80s Super Hero Program?

July 14, 2006 2:40 PM

Does anyone remember an older (80s) live action TV about a group of people with super powers? I have a terribly, terribly, terribly vague recollection of it. I seem to recall one guy could shrink and one could freeze things. I also seem to recall them all wearing the same jumpsuit. It may, honestly, have only been a TV special but I recall a short series that I may have made up on my own.
posted by starr226 to Media & Arts (18 answers total)

Best answer: Misfits of Science.
posted by solid-one-love at 2:41 PM on July 14, 2006

Info about the show here.
posted by solid-one-love at 2:43 PM on July 14, 2006

Response by poster: wow, thanks solid-one-love
posted by starr226 at 2:49 PM on July 14, 2006

Response by poster: do you happen to know where I could find it to watch again?
posted by starr226 at 2:52 PM on July 14, 2006

And Courteney Cox (of later Friends fame) was on it. She stayed in my memories for many years and her resurrection as a major modern star has always seemed surreal to me.
posted by bingo at 3:25 PM on July 14, 2006 [1 favorite]

I loved Misfits of Science. Johnny B rules.
posted by ontic at 3:30 PM on July 14, 2006

God I loved that show. I'm sure it doesn't hold up though.
posted by keswick at 4:49 PM on July 14, 2006

Oh man, what a great show. NBC would be a stronger network today if they'd renewed it, Manimal and that Airwolf in a truck show with Jocko. My sister and I were heartbroken when MoS disappeared with no explanation (of course, if we'd been a bit older, we would have gotten the implied, "No one else is watching" explanation).
posted by yerfatma at 5:15 PM on July 14, 2006

Wow, totally forgot about that show... there's a DVD too!
posted by eatdonuts at 6:02 PM on July 14, 2006

And Courteney Cox (of later Friends fame) was on it. She stayed in my memories for many years

Oh Hells Yeah.

When 'Friends' came out none of my buddies knew what I was talking about. "No, see, she played a Mutant of some kind. Honest! And she was cute, too!"
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 6:20 PM on July 14, 2006

One freaking minute. AskMefi needs seconds granularity on these posts.
posted by intermod at 8:13 PM on July 14, 2006

Hah! Manimal. What about Automan?
posted by dammitjim at 9:04 PM on July 14, 2006

oh man, automan? I totally forgot about that! That was the one with the 'cursor' sidekick, right? That costume is one step away from the guy who made his own Tron outfit.

//of course, I was in the 3rd grade...
posted by Wild_Eep at 9:52 PM on July 14, 2006

Misfits of Science intro on YouTube.
posted by milov at 4:42 AM on July 15, 2006

That made my day. I loved that show!
posted by FuzzyVerde at 9:14 AM on July 15, 2006

Ok, I've been meaning to ask this for awhile: What WAS that show with Jocko and the trucks?
posted by josher71 at 3:33 AM on July 16, 2006

josher71 - the awesome truck show was The Highwayman (or maybe The Highwaymen?)

WEIRDNESS... I was just discussing/searching for info on both of these shows mere DAYS ago. Once again, mefi reads my disturbed mind!
posted by sluggo at 8:27 AM on July 16, 2006

Holy crap, intro was not 80's AT ALL.
posted by eurasian at 8:07 AM on July 17, 2006