# Looking for the Invisible Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823 "2019-08-17T23:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/1 "2019-08-17T23:55:15Z")
To be more specific, _The Invisible Man_ tv series that ran on the Sci Fi Channel back at the turn of the century for a couple of seasons. Is it available on any of the networks available over the air, on cable, or the internet? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/2 "2019-08-18T00:05:50Z")
The series _[The Invisible Man](https://www.rokuguide.com/channels/the-invisible-man)_ from 1958 is available as a Roku channel. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/3 "2019-08-18T00:06:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The series _[The Invisible Man](https://www.rokuguide.com/channels/the-invisible-man)_ from 1958 is available as a Roku channel. Nope, but thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/4 "2019-08-18T00:35:41Z")
Looks like it’s available on DVD or streaming on Hulu. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/5 "2019-08-18T00:41:25Z")
He’s right in front of you. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/6 "2019-08-18T00:46:17Z")
i remember that it came on fridays at 9 after cormans “dark scorpion” …back when sci-fi was starting to shift away from the “tv and movie classic reruns” original premise of the network and into its horror and supernatural phase and started trying more original stuff i liked it but it was a blink and ya missed it series like everything else back then ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/7 "2019-08-18T00:47:13Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Looks like it’s available on DVD or streaming on Hulu. [I do not think it streams on Hulu.](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-invisible-man) Or anywhere right now. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/8 "2019-08-18T01:07:10Z")
I haven’t seen it anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/9 "2019-08-18T02:17:58Z")
Is [this](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011FLH00?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_amazon&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_amazon-20) it on dvd @ Amazon? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/10 "2019-08-18T02:23:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [I do not think it streams on Hulu.](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-invisible-man) > Or anywhere right now. I saw a link that suggested it was on Hulu but I just checked Hulu and it is indeed not there. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/11 "2019-08-18T02:24:05Z")
that’s it! ThelmaLou wins … something …lol ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/12 "2019-08-18T02:41:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Is [this](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011FLH00?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_amazon&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_amazon-20) it on dvd @ Amazon? I was expecting the '70s series with David McCallum. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/13 "2019-08-18T04:31:28Z")
I, too, was expecting David McCallum. I loved that show (in a “Golly, we can have Sci-Fi on TV now, with all those cool special effects!” kind of way). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/14 "2019-08-18T04:32:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Is [this](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011FLH00?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_amazon&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_amazon-20) it on dvd @ Amazon? That is definitely it. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/15 "2019-08-18T10:28:24Z")
There was another version of _the Invisible Man_ that I remember. It might have been a feature film or maybe a TV pilot. My memory of this is very vague but I’m fairly certain it was roughly an early 1980’s production. All I really remember about it was that the protagonist became permanently invisible is some kind of accident, he was wearing something like a hooded wetsuit as the medics tried to treat him. He could become temporarily visible by running an electric charge through his body. As long as he was being … _electrified_ you could see him. If the charge stopped, he went invisible again. Eventually, a small, wearable gizmo was provided to him that would let him become visible/invisible more or less as will. Yeah, I know it doesn’t make sense to sober people. I’m fairly certain it wasn’t the David McCallum series because he used a mask to fake being visible. Does this sound familiar to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/16 "2019-08-18T11:09:40Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > There was another version of _the Invisible Man_ that I remember. It might have been a feature film or maybe a TV pilot. My memory of this is very vague but I’m fairly certain it was roughly an early 1980’s production. All I really remember about it was that the protagonist became permanently invisible is some kind of accident, he was wearing something like a hooded wetsuit as the medics tried to treat him. He could become temporarily visible by running an electric charge through his body. As long as he was being … _electrified_ you could see him. If the charge stopped, he went invisible again. Eventually, a small, wearable gizmo was provided to him that would let him become visible/invisible more or less as will. > > Yeah, I know it doesn’t make sense to sober people. > > I’m fairly certain it wasn’t the David McCallum series because he used a mask to fake being visible. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Are you thinking of [_Gemini Man?_](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Man) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/17 "2019-08-18T11:11:24Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > Does this sound familiar to anyone? That’s [The Gemini Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Man) starring Ben Murphy. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/18 "2019-08-18T13:53:37Z")
Going to YouTube and searching “invisible man 2000” finds one episode. Searching “gemini man 1976” finds the whole series. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/19 "2019-08-18T14:12:21Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Going to YouTube and searching “invisible man 2000” finds one episode. > > Searching “gemini man 1976” finds the whole series. But the “gemini man 1976” search doesn’t give me the 2000 series I am looking for. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823/20 "2019-08-18T14:27:49Z")
My wife was a big fan of the [2000 series](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220238/) you’re remembering. It was cheesy, but had a neat premise; I was amused that the super-secret government agency he was working for used a Fish and Game Agency office for their cover. I think she has the DVD set that ThelmaLou linked to. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823.md?page=2)