Manimal
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Oct 16, 2026
Michael BaileyHOST
Yeah.
Michael BaileyHOST
Uh, you know, it's just... [laughs] This, this has, this has Manimal, uh-
Andrew LeylandHOST
[laughs]
Michael BaileyHOST
... plotting, is what I'm saying.
Andrew LeylandHOST
If I'd known if Manimal had showed up, this may have been more interesting.
Michael BaileyHOST
[laughs]
Andrew LeylandHOST
I mean, I'm, I'm not being down on it.
Faith LehaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I mean, it's realistic.
Faith LehaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Every guy from Manimal down to Mr.
Faith LehaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I Love the English Patient has beast in him.
Faith LehaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I don't care how sensitive they act, they're all still just in it for the chase.
TylerHOST
She was naughty.
TylerHOST
Uh, [laughs] other notable credits, as determined by me, are as follows: uh, The Stalking of Laurie Show, Murphy Brown, Heat of the Night, Renegade, Blossom, 19 episodes of Eerie, Indiana, uh, Jake and the Fatman, A-Team, Knight Rider, Manimal, Love Boat, and Mel Brooks' History of the World Part 1.
KyleHOST
Yep.
JoshHOST
Great.
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TylerHOST
Uh, born in Pittsburgh, Kanda- Kansas.
TylerHOST
Uh, actor and stuntman.
TylerHOST
You may remember him from such films as Cell Block Sisters, Banished Behind Bars, Knots Landing, Dynasty, Airwolf, A-Team, Manimal again, uh, Knight Rider, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, TJ Hooker, Little House on the Prairie, Simon & Simon, CHiPS, Incredible Hulk, and one more episode of Dukes in Season 5, Vance's Lady.
JoshHOST
If you guys don't think Little House on the Prairie needed stuntmen, I got news for you.
EugeneHOST
Yeah.
EugeneHOST
Far more likely to go with Manimal.
KennethGUEST
Oh, no. Manimal is horrible.
EugeneHOST
It is.
EugeneHOST
It
EugeneHOST
Yeah.
EugeneHOST
Far more likely to go with Manimal.
EugeneHOST
[laughs]
KennethHOST
Oh, no.
EugeneHOST
[laughs]
KennethHOST
Manimal is horrible.
EugeneHOST
It is.
EugeneHOST
It-
James AdamsonHOST
And it basically meant that it looked like the skin was moving over their face while they were transforming.
James AdamsonHOST
Within a year or two, they were doing something similar in Manimal on the telly.
James AdamsonHOST
And we've talked about Manimal.
James AdamsonHOST
There's a reel on our YouTube channel of what we think about Manimal.
James AdamsonHOST
But it's definitely, you know, and I watch it now and I go, oh, that hasn't, it hasn't aged well, I would say.
James AdamsonHOST
But I can understand why people would have been blown away by it at the time.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The world beyond.
JamesHOST
And in case you don't know, if you're under the age of 45, Manimal aged on Fridays at 9pm on NBC from September to December 1983.
JamesHOST
That's one year, people.
RossHOST
Yeah, it's amazing how few episodes are of that and it just like burnt into my brain.
JamesHOST
Magnifique.
JamesHOST
In 1988, it was rebroadcast in a format where viewers phoned in on a pay-per-minute number to choose the series that they wanted aired.
JamesHOST
By a landslide, voters chose Manimal and the station reported record-breaking vocals.
JamesHOST
Ding! France have nothing better to do in 1988.
Gilbert GottfriedHOST
yeah
Frank SantopadreHOST
he did but but also quincy and battlestar galactica and knight rider and magnum and one of gilbert and uh mine favorites is uh manimal with simon mccorkindale
Greg EviganGUEST
yeah well i got caught up in the manimal you know he had a well glenn moved from uh universal over to uh 20th century and uh i think it was 20th century yeah uh and um So we had the Manimal deal, Auto Man.
Greg EviganGUEST
Auto Man with Desi
Frank SantopadreHOST
Arnaz Jr.
Greg EviganGUEST
Oh, yeah,
Gilbert GottfriedHOST
Masquerade, sure.
Gilbert GottfriedHOST
Now, before you go on, Greg, explain to our audience the premise of Manimal.
GuionGUEST
Tansy?
RichHOST
Whereas I got when John said Tanimal, I immediately went to that 1980s, uh, TV show called Manimal.
JohnHOST
[laughs]
RichHOST
Where the guy used to be able to-