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Mr. Terrific

Season 1 1967

  • 1967-01-10T01:00:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 7h 10m (17 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Superhero
Mister Terrific is an American TV sitcom that aired on CBS Television from January 9, to May 8, 1967. It starred Stephen Strimpell in the title role, and lasted 17 episodes. The show was similar to NBC's Captain Nice, which followed Mister Terrific on Monday nights during its run. Riding the tide of the camp superhero craze of the 1960s, the show's premise involved gas station attendant Stanley Beamish, a mild-mannered scrawny youth who secretly worked to fight crime for a government organization, The Bureau of Secret Projects, in Washington. All he needed to do was take a "power pill" which gave him the strength of a thousand men and enabled him to fly, much like Superman, albeit by furious flapping while wearing the top half of a wingsuit. Unfortunately, he was the only person on whom the pills worked. It was established that, although the pill would give him great strength, he was still vulnerable to bullets. Furthermore, each power pill had a time limit of one hour, although he generally had two 10-minute booster pills available per episode. Much of the show's humor revolved around Stanley losing his superpowers before he completed his given assignment.

17 episodes

Series Premiere

1967-01-10T01:00:00Z

1x01 Matchless

Series Premiere

1x01 Matchless

  • 1967-01-10T01:00:00Z25m

Stanley is unaware that a hotly-pursued Power Paralysis device has been concealed in a book of matches placed in his coat pocket.

1967-01-17T01:00:00Z

1x02 Mr. Big Curtsies Out

1x02 Mr. Big Curtsies Out

  • 1967-01-17T01:00:00Z25m

Stanley is assigned to locate and identify an elusive and mysterious crime boss known only as "Mr. Big."

1967-01-24T01:00:00Z

1x03 I Can't Fly

1x03 I Can't Fly

  • 1967-01-24T01:00:00Z25m

A malfunctioning Air Force One could be easily repaired by Mr. Terrific, but Stanley's power pills have inexplicably stopped working.

1x04 My Partner the Jewel Thief

  • 1967-01-31T01:00:00Z25m

Stanley's suspicious behavior, as he tries to solve a jewel robbery, leads Hal to believe that his best friend has become a crook.

1967-02-07T01:00:00Z

1x05 The Formula Is Stolen

1x05 The Formula Is Stolen

  • 1967-02-07T01:00:00Z25m

The formula for the power pill is stolen. However, since the pill only works on Stanley, the thieves will also need to kidnap Stanley to brainwash him and then sell him to the highest bidder.

1967-02-21T01:00:00Z

1x06 Stanley the Safecracker

1x06 Stanley the Safecracker

  • 1967-02-21T01:00:00Z25m

The government sends Stanley on a mission where he must impersonate a safecracker who is identical to him. Stanley must fool the man's girlfriend plus somehow convince the gang he knows how to break into vaults.

1967-02-28T01:00:00Z

1x07 Stanley the Fighter

1x07 Stanley the Fighter

  • 1967-02-28T01:00:00Z25m

Stanley goes undercover at a fighters' gymnasium to obtain evidence that the facility is actually a front for a counterfeiting ring.

1967-03-07T01:00:00Z

1x08 Stanley the Jailbreaker

1x08 Stanley the Jailbreaker

  • 1967-03-07T01:00:00Z25m

Stanley goes undercover as a prison inmate so that he can attempt to ferret out the location of a criminal's hidden loot.

1967-03-14T01:00:00Z

1x09 Fly, Ballerina, Fly

1x09 Fly, Ballerina, Fly

  • 1967-03-14T01:00:00Z25m

A defecting Soviet ballerina needs Stanley's help to get away from her countrymen. Stanley needs help retrieving his lost booster pill.

1967-03-21T01:00:00Z

1x10 Harley and the Killer

1x10 Harley and the Killer

  • 1967-03-21T01:00:00Z25m

An escaped murderer vows to extract fatal revenge on his one-time prosecutor—Harley Trent.

1x11 Stanley and the Mountaineers

  • 1967-03-28T01:00:00Z25m

In hill country, Stanley must find an illegal still and stop a shotgun wedding.

1x12 Has Mr. Terrific Sold Out?

  • 1967-04-04T01:00:00Z25m

Stanley is asked to demonstrate his powers for several representatives of foreign nations. One of them is an impostor who wants to kidnap Mr. Terrific.

1x13 Stanley Goes to the Dentist

  • 1967-04-11T01:00:00Z25m

A dentist who's been using truth gas to get secrets from government agents changes tactics and places a tiny transmitter in Stanley's tooth.

1967-04-18T01:00:00Z

1x14 Stanley the Track Star

1x14 Stanley the Track Star

  • 1967-04-18T01:00:00Z25m

Stanley laces up his sneaks, and turns on the terrific speed, when he's assigned to locate a kidnapped athlete.

1967-04-25T01:00:00Z

1x15 Try This On for Spies

1x15 Try This On for Spies

  • 1967-04-25T01:00:00Z25m

Our hero accidentally gives a genuine set of vital blueprints to an enemy agent and keeps the phonies for our side.

1967-05-02T00:00:00Z

1x16 Stanley Joins the Circus

1x16 Stanley Joins the Circus

  • 1967-05-02T00:00:00Z30m

The search for a stolen code book sends Stanley undercover and under the big top. Ultimately he has to power up and battle several performers and a gorilla in order to accomplish his mission.

Season Finale

1967-05-09T00:00:00Z

1x17 The Sultan Has Five Wives

Season Finale

1x17 The Sultan Has Five Wives

  • 1967-05-09T00:00:00Z25m

The Bureau of Secret Projects must protect a visiting Sultan, so Stanley powers up and becomes a sort of Turbanator.

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