The last episode of quantum leap that aired mirror image august 8, 1953 wasnt designed as a series finale, but a season finale that bellisario took and just tacked some extra. Stephen colbert and scott bakula took a quantum leap in an attempt to stop a young donald trump from getting into politics on last nights late show in a 1992 episode. Sam beckett, a physicist who leaps through spacetime during an experiment in time travel, by temporarily taking the place of other people to correct historical mistakes. Colbert played an old episode of quantum leap in which bakulas character influences a young trump to get into real estate. Stephen colbert and scott bakula take a quantum leap to. Sam beckett scott bakula, caught in a malfunctioning time travel experiment that bounces him back and forth into the roles of different people in the past. With scott bakula, dean stockwell, john cullum, michele pawk. Watch scott bakula make a quantum leap to stop trump presidency. Watch sam and stephen leap backwards through time to seek out a young donald trump. Bellisario is responsible for so many hit tv shows. With scott bakula, dean stockwell, jon gries, peter noone. The episode of quantum leap with the antagonist based on.
Did you know there was once an episode of quantum leap that had dr. Quantum leap aired on nbc with five seasons starting in 1989. This week, colbert highlighted a quantum leap episode where dr. Stephen colbert blames quantum leap for donald trump. In a play on its a wonderful life, its a wonderful leapmay 10, 1958 saw beckett. Sam beckett, a physicist caught in a time warp, who leaps into the bodies of different people in different time periods in order to put right what. He has often included military veterans as characters.
Also nice to remember that nice quantum leap theme song. His old piano teacher is also present and finds sams host very attractive. But most people cite donald trump as being a racist and a misogynist, which means that there is a core collective of concerned citizens in america that are. However, the biggest rule breaker was when he leapt to september 20th, 1862, a year. Trump in quantum leap series s04e18 anton yablokov. Its a wonderful leap may 10, 1958 tvpg 47min action, adventure, drama episode aired 1 april 1992 season 4 episode 18. Written by paul brown as a teleplay from a story copenned by brown and danielle alexandra, the episode, which was directed by brown, premiered on nbctv on april fools day 1992. Colbert and scott bakula revive quantum leap to stop. Donald bellisario discusses the quantum leap bar emmytvlegends. Quantum leap returns with scott bakula as sam beckett youtube. Quantum leap returns with scott bakula as sam beckett. Stephen colbert and scott bakula try to change donald. The only way for him to move on from any time period he lands in is to change the lives of people there for the better. Justin thomson is an actor and producer, known for quantum leap 1989, aquatilis and texas killing fields 2011.
Sam must save an alcoholic actor from a fall during a performance of man of lamancha. In the 1997 film money talks during a luxury car auction, chris tuckers character asks where is trump. It was later rearranged for the fifth season, except for the series finale episode, which featured the original theme music. No timetable for return robert rau off the wire president donald trump s body has been taken over by a person from the future, a phenomenon commonly known as being quantum leaped, according to the white house. Season four of quantum leap ran on nbc from september 18, 1991 to may 20, 1992.
Bellisario, that originally aired on nbc for five seasons, from march 25, 1989 through may 5, 1993. As a new york city cab driver, sam has to win a contest to get his own taxi. Watch jimmy october 14, 1964 season 2, episode 6 of quantum leap or get episode details on nbc. During a bingewatch of quantum leap episodes as you do, colbert noticed that scott bakulas sam beckett actually met a young donald trump. Still, its nice to see a nod to some classic tv, even if its in the form of another segment on donald trump. Quantum leap jimmy october 14, 1964 tv episode 1989. Sam is a new york city taxicab driver named max greenman played by ross partridge. Scott bakula sort of reprised his quantum leap role on wednesday when colbert who kept referring to bakula by name and not by his character used superhybrid computer ziggy to transport himself into the april 1992 episode its a wonderful leap that he believes inspired a much younger trump to one day seek out the highest office in the. With scott bakula, dean stockwell, liz torres, jerry adler. Written by series creator and executive producer donald p. This isnt a bad issue episode and addresses not only homophobia in the military, but also the. Show creator donald bellisario says he doesnt know what will come of the treatment, but some fans are already thinking netflix. A little miracle december 24, 1962 sam and al scare the dickens out of a rich scrooge character who wants to tear down a mission and build a high rise. The episode features scott bakulas sam beckett as a new york.
He was able to change places with al due to an accident in the episode the leap back. Sam beckett, a scientist who travels through time in order to fix historical mistakes. Quantum leap star scott bakula says theres lots to do. Wo banks u can do deals in daysnot monthsyrs see more. Quantum leap is an american television series that first aired on nbc from march 1989 to may 1993. Its a wonderful leap was the 18th episode in season 4 of the tv series quantum leap, also the 71st apisode aired in the series. In running for honour, sam leaps into the body of a navy cadet who may or may not be gay, but his fellow students think he is, and dont like the idea. Earlier this month, we looked back on the obscure trump cameo in bobby browns music video for on my own from the ghostbusters ii soundtrack, but just a few years later, there was a much more obscure, yet timely reference to the real estate mogul in a 1992 episode of quantum leap. The final episode was never meant to be a series finale, only a season finale. Actor vaughn armstrong, who would later costar with scott bakula in star trek.
Thats right, sam from quantum leap invented donald trump, and presumably spent the rest of eternity wishing that hed crashed the taxi into the. Suddenly hes rather homophobic, and doesnt think gays should serve. Watch scott bakula make a quantum leap to stop trump. Quantum leap creator has written a feature movie script. It is the person who opens the taxi door and says hello, mr. Its a wonderful leap episode quantum leap wiki fandom. As a new york city cab driver, sam has to win a contest to get his own taxi medallion. Bellisario born august 8, 1935 is an american television producer and screenwriter who created and oftentimes, also wrote episodes for quantum leap as well as the tv series magnum, p. The episode features scott bakulas sam beckett as a new york city. Donald trump s rise is the fault of scott bakula, joked colbert.
A look back at the disappointing quantum leap finale. Watch stephen colbert and scott bakula try to stop young. The cast also included dean stockwell and dennis wolfberg. Bakula reprises his role as sam beckett for a brandnew quantum leap adventure.
That clip that stephen colbert played from quantum leap seemed to insinuate that sam beckett scott bakula was directly responsible for the rise of donald trump, who is now the gop presumptive nominee for president. A young donald trump appears in this episode, along with his father fred. Sam becomes a member of a rock band who is stabbed to death after. Trump has been tagged as a jerk for decades, so this likeness could hardly come as a surprise. A teenage donald trump appears in a quantum leap episode 1992. Quantum leap glitter rock april 12, 1974 tv episode. This allowed him to leap within als life instead of his. Mirror image was the 22nd and final episode of season 5 of quantum leap, also the 96th and final episode of the series. Writer matt baume examines an episode of the scifi series that feels particularly relevant in the wake of donald trumps transgender service member ban. Season two of quantum leap ran on nbc from september 20, 1989 to may 9, 1990.
Bellisario, quantum leap aired on nbc for five seasons, from 1989 to 1993. During this season, dean stockwell won a golden globe for best. Sam also has the help of a woman named angelito who knows about sam and claims to be an angel. Quantum leap the longest leap nbc classics youtube. Quantum leap is an american sciencefiction television series created by donald p. The episode of quantum leap with the antagonist based on, i assume, donald trump, is on. Stephen colbert and scott bakula try to change donald trumps. Bellisario, the episode, which was directed by james whitmore, jr. Quantum leap its a wonderful leap may 10, 1958 tv episode. Quantum leap 19891993 is a nbc cult classic series. Sam leaps into a young intellectually disabled man and has to keep him out of an institution.
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