When I about 9 or 10, they showed on Kuwait tv, an American show that boggled my childhood mind and holds a very special place in my childhood memories. Misfits Of Science was a short lived comedy / action / sci-fi series that was …perfect in my mind. It had a great cast, some comedy relief and good chase and action scenes. It originally aired from October, 1985 till February, 1986. I must have got around June or July 1986 in Kuwait.

It featured a cast of super-powered humans and their madcap adventures. A double-length pilot and 15 additional episodes were created; all episodes but one were broadcast in the United States during its original run.

Here’s the title sequence; it was intended to be called ‘Superminds’ originally!

Cast members

• Dean Paul Martin played Dr. Billy Hayes, the non-powered yet undisputed leader of this misfit team. Billy was a research scientist at the Humanidyne Institute.
• Kevin Peter Hall download hitman played Dr. Elvin “El” Lincoln, Billy’s colleague and close friend. El was a towering black man who gave himself the ability to shrink to doll size via hormonal treatments. The character struggled socially, and despite being very tall, he played basketball poorly.
• Mark Thomas Miller was Johnny Bukowski, a.k.a. Johnny B. He was a rock and roll musician who was electrocuted on stage, thus giving him formidable electrical powers. These same powers also granted him some limited superspeed abilities, but they also made him vulnerable to water.
• Courteney Cox played Gloria Dinallo, a troubled telekinetic teen with a history of juvenile delinquency.
• Jennifer Holmes played Gloria’s probation officer, Jane Miller. Her character appeared only in the earlier episodes.
• Max Wright portrayed the director of the Humanidyne Institute. Unlike the other cast members, he was not actually considered to be one of the Misfits.
• Mickey Jones played Arthur Beifneiter a.k.a. Ice Man, The team would drive around in an ice cream truck because Ice Man would die if he got too warm, so they kept him in the freezer. Ice Man only appeared in the pilot episode, but the characters continued to use the ice cream truck.