EPISODE
Manimal - Season 1
A man who can change himself into any animal fights crime.
30 October 1938, Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
25 March 1955, USA
19 March 1936, Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland
8 February 1949, Hong Kong
1973, Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
2 October 1932, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA
29 November 1946, Bakersfield, California, USA
11 May 1935, Glendale, California, USA
June 28, 2018
Manimal wasn't funny enough to capitalize on the inherent kitsch factor of the title premise, and not good enough in any other respect to get beyond it.
June 29, 2018
No one was ever going to be able to take a show called Manimal seriously.
July 11, 2018
This show feels like a parody of superhero shows, but somehow it still wants to be taken seriously.
June 28, 2018
Despite the idiocy of its core concept, Manimal is actually surprisingly good fun.
June 28, 2018
For anyone over ten, it was a laughable bunch of balls starring Simon MacCorkindale...We still have nightmares about his bulging hand.
June 29, 2018
Woeful. But you can tell that from the title, right?
June 28, 2018
Yet despite - actually, because of - a cheese factor that would worry anyone with lactose intolerance, it's become a cult favourite.
June 28, 2018
Special effects guru Stan Winston (who also brought Terminator, Predator and the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park to life) did the transformation effects for Manimal, which were only occasionally accidentally horrifying.
June 28, 2018
Manimal was campy...and developed a cult following even as it became a punchline.
July 11, 2018
The title tells you everything you need to know about how bad this show is.
June 28, 2018
This show lasted barely three months on NBC's schedule in the fall of 1983, but its impact can still be felt on TV to this day. Well, OK, that's not true.
June 29, 2018
Manimal, the mother of all "what-were-they-thinking?" series.