Welcome back to My 70s TV Childhood, the classic British TV podcast about growing up in 1970s Britain and the part television played in our lives. So many of you asked about it after our Wonder Woman episode that this week we're looking back at The Incredible Hulk, the programme that gave British children in the late 1970s a rather alarming lesson in anger management. From Bill Bixby's gentle, haunted David Banner to Lou Ferrigno's unforgettable Hulk, it's a show that shaped a generation, one ripped shirt at a time.
The My 70s TV Childhood Theme Tune Game
We're working on a playable version of our famous theme tune round, the My 70s TV Childhood Theme Tune Game, and we're now close to beginning manufacturing. Before we take that step, it would really help to know whether it's something you might buy. There's absolutely no commitment, but it will help us judge production numbers. If a nostalgic family game for people who grew up with 1970s British television sounds like your sort of thing, or like the perfect gift for the dad who has everything, register your interest at www.my70stvchildhood.com. Any profits will go straight back into the costs of making the podcast. More details, including the launch schedule, will follow soon.
We're also planning a special opportunity for listeners to be involved in an event marking the launch, so watch, or perhaps listen, to this space.
What to Expect
- Your messages: a request for help from listener Chris, whose mother appeared on Opportunity Knocks! on Monday 30 August 1971. That show is officially listed as lost, and with her special birthday approaching, we'd love to track down a recording. Plus your memories of Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman, and the 1974 TV film with Cathy Lee Crosby that passed me by.
- From comic to television: how producer Kenneth Johnson took Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's 1962 character and turned him into a serious drama, and why Bruce Banner became David Banner.
- Banner, McGee and the Hulk: Bill Bixby's warmth and dignity, Jack Colvin's relentless reporter, and Lou Ferrigno's frightening but never truly evil Hulk.
- The green, the shirts and the trousers: practical effects, playground debates and the miraculous trousers that survived every transformation.
- The Lonely Man Theme: Joe Harnell's music and why the final walk down the road still matters.
- Their America, our A1: why a drifter hitchhiking across America felt like pure adventure to British children.
Did you try your own transformation in the playground, or read the Marvel comics? Share your memories by leaving a comment on the blog, on any of our social media pages, or by emailing oliver@my70stvchildhood.com.
Take care,
Oliver
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