# Believe it or not - Greatest American Hero on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326 "2004-06-14T18:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/1 "2004-06-14T18:24:59Z")
Read on thedigitalbits, but here is the businesswire news item: [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/altavista/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news\_view&newsId=20040610005053&newsLang=en](http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/altavista/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040610005053&newsLang=en) Brian ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/2 "2004-06-14T20:01:18Z")
About freakin’ TIME! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/3 "2004-06-14T20:10:59Z")
No way! I was just talking to my husband about this yesterday. My sister just bought the first season of the A-Team, so I’ve had Stephen J. Cannell on the brain. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/4 "2004-06-14T22:10:08Z")
Oh, man. I just heard the themesong again, yesterday. Damn, I loved that show. I’ll have to pick this up for sure… I’ll never watch it, though- I just KNOW that there’s no way it can still be as cool as I remember it from my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/5 "2004-06-15T01:11:37Z")
I’m walking on air! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/6 "2004-06-15T01:33:08Z")
Pretty cool. I have great memories of the show. I’m a little reluctant though - what if the show doesn’t age as well as my memories? ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/7 "2004-06-15T02:17:09Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > I’m walking on air! 😛 I never thought I could feel so free-ee-eeee! I can’t believe I still remember that song- I don’t think I’ve heard it since the days in elementary school when Mom and I obsessively watched that show every single week. I wonder how it’s aged? I’ll definitely have to check it out on Netflix when it comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/8 "2004-06-15T02:51:48Z")
Today at Wal-Mart, I noticed _The Hee Haw DVD Collection, Volume One_. At this point, I am willing to believe that _anything_ can be on DVD, now. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/9 "2004-06-15T03:00:23Z")
I wonder if they restored the character’s name as Hinkley? Remember how they tried to change it to Hunley for a while after John Hinkley shot Reagan? That was so stupid. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/10 "2004-06-15T03:19:50Z")
> [@Tiramisu](#): > > I wonder if they restored the character’s name as Hinkley? Remember how they tried to change it to Hunley for a while after John Hinkley shot Reagan? That was so stupid. I think _unofficially_ they changed it to Hanley during that time, but deliberately never said it out loud, and just called him Ralph or Mr H. ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/11 "2004-06-15T20:10:22Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I think _unofficially_ they changed it to Hanley during that time, but deliberately never said it out loud, and just called him Ralph or Mr H. Maybe they didn’t say it, but they showed his name on a door once, and it was “Hanley”. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/12 "2004-06-15T20:40:16Z")
I can’t believe that the show will be as good as I recall it being, but hell, I’ll buy it just for the theme song! And I’m going to be singing it for the _rest of the day_. I wish I could remember any words but the chorus. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/13 "2004-06-15T22:32:46Z")
[Here you go.](http://www.geocities.com/tvshowthemelyrics/GreatestAmericanHeroSong.html) ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/14 "2004-06-15T23:21:41Z")
Well, that press release said it will be coming out, does anyone know when? What’s the scenario? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/15 "2004-06-16T00:29:35Z")
[http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa89.html#can](http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa89.html#can) Not quite clear – sounds like late 2004 / early 2005 Brian ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/16 "2004-11-03T00:19:14Z")
Street date is Feb 8, 2005. [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2387](http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2387) Brian ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/17 "2004-11-03T06:25:05Z")
> [@FisherQueen](#): > > I never thought I could feel so free-ee-eeee! Flying away on a wing and a prayer! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-greatest-american-hero-on-dvd/250326/18 "2004-11-03T06:39:00Z")
All of my wishes are coming true.