JUST FINISHED WATCHING: QUANTUM LEAP (1989–1993)
JUST FINISHED WATCHING: QUANTUM LEAP (1989–1993)
During a government experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the bodies of different people on a regular basis and sorting out their problems whilst trying to get back home to his own time.
TRIVIA: Scott Bakula did his own singing in episodes in which Sam leaped into musical performers or was otherwise called upon to sing. Prior to his work on television, Bakula had done extensive work in musical theater.
Al's cigar was the idea of Dean Stockwell, who said it was "a good way to get free cigars for five years".
Scott Bakula ad libs the line "Oh, boy!" at the start of the first episode. The producer liked it so much that it became the signature final line of each episode, as Sam finds himself in a new body.
The series came close to being canceled in its third season due to low ratings. However, a letter-writing campaign helped save the series, enabling it to continue for two more years.
The character Sam Beckett was ranked #12 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (August 1, 2004 issue).
This was Donald P. Bellisario's favourite of all of his television series.
Deborah Pratt, the series narrator and voice of Ziggy, also wrote and was executive producer of the series. She was married to Donald P. Bellisario when the series aired.
Sam Beckett leaped into the year 1957 seven different times, making it the most leaped into year during the series.
Ranked #15 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Top Cult Shows Ever!" (May 30, 2004 issue).
A Quantum Leap revival/continuation of the original series, Quantum Leap (2022), was announced in February, 2022, and debuted on NBC on September 19, 2022.
MY VERDICT: I was excited to get into this series, my boyfriend had great nostalgic feelings for this show whereas I’d only remembered seeing one episode but it was an episode I really liked (turned out it was one of the best episodes in the series.) It was a lot of fun, we had a great time at the end of each episode trying to guess what he’d be next. I panicked one time and just said the word ‘Karate’ but I was told that was neither a profession or a type of person. I think we only got it right once the whole series run. I will say that it did have diminishing returns. The first couple of seasons are great but it got worse as time went on, then they changed the theme tune and it was all over for me. I watched til the end but I did get a bit bored and frustrated by that point. By the way the theme song, the original one, was amazing!
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