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King of the Beach: Directed by Barry Crane. With Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Leslie Ackerman. David 'Beller' is working at a restaurant with weightlifter Carl Molino, who is talked into entering a bodybuilding contest by small time hustler Mandy.
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King of the Beach is episode 66 of the live-action TV series The Incredible Hulk. It originally aired on February 6, 1981, on CBS.
David takes a job in a restaurant where he meets and befriends Carl Molino, a hearing-impaired weight lifter with a largely muscular physique of a potential champion bodybuilder. Carl has big dreams and aspirations of owning his own restaurant. Mandy, a young con artist who is in trouble with the local hoods, is amazed by Carl's muscles and encourages him to enter The King of the Beach bodybuilding contest to use him to make money. But Carl has no interest in competing since he already has enough trouble being seen as a muscle-headed dummy as it is and wants to be respected for his cooking.
The hoods who back the reigning champ King, nab David when they come looking for Mandy. David turns into the Hulk and he sends them running. When Mandy tells Carl he could use the prize money to get his own restaurant, Carl agrees. With Mandy and David's help, he starts training with intensity to get ready for the contest. This involves getting his muscles to the proper definition and posing correctly. Mandy, amazed by his muscles and good heart, finds herself genuinely falling for Carl and really wants to see him prove himself a champion. By the time of the contest, Carl is in his peak physical condition and is clearly superior to King, though he still lacks a lot of confidence. King's goons attempt to sabotage him several times. But words of encouragement and his friendship with David boosts his morale.
•Bill Bixby as David Banner
•Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk / Carl Molino
•Leslie Ackerman as Mandy
•Charlie Brill as Solly Diamond
•George Caldwell as Rudy
•Carol Swarbick as Annette
"Wow! Look at you! Your Muscles. You're Amazing." —Mandy (first meeting Carl)
"You should compete in the King of the Beach contest." —Mandy (trying to encourage Carl to compete)
"You ought to try it sometime, David. Work on those muscles. You'd look great all pumped up." —Carl
"I really appreciate your friendship, but you still can't know what it's like to be a freak." —Carl (to David)
•Lou Ferrigno makes this episode worthwhile in his dual roles as the Hulk and Carl Molino.
•Hulk-out 1: Beaten up by a couple of punks under the Santa Monica Pier, who ask him for his wallet, query him why he only has $5 on him, and then forcibly baptize him several times
•This is the third of three episodes where Bixby and Ferrigno appear on screen together. The others are in: "Married" and "Metamorphosis."
•During this episode, Bill Bixby announces that this is the first time that Lou Ferrigno talks (albeit as a different character other than the Hulk).
•This episode was specifically written for Lou Ferrigno to both give him a speaking role and show he was more than just his physique and deafness. Lou and Bill were close friends off camera and he vouched for the idea to gift the focus to his friend.
•According to IMDB, this episode is Lou Ferrigno's favorite episode.
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Molino doesn't realize he will be running against a well-organized group of unscrupulous characters who want their own entry to win. But Molino has David Banner and the Hulk on his side. Sci-Fi Feb 6, 1981 46 min. TV-PG. Starring Leslie Ackerman, Charlie Brill, George Caldwell.
David Beller is working at a beach side café for Carl Molino and his wife and he's an aspiring local bodybuilder who is hoping to win the Mr. Galaxy competition for the grand prize. David becomes more than his employee and befriends Carl when he gets into a very sticky situation while training for the contest.
