6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Mr. Terrific (1967)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.9
Overview
Mister Terrific is an American TV sitcom that aired on CBS Television from January 9, to May 8, 1967. It starred Stephen Strimpell in the title role, and lasted 17 episodes. The show was similar to NBC's Captain Nice, which followed Mister Terrific on Monday nights during its run. Riding the tide of the camp superhero craze of the 1960s, the show's premise involved gas station attendant Stanley Beamish, a mild-mannered scrawny youth who secretly worked to fight crime for a government organization, The Bureau of Secret Projects, in Washington. All he needed to do was take a "power pill" which gave him the strength of a thousand men and enabled him to fly, much like Superman, albeit by furious flapping while wearing the top half of a wingsuit. Unfortunately, he was the only person on whom the pills worked. It was established that, although the pill would give him great strength, he was still vulnerable to bullets. Furthermore, each power pill had a time limit of one hour, although he generally had two 10-minute booster pills available per episode. Much of the show's humor revolved around Stanley losing his superpowers before he completed his given assignment.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Mister Terrific is an American TV sitcom that aired on CBS Television from January 9, to May 8, 1967. It starred Stephen Strimpell in the title role, and lasted 17 episodes. The show was similar to NBC's Captain Nice, which followed Mister Terrific on Monday nights during its run. Riding the tide of the camp superhero craze of the 1960s, the show's premise involved gas station attendant Stanley Beamish, a mild-mannered scrawny youth who secretly worked to fight crime for a government organization, The Bureau of Secret Projects, in Washington. All he needed to do was take a "power pill" which gave him the strength of a thousand men and enabled him to fly, much like Superman, albeit by furious flapping while wearing the top half of a wingsuit. Unfortunately, he was the only person on whom the pills worked. It was established that, although the pill would give him great strength, he was still vulnerable to bullets. Furthermore, each power pill had a time limit of one hour, although he generally had two 10-minute booster pills available per episode. Much of the show's humor revolved around Stanley losing his superpowers before he completed his given assignment.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Mr. Terrific is a 1960s superhero comedy centered on an individual with temporary superpowers working for a government agency to fight crime. The film's lighthearted, episodic nature and lack of explicit ideological messaging position it as politically neutral, as it consciously avoids deep political commentary.
The movie features traditional casting with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative is a straightforward comedy that does not critique traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The 1967 television series "Mr. Terrific" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The show's plot, centered on a man gaining temporary superpowers, contains no elements that depict or allude to queer identities or experiences, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1967 TV series "Mr. Terrific" features original characters whose on-screen genders align with their initial creation. There is no evidence of any character being established as one gender in prior canon or history and then portrayed as a different gender in this show.
The 1967 TV show "Mr. Terrific" featured an original character, Stanley Beamish, who was not an adaptation of a pre-existing character with an established race. Therefore, no race swap occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
7.1
Critic Ratings
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