That's Incredible!

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That's Incredible! was a television show that ran on the ABC television network from 1980 to 1984. In the tradition of Ripley's Believe It or Not! and Real People, the show featured people performing stunts and reenactments of allegedly paranormal events. The show was co-hosted by John Davidson, Fran Tarkenton and Cathy Lee Crosby, and was produced by Alan Landsburg Productions. Originally aired as an hour-long program, episodes were later re-edited into 30 minute segments for syndication.

That's Incredible! was revived in 1988, hosted by Davidson, Cristina Ferrare, and Tracey Gold and was renamed Incredible Sunday. It lasted only during the 1988–1989 season.

A number of the stunts performed were quite dangerous, including juggling knives or staying inside a small box for hours; on a few occasions the series was sued over stunts that went wrong.^{[citation needed]} Additionally, the show was strongly criticized by skeptics such as James Randi for the show's failure to apply any critical thinking to claims made on the show, and the show won a Pigasus Award for its endorsing James Hydrick's powers which turned out to be trickery.

[edit] Trivia

• That's Incredible! is mentioned in the song TV Party by the punk rock group Black Flag.

• Former WWE and ECW wrestler Justin Credible finisher corkscrew tombstone is called by the same name That's Incredible!

[edit] External links

• That's Incredible! at the Internet Movie Database