Fouled Up Fossils

Fouled Up Fossils
Premiere date	September 18, 1982
Writer(s)	Cliff Roberts
Director(s)	George Gordon Bob Hathcock Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Ray Patterson (supervising) Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"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

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Andy LaBeau	Gary Coleman
Jennifer Darling	Angelica
Spence	Calvin Mason
Spence	LaShana Dendy
Hornswoggle	Sidney Miller
Archeaologist	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.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. :(