Harry and the Hendersons (TV series)

Did You Know?

• Among the series' directors were series star Bruce Davison, Scott Baio, Frank Bonner, Tony Dow, Richard Kline, Dwayne Hickman, and Donna Pescow.
• The series' theme song was 'Your Feet's Too Big', performed by Leon Redbone.
• Reruns aired on digital subchannel Retro Television Network from August 2008 until their distribution agreement with NBCUniversal ended in June 2011.

Synopsis

Bruce Davison and Molly Cheek played the parents George and Nancy, with Carol-Ann Plante and Zachary Bostrom as the children Sarah and Ernie. Kevin Peter Hall played Harry in both the film and TV series until his death late in the first season's production; he was replaced first by Dawan Scott and then by Brian Steele in the third season, though Steele had filled in for Scott in the Harry costume for numerous scenes during season two before taking over full-time. Harry's vocal effects were provided by Patrick Pinney, whereas Fred Newman had provided them in the film. George and Nancy were an upwardly mobile two-career couple, with George working for a sporting goods company before launching his own magazine, The Better Life, late in the second season. Walter Potter, a biologist working for the Department of Animal Control, initially helped the Hendersons with Harry's care and Sasquatch research. Samantha, Tiffany, and Walter were all written out after the first season. The girl-next-door role was retained through Darcy Payne for the 1991–92 season, who was more annoying and spent all her time trying to make Ernie hers; she caught on to the family's secret but disappeared before exposing it. Nancy's younger brother Brett, a photographer, moved in during the second season and was sworn to secrecy; when George began The Better Life in spring 1992, Brett became its chief photographer and a financial beneficiary.