Compiled by John Freeman with copious additional material
courtesy of Paul Wood "You'll
believe a baby can fly!" A light-hearted romantic comedy in which an
alien superhero often takes everything rather literally...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No, it's health-food shop-owner George Sunday (Ardal O' Hanlon), alias the world's
most famous superhero, Thermoman. Trouble is, Thermoman is not too familiar
with Earth customs, so he is often embarrassingly honest and tends to take everything
too literally.
New series, new baby… My Hero returns
with a ThermoTot!
Superhero with a difference, ThermoMan, alias mild-mannered health food shop
owner, George Sunday, returns for a brand new series of the romantic comedy,
My Hero (starts Friday 7 June, BBC ONE). But this time he's got competition
in the superhero stakes - from his own baby son.
Life is getting more and more stressful for George and Janet Sunday. Keeping
George's alter ego secret from the outside world (and Janet's parents) is hard
enough but with a new baby in the house who, to put it mildly, takes after
George rather more than Janet, it's becoming impossible.
Baby Ollie has all the characteristics of a pint sized superhero
- he can talk like an adult, fly like a turbo-charged bird
and has ambitions to study at
Cambridge University - and he's not yet two weeks old. To make
matters worse, George is teaching him to sniff out tidal waves
and forest fires… It's
impressive stuff but at the same time highly embarrassing for
Janet. Like all new mums, she wants to show off her baby but
how does she explain his rather
special characteristics - especially to her parents and friends?
Says Ardal O'Hanlon (George Sunday): "There are some great
special effects and comedy moments which focus on the strain
of keeping a secret and trying
to behave normally in front of other people - like Janet's
parents - when in reality the situation is anything but. The
introduction of the baby adds a
whole new dimension to the series because not only do you have
the tensions of keeping George's alter ego secret, you have
the additional issue of a baby
- and an out-of-control one at that!"
Meanwhile, still in residence at the Health Centre are smarmy GP, Dr Piers
Crispin, who has designs on a tv career because curing the sick isn't his thing,
and bellicose receptionist Mrs Raven, who hates the patients and doesn't have
much time for her boss either.
Says Hugh Dennis (Dr Piers Crispin): "Dr Piers is an self-obsessed,
incredibly vain egomaniac with no interest in anything except
himself - he's a brilliant
part to play!"
My Hero is created by Paul Mendelson and co-written with
Paul Mayhew-Archer.
Ardal O'Hanlon and Emily Joyce star as George and Janet Sunday; Hugh Dennis
as Dr Piers Crispin; Geraldine McNulty as Mrs Raven and Janet's long suffering
parents are played by Tim Wylton and Lill Roughley. Twin babies played Ollie in this season, voiced by Finlay Stroud: Laura and Lucy Dethier-Chapman.
Season Three Shot December 2001 through January 2001. This season comprises 10 epsiodes and
develops the problems with a superhero baby! Screening info is for BBC1.
Baby Talk
First
UK tx: 7 June 2002
Written by: Paul Mendelson & Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud
Ratings: 5.8 million (26.2% audience share)
Guest Stars: Patrick Driver (Mr Cracknell), Peter Cadden, Nicky Callanan and Adam Woodroffe
Most parents can't wait to show off
their newborn, but this one flies, talks and does the hoovering! How
on earth do George and Janet explain that away?
Life is becoming increasingly stressful for George and Janet Sunday. Keeping George's alter ego secret from Janet's
parents is difficult enough but with a new baby in the house who, to put it mildly, takes after George rather more
than Janet, it is becoming impossible.
The baby has all the characteristics of a pint-sized superhero -- he can talk like an adult and fly like a turbo-charged
bird.To make matters worse, George is already teaching him to sniff out tidal waves and forest fires. With Janet's
parents due any minute to see their new grandchild for the first time, these are far from desirable qualities.
Meanwhile, over at the Health Centre, Dr Pier's TV career starts to look up when, out of desperation, he appoints
Mrs Raven as his agent. But she proves rather too good at her new job, reporting: "I've got you the National
Lottery at eight and Clive Anderson is humiliating you at 10." What with this and a guest appearance on Carol
Smillie's new show, Waiting Rooms, Dr Piers is in serious need of resuscitation. • Read a review of this episode on The Guardian web
site (registration required): Go
Blink and You'll Miss it: • Janet's hair has noticeably
grown (overnight) from Wedding when
she gives birth to Olly, (who is only one day old "he wasn't born
yesterday : Yes he was, that's the trouble") on what
is supposed to be the next day.
• Ella asks why George and Janet have been keeping her
Grandson from her and Stanley says they've missed Janet as they
haven't seen her since the birth
: but Olly was born yesterday.
•How have George and Janet got enlarged photos of Olly
just one day after he was born, which would be a Sunday as they
were married and Olly was born on
a Saturday?
•When Olly goes missing just before the tea-party on Saturday,
ThermoMan calls for Pontius on the first search, but Benjamin
on the second. And how did
George and Janet manage to stall her parents from seeing Olly
for a whole week?
Disasters:
Romantic references:
• Earthquake in Tibet
• Man hurls himself off cliff (unspecified)
Memorable Quotes
Arnie's various jibes to Mrs. Raven
- How ya been, my ugly little bat out of hell?
- Go catch rabies.
- Phantom of the Opera.
Mrs. Raven to Arnie (who she adores)
- Pig swill.
- Crawl back to your trough.
- I'd rather live with a dead skunk.
Zero Tolerance
First
UK tx: 14 June 2002 Written by: Paul Mendelson & Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud Ratings: 5.9 million (27.7% audience share)
Guest Stars: Paul Child (Craig), Simon Wright (Male Customer), Heff Mirza (Pilot), Jonathan Jones (Co-Pilot), Mark Heal (Store Detective), Jonathon Finlay, Jack Stevenson, Nadia Townsend, Eileen Davies, Jonathan Wills and Pat Kelman (Ultron Postman)
Life at the health centre takes an unexpected turn when a desperate man turns up waving a gun and demanding
access to the drugs cabinet.
"You handle this, Mrs Raven!," screeches Dr Piers. But Mrs R, who is more than
capable of dealing with a gun-toting
addict just by glaring at him, isn’t given the chance. Enter George Sunday, who disarms the gunman and saves the
day -- and doesn’t even have to call on his alter ego,ThermoMan, to do so.
Being a local -- rather than super -- hero is an unusual experience for George. He is fêted in the Northolt Courier
and invited to join the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme by none other than his father-in-law, Stanley. However, will
George’s new-found popularity with his in-laws last? Or will his zealous adherence to telling the truth at all times --
even when Stanley is caught speeding put him back in the dog house again?
Meanwhile, superbaby decides
he wants to read Physics at Cambridge ... Quantum Physics!
Blink and You'll Miss it: • It took Mrs. Raven 55 seconds
to make Olly cry, not 31 as George says. (OK - now we are
being picky)
• Janet asks George why he can't transform in her office,
but she knows from Pregnant that he has to transform in the bathroom
/ toilet.
•George says Olly can do Physics at Ultron University
with potty training as a subsidiary, but at the very end of Baby
Talk, he declares Olly potty trained.
•The lady who brings the goods back to the shop says they were £24.99,
but Arnie only wrapped one note onto his wad.
Disasters:
Romantic references:
• Forest fire in Venezuela
• Janet and George discuss
little white lies about performance in bed.
Memory Wipes: Piers and Mrs raven when George disarms the druggie
Memorable Quotes
Piers: I stopped a little vandal this week spraying “poser” on
my brand new customised Porsche.
George: Oh yes, I saw that. And on the
other side he'd written "Useless
toss-"
Piers: Yes, thank you George! So I hauled him down to the
police station. A small struggle, but I managed to get the better of
him. And did they charge him? No, they did not!
Honestly, these 5-year-olds
can get away with murder!
Pet
Rescue
First
UK tx: 21 June 2002
Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Ratings: 6 million (30% audience share)
Guest Stars: Pat Kelman (Ultron Postman, late because of privatisation), Fi Lovett, June Bailey and Donna Berlin. Anyone know where Malcolm the Dog and friends came from?
Why do we British love our pets so
much? George can't understand it, until his mother-in-law's dog Biggles
(who prefers to be called Malcolm) explains it all
to him. But talking to animals gets him into big trouble...
Ella and Stanley have the decorators in, so Janet has volunteered to look after their
dog, Biggles -- much to
George’s disgust. According to him, all dogs are "a breeding ground for fleas".
And Mrs Raven doesn't help when she
pronounces darkly: "Other people’s pets always die on you..."
However, George is determined to overcome his aversion and bond with Biggles.
When he sees an ad in
Superhero Monthly for a super power which will
allow him to talk to animals, it's too good an opportunity to miss. In
no time at all, he's discovered that Biggles's real name is actually Malcolm.
In fact, the dog hates the name Biggles
and he's not too keen on Ella and Stanley, either.
"What's wrong with them?", asks George in his new Dr Dolittle mode.
"How long have you got?", sighs Biggles. He confides that he was taken away from his
mother when he was just a
pup and Ella forces him to wear a tartan coat.
But George is'’t a superhero for nothing. Enter ThermoMan on a mission to reunite Biggles with his long-lost mum
and rescue him from a one-way trip to the vet.
Meanwhile, at the Health Centre, Dr Piers finally snaps and sacks Mrs Raven for driving away his patients. However,
when she starts haunting the surgery and bad-mouthing the practice to anyone who'll listen, surely it’s only a
matter of time before he's begging her to come back again?
Blink and You'll Miss it: • George says he's not human,
but in the first ever epiosode he tells Janet he is the
same species
as her.
•Malcolm (Biggles) understands what Janet is saying and replies to George,
but it is George who is using the "inter-species interpreter".
•Mrs. Raven says the doctor took one look at her yesterday
and said her supposed bubonic plague was probably just a cold,
but in the next scene Piers
says she hasn't been in for a couple of days.
Disasters:
Romantic references:
• Someone from a crocodile
• Janet and George have to refrain from intimate contact
until Biggles goes home.
• Janet says when Biggles ran back to the flat they were awake but it wasn't
the best time.
• Janet says "right, where were we?" George says "I was
touching you just there" Janet says "Oh yes, so you were..."
Memorable Quotes
Janet: We're looking after Biggles, Mum and Dad's
dog, for a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Raven: How old is it?
Janet: About five, I think.
Mrs. Raven: Not much of an innings is it?
Janet: Innings?
Mrs. Raven: Well, it's gonna die, isn't it? Every time
you look after someone's pet, they always die and they never forgive
you.
Janet: It's not going to die, Mrs. Raven.
Mrs. Raven: Where is it now?
Janet: With George.
Mrs Raven: It's gonna die. Painfully, probably.
Janet: Mrs. Raven...
Mrs. Raven: Do you know, I looked after my cousin's
cat once. The next day, it was run over and killed. My cousin never forgave
me.
Janet: It's hardly your fault if someone... You were driving the car,
weren't you?
The
Older Man
First
UK tx: 28 June 2002 Written by: Paul Mendelson & Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud Ratings: 5.2 million (26.1% audience share)
Guest Stars: Alex Thorne (Young George), Alison Senior (Hayley Thorpe), Jimmy Gardner (Old George), Mark A Brighton (Bob), Jack Sandle, Julie Foulds, Maryann Turner, Audrey Smith and Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader). Note: Natasha Kaplinsky is co-anchor on BBC Breakfast.
It's George's birthday - and, at 327 years old, he's a mere spring chicken in Planet Ultron terms. But the lease on
George’s earthly body has run out and he's starting to look his real age rather rapidly…
"I’m just the same guy inside", he says to a horrified Janet. But all Janet can see is the bald head, the paunch and
the triple chins. This is not the man she married!
Enough is enough and an increasingly desperate George has to resort to extreme measures in a bid to turn back
the clock. He needs a new body -- but the options are fit, strong and young -- or a reject.
Which one will he choose?
Meanwhile, the Health Centre staff are on the verge of revolt when Dr Piers employs sexy Nurse Haley to job
share with Janet. Both Mrs Raven and Janet are dubious about her nursing skills - and with good reason.
And to add insult to injury, Nurse Haley's plans for the transformation of the Health Centre include Robbie
Williams' posters on the wall, hip hop music in the background and, worst of all, a new trendy image for Dr Piers.
It's up to Mrs Raven to ensure that the surgery gets back to normal...
Blink and You'll Miss
it: • George's
earthly body has expired at 327 years old but there are
several references to George not having been on earth long.
• Hayley is employed because Janet wants to spend more
time with Olly,
but when she is sacked, why isn't she replaced?
•Why does Janet have to carry baby George to the bathroom
to go and find the reject body when he can still fly? And why,
just before that, does he ask
Janet to pick him up?
Disasters:
Romantic references:
• George winks at Janet and says "We'll have an early night"
• Mrs. Raven advises Hayley to "drink plenty, or you won't enjoy Part
3"
•
The replacement George calls Janet a lesbian.
Memorable Quotes
Arnie (to a rapidly-ageing George): There is one thing
you can do, George. But it's very risky.
George: What?
Arnie: You can go through... The Flaming Time Tunnels of
Tarxis.
Tyler: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt!
[Tyler opens up his jacket
to reveal a T-shirt underneath reading "I
went through The Flaming Time Tunnels of Tarxis"]
Arnie: It reverses an Ultronian's aging process by
re-jiggin' the age hormones. Many Ultronian women use it instead of a
face lift.
George: Oh, yes, I remember. Who's that famous Ultronian?
Arnie: Her Earth
name is Joan Collins. She's been through so many times, she's got a season
ticket.
Puttin'
on the Writs
First UK tx: 5 July 2002
Written by: Paul Alexander & Simon Braithwaite
Guest Stars: Richard Dixon (Estate Agent), Jade Clarke (Trolley Assistant) and Jonathan Wills (Newsreader)
It’s just an ordinary morning in a supermarket car-park until Mrs Raven has a run-in with a stack of wayward
trolleys and is tipped over the edge of the multi-storey building…
It’s ThermoMan to the rescue -- but when he refuses Mrs R's kind offer of Battenberg
cake in return for saving her life, retribution is swift!
"You’re suing him for £5 million?!" asks an aghast Janet.
"He grabbed my arm and sprained it, causing trauma, distress and potential loss of earnings should I ever wish to ski
competitively" says Mrs R in her defence.
But it’s George who has to come up with a defence as the case is about to come to court. And with barristers
costing £500 a day, George will have to turn his attention away from saving the world, in order to save the
household finances instead…
Meanwhile, Stanley Dawkins has had enough of Ella's nagging and has moved in with Tyler. It looks like being the
perfect arrangement as Stanley enjoys the heady excitement of putting his feet on the table and drying his
underpants on the radiators! "I haven’t had this much fun since National Service", he says gleefully. Ella misses the
old fool -- but will it be enough to make her apologise for the first time since decimalisation?
Blink and You'll Miss it: • Janet's coat is not in
sight when George freezes the shopping, but he only reaches
into the boot
to get her, now frozen, coat.
•George doesn't need a bathroom to transform to save Mrs.
Raven.
•Has Stanley taken early retirement? In The
Party's Over he said he was 61.
•Janet walks into the door-jamb when accompanying Ella to Tyler's to "apolololologise" to
Stanley.
•In her "cross-examination" Janet says ThermoMan
knew Mrs. Raven and considered her a friend before the incident,
but if that were so, Mrs. Raven
would know that George was ThermoMan.
•When George removes the scorpion from Mrs. Raven's shoulder she says "I
knew you wouldn't know what to do when faced with a poisonous insect", George
says "I usually say Good Morning Mrs. Raven" : but
a scorpion is an
arachnid, not an insect.
Disasters:
Romantic references:
• Patagonian village from a herd of rampaging wildebeest
• Yaks on fire at London Zoo
• Janet says "Our baby was conceived in this flat," and
George replies "Or possibly in the lift, or in the car or on that
pedalo..."
Arnie's jibe to Mrs. Raven (who he adores!)
- Lemon Lips.
Mrs. Raven jibe at Arnie (who she adores)
- Pond Scum.
Shock,
Horror!
First
UK tx: 14 July 2002
Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Guest Stars: Dominic Coleman (Kevin Trench), Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader), Kathryn Hodges (hurricane reporter) and Gus Brown (location reporter)
Baby Ollie has a temperature so George, instead of concentrating on saving the world, keeps zooming back to the
flat to check on the baby.
But all this dashing about is making George careless and it's not too long before an unscrupulous journalist takes
advantage of the situation and obtains pictures of George in his ThermoMan guise...
Suddenly it's all over the papers that Janet is having an affair with ThermoMan. How will the Sundays get out of this
one and keep ThermoMan’s true identity a secret at the same time?
Meanwhile, Mrs Raven keeps falling asleep at her desk because the triplets have insomnia. "When they had the flu,
it was the happiest day of my life", she laments.
In a desperate bid to get some peace, Mrs R plans to build a shed in her garden so she can lock them away when
it gets too much. But sheds cost money. How will Mrs R cope when she's forced to be nice to Dr Piers in return
for a reference for a part-time job? And how far will Dr Piers go to milk the situation?
Blink and You'll Miss it: • George
says in his entire life he's only been sick for five
minutes and that was a slight sniffle (It was malaria,
says Janet) but in My
Hero he's got a throat infection and a rash from wearing
tights. He also can't buy Janet flowers in that episode, because
he suffers from
hayfever and there are other references to hayfever,
such as when he's talking to the hooker in The Party's Over.
Then, in Mission Impossible, he says
he cannot eat dairy products because of his chronic mucus
problem.
Also in Girlfriend, Arnie reminds him they
had Regalian flu that summer, so they were engaged by proxy.
Then, in an episode of season four, he's got a serious condition
in both hearts.
•Mrs. Raven wants a reference from Piers because her former
employer still
hasn't got back the use of his hands, but in A Day
To Remember, she says she's worked for Piers for 12 years.
•The photo of Olly as a baby that was on the table in
Puttin' on the Writs in landscape format is on the windowsill
in portrait format
and again in A Day to Remember it's in landscape
on the table.
•Tyler reads from the paper that George was seen eating pasta by candlelight
with Graham Norton, then "that's ridiculous, you don't even like pasta",
but George ate spaghetti carbonara on his first date with Janet
in My
Hero ("delicious, no cheese for me").
Disasters:
Romantic references:
• Hurricane in Florida
• Mrs. Raven says to George "Just imagine, she's been married
to you, but is being seen to by the hunk in trunks."
• Arnie calls Janet "the broad who's been shtupping the alien"
Memorable Quotes
Janet (to a George distracted by parenthood):
Take yesterday, for example. You had to deflect that comet from the Earth,
put out that forest fire, and rescue those hostages. And what did you
do?
George: I rescued the comet, blew the hostages into the fire, and I
threw up.
The series then took a break,
perhaps due to the Big Brother finals and to allow for schedule changes
that might be caused by Commonwealth Games coverage. The show returned
on Friday 2 August.
Little
Green Man First
UK tx: 2 August 2002
Written by: Ian Brown and James Hendrie
Guest Stars:
William Buckhurst (Pete), Rosie Fellner (Carole - Piers fiance!), Selina
Cadell, (Doctor Evans), Andrew Dennis, Dylan Charles, Phil Nice and John
Hunt
Janet thinks George is taking her for granted. After all, most husbands would react rather badly after discovering
their wife in a compromising position with the handy man... George's response is merely ‘Why should I be jealous
of a human when I can do it 15 times a night?’
Mrs Raven reckons Janet has to work harder at making George jealous. But it turns out that all Janet has to do is
innocently share a bit of Arnie's carrot cake -- a heinous crime on Planet Ultron. George is beside himself with
jealousy and keeps turning green -- literally -- while Mrs R gets the wrong end of the stick and thinks Arnie has
been unfaithful to her.
It's all an unholy mess -- not least for Arnie who is in genuine fear for his life from a vengeful Mrs R! George and
Janet resort to marriage guidance in a bid to sort out their problems -- but it seems George has to grow up in
more ways than one before his marriage can get back on track...
• Read Dawn Ploughman's report
on the recording of this episode on the World of Ardal O'Hanlon
site: Go
Blink and You'll Miss it: • Who fixes the window after
Pete the glazier flees when George finds him in an innocent
but compromising
situation with Janet?
•George blows out all the TV Monitors in the bookies,
but no-one notices!
•The sequence of coins falling from a fruit machine in
Arnie's bar is
the same as that in the 2000 Christmas episode.
•George asks Janet not to put him in Olly's cot as he
is using his head as a teething ring : but Olly already has a
full set of teeth and has had sinceParents.
•Why does George need a stepladder to go to the loo, if
he can sleep in mid-air (as in Old Main Riverdance)
and still
has his powers, but can't fit into
his helmet to use them.
•Piers orders a 24 carat diamond set in a white gold ring
(and one for
Carol), but that would be enormous!
•How do they explain away Arnie going green at the very
end of the episode when he sees Mrs. Raven sharing a piece of
cake with George?
• Terazite is the only known antidote to super-attraction.
Disasters:
Romantic references:
Memorable Quotes
Carole: Fantastic news! Hey
There! Magazine
say they'll print our wedding photos! And, if we get a bottle of Wash & Go
into every shot, they'll split the profit!
Piers: Fab! So, we've got Pot Noodle doing the catering, booze courtesy
of Heineken, and the cake's being made by Utterly Butterly!
Mrs. Raven: (Sarcastically) Oh, how romantic! So, will it be a white
wedding?
Piers: Certainly not! It'll be Orange... unless I can do a deal with
Vodafone!
Mine's
A Double
First
UK tx: 9 August 2002
Written by: Paul Alexander and Simon Braithwaite
Guest Stars: Laurie Brett (Female Customer), Tim Steadman, Bobby Bragg, Chris Bowen and Pat Kelman (Ultron Postman)
He looks like George, he sounds like
George, he even kisses like George as Janet discovers when Hilary, George's
identical clone from Ultron, arrives when George
goes back to his home planet for a surperhero refresher course. Havoc, of course,
ensues...
George has to attend a Super-Hero Conference which means leaving Janet at home
alone, minding the baby. In their wisdom, the Ultron Council provides a 'George
clone' with the unlikely name of Hilary to keep Janet company. But while Hilary
looks just like the real thing, his character couldn't be more different...
Hillary talks and dresses like a gangster rapper and is given to nights out on
the town with Dr. Piers and strangely romantic dinners with Janet's mother, Ella.
Janet is thoroughly annoyed with the impostor, especially since everyone else
thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread! And there is a sinister side to
the wayward Hilary, When he dresses up as ThermoMan to steal a bike, ThermoMan's
reputation is smeared and the Ultron Council is forced to deprive George of all
his superpowers. It's looking more and more like Hilary will usurp George's position
for good, but he hasn't bargained on some formidable opposition from a desperate
Janet!
Blink and You'll Miss it: • Arnie sets up SundayTrading.com,
but it's still available as a web site.
• How can Arnie use his contacts on Ultron to check out
Hillary, if he's
lost all his powers?
•George blames the cuts on his face on the power shower
but in Mission
Impossible, Janet states that they don't
have a power shower (George got the Marmite off his costume with
a
power shower in
Niagara Falls).
Disasters:
Romantic references:
Mrs. Raven jibe at Arnie (who she adores)
- Gargoyle Head.
A
Little Learning
First
UK tx: 16 August 2002
Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer and Paul Mendelson
George is devastated when Ella and
Stanley ban him from their 40th wedding anniversary party. Quite reasonably,
they don't want him lowering the tone and embarrassing
them in from of their friends! The situation calls for some drastic action. Admittedly
George's attempts to make new friends via the calling cards in telephone booths
backfire somewhat but when he obtains some pork scratchings which increase his
brain power, miraculous effects occur. Suddenly George is an intellectual genius
and can charm the birds off the trees, so much so that not only do Ella and Stanley
invite him to their party, they ask him to make the speech!
But for Janet, the new thoughtful George is insufferable. Plus his super hero
work is being affected. When ThermoMan is called into action, he starts pondering
whether people should be left to stand on their own two feet, with disastrous
results. Something has to be done and George is forced into a detox programme
to regain his former stupid self. But there's a high price to pay, that speech
at Ella and Stanley's party still has to be delivered... • Read a report on the recording of
this episode by Dawn Ploughman: Go
Blink and You'll Miss it:
Disasters:
Romantic references:
Arnie's jibes to Mrs. Raven
- I didn't know they let dogs in shops.
- Rin Tin Tin.
- Dearest Darling Spawn of the Devil.
Mrs. Raven jibe at Arnie (who she adores)
- Bacteria Boy.
3.10
A Day To Remember
First
UK tx: 23 August 2002
Written by: Paul Mendelson & Paul Mayhew-Archer
Guest Stars: Jonathan Wills (Newsreader), Anya Sitaram (TV Reporter, uncredited) Michael Fish (Weatherman, uncredited), Mary Mitchell and Dan Austen
It's a bad day for
planet Earth when George accidentally erases his own
memory, to the extent he can't remember who ThermoMan
is,
let alone that he is ThermoMan.
For Janet it's a dream come true. George turns into a model husband
who volunteers to change nappies and take Ollie for strolls
in the park, a first in the Sunday
household! But this new-found domestic bliss isn't set to last.
A meteor is headed for Earth. In 24 hours all life will
be obliterated and Dr. Piers will never
again be able to bore viewers rigid on breakfast TV. Frantic
attempts are made to avert the impending disaster, including
an appeal on tv news for ThermoMan
to help, but where is he? George is actually in his own front
room, being re-trained in superhero techniques by Arnie,
Tyler and Janet. But it's a desperate race
against the clock. Can George remember how to use his superpowers
or is life
on Earth and Dr. Piers tv career doomed?
Blink and You'll Miss it: • The newsreader says that
Australia has got rid of all its emergency services,
but they
can clearly be heard in
the background behind the on-the-spot reporter.
• Why is the world dependent on ThermoMan to save it from
the meteorite when there are other SuperHeroes? In Guess
Who's Coming to Lunch Janet tells George "Don't
you go anywhere near a toilet or an Ande : let one of the others deal with it
for once".
• ThermoMan has to head the meteorite at an angle. First, Arnie says an
angle of 71.9623°, but when ThermoMan is about to head it the angle changes
to 71.96423°.
• The Land Rover
used to retrain George as ThermoMan is JTJ777W and the
Mercedes truck is M652CGC.
Disasters:
Romantic references:
• Hurricane in Brazil
• Drought in China
• Earthquake in Russia
• Meteorite that will eradicate all life on Earth
Memory Wipes: His Own!
Piers poem is:
Be not ashamed to shed your final tears,
As on this day eternal darkness nears.
But worry not, we'll meet again
In a place beyond all fear.
I'm Piers Crispin and I am always here.
Arnie's jibes to Mrs. Raven
- Elephant Woman.
- I keep leaving you out, but the garbage men won't take you.
Mrs. Raven jibe at Arnie (who she adores)
- Weevil Boy.
- You're only here because you're too big to flush.