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Kane · 02-17-2008, 12:09 AM

As you know, Lou Ferrigno published an autobiography called My Incredible Life as the Hulk. It was published in 2003 (the same year the movie was released in theaters). There are some interesting facts related to the series (as well its cast and crew) that I have learned from reading the book.

Here are just a few examples:

1) Lou Ferrigno has never been compensated for any of the merchandising associated with the TV show.

2) When CBS canceled The Incredible Hulk, Bill Bixby tried to get the series picked up by another network. In the book, Lou wrote that Bill spoke to other networks about carrying the show, but a deal could not be reached in time. (When Lou wrote "other networks," he was implying that Bill contacted ABC and NBC; those networks and CBS were the only primetime networks in existence at the time.)

3) Although the studio claimed that Lou Ferrigno was not available to do the proposed Hulk/Spiderman TV-movie (which was scrapped before there was any chance to film it), Lou Ferrigno contradicted this. In the book, he stated that he was never contacted about the project, and that he had no knowledge of it until many years later.

For those of you who have read My Incredible Life as the Hulk, what information did you discover from reading the book?

dawsongirl · 03-02-2008, 01:43 AM

I've never read it, but those are pretty interesting. Might have been cool to see Spidey and Hulk team up. I assume that was to a be live-action as opposed to animated?

Kane · 03-02-2008, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

I've never read it, but those are pretty interesting. Might have been cool to see Spidey and Hulk team up. I assume that was to a be live-action as opposed to animated?

It would have been cool to see a Hulk/Spiderman team-up. Nicholas Hammond would have reprised his Peter Parker/Spiderman role in the proposed live-action TV-movie. Bill Bixby wanted to direct the project, in addition to starring in it.

Discussions of the project took place in 1984, just two years after the Hulk series ended, and five years after Spiderman's last live-action adventure. But the project was eventually scapped by the studio. They claimed that Lou Ferrigno was unavailable, but as Lou would later claim, they never contacted him about the project at all. Lou said in his book that he was unaware of any plans for a Hulk/Spiderman TV-movie until he came across that information during research for his 2003 autobiography.

02-17-2008, 12:09 AM	#1
Kane Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 07, 2001 Location: MA, United States Posts: 3,367	Hulk-related facts that you learned from reading Lou Ferrigno's book As you know, Lou Ferrigno published an autobiography called My Incredible Life as the Hulk. It was published in 2003 (the same year the movie was released in theaters). There are some interesting facts related to the series (as well its cast and crew) that I have learned from reading the book. Here are just a few examples: 1) Lou Ferrigno has never been compensated for any of the merchandising associated with the TV show. 2) When CBS canceled The Incredible Hulk, Bill Bixby tried to get the series picked up by another network. In the book, Lou wrote that Bill spoke to other networks about carrying the show, but a deal could not be reached in time. (When Lou wrote "other networks," he was implying that Bill contacted ABC and NBC; those networks and CBS were the only primetime networks in existence at the time.) 3) Although the studio claimed that Lou Ferrigno was not available to do the proposed Hulk/Spiderman TV-movie (which was scrapped before there was any chance to film it), Lou Ferrigno contradicted this. In the book, he stated that he was never contacted about the project, and that he had no knowledge of it until many years later. For those of you who have read My Incredible Life as the Hulk, what information did you discover from reading the book?
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03-02-2008, 01:43 AM	#2
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	I've never read it, but those are pretty interesting. Might have been cool to see Spidey and Hulk team up. I assume that was to a be live-action as opposed to animated?