AUTOMAN - Listening

Automan (the “Automatic Man”) is a short lived American science fiction superhero television series originally aired on ABC between 1983 and 1984. Even though 13 episodes were made only 12 of them aired. The concept of this show was heavily inspired by Steven Lisberger's movie Tron which had come out a year earlier. Music by Billy Hinsche and Stu Philips.

It focused on the adventures of Walter Nebicher who had created an artificially intelligent crime fighting program that generated a hologram able to leave the computer world and enter reality to use his intellect as well as extraordinary stunt-like abilities and illusions to help fight against crime.


STARRING:

Desi Arnaz Junior as Walter Nebicher
Chuck Wagner as Otto J. Mann (Automan)
Robert Lansing as Lieutenant Jack Curtis
Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Captain E. G. Boyd
Heather McNair as Roxanne Caldwell




At 1 minute 5 seconds
AUTOMAN (voice-over):
"This is the story of Walter Nebicher, doing what he likes best: fighting crime in the streets. You see, Walter's a policeman. Unfortunately, the Chief doesn't want Walter on the streets."


WALTER: "Captain."


THE CHIEF: "Get back to your cage boy. Now!"


AUTOMAN (voice-over):

"So Walter must fight crime in his own way - in the computer room. That's where he's an expert.

Fortunately for me Walter's advanced knowledge of electronics led him to experiment with what is known as a hologram. That's a very fancy word for a three-dimensional picture than when perfected can be made to look real, sound real. As a matter of fact, given enough power, it can even be made to feel real. That's kind of what got me into this work."

AUTOMAN: "My name is Automan. You must be Walter Nebicher."


WALTER: "How did you know that?"


AUTOMAN: "It's on the programming you fed into my system. I must say Walter, you're very good. Very good indeed. I look wonderful."


WALTER: "If you do say so yourself."


AUTOMAN: "You programmed me to be honest but tell me:
Why did you call me Automan?"


WALTER: "It means that you're the world's first truly automatic man. You can do anything because you're not real."


AUTOMAN: "Oh, but I am. I'm as real as you are, just different.
And thanks to you - perfect."


WALTER: "Nobody's perfect, Automan."


AUTOMAN: "That's not true Walter. You programmed me to observe other people and do whatever they can do as well as they can do it. Jimmy Conners playing tennis. John Travolta dancing. In fact, on a scale from one to ten, think of me as an . . . eleven."


WALTER: "I've created a monster!"


AUTOMAN (voice-over): "No... what Walter really created was a wonderful force for good. Automan. That's me."