You Oughtta' Be in Pictures

You Oughtta' Be in Pictures
Premiere date	September 25, 1982
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Dianne Dixon
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"You Oughtta' Be in Pictures" is the second episode (part one) of The Gary Coleman Show season one. It aired on September 25, 1982 on NBC. It was written by Dianne Dixon, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

As his friends make a movie, Andy thinks he's been caught on film using his powers.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Andy LaBeau	Gary Coleman
Angelica	Jennifer Darling
Lydia	Julie McWhirter Dees
Chris	Lauren Anders
Lydia's father
Haggle	Geoffrey Gordon
Spence	Calvin Mason
Tina	N/A
Sam Starmaker	Unavailable
John Travolta
Brooke Shields
Gary Coleman
Hornswoggle	Sidney Miller

Locations

• Heaven
• Earth
  • United States
    • Oakville
      • Lydia's residence
    • California (indirectly mentioned)
      • Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
        • Hollywood (mentioned)
  • North Atlantic Ocean (indirectly mentioned)
    • Bermuda Triangle (mentioned)

Objects

• Andy's halo

Vehicles

• Lydia's limo

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 25, 1982 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• Andy mentions the Lone Ranger.

Errors

• Andy began to fly back to Earth without his halo, which is what gives him his powers to begin with.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥