Harry and the Hendersons (TV series)

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Harry and the Hendersons is a comedy television series based on the film of the same name that was based on a children's book by Joyce Thompson, produced by Amblin Entertainment for Universal Television, and aired from 1991 to 1993 with over 72 half-hour episodes produced. The series is about a family who adopt a Bigfoot called Harry.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Episode list 3.1 Season one 3.2 Season two 3.3 Season three 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 External link

[edit] Plot

The Henderson family, on their way home from a camping trip, accidentally run over an unknown creature. Not knowing what to do, they decide to strap it to the roof of their car and take it home. At their house, the creature goes wild and rampages through the house. Slowly, they come to realize that the creature is Bigfoot and that it is actually very gentle. It is also given the name "Harry." Harry escapes and runs through the city. Sightings of him strikes fear into the city's citizens. The Hendersons have to hide Harry from city authorities and a Frenchman who wants him dead. They come to realize that the best thing for Harry is to let him go back into the wild, which they do at the end of the movie.

Credits contain an artistic representation of key scenes from the film.

The film was subsequently expanded into a half-hour TV sitcom, also called Harry and the Hendersons; however, the artistic representations were lost. This lasted for three seasons and 72 episodes. Bruce Davison and Molly Cheek played the parents with Carol-Ann Plante and Zachary Bostrom as the children. Kevin Peter Hall played the role of Harry in both the film and TV series, until his death late in the production of the first season. He was replaced first by Dawan Scott and then by Brian Steele in the third season.

[edit] Cast

• Bruce Davison - George Henderson
• Molly Cheek - Nancy Henderson
• Carol-Ann Plante - Sara Henderson
• Zachary Bostrom - Ernie Henderson
• Kevin Peter Hall - Harry (first season only)
• Dawan Scott - Harry (second season only)
• Brian Steele - Harry (third season only)

[edit] Episode list

[edit] Season one

1. The Arrival
2. The Day After
3. Cool
4. Hary Goes Home
5. Whose Forest Is It Anyway
6. The Father and Son Game
7. Baggin' the Big One
8. Harry the Hero
9. Roots, the Herb
10. The Mentor
11. The Bodyguard
12. Harry and the Homeless Man
13. Harry Goes Ape
14. Pet Psychic
15. The Bigfoot That Ate Seattle
16. Harry and the Masked Wrestler
17. When Harry Met Sammy
18. Harry and the Cheerleaders

[edit] Season two

1. Retrospective
2. The Terror of The Trees
3. Sarah Sings the Blues
4. Mom
5. The Ransom of Bigfoot
6. Halloween
7. Brett Hits Home
8. George's White Light
9. Working Stiffs
10. Love Mask
11. Blue Parrot
12. Winning
13. 'Til Theft Do Us Part
14. The Genius
15. Wild Things
16. Fatherhood
17. Sara Spills, the Bigfoot Beans
18. Moonlighting
19. The Green-Eyed Bigfoot
20. The Itchologist
21. Selling Out
22. The Girl Who Cried Bigfoot
23. The Busybody
24. I Got Your Birthday Right Here

[edit] Season three

1. Yo Richie!
2. The Candidate
3. The Bride and the Gloom
4. Born Again
5. The Old Bigfoot
6. The Outing
7. Hary Henderson, National Treasure
8. Retrospective Two
9. Blood is Thicker Than...
10. Pitch, Pitch, Pitch
11. Harry the Mascot
12. The Big Kiss-Off
13. The Frenchman
14. Laid Up
15. Harrywood Babylon
16. Witness
17. Harry the Hostage
18. Exterminator
19. Beauty and the Beast
20. Big Feet, Small Minds
21. Surf's Down
22. Follow Your Art
23. Them Bones
24. The Three Facts of Brett
25. Ernie Confidential
26. Uncle Mack Comes Back
27. Skin Deep
28. Retrospective Three
29. The Long Goodbyes - Part 1
30. The Long Goodbyes - Part 2

[edit] Trivia

• Before the car hits Harry in the first episode, it already had a dent in it.

[edit] See Also

• Harry and the Hendersons

[edit] External link

• Harry and the Hendersons at the Internet Movie Database