1982 10:30 on NBC: THE GARY COLEMAN SHOW

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

In 1982, the world belonged to Gary Coleman, which is why he had his own cartoon every saturday morning at 10:30 on NBC. The fine folks at Hanna-Barbera made 13 episodes of this show, which featured Gary Coleman as the voice of apprentice angel Andy LeBeau, who was sent back to Earth to earn his wings by helping others. The half-hour series was based on Coleman's 1982 made-for-TV movie The Kid with the Broken Halo. Each episode, Andy helped some kid in need and fix his problem. The villain trying to stop Andy for some reason (I forget why) was Hornswoggle, who tried to make Andy's mission more difficult, usually by getting him to make the wrong choice or by otherwise complicating the mission. It was up to Andy to correct whatever mistakes he made and foil Hornswoggle's plans.

Comments

[demonicgerbil.livejournal.com]

...sometimes I forget just how inexplicable television can be.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

NEVER FORGET!

[demonicgerbil.livejournal.com]

You'd think the Mork Fonzie Laverne hour would have prepared me, but MY BODY WAS NOT READY

[kimerastorm.livejournal.com]

Hornswaggle was a devil/demon. It was his job to stop good things.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I thought h had some sort of personal connection to either Andy or the kids for some reason? Like they were his Special Mission or something?

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I fully remember that this existed, but I don't think I ever could bring myself to watch it.

Poor Gary; such a mess.

-TG

[mspette.livejournal.com]

I know this is bad, but I'd never heard of Gary Coleman until I saw Avenue Q!

The plot reminds me a bit of the long lost Disney Club series Teen Angel or Teen Angel Returns (Jason Priestley, ahhhh!).