If Saturday morning superheroes came to life in prime time, you’d wind up with something like this series. The Misfits of Science are four weirdos with strange but handy abilities. Arnold “Beef” Biefneiter (Mickey Jones), for instance, is a kind of human popsicle who turns everything to ice. He lives in a refrigerator. Johnny B. (Mark Thomas Miller) is a former rock singer who got zapped by an amplifier on stage; now he shoots lightning bolts but has to be periodically recharged. Gloria (Courteney Cox) is a pretty 17-year old who can make objects move by concentrating hard. Then there’s Dr. Elvin “El” Lincoln (Kevin Peter Hall), a 7-foot-4 scientist who can shrink to the size of a Ken doll, which gives him access to a terrific wardrobe. These freaks are unhappy with their lot until Dr. Billy Hayes (Dean Paul Martin) of the Human Investigation Team (HIT) molds them into a crime-fighting unit. When all seems lost -that’s when the HIT hits the fan.
This is a 1985-1986 NBC series which has never been released officially in the USA, but has been released in Germany. This set is taken from that PAL German release. All 16 episodes on Blu Ray discs. Please note that these are still standard definition, and are not in HD, nor have they been upscaled. The framerate has been adjusted back to the standard USA setting, so the speed is back to normal. The discs will play on Blu Ray players and Playstations. They will not play properly on XBox.
Please note: The end credits from the pilot episode were absent on the German DVD release, so we used footage from a Sci Fi Channel airing to make the episode complete.
