The Harry and the Hendersons Sitcom | Forgotten Failures
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- Опубліковано 6 лис 2021
- Let's check out the 90's Harry and the Hendersons sitcom! Here's a playlist where you can watch full episodes of the segments I used in this video: • Harry And The Henderso...
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"Suburban Sasquatch" is obviously the best Bigfoot movie ever made.
Thanks to those hack frauds at red Letter media for exposing people to the masterpiece it is
As soon as I read the words "Suburban Sasquatch", that comical beast growl played in my head.
I love the detailed explanation of the themes of Suburban Sasquatch
I've been trying to get it.
@@RichterPhallos Me too! The greatest sound effect in cinema history! :)
The makeup/puppeteering for the face is phenomenal.
It’s Rick Baker, of course it would be.
Hall's acting is working just as hard to sell the character... his timidness and gentleness is so evident in his body language.
That's just Ron Perlman with hair glued on.
“Your Feet’s Too Big” has been rammed into my childhood subconscious since 1993 thanks to this TV show.
For me, it was because piano players (at least, the ones in my town) love bringing up that song because of the title.
"Lol, this song is called Your Feet's Too Big, isn't that just the silliest thing?"
It got really annoying sometimes.
I was going back and forth over whether I remembered watching this show or not, then the theme song started playing and removed all doubt. I probably saw every episode and forgot every single one
I lived in Qatar in 2011. There were not many english language channels to pick from. This sitcom was aired every weekday there for some reason. So I probably have watched the entire series.
Ron Perlman sure looked weird when he was younger
Now thats funny . But once he started shaving his career took off .
Sasquatch. Sasquatch never changes.
Can't unsee.
@@sandhanitizer15 He was smarter back then too
It looks just like ron perlman. He was no stranger to being the man behind the monster mask. I'm actually surprised it's not ron perlman.
I'd love a reverse-premise film, where a family of Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) take in a stray human.
I think that's the movie Smallfoot.
Yeah but then they’d have to throw in some stupid plot about the human getting swindled by other humans or turning the Bigfoot family into a group of hunters or poachers to then realize he is part of the family and save them in the end. I’d rather just not
I'd watch that.
In a way that was George Lucas’ backstory for Han Solo.
You better hope that Adam Sandler doesn't find this comment somehow.
I love it when you use clips from the original movies to react to and mock their bad sitcoms, sequels, and remakes. Cracks me up every time and it's my favorite part of these videos 😆
Same here, one of the best parts of his vids
I remember watching this show In the UK back in the 90s and loving it. The intro is pure nostalgia for me.
British TV in the 80s and 90s was weird, this and other American sitcoms were on at like 5 and 6pm on Saturday evening. The Perfect Strangers/Due South slot.
@@DenkyManner they used to show H&TH in the mornings before school on bbc2 for some reason as well
i associate it with being ill off school, i'm sure it was often on about noon on bbc2.
I loved Harry and the Hendersons as a kid. I remember saying "I love you too" at the end to Harry, and my parents NEVER let me live that down.
Rick Baker is an absolute legend, been a fan of his effects since Michael Jackson’s Thriller, An American Werewolf in London, Wolf, Gremlins 2: The New Batch and the MIB Trilogy. ❤️
Big fan of his work too! So glad he's super active on instagram, he came up with particularly cool effects this halloween.
Even his work on King Kong (a film that he is its worst critic) is marvelous.
Harry still looks believable 30 years later. Incredible costume.
@@ironhandz1 Yeah dude! 76' King Kong ftw!
@@ironhandz1 That film isn’t perfect (kinda wished it had dinosaurs like the original and 2005 remake) but honestly I really enjoyed it, I watched it months ago on HBO Max when I was bored and I’m glad that I watched it.
I’d say Rick’s best ape costume is the one in my all time favorite, the 1999 remake of Mighty Joe Young. The effects (both practical and CGI) still holds up today.
I’m surprised so many people hadn’t heard of this. It was constantly on TV in the UK during the 90s.
I didn’t even know there was a TV show. I saw the movie several times back in the late 80’s. Born in ‘84.
Same with Australia.
This tapped into a part of my brain that I completely forgot about
imagine if Harry and the Hendersons had a crossover with Fraiser
Niles would be allergic
Martin and Eddie would love him
Frasier would be annoyed
Daphne would be angry about having to clean up after him
Roz would be upset when Harry destroys the radio set
Bulldog would try to get Harry to play for the Seattle Seahawks
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Roz would probably be smitten with Harry.
I thought about it again, and imagined Frasier leaving Seattle to move in with the Hendersons, replacing Harry altogether.
NGL I would watch the heck out of it.
@@discoron77 Bob and Eddie become besties.
Insane coincidence, my 4 year old daughter loves monsters (she sleeps with a stuffed werewolf, her favorite monster) and recently she discovered Bigfoot( so when I ordered her a stuffed Bigfoot for her birthday I also got her Harry and The Henderson’s, anyways I was looking up the movie on IMDb and saw they had a page for the show and was in total amazement they a. Made a show and B. I never heard of it. I’ve been trying to find more information and then 🤯 here’s a video by one of my favorite content creators. So strange. Thanks for the video my daughter watched it with me and also enjoyed it!
That is an awesome daughter.
@@KairuHakubi Thank you.
Werewolves are the most cuddly of the classic monsters so long as you can find a good muzzle.
I'm happy for your little one ☺️
I don't know what it is about Germany but we really seemed to love stuff like this. Whenever it's some obscure show that did okay in the US, the best surviving footage seems to be from us XD I remember growing up that "Bigfoot and the Hendersons" (as it was called here because German titles always have to be on the nose) was on all the time on the weekend.
I didnt know it was based on a Movie,just knew the Series because it ran so often :D
I swear, it's always Germany.
Same for Russia. The show is probably even better remembered here than the movie.
Love how you cut to Harry laughing at the tv when you show all the bad bigfoot movies
The John Lithgow "reactions" are gold!
I’m still impressed that the same actor played both Harry and the Predator
In case you're wondering, he died after a receiving tainted blood after a transfusion and developing AIDS related pneumonia.
I remember the show going out at 7:00pm on a Friday in the UK. I had no idea it was virtually unknown in the US.
At least ALF could tell jokes. Harry just had goofy expressions. I still loved and watched this show.
I love this movie. The TV show was fine. I remember years later finding out the dad in the show would later become Senator Kelly in the X-MEN.
That's how I recognized him in X-Men!
boom 🤯
Hungarian guy here. I used to catch episodes of this show on a German channel in the mid-nineties and I loved Harry, his appearance, the intricate animatronic mask and the lifelike facial expressions they could achieve with it. I mostly remember livingroom episodes, I had no idea the world found out about Harry in the second season.
It deserves to be mentioned that the German version of the theme song is a pretty spot on translation and it works really well.
I love that you dig up shows like this! Thank you for your work, keep it up! 🙏👏👑
I watched this show when it originally aired....at least the first season anyway.
Same. Still seems unbelievable this show ever existed. And for THREE SEASONS.
@@izeitzer agreed. I don't think I watched passed season 1. The female Bigfoot is news to me 😂
Same. But I dipped in and out. It wasn't my bag at the time
I watched its as well, though I think it was sporadically. All I can really say is that it existed.
@@BainesMkII if anything, this is the first I'm hearing there as a movie. I didn't grow up with cable and was very much a tv kid. I would often watch a show just to say I watched it once. I remember
I remember watching this just because you got to see the Rick Baker costume in action.
The quality of the costume vs. the quality of everything else, the show felt to me like it could have existed within the movie's universe. Like Harry got a job playing himself on a sitcom.
It’s basically expected for every comedy film back then to get a cheap tv series adaptation only made to be a cash in on the film’s success.
Just back then?
Either a sitcom or a Saturday morning cartoon adaption.
That and every celebrity got there own Saturday morning cartoon.
@@JellyBabie1984 Really? I can only think of Mister T and Little Rosey that meet the criteria of a celebrity based cartoon spin-off rather than a spin-off based on an existing sitcom.
@@davebeat You kidding, there’s a ton, like Life with Louie(Louie Anderson), Bobby’s world(Howie Mandel), Bruno the kid, Wish Kid( Macaulay Culkin), Jackie Chan Adventures, and that alone isn’t even scratching the service.
I remember being so excited when this show came out because as a kid who loved Harry and the Hendersons the movie a TV version was very appealing to 6 year-old me. As always, great video Joe. My wife and I finally got a chance to watch The Changeling last night and we loved it. You were spot on when you said George C. Scott delivers an amazing performance. I always appreciate your movie recommendations. We love your channel. Keep up the excellent content.
~Steve
I watched this show as a kid and LOVED IT! I rewatched recently, and wanted to rip my eyes out! Lol
Never go back my friend......never go back!
I would say 99% of the shows I loved as a kid that I checked out again in adult life are HORRENDOUS!
We liked it cause our brains had not fully developed, we were kids.
@@andysalter7192 Best advice ever
I remember watching this show as a kid in the UK in the 90s. I might have been between 4 and 6 at the time when I first saw it. I haven't heard that version of Your Feet's Too Big in years! At the time I hadn't seen the movie and remember quite liking the show and having fond memories of it and I would like to see a release of it so I clould watch it again. However, as much as I liked it then, I can see after watching the movie a number of times how much better it overall was than the series.
I’m waiting for a “Forgotten Failures” on the movie “Ed” featuring Matt LeBlanc and an animatronic chimpanzee.
Yes, it was huge in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Lassie was a show, too that is in that countries far more popular than in the US.
The one and only, the late Kevin Peter Hall a.k.a The Jungle Hunter and the Helicopter pilot in '87 Predator. God bless you Mr. where are you now. ♥
I definitely remember watching this over here in England.
It's really telling how different an era for movies this came out in when you can say it was a moderate success debuting it number three.
I think it has a lot more to do with its budget ($10 million) than the era it was made in. You see movies with the same budget at the time opening at fifth and still being considered a success because the budget was so low
I'm one of the rare few who does remember watching this as a kid, though not with a lot of specificity about particular episodes. I remember it airing on Saturday mornings, around the same time as "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and "Shari Lewis and Lambchop," and I think I saw it before the film. As cheesy and dreadfully '90s as the show is is, Harry himself is one of the best special effects of all time in my book, and for that alone I'm glad they got more use out of the costume and animatronics rather than it rotting in storage. There were worse things to watch as a kid in the early '90s at least. I was glad to see this video and go down memory lane.
As an aside, so many video reviews rely on hyperbole and exaggerated disgust; I really appreciate the evenness of your reviews and that when you want to express frustration with something, you use clips of a better version of that media as a reaction. It's funny without being over-the-top. Keep on doing what you do, Joe!
I remember watching this show as a kid. Mainly because it would air on Saturday and Sunday afternoons where the only other things on were golf and infomercials. It would air with shows like Out of This World and My Secret Identity and occasionally reruns of things like Mr. Belvedere and Small Wonder. Honestly had no clue it was based on a movie until years after the show ended.
Yeah, I loved the weird shows like that. They were usually on the Fox stations, just when the network was starting out.
"It's actually hard to find someone who remembers watching this show."
Ahem...
I remember this airing on BBC2 over here in the very early '90s.
Same. And they had called it Bigfoot and the Hendersons here when the film came out I seem to remember
Same. I liked it!
Yeah, it was relatively popular as I recall.
I used to watch this show when I was a kid. I grew up on Rhein Mein Air Force Base and I can't remember if it aired on Armed Forces Network or if I saw it on one of the few British channels we had access to. This comment leads me to think it was the latter, but it could have been either or both. Either way, I got to see quite a few episodes, but don't remember any of them as well as the movie.
I remember watching the original movie after having seen the TV series, and finding it kind of weird and off-model.
As someone who watched the sitcom, I didn't know for the longest that it was a movie first. I saw the show on one Saturday and discovered it was actually the movie...with a whole new family. I was flabbergasted.
When I was ten my family went to Universal Studios Hollywood, wherein we saw a show relating to the making of Harry & The Hendersons tv show.
They pulled a few people from the audience to stand in stage and basically do an ADR for Harry's roar. I was one of the lucky few to be pulled.
I step up to the mic and do the best roar a ten year old can do, but they ask me to do it again. I do it again, they say one more time with all your power and blah blah blah.
As soon as I'm about to unleash my full might, Harry himself roars from right behind me. As a kid lame enough to actually live that show, it was an awesome experience.
Never saw the movie. Never saw the sitcom. Never lost my mind. Never lost my shoes.
I got the Joe Ramoni UA-cam channel blues...
I saw the sitcom as a kid before knowing the movie even existed. I loved the show
I watched this show in Spanish when I was a kid, it would be nice to see this series get a DVD release from Shout Factory.
I remember watching this show, and enjoying it because of how much I loved the movie. I was eight, and didn’t care how good it was, i was just happy to have more Harry.
I distinctly remember this sitcom. I liked the movie as a kid and watched the show.
Man, you keep remembering stuff from my childhood that no one else does.
Having grown up in Germany this show indeed ran up and down the TV channels. I think I've seen each episode several times. Germans also REALLY loved ALF, so maybe there's your connection =)
My second favorite Sasquatch related movie would be "To catch a Yeti."
That film is so laughably bad now it's worth rewatching. The puppetry with green screen when jumping on the bed was a highlight
The only episode I remember as a kid is where the family travels to lochness to visit his brother. And turns out he is Nessy's keeper, so taking care of a cryptid is like a family trait.
!!! I remember it! For some reason as a kid my family was very into the movie and my Dad had us watch the sitcom! Very excited to see you cover this!!!
I remember watching this series as a kid in the UK. I was 4 in 91 so not sure when we got it. I had no idea there was a movie until I saw it in 30 Rock years later
Harry and the Hendersons was a part of my childhood in the late 80's, but I do not remember this sitcom must have blocked it out of my mind.
I loved this show when I was a kid! Use to come on sundays and Saturdays. I totally forgot about this, thanks for bringing light to it.
I was born in '86 and definitely actually watched this show!
I totally remember this show. Especially the theme song. It evens feels weird watching the film without hearing the TV show theme.
I vaguely recall hearing about a TV show based on the film. Thank you for talking about this Joe, keep up the great work!
I vaguely remember watching this show, but the reason I’m commenting on this is WHY I ended up watching the show. When I was 10 my family and I took a trip to Universal Hollywood. While on the tram tour we rode past the set for this TV show and the actor playing Harry came out and got on the tram car with us. I’ll never forget getting to see that amazing costume in person.
Anyone who makes a video on Harry and the Hendersons SITCOM deserves my immediate subscription before even watching said Harry and the Hendersons sitcom video.
They made the right call getting Ron Pearlman to do the role, the amount of money they saved on make-up alone was astonishing.
I was terrrified of the movie when I was a kid, I must've been a bit too young at the time (4 years old when it was released), but I absolutely loved the sitcom in the 90s and then ultimately the movie. I even had a Harry talking toy.
My pappa had this movie if I’m not mistaken. He’d watch it just laughing away. Awesome pure soul that man had
I remember watching it, but I had no idea it lasted for 3 seasons. This is honestly some of your best editing.
Could you do a Forgotten Failure on Honey I Shrunk The Kids The Series. Especially since it's main lead Pater Scolari, has passed away recently.
Ah yes,
That was one of the first things that made realize corporate greed can easily ruin a show/movie.
Couldn’t they have just done a few straight to vhs movies and spared us from the knockoff cast?
I remember watching the show as a kid, all it needed to have my attention was Harry and with that it most certainly delivered. I guess you could say it was a failure as an adaptation of the movie, but considering it lasted 72 episodes without getting cancelled (apparently it has an acutal series finale and a 2 parter no less), I'd say it was a success in its own right.
It even got a proper series finale and all!
Yeah, it died mainly because syndication sitcom market just dried up. Wb/upn was starting, fox was 7 nights a week, star trek/Hercules hour long imitations had took all the time slots.
It is surprising USA network didn't end up with the reprats
@@petewillson205 USA Network had its own sitcoms along with reruns of short- and long-lived network shows and game shows. They didn't seem to have room for it. Local stations decided they could make more money with trash talk shows and infomercials.
I was a huge fan of the movie, too... in 1991. And then the sitcom came out, and it was like someone read my tiny mind and made more Harry and the Hendersons. I watched as many episodes of it as I could. The opening music and harry in the cross-hairs makes me SO nostalgic!
Ok..You Ready?!! A Alf and Harry Sitcom!!!! Would be Amazing! Imagine Alf Bossing Harry around and Making wisecracks!!
Ideas for a Forgotten Failures: The Super Mario Bros. Movie from 1993, The Sandlot 2, and Problem Child.
Now heads up, I know that some people like Problem Child but to me it was stupid but not in a fun way, unlike the 1993 Mario movie it was stupid but at least was a fun kind of stupid.
And the ideas I bring up are not requests they are interesting ideas for a forgotten failure video.
For Super Mario Bros, I don't think everyone forgot that was a failure. The behind the scenes story was wild. Lol!
I love the Super Mario Movie. It might be a bad adaptation, but it's a fun post-apocalyptic style kids movie. I used to really want to travel to that dimension as a kid lol
@@CinnamonGrrlErin1 NGL, I wish I could have those boots in the movie. And for some reason I always thought the SMB movie was somehow in the same universe or a sequel to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
I'm from the UK and I remember this on TV! It was alright. The best thing I could think to say about it.
This was shown on the BBC in the UK on prime time.
Funnily enough, although the movie was renamed Bigfoot and the Hendersons for the UK release, the sitcom kept the name Harry and the Hendersons.
I loved this show as a kid! Thanks for the video.
Harry and the Hendersons was a childhood classic I grew up on, even though the first act scared me a bit as a small child. I only vaguely remember the TV show that followed, as I didn't know what it was like. Just the fact it existed.
I remember visiting Universal Studios in LA back in '99 and one of the attractions was the behind the scenes of Harry and the Henderson . At one point they would invite a member of the audience up the stage to record a roar. As they were were distracted, a cast member dressed in Harry's suit would sneak up behind them and let out a roar at the same time they were trying to roar.
This was on on a Friday night BBC2 in the 90's. I remember watching it with my tea (dinner in the UK) before rushing out for drama club... good times!
I remember seeing this on TV in 1992.it does seem to be completely forgotten indeed.your recent video here about the forgotten sitcom version led me to your channel
Been hoping for this one. All time classic for my childhood.
Your reviews are great. Thanks for doing what you do.
Man. The behind the scenes look at how they puppetry they used is super impressive
I must be crazy because as a kid I actually knew about this show well before I realized it was based on a movie. I had no idea it was considered obscure now
Great video! I'm from Spain and I remember watching this show quite often for a while. In "La Dos" from our second national TV channel We used to get some TV content in the afternoon for kids, like cartoons. After the cartoons they slowly increase the "adult" content, first with this kind of sitecoms and later more adult oriented sitcoms like "Married... with children". So like you imagine this was one of the first ones to be in that transition. I was a huge fan of Alf (here didn't airing Alf till the 90's!) so this was perfect for me. I never knew it was base in a movie. When I discoverd it was a movie I actually thought it was the movie from TV show and no the way it actually was. I had a soft spot for this TV show. I hope my english was understandable enough.
Thank you for your videos, they always insteresting to watch.
The sitcom as well as the movie were amongst my favorites as a child in Turkey during the 90s. This guy was famous across the globe before UA-cam existed.
In Australia in the mid-late 80’s (possibly 1987-88) H&TH tv show was on prime time tv and quite popular with myself and all the kids at school.
You wanna know something? "Harry and the Hendersons" with Bruce Davison and Molly Cheek was the hit syndicated sitcom was an modest success. Based upon the 1988 Oscar winning film. Produced in association with Amblin Television and MCA-TV Exclusive
Distributor. It lasted only for three successful seasons from 1991 to 1993 with a total of 73 episodes. It was great fun. Not bad at all.
I don't know if the series was popular in my country, but i remember that it was an staple on one of the local tv channels.
It was aired back in the day when i was a kid every saturday at 5 pm iirc.
It ran for years here.
I'm from the UK and it was really popular here. Most of my freinds and I watched the TV series before seeing (or even knowing about) the movie too.
Another great video from you! ^^
I remember this show! Used to air on Saturday Afternoons on Fox 5 in NYC.
Glad to see you posted clips from episode that had WWF/E wrestler hacksaw Jim Duggan as a guest star as that one I remembered the most
watched every episode of this show as a kid. Great stuff!
i LOVED this movie. Harry was so well puppeted and designed. He's freaking adorable
omg, i dont remember the show but i remember the theme song so clearly!!! weird disconnect ion my memory i guess
Weirdly enough, I saw the sitcom first before I saw the film (it was on USA NETWORK in the mornings, if I remember right ). I only saw maybe three episodes (I remember the baseball game the most where Harry trying to help the son's team went but keeps nearly getting caught). I discovered the movie later in the early 90s, as the Disney Channel aired it A TON in the summers). Throughout his near-4 decades makeup career, Rick Baker still calls HARRY his favorite creation, although there was a controversy in giving Baker an Oscar nod (despite him winning the very first Best Makeup Oscar, the voter committee tried to ban HARRY from being nominated as they didn't consider it "MAKEUP" because of the radio control mechanics involved in the head appliance).
Yeah I remember Hacksaw Jim Dugan was a guest star
judging from the comments I’m not the only one who remembers watching it in the UK, I think it was relatively popular too. despite it ending in ‘93 I’m sure it was repeated into the late 90s maybe even early 00s
I remember being so excited for this show as a kid, waiting weeks and weeks for it to come out. Remember watching it on a Saturday late morning and the disappointment... I still feel it.
I'm from Australia and I can definitely remember watching this show on local television after school back in the early-mid 1990's.
I love the care you put into these videos. May I suggest Stay Tuned (1992) for Forgotten Failures?
I’m 33, my family use to watch this show when it was originally on. Never forgotten it.
Holy crap. I thought my memory of this show was a fever dream
I not only remember the tv show but I remember it fondly. Playing for years on Weekend mornings in Los Angeles. Not only that but Universal Studios had a attraction that featured the tv show and behind the scenes of what goes on in the special effects. I guess it was just bigger here in Southern California. I didn’t have cable growing up so we were limited to the few channels that were over the air.
Forgot all about the universal studio tie in with Harry and The Henderson’s until now
I remember the show's *existence* and vaguely recall the commercials for it, but I do not recall ever having actually watched it. Fun video, thanks Hats Off!
this was never a failure to me. best family movie about a sasquatch
If I remember correctly, Michael Winslow makes an appearance as a pet psychic.
My favorite part of the TV series is the Planes, Trains and Automobiles clip lol! 🤪
I remember this show. I used to watch it all the time.
I remember watching this after school, I have fond memories of it but I will never go back and ruin those memories like I have with SO MANY old shows I loved as a kid.