THE BUMRUSH

As a child of the 1980's, I have fond memories of the TV movie "The Incredible Hulk Returns", which was played on a non-stop loop back in the day. In the movie, Thor makes an appearance as comic relief to the Hulk. Ridiculous? Absolutely. Still, I ate it up at the time as a 10 year old.

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There has never been a better intro to a TV show than this. Ok, maybe the A-Team was a little better.

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One of the great things about living in the 21st century is our ability to catalog media and organize it in such as way that it easily accessible by anyone who is interested in learning more about a specific subject, such as the great Bill Bixby.

For example, the Bill Bixby A&E Biography called Chasing Perfection is currently available online. It was created in 2001 and chronicles Bixby's life both in his professional success and personal demons. Here is part 1 of the biography.

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Watch Bill Bixby get his man on while a little Garbage plays in the background.

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A bumrush goodbye to our favorite lunch pail actor in the movie making business today, David Carradine, who died on June 3rd while filming a movie in Thailand. While the final cause of death has not been officially released, it's likey that he died the way every warm blooded movie star should go: hanging naked in a closet with a rope tied around his neck and penis after a failed attempt at auto-erotic asphyxiation.

That's only one of the reasons why we love David Carradine. Despite the Bruce Lee-was-created-the-idea-for-Kung-Fu-controversy, Carradine took the original Kung Fu television series, owned it, and parlayed that into a career full of movies and television appearances that almost no one can remember other than the Kill Bill movies. The man made movies the way I eat: fast, dirty, and immediately onto something else.

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Bill Bixby acting silly and screwing up scenes. The Youtube title says it is from The Incredible Hulk, but it looks like the outakes are from various Bixby productions. It's still all Bixby and all good.

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I bought some sweet aviator sunglasses the other day. When I tried them on for my wife, she said I looked like Erik Estrada.

Yikes.

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As a follow-up to the last Bixby clip, here is another video about David Banner turning into the Hulk for a ridiculous reason...

I DON'T HAVE 25 CENTS!

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I was pretty excited when I spotted this headline: Dwarf checked in as luggage at Stockholm airport

But my jubilation turned to disappointment when I saw that the act turned out to be a prank for a local television show. I so wanted to believe that there was some extremely cheap dwarf out there who wanted to save a few bucks on his vacation to the Greek Islands and thought he came up with a brilliant scheme.

However, my disappointment turned back into excitement when I found out that the television show that pulled this prank is called “Balls of Steel.” Really. Upon further investigation, there is actually a spin-off of Balls of Steal called “Massive Balls of Steel.”

People may complain about the dumbing down of US television, but last I checked, we don’t have a show called Massive Balls of Steel. We do, however, have it’s cousin: The Steve Wilkos Show.

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There are a number of good reasons why David Banner would turn into the Hulk – I remember a lot of the time it would be because he was shot or being beat up or something. But, not always. As the person who posted this video put it:

Usually when Dr David Banner changes into the Hulk, it is because of danger of death, extreme pain or fear. However, there have been some occasions when the transformation is triggered by something mundane we can all identify with, something I personally love...

...something like a traffic jam.

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...as well as your DVD player, TV and the Vice Presidential Office.

Well, it’s about damn time. Chuck Norris and game publisher Gameloft have announced plans for a Chuck Norris mobile video game called Chuck Norris' Bring On the Pain. From the press release:

Play as either Ranger Chuck or Commando Chuck as he battles the combined forces of Fidel Castro and Kim Jong-il to defeat Communism here and abroad, with all of the subtlety of a Chuck Norris powerhouse takedown. But the enemy isn't the only one feeling the wrath of Chuck, as totally destructible environments allow Chuck to punch down houses with his fists or raze whole forests with his gun.

His gun? Chuck Norris doesn’t need a gun to rip down forests, my friends.

And while we all patiently wait for “Bring on the Pain,” we can ease the pain of our pathetic lives with a little Walker, Texas Ranger marathon. That’s right, Walker, Texas Ranger: Season Five is now out on DVD for your viewing pleasure. The only thing better than watching Norris hand out some old fashioned Texas justice to criminals is watching him hand out some old fashion American justice to commies...

Speaking of that, make sure you catch the Missing in Action marathon on AMC this week: (Thanks to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette for the descriptions):

• Missing in Action '84. Chuck Norris. A U.S. colonel escapes from the Viet Cong, then comes back with a floating arsenal to get others out. (R)
• Missing in Action 2: The Beginning '85. Chuck Norris. An American colonel held prisoner by sadistic Vietnamese makes a bid for freedom for himself and his fellow POWs. (R)
• Braddock: Missing in Action III '88. Chuck Norris. A U.S. colonel returns to Vietnam and fights his way out with his wife, son and Amerasian orphans. (R)

The season 5 release of WTR actually reminded me of that old Conan skit: The Walker Texas Ranger Lever.

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Oh boy, is this clip a find or what. Watch the Incredible Hulk fight a grizzly bear, and make sure to pay close attention at the end to see if you can spot the clever special effect they used.



Technically, Bill Bixby is no where to be found in this clip, but I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to link to this incredible video.

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Before his pop culture defining role as the Hulk, Bill Bixby starred in a short running series in the early 70's called The Magician. Bixby was an amateur magician himself, so he really must have enjoyed himself on this show. Here is Bixby's opening to the show.

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A few hundred (million) notches below the famous Bruce Lee/Chuck Norris duel is this David Carradine vs Rick Springfield battle royal from an episode of Human Target in 1992. I never thought we'd find someone who fights slower than David Carradine, but Rick Springfield is showing us something.

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One of the greatest achievements of the Youtube era is the fact that we can now watch full episodes of the Incredible Hulk from the comfort of our own bean bag chairs while digging our meaty paws into another bag of orangey-delicious Cheetos. God bless this world.

In this episode:

"...a mysterious gas cannister on a US army base causes some people, including Banner to go blind and rouge generals try to get it back to cover it up....Then Hulk mayhem ensues!!!"

Part 1:



Part 2:

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Some of David Banner’s best hulk outs from season 3 of the Incredible Hulk. They really give you an idea how often producers went dipped into the well of “extreme close-ups” for the hulking out scenes. And you’ve got to feel bad for Banner, he must go through about 200 pairs of boots a year. That can’t good on the old clothing budget.

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This should bring back memories: The old introduction to the Incredible Hulk TV show.



Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

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This clip showcases everything that was right with television in the 80's. The synopsis from YouTube:

After a jealous roadie drops some "Orange Sunshine" into his juice, both David Banner and The Hulk have their minds expanded in a not so groovy way.

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Bringing you your daily fix of Knight Rider action, in between your viewings of season 1 on DVD.

Yes, it's the ultimate battle of indestructible supercars! Except that one of them is destructible, I guess. The window laser block pulled off by Hassellhoff about halfway through the video is pure gold. I'm going to go straight home and try that.



Thanks to The Knight Rider Spot, where I found the link to this video.

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