The Future Tense

The Future Tense
Premiere date	November 13, 1982
Writer(s)	Janis Diamond and Allan Heldfond
Director(s)	George Gordon Bob Hathcock Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Ray Patterson (supervising) Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"The Future Tense" is the ninth episode (part one) of The Gary Coleman Show season one. It aired on November 13, 1982 on NBC. It was written by Janis Diamond and Allan Heldfond, and directed by George Gordon, Bob Hathcock, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, and Gordon Hunt.

Hornswoggle uses his powers to put predictions in Tina's crystal ball that come true.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Andy LaBeau	Gary Coleman
Tina	LaShanda Dendy
Tina's cat	Frank Welker
Hornswoggle	Sidney Miller
Angelica	Jennifer Darling
Lydia	Julie McWhirter Dees
Lydia's father

Locations

• Heaven
• Earth
  • United States
    • Oakville
      • Post office
      • Oakville Metropolitan Art Museum (mentioned)
      • Lydia's residence

Objects

• Andy's halo

Vehicles

• Lydia's limo

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: November 13, 1982 on NBC

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥