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A Noble Failure That Keeps Trying to Return: The Story of The Greatest American Hero


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The Greatest American Hero is an American comedy-drama superhero television series that aired on ABC from 1981 to 1983.

The Greatest American Hero chronicles Ralph's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red and black suit that grants him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately he immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.

The original series didn't last very long but there have been repeated attempts to get another version of The Greatest American Hero off the ground again but to no avail.

These days the series is probably more known for its theme song, Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not), than anything else.

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