Fouled Up Fossils

Fouled Up Fossils
Premiere date	September 18, 1982
Starring	Gary Coleman Jennifer Darling Sidney Miller Calvin Mason LaShana Dendy
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Cliff Roberts
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"Fouled Up Fossils" is the first part of the first episode of The Gary Coleman Show season one, and the first episode overall. It aired on September 18, 1982 on NBC. It was written by Cliff Roberts, and voice directed by 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
Angelica	Jennifer Darling
Spence	Calvin Mason
Spence	LaShana Dendy
Hornswoggle	Sidney Miller
Archeaologist	N/A

Locations

• Heaven
• Earth
  • United States
    • 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 score was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director, with musical 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. 😥