Claire and Tod, in their second and final episode of 2024, review and recap Season 1, Episode 4 of The Greatest American Hero, beloved yet short-lived action-comedy-scifi TV show that aired on ABC television from 1981 to 1983. For "Saturday on Sunset Boulevard," (first aired April 8, 1981) we switched over to Plex, where you can watch along, free with ads, if you're so inclined. In this episode, we discuss the value of a high school education, the total lack of probative value of polygraph ...
Tod and Claire come off of a multi-month hiatus, and dive right back into watching and overexplaining everything about the beloved early 80s Gen-X staple prime time action-scifi-comedy show, The Greatest American Hero. In, "Here's Looking at You, Kid," the third episode of season one, Ralph and Bill must find and recover a top secret fighter plane gun sight, which has fallen into the hands of the renegade mercenary, McCready. Also, Ralph meets Pam's parents, played by June Lockhart (what a h...
In which Claire and Tod recount the second episode of The Greatest American Hero, "The Hit Car," originally aired on ABC on March 25, 1981. Starring William Katt as Ralph Hinkley, Robert Culp as Agent Bill Maxwell, Connie Sellecca as Pam Davidson, and featuring Gianni Russo as Johnny "The Dancer" Damanti and the lovely -- but maybe not quite as beautiful as Pam -- Gwen Humble as Starlet Wild. Right now, you can watch GAH for free on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/487813/s01-e02-the-hit-ca...
Join Claire and Tod for the exciting second half of the pilot episode of The Greatest American Hero: Pilot, in which we wrap up reviewing this amazing TV show. You can watch GAH for free (with ads) on Tubi, here: https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/479553/s01-e01-the-greatest-american-hero-pts-1-2 Like this episode? Rate it on your favorite podcast app! Want to help Claire plan her 50th birthday? Write in to counselor@hotforteacher.tv, or hit us up on Mastodon at https://friendsofdesoto.social/@ho...
In which Claire demands to have her own podcast to talk about Gen X stuff. Namely, The Greatest American Hero. Tod helps. Learn more about "It's My Life," the weird drop-in replacement for "Help Me Rhonda" at this Reddit post. Learn more about John Hinkley at Wikipedia. Watch the TV show at Tubi, or maybe on YouTube if ABC doesn't take it down. Like the show? Cool! Let us know: email us at counselor@hotforteacher.tv, or even better, chat with us on Mastodon, where we do all our social medi...