# Can anyone name this obscure 1980s TV series?

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**Created:** [February 18, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-name-this-obscure-1980s-tv-series/345050 "2006-02-18T04:08:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-name-this-obscure-1980s-tv-series/345050/1 "2006-02-18T04:08:33Z")

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It may have even been just a single pilot episode. It was pretty cheezy.

All I remember was that the main character was a guy who became super intelligent when he put on some special sunglasses - something like “an IQ of 1000” was how the show described it. It was called something like “accelerated mode” when he put them on. It popped into my head while I was watching “John Doe” on Sci Fi.

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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-name-this-obscure-1980s-tv-series/345050/2 "2006-02-18T20:45:10Z")

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Bump…Anyone? It’s driving me nuts trying to remember the name. I believe it was on around the same era as Manimal ( remember that? 😃 )

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-name-this-obscure-1980s-tv-series/345050/3 "2006-02-18T21:21:46Z")

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Only thing I can think of from that timeframe is _Misfits of Science_; but Johnny was a genius because of his glasses.

Try: [http://epguides.com/book/](http://epguides.com/book/)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-name-this-obscure-1980s-tv-series/345050/4 "2006-02-19T00:23:21Z")

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> [@Homebrew](#):
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> Johnny was a genius

Hello.

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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-name-this-obscure-1980s-tv-series/345050/5 "2006-02-19T00:53:15Z")

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> [@Homebrew](#):
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> …Johnny was a genius…

Band name.

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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-name-this-obscure-1980s-tv-series/345050/6 "2006-02-19T06:08:08Z")

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I’m probably the only one that cares, but I believe the answer is [Northstar](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091650/).