The Misfits of Science are a group of young weirdos with strange but handy abilities.
Johnny B (Mark Thomas Miller) is a former rock singer who got zapped by an amplifier on stage. Now he shoots lightning bolts (but has to periodically recharge).
Gloria (a pre-FriendsCourteney Cox) is a pretty 17-year-old who can make objects move by concentrating hard, while 7-foot-4 scientist Dr Elvin ‘El’ Lincoln (Kevin Peter Hall) can shrink to the size of a doll.
These freaks are unhappy with their lot until Dr Billy Hayes (Dean Paul Martin) of the Human Investigation Team (HIT) moulds them into a crime-fighting unit.
The pilot episode also featured Mickey Jones as Arnold “Ice Man” Beifneiter who had the power to freeze anything he touched. His character was missing from the weekly series when it aired.
Handsome Dean Paul Martin (son of legendary actor and crooner Dean Martin) died in a military plane crash on 21 March 1987, aged 35. Kevin Peter Hall died on 10 April 1991 (also aged 35) of AIDS-related pneumonia after contracting HIV from a blood transfusion.
Dr Billy Hayes
Dean Paul Martin Dr Elvin ‘El’ Lincoln
Kevin Peter Hall John ‘Johnny B’ Bukowski
Mark Thomas Miller Gloria Dinallo
Courteney Cox Jane Miller
Jennifer Holmes Dick Stetmeyer
Max Wright Miss Nance
Diane Cary
Gloria (a pre-Friends Courteney Cox) is a pretty 17-year-old who can make objects move by concentrating hard, while 7-foot-4 scientist Dr Elvin ‘El’ Lincoln (Kevin Peter Hall) can shrink to the size of a doll.
