Automan
Original Air Dates: 1983-1984 (ABC)
AUTOMAN (voice-over): "This is the story of Walter Nebicher,
doing what he likes best: fighting crime in the streets.
You see, Walter‘s a policeman. Unfortunately,
the Chief doesn‘t want Walter on the streets."
WALTER: "Captain."
THE CHIEF: "Get back to your cage boy. Now!"
AUTOMAN (voice-over): "So Walter must fight crime in his own
way - in the computer room. That‘s where he‘s an expert.
Fortunately for me Walter‘s advanced knowledge of electronics led
him to experiment with what is known as a hologram. That‘s a very
fancy word for a three-dimensional picture than when perfected can
be made to look real, sound real. As a matter of fact, given enough
power, it can even be made to feel real. That‘s kind of what got me
into this work."
AUTOMAN: "My name is Automan. You must be Walter Nebicher."
WALTER: "How did you know that?"
AUTOMAN: "It‘s on the programming you fed into my system.
I must say Walter, you‘re very good. Very good indeed.
I look wonderful."
WALTER: "If you do say so yourself."
AUTOMAN: "You programmed me to be honest but tell me:
Why did you call me Automan?"
WALTER: "It means that you‘re the world‘s first truly automatic man.
You can do anything because you‘re not real."
AUTOMAN: "Oh, but I am. I‘m as real as you are, just different.
And thanks to you - perfect."
WALTER: "Nobody‘s perfect, Automan."
AUTOMAN: "That‘s not true Walter. You programmed me to
observe other people and do whatever they can do as well as they
can do it. Jimmy Conners playing tennis. John Travolta dancing.
In fact, on a scale from one to ten, think of me as an . . . eleven."
WALTER: "I‘ve created a monster!"
AUTOMAN (voice-over): "No . . . what Walter really created was a
wonderful force for good. Automan. That‘s me."