Quantum leap jimmy october 14, 1964 tv episode 1989. Stephen colbert and scott bakula try to change donald trumps. Stephen colbert and scott bakula try to change donald. Show creator donald bellisario says he doesnt know what will come of the treatment, but some fans are already thinking netflix. A look back at the disappointing quantum leap finale. 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. He has often included military veterans as characters. Bellisario, the episode, which was directed by james whitmore, jr. 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. During a bingewatch of quantum leap episodes as you do, colbert noticed that scott bakulas sam beckett actually met a young donald trump. With scott bakula, dean stockwell, john cullum, michele pawk. In a play on its a wonderful life, its a wonderful leapmay 10, 1958 saw beckett. Sam beckett, a scientist who travels through time in order to fix historical mistakes. Sam is a new york city taxicab driver named max greenman played by ross partridge.
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. Season two of quantum leap ran on nbc from september 20, 1989 to may 9, 1990. The episode of quantum leap with the antagonist based on. Quantum leap creator has written a feature movie script.
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. Stephen colbert and scott bakula try to quantum leap. Colbert played an old episode of quantum leap in which bakulas character influences a young trump to get into real estate. Stephen colbert blames quantum leap for donald trump. Donald bellisario discusses the quantum leap bar emmytvlegends. Writer matt baume examines an episode of the scifi series that feels particularly relevant in the wake of donald trumps transgender service member ban. 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. Watch stephen colbert and scott bakula try to stop young. Mirror image was the 22nd and final episode of season 5 of quantum leap, also the 96th and final episode of the series.
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. Donald trump s rise is the fault of scott bakula, joked colbert. Bakula reprises his role as sam beckett for a brandnew quantum leap adventure. However, the biggest rule breaker was when he leapt to september 20th, 1862, a year. Also nice to remember that nice quantum leap theme song. With scott bakula, dean stockwell, liz torres, jerry adler. Justin thomson is an actor and producer, known for quantum leap 1989, aquatilis and texas killing fields 2011. Suddenly hes rather homophobic, and doesnt think gays should serve. 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.
Its a wonderful leap may 10, 1958 tvpg 47min action, adventure, drama episode aired 1 april 1992 season 4 episode 18. The cast also included dean stockwell and dennis wolfberg. Trump has been tagged as a jerk for decades, so this likeness could hardly come as a surprise. Wo banks u can do deals in daysnot monthsyrs see more.
Its a wonderful leap episode quantum leap wiki fandom. Actor vaughn armstrong, who would later costar with scott bakula in star trek. Quantum leap its a wonderful leap may 10, 1958 tv episode. The episode features scott bakulas sam beckett as a new york city. Bellisario, that originally aired on nbc for five seasons, from march 25, 1989 through may 5, 1993. Did you know there was once an episode of quantum leap that had dr. The episode features scott bakulas sam beckett as a new york. Quantum leap aired on nbc with five seasons starting in 1989. 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. Watch sam and stephen leap backwards through time to seek out a young donald trump. Stephen colbert and scott bakula take a quantum leap to. 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. A young donald trump appears in this episode, along with his father fred.
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. Sam becomes a member of a rock band who is stabbed to death after. This isnt a bad issue episode and addresses not only homophobia in the military, but also the. 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. Thats right, sam from quantum leap invented donald trump, and presumably spent the rest of eternity wishing that hed crashed the taxi into the. Sam must save an alcoholic actor from a fall during a performance of man of lamancha. As a new york city cab driver, sam has to win a contest to get his own taxi medallion. As a new york city cab driver, sam has to win a contest to get his own taxi. Colbert and scott bakula revive quantum leap to stop. The final episode was never meant to be a series finale, only a season finale. Season four of quantum leap ran on nbc from september 18, 1991 to may 20, 1992. This allowed him to leap within als life instead of his.
Quantum leap glitter rock april 12, 1974 tv episode. Watch scott bakula make a quantum leap to stop trump. With scott bakula, dean stockwell, jon gries, peter noone. Quantum leap returns with scott bakula as sam beckett. Sam beckett scott bakula inadvertently influencing a young donald trump to go into real estate. Bellisario, quantum leap aired on nbc for five seasons, from 1989 to 1993. 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 19891993 is a nbc cult classic series. Watch scott bakula make a quantum leap to stop trump presidency. He was able to change places with al due to an accident in the episode the leap back.
Trump in quantum leap series s04e18 anton yablokov. The episode of quantum leap with the antagonist based on, i assume, donald trump, is on. 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. During this season, dean stockwell won a golden globe for best. In the 1997 film money talks during a luxury car auction, chris tuckers character asks where is trump. Directed by james whitmore jr with scott bakula, dean stockwell, john daquino, laura harrington. Quantum leap is an american television series that first aired on nbc from march 1989 to may 1993. Sam also has the help of a woman named angelito who knows about sam and claims to be an angel. Written by series creator and executive producer donald p.
This week, colbert highlighted a quantum leap episode where dr. Quantum leap returns with scott bakula as sam beckett youtube. Quantum leap the longest leap nbc classics youtube. His old piano teacher is also present and finds sams host very attractive. 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. 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. 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. Quantum leap star scott bakula says theres lots to do. A teenage donald trump appears in a quantum leap episode 1992. Sam leaps into a young intellectually disabled man and has to keep him out of an institution. It is the person who opens the taxi door and says hello, mr. Bellisario is responsible for so many hit tv shows. Quantum leap is an american sciencefiction television series created by donald p.
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