That's Incredible!

In the fall of 1980,ABC-TV presented a show like no other that brought out the most amazing people ever to be seen and brought out some of the most defying and spectacular acts of faith ever assembled.

And for one back in the early 80's,anything was better than watching those lame variety shows and sugarcoated family sitcoms and most of all those dull crime dramas.

This show set the standard for all other reality based shows you see today,and for good reason,this was the original! Man,do I remember watching this show! It had me in sheer intensity from the moment I saw it!

For one,it only ran for four seasons on ABC-TV(from 1980-1984),and it kept you in constant suspense the whole time and those acts were extremely a cliffhanger cause you'll never know what to expect next! Who wouldn't forget hosts John Davidson,Cathy Lee Crosby,and NFL great Fran Tarkelton as they would come on and bring you stories and stunts of the bizarre and amazing beyond belief and the people who turned out to be the unexpected as well as the impossible(most of the stunts were done on the show where our hosts were put into some dangerous and imaginative situations---remember the episode where Cathy Lee kissed a 400-pound killer bear in cage? And the one where this guy put a sharp sword into his mouth,and the one where this Frenchman balanced a table onto a 120 story building with nothing to hold him? And the one were Davidson goes into a pit with a deadly Kimono Dragon?). This show was just that.........

Man,"THAT'S INCREDIBLE!"

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How influential must a show have been to my child self to still be recalled so vividly over 40 years later? I was amazed to just find out that the series only had ten episodes. It was a product of its time, in a world rapidly expanding by technology and opening to view all the eclectic wonders it had to offer.

In the history of American television, "That's Incredible!" must rank as one of the most tasteless and dubiously educational of all time. Time Magazine called it the "most sadistic show on television". Why? Well, the show didn't exactly start out that way. It began a lot like "Ripley's Believe It or Not", "You Asked For It" and a circus sideshow all put together. I remember seeing acts such as folks walking on coals or glass, a yogi would could scrunch himself into a tiny plexiglass box and the like. However, as the show progressed, in order to keep people watching the stunts became more tasteless and outlandish. In particular, they had stunt people doing progressively more and more dangerous things...and several resulted in people being horribly mangled...it was show shown on the air!! I remember two of them well. One involved an idiot stuntman running through a tunnel of flames and when it was completed, he'd burned his fingers off...and they showed his charred and still smoking stumps!! Another one (and one of the last) was when an idiot was going to jump at the last second as cars plowed at him from opposite directions. He didn't time his jump properly...and his foot was ripped off! By this point, the show had run its course, the network was embarrassed by yet another publicity stunt run amok and the public began turning to other programs. Clearly a low-point in human history...entertaining but also a show that often made your skin crawl or embarrassed you for liking it!

Yes ladies and gentlemen! If you watched this show, you will remember that a 4 year old golf phenomenon was introduced to us for the very first time. He was there with his father/coach showing how well he could strike the ball at such a young age. The hosts, as well as the audience were amazed by the young golfer. Later, he went on to win many accolades and tournaments in college and hit the PGA by storm. He won Major championships and is a role model for the grand old sport. Although recently losing his major influence, mentor, close friend and father, he himself has become a father for the first time. Winning the U S Open this year was bittersweet, but for him not to win on Fathers' Day weekend... well.... that would have been harder to imagine. He may not pick up a club for the rest of the year, but his mastery will still amaze all players of any age when he steps up to the tee. Today, you would be hard pressed to find anyone, even casual observers, who haven't heard of him. Of course he goes by his nickname now.... Tiger.

The reviewer of "John Davidson" has misspelled a word towards the end of his review on the actor / singer. He spelled "Komono" Dragon when discussing this person. The word is actually spelled 'Komodo" with a "D" & not an "N". A simple error to correct , but easily missed. I'm not too sure if it was spelled accidentally or if the reviewer actually thought this was truly how the name was spelled. I'm pretty sure he or she doing the review thought this was how the word was spelled. Regardless , a spell check & correction of this spelling error needs to take place otherwise someone will firmly believe this reviewer in question is a bad speller which points to his or her lower education level with such obvious blatant disregard for basic reading & writing skills in their education. I am merely requesting that the spelling error in this case be corrected & resubmitted by the reviewer / author or personally by IMDb.com themselves. Thank you.