407 The Wrong Stuff
The Wrong Stuff
January 24, 1961 Cape Canaveral, Florida Much controversy was caused by this leap as Bellisario leaps Sam into a chimp in the chimponaut corps. His job is to get the chimp into the space program?or he'll disappear forever due to unethical helmet testing methods. He also must avoid the advances of a female chimp in the next cage! Written by: Paul Brown Directed by: Joe Napolitano Rate and comment on this episode! |
This was a great episode. It was funny, because it was Sam's first leap into an animal.
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My all time favorite episode! Great story!!!
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My all time second fave episode:roflmao:
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Sam in only a diaper...whats not to like? LOL :dreaming
But seriously, i really do like this episode. I love chimps anyways, so it was cool to watch them the whole way thru. It was good of Sam to go back and save the drowning man...he's a good guy. Good ep! :D Samantha Beckett |
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it surpirsed me very much that he jumped in after the idiot that nearly killed him and Cory, but like you said, it's Sam the Minch, always doing the right thing, hehe. i also loved the caterpiller thing. "it's your favorite protien, caterpillers" *Sam's spits disgustingly* "what's wrong bobo?" i also loved the one test thing when Sam did the little finger gesture and al was all "ahh caterpillers agian!" umm say more later college gatta go. |
ok i am back, and i wanna say more about this episode, but i had to rush off to college like i said.
anyway, loved the whole caterpiller thing, and i loved Cory how she did that cool spit thing, haha. and Sam was cute when he was gesutering the message to the doctor that Cory had been taken, and all the "good boy bobo"s. lol. plus it's funny when Sam went out of his part and karate chopped those guy, lol, a karate chopping chimp, i'd like to see that lol. This has to be the funniest episode in the series. And i loved it. i mean Sam's a freaking chimp, and Scott gets to act in nothing but a daiper, *drools*. Hehe, and apparently i am not the only one drooling in this episode. Sam's chimp compainion, Cory, has quite a fixation on Bobo, and an awsome IMO talent for exasperating. Even Sam had to agree. Poor Sam, life as a chimp astronaut contestant is not easy. As if confusing light up bottons, chair that toss your about, and fast spinning machines, weren't bad enough, Sam also has to battle caterpillar protein drinks, and a Dr. thats gonna kill both him and Cory in a head impact expierement. I loved how Sam and Cory got along so well for being a human and a Chimp, they made a great team. and Sam showed some adorable affection for Cory at curtian points, the way he held her as they hid behind some barrels, and kissed her. and Corys show of affection for Sam was just adorable, and shes an animal so she could see Sam for himself and still showed him affection. i loved how when Sam was talking to her behind the barrels and she rubbed her hands through his hair, awwww. and who could blame her, talk about sexyness! whoo hoo! http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif And you also gotta love how Sam, being his heart is pure gold, he just had to jump in the lake and save the bad guy. but as it turns out this showed him the error of his expierment, and turned sides. This was a haralrious and adorable episode. amyway this was an all around funny episode, and i loved it, althouth at first i did not think i would and was vry reluctant to watch it. but agian my best friend is the guilty party. she was on vacation at her grandma's house and they get cable unlike at her house and she saw the episode on tv and told me about it and hwo cute it was, so agian i was dragged in. lol. so now i love this episode. |
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That aside, it's been awhile since I last saw this episode, but I remember it as being hilarious. Poor Sam... |
One of my top 5 favorites! Sam as a chimp. :lol
Also check out this Wings episode: http://tomneversowner.proboards56.co...ead=1164512186 ~Steve |
this is with out doubt my favourite episode, i love everything about it!
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I loved this episode. :lol
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THis is another episode that I have dubbed in German.
It is called Affenliebe, which I believe literally means Ape Love, and also 'devoted love'. All together now - awwww. |
I like this episode, but I have to admit that it was a little weird - him being an animal and all. Seeing him almost naked through the show was .... you know.:dreaming Pure Goodness. Wow! Umm, well I like the part where the chimp in the next cage spat at the guy and Sam just looked at him almost surprised, but what came next was horrible.
Well, still a good episode. |
I liked this one, on the top ten.
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For me, this episode is the absolute WORST episode in the entire series!
First, the idea of him leaping into an animal is just ludicrous. Even though apes may or may not be related to human beings (even scientists say this issue is still an open subject), apes are not genetically similar enough for a human being to replace. And he'd leaped into a BABY chimp. Baby chimps don't even come close to the weight or mass of an adult human being. Second, a lot of the female fans like this episode because Scott is in a diaper and collar. Sorry, gals, but that is the BIGGEST turnoff for me! Give me a tuxedo anyday over that! Third, I'm all in favor of animal rights but this plotline was WEAK. It was plainly obvious that it was written just to find a way to get Scott shirtless. It might have worked better if he had leaped into one of the scientists on the project. The only good part in this story is Scott making a fool of himself in the training. I won't watch this episode passed that point. I really just dislike it immensely. 'nough said. I'm off my soapbox. |
I really enjoyed this episode, as it was fun to see Sam as an animal. I've always wondered what would happen if he leapt into an animal until this episode.
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Wrong WRONG stuff
I suppose the reason I find this episode silly is because I know that Paul Brown got a HUGE kick out of putting Scott in silly clothes. Diapers--wow. I cringe thinking about it. I'm not someone that drools every time Scott's legs or chest are exposed. NICE but not necessary.
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The body mass issue has to be a "willing suspension of disbelief" - clearly, he wouldn't fit into say, the girl's clothes in "Song for the Soul;" clearly, he wouldn't fit in Butchie's clothes, either. And, besides, bobo's mirror image was not a baby chimp - looked like an adult to me. Corey was a baby, certainly.
Chimps are 98 to 99 percent human. If you're going to leap Sam into an animal, a primate is ideal, because they have hands that he can use. There was talk of him being a dog or a baby - how could that make an even vaguely interesting show, given the built in limits in dexterity? |
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I think that leaping into the chimp was the only answer, since the two doctors weren't convincing each other, and it took Sam doing something that Bobo couldn't do (swimming to save the doctor's life), which got the doctor's attention long enough to see the intelligence in Bobo/Sam's eyes and rethink his attitude. Remember, he thought the chimps were all interchangeable (Corey, Cathy, Bobo, what's the difference?) and dispensible. Once he was faced with their innate value, he had a profound change of heart and found another way to do his research successfully. I don't think that would have occurred if Sam had leaped into either scientist. |
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When we see Sam in a dress, it's sized and proportioned to fit 6-foot Scott Bakula--wide in the shoulders and flat in the chest. This can't be what the dress would really look like, because it belongs to a woman. "The Wrong Stuff" is a prime example too--not just the diaper, but all the test equipment would be sized for a chimpanzee, and Sam wouldn't fit into it. But he does. The best I could come up with is a comparison to the notion that things may be different depending on how you observe them. From Sam's own point of view (and also how Al sees him), he's full-size Sam, and he does retain his physical strength, as a number of eps. show. But from the point of view of the people around him (maybe of the world around him), he's the size of the person he leaped into. It was mentioned somewhere that if he leaped into a baby, it would have been a very expensive episode, because they would have to build special sets and props very large. So Sam would actually be the size of a baby--yet he would still be Sam. I think you can make up an elaborate explanation for it, or you can have a simple suspension of disbelief--this is how it is in the world of QL. |
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