The Gary Coleman Show
The Gary Coleman Show is an American animated comedy series co-produced Hanna-Barbera for NBC' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran during the fall of 1982, airing 13 episodes. The TV series is a spin-off, although only loosely inspired, by the NBC movie, The Kid with the Broken Halo, which starred Gary Coleman as the lead.
The series is essentially the same as Coleman, reprising his role as Andy LeBeau, who is training to become a full fledged guardian angel by doing good deeds usually for the same group of kids in the town of Oakville. To communicate with the kids and other humans of Earth, he must remove his halo, which allows him to become visible. In his angel form, he has all kinds of magical powers. He also serves under a supervisor called Angelica (opposed to Blake, played by Robert Guillaume in the film). While he slips up on his own mistakes, he is also tormented by the challenges presented to him by an opposing demon called Hornswoggle, who is always determined to make sure Andy fails. Hornswoggle only makes himself visible to Andy, so he can never get help from Angelica to permanently rid himself of Hornswoggle.
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Episodes
| Title | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| "Fouled Up Fossils" / "Going, Going, Gone" | 1x01 | September 18, 1982 |
| "You Oughtta' Be in Pictures" / "Derby Daze" | 1x02 | September 25, 1982 |
| "Hornswoggle's Hoax" / "Calamity Canine" | 1x03 | October 2, 1982 |
| "Cupid Andy" / "Space Odd-Essey" | 1x04 | October 9, 1986 |
| "Hornswoggle's New Leaf" / "Keep On Movin' On" | 1x05 | October 16, 1982 |
| "Mansion Madness" / "Wuthering Kites" | 1x06 | October 23, 1982 |
| "In the Swim" / "Put Up or Fix Up" | 1x07 | October 30, 1982 |
| "Haggle and Double Haggle" / "The Royal Visitor" | 1x08 | November 6, 1982 |
| "The Future Tense" / "Dr. Livingston, I Presume" | 1x09 | November 13, 1982 |
| "Haggle's Luck" / "Head in the Clouds" | 1x10 | November 20, 1982 |
| "Teacher's Pest" / "Andy Sings the Blues" | 1x11 | November 27, 1982 |
| "Easy Money" / "Take My Tonsils -Please-" | 1x12 | December 4, 1982 |
| "The Prettiest Girl in Oakville" / "Mack's Snow Job" | 1x13 | December 11, 1982 |
