Mr. Terrific (TV series)

Whenever he took pills is produced by CBS American television series from the year 1967.

Content

Scientists invent in research for an anti coryza pill by accident a miracle pill that gives extraordinary powers. To the chagrin of the inventor of the pill works only in some animals, in humans it is ineffective - with one exception: the weak and timid station attendant Stanley Beamish. After taking the Super pill he develops self-awareness, super powers and can even fly - but not without limitation. The super pill does, in fact a large one -hour version and a smaller 10 -minute version. Per day may take a maximum of Stanley one large and two small super pills to him, otherwise he must expect extreme health consequences ( it might explode ). Stanley is so occasionally recruited by the secret service thanks to its super pills compatibility and must now solve all sorts of tricky problems for the men and Trent Reed. His partner Hal, with whom he runs a gas station, does not know. However, Stanley solves all cases despite its awkwardness - or better: Thanks to his clumsiness.

Leader

Each episode series was launched with the same poem. It was spoken in the English original about the title header; with the German version of the series the following poem was talking about an animated opening credits:

" A chemist to bend nature simply wanted to beat the cold. He whirled, stirred and mixed and found a pill, but a darn: Because a sheep, which she swallowed accidentally, Shortly afterwards, turned out as a lion. The gravity it snapped his fingers and started to soar. No steel frame gave his punching power was. That was the day when it was the super pill.

But people did not seem receptive, the pill made ​​them rather sickly. With many computers, powerful and wise, was looking for one that they adjourned. It took several days until they finally found him: Gas station attendant Stanley Beamish was the only one in the country.

Stanley, a delicate and weak Gnome the pill made ​​him the phantom. He could fly like an eagle defeat and every villain. For his finest hour came However, if he took pills! "

In the first few episodes but the last two lines denominated or otherwise:

" In short, Stanley Beamish, otherwise weak and lame, was Mr. Fabulous - Whenever he took pills ".

Trivia

  • The actor Alan Young played in a first unsent pilot episode Stanley Beamish / Mr. Terrific ( dt: Mr. Fabulous ). Since he was not convinced, another pilot episode was filmed in the Stephen Strimpell took the part.
  • Actor Dick Gautier, who played Stanley's friend Hal Walters, the German public was also still a robot Hymie from the 1965-70 television series rotated Mini -Max or The Amazing Adventures of Maxwell Smart ( orig.: Get Smart ) in memory.
  • From Mini -Max also the voice of Stanley Beamish is known that the same speaker, the title character Maxwell Smart took over.
  • In addition to the series, but there is the television film The Pill Caper, which consists of four episodes (episodes 1, 3, 5 and 9) was cut together. This film has not yet been aired on German television.
  • At the same time to Whenever he took pills launched the U.S. channel NBC competition series The Secret of the Blue Drop ( Captain Nice). She also deals with a rather average and frail U.S. citizens, the police chemist Carter Nash, developed with the help of blue drops superhuman powers.
  • In most episodes Jack Arnold directed.
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