Fouled Up Fossils

"Fouled Up Fossils" is the first episode (part one) of The Gary Coleman Show season one. It aired on September 18, 1982 on NBC. It was written by Cliff Roberts, and directed by George Gordon, Bob Hathcock, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, and Gordon Hunt.

Andy has to protect Spence and Tina when Hornswoggle tries to trap them during an archaeological dig of cavemen's relics inside a cave.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Andy LaBeau
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Coleman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jennifer Darling
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Angelica
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spence
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Calvin Mason
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spence
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| LaShana Dendy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hornswoggle
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Sidney Miller
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Archeaologist
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hornswoggle
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Sidney Miller
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Archeaologist
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Archeaologist
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Locations

 * Heaven
 * Earth
 * Oakville
 * Spence and Tina's residence
 * Oakville Zoo (mentioned)
 * New York (indirectly mentioned)
 * New York City (indirectly mentioned)
 * Radio City Music Hall (mentioned)

Objects

 * Andy's halo
 * How To Be an Angel

Vehicles

 * None

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director, with supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 18, 1982 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * Despite being the first episode, Andy and the local kids of Oakville already know each other.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😥