"Future
Boy"
Leap Date:
October 6, 1957
Episode adopted by: Rebekka E.
Synopsis:
Leaping into the television character of
Future Boy, Sam must find a way to prevent his co-star, Moe Stein, from being committed to
a mental institution because of his "wild" theories about traveling in time.
Now... where did Sam get the idea for his string theory?
Audio
from this episode
Video from this episode
See our special page dedicated to Richard Herd (Moe
Stien) featuring photos with Al's Place Bartender, signed photo, Future Boy costume design
art, and the silver paper hats shown in this episode!
Place
Leap Date
Project Date
Name of the Person Leaped Into
Songs
Music Artists
Project Trivia
Sam Trivia
Al Trivia
Al's Women
Al's Outfits Worn in the Episode
Miscellaneous Trivia
Kiss with History
Writers
Director
Producers
Crew
Broadcast Date
Guest Stars
Guest Cast Notes
Guests who appeared in
other Quantum Leap episodes
Cast members who have passed away
Personal Review
Best Lines
Best Scenes
Say what? (things in the episode that make no sense)
Quotable Quotes
Awards
Place: St.Louis
Name of the Person Leaped Into: Future
Boy A.K.A. Kenny Sharp
Leap Date: October
6, 1957
Broadcast
Date: March 13, 1991
Sam Trivia:
He knows the names of the 3 stooges. Sam wrote to Captain Galaxy when he was little.
Al Trivia:
Al was going to appear in court against his ex-wife.
Project
Trivia:
Moe almost has Sam’s whole theory completed. Moe uses a keyboard thing like the hand
link.
Miscellaneous
Trivia:
Sam looked in the mirror twice in this episode. Al went through 2 cigars, he appears 5
times and uses the imaging chamber twice.
Captain Z-Ro was a real show! Check out the
info on it here.
Al’s Outfits Worn in the
Episode:
A green, red, and checkered black and yellow shirt, and sleeves with yellow in the middle
and a gold leopard print tie.
He also wears a black suit with a white shirt
and striped white, gray, and black tie.
Writers: Tommy
Thompson
Director: Michael
Switzer
Producers: Chris
Ruppenthal
Regular Cast: Scott Bakula,
Dean Stockwell
Guest Stars:
Richard Herd (Moe Stein, Captain Galaxy), Debra Sticklin (Irene Kiner), George Wyner (Ben
Harris), Alan Fudge (Dr. Sandler), David Sage (Judge), Nicholas Shaffer (Roger), Jason
Kincaid (Caped Futurite), John Christian Grahs (Small Boy), Jesse Switzer (Kid), Matt
Marfogolia (Kenny Sharp)
Guest
Cast Notes:
Alan Fudge played Lou Dalton on 7th Heaven. George Wyner played various
characters on The Bob Newhart Show and The Rockford Files. Nicholas Shaffer
played the algebra teacher on Ferris Bueller. Richard Herd played Admiral Paris on Star
Trek: Voyager and Willhelm on Seinfeld.
Guests who appeared in
other Quantum Leap Episodes:
Richard Herd appeared in Mirror Image as Seymour "Ziggy" Ziganovich.
Best Line:
"Don’t tell me let me guess, you’ve been invited to a costume party and
you’re going as a baked potato."
Best Scene:
The best scene is when Sam does the Mr. Scrubo commercial.
Say what?:
"I say if they try to invade, we give them a dose of their own gamma rays and
reduce them to neutrons.
Quotable
Quotes:
"How come you can never find a time machine around when you need one?"
"It’s a time machine!"
"Are you sure it doesn’t make cappuccino?"
"It’s a chicken! An upside down
chicken!"
Personal
Review:
I think this is one of the best episodes, because somebody else almost leaps in it. The
string theory is taught to Sam through this episode but it is also taught by Sam, too. |
