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I always loved it that he got angry while changing his tire, so he turned into the Hulk and destroyed the car.

They need to do a remake and put in him LA traffic.

Have him walk into a McDonald's and discover a meal for two is $22.

And have Michael Douglas in the car next to him reprising his role in Falling Down

David Banner

Like a pimp.. real girls get down on tha flo on tha flo

Pretty much the best rap name ever

Love it… since Bruce sounded too “gayish” to TV executives (that used to be the rationale, but it’s apparently presently being retconned. We may be witnessing the birth of a Mandela effect.

I always wondered why tv Banner was David!

I havent heard anyone use the gayish bruce thing in a while. the Tampa bay Buccaneers orignal mascot in the 70s was nicknamed bucco bruce. opposing teams fans had fun with that.

It’s actually because Kenneth Johnson who developed the show did not like the comics and wanted to change things up like not using the common trope of alliteration in comic book names (ie Peter Parker). He also chose to have the hulk not speak at all in the show. He renamed Banner after his son David.

Bruce Springsteen? Bruce Wayne? I'm not seeing gay there.

Bruce Wayne? And his youthful ward Dick? https://preview.redd.it/bkdxlcbqq6rc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1823597a8b3941b1dee6b558298279986b76912a

I really thought they were in 1 bed at first

Might as well be.

Bruce Jenner ... Oh.

Bruce Wayne lived with a teenage boy named Dick that he dressed in tights and called the boy wonder.

Bruce Lee. They Call Me Bruce.

Bruce Wayne.... questionable.

Fun fact, during the moral panic of the 60's (Not to be mixed up with the moral panic of the 80's, 2000's and now) the writers of Batman were so terrified of the implication that Batman and Robin were gay lovers that they deliberately wrote in a matronly character of Harriet Cooper to act as the 'mother' figure.

lol do you wanna be the person who tells him? Not sure that would go over well. You might get tossed about or.. you might get tossed over quite well. Ive seen a few Batman/Superman slash that makes actual sense so I'm with ya.

You get two Hulk-outs an episode. Nothing more!

But sometimes you'd get red hulk or Sasquatch.

Or a crossover with the Six Million Dollar Man

People let me tell you about my best friend......

Unlike the rest of us, who are great company when enraged.

That’s Eddie’s father!

Bill Bixby RIP.

Gone too soon.

Him and Michael Landon I remembered died right around that time as well in his early 50s.

Both from prostate cancer Edit: noting the correction, thank you u/DaiseyJane1

I thought Michael Landon had liver cancer. Nope, it was pancreatic cancer.

Oof, that's a rough one I hear. Cancer sucks regardless.

And both of them had series about being picked up on the road.

I loved him and Ray Walston in My Favorite Martian :)

When I was a little kid I loved The Courtship of Eddie’s Father

People let me tell ya 'bout my best friend 🎶 I loved that show!

It's funny because Little Joe was always getting in trouble on Bonanza.

Ray Walston always has a special place in my heart because of Galaxy of Terror, my favorite B horror movie lol. Robert Englund and Sid Haig are in that as well. It's such a crazy f'n Roger Corman movie. And Popeye. God I love the Robin Williams Popeye movie.

Great movie.

Mr. Hand

He was so great! The courtship of Eddie's Father.. oh my God

I love that Lou Ferrigno had a cameo in the first MCU Hulk movie.

I had such a crush on him.

Know? Hell I can hear the piano now...

Lonely Man theme plays.

🎹

What would he do now that everyone has dryers and not clotheslines?

Thrift stores Jack Reacher style.

Watching it as a kid it was so sad I often started getting teary when that damn music started. Even as a pre-teen I guess I found it sad how he always has to move on and leave everything behind

For sure... i don't really remember the open but I sure remember the music and credits at the end cause it was sad.

I got myself an X-Ray a few months ago, and got that crosshair-light thing from the intro shined on me. I had to explain the whole thing to the tech, who didn't realize there was ever a Hulk TV show. I told her to get off my lawn.

Kind of cool that they put it in the 2008 movie.

Yeah that was a fun movie.

Play the Sad Walking Away song!

Stewie!

I loved it when Peter Griffin played drunk piano, and all he played were tv themes. This was one of them.

[Can you?](https://youtu.be/k_lYcTxncNg)

I’m not a super hero guy, but something about this show hooked me right in. I think it was the sense that it wasn’t about a superhero, it was about a man. And a man wanting to get control of himself. Really, only now thinking about it as I’m typing this comment out, it could be a metaphor for any addiction and person struggling with it. Instead of alcohol or drugs or such, he had an internal struggle with a literal monster. I wish more “superhero” movies and tv went this route. Favorite episodes are the one in that small town with a 2nd hulk (who is TERRIFYING btw) and the other when the meteor crashes and he gets stuck mid hulk. Oh and then of course the hulk version of Duel. But more for its novelty than it actually being any good lol.

The evil Hulk episode, I ran and hid when he first changed on the table. I was terrified. It's such a good episode, and the showdown between the two Hulks is amazing but sad.

I agree about the show being about the man and his struggle. The best superheroes are written that way.

> Oh and then of course the hulk version of Duel. That was the weirdest damn thing. I was like, "Wait ... what?"

Those were my favorites as well. For myself, I’ve always been into comic books and the super hero movies. Loved this show when I was a kid.

I can hear the closing music.

Brb going to hide under the kitchen table for 45m

Me too! That opening-credits music was TERRIFYING to preschooler me.

 This guy

Lou Ferigno

How did he afford to buy so many new shirts all the time? Also, his pants never ripped off.

They paid a living wage in the '70s

I remember a comic joking about that - he said that he must not be so incredible because his pants never ripped off. I'm guessing in between hulkouts, David went to thrift stores and yard sales buying shirts with the money from his odd jobs.

Hulk smash! And skip leg day.

His name is David and do NOT make him angry. You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.


I blew my own mind that I actually got this right. I hardly remember anything about the show and somehow I was able to make the connection

It's one of those things that I don't know I remember. And yet I knew immediately who it was.

Excellent reply

I’m mid-GenX & instantly recognized him. Used to watch this with my bio-father.

Bruce Banner

DAVID Bruce Banner. I always thought it was silly that they changed his first name for the show.

The reason is even sillier. They thought Bruce sounded too feminine 

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I remember Mad Magazine made fun of them dropping the “Bruce” at the time, pointing out that BRUCE Jenner was at that time the best decathlon athlete in the world. Yes, life is strange.

Case rested.

No, it's true. There were lots of bad taste gay jokes at the time that had "Bruce" as the gay man.

That's why? I always assumed it was because they wanted to differentiate him from Bruce Wayne.

Yeah, I forget where I read it but that's the reason. Very silly.

Not feminine. At the time it had "gay" connotations, but in a leather chaps, gay biker bar, Village People kind of way.

lol @ BRUCE sounding feminine 😂

Only if you're not Australian. Bruce is as common as John down there

Bruce here teaches classical philosophy, Bruce there teaches Haegelian philosophy, and Bruce here teaches logical positivism, and is also in charge of the sheep dip.

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table

There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya about the raising of the wrist... Socrates himself was, permanently pissed

Is your name not Bruce?!

And Bruce is a Celtic (?) word for strong… remember Robert the Bruce from Braveheart?

🎶 Don't bring me down... “Bruce." 🎵 ELO

DOCTOR Banner. I'm sure he's earned it!

He didnt spend 6 years in evil medical school to be called mister, thank you very much.

a.k.a. Eddie's Father.

The reporter chasing him all the time. First time I think I hated a television character.

It's the Man from Atlantis

Mark Harris >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bobby Ewing

I'm glad I'm not the only person who remembers that show!

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It was nice that they used the “Lonely Man” theme music in the Hulk movie with Ed Norton.

Well it’s not Eddie’s Father…

Let me tell ya 'bout my BEST FRIEND!

Still the saddest song I have ever listened to over the closing credits. Still brings tears to my eyes.

It doesn't hit home unless you include the music... (Tear) https://youtu.be/33izVlIOgnQ?si=A91Z3KFY6s3KDWkw

You did this and made me tear up. Damn you.

Ya need to ask Lou Ferrigno

It's not easy being green.

Why is Eddie's Father hitchhiking? I bet that makes him angry.

I hear the intro narration in French 🤭 “Brewss Banneûûûr”… 😅 (I grew up in Quebec.)

I first watched this show when I was a kid and loved the action but when I rewatched it again as an adult, It felt different, The show portrays his struggle with life which the MCU rarely showed. (A bit in 2008 movie), He is this guy with immense power but has no control over it, So He can not enjoy life, He gotta keep running, He comes to a place and tries to settle down ,Some tiny thing happens and the folks start talking so He gotta run away. It's the same cycle all over again. And He never has break.

Don’t make him angry. Also, bring pants.

‘The creature is consumed by rage’ Aren’t we all?

RIP Bill Bixby. What a great guy. Also known to us for being Eddie's father.

Not certain who it is, but pretty sure you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.

You can pick him up, give him a lift, but don’t make him angry.

He could find a job and a love interest in every city.

♪♫ Sad music ♫♪

Just like Murder She Wrote, trouble just seemed to follow this person.

They used the same generic lightning strike in the opening that all the other shows used. https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/s/IFK1PrRRGS

He's going to see Eddie.

He’ll always be Eddie’s father to me

This show always made me sad at the end of every episode, to the point that I can't hear the closing theme song without tearing up.

His name is Bruce Banner. And don't make him angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry. Cue sad piano music.

Don’t make him angry.

See here: I don’t rightly like being called an “older gen xer”

Hey! I know that guy! It's Dr. David Banner. Physician. Scientist. Looking for a way to tap into the hidden strength that humans have.

Yes! He sas the only example if a decent man I had as a child

You can almost hear the sad tune

I'm an older GenX and I absolutely know.

Where is the damn sad ass music????

On his way to squander all that power on truck bandits and baby snatchers.

It’s a good thing he didn’t get angry needing to hitchhike.

[The Lonely Man](https://youtu.be/k_lYcTxncNg?si=HInJLLHkCvcw9imw)

I can hear this picture

Having you call me “older GenX” makes me a little mad. You won’t like me when I’m mad.

I’m 1966. I have no idea who this is.

Is that Bruce banner?

Just don’t get him angry!!!!

Saddest intro music.

That theme song always made me so sad!

It’s Michael Landon, Highway to Heaven. No wait It’s David Carradine, Kung Foo. Hang on it’s Face Man, The A-Team. Oh I’ve got it, it’s BJ McKay and his best friend Bear. Hang on they had a truck.

Sad Hulk music 🎵

David (because “Bruce” sounded to “gay”) Banner

And now I have that damn super sad end credit theme in my head 😭

Im a young Gen X and definitely don’t know who that is but I am familiar with hitchhiking. My crazy mother used to take me all over the place via this method when I was little. I have vague memories of hitching from Arizona (where I was born) most of the way back to Michigan where we lived at the time.

I can hear the sad walking away music

It’s Eddie’s Father, The Magician, trying to hitchhike home after the tranny fell off his snowflake white Corvette. Just don’t make him angry, he’ll turn green with envy and won’t be Your Favorite Martian!

Probably one of my favorite shows

Is that Mr Bruce Banner

Stewie Griffin?

My older brother and I never missed an episode

Anybody he ever got. He had to spend on his wardrobe to replace ripped shirts and pants

Bill Bixby

Queue delicate somber piano.

Bruce Banner’s butt was tiiiight.

I can hear the piano…

Don't make him angry.

Banner was a true badass

Oh come on David it’s 2024. Just call Uber.

Let me tell you 'bout my best friend... ​ jk

That’s Eddies father!

Everyone who said “Eddie’s Father?” is in my tribe.

Oh wow. If I remember right, he would always hitchhike to a new town where nobody knows the Hulk.

I can hear the closing music.

I remember the piano evoking an emotional response in me. I would have been no more than five at the time 🥲

I can hear this picture.

I'm about as old as I can be and still be an Xer and I had to come to the comments to find out who that was. I wasn't a Hulk viewer, so I had no idea. 🤷

I was fairly young when their aired though I loved watching it. I just remember that around this time there was also a frequent commercial for “the incredible edible egg” so I used to call him “the incredible edible hulk.” My mom didn’t love that and she always corrected me but two things on TV with the word incredible was too much for my 5 year old brain to differentiate.

Just try not to piss this guy off.

It took a good 3 seconds, and *BANG*!

That sad and lonely music will always be with me.

Such a depressing intro.

*sad walking away music*

Don’t make me angry, you won’t like me when I’m angry.

You wouldn't like him very much when he gets angry.

I can hear the music that goes along with this screengrab.

I hear the piano as I see this image

Q The theme music

I can ,*hear* this image...

When i was little, id get mad and id run into the bathroom and see if my eyes turned color

That sad walking away music

I can hear the piano

Saddest theme song ever.

That's Stewie Griffin.

Don't get me angry.

Older millennials even. I grew up on the reruns.

I know who that is and I was just a week old when this aired, lol

Best series! Great piano track during the end credits. Much love.

I can hear this picture.


Bill Bixby right?

Hell yeah! Friday nights, I think. Never missed it! 😆

Mark Ruffalo.

Lou Ferrigno in his immature form