that highlights the ups and downs of the television/movie mechanics and what people have to endure. But, it also shows the passion and ferocity that if people want to truly get something done, it's possible to happen. And the opposition that can extinguish any and all due to this being a business in the end. Alas, rest in peace Bill Bixby. We knew then how great you were. We are extremely thankful. And you will never be forgotten.

[@DreamingDarlin]

Oh my, isn't that the truth! Bill Bixby, we did know then how great he was and he'll truly never be forgotten. Well said!

[@dim391]

Some of these actors need to appear or cameo in the MCU! Especially with the Multiverse Saga going on!

[@johnsterizer]

Lou Ferrigno has!

[@dim391]

@@johnsterizer I know 🙌🏼 But I want all of them to appear 🤞🏼

[@hazard1319]

@@johnsterizer I think he means as their variants

[@hamhockbeans]

I will apear in the MCU in the multiverse as Spiderman married to Black Widow with kids. We formed a family team. Its Earth 454.

[@thepubknight6144]

@@johnsterizer lou is supposed to play his universe hulk at some point I think mixed with prosthetics and CGI , but hopefully rex and Eric come back as variants too

[@GooniesNeverSayDie1980]

Many forgotten about 1996's *_Generation X,_* a TV pilot film that was the first live action connected *_X-Men_* project released, produced by *Marvel Entertainment Group* & *New World Entertainment.* Before the airing of *_Generation X_* on *Fox,* the TV film was testing the temperature for a series of TV movies instead of a TV series.

[@Z3R0SAMA]

Bill and Lou will always live rent free in my mind. I always bring up this show when talking about Hulk.

[@jamesmarshall6619]

I love telling young people "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry." Most don't get it and it just makes it funnier when they don't.

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

It will always be the hulk in my eyes, theyve never managed to get it right since! Too much CGI shit not enough practicality to the hulk they just wanna keep making him look bigger and madder (or turn him into a one shot by thanos simp) Id have loved to have seen lou as hulk again

[@murk4552]

@@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051 really theirs looks way more monstrous, not that crappy and dusty ass 80's looking plastic model. That motherfucker look scary to you? LMAO bro can't even jump long distances, throw boulders. Imagine if Thanos showed up in that show, he'd be dead.

[@saykhia]

With the current Multiverse Saga, imagine the cameo possibilities.

[@cherijoseph7819]

Lou already been in a cameo mcu. I forgot the film but he and Stan Lee play security.

[@MrGeoff-iv6re]

@@cherijoseph7819 um… Kinda. Lou played a security guard in The Incredible Hulk and Stan Lee played one in The Winter Soldier.

[@rickcarter9944]

As I was watching No Way Home, I thought the only missed opportunity was having the 70's TV Spidey included. As the movie was ending, during that final scene in the donut shop, I thought the older patron in the background was going to be Nicholas Hammond. Alas....

[@jean-mi1825]

I literally just thought about it...

[@jean-mi1825]

@@cherijoseph7819 Yes they were both (Stan and Lou) playing security guards in The Incredible Hulk movie.

[@parrishharris3008]

I'm almost 50 years old and i still love all these old Marvel tv shows and tv movies so now when i watch this new Marvel Universe it's just my inner child saying WOW Marvel finally kept their universe expanding and intertwining together - awesome sauce 😍.

[@wunone67]

Just like The Fugitive the main character always did the morally right thing despite the consequences to himself. And Jack Magee was a real counterpart to Lt. Gerard from The Fugitive. Relentlessly pursuing the reluctant hero. I truly love both of those shows.

[@gregsmith7949]

My Mom pointed out to me how much The Incredible Hulk borrowed from The Fugitive when I was a kid.

[@Dohsoda]

A late 80's / early 90's Thor and Daredevil show would have been wild. Disappointing neither took off, but at least the Hulk got an ending.

[@thomholbrook7286]

My favorite thing with the first Hulk team up movie was when I moved to LA and was working in the Spelling Building. It's mostly known on TV as being the setting for D&D Advertising. But while working there I realized it was also the building where David Banner's lab was. The first big Hulk/Thor throwdown was literally filmed in the lobby. Amazing.

[@jesseperry9602]

Man, The Hulk was my favorite hero when I was a kid and I absolutely loved this show. When The Death of The Hulk ran I absolutely cried myself to sleep that night. It was like losing 2 friends at the same time between the power and character of Lou Ferrigno and the heart and soul of Bill Bixby

[@TheYoungDoctor]

3:20 He is still technically called Bruce in the series because his name was David Bruce Banner instead of Robert Bruce Banner as in the comics

[@hamhockbeans]

It was on the grave head stone his full name.

[@beesmith5379]

Thank you so much for sharing. This was my MCU and although it was less comic accurate we had to take what we could get. If you watch those old movies and the Incredible Hulk series, you can see that they made an impact which influences the modern MCU. “Don’t make me angry! You won’t like me when I’m angry!” Was Bill Bixby’s iconic line that has made it into canon Hulk lore. It is amazing so I am so appreciative of this look back.

[@brianscli9567]

I’ll never forget about Bill Bixby

[@funfactmovie]

Ya me too

[@Leadeshipcoach]

😊👍

[@cherijoseph7819]

We were born on the same day. I will always remember him. The Hulk and Wonder Woman were appointment TV for my family.

[@hamhockbeans]

@@cherijoseph7819 I remember they came on back to back.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Despite that visual graphics back then weren't as advanced compared today, the story of the Hulk and the other Marvel characters were so MARVELOUS

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

Graphics? Special effects you mean. 🤣

[@ValiantWrestling]

@@walangchahangyelingden8252 Kids these days don't know the difference.

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

@@ValiantWrestling Indeed.

[@emsleywyatt3400]

Loved the old Hulk series. Personal favorite episode: The two-parter "The First".

[@MrMann0123]

The Lonely Man... what a tune. I loved this series, the production values were at least as good as other shows of the time but the acting was just brilliant.

[@davidgray2845]

I was born in 1981. As a child I loved everything, “Comic”. This really takes me back to being a kid and watching these. Thanks for this upload. I’ll be beaming with nostalgia the rest of the day.

[@MattCraftDotDerp]

I just watched The Trial of the Incredible Hulk with one of my friends before She-Hulk began. It holds up incredibly well, and it almost makes me want to go back and watch the entire series. And also really wish they had made that Daredevil show, it would've been sick. I hate that corporate shenanigans were what prevented it. Imagine if this universe kept going to this day and could be traced all the way back to the 70s.

[@jamdc2000]

I'd watch a two hour documentary with you guys, amaizng work, RIP Bixby.

[@funfactmovie]

Nice

[@MadTheDJ]

Time may have forgotten this proto-MCU, but I didn't. The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, I remember it all, watching all the TV movies as they came out.

[@jamespero6803]

This show is what got me into comics way back in 82. The 1st comic I ever bought was the hulk issue 308 . I still remember that mike mignola cover

[@gaoutlaw]

All it needed was Nicholas Hammond as Spider-Man to drop by

[@SeriousJB]

They gave The Hulk a better story in the 80s than they do now

"The Hulk" was the best TV show in his time and "The Lonely Man" was the perfect ending theme. Lou Ferrigno was (is) the perfect Hulk and Bill Bixby the perfect Banner. And this video is a gem!

[@CorbCorbin]

It was a bit like the setup for Kung Fu, except it had a genius loner, who’d eventually get hurt very badly, the Hulk out to save the day, instead of teaching a lesson and using Kung Fu! 😆 Knight Rider was that guy, with endless resources and money, along with an AI super car. 😄

[@b.l.fisher8230]

Hands down my favorite show of my childhood 😍

[@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051]

@@CorbCorbin Ahhh i cant believe i forgot about knight rider! Kit the car how could i forget.. thanks for the reminder

[@CorbCorbin]

@@OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051 Awesome!

[@davefb]

@@CorbCorbin Or a dog...... Just strollin' from town the town helping people :) .. Err .. Or an angel !

[@vans0183]

Such a great retrospective! I watched these movies SO many times growing up!

[@Spartanm333]

How gutting for Stan and the actors to work so hard over several years to get this train rolling, only for faceless executives in a boardroom to kill it all off. Stan must have had balls of steel to keep coming back. Excelsior! Indeed.... only forward. Thanks for this insightful video - people need to know and appreciate the back story.

[@beherid5111]

I totally remember this era and was so psyched as a kid watching all this as I am an adult with the current shared universe. I'm sure Fiege is influenced by this era.

[@BritInvLvr]

It was nice to hear so many kind words about Bill Bixby. I was a big fan of his since The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.

[@laurahuston2187]

And My Favorite Martian!

[@56postoffice]

In the UK, the show was a massive ratings winner. I used to crush this show all the time. Never understood why they chose to change his name from "Bruce" to "David" (must be a copyright thing) but the show was wicked. Big respect to the late, great Bill Bixby as David Banner. Great documentary.

[@cyrilbolt3826]

They changed it cause they reckon it sounds gay

[@houseofono]

The rumour was that they thought that "Bruce" sounded like a "gay" name so it was changed.

[@hamhockbeans]

The grave stone had David Bruce Banner on it. They had Bruce as his middle name.

[@cyrilbolt3826]

@@houseofono it wasn't a rumor

[@benjilee329]

They called him David so he wouldn't be confused with Batman's Bruce Wayne. Too many Bruce's at the time I suppose despite the 11 year difference of Adam West and Bill Bixby on television.

[@RadioUgly]

I like how when The Hulk runs, he has little green slippers on.

[@chuckhush916]

That era was such a blast. Great stuff.

[@nicomeklrowing5935]

Eric Allan Kramer actually looks like, if the show was done today, he would have been able to bulk up very similarly to Chris Hemsworth. He could have been a good Thor if the character in the show was not so goofy/over the top cartoony.

[@Chris.Cook.]

I've always appreciated Eric's take on Thor. It's a shame that version never really got out into the wider world.

[@CorbCorbin]

That Hulk was already barely at Cap strength, so Thor seemed like a joke in most of that TV movie. I made an, the Death of the Hulk, was by falling from a helicopter. Of course it didn’t kill him, but that really disappointed me when I was a kid.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

We need to get all these actors back the next time Dr. Strange opens up a parallel universe.

[@cooleylogan5595]

Still blowed my mind that thor was also the dad from Good Luck Charlie

[@mesajarjarbinks9747]

That’s all I could think about when I saw him

[@patrickd0403]

Keep the cineflix content coming. Honestly love it and the detail that goes into it is crazy

[@Cafeman_2D]

Well, 53-year-old me definitely lived through watching all those Marvel and Hulk shows, and I thoroughly enjoyed this program, thanks! It was nice to see recent interviews with all you actors from the shows too! (I was also a Street Hawk fan, Rex!)

[@sammylane21]

They should reunite all these(except for Bill Bixby) actors as their characters for a first live action Marvel's WHAT IF...series.

[@queenannsrevenge100]

As a kid I absolutely LOVED those Hulk/Thor/Daredevil TV movies - I was so dashed when nothing ever came of them. And yes, Bill Bixby will be terribly missed. He was kind of a giant of 60s, 70s, and 80s Television.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Absolutely. Bixby was a godsent for the Incredible Hulk and really treated the whole thing with all the care and dedication it deserved. He even had an episode with hid Ex-wife which was bitter sweet (it was the episode with the Psychic woman who could see into the future). It must have been difficult for both but they really made this one of the best episodes.

[@Twirlyhead]

The Netflix Marvel shows are the modern equivalent of these I'd say. These were a bit more lighthearted and family friendly however. People forget how successful the Incredible Hulk was: my dad had no interest in American comic book characters at all but he absolutely loved the show; that broad appeal (not least due to the excellent Bill Bixby) was the main reason for its great success. Something that is not lost on the movie makers today; you need to cater to the comic fans, yes, but they know that most of the money will be made from the hoards of movie fans who are not really comic fans. A tightrope walk they don't always get right.

[@nope5657]

The 70s Hulk show, despite being almost comically formulaic, had moments of genuinely great TV. The pilot is dead-ass great.

[@meljusttalent1]

Great documentary. I loved this show. What a wonderful tribute to a great series of shows with great people. This original universe undoubtedly played a role in creating the MCU.

[@KevinAdamFlores]

Incredible video, guys! Looking forward to this series 👍🏼

[@_WillCAD_]

I remember these movies very well. The cheesiness of Thor, the amazing action of Daredevil, the scene chewing villainy of Kingpin. I was sorely disappointed that Daredevil wasn't put into production as a series. I also remember being very disappointed that Nicholas Hammond's Spider-Man didn't make an appearance in the movies. It was such a natural crossover possibility, even while the two shows were in production, yet it never came to pass. Fans WANTED crossovers. There were even talks about having a DC Justice League movie in the 80s starring Lynda Carter, Christopher Reeve, and Michael Keaton. The demand for it got particularly fierce in 1990 when John Wesley Shipp's Flash came to TV. But again, studio politics prevented it. Finally, some folks wised up and took a chance with a connected universe in 2008, and the rest is history. Everyone in all the studios and at Marvel who worked against or just failed to support such crossovers in the 70s, 80s, and 90s must be kicking themselves pretty hard after the MCU has taken in enough money to buy several small companies. Now, all we need is for some multiversal magic in the MCU to allow Lou Ferrigno to play Smart Hulk in a cameo. Lou's Smart Hulk next to Ruffalo's Smart Hulk would make for a great scene. And Lou wouldn't even need to wear a mocap suit!

[@NiggletFarm]

Lou playing “smart” Hulk when he’s a mumble mouth isn’t a good idea. Anyway Ruffalo has ruined Hulk

[@_WillCAD_]

@@NiggletFarm Amazing. Every word you just said was wrong. But with a screen name like that, you're obviously just a troll posting shit to rile people up from the safety of your mommy's basement.

[@craigwiess1656]

@@NiggletFarm mumble mouth? Lou had a series of ear infections as a infant and had about 80% hearing loss. When you can't hear speech development is severely impeded.

[@honkforpeaceandquiet]

I really love this kind of content from you all! Excellent documentary!

[@sfkeepay]

This video is AWESOME. The interviews in particular were fantastic, and it was great to hear from the actors and screen writer, finally giving them some of their due. GREAT JOB.

[@samson7842]

That piano riff at the end of each Incredible Hulk episode was devastating lonely. …lol it was great!

[@LouFlow]

This was great. I hope you guys keep doing more of these!

[@SusanSci]

Cinefix and Clint Gage are by far my favorite channel on KZbin. Fantastic work as always. Clint is an amazing producer and voice over actor!

[@AhtuMondello]

Fantastic doc. Excellent job. Super thorough. Thank you

[@camerondodge2070]

I was just re-watching Return the other day, and I still think that the network should've made a Thor show. Eric Allen Kramer was so amazing in the role, just as John Rhys-Davis was spot-on perfect as the Kingpin. It's a damn shame.

[@rogueguardian]

It's crazy how daredevils black costume was pioneered in this film before Frank Miller wrote the comic. That's awesome

[@SuperLocrian]

"exactly who you thought, hoped Bill Bixby would be" ... that was so great to hear... this show was a major part of my childhood!

[@lancekostecka368]

Thanks for the memories. I think I watched every episode of The Incredible Hulk and Spiderman. I know I watched all the made for TV movies and the Death of the Incredible Hulk was the first movie that I remember crying to. Lou and Bill were perfect and I love that they got cameos in the Hulks later movies.

[@leroyjenkins3744]

I used to love this show back when I was a kid in the early 2000’s! Literally had the whole thing on vhs and dvd

[@sidemachine]

GREAT video, folks. Thank you for making and sharing this. The death (of you know who) sticks in my memory since I saw it those many years ago (music included). It was very sad. I consider myself lucky to have grown up with this first live-action MCU!

[@alyzu4755]

"The Incredible Hulk" was appointment TV for my family. We all plopped down onto the couch every week to watch The Green One. And I had a young girl crush on Bill Bixby. 😊 (We also enjoyed Spider Man.)

[@yvonneplant9434]

The theme music for Bixby's Courtship of Eddie's Father is now being used in a very cute tv commercial with Shaq.

[@BatMite19]

Very informative documentary. Thank you.

[@NoirTech83]

It's a shame the modern MCU didn't pay homage to the slow piano theme in any Hulk scenes

[@walker1583]

Enjoyed this doc. very much, brought back so many memories.

[@levicuen5931]

Gone but never forgotten. RIP Bill Bixby

[@batmansdad2563]

Idk what it is about Bill Bixby that made him so memorable and impactful, maybe his demeanor or just the way he looked and spoke but I think he was such an incredible actor

[@RadioUgly]

He had a youthful Dad-Like appeal coming off the earlier Eddie's Father hit show that made him a shoe in. Plus he was getting his ass kicked 2 times every show for sympathy factor. Bixby was about as good as TV actors were back then...if you could believe that. He maintained a projected intellect, not geeky, and still very 1970s masculinity. That along with really Great Hair, is why he was Great. Ya just like the guy.

[@Rob774]

He was already endeared to us prior to the The Incredible Hulk.

[@RadioUgly]

@@Rob774 which got funny after a while seeing which new way he was gonna get his ass handed to him twice an episode every week.

[@QuincyKane]

I watched this show and the movie a lot as a kid in the 90s; it'll always have a soft spot in my heart!

[@caiobispodossantossantana]

That Thor armor looks AMAZING. Not gonna lie

[@briand9248]

Loved the Incredible Hulk. I was 5 yrs old when it came on and I was scared and intrigued by the transformation at the same time- especially the pilot episode where he is changing a tire in the pouring rain. Daredevil would have made it if given a chance as a series. I would have watched it definitely.

[@TheSeeking2know]

This was great to watch. Thanks for making it.

[@FranciscoAreasGuimaraes]

Amazing work! I love the TV series, that soundtrack gets me everytime.

[@dennisellis3605]

Great little mini doc. Fun & i learned a lot

[@1630revelloak]

I remember this from when I was a kid. Thanks for putting this together, a nice look back.

[@robertdragoff6909]

Bixby was always a class act, from start to his sad finish During the run of The Incredible Hulk there was an episode where Ray Walston guested and Bill rolled out the red carpet for him. Truly a classic TV show…. Don’t forget they reused that wonderful line from the original show in the first movie… Don’t make me angry…… If they can make a movie with multiple Spidermen, why not a movie with multiple Hulks?

[@XxLIVRAxX]

They all look fantastic, great mini doc

[@jpurssey]

I remember all these as a kid.it was really amazing to wait till Friday nights to see my heros. Great job on this, loved it.

[@lynntaylor9681]

I started watching reruns of The Incredible Hulk in 99 right after I graduated high school. Great show. I really enjoyed watching it. Sometime in the last ten years, I bought a used copy of one of the seasons of The Incredible Hulk on dvd.

[@lime455]

I still have this on DVD, I remember growing up watching this and loving it!

[@robertw31968]

Thank you so much for this video. It brought back so many great memories of when I was a kid watch The Incredible Hulk on TV every Friday night. I loved that show it was my favorite.

[@giftmpho876]

Here in South Africa we Loved the Incredible Hulk Returns, it was action packed , the scene with Thor and Blake in the bar Priceless

[@scottjones9216]

Masterful video , inspiring , I enjoyed it . Bill Bixby , I still miss him and Elizabeth gracen went on to be phenomenal in Highlander .

[@vecthelion]

I used to love the 70's Hulk, Superman, Batman etc. Great childhood memories while going through a very rough growing up. Compared to the utter garbage we have to swallow now... I'm happy we have dvd's/bluray's and the likes to relive those great moments.

[@DuckReach432]

That was awesome. I remember 'Stan Lee's Soapbox' in the 'Bullpen Bulletins' page of Marvel comics of the day. He announced the Hulk movie with an appearance by Thor and you could tell he was over the moon. He spent so long trying to transition those characters to screen. This recap of the early Marvel TV work is great, what a treat.

[@karl_alan]

This was really interesting. I knew of a lot of these, but not the interplay between them & behind the scenes stuff

[@40g33k]

I used to watch these movies and the series as a kid. It was great at the time! Was awesome seeing Lou Ferrigno in Hulk (Ang Lee)

[@shevare5wesker]

I watched the hulk/daredevil about 10 years ago and I remember being thoroughly impressed with that daredevil. It was great, he had his fight scenes and everything. Great acting and story. That kingpin was hilarious to me tho

[@40g33k]

"That's a noisy knife"

[@cowart73]

Excellent documentary.

[@reijiriffic]

i love how it seems this was such a passion project for bixby and the actors

[@peterdarker1]

Great piece!!