Back in time... continued

Last time I talked about the two most popular TV shows from my childhood, but there were several others that I really enjoyed at the time and still love today.

One of those has to my delight been recently released on DVD. I’m talking about the Misfits of Science, a show revolving around a group of people that could be labeled as superheroes. The team had 4 members: Dr. Billy Hayes (Dean Paul Martin) is the leader and the only one who has no special powers. He was a scientist at the Humanidyne Institute and worked together with Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln (Kevin Peter Hall), who gave himself the ability to shrink to doll size. They are joined by Johnny Bukowski, a.k.a. Johnny B (Mark Thomas Miller) a Rock n Roll musician who after an accident gained the abilities to shoot lighting from his hands and run extremely fast as long as he is “charged up”. The final member is Gloria Dinallo (Courteney Cox) a teenage girl with telekinetic abilities. Together they help people in need and study supernatural phenomena. The show has a decent mix of action and comedy and became quite popular in Germany. Sadly it never took off in the US and we were left with only 16 episodes.

Another short-lived show from the 80s was Street Hawk, which has sadly not yet been (and probably never will be) released on DVD. Street Hawk was about the police officer Jesse Mach secretly picked to test a new weapon against crime - a high-tech motorbike capable of speeds of over 300mph and equipped with a laser. Jesse was joined by Norman Tuttle, the technical genius behind the Street Hawk project, who stayed in touch with Jesse per computer and lend him remote assistance in his crime fighting. The show had a similar charm as Knight Rider. Although there are only 13 episodes the show still has a huge fan base.

"This is Jesse Mach, an ex-motorcycle cop, injured in the line of duty. Now a police troubleshooter, he's been recruited for a top secret government mission to ride Street Hawk. An all terrain attack motorcycle, designed as a fighter of urban crime, capable of incredible speeds up to 300 miles per hour and immense fire power. Only one man, federal agent Norman Tuttle knows Jesse Mach's true identity. The Man... The Machine... Street Hawk."